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xxxHolic

Also known as xxxHOLiC.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

Kimihiro Watanuki is haunted by visions of ghosts and spirits. He seeks help from a mysterious woman named Yuko, who claims she can help. However, Watanuki must work for Yuko in order to pay for her aid. Soon Watanuki finds himself employed in Yuko’s shop where he sees things and meets customers that are stranger than anything he could have ever imagined.



Notes:
The series was re-named to xxxHolic•Rou on chapter title pages of chapter 186 and on, but not on their volume's front covers, spines and indicia.
The chapter count contains a one-shot published in May 2010 to commemorate the switch, which was later collected into Volume 18.
The chapter count also reflects the magazine releases; the chapters plus the one-shot were re-arranged into 109 chapters across 19 volumes.

Tags: Magic , Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , Crossover , Clone , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Witch , Time Manipulation , Philosophy , Urban Fantasy , Episodic , Denpa , Memory Manipulation , Tragedy , Boys' Love , School , Heterosexual

Ghost Hunt

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

The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, "accidents" start to happen-people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the rumors that the creepy old high school is haunted-possibly by ghosts from the Second World War. So one rainy day they gather at the told school to tell ghost stories, hoping to attract one of the suspected spirits.

No ghosts materialize, but Mai and her friends do meet Kazuya Shibuya, the handsome young owner of Shibuya Psychic Research, who's been hired to investigate paranormal activity at the school. Also at the scene are an exorcist, a Buddhist monk, a woman who can speak with the dead, and an outspoken Shinto priestess. Surely one of them will have the talents to solve this mystery!



Tags: Ghost , Shoujo , Detective , Female Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Demons , Crime , Tragedy , Gods , Shrine Maiden , Body Horror , Gore , Male Protagonist , Urban Fantasy , Exorcism , Curses , Orphan

Bakemono Yawa-zukushi

Also known as Phantom Tales of the Night.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Mystery , Supernatural

Welcome to the Thundercloud Inn, a curious establishment that opens its doors to the troubled masses, human or otherwise. But to pay for the stay, the equally curious innkeeper takes payment only in the form of one's deepest secrets…Who will come calling today?



Tags: Shoujo , Ghost , Youkai , Episodic , Urban Fantasy , Shapeshifting , Anthropomorphism , Male Protagonist , Ensemble Cast , Body Horror , Mythology , Gender Bending , Inn

Franken Fran

Also known as Franken Fran.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Horror , Psychological , Sci-Fi

Somewhere, out in the sticks of rural Japan, there is a mysterious manor that is home to the greatest surgeon who ever lived. But when the surgeon goes missing, his reanimated daughter, Fran, takes up the family profession, and despite her Frankenstein-like ways, cares deeply for her patients and holds steadfast to the Hippocratic Oath. Fran’s creed? “All lives must be saved, no matter the cost!”

Join Fran, her twisted sister Veronica, and the rest of her monstrous entourage in a gruesomely hilarious tale that would put Mary Shelley to shame! Because for Franken Fran, the ends always justify the means, no matter what ungodly creations emerge from her lab.



Tags: Episodic , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Medicine , Seinen , Parody , Urban Fantasy , Gore , Satire , Monster Girl , Philosophy , Cannibalism , Educational , Chimera , Ero Guro , Nudity , Superhero , Zombie , School ,

Tokyo BABYLON

Also known as Tokyo Babylon.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural , Thriller

It's 1991, the last days of Japan's bubble economy, and money and elegance run through the streets. So do the currents of darkness beneath them, nourishing evil spirits that only the arts of the onmyoji—Japan's legendary occultists—can combat. The two most powerful onmyoji are in the unlikely guises of a handsome young veterinarian, Seishiro, and the teenage heir to the ancient Sumeragi clan, Subaru.



Tags: Twins , Ghost , Tragedy , Shoujo , Magic , Assassins , Age Gap , Detective , Boys' Love , Religion , Urban Fantasy , Male Protagonist , Denpa , LGBTQ+ Themes , Cult , Bullying , Disability , Yandere , Exorcism

Deimos no Hanayome

Also known as Bride of Deimos.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Horror , Mystery , Romance

Deimos was once a handsome 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.



Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Gods , Mythology , Demons , Episodic

Jibaku Shounen Hanako-kun

Also known as Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Romance , Supernatural

"Hanako-san, Hanako-san... are you there?" At Kamome Academy, rumors abound about the school's Seven Mysteries, one of which is Hanako-san. Said to occupy the third stall of the third floor girls' bathroom in the old school building, Hanako-san grants any wish when summoned. Nene Yashiro, an occult-loving high school girl who dreams of romance, ventures into this haunted bathroom... but the Hanako-san she meets there is nothing like she imagined! Kamome Academy's Hanako-san... is a boy!


Tags: Youkai , Mythology , Ghost , Urban Fantasy , School , Afterlife , Twins , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Heterosexual , Male Protagonist , Alternate Universe , Shounen , Revenge , Gore , LGBTQ+ Themes , Exorcism , Magic , Suicide , Slapstick , Survival , Body Horror , Yandere , Tsundere , Time Manipulation , Gods , Mermaid , Love Triangle , Shrine Maiden , Body Swapping

Zekkyou Gakkyuu

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Supernatural

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!

Tags: Episodic , Ghost , Bullying , Female Protagonist , Body Horror , Urban , Philosophy , School , Shoujo , Tragedy

Jigoku Shoujo

Also known as Hell Girl.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Mystery , Psychological , Supernatural

The story of different individuals that have a certain grudge access the Hell Hotline (Jigoku Tsushin) to enter the name of those they want revenge on. Enma Ai, the hell girl, takes on the revenge for them in exchange for eternity in hell after their death.



Included chapters:
Volume 3 contains the side stories "Karinui" (かりぬい) and "Sakura Uta" (さくらうた).
Volume 4 contains a prologue.
Volume 6 contains the side story "Ichimokuren" (一目連).
Volume 7 contains the side story "Kamifuusen Fuwari" (紙風船ふわり).
Volume 9 contains the side story "Yukemuri Jigoku, Tabi no Yado" (湯けむり地獄、旅の宿).

Tags: Shoujo , Urban Fantasy , Female Protagonist , Afterlife , Bullying , Mythology , Alternate Universe , Demons

Sankaku Mado no Sotogawa wa Yoru

Also known as The Night Beyond the Tricornered Window.

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Mystery , Slice of Life , Supernatural

Shy bookstore clerk Kosuke Mikado has the ability to see ghosts and spirits, an ability he wishes he didn't have, since what he sees usually terrifies him. Rihito Hiyakawa, an exorcist whose supernatural powers are as strong as his social graces are weak, doesn't seem to fear anything, mortal or otherwise. When this odd couple gets together to solve the bizarre cases that come their way, their work methods may not be entirely safe for work!



Note: The chapter count includes 10 extra chapters.

Tags: Ghost , Male Protagonist , Primarily Adult Cast , Cult , Detective , LGBTQ+ Themes , Boys' Love , Exorcism