horror anthologies
1. Chi wo Susuru Yami (The Dark Drinks Blood) 2. Golden Time no Yuurei (Ghosts of Golden Time) 3. Gouon (Roar of Ages) 4. Obake Yashiki no Nazo (Secret of the Haunted Mansion) 5. Glyceride 6. Jibakusha (The Earthbound) 7. Shikeishuu no Yobirin (Dead Man Calling)
Deimos was once a hansome god. He loved a beautiful goddess who returns his sentiments. The problem, well, she is his sister. For their crime against nature they were struck down out of Olympus. The brother is now a demon and the sister a rotting corpse at the bottom of the ocean. Deimos must choose between his sister and her living human incarnation. His sister is jealous. The girl is horrified and unsure of just what to make of her situation. A classic love triangle turned into a horror story. (Source: ANN)
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1. Futon 2. Mokuzou no Kai (Wooden Spirit) 3. Tomio: Akai High-neck (Tomio・Red Turtleneck) 4. Yuruyaka na Wakare (Gentle Goodbye) 5. Kaibou-chan (Dissection-chan) 6. Kuroi Tori (Blackbird) 7. Nanakuse Magami (Magami Nanakuse) 8. Mimikosuri suru Onna (Whispering Woman)
A collection of five spooky stories: 1. Tenchi Shinmei Asuna Shio is a teenage girl with a very strong perception of the spirit world and has a shrineless god as a companion. One day, Shio's classmate is seen vanishing into a mirror. She reappears afterward, but seems changed for the worse in terms of personality. What has happened to her? 2. Gekkouchou ~Hyaku-nen no Koi~ A two-tailed tiger-striped cat is taken in by a girl called Mitsu and given the name Torakichi. Torakichi is no ordinary cat, and the love and tragedy between them may be strong enough to transcend a simple lifetime. 3. Friend Doll Mizuno Sachi spends almost all of her time studying, thanks to her demanding parents, and she doesn't really have friends. There's a boy she likes at school, but it seems impossible to get close to him. Suddenly, her stuffed bunny, Mimi, starts showing up in her dreams to advise her through her teenage life. But what is Mimi's motivation for all this help? 4. Tonari no Yomi-san There's an urban legend about a girl who killed herself as a teenager, "Yomi-san," due to her insecurity over her appearance. Supposedly, her father stuffed her body, and, in her quest to become beautiful, the body seeks to take parts from pretty girls. At one school, several pretty girls have been mysteriously injured. Could the culprit be the dead girl, Yomi-san? 5. Oni no Sumu Shima Saki moves out to a rural area, where she has no friends. In her loneliness, she goes out to an uninhabited island, where she meets a new possible friend. He's a demon, but as Saki gets to know him, she finds him less and less frightening... (Source: MangaHelpers)
Beyond the mist-filled alleyways in the concrete crevices of Los Angeles' Chinatown hides a mysterious pet shop, home to many bizarre yet friendly creatures. The store's proprietor is an enigmatic young man who goes by the name of Count D. Count D welcomes those who feel lonely and wounded through the doors of his shop, claiming to sell "love, dreams, and hope" in the form of the fantastic beasts that lie within. Each creature comes with a special contract accompanied by a set of rules. However, he warns customers that he cannot be held accountable for any consequences of breaking the rules. Short-tempered detective Leon Orcot traces the source of several crimes back to Count D and what the former considers to be a pet shop of horrors. Determined to find proof that the Count is a criminal, he begins to pay regular visits to the shop. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
The girl Yomi—a creature without legs—leads through a world of horror, which slumbers in the midst of everyday life and only lies in wait to pounce on the unsuspecting. Anyone who is foolish enough to engage in it terrible things will happening!
