The series set in a fictional world that believes in reincarnation of the soul. If someone accomplished great things in their previous life, the society expects that person to also be very successful in their current life. On the other hand, if one commits a great sin and is punished with a large prison sentence that far exceeds the life expectancy of that individual, he is forced to continue serving that sentence in his next life. This is a story of Haro Ahinsa and his reincarnations, that have been sentenced to 339 years of penal servitude for the his sin.
A detective hunts for clues on the impossible "alibi" of the mysterious girl, a suspect for the murder of her own parents, who testifies that she has the uncontrollable and spontaneous ability to transform into literally anything. This collection of short stories is filled with mysterious and fantastic plot, introducing you to the fantasy worlds of Kawaguchi Madoka!
The setting of Devil Survivor 2 spans the whole country of Japan. It tells the story of Japanese high-school students who receive emails from a website foretelling their friend's deaths. Mysterious creatures invade the country, and the students enter a pact, enabling them to summon demons from their cell phones with a special Devil Summoning App.
There is a certain restaurant in one corner of a shopping street near the office district. The historical restaurant, marked by a sign with a picture of a cat, is called "Western Cuisine Nekoya." This restaurant looks completely normal through the week, but on Saturdays, it opens in secret exclusively to some very unique guests. During these hours, doors in various areas of a parallel world open to allow customers of many different races and cultures into the restaurant. This "Restaurant to Another World" and its food hold an exotic charm to these highly diverse customers. This is a story of the heartwarming, once-in-a-lifetime encounters between our reality and another world, between the restaurant's customers and its owner, and the food shared among them all. Note: Based on the eponymous light novel by Inuzuka Junpei.
A young man sits in the inner room of a library, diligently restoring old - but valuable - books to their former splendour. An enthusiastic, upbeat young police officer often comes to him for help with hard-to-solve cases...But what exactly is the mysterious skill that allows this man to unfailingly discover the truth lying in places that even the watchful eye of the Law has failed to penetrate?
James Block is a former sports star whose criminal endeavors landed him in jail. In prison he meets "Dr. F", a strange old man who tells James about a beam that can turn living things invisible. After escaping from prison, James finds and uses the laser on himself. But, because the beam has not been perfected yet, it only rendered his skin invisible, leaving his insides visible to the outside. Angered at his disfigurement, James takes the name "Alabaster" and begins eliminating the hypocrites and the boastful. He is joined by Ami Ozawa, the granddaughter of "Doctor F", who was rendered invisible after the doctor used his pregnant daughter as an "F Beam" test subject. On their trail is Rock, a vicious FBI agent.
Mitozu - a small town lost in the mountains, population 6000. Every evening at 6 heavy bell tolls start resounding down the streets. Everybody knows that after the bell sounded you must not go out until the Sun rises again. But one day this law is broken by an ignorant outsider who just returned home after 10 years in Tokyo and the horrible apparition known only as Myoudo-sama has finally found a victim to prey upon.
In a small village that suffers from famine, a 4 years old girl full of life named Ann does her best to face the challenges life throws at her.---You can find chapter previews and sketches on the author's (https://twitter.com/pokorotomas).
On a pitch-black night, corporate wage slave Qi Yan sees his first love — the one that had passed 10 years before. After quite a bit of pestering and persuasion, he finds himself forced into the miserable lifestyle of working during the day and investigating at the night. The topic of the investigation? Finding out who the culprit is. Can the top who had passed years before successfully manage to be resurrected?
“Please keep in mind. This shop is not responsible for any harm caused by the electronic device.” A mystery horror about the strange electronics shop owner, ‘Yak’.
The Kafkaesque autobiography of a diplomat who compares himself to Grigori Rasputin and what happens after he gets caught up in a political purge during the early 2000s. A legal thriller with a dash of geopolitics. Based on "Kokka no Wana (Trap of the State)", the autobiography of ex-diplomat and political writer Sato Masaru.
