The distorted memory becomes a masquerade. Everyone hides behind a mask and performs the wildest acts with no consequence. But, life is not a masquerade. The main character is a girl who suffers daily from what she accidentally witnessed years ago. She keeps having flashbacks of a gruesome scene. It always starts with her as a little girl following a black kitten, and suddenly the black kitten turns into a panther! A woman welcomes the panther to join her and the rest of the panthers. And then, unaware of the presence of the little girl, the group starts having "fun." The girl becomes horrified by the scene. She makes a noise and they notice her. "Hunt her down! Kill her!" the woman says to the panthers. She managed to escape from the pack, but they got to her parents. In her flashbacks, her parents were chased and fell off a cliff. The authorities told her that it was a car accident. She has lived on the edge of illusion and reality until she sees the photo of the woman on a magazine. A photo is all she needs to confirm what her flashbacks tell her. Now, she is ready to get even.

Main Story: The White Shadow - Shiroi Kageboshi - 白い影法師 Suzuko Hasebe, a grade 11 student, has been on a consistent transfer from one school to another (due to her father's work) before transferring to a private school. When she arrived, she saw an empty desk sitting by the window of the classroom and was given permission to sit there. No one has sat at that desk for 5 years, and strange things are about to occur. Side Story: Melody for Two - Futari no Melody - ふたりのメ� ディ Sawai is handsome, cultured, and a talented violinist who is searching for his soul-mate. Karumi is a boisterous and energetic girl whose greatest desire is to play the drum during the local festival. When Sawai's grandmother has heart trouble, Karumi impresses Sawai with her energy–and wrestling ability! But the gap between their worlds may be too great even for a duet with violin and drum, for Sawai's mother has returned to Japan–and declares Sawai must go to Austria. The only way he can stay is for rough Karumi to make a good impression…

Ryouko Midorikawa is a girl in her first year of high school. One day the cat she had raised and loved for 15 years suddenly dies. Although Pow hated water, he died drowning. Ryouko is lost in questions about the cause of his death. But from that night on, terrible things start happening everywhere around her!

From Stage Storm: Seiko and Kanako are the daughters of two important companies. Nijihiko, the son of another company must choose a wife between them, but Kanako is kidnapped. Miruku is a happy girl, crazy for cakes and pies, and really good at kendo. She looks like the missing girl so she's asked to substitute her to meet Nijihiko.

It happened in the blink of an eye. Rikka's world turned upside down when her school field trip bus flipped and plummeted into a lake. Everyone inside that bus drowned… except for Rikka, but she wasn't saved by anything as simple as luck. When she was released from the hospital, Rikka was then attacked repeatedly in a series of bizarre incidents all involving water… and a sadistic aquatic beauty whose name is – Rikka!? What does our heroine have that the sadistic Rikka wants back? What was it that saved her from drowning, and who gave it to her and why…?

One afternoon, Atsushi's best friend from childhood, Masa, informs him, "I kidnapped Niina Aota." Niina, whose popular nickname is "Nina", is the girl Masa fell in love with at first sight on the train attending school. Atsushi found it unexpected and hard to believe, until he heads over to Masa's apartment and discovers that Nina has really been kidnapped….

The story is about Miyagawa Shota, who just graduated from high school, and left his hometown to work in the famous Tsurumoku Furniture factory outside of Tokyo. In the company dorm, Shota is roomed with Tabatake, the most senior resident of the dorm and the most obnoxious roommate, and Sugimoto, the in-house Casanova. With these two roommates, Shota is constantly caught in awkward situations. Although the manga addresses the issues of making career and love quite seriously, it still succeeds in remaining funny at the same time.

At the Kanagawa police precinct, Inspector Keita Kurokôchi is a textbook dirty cop. Having a position at the second division of the precinct tasked with investigating organized and white-collar crimes, Kurokôchi knows every local politician's little secrets and their bribes allow him to live in luxury. On the contrary, Chief Inspector Shingo Seike is a naïve newcomer at the precinct full of idealism. One day, the commissioner of the Kanagawa police force decides to partner Kurokochi with Seike in an effort to finally get rid of the former and stop him from tarnishing the honour of the police force. The manga was completed in May 2018 with 23 volumes.

Short story collection including: 1. Iguana no Musume: A girl develops a complex about herself after her mother thinks of her as a hideous iguana. Iguana Girl reflects Hagio's own relationship with her mother, and it took her "years to write this story". 2. Catharsis When Yuji, a student retaking his entrance exams, suddenly runs away from home, his worried parents begin searching for him. They discover he’s staying at the home of the owner of the part-time job where he works. Despite their concerns, Yuji insists he won’t return. What is Yuji truly seeking? Why does he keep running away? 3. Afternoon Sunshine: While watching a TV show with her husband, Shouko's world was turning upside down because of her husband's words, "After all, married couples are just strangers." 4. The Pills That Help You Go To School: On the first day of the second semester of his first year in high school, Katsumi saw his father becoming a word processor and his mother an electric rice cooker. 5. My Friend K: K transferred to the narrator's school in the summer of his second year of junior high school. A 8-page oneshot showcases the tangle between envy and admiration.

