A collection of over a dozen short stories for the hit anime by Kunihiko Ikuhara (Sailor Moon, Revolutionary Girl Utena, PENGUINDRUM)! After accidentally breaking a statue of a mythical kappa, junior high students Kazuki, Toi, and Enta are transformed into kappa themselves as punishment by Keppi, prince of the Kappa Kingdom. Keppi has a task for the boys if they want their bodies back: work for him to hunt down zombie kappa born of twisted human desires. Even scarier, though? They’re going to have to expose their own deepest fears and desires to each other to do so! Explore this surrealist modern folktale--a fan-favorite anime in 2019--like never before in this collection of all-new short manga by various creators! (Source: Seven Sea)
Twins Kanba and Shoma live with their terminally ill little sister, Himari. One day, they visit the aquarium, a place full of warm memories for Himari, but she suddenly falls ill—and dies! At that very moment, a voice cries out, “Survival Tactic!” and Himari, wearing a penguin hat, comes back to life…?! (Source: Seven Seas Enteirtainment)
An anthology comic of Otome Game no Hametsu Flag shika Nai Akuyaku Reijou ni Tensei shiteshimatta... by various mangaka.
In this retelling of its prequel, Migawari Hakushaku no Bouken, Frederick talks about his observations of Mireille.
His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is obsessed with a certain Baron's daughter. When Marion receives a letter from the Crown Prince announcing his engagement to her, she also hears these disturbing rumors. So she sets out on a journey with her handsome servant, Licht, to uncover the truth. However, with the blood of the cursed Holy Noble running through her veins, one misfortune after another befalls Marion, and her days do not go as planned. Will they be able to reach the royal capital safely? A love fantasy woven by a young lady loved by disaster and a handsome servant, with a difficult future ahead.♡ (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)
Mireille is the daughter of a bakery owner and her twin brother Fredrick was adopted into another family when they were kids but they remained in contact with each other by sending letters to each other. One day a letter from her brother said he was in love with another man's woman. She replied, provoking him to be a man and claim the woman as his. Two months later, a beautiful young man named Richard, claiming to be a messenger from her twin brother Fred, visits and tells her "I've come for you." When the bewildered Mireille resists, he proceeds to kidnap her! She learns that Fred has run and eloped with the crown prince's fiance and now, it is now her responsibility to impersonate Fred who was the former Count of Bernhardt! *Note: Includes four extra chapters.*
Alicia, a live-in apprentice of sorcery, wants to follow the footsteps of her Master—Kyle. Alicia is frustrated that she cannot seem to remain mad at Kyle even though he acts like a womanizer. Whenever she tries to get mad at him, he makes sweet talks about her like how precious an apprentice she is to him and thereby making her to give up. Just like that when yet another ordinary day seems to have resumed, something sinister happens. Kyle opens a letter which turns him into Alicia's shadow! Kyle realizes he has been cursed by the witch who he once turned down. To make matters worse, Jinno and Shuu, two envoys from the Royal Palace, show up to collect a magic item Kyle was due to deliver but had not. As Kyle hides in Alicia's shadows to avoid meeting the two envoys, Jinno gets his hand on the cursed letter and no sooner had he started reading it, he is turned into a shadow as well...into Shuu's shadow! Now the four of them must embark on a journey to reverse the curse! Let the wonderful journey begin!
In the closet of her new apartment, Kae finds a notebook left behind by a previous tenant, Mano Ibuki-sensei. It's Ibuki's diary record of her early elementary school teaching career. The notebook enthralls Kae, who also hopes to become an elementary school teacher. Kae fills up her time with her studies, her mandolin playing, and working part-time at a stationary store, but she misses her best friend Hana, who is studying abroad. To make matters worse, Hana's boyfriend, Kashima, seems to be trying to flirt with Kae in Hana's absence. Kae has no desire to betray her friend, and she is actually more interested in a dark-haired artist, Ishitobi, that she finds herself constantly running into. Kae finds comfort, inspiration, and new insight through reading the forgotten notebook of Ibuki-sensei.
The manga takes place in an alternate Taisho era year 19 (1930) in Tokyo. Monsters called "Kuromitama" suddenly start to appear in this world through a gate called "Kuremon," and stand in opposition to humanity. Only the singing group "Kagurabukan," who have both courage and hope, have the power to exorcise the monsters. [ANN]

