Mystery - Page 96

A collection of strange horror stories in the vein of authors such as R.L. Stine, from the master of absurdist horror, Takahashi Yousuke.

"Mode II" is an app that can give its users certain superpowers. One day, a frail-looking high school student named Ye Qiu accidentally accepts an invitation to test this app and gains the ability to hear people's inner thoughts and feelings. After his sister Ye Zi is assaulted and gravely wounded by a serial killer, Ye Qiu becomes determined to find out who the culprit is using his newfound power from "Mode II". However, little does he know that he's not the only one with this ability...

A manga anthology released by ASCII Media Works about the popular Atlus game Persona 4. Includes stories by 16 authors including Tooyama Ema and Kasukabe Akira.

As Bai Xi investigates a dark organisation called “The Animals”, wishing to take revenge upon his mother’s murderer, he finds himself stumbling upon more than what he bargained for. Superhumans, human experiments, and special drugs are all within arms reach. What are they up to, and where does his sister fit into all of this? Also, did we mention he has super regenerative abilities!

The story begins with a mother committing suicide due to problems with her son. Following her miraculous revival, she comes to know that her son does not, in fact, hate her like she'd assumed he did. However, in exchange for her second chance at life she's forced into playing deadly mind games with others in the same situation as herself.

From Yen Press: In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online-a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other-opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG-a log-out button. Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, "game over" means certain death-both virtual and real...

The woman who tells the story with a beautiful voice and the girl who writes it down with beautiful handwriting. The stories which are as mysterious as a fairy tale and as cruel as reality are created by the two of them.

April 2014, Japan. It all starts with the High Energy Accelerator Research Organization that’s looking into the yet-unknown Exotic Star particle. A great war begins between two factions: the Enlightened, and the Resistance!

Middle schooler Seigi, skilled in martial arts, has an instinctual need to protect the vulnerable. One day, he comes to the defense of a homeless man against a group of troublemakers, and in gratitude, the man marks his palm with an enigmatic tattoo. This tattoo is a classified weapon developed during the arms race between the Serinistan Kingdom and America. Seigi's life takes a perilous turn when an influential girl, who also bears the same tattoo, viciously pursues him to obtain his. Despite his martial arts proficiency, Seigi is in danger. Can he unlock the full potential of his tattoo in time before it's too late?

Jolyne, Fly High with GUCCI is a new full-color one-shot manga starring Jolyne Cujoh featured in the February 2013 issue of Shueisha's women's fashion magazine, Spur. "Jolyne, fly high with GUCCI" features the protagonist of Part VI: Stone Ocean, Jolyne Cujoh and 3 Vento Aureo's characters: Leone Abbachio ,Bruno Buccellati ,& Polpo. This is the second JJBA-Related one-shot published in that magazine.SummaryThe story starts in a airport, where Jolyne is waiting for a plane for Tokyo. Ten days beforehand, her mother died from a illness. Jolyne is later seen thinking about how her mother made her clothing to fit Jolyne before she died. Then, Jolyne turns to see a small blue unicorn looking at her, with three men close by. Two men, revealed to be Buccellati & Abbachio, are goverment agents while the other, Polpo, was a citizen who lost a pet. Buccellati says that the animal is very important to the goverment & asks to search Jolyne. After she refuses, Buccellati looks at the survaillence where Jolyne is seen with the pet, shown to be the unicorn she saw earlier. The unicorn is seen bleeding, leading Buccellati to warn Polpo about the consequences of potenitally harming it. Then, Jolyne is seen kneeling down in front of the camera, when she gets up, the unicorn has disappeared. Buccellati corners Jolyne to hand it over or to be arrested. Jolyne, confused & in tears, still refuses saying that it would be all alone in a strange country. When Buccellati goes to apprehend her, he notices the unicorn on her scarf. Jolyne realizes that it is a dream, that also have given her newfound hope in herself. She comes to the conclusion that the dream is a message, it is also power.

Post-Apocalypse story set in Tokyo, 2037. The story of a man's revenge after he lost everything.

20 years ago, there were two forces who fought against each other - the Eve "Balance" and the Evil Knight "Imbalance". The Evil Knight strained to destroy Eve who maintains the nature, peace, equality, and beliefs of the world.To prevent the Imbalance from destroying the world completely, Eve extracted herself to 5 to preserve her existence in the world. Contrary to the people who support Eve, there's also an organization that supports the resurrection of the Evil Knight even though he's long gone.This story revolves around a boy named Xavier who is one of the prime suspects for being the Evil Knight.