Joo In-Gong, our main character, attends his high school reunion only to be pressured by a friend into lying about his job. Despite being unemployed, In-Gong explains he’s the owner of a MatJib, a term for a well-regarded local restaurant. To save face, In-Gong resolves to make this lie a reality ...
In 1950s Tokyo, only the Rose Cross Detective Agency can tackle the cases that the police won’t touch. Enokizu is an eccentric private eye with psychic abilities, and Chuuzenji is a surly used book store owner with an encylopaedic knowledge of obscure trivia. Together with their associates, they s...
The "Dark Flower" is a sword of legend; a horrible legend of a gruesome slaughter three hundred years past. Lilia, a small girl from a village threatened by the bandit group whose leader has obtained this cursed weapon is now searching for help to save her city. Unfortunately, she is spotted by the ...
The story revolves around people who possess the ability to infiltrate human minds and manipulate memories. Their powers have been used in the underworld for covering up accidents, assassinations, and all manner of crimes. But these powers not only destroy others’ spirits, but also corrupt the use...
As Bai Xi investigates a dark organisation called “The Animals”, wishing to take revenge upon his mother’s murderer, he finds himself stumbling upon more than what he bargained for. Superhumans, human experiments, and special drugs are all within arms reach. What are they up to, and where does...
Malice, Ignorance, and Urban Legends --. The crossroads of music and the story of darkness corrupting people!! Nagisa, a girl living in a fierce environment, both at home and school. Through music, she got addicted to the people on the internet. One day, she walked past a mysterious girl at the trai...
From the mangaka who told his life story in A Drifting Life, and gave you Abandon the Old in Tokyo and The Push Man and Other Stories, comes this collection of gekiga of the 1970s which have never before been translated into English. Personally selected for publication exclusively by Landmark Books ...
(Amazon.jp): Ichiro is trying to become a mangaka but is not succeeding, yet Sachiko loves and supports him. The two live together in a transient and unfulfilling relationship, and the collapse of their affair is depicted with a unique avant-garde touch in a work that will remain a classic in manga ...
28 years ago, Tamura's parent was responsible for a mass indescriminate poisoning case while he was in elementary school, and he grew up branded the son of a criminal. After his wife dies in childbirth, Tamura heads back to Hokaido to confront his past. The mysteries surrounding his father, a police...
Detective Joo Hyuk's ordinary life is flipped upside down on the day the killing vote begins, giving citizens a chance to punish killers that evaded punishment. Gaetal, the mysterious figure controlling this system, claims it's justice for the forgotten, while Hyuk and his team try but fail to preve...
A peaceful day in Tokyo, Japan, with not a worry in sight. An average Japanese man was enjoying yet another calm day with his wife. However, something peaceful as such, never will go well forever. With fate lurking around the corner, what will he do with the tribulations that follows?
Kougetsu An, a well-established Japanese-style confectionary store where Nao's mother worked and lived is where she met Tsubaki. However, after a certain incident, Nao's mother was accused of murder and is arrested. Because of that, Nao was banned from Kougetus An. Fifteen years later, Tsubaki revis...
(from ebookjapan): A blue kaleidoscope held by a boy next to me on the express train to Sendai. What he saw when he looked through it was the nostalgic world of his youth. In addition to the title story, "My Norakuro," "Tokiwa-so Charamera," "The Day Osamu Tezuka Died," "Ogawa's Medaka," which descr...