Yumiko Kawahara's disturbing short stories explore the strange and codependent world of dolls and the people who own them. These cautionary tales must come from some desire to teach people a lesson, for in each...

A 21-year-old man, Shinkichi, is employed as assistant by the beautiful ageless shamisen player Toyoshiga. Despite the considerable age difference, they became lovers. But Toyoshiga is a jealous woman who can't...

A mystery murder case shatters Lan Zhiqing's serene and blissful life into pieces. The past she has long forgotten returns in the form of a nightmarish case, encroaching ever the closer... Shocked, Lan Zhiqing...

From the outside, Dr. Cha Hanjoo has the perfect life. He’s handsome, loaded, and the head of a famous dermatology clinic in Seoul’s richest neighborhood. If that wasn’t enough, he also has the perfect wife...

Haegu, a proficient and merciless hitwoman, executes a man in front of his own daughter and takes the child under her wing. She decides to name her Mian, the word for "sorry" in Korean, and gives her one...

title Kanae is a girl who is struggling to fit in with the popular clique at her high school. Because she had been bullied in middle school, she has developed an acute inferiority complex that had led her...

Asahi Sonorama (2000): 1. Kinpatsu no Sougen :Meet NIPPORI Ayumu, an 80 year-old man, who, due to a serious heart condition, has spent sixty years of his life confined to his house. One morning, he wakes up...

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade–and take control of–a human host to...

A side story to "Kitanai Kimi ga Ichiban Kawaii" is now available as an exclusive e-book! Enjoy two gems: "Warm Summer", a short story about Airi and Hinako at the beach, and "What I Remembered", the titular...

Collection of short stories by Kaori Ozaki including her debut story. The earliest story in the volume was written when she was sixteen, and the last one when she was nineteen. Kiss no...

Orie Nakano's girlfriend is cheating on him with two other men! One is the mysteriously untouchable Tatsumi, and the other is the basketball-playing upperclassman that Orie idolizes. But things are far from...

The story is about a man whose compulsive tendencies make it impossible for him to keep a job, and a young girl who skips school and loves insects. The two meet, come to support each other in reintegrating into...

Unrelated to the film starring Natalie Portman, Yamagishi's Black Swan predates the Hollywood movie by 16 years One-shot compilation of Yamagishi focusing on the psychology and turmoil of ballet dancers...

"Spread your legs." he said, before he suddenly started pounding into her. She's not sure what's going on, but for some reason, it's turning her on... One day, Suzuka meets an old man, who offers to help her...

from Sound of Jewels: One day, Yukino received a weird messagefrom her best friend Saho.Then when she came to school she heard abouther death. Truth is, she killed herself becauseshe was persecuted by her...

Ao and Takaomi are two childhood friends living near an industrial area. Keeping their feelings hidden from one another, they carry on with their daily lives in high school. "It's our final summer in school...

A young woman is being haunted, but it isn't the typical situation.

Anthology of 6 different stories. Shinin no Ki: Ajisai ni Yureru (TAMURA Yumi): A young woman contemplates life in a world where the dead walk.Message (SABA Nanako): Just as she’s about to be married to the...

Harumoto Akira, a talented high school music student, descends into the violent world of Japanese speed tribes thanks to his obsession with Otoguro Yugou, the manipulative and enigmatic leader of the tribe, Red...

"Devil, I don't want to marry him." In hopes to escape a forced marriage, Giovinetta makes a wish to the devil to save her, but what she doesn't know are the consequences of her actions. Original Novel Original...

This is a story about Myunghan, who has just entered high school, Sihoo, his childhood friend, Seungchan, who suddenly appears between the two, and the strange triangle that develops between the three of them...

I ended up seeing that girl in my class how she didn't want to be seen by anyone. – The bright and cute Mizuki who selflessly takes care of her sick mother seems a perfect “good girl” in every respect. But what...

You have money, and I have love. I need money, and you need love. Aren't we compatible, "dear"? Original Webtoon

Set in a soulless neo-Seoul ruled by young punks and pleasure seekers, an amoral teenager named Dai is the living embodiment of the city's beauty and cruelty. As the leader of the vicious Furies gang, Dai...

When Kyla Vesta is transported to the world of a tragic gay comic, she has just one goal: save her little brother from being ravaged by men! In particular, she has to hide him from Astair (Astelle?), a...