Psychological - Page 22

Following their parents' divorce, the Ikeuchi family dwindled to only two members: college student Masaki and his younger sister Minami. Their mother remarried, and their father vanished. Together with Masaki's best friend Kanda, who shares their home, they barely scrape by. Despite their struggles, the trio manages to maintain a content existence until Masaki's early return from work one day shatters their tranquility. The book consists of 5 chapters that are not part of the main storyline.

Investigating a school where three students have fallen to their deaths in the past two months are two transfer students full of mystery.

Selected for Morning's 2022 Chiba Tetsuya Award.

Ilya's story revolves around his unconditional love for his partner Henrik- an exceptional individual in a steampunk universe. Although plagued by dreadful nightmares, Ilya continues to live a routine life until an unknown visitor pays him a visit. Despite Henrik's increasing jealousy and possessiveness over Ilya, the latter begins to develop a sense of individuality and desire to live for himself. The question that remains is whether Ilya will have the courage to follow his own heart.

Yoshiwara, old Edo's paradise of pleasure, has been reborn in modern-day Tokyo... In this playground of the powerful, where money rules all, women sell both their bodies and the idea of romance to their male clientele. Thrust into this world is the ingenue Asuka, who's been sold out by her foster parents to pay off their debts. While at first oblivious to the nature of Yoshiwara, she accidentally barges in on a "transaction" between a courtesan and her client. Confronted with her new reality of being bought and sold, she longs to make a break for it... but is there anyone around her she can trust...?!

Gomi Jirou, a 29-year-old virgin, has spent the past 9 years nerding out with his work colleagues about anime during lunch and drawing erotic doujinshi at night so he can masturbate. However, one day, this comfort zone of his is thrown into disarray by the introduction of a new colleague, Yumezora Kuroko, a bespectacled beauty with long, dark hair and a massive chest. It only takes a moment to fall in love, just like how it takes a moment to lose your footing.

Is it possible for the ostracized girl, who is able to spot criminals based on their shadows, to save one of her tormentors from a notorious murderer?

Welcome to this mad world.

From 2nd Life Scans:I am a high school boy, wearing a skirt."I used to thinkThat only girls should wear skirts."One summer day a student in Class 2-D, Taichi Momoi (17), decided to wear a skirt.As an honor student with an older girlfriend, his sudden “madness” put the teachers and students in an uproar. The only one who found it amusing was an eccentric girl, Shirai."Do you want to cross-dress?""Not at all."A humorous story of youth, and a tale of the struggles and love of a skirt-wearing boy.

A regular high school girl loses her way en route to a friend’s birthday party, only to stumble into a twisted realm where wishes are granted through bloodshed. Her escape becomes a surreal nightmare: endless misfortunes, a mysterious guardian, and a crimson sky frozen in eternal dusk. As she glimpses the world’s hidden face, will the joy of survival crumble beneath the weight of a brutal truth? “Do you have a wish you’d kill to make real?” The demon with violet eyes raises its gun. “There is no such thing as kindness.” “Welcome to: the Lawless World.”

Kyoya Ida is a tough detective who serves in the Shinjuku Police precinct. He is notorious among his colleagues for being an uncompromising figure who is willing to use deadly methods in order to crack cases. As a result, he has earned the ire of both lower-ranking and higher-ranking officers at the National Police Agency. Nevertheless, there are those within the force who applaud Ida's bravery and ingenuity in applying lethal tactics when all other avenues of investigation have been exhausted.

From just beyond your field of vision—