This is a shoujo horror anthology, containing 9 stories. 1) I Know Basketgore After loving Shouhei ever since her second year of middle school, Natsumi finally gets to go out with him. But then she starts getting prank calls telling her to break up with him. Then mysterious things start happening around her. Pots falling from windows, insects in her locker, glass shards in her towel. Are these just harmless pranks, or is someone truely out to get Natsumi? 2) Labyrinth Maze of Memories "Forgive me! Don't kill me" Those are the words Honjou Kumi continues to hear in her nightmares. She lost all of her memories of the time before her accident, so she doesn't understand why the students stare at her and whisper. Pranks are pulled on her left and right. What is it that she doesn't remember? 3) Best Friend Koyuki and Hiroyo are the best of friends. They've always chosen to be with each other. Hiroyo always listens to what Koyuki tells her to do, because she knows best. So when Kinoshita says that he's in love with Hiroyo, Koyuki doesn't believe him. She says the only way she will believe him is to go to the lecture room at 5:55 pm to see the bleeding holy mother statue. Hiroyo tries to stop him, causing all three of them to see it. According to the rumor all the people who see the bleeding statue will all die. Things start happening, causing Hiroyo to be frightened. But only she is targeted. Could it be that Koyuki and Kinoshita are out to get her? 4) The Neighbor's Doll Itsumi finds her neighbor, Yurika's, doll in the trash, so she decides to adopt it. She sets it out onto the balcony to dry and Yurika notices it there. She gets jealous because now it's all clean and cute. She gets her mother to get it back saying that it was thrown away by accident. After getting the dye on her shirt she says she only wanted it back so Itsumi couldn't have it. In the morning, the doll is sitting at Itsumi's door. However, Yurika claims she didn't put it there... 5) Black Cat Sakura is a timid girl, unable to say no, so when she sees two classmates throwing rocks at a cat, she wants to stop them but can't. They tell her to join in or they'll tell everyone to ignore her. She throws a rock at the cat and runs away, hating herself for it.she goes back to check on the cat to find it dead from the rock she threw. An old lady tells her that the cat won't be able to rest in peace. Strange things start to happen around her, and the two other girls are dead, so will she end up dead too? 6) Former Residents of Darkness Mihara Yuna and her family just moved into their new home. Not soon after she notices a figure standing in the doorway and she feels a cool gust of air,but the air conditioner isn't set up and it's the beginning of summer. Her father has started feeling unwell. She starts seeing the white shadow turning up in other places. And she hears voices saying to get out. Soon she hears from the real estate agent that the house is haunted that the whole family died in that house on the 29th of July. Any family that moved in died, and the day they moved in was July 28th. 7) Last Request Mikoto and her childhood friend, Yamato are staying at her grandfather's temple which they use as a hostel. In Mikoto's room, she finds a doll. She is told that the doll is that of a dead child. She then prays for the child. She is woken up in the middle of the night by Ayano, the dead girl, asking for water. Then she continues to ask for more and more, gaining everything she wants. But then she wants Mikoto's life. Will she give it to Ayano? 8) If You Turn The Page Emiri finds the notebook of her decease mother in her study, and decides to write horror in it. But then the events that she wrote about start happening around her. She knows she must stop writing in the notebook, but suddenly her arm is taken over and forcing her to write. People around her are starting to die, but how can she stop it? 9) Red String Mayumi says that the red string tyed to her pinky is attached to her life long partner, Yuuya. And then, Yuuya is hit by a car at in intersection. But has the red string really been cut? (Source: ShoujoMagic)
If you the one you loved were known as the "Murder Devil," would you kill your lover? Or, would you wait to be killed?
This is a collection of 5 short horror one-shots and a series of 4 koma strips, all by different authors. Jushin Mail -- Imai Yasue Kibou no Megami -- Shimizu Masumi Death Spiral~Eien no Jubaku~ -- Komuro Eiko Mirai Diary -- Sugawa Maki Noroi no Tatebue -- Makihara Wakana Tsuki Megami no Kaidan~Kuro no Jikenbo~ -- Hayatsu Chisato Various 4 koma manga -- Usagino Mimi
This is a collection of stories written by eight popular horror manga artists. 1) Welcome to the World of the Picture-book by Arai Kiyoko Yuri hates her life. A strange picture-book appears and Yuri envies the girl in the story... 2) I Want You Close by Oobayashi Miyuki Riko can see ghosts. She decides to help a boy ghost in her classroom. But then she finds out who he is... 3) I See a Hen by Ono Eriko Etsumi always takes advantage of Mika's kindness. They have to care for the school hen, Ko-ko. Careless Etsumi forgets to lock the cage... 4) Forest of Memory by Takamiya Satoru Tomori Asabika awakens in a strangely empty house. Then a boy dressed in black appears at her front door and helps her awaken memories--memories she doesn't want to recall... 5) The Show-off Ghost by Kumazaki Shinko Amiri Kazuke and her Mystery Research Committee are aided by girl ghost Mamoka. Latest case: a mysterious molester on a train. Their lead: a boy ghost wearing a green raincoat... 6) Message S.O.S. by Komuro Eiko Miyuu Fujiwara is excited with Ai, her new pen-friend. Ai is smart and caring. When she mets a guy that she dumped, Ai tells her to not go on the date, but Miyuu says that it will be alright. Later Miyuu finds out that she is being stalked. Will Ai be able to help her? 7) Me Inside the Mirror by Kagari Junko Saitou has no friends. One day she passes by a mirror shop and the owner asks her if she wants a mirror. She says that she hates them since she always looks gloomy, but the owner tells her that he has what she needs. 8) Doll Shop by Yamada Sakura Meg wants to look beautiful like the other girls in her class. One day she passes by the park and mets a beautiful girl, who tells her that they should both go to the "Doll Shop" (B-U)
1. Yomigaeru Shoujo 2. Barabara 3. Kyoufu no Kazuko-san 4. Family 5. Niku no Kioku 6. Fushuu ni Sasowarete
1. Souichi Zensen 2. Souichi no Aigan Doubutsu 3. Awase Kagamidani nite 4. Yuurei ni Naritakunai 5. Zousho Genei 6. Yami no Zesshou 7. Kaidan
A girl killed by her classmates begins to take her revenge.
This volume contains three one-shots by Shinohara Chie. Umi ni Ochiru Tsubame: Morimura Shiki is a young and talented screen writer who is favored to win the upcoming title of Best Screen Writer of the year, especially now that she has murdered her rival Minase Masako. She is sure she left nothing at the scene to tie her to the crime, but someone approaches her and says he knows what she did. What will Shiki do now?? Kioku no Ashioto: Shouko was distracted. She knew her boyfriend Yukiya was going to end their relationship, and with her mind trying to think of a way to convince him otherwise, she did not see the man who jumped in front of her car. Horrified that she had run over someone, she looked to Yukiya for help, who told her that he would take care of everything. Yukiya took the man's body and secretly buried it in the mountains, but will that moment of weakness cost Shouko her life? Shikeidai no 72jikan: Natsuki Kiriko has received a mysterious invitation to spend a few days at a fancy lodge called "The Orchard House". When she arrives, she finds 4 other young people there who had also been invited. After welcoming them, the hostess declares that the 5 of them had been chosen b/c they were all suspects of her son's murder 4 years ago. If one of them did not confess his/her guilt, they would all 5 die by the end of their stay! Kiriko knows she did not kill the hostess's son, but everyone else says the same. Can she find the real killer before she loses her life?? (Note: This story was published also in Shinohara Chie's "Toubou Kyuukou")
Aya, the ace swimmer and captain of the swim team, is suddenly attacked by a vengeful water spirit! All the moisture in her body is drained and she instantly becomes a mummy. The human ideas that haunt the school bring about various phenomena. A collection of short stories about the terrors of a familiar school. (Source: Goma Books, translated)
Story 1: Satsuki have a boy who want to fulfill all of her wish, even from afterlife. Story 2: About a haunted house. Story 3: Why a boy who was supposed to die still moving around and the teachers seems to hold a secret?
1. Tonari no Yomi-san 2. Kurayami Chii-chan 3. To-mo-da-chi 4. Hasami Onna
Stories included in this volume: 1. Mishiranu Machi (見知らぬ街) A group of teenagers went on a summer holiday and had a car accident. The woke up and found the whole city was empty. How can they escape the eerie place? But more importantly, can they really all go back? 2. Youkoso Mystery Tour e (ようこそミステリーツアーへ) In the summer holiday, a 15 year old girl Kana went on a vacation on an island, when a certain hotel giving out invitation to join a treasure hunt event with only a ridiculously impossible map to read. With a group of four along with her cousin Riku who can't handle transportation, her little brother Takashi who likes mystery and her brother's girlfriend Natsuki, the group join the event, meeting suspicious people and witnessing unexplainable occurences. Can they find the treasure? Is there any hidden agenda from the hotel owner by making such an event? 3. A wa Akuma no A (アは悪魔のア) An almost dead man entrusted a Devil statue to Riku, a 15 year old boy. Before they realized, Kana, Riku, Takashi and Natsuki were already involved in an adventure involving antiques, cops, a devil in disguise, an angel in custody, and a cold blooded killer. (Source: M-U)
Stories of supernatural event in the school told by Maki, a ghost girl who lives inside a picture in the school library.
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A collection of short horror stories from the pages of Ciao Magazine. Story 01 - The Scream of Glass Story 02 - I Want The Lead Role Story 03 - Exciting Mysterious Club Story 04 - I Want To Be With You Forever Story 05 - Haunted Afternoon Story 06 - My Place In The World (Source: ShoujoMagic)
One volume of dark supernatural short stories. Living spirits, oni, death and reincarnation are some themes in these creepy tales. (Source: Storm in Heaven) 1. Greeting 2. Burial 3. Fallen 4. Invitation Also includes the (non-horror) one-shot, "The East of the Sun, The West of the Moon".
