Shimauma
« I hadn’t known in this world of slaves and cattle… there was another world beneath that… » It all started with the arrival of an email. Attached were photos of a friend’s disfigured face and a pair of extracted ribs. What started as a simple honey trap to make some quick cash turns into a nightmare […]
Ma no Kakera
A new collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga. An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. Ranging from the terrifying to the comedic, from the erotic to the loathsome, these […]
Kyouichi
Because they encountered in a dark street, a mad and deformed man named Kyo Ichi, Keiji Masuda and his colleagues have to die one by one, killed by members of an ever-growing sect worshipping the seemingly invincible Kyo Ichi and bearing the same mark he has on the neck.
Murasakiiro no Qualia
Through the uncanny purple eyes of Yukari, all people appear to her as robots. Her talent is both a blessing and a curse. She is able to assist the police in sizing up threats, since her “skill” allows her to evaluate humans’ quirks and physical capabilities like cataloging the parts of a machine–yet her strange […]
ENEMIGO
After dictatorship and civil war the South Amercian country, Nascencio, has an ambitious project to make jungle into farming land, which is commissioned to the Japanese company Seshimo. The company’s chief, Yuji Seshimo, gets kidnapped while on an inspection tour into the land. Kenichi, a New York noir-style private detective, goes to find his brother…
Warui Koto
Early in the fourth decade of the Showa Period Japan was finally recovering from the destruction of the war, and everyone was focused on nothing more than keeping themselves alive in the chaos. Chihiro Shindo, the eccentric detective who enjoys observing, meets the beautiful yet crazy boy named Shinobu Hasama. « If you kill someone, you […]
Aku no Kyouten
A teacher named Seiji Hasumi is loved by his students and respected by his peers. However, his outward charm masks his true nature. In reality, Hasumi is a psychopath who is unable to feel empathy for other human beings. Specifically, he has a severe antisocial personality disorder. Because of his mental condition, Hasumi chooses to […]
Crimson no Meikyuu
A thriller about nine strangers who find themselves as actors in an elaborate snuff film from which only one is permitted to emerge alive.
Wet Moon
The story takes place in the ’60s, in a mysterious city where madness and lust seem to be the citizens’ constant companions. A detective named Sada (with a « certain » wound) pursues a woman accused of murder. Note: The French edition won the Prix Asie de l’ACBD in 2014.
Mukoubuchi: Kou-Rate Uramahjong Retsuden
The 1980’s was an unusual decade. The price of land skyrocketed, and the value of money went well above the norm. The numbers that defined the world all spun out of control, launching one of the largest bubble economies Japan had ever seen. For Mahjong, as well, it was an age that saw high stakes […]