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Oneshot: Takeshi wakes up one day to a cute shinigami, asking him to name his dying wish. Luckily for him, she's new at the job, and messes things up. Now, instead of being dead, he makes a team with the shinigami Kiriko and helps grant the last wishes of people who are dying. Serialization: Aida Shizuka is three days from being executed for cruelly murdering his family when a shinigami comes to visit him. It's his little sister Hibiki, who has come to make sure his soul goes to hell! Hibiki has another job on this trip as well, granting the final wish of a girl with heart disease, and she drags her condemned brother along with her. Soon, it becomes apparent that people are not as simple as they may seem, and even Shizuka's guilt is uncertain. Hibiki and Shizuka promise to search together for the truth about their family's death, and they won't let life, death, or trouble in the afterlife get in their way!
Aida Shizuka was sentenced to death for murdering his whole family. As he waited for his execution to come, he was one day visited by his sister who was no longer of the living and had become a grim reaper. The two of them set up to perform the grim reaper's job of granting the "final wish", but they would soon realise that Shizuka was not the culprit behind their family's murder. What lies before them is a revenge suspense story basked in the ever-changing lies and truth.
Yoru, who had been suffering from the pain of living due to a series of misfortunes, was offered a helping hand in the form of the country's “forced policy to combat declining birthrates”... which meant she was selected to be executed. Akari, her childhood friend, appeared before her, who was overjoyed. Yoru decided to spend her last moments happily as a final reward, but...?!
Courting Death with a Robber / 死にたい人妻と溺愛強盗 / 죽고 싶은 유부녀와 익애강도 To Rei, her business-motivated marriage is a hellish ordeal—a life shackled by control and forced attempts to conceive by her husband Masaichiro. Her only meager means of revenge are the birth control pills she takes in secret. However, even Rei has a ray of light in her life: a food truck she visits daily that is run by Mikio, a kind, handsome young man. The fleeting lunches with Mikio allow Rei to truly be herself. But her pills don't remain a secret for much longer, and Masaichiro forces her to quit her job upon their discovery. On her final day, when all hope of ever seeing Mikio again is seemingly lost... a man comes in to rob the bank she works at! From the moment Rei sees him, she is strangely drawn to him, kicking off their dramatic romance. Official Translations: English, Korean
Kabukicho, Shinjuku – the district that burns with desire is struck by an incurable disease. In this district, a doctor, Inui Date, runs a small medical clinic Night after night, patients with extraordinary cases come to the clinic. Things change when one day detective Maria Daigo, a troublesome patient, appears. Set in a Shinjuku that has been plagued by an incurable disease, the doctor and the detective become entangled in one mysterious case after another as they face the darkness in this psychological thriller. Will the two be able to save this town?
Another collection of short stories by Kayono involving strange worlds. 1) Secretly a Woman (Shinobi no Onna) - By day she's an ambiguous high school girl, but by night...she transforms into a super-hot male host (gigolo)! Yes, Yuka is "Secretly a Woman," but then a woman named Renka comes to the host club and steals both her body and her heart...!? 2) Butterfly Night - From Kayono's "Arabian Nights" series. Princess Sheherazade is sent to marry a vile sultan in order to keep him from conquering her father's kingdom, but she's kidnapped en route by the masked Devil Mariam, who will do what it takes to exact revenge against the sultan -- including stealing the virginity of the sultan's pretty bride-to-be...! Published in Chokotto Abunai Koimonogatari. 3) Lovers in the Tower that Touches Heaven - Ruby, Baghdad's top dancer, is waiting for Jank to return home. When he does, he tells her that he only escaped death by promising Garuda, a carnivorous devil living in the desert, that he could have Ruby for one week. What will happen to Ruby?!
The anthology of short stories by the author is available in both tankoubon and bunkoban versions, divided into volumes one and two and volumes three and four. The first volume, released in 1984, includes three stories previously published elsewhere: "A Midnight Visitor," "The Bell Rings 5 Times - When the Bell Rings," and "Kind Killer." The second volume, published in 1986, features five stories - "Goodbye to the Witness," "Winter Flowers Are Requiem," "Crystal Doll," "Sleeping Town," and "Red Legend" - previously showcased in other publications. The third volume, also published in 1986, includes four stories - "Escapee at 12 AM," "Something Is Watching in the Dark," "Suicide Room Room Number 404," and "Weekend Invitation" - previously published in different publications. Finally, the fourth volume, released in 1992, showcases three stories - "The Third Person Has Vanished," "Frozen Summer Day," and "Putting a Blue Ribbon on Malice" - that have previously been featured in various other publications.
“Live” identity disorder, also known as “border”. “Life”, not “Personality” —Life. It is a new disease that suddenly appeared 10 years ago and changed about 7.6% of humankind to “Corpse”. Subjectively they are alive, but objectively they are “dead”. A high school girl detective × a border girl confronts unknown incidents that occurs in a society where the line between life and death is vague!!
What is it that the detective encounters when investigating an onsen town that has seen better days...? A curious story begins when he encounters a mysterious exotic dancer...
Fateful Encounters: Based on novel by Kaminaga Manabu. Shinrei Tantei Yakumo (Psychic Detective Yakumo) tells the story of a college student, Saitou Yakumo, who was born with two different eye colors. His red (left) eye enables him to see ghosts and spirits. Yakumo believes ghosts and spirits are bound to earth because of a certain "cause" (e.g. their killer getting away clean, etc.) and by eliminating that "cause" the spirits will be able to rest in peace. Finding an unlikely friendship in Ozawa Haruka after her request for help, Yakumo, with Haruka, begins to unravel mysteries behind the dead
Fateful Encounters: Based on novel by Kaminaga Manabu. Shinrei tantei yakumo aka psychic detective yakumo tells a story about a college student, Saitou Yakumo who born with different eye colors. His red left eye gave him a special ability to see ghosts and spirits. He believes ghosts and spirits are bound to earth because of a certain 'cause' and simply by eliminating that 'cause' will those spirits rest in peace. Being asked for help by Ozawa Haruka, together they began the investigation.
