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Nickelodeon

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Romance , Supernatural

This is a collection of one-shots from Douman Seiman. It contains 39 short stories about serial killers finding love, historical figures brought back from the dead, yaoi fan-girl ghosts making suggestions to the men she watches, and everything in between.

Volume 1: Aka (赤, Red)
Heart Food (Heart Food)
Kopi Kopi Luwak (コピ・コピ・ルアク)
Funny Game (ファニーゲーム)
Kakuriyo Jaunte (カクリヨジョウント, Afterlife Jaunte)
Taketori Paradigm (竹取パラダイム, The Kaguya Paradigm)
Facehugger (フェイスハガー)
Heel to Sneaker (ヒールとスニーカー, High Heels and Sneakers)
Vigilante (ヴィジランティ)
Doubutsu Jikisei Renai Shugi (動物磁気性恋愛主義, Animal Magnetism Theory)
Warren=Wilson wa Futatabi Korosareru (ウォレン＝ウィルソンは二度殺される, Warren Wilson Dies Again)
Puuta no Mori (ぷう太の森, Poohta's Forest)
Paracelsus no Manadeshi-tachi (パラケルススの愛弟子達, Paracelsus' Beloved Desciples)
Kaishuu Iin to Genshitsuu (回収委員と幻肢痛, The Collector and Phantom Pain)

Volume 2: Midori (緑, Green)
Columbine de Kyuushoku wo (コロンバインで給食を, Lunch at Columbine)
Futananoka (ふたなのか, Fourteen Days After Death)
Kawazu Curse (かわずカース, Frog Curse)
Inshu Banchou (飲酒番長, Delinquent Drinker)
Koiwazurai Rappart (恋わずらいラポール, Lovesick Rappart)
Yuusei yori Ai wo Komete (遊星より愛をこめて, Love Before Planets)
Keiyaku (契約, Contracts)
Dökk=álfr no Ana (デック＝アールヴの穴, Lair of the Dökkálfr)
Kamisama Legacy (カミサマレガシィ, God Legacy)
Hikki & Gakki (ヒッキー＆ガッキー)
Kamisama Mythology (カミサマミソロギィ, God Mythology)
Suijin Iwa (水神岩, Water Spirit Stone)
Paranoid Android (パラノイドアンドロイ)

Volume 3: Ao (青, Blue)
Grim Dead (Grim Dead)
Maigo no Chiiko (迷子のチーコ, Lost Chiiko)
Renovate at Random (リノベート・アト・ランダム)
Shokuji no Shoudou (食餌の衝動, Dietary Impulse)
Miwaku no Wunderkammer (魅惑のヴンダーカンマー, Wunderkammer of Fascination)
Toaru Kazoku no Urophilia (とある家族の飲尿法〈ウロフィリア〉, A Certain Family's Urophilia)
Fushitai Constraints (不死体コンストレイント, Immortal Constraints)
Kaibami Yuurei (かいばみ幽霊, The Peeping Ghost)
Micheline to Sono Naka no Mono-tachi no Hanashi (ミシュリーヌとその中の者たちの話, The Tale of Micheline and Those Inside of Her)
Houkiboshi no Naruna (ほうき星のナルナ, Comet Naruna)
Tsumenai Houteishiki (積めない方程式, The Uncarriable Formula)
Okeya (OKEYA, Bucket Maker)
Utakata no Hibi (うたかたの日々, Froth on the Daydream)

Tags: Seinen , Anthology , Episodic , Surreal Comedy , Yuri , Ensemble Cast , Suicide , Transgender , Ghost , Boys' Love , Nudity , Age Gap , Gore , Memory Manipulation , Twins , Afterlife , Historical , Cannibalism , Aliens , Angels , Disability

Suicide Parabellum

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy

From the creator of Voynich Hotel, the plot involves the main character chasing down a mysterious girl through various levels.

Tags: Suicide , Achronological Order , Female Protagonist , Primarily Female Cast , Afterlife , Yuri , Alternate Universe , Crime , Tragedy , Ghost , Mafia , Idol , Hikikomori , Transgender

Daidai wa, Hantoumei ni Nidone suru

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Slice of Life , Supernatural

The bizarre everyday life stories of the citizens of a coastal port town.

Tags: Episodic , Tragedy , Gore , Surreal Comedy , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , Aliens , Ensemble Cast , Animals , Rural , Mermaid , Body Horror , School , Shounen , Twins , Ships , Bullying

The Voynich Hotel

Also known as The Voynich Hotel.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Mystery , Romance , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Welcome to the Voynich Hotel, a rundown resort located on an all but deserted island in the South Pacific. Owned by former Mexican wrestler Kandre Umeda, the hotel is maintained by two mysterious maids, Elena and Beluna, as well as a homicidal chef named Amelia.

