A collection of short stories. The volume contains: RED STRING (Shueisha) 1990 Oni Gokko (Chuokoronsha) 1993 Oni Kon Shiki (Chuokoronsha) 1993 Ihin (Josei Sebun) 1977 Dokuro no Kan (Josei Sebun) 1979

You join a family lawyer working for the Yakuza on his decent into the darkness. After he gains the attention of his boss, Hagiwara slowly realizes that he not only enjoys the pain he *needs* it to feel real...

The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, "accidents" start to happen-people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the...

Among the elites and criminals, Giichiro Jin is known for his top-notch plastic surgery skill that can transform patients appearance along with their fates. But his service costs an arm and a leg, on top of ...

A young priestess joins her first adventuring party but almost immediately encounters the most unspeakable horrors. Rescued by an enigmatic warrior called Goblin Slayer, she partners with her savior on his m...

There's rarely a dull moment in the Four-Cornered World: Harefolk Hunter's party is moving up the ranks and making a name for themselves on the frontier; Priestess, Female Knight, Witch, and High-Elf Archer ...

Three days after his sister's death, he finally regained the will to move. In the aftermath of a goblin raid, a lone boy mourns the loss of his village, his family. Five years later, that same boy visits a c...

THE DIE IS CAST. After his sister is brutally murdered during a goblin raid, a young boy swears vengeance upon the creatures who killed not only her but also the rest of his village. Five years later and now...

Champion of mixed martial arts of women —'Shin Eun Hye'. The strongest woman in the world, but she is too lonely because she doesn't have a boyfriend by her side. Men are reluctant because she is a martial...

Deep in the heart of 19th Century London, a young nobleman named Cain walks the shadowy cobblestone streets of the aristocratic society in which he was born. Forced to become an Earl upon the untimely death ...

"Forensic Scientist Kim Junghoon lies dead in the National Forensic Service’s autopsy room. He died full of regret after witnessing his work partner of 20 years, Kim Sangjin, distorted his very own autopsy...

About a master and disciple pair of travellers that are crossing a wasteland and find a remote village. At the inn, there is an array of other travellers including a warrior, a mother and son and a monk. Dri...

"Forensic medicine student Lu Lanqiao became the biggest suspect in "killing" his brother overnight. The words his brother said before his death set him on the road of escape. In order to find out who killed...

It's the 18th century in Naples, Italy. There is a girl named Maria living peacefully in the city, but she is more than she appears. She is like a goddess of death, with a sword that cuts through everything....

THE BRIDE OF MONTEFALCO Ally's husband died in a car accident 4 months ago with an unknown woman in the passenger seat. The woman is soon identified as the wife of a well-known Italian duke. Not knowing wha...

Furinji Goku is an ordinary private eye for hire. While working on a case involving an illegal weapons dealer, he notices a lot of the detectives working on the case committing suicide for no apparent reason...

A deeper look at the childhood and history of Jagi, one of the four Hokuto brothers, and an important villain in the original Hokuto no Ken manga.

O-Sato is willing to do anything to get revenge on the men who raped and murdered her younger sister, even if she must sleep with the perpetrators in order to get close enough to them to slit their throats. ...

When he was a child, Murakami was infatuated with a girl he called Kuroneko. She insisted on knowing about aliens and having met them, but no one believed her, even young Murakami was skeptical. One day, she...

Ex-yakuza hitman Yousuke dies... And is promptly scouted as an angel! Will he manage to accomplish his earthly duties, or will he simply drive his trainer, Zerachiel, crazy? Note: The original oneshot was t...

In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across ...

As drugs made with Alphas’ blood, which is said to have the best aphrodisiac effect, are distributed everywhere, Ace Jess from the Drug Enforcement Administration is assigned to the temporary protection of...

Golgo 13, the man who is shrouded in mystery, and the terrifying fact that shines behind the fiction. The trajectory of the bullet fired by Golgo 13 will determine the course of the world's murky waters! Bri...

Good-Bye is the third in a series of collected short stories from Drawn & Quarterly by the legendary Japanese cartoonist Yoshihiro Tatsumi, whose previous work has been selected for several annual “top 10�...