This volume contains three one-shots by Akagawa Jiro-sensei and Matsumoto Yoko-sensei. Doll House: Strange things have begun to occur around Akimi. Someone has just moved into the empty apartment right underneath hers, but no one has actually seen this mysterious new neighbor. In addition, random things keep disappearing from the building such as a desk, a bike, and even her own mother...?? Norou Ningyou: Mariko is a daughter of a wealthy family celebrating her 16th birthday. However, Mariko's crush Takayuki shows up with her friend Mio by his side and dampens her mood. To cheer herself up, Mariko looks through her presents and finds a cursing doll with a card that tells her how to use it to get rid of her enemies... Shinku no Kage: When she was young, Kaoru and her family spent a summer at a vacation home in the mountains. One afternoon, she and her younger brother Kazurou found a mysterious coffin in the basement. As she turned to leave, she thought she heard a voice say "Please move me". Little did she know that this was just the beginning of the huge tragedy that befell her family.
Shirakawa Ayumi has transferred to a new school after her friend Masako recently jumped from the top of a building and killed herself. Things finally seem to be turning around for Ayumi. Her homeroom teacher is handsome, she's already begun making new friends on the first day, and she found out that her uncle even serves on the school board. But all of this suddenly changes when one fateful day, her new friends and she decide to pull a silly prank on one of their teachers, triggering a series of violent murders... Based on the novel Shisha no Gakuensai, by Jirou Akagawa.
Story 1: Yumiko felt suspicious when she saw her mother smiled at her father's funeral. Not long after, her mother started to become close with a young man and wanted to marry him. Then things started to go really wrong when Yumiko and her best friend stayed at family cottage with her mother and the young man. Story 2: Sometimes Lilia can see the future through a mirror.
Machiko transfers schools after witnessing her friend's suicide. Now, at her new high school a string of murders is occurring. It seems as though Machiko can't escape such bloody events after all...
