Some live in the deep darkness behind your eyelids. Some eat silence. Some thoughtlessly kill. Some simply drive men mad. They are known as mushi creatures that came into being shortly after life emerged fro...

The year is 1967, and a young Japanese man is thinking about the future. On one side of the water, the war is raging in Vietnam; far away on the other side, the Apollo Project has just met with disaster as t...

Part 1: Hiroshima, 1955. Ten years after the city was consumed by a scorching flash of light, a woman's soul is still deeply shaken by the earth-shattering explosion that devastated her home and changed her ...

KNOW THY FATHER The book opens with some childhood thoughts of Yoichi Yamashita spurred by a phone call at work informing him of his father's death. So, he journeys back to his hometown after an absence of w...

The year is 1949. Japan had been defeated in World War II and was occupied by Allied Forces consisting of American, Australian, British, Indian and New Zealander troops. A young woman meets a young man. Bot...

Ginko finds himself in a village which falls victim to a mushi that blocks out the sun; however, one villager seems to benefit from this calamity.

Mitsuko is Japan’s first woman detective in the turbulent 1930s! When a handsome college student shows up with a new case, he ends up assigned as her new assistant! Join Mitsuko and Saku as they solve case...

This story is set in Cambodia. War has ravaged the country year after year, leaving behind it large minefields. To this day, many people still suffer because of them. Aki Ra keeps clearing the fields. But wh...

Contains six short stories: • Kuzeinke no Saidai no Show • Seifuku wa Hugenai • Brigit no Bansan (Brigit's Supper) • Shizuru Cinema • Kasou Senryaku - Kagami-uchi (Mirror Play) • Emerald Wh...

The fox who has lived for a millennium will outsmart the humans. In China during the Jin dynasty, it's said that a millennial fox lived in the tomb of King Yan Zhao of Zhou. That fox, Guangtian, goes to meet...

A collection of slice of life shorts depicting life in a bygone era.

11 short stories independent from one another. The main theme is women's life in olden times Korea, dominated by Confucian morals in rural area.

The story is set in the year Showa 44 (1969), and it centers around Takanori Jingūji, the 27-year-old man who eventually become the head of the Japan Shogi Association in the main March comes in like a lion...

Four young Japanese men immigrate to San Francisco at the start of the 20th century. There they adopt American names and set out to learn western ways and seek their fortunes. Henry (the author’s alter ego...

"You and I are only friends when we go out to eat!" During the Taisho era, when Western food culture was spreading, Tsukasa Inari, a young man working for the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, hates fanc...

A collection of oneshots about everyday life in Edo (former name of Tokyo).

Original Webtoon: Ridibooks (Expired), Naver Series

1940, Paris. Marion is the leader of a group of street rats who steal to survive. A man hears her singing and invites her to play the role of Jeanne d'Arc in a play. The story of one woman's journey in the s...

Sarusuberi recounts short episodes in the later life of Hokusai, the genius ukiyoe artist, and of his daughter, Oei. It was later adapted into the anime Miss Hokusai (2015).

Third and last installment of the Nagasaki trilogy.

Born into one of Europe's most prestigious family the Habsburgs, Maria Theresia became the Empress after her father's death and inherited vast territories and assets. However, neighboring countries oppose in...