Rather more representative of the Nishioka siblings' writing style than Kami no Kodomo, this is a collection of one-shots that explore the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people in an odd, surrealistic manner replete with atypical and symbolic illustrations. More than one reading may be required i...
A world ruled by seven swords which give incredible powers to the one who wields them. The main characters, a kid with no memories and a mysterious white-haired girl, will get involved with these dangerous weapons and confront a lot of deadly situations. Note from the author: This is my first seriou...
From huamulan03.blogspot.com: 3 January 2011. ER doctor Matsuoka Tsuyoshi examines a patient presenting influenza symptoms. The next day, the patient dies from multiple-organ failure, followed by others who had shown the same symptoms. As the death toll rises, even the high-tech Japanese are at a lo...
From Forbidden Garden Midori moves from Tokyo to start her senior year of high school in Sendai. She saved her childhood friend Aa-chan from teasing, but the class boss, Erena, stirs up a revolt and makes her the new target. Midori can’t bear the never-ending torment and personally takes her own l...
A collection of short, bittersweet love stories, including several incestuous ones. 1). Until the Ice Melts and Turns to Blood. The Karaoke staff call her "the lonely girl." She rents a room all night and won't go home. Why? And what can Nogami say to help her? 2). Suicide Note. Two charming girls, ...
Suzuki Misa stopped believing in Gods because ever since she was little, no matter how many times she wished, they never came true. Until one day, a boy named Suzuki Ichirou shows up in front of her, claiming to be the guardian God of all Suzukis. Misa, who hates Gods, is unimpressed at Ichirou's ov...
Demon brothers Tao Tie and Kui Long arrived at a village to receive a ritual sacrifice that happens every 10 years. Kui Long introduces himself as Wu Chen to a girl named Tan Hua. Turns out that Tan Hua actually died from an illness beforehand, but her brother, the doctor gave her a medicine to revi...
From Tokyopop: Eiri Kurahashi is an art school student, with a job at a local antique store. It's there that he develops a strange obsession. He finds himself entranced by a portrait of a Victorian-era girl named Cossette. It's a portrait with a strange history--everyone who has owned it has been mu...
One day, high school girl Sonoko forgets something so she goes back to get it. She glances out the window and sees a boy in the schoolyard, surrounded by unconscious and bleeding bodies! The boy is Narusawa, and blood runs down his cheek, and he has a dangerous look in his eye. He is one of the toug...
This is an adaptation of the Mirage of Blaze novel, and so far seems to follow the original source material closely. The complex plot incorporates a large number of elements - including romantic melodrama, historical politics and supernatural fantasy. Japanese history predominates the heavily struct...