Horror manga one-shot anthology.
Azusa Yuunami doesn't believe in ghosts or curses – but she's more than willing to photograph supposedly haunted locations for her brother's website collecting local spooky folklore as long as he keeps bribing her with sweets. A fateful visit to an abandoned well, however, lands her right in the middle of her own terrifying ghost story. Tracking the mysterious figure appearing in her photographs reveals the true nature of her curse – she must relive the same day over and over again, and her only hope might be the mysterious exorcist who has seen the gruesome ends that await her.
Akio's return to his hometown dredges up memories of Yuka, the childhood friend who went missing ten years ago when he and his friends were playing. Somehow, none of his friends can remember anything about what happened back then, but Akio's memories of the event are filled with horrific creatures. He tells himself that they’re just nightmares, but that changes the day one of his friends arrives and immediately goes missing. Now he knows that he and his friends aren't alone…but who’s watching them? (Source: Mangamo)
The story is set at a marriage consultation office, which, for a fee of 2 million yen (US$18,000), will find you a partner that meets all your conditions. The office's eccentric leader Aino, a former zoology professor, always successfully leads customers to marriage. (Source: Anime News Network)
Takumi Itsuka, the grandson of a legendary chef, is tasked by his company with launching a new gourmet review website. He wants to get rare "food reviews" from true foodies, but at the same time, major food company Tenshoku also starts the same business. A fierce tug-of-war begins between the two companies' foodie hunters as they try to recruit highly individualistic gourmets to their side! Famous restaurants that always have long lines are cooperating by name one after another, and this is a fateful food review battle based on the original work by Aki Tadashi, the author of the mega-bestselling "The Drops of God"! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
At the suggestion of his editor, struggling manga artist Inuma is tasked with adapting a psychological horror work by the immensely popular manga artist Narita Hikaru into a comic. Inuma is impressed by the work's horrifying yet fascinating nature, and begins drawing with high hopes that it will undoubtedly become a masterpiece. However, from that day on, a series of disturbing and disgusting events begin to occur around him... (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)
Collections of one-shots that won the monthly Hop Step Award from 1987 to 1996.
