Koreeda Kazuki, an 18-year-old computer prodigy, lacks any exceptional talents beyond technology. However, his directionless existence takes a sudden turn when he meets the affluent Sakai Daisuke. The latter proposes an offer too compelling for Koreeda to reject: in exchange for becoming Koreeda's sponsor, Sakai demands that the hacker employ his expertise to assist him in achieving global domination. The narrative of two contemporary explorers, determined to fight worldwide illegal activities, commences in the cyberspace - a realm devoid of national boundaries.
"The plot ... takes place in a small town made up of many hills and slopes where Nishiki, a high-school girl, has taken on the title of a Sukuiya ("rescuer") trying to do her best to help grade-schooler, Akari."
My friend Ozawa, who has gone missing. He was an editor of an occult magazine, and before his disappearance, he had covered ghost stories related to an area called "●●●●●". Quotes from past magazine articles, strange stories from readers, and Internet bulletin board posts - as we follow his footsteps and decipher the materials he had collected, certain connections emerge between the ghost stories that had been treated as separate incidents.Manga adaptation of a bizarre mockumentary horror story that was first published as a novel.
Destination is a state of mind. A tale of one girl and her bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, only staying in each country for three days. During their adventures, they find happiness, sadness, pain, decadence, violence, beauty, and wisdom. But through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom. They discover that because of the world's imperfections, it is actually a thing of beauty. "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is."The second manga adaption of the Kino's Journey series. Starts on volume 5 of the light novels.
Ryoichi, a student, is researching urban legends and becomes interested in how they spread. As various people around him strangely lose their memories of him, he hears about a mysterious monster, the Kiokuya, which supposedly feeds on people's memories. But does this Kiokuya really exist? And if so, what is its true goal?
From DGT: When Asano Arisu was little she was badly bullied by the local boys, now a high school student she's famous for her vehement hatred of men and boards an all girls school. When stunning Fujimi Kira enters and becomes her dorm-mate, proclaiming that she also hates men, Arisu thinks that it must be a fated meeting. However, they both have secrets that they need to keep from the Dorm Head, strict Kamitani-Sensei: Arisu keeping a pet ferret in the dorm, and Kira the fact that she's actually a BOY--much to Arisu's horror. It appears that he's at the school to uncover the mystery of his older half-sister's supposed suicide 2 years before. Will Arisu be able to cope with having to share a room with a boy, let alone help him with his investigations? And just how dangerous will it be to solve the mystery?
Hijiri Tomoaki, a university counselor, lives a peaceful yet unfulfilling life. However, his life changes completely after he reunites with an old acquaintance, Amawashi Hajime. The mysterious problems his patients bring to him gradually begin to infringe on his daily life. What is the true nature of the strange phenomena in which they become embroiled, and what is the true purpose of Hajime, who suddenly appears before Tomoaki?
In order to protect the world from the virus “Torikago” that has infected humanity, having fulfilled the condition of living as a normal human being, the young girl, Kiri, conceals the “World’s Memory” within her body. The world loved by the Torikago. The world that continues to reject the Torikago. Over the course of time, while the world erodes the memories of the girl who does not possess a free heart, she proceeds to fall in love…
Nobody know where it is, but it's a place that offers shelter to those who hate their lives or are trapped in the labyrinth of their own hearts... a mysterious hotel. Even now, those who are tired of their lives come to stay in the "Kiri no Mori" Hotel...
Two young doctors, the passionate and well-liked Osanai and the ambitious Tatsugaura, are both investigating the mysterious 'Monmo' disease, found only in one remote village, which causes bizarre bone deformation, making its victims take on a beastlike appearance before their deaths. Osanai, caught between the allure of his urban medical world and the rural peace offered by the remote village, does his best to help the victims retain their humanity in the face of a medical establishment which views them only as guinea pigs and oddities. Meanwhile, Tatsugaura schemes against Osanai and tries to infect his rival with the disease in order to gain fame from researching the results.
Kirishima, is a popular teenage boy and a star athlete at his school. For some unknown reason, he seems to have vanished off the face of the earth after quitting the volleyball team. His disappearance eventually became pivotal to the collection of stories about various individuals who are connected to him in some way, with each having a unique point of view about connections, relationships, social boundaries, and the similar events that revolve around them. This story is based on the omnibus novel "Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo" by Asai Ryou which was first published in February 2010.