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Alive

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

Yashiro Tenshuu killed five people, including his girlfriend, and is now on death row. However, a secret government organization is willing to take him off death row if he allows himself to become a test subject to an experiment that requires a killer's intent.

Tags: Seinen , Tragedy , Dissociative Identities , Male Protagonist

Hito Hitori Futari

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Supernatural

After the body dies, the soul lives on. Many spirits progress toward the world of light, through the levels of the spirit world where they study how to improve their souls. These spirits are sometimes reincarnated into the physical world, and sometimes they are sent back as guardian spirits for other living people. Guardian spirits must protect their charges souls from the blackness that oozes up from the world of darkness below.

Riyon is a very laid-back spirit, who often skips her spirit classes to fool around. To train her further, she is sent back to the physical world as a guardian spirit. Instead of following a human from birth, she is helping a beleaguered man, the Japanese Prