In a small Nepalese shop, Makoto Fukamachi, photographer for a Japanese expedition to conquer Mt. Everest, stumbles across a camera which may well be that of George Mallory, the celebrated mountain climber who...

Hinata Kurodo is searching for his sister, who "once existed" but who disappeared, and now no one else remembers her. Kurodo receives a letter from a transfer student, a beautiful girl named Shimotsuki Shirai...

A series of short stories detailing the exploits of Dr Imibe Kana, a researcher on Japanese mythology and religion, as she travels around the country becoming involved in various occurrences centred around...

Eyama Aito, a high school student, is the victim of daily bullying. One day a strange letter arrives inviting him to a "captivity game." He may choose one person to hold captive for one month with a chance at...

An omnibus of stories that explores the subtle distortions of everyday life, delving into how ordinary experiences can take unsettling turns. Each narrative weaves together to examine the eerie sensations that...

Ryoka is awakened by flurry of text messages from her mother! Panicked and rushed, Mom is clearly concerned for Ryoka's safety, but she is not to keen on letting her daughter know why. Her reasoning being...

"Never leave the apartment under any circumstances," a message from her mother. Somehow, it seems like this place has become an "enclosed zone" where no one is allowed to enter. The protagonist, high school...

"It's been three years since I was imprisoned." I knew my normal life was over... Starting that day, I became their son.

Ryota Yamane sets out to steal a girl's panties and creeps into her room only to find her dead body. Why doesn't he go to the police? Because he is holding another girl captive in his room. The next day, police...

Asagao is a rookie forensic scientist, who works at a university forensic medicine class in Kanagawa Prefecture. She is a licensed doctor and respected by those around her. Asagao lives with her father Taira...

It began with first contact. In a dystopian world, a silent watchman follows and evaluates a gifted young woman.

Serious, eccentric and inflexible… the slightly weird high school girl Hayama. Daughter of a legendary forensics officer, she’s an expert on criminal identification methods like footsteps, fingerprints...

Few people are born to rule, while most others are born to be ruled. Kakoin Seichiro is from the latter group of people, yet he's able to attend Keiho College, a prestigious school where only the wealthy can...

Due to his powerful, wolf-like sense of smell, Aoki Juurou finds murder victims a little too often, causing some cops to suspect him of being involved. This particular case begins when he discovers the body...

After 2050, Tokyo. The sixteen-year-old gifted police detective Kyouko Karasuma works for a special devision in the Asakusa Police Department. Her rather abnormal cases involve: fighting oni, tengu, and other...

In order to save his life, Tooya made a pact with the ancient demon. The price is that he has to pick a person for demon to eat every month.

Nanase, who found her calling after her parents died in a blaze, is thrust into a strange mind game with a serial arsonist.

A housekeeper, Mr. Gofuki, comes to Takujin's house in a fourth grade elementary school. It was decided to spend only five days with his second-year younger sister, who would leave for his parents on the trip...

Mitozu - a small town lost in the mountains, population 6000. Every evening at 6 heavy bell tolls start resounding down the streets. Everybody knows that after the bell sounded you must not go out until the Sun...