A salaryman stressed out by his day job wakes up to a ghost threatening to kill him. In pure desperation, he shouts out that he'd... more>> rather be killed by a "cute cat-girl". And then…!? <<less

A lighthearted slice-of-life story about a girl who finds a stray cat.

A mermaid and the illness called “love,” an easy-going young company owner and the “forest spirit” he encounters, and more – four entwining fantasy stories in Kamata Kimiko’s magnificent and yet delicate style.... more>>

1. Mermaid Syndrome

2. Next Green

3. Android Cherie

4. The Harpies And The Princess

4.5 Cheries After That <<less

A compilation of supernatural-themed short stories.

A little girl runs away only to be helped by a magician who gives her a way to say what she could not to the... more>> one she loves. <<less

The cafe owner Mikumo and general store shopkeeper Yano have their shops directly above and below each other in the same building. The two seem... more>> so close, but aren't a couple -- and their oh-so-frustrating "romance" is being silently witnessed by the most unlikely of beings. <<less

A collection of short stories:... more>>

1. Red Sleeves - Akai Sode (赤い袖)

2. Silence - Chinmoku (沈黙)

3. Midnight Dinner Table - Mayonaka no Shokutaku (真夜中の食卓)

4. There's No Funeral Portrait! - Iei ga nai! (遺影がない！)

5. Princess of the Lonely Isle - Kotou no Himegimi (孤島の姫君)

6. Elegant Animals - Utsukushiki Kemonotachi <<less

A collection of four short stories.... more>>

Suna no Ue no Rakuen (砂の上の楽園)

Yoru no Mori no Soko ni (夜の森の底に)

Boku wa Tabi o Suru (僕は旅をする)

Ame ni Nareba ii (雨になればいい)

Chapter 1 is the 100-page title story. It's a supernatural fantasy tale about a man with one chance to escape from death, a mysterious woman he meets, and a tribe seeking to find its way back into Heaven.

Chapter 2 deals with the mystery of a man gone missing, and presumed dead.

Chapter 3 is a very short story about a couple in the mountains who pick up a strange guest.

Chapter 4 is a longer story about the traditions binding a family, those that would break away from them, and the dark secret that holds the family in sway. <<less

The lead is a spirit medium, although unfortunately he's not the best. His medium house has lasted for generations, but he only has a quarter... more>> of their ability - the only spirits he can call are animals, and while his touch can feel the spirits, he can't even hear them. For that, he needs help from his feline sidekick, although he can only be called half a cat, as he has the past life memories of a dog. Together they aid the animals they encounter, helping them find perspective by exploring their pasts. <<less

A collection of horror-themed short stories. Most of the stories revolve spirits.... more>>

Chibiki no Iwa

First Published: Nemuki 2002 March Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

The Yomi Vortex

First Published: Nemuki 2002 November Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

The Hisame

First Published: Nemuki 2004 January Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

Chigaeshi-no-Tama

First Published: Nemuki 2004 September Issue (Asahi Sonorama)

The Marebito Mask

First Published: Horror M 1995 March Issue (Bunkasha)

The Earthen Woman

First Published: Comic Tom 1993 January Issue (Ushio Shuppansha) <<less

Mamiya Mugen, the mysterious long-haired protangonist, will once again use his detective skills to solve the unusual supernatural mysteries that he encounters. Mamiya is also gifted with the skill of telepathy and can perceive the strong desires of others.... more>>

1. Fukuwajutsu (腹話術)

2. Kamen Shounen (仮面少年)[/b]

3. Liar Kyouju no Gogo (ライヤー教授の午後)

4. Yoiyami Toori no Bun (宵闇通りのブン) <<less

N/A

A collection of stories inspired by Grimms’ Fairy Tales.... more>>

Story 1, G's Diary: A girl with no memory of who she is spends her days working in a house she has no memory of entering.

Story 2, Frau Trude: A headstrong girl wants to meet the infamous Frau Trude.

Story 3, The Summer and Winter Garden: A beauty lives with a beast in a bespelled mansion.

Story 4, Little Red Riding Hood: A girl in the woods is on her way to grandma's house.

Story 5, The Frog King or Iron Heinrich: A princess finds something she wants and sets about getting it.

Story 6, Little Brier-Rose: A man moves into a new apartment only to find it has a secret.

Story 7, The Bremen Town Musicians: Four scoundrels head to Bremen to become town musicians.

Story 8, Rapunzel: A woman has a recurring dream that she is Rapunzel. <<less

This manga tells the stories of an antique store that is run by an elderly man and his grandson. The grandson watches the store while... more>> his grandfather is out, and it seems like the most interesting customers come by during these times. The grandson has the ability to perceive the supernatural, and his customers often end up being entwined with the stories of different antiques in the store. <<less

This one-shot was a short extra in a guide book for a Sirens game. A mysterious siren out at sea drives fishermen to madness. -... more>> Description by Slug Chicks <<less

A short anthology of horror stories that are basically exaggerated versions of mundane events in the author's life.

A collaboration between horror radio show host personality Inagawa Junji and horror mangaka Itou Junji. Published in the September 2007 issue of "Real Horror Stories."