A collection of one-shots by Uguisu Sachiko for Horror M. 1. Chihone no Shanikusai 2. Kimi no Migigawa 3. Futari no Himitsu Kichi 4. Warui Asobi 5. Minareta Tou 6. Hau Yoru Ashi 7. Shiawase Akuma 8. Bara no Konyakusha
An anthology of various horror one-shots by various mangaka.
A detective hunts for clues on the impossible "alibi" of the mysterious girl, a suspect for the murder of her own parents, who testifies that she has the uncontrollable and spontaneous ability to transform into literally anything. This collection of short stories is filled with mysterious and fantastic plot, introducing you to the fantasy worlds of Kawaguchi Madoka! (Source: MangaHelpers)
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Volume 1: Black Site 1-4. Black Site Volume 2: Fushichou 1. Fushichou (Immortal Butterfly) 2. Missing 3. Eien no Koibito 4. Drive 5. Satsujin Douga Volume 2: Mienai Furi 1. Mienai Furi 2. Momiji no Ki no Shita 3. Mienai Furi 2 4. Game Monster 5. Wakeari Bukken
1-2. House 3. Kagami yo Kagami (Mirror Mirror) 4. Kowai Yume (Nightmare) 5. Fusuma (Half-Open Door)
1. The Woman Next Door 2. Sound of Grass 3. Graveman 4. The Seashore 5. Just the Two of Us 6. The Scarlet Circle
A collection of five different one shots about love that has gone too far. 1. Fallen Women [Watanabe Shiho] 2. Rose Colored Happiness [Yamada Komomo] 3. Hotaru is Waiting [Nanao Mio] 4. Shinigami Shiiku [Ichikawa Chihiro] 5. Transient Future [Shimaki Ako]
1. Akuma no Nandemo Recycle 2. Satsujin Yuugi 3. Satsujin Puzzle (Death Puzzle) 4. Arashi no Yoru ni 5. Kyuukousha no Akumu 6. Yuuki-chan no Otomodachi
1. Taiji no Sakebigoe 2. Shoujo Kaitai 3-4. Abunai Shokutaku 5. Otanomi Ningyou 6. Kowai Yume wo Mita 7. Yubikiri Genman 8. Karada no Naka kara
1. Bloody Lily 2. Shikaeshi Jitsugen Game 3. Toumei Shoujo to Shoujo 4. Hokenshitsu de Miru Akumu 5. Futago Mitai na Futari 6. Akuma no Hon wa Yuuwaku suru
A poignant and intelligent collection of short stories linked to the progression of the seasons. 1. Soft Shell 2. Falling In Love With the Sky 3. One Piece (The Dress) 4. The Name Of Water 5. Tough 6. Wind Grass Child
A man travels, collecting and sharing creepy and weird tales of the supernatural.
A collection of one-shots by manga-ka Tamura Yumi. X-Day: 4 short depictions of tragic misunderstandings and their consequences. 4nin no Onna: A very famous, rich, old hotel owner is found dead and when the police come to investigate, his long-time maid says that her master was killed by 4 women... Kanojo wa Dare wo Koroshitaka: A woman is found covered in blood walking through the streets of Tokyo. When questioned by a policeman, she utters that she has killed someone. To figure out what happened, the officer begins to read her intriguing diary... Hirotta Otoko: The five members of Maki's family are so picture perfect that they even star in heart-warming commercials advertising food and a happy, loving family. But what are they really like beneath the surface? They're forced to find out when they pick up a mysterious guy named George, who they almost run over by car on their way to their winter lodge...