Kuzuki Taizou, a Japanese tourist, comes to stay at the hotel to escape from his dark past. Soon he discovers that the strange occupants and happenings of the island are even more abnormal than what he is used to. Taizou quickly becomes embroiled in the spiderweb of affairs on the island, growing close to many of the residents and helping them out, though often causing even more problems for himself. But when Taizou's past comes to the island to haunt him, his new friends jump to his aid.

Tags: Surreal Comedy , Seinen , Witch , Maids , Assassins , Foreign , Ensemble Cast , Inn , Primarily Adult Cast , Yakuza , Drugs , Disability , Ghost , Skeleton , Nudity , Male Protagonist , Demons , Gore , Mahjong , Age Gap , Bisexual , Amnesia , Zombie , Adoption , Tragedy , Urban Fantasy , LGBTQ+ Themes

Ichikawa Haruko Sakuhinshuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Psychological , Sci-Fi , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Two volumes of the author's best one-shots.

Volume 1: Mushi to Uta (虫と歌, Insects and Songs)
1) Hoshi no Koibito (星の恋人, Star Lover); Afternoon 2007-12
The odd relationship between a teenage boy and his uncle's "daughter."

2) Violight (ヴァイオライト); Afternoon 2008-07
A boy wakes up in an unfamiliar land, with only a strange, ethereal young man to accompany him on his journey to safety.

3) Kusaka Kyoudai (日下兄妹, The Kusaka Siblings); Afternoon 2009-12
A baseball player who's just quit the school team due to a shoulder injury and the adorable robot he adopts as his little sister.

4) Mushi to Uta (虫と歌); Summer 2006 Afternoon Four Seasons Award winner work; 2006-10 Appendix
The story of a young man who builds models of insects for odd clients, and his siblings. Winner of the Shikitaishou award.

5) Secret; kakioroshi
A two-page oneshot.

Volume 2: 25-Ji no Vacances (25時のバカンス, 25-Hour Vacation)
1-2) 25-ji no Vacances (25時のバカンス, 25-Hour Vacation ); Afternoon 2010-09, 10
Marine biologist Nishi Otome takes time off and reunites with her brother, Kotaro, for the first time in a while.

3) Pandora nite (パンドラにて, On Pandora); Afternoon 2010-01
The meeting between a delinquent named Nana and a strange transfer student at Pandora Women’s College, located on one of Saturn's satellites.

4) Tsuki no Soushiki (月の葬式, The Funeral of the Moon); Afternoon 2011-10
A genius high school student begins living with a lonely man in the isolated snowy mountains of the north.

Note: Winner of the Tezuka Osamu New Artist Prize (2010).

Tags: Seinen , Anthology , Anthropomorphism , Space , Tragedy , Aliens , Robots , Family Life , Body Horror , Environmental , Photography , Incest , Animals , Boarding School , Fugitive , Delinquents , Adoption , Yuri

Spirit Circle

Also known as Spirit Circle.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Romance , Sci-Fi , Supernatural

Fuuta Okeya’s dad said second-year middle school students are unstoppable, and he’s inclined to agree. Fuuta’s determined to make the most out of his ordinary student life, but everything changes when the mysterious Kouko Ishigami transfers into his class. Not just because Fuuta thinks she’s pretty and likes her – but because she thinks Fuuta is her rival from a past life!



Note: Includes one extra chapter.

Tags: Reincarnation , Philosophy , Revenge , Seinen , Alternate Universe , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Gods , Tsundere , Heterosexual , Artificial Intelligence , School , Terrorism , Politics , Samurai , Gender Bending , Nudity , Archery

100-nichi Go ni Shinu Wani

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A Twitter comic by Yuuki Kikuchi about a croc living his last 100 days.

Later collated by Shogakukan for print release.

Tags: Animals , Full Color , Tragedy , 4-koma , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Philosophy , Work , Rural , Video Games , Shounen , Primarily Animal Cast

Murikuri

Also known as Murikuri.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy

From Clamp no Lumiere:

Murikuri is the story of a popular pig, a pervert Santa Claus and his high school girlfriend, nice aliens and many more... It does not make sense and I would advise you to not try to understand it. Murikuri is to CLAMP what special Halloween is to the Simpsons, a collection of short gags.

Tags: Seinen , Aliens , Episodic

Sora ga Haiiro dakara

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Slice of Life

A collection of short stories. The first volume contains stories about...
A lonely woman who works part-time, and who has crippling social anxiety that leads to misunderstandings.
A girl who is 'dumped' by her close friend.
A single mother who struggles to understand how to make her daughter happy.
A girl who desperately wants to buy a dress that she thinks could change her life.
... and many more!



Tags: Episodic , Anthology , School , Family Life , Tragedy , Shounen , Crossdressing