Manga adaptation of the novel "Yami no Moribito", which is the second novel in the Moribito series after "Seirei no Moribito". All the Moribito novels have standalone plots.... more>>

After the events of Seirei no Moribito, Balsa returns to her birthplace in Kanbal to revisit her past with Jiguro, the man who raised her. When she finds out that he has been implicated for the death of the king, she fights to clear his name, and on the way uncovers the hidden part of Kanbal. <<less

A one-shot about a strange curse visited on a family after an archaeological dig.... more>>

One-shot in celebration of 30 years of Itou Junji's career. <<less

N/A

There stands a house in the forest where the wind blows and 'monsters' frighten children. A man lives in this house, as well as a... more>> number of spirits. <<less

The Soichi Front... more>>

For 10 years, a woman named Michina Hirose has been looking for any shred of evidence that could lead her to the missing Tsujii family. While in a certain town, she sees children acting strangely, spitting nails at others, and trying to curse people, just like the youngest Tsujii son—Souichi—used to do. Learning that the children only started behaving that way after visiting a local haunted house, she decides to investigate further, but ends up with far more than she bargained for.

Soichi's Beloved Pet

A stray cat decides to follow Sayuri Tsujii home one day, and everyone in the house gets attached to her, deciding to name her Collon. But after Collon has a run-in with Sayuri's youngest brother—the gloomy, curse-happy Souichi—she begins to act strangely. Is this the result of a curse, or something else?

In The Valley of Mirrors

There is bitter enmity between two villages, facing each other across a river. But instead of erecting walls and battlements, they both decided to put up mirrors. What could this mean? And where did all the people disappear to, all those years ago?

Anything but a Ghost

While driving on a mountain road one night, Shigeru finds a girl covered in blood.

Library of Illusions

Koko lives with her husband Goro in a giant mansion full of books. The books are a family heirloom, and heâ??s fiercely protective of them, so it would really suck if something were to happen to them...

Songs in the Dark

There are songs that stick with us long after we've heard them; the song Tamayo hears while passing a street musician is one of those. However, even with a doctor's visit and medication, the song won't leave her. Seeking resolution, she tracks down the musician, Yu Kanade, and discovers that this "brain noise" is contagious, with Yu's entire audience falling prey to it. But why is Yu's song stuck in everyone's head?

Splatter Film

Ogi got lost while traveling in South America, but was saved by a kind tribe of people who sent him home with a pot of delicious nectar from a plant their religion is focused around. At home, he offers some to his friend Sugio, but warns him that he must not be noticed while eating it. Sugio loves the nectar, and finds that regular food just can't compare, so he and some of Ogi's other friends sneak in to eat it. However, they are met with a grisly sight, which is only just the beginning of the strange events that will befall them. <<less

The prince of horror manga, Junji Itou, has released a new horror collection after 8 years of writing. It includes 7 stand-alone stories that are featured in「Nemuki+」and an additional story, Whispering Woman that was published in「Shinkan」. This is one book that cannot be missed!... more>>

Collection includes:

Futon

Haunted Wood Mansion

Tomio: Red Turtleneck

Lingering Farewell

Dissection Girl

Black Bird

Nanakuse Kyokumi

Whispering Woman <<less

Voices in the Dark is a collection of horror shorts from Junji Ito, published in 2003. The stories themselves were previously published in bimonthly serials in magazines from Asahi Sonorama.... more>>

Story 1: Blood Slurping Darkness

Story 2: The Ghosts of Golden Time

Story 3: Roar of Ages

Story 4: Mystery of the Haunted House (Secret of the Haunted Mansion)

Story 5: Glyceride

Story 6: The Earthbound

Story 7: Dead Man Calling <<less

A collection of stories:... more>>

01. Lovesick Dead 1: The Intersection's Pretty Boy

(Shibito no Koiwazurai Dai-1 Hanashi: Yotsutsuji no Bishounen, 死びとの恋わずらい 第１話 四つ辻の美少年)

02. Lovesick Dead 2: The Troubled Woman

(Shibito no Koiwazurai Dai-2 Hanashi: Nayamu Onna, 死びとの恋わずらい 第２話 悩む女)

03. Lovesick Dead 3: Shadow

(Shibito no Koiwazurai Dai-3 Hanashi: Kage, 死びとの恋わずらい 第３ 話 影)

04. Lovesick Dead 4: Night of Screams

(Shibito no Koiwazurai Dai-4 Hanashi: Zekkyou no Yoru, 死びとの恋わずらい 第４話 絶叫の夜)

05. Lovesick Dead 5: The White Clothed Pretty Boy

(Shibito no Koiwazurai Yobanashi: Shiro Fuku no Bishounen, 死びとの恋わずらい 余話 白服の美少年)

06. The Bizarre Hikizuri Siblings 1: Narumi's Boyfriend (also titled Sleuth Kids: The Second Daughter's Lover)

(Kaiki Hikizuri Kyoudai Dai-1 Hanashi: Jijo no Koibito, 怪奇ひきずり兄弟 第１話 次女の恋人)

07. The Bizarre Hikizuri Siblings 2: The Seance (also titled Sleuth Kids: The Assembly of Fallen Ghost)

(Kaiki Hikizuri Kyoudai Dai-2 Hanashi: Koureikai, 怪奇ひきずり兄弟 第２話 降霊会)

08. Phantom Mansion

(Gentsuu Yashiki, 幻痛屋敷)

09. Ribs Woman

(Abarabone no Onna, あばら骨の女)

Yuki is so ashamed of her figure that she refuses to go swimming, either at school or on the beach. She believes her ribs look strange, and hears that she can have plastic surgery to alter the appearance of her ribcage. Yuki goes to a nearby clinic that performs the procedure, but is told that she must pass a mental health assessment before she can have the surgery.

10. Memories of Real Shit

(Real Unko no Omoide, リアルウンコノオモイデ) <<less