Does hell exist? Only those who have met the Hell Girl, Ai Enma, know for sure. It is said that if someone accesses the Hell Correspondence website at midnight, they can type in the name of the person they hold a grudge against—and, subsequently, Hell Girl will take that person to hell. However, what most people do not know is the price of such an act: in order to send someone to hell, the requester's soul is damned as well. But is any price worth paying to see vengeance exacted on one's enemies? [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Mai Taniyama's school has an ancient, abandoned, and allegedly cursed building. Whenever it is about to be torn down, a series of unsettling deaths occur and halt the demolition. To prove it is haunted, Mai and her friends try to summon a specter by telling ghost stories. No ghosts appear, but the group encounters Kazuya Shibuya, a 17-year-old transfer student. Though her friends are charmed by Kazuya's attractive looks and great manners, Mai does not trust him. Following a mishap, Mai discovers Kazuya's real identity as the president of Shibuya Psychic Research, a group hired by the school principal to investigate the building's rumored paranormal activity. As a consequence of her actions, Mai must temporarily help Kazuya if she does not want to pay him damages. Joined by other individuals experienced with the supernatural—former Buddhist monk Houshou Takigawa, self-proclaimed Shinto priestess Ayako Matsusaki, famous medium Masako Hara, and Catholic priest John Brown—Mai and Kazuya must uncover the mystery surrounding the building before any more innocent lives are lost. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
College student Sara Washizuki was shown a mysterious film photograph by paranormal photographer Tousei Ryuuzaki. In it was captured something she had left sealed away with her memories of a particular incident in her elementary school days... Based on the hit video game "Fatal Frame." (Source: Manga Box)
Shinrei Tantei Yakumo tells a story of a college student, Saitou Yakumo, who was born with different eye colors. His red left eye gives him the special ability to see ghosts and spirits. He believes ghosts and spirits are bound to earth because of a certain 'cause' and simply eliminating that 'cause' will let those spirits will rest in peace. Being asked for help by Ozawa Haruka, they begin the investigation together. (Source: Fateful Encounters)
Living alone after his parents passed away, Kimihiro Watanuki is a high school student who can see otherworldly creatures that are attracted to him. His days are plagued by these nuisances, and he wishes to rid himself of this inconvenience. One fateful day, as Kimihiro is being chased by a horde of spirits, his feet bring him into a mysterious store to seek shelter. Here he meets Yuuko Ichihara, the mistress of this supposed store, who claims to be able to grant wishes. Yuuko offers to grant Kimihiro's, as long as he pays an appropriate price. Thus begins Kimihiro's time working in her store to earn the payment necessary for his wish. In Yuuko's employ, he must become further involved with spirits and the supernatural before he can leave that world behind. How will he fare in the inexplicable encounters that await him? [Written by MAL Rewrite]
1. Replay 2. Kuma-san to Issho (Together with Mr. Bear) 3. R-15 Horror 4. Ano Mori ni Shizumu Tsuki 5. Yokubou Ressha
The "bittersweet, mysterious story" revolves around Chocolat Aikawa, a chocolatière who runs a shop called Chocolat Noir. She can grant wishes to the troubled people who visit her shop—if they give her something precious in exchange.
3 volumes which contain darker, more mature versions of the most famous Grimm fairytales, all one-shots authored by different mangaka. - Covered In Cinders/Hai Kaburi (by Aya Kotokawa) - Rapunzel (by Mimei Sakamoto) - The Frog Prince (by Noji Hashimoto) - Vampire Fantasy/Kyuuketsuki Gensou (by Rie Hanamura) Other authors: Hanako Matsuyama, Kumiko Takeuchi, Mio Kasuga, Naoko Fuse, Romuko Miike, Satsuki Fukuzato, Takayoshi Sagami.
Do you know the dark dictionary? No one knows how long this book has been in the world. However, it is a terrifying book that has long craved human fear. At some point, it will be quietly placed in a secondhand bookstore, in a library, or in a midnight convenience store. And invite what you get into the world of terror. (Source: Group Zero, translated)
“Those who meet the owner of the secret mansion never return to their world again…” Students mysteriously disappear one after another from the campus, for which the rumors say that has a secret door hidden somewhere. This time the mising person is Kuniyuki’s best friend - Kashiwagi. Are the rumors really true? Kuniyuki is angry and has no idea what to do about his friend, when he meets a strange, but very pretty girl called Towa. She says she is the guardian of the “outcasts,” those who were taken to the “mansion,” but what does that really mean...?! (Source: Aerandria)
1. Sekai wa Hikari no Naka ni [Imai Yasue] 2. Kaeremasen. (You Can't Go Home.) [Sakamoto Isao] 3. Satsujin Puzzle (Death Puzzle) [Fukunaga Mako] 4. Mousou [Mizoguchi Ryouko] 5. Eien no Tomodachi [Moroka Kyuuko] 6. Keitai no Kimochi（＾○＾） [Himekawa Kirara] 7. Warau Shinigami [Nanase Rei] 8. & change [Seike Midori] 9. Otomodachi [Ishii Yuka] 10. Kirei ni Naritai [Kitamura Yuka]
1. Rakuen 2. Natsu no Ame Furu Furu 3. Warau Ningyo
"The moment you open the letter, you will be cursed. After reading the letter, you have to make two copies and send it to a close friend within 24 hours." Everyone knows what it's like to pass notes in class. People carelessly write about things like love or gossip. One day, everything suddenly turns out evil... (Source: Aerandria)
