Kimi no Tame no Eden
Hard Office
Kim Ga-Yeong is the best-selling author of « Office Misconduct, » a story based on her first job experience five years ago. Ga-Yeong’s dreams to start her new job are shattered as she learns how tough the workplace can be. After being forced to take on unreasonable job requests and severe bullying from her supervisor, Na-Yeon, Ga-Yeong […]
Taiikukan no Satsujin
After school, in an old high school gymnasium, a boy from the broadcasting club was found stabbed to death. The police immediately suspect the only person present in the locked gymnasium—the captain of the girls’ table tennis club. Refusing to believe that their captain could be the culprit, a fellow club member seeks help from […]
Chuuren Poutou Satsujin Jiken
A series of mahjong-themed murder mysteries featuring a part-time high-school detective. Included Stories: – The Chuuren Poutou Murder Case (九蓮宝燈殺人事件) – The Daisangen Murder Case (大三元殺人事件) – The Daisuushii Murder Case (大四喜殺人事件) – The Kokushi Musou Murder Case (国士無双殺人事件) – Noumen Keibu Satsujin Jiken (能面警部殺人事件)
Heart Boiled Papa
One day, a 15-year-old girl comes into ‘hard-boiled’ detective Kataoka Heihachirou’s office. The girl, Mizunomori Taira, gives him the shock of his life when she announces that he is her father! Her mother, Seiko, had died in a traffic accident, and Taira had decided to seek out the father she had never met. Heihachirou may […]
Muramatsuri
Each village that the scholar visits is said to be under unholy influences. A series of dark folktales from a genius of mystery manga! (Source: Weekly Manga Times, translated)
Series M
Kanata no Kimi no Te
Yuudai, a student preparing for university entrance exams, returns to the town he spent his childhood summers in and unexpectedly reunites with Shun, the friend he used to always play with. A certain buried memory resurfaces to throw Yuudai off, and then suddenly a child appears and says something strange…? (Source: Kadokawa, translated) Note: Includes […]
Nijiiro Kamen
Vega Orihime… looks like a man but is a woman, a detective by profession, allergic to human contact. Niji Eren… looks like a woman but is a man, a male host by profession, a beautiful boy who’s knowledgeable about cosmetics. The story follows the « incidents » that occur around these two… A hard-boiled cosmetics detective story […]
COM Kessakusen
This two volume masterpiece selection edited by Shohei Chujo compiles some of the best works that came out of Osamu Tezuka’s iconic manga magazine COM. Also included is excerpts from the Gura Kon manga school, roundtable conversations, and essays from famous manga artists and critics. Volume 1, 1967-1969: 1. Taiyou to Gaikotsu no You na […]