Ooya Chiki has two short story compilations with the same name. **1974 edition:** - **Candy to Choco Bonbon**: Booboo Sue transfers to Gradler Academy to find her lost childhood love, Buddy. - Ouji-sama ga Ippa: Ooya's debut work. - Shiroi Carnival - Rouge wa Saigo **2007 edition:** - **Candy to Choco Bonbon**: Booboo Sue transfers to Gradler Academy to find her lost childhood love, Buddy. - Ouji-sama ga Ippai - Alphonse, Osaki ni Douzo - Shiroi Carniva - Yukiwarisou - **Images**: A short story by Ooya Chiki published in Ribbon in 1974. - Namiki-doori no Noriai Bus - Boku no Suteki na Posie Oba-san

Fuji, who can see the "red string of fate" is in an unrequited love with his university classmate, Yuka. However, Fuji is hiding those feelings in his heart. This is because he knows their "red strings of fate" aren't connected. Do you believe in "fate?" This is a love story that will make your heart go "kyun," depicting the love of adults being toyed with by fate.

Second virgin went to Women's Wind and fell madly in love! Office worker Berry happened to learn about the dating course at Onna Kaze through an Internet TV program she was watching, and out of curiosity, she decided to try it out. After using the course several times, she becomes attracted to KEN, the therapist, and with a single-minded desire to get closer to KEN, she finally uses the treatment course and becomes physically and emotionally addicted to KEN. What will happen to Berry's love, swamped by the person she has to pay to see?

Story 6: Yasha Gozen – 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 might not be as it seems.

From Kirby Scanlations: After graduating from high school, Minori decides to attend art school against the protests of her mother. While throwing herself into her work, she happens to meet two fellow male students. Fujioka Takashi, and Kagami Touma. Kagami, who uplifts people with his confidence and kindness. Fujioka, whose confidence inspires. Thanks to these two boys, Minori is able to overcome the struggles she’s been facing her entire life. But what happens when one of them wants something more…?

Manga adaptation of the work by Anne Rice. It was later renamed as Interview with (the) Vampire. Louis and Lestat are two vampires living in the 1700s who have a platonic love/hate relationship. Louis is about to leave Lestat but suddenly Lestat turns a little girl (Claudia) into a vampire and Louis can't leave her…But what happens when Claudia's mind matures but her body stays the same.

After his sick mother wracks up a huge hospital bill, Senkanji makes a bet with Pro Golfer, Goken Tsukio, to loan out the 5 million yen needed to pay the hospital back.

The protagonist Hamada Katsuo, is your everyday pervert/loser character. He's starting a new semester in school, so he wants to escape from his loser days, the only problem is the new change in look/lifestyle he got is that of a gang member. He beats a strong guy that was bullying a friend of his by mistake and now, because of it he's the target for all the gangs in the region, even though he's still only a weakling and a pervert. Will Katsuo escape alive…? Find out.

Times are tough for a little tanuki in the big city! Can she hide her true identity, or will the humans find out what she truly is? 𓆟 --- Oneshot that ran in Harta 113.

Based on the games of the same name, a variety of authors and artists write a large offering of short stories starring the various characters featured in the games. The stories range from being lovingly heartfelt, packed full of comedy and gags or being downright evil or messed up sometimes! Note: These are NOT doujin. These are official comic anthologies licensed by Spike Chunsoft, the developers of the Danganronpa series.

This book includes all the stories from Inu o Kau and Toudo no Tabibito, and two works never reprinted before, Hiken Zangetsu and Hyakunen no Keifu. List of works: 「犬を飼う」『ビッグコミック』1991年6月25日号 「そして…猫を飼う」『ビッグコミック』1991年12月25日号 「庭のながめ」『ビッグコミック』1992年4月10日号 「三人の日々」『ビッグコミック』1992年9月25日号 「約束の地」『ビッグコミック』1992年7月25日号 「海へ還る」『ビッグコミックスピリッツ』1994年3月28日号 「松華樓」『ビッグコミック』1998年1月10日号 「山へ」『ビッグコミックスペシャル増刊』2002年12月1日号 「凍土の旅人」『ビッグコミック 1（ワン）』2003年7月2日号 「白い荒野」『ビッグコミック 1（ワン）』2003年12月28日号 「貝寄風島」『ビッグコミック 1（ワン）』2004年7月1日号 「秘剣残月」『ビッグコミック 1（ワン）』2008年4月3日号 「百年の系譜」『ビッグコミック 1（ワン）』2009年4月12日号

oneshot prequel to Tail Concerto game serialized in Monthly Shonen Ace, June 1998

A hardboiled espionage action story featuring Major Eberbach. Can he elude the pursuit of the genius assassin from the KGB?

Set from 1581 to 1586 with flashbacks further into the past, this is the story of Tyrian Persimmon. Born to a Spanish mother with an English husband in this era of conflict between the two contries, Tyrian favors Spain. His father suspects that Tyrian is not his son because he doesn't look like the man at all, and regularly beats him. His mother's lover is discovered to be a Spanish spy and flees the country. Tyrian is determined to join the navy and eventually rejoin Geraldo. At the age of 19 he begins to make his ruthless way up the ranks of the English navy. Note: Tyrian Persimmon was ancestor of one Major Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach from From Eroica with Love.