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Shigeshoushi

Also known as The Embalmer.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

Shinjyurou Mamiya is an embalmer, a profession seen as "unclean" in Japan. Shinjyurou has accepted the life of an outcast amongst most people; to him it is a job and nothing more. He has gained an exceptional understanding of death and its consequences, as well as what it means to live. Mitsukazu Mihara brings us another psychological masterpiece in several thought-provoking volumes, the first alone of which explores the meanings of beauty, love and loss.



Tags: Josei , Male Protagonist , Philosophy , Medicine , Heterosexual , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Work , Tragedy , Female Protagonist , Transgender , Urban

Meiten Restaurant

Status: Finished
Genres: Comedy , Fantasy

As the distinguished heir of a corporate conglomerate, Gatarou Barazono takes full advantage of his wealth to live up his life to the fullest. But one day he is hit by a truck, and when he wakes up, he finds himself in the "Afterlife!" There he enters the strange and mysterious "Meiten Restaurant," where the recently deceased are served their "last supper" before moving on, in a gourmet x fantasy x human drama!

Tags: Food , Afterlife , Ghost , Work , Dissociative Identities , Male Protagonist , Shounen , Restaurant , Cannibalism

Livingstone

Also known as Livingstone.

Status: Finished
Genres: Supernatural

Ninety percent of our lives are determined by our fate, and our fates are determined by our "souls." But every now and then, something goes wrong and the souls of those who have met an untimely fate also pollute their environs, drawing more souls into a vicious circle of ill fate. Sakurai and Amano are an odd-couple team who have been hired to deal with the problems that arise from these tainted souls and have been tasked with finding those who are heading to an early grave to either prevent them from dying or collect their livingstones before they do further damage.



Tags: Tragedy , Philosophy , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Seinen , Amnesia , Suicide , Body Swapping , Detective , Coming of Age , Afterlife , Memory Manipulation , Twins , Transgender , Drawing

Kaika Apartment

Status: Releasing
Genres: Mystery

Japan in the late Taisho period. Translator Fuji moves into the "Blooming Apartment".

Despite the comfortable living environment, the human relationships there are complex...

Tags: Writing , Primarily Adult Cast , Episodic , Historical , Seinen , Ensemble Cast , Twins

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

Usemono Yado

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

There is an inn that you can visit where you'll find old things you thought were lost forever.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Afterlife , Josei , Amnesia , Philosophy , Episodic , Suicide , Inn , Tragedy , Age Regression , Heterosexual