Osorubeki Kodomotachi
Manga version of ‘Les enfants Terribles’ by Jean Cocteau. Paul is obliged to stay in his room while recovering from an injury he received when he was hit by a rock hidden in a snowball. But for some reason he doesn’t seem to be able to leave the room anymore… (Source: Karémanga, translated)
Yasha Gozen
1) Tokijiku no Kaku no Konomi (1985) 2) Circe (1979) 3) Kiraigou (1981) 4) Fuefuki Douji (1986) 5) Ozoko Yori (1983) 6) Yasha Gozen (1982) In this sparse, effective short story, a young girl whose family just moved to an old house deep in the mountains finds herself haunted by a supernatural creature, but everything […]
Mori no Asagao: Shinjin Keimukan to Aru Shikeishuu no Monogatari
As a new prison guard assigned to death row, Oikawa Naoki faces condemned criminals every day, trying not to make a connection with men he knows are doomed to die. In the course of his duties, he strikes up a unlikely friendship with inmate Mitsuru Watase, a man sentenced to die for the revenge murder […]
Abunai Oka no Ie
A “psychological sci-fi mystery,” which features an alien appearing in unexpected places in contemporary Japan. While Hagio is characteristically careful in her use of science, these tales, like most of Hagio’s are ultimately more about psychological issues, and individuals overcoming trauma, fear, and insecurity in the process of forming bonds with each other. (source: matt-thorn)
Dokuro
The story is set in a dystopian near future where the Japan society is experiencing a crime rampage and in which a powerful and secret religious organization, with mysterious goals, is acting as an invisible hand behind the scenes. The main character is their strongest assassin, lended to them by his fanatic mother when he […]
Riman Gambler Mouse
Tadanori Takamura is a failure in everything he does. His job, his marriage, his life. One day, he is offered a way out of his hell (by a 3-fingered woman): A gambling game called « cowarDICE ».
Akujo Seisho
A wedding ruined by the suicide of a woman rumored to be a witch… Eiichi’s affair ends in disaster as his lover hangs herself during his wedding to another woman. To the horror of the wedding guests, the dead woman gives birth to a girl. Eiichi and his new wife are forced to raise a […]
Undercurrent
The manga begins as Kanae Sekiguchi, proprietor of the Tsuki no Yu bathhouse, struggles to reopen her business after the unexplained disappearance of her husband…
Nononono
Nonomiya Yuuta, a Skii Jumper aiming for Olympic Gold, bursts onto stage with his exceptional skills. However, his biggest problem is that he is not really a « HE »… This Yuuta is actually Nonomiya Yuuta’s twin sister, Nonomiya Nono… And with Women’s Skii Jump not being an Olympic catagory, hiding her true identity is the only […]
Arisa
Tsubasa thinks that her pretty and popular twin sister, Arisa, has the perfect life. Everyone at school loves Arisa—unlike the hot-tempered Tsubasa, whose nickname is “The Demon Princess.” But when Arisa attempts suicide, Tsubasa learns that her seemingly perfect sister has been keeping some dark secrets. Now Tsubasa is going undercover at school—disguised as Arisa—in […]