Music, children, teenagers, adventure, and hidden magic. A collection of short stories filled with the essence of Erisawa Seiko, from her recent works to rare ones.

The signal is hiding in the breathing. Takako is the girl who can hear things more clearly than other people. It’s not a special power, so she can’t write it on her resume, but Takako communes and communicates with the world through sound. Let’s watch the simple daily life of Takako while she warmly embraces the heartless modern society.

The reaper loves seeing the cries of humans before swinging down his scythe to reap their souls. He lives for the hunt of humans souls before their passing. Yet one night, he encounters a dying girl with flowers blooming in her room looking back at him with a smile. ___ **Alt Official English:** [Square Enix Manga & Books](https://squareenixmangaandbooks.square-enix-games.com/en-us/series/bride-of-the-death-god)

Possessing both flexibility and tenacity, Imomushi (Japanese for Caterpillar) is an assassin that does not kill anyone but those who are assigned to her. She seems to have had something happen between her and her older sister in the past, however. A new spin-off story from the same author of Arachnid, this story looks at the inner workings of a top assassin within The Organization itself. Note: In early 2014, serialization resumed with a new artist. The series had been on hiatus after the sudden passing of the previous artist in 2013 [Wikipedia](https://ja.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%82%BF%E3%83%94%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BC_(%E6%BC%AB%E7%94%BB)&redirect=no)

Shouichirou Tsurugi is the master of an well-established, upscale miso shop. He's a noted "prodigal son" and an eccentric "Jack of all trades, master of none." He's also the patron of a suspicious male geisha, Yosaburou, who will do anything for money and has no talent, except for telling ghost stories. It may or may not be true that the young master is making amorous advances toward Yosaburou! Every night, the parlor of a restaurant in the red light district called Ghost Moon Tower showcases mysterious tales that interweave "strange things" and people's other desires.

Light Calendar year 2045. A world where the coastline has been greatly submerged under the sea. A young man named Yukari Fujikura is attacked by the sea monster known as “Suika” on his quest to find his missing grandfather. In this life-threatening situation, his savior comes in the form of the embodiment of light, the “Guardian of the Light,” who resides within a lighthouse. Joining the organization known as the “Pilgrimage Agency,” an organization that fights against the Suika, Yukari sets out on a journey around the lighthouses alongside his superiors, Sen Nakazawa and Akiko Douke. Their ultimate goal is to save the future of the world…

A one-shot compilation with themes of suffering, crime, and betrayal, incorporating elements from gekiga. - **Cave In** (落盤, Rakuban): A young man gets to the bottom of a mining incident from 20 years ago that isn't what it seems. - **The Flowers and the Ruffians** (花とあらくれ, Hana to Arakure): Ken is sent to a cabin that houses other vicious men in the barren north. His goal? Plant seeds, and have them flower on the land, no matter what. - **Decisive Battle at Cannibal's Cape** (人食岬の決戦, Hito-shoku Misaki no Kessen): A team of soldiers is weary from long battle on an island. Some are willing to go to great extremes - even if it means some may be expendable... - **The Ghost of the Jet Base** (ジェット基地の幽霊, Jet Kichi no Yūrei): Detective Hazama is called to investigate paranormal activity at an air base, but finds himself wrapped up in more than he bargained for. - **Fire Valley** (火の谷, Hi no Tani): In the Wild West, a young boy searches for the man who killed his father. Rumors of a cursed yet powerful pistol are about - one said to literally be possessed by a demon - and they interest the men of the local saloon. What connection could there be? - **Tatsumaki Voyage Log** (タツマキ号航海記, Tatsumaki-gō Kōkaigi): Shichiro is a boy who lives by the sea, and was found as a baby in an abandoned ship. One day, he learns that he is not his parents' blood son, which causes him great distress. Not long after, the red algae that are a key source of revenue in his town are dying off. What begins as an investigation of the cause turns out to be a long journey linked to Shichiro's heritage. - **Wings and Stardust** (羽と星くず, Hane to Hoshikuzu): An emonogatari. A pair of wings made of a mysterious substance are found in the stratosphere by an astronaut. Through a tumultuous string of events, they end up in the possession of the young Kazuo. But there are other parties interested in Kazuo's wings as well - yet Kazuo only wishes to have the wings better the lives of his community. And so Kazuo goes on his own journey, his fate bound with the wings... --- **Volume 319 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

In the era of cavemen, a boy with white skin is born on the night of a storm. He is immediately outcast as a cursed child, doomed to bring disaster to whoever he comes across. This boy is set to be sacrificed to the Dragon King (a Tyrannosaurus), but is saved by an ape woman, Kitty, and is given the name Ryu. Ryu grows up as her child, and soon encounters the world of the cavemen again - with Kitty dying in a skirmish between them and the Dragon King. Ryu soon learns that Kitty is not his birth mother, though she is somewhere out in the world. Faced with this mystery, Ryu ventures on a journey to seek her - all while dealing with discrimination from other cavemen, and the ever-present danger of the prehistoric era. The first part of the Ryu Trilogy. **Links:** - [Anime Adaptation on ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1463)

Jack Oshinumi is a young man of English descent who is forced to reside in Hokkaido after contracting serious illness, much to his chagrin. With his mind more concerned about his studies than his health, Jack finds himself at odds with his family around him. All he wants is to return to school, return to Tokyo, and being an ordinary Japanese boy, and that's all that matters to him. As soon as he moves in, however, Jack begins to see strange beings emerge in not just his dreams, but even in the real world. One day, Jack encounters a strange man named Rin Funo, who looks similar to one of those beings he saw in his dreams. Rin, a family friend to his cousins, give Jack a certain pendant. Before long, Jack finds himself amidst several parties interested in that pendant for their own malicious purposes - parties from the realm of the fae, Nymphidia. When the pendant falls into the hands of another, Jack must leave Hokkaido, and embark on a journey within Nymphidia. This journey will make him realize not just his purpose, but the significance of his heritage. An epic romance from Ryoko Yamagishi, featuring faces from Greek, Celtic, and other mythologies and folklore, as well as some from Christianity. *In the original 5 volumes, the following one-shots are included:* Volume 2: Ochikubo Monogatari Volume 5: Dream

Out of nowhere, 99 girls were sent to a large room, where they are inadvertently transferred to the other side of the screen. There, strange creatures live, which begin to hunt the girls who cross the monitor.

(from mangaupdates): Tyrian’s stepfather, a notorious womanizer, decides to remarry, and his victim is a sickeningly sweet and innocent girl named Juliet. But the girl is kidnapped off of Tyrian’s ship, first by pirates and then by more pirates in the form of our dashing Luminous Red Benedict. The neatly woven threads of conspiracy which have been supporting Tyrian’s life begin to unravel, and he flees to Spain at last. Captain Red redoubles his pursuit. Conflict between Tyrian Persimmon (ancestor of one Major Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach) and Luminous Red Benedict (AKA, pirate ancestor of one Dorian Red Gloria).

In the world where the taste and texture of food are very important, there is Toriko, a hunter of precious foods regularly hired by restaurants and the rich. He's a man with the inhuman skills necessary to capture the ferocious, evasive, and rare animals to complete his ultimate dinner course! His current accomplice is a weak, timid person who was inspired by Toriko's greatness and accompanies him on all his journeys on his quest for the course of his life. Note: Was nominated for the 2nd Manga Taisho Award in 2009.

The story follows Detective Xeno, who after being found collapsed at the side of a road covered in blood and was taken to a hospital the first thing he said upon awakening was solving a murder that happened in the hospital! Xeno himself has no memory of who he is or where he came from, but after that huge incident and after leaving the hospital, he opened up a detective agency and in just a year he solved some high-profile cases.

A fairly close manga adaptation of George Orwell's Animal Farm, serialized in Weekly Shonen Magazine. A tale of the rise and fall of a society farm animals form after they overthrow their owner. Animals toil and suffer on Manor Farm, owned by the cruel and careless Mr. Jones. One night, Old Major, an elder pig on the farm, has a fantastic dream one night, of which he informs all the other animals; one where animals overthrow the human race, and the fruits of their labor are made theirs to keep. Though he dies not long after, the animals are emboldened with his vivid visions of a potential future - and one day, through a fierce uprising, they take ownership of the farm from Mr. Jones. Manor Farm - now renamed Animal Farm - maintains itself under an ideology known as Animalism, built upon Old Major's dream and stances regarding humans. However, tension is high, and different parties have their own intentions about the fate of Animal Farm...

This story is based on the life of the famous historical author, Izumi Kyoka, who wrote about the fantastic in the Meiji period. In this manga, Kyoka writes for the Fantasy Club magazine, and he encounters many supernatural, often onmyoudou-related, incidents. Together with his managing editor Kozuki Masumi, other friends and colleagues, and his own mysterious abilities, Kyoka tries to find a way to resolve each mysterious situation

(From ebookjapan) A magical boy who can freely manipulate scents, Konoin Satoru! That sweet and mysterious fragrance judges the evil of people's hearts! Hunt the darkness in people's hearts!!

Kiba Yuuji may look like a normal guy, but he's got a dark secret. He carries a murder license, and his secret code name is KIBA! He can morph his body as he wishes, allowing him to even transform into a woman! Welcome to the beginning of another ulra-violent extravaganza by the same man who brought you Black Angels!

In the world of magic, there lived a kind-hearted prince, Linkenel. Prince Linkenel was born with the most powerful magical power in history. His magical power was so powerful that the king had to seal that power within his body from the time he was an infant, not releasing it until the day he comes of age. On July 1024, on Linkenel’s coming-of-age ceremony, Rieswinn, the God of Water, appeared at the ceremony and attempted to abduct the prince in order to claim Linkenel’s power as his own. As Rieswinn casts his water magic in the hall, drowning everyone within it, to spare the king’s and queen’s lives, Linkenel agreed to join with Rieswinn. As they were about to depart, one of Linkenel’s best companion, a puppy named Lyle, tried to intervene. As Linkenel begged Rieswinn to keep the pup by his side, Rieswinn brutally slaughtered the puppy claiming Linkenel is now his and should not be swayed by anything else. Shifting to the modern world, Kanba Yoichi, the protagonist, is a high schooler who has been having dreams about Prince Linkenel, who he refers to as his master, since the passing of his mother. However, his dream has always been the same and ends exactly at the same location (where Lyle was slaughtered and Linkenel was taken away) every time for the past six years. Longing to save his “master,” he stumbles across a fortune teller, who gives him a magical coin to “let him see the sequel of the dream he has been having.” After trying to place the coin under his pillow, Yoichi finds himself in the magical world and, there, he meets with his master. And thus, the magical story of the two begins.

Moriyama is a well-off executive director of a high-class company, with a wife and two children. However, Moriyama isn't all he seems: He is in fact a Zainichi Korean who changed his name and identity after the war to shield himself from discrimination. One night, he is asked by an old friend to shelter a fellow countryman, Jo, who has come for his own reasons. Moriyama, who has distanced himself from his roots until now, must confront not only his heritage, but his past. A sealed one-shot of Tezuka's focusing on Zainichi Koreans, it has never been recollected or reprinted in any capacity.

Section Chief Shima Kōsaku is the first in a number of Japanese manga series about a fictional salaryman named Shima Kōsaku, a Japanese white-collar worker who devotes his life to his company, Hatsushiba Electric. ---- - **Won the 15th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 1991, which it shared with the Josei work Akujo**

Follow Professor Nazotoki and his trusty assistant, Kaito-kun, as they endeavor to solve the mysteries laid to rest beneath the eternal sands of ancient ruins! Join in this interactive puzzle-solving adventure to guide the savant Professor and his sidekick--after all, together, there's nothing they can't understand! ___ **Puzzle Creator:** [Tobayama Momotarou](https://mangadex.org/author/3501daa5-c4aa-4a51-90a2-9af15223e28e) ([Far&Near](https://mangadex.org/author/dae0dfbd-ad6b-4bbc-9396-a638b9163bc5))

Saitō Yu'ichi, a boy without prospects, decides to kill himself at the turn of the year. However, a fateful meeting with a stranger, Mitsumune Sakutarō, who is his complete opposite, changes Yu'ichi's future in a way he could never have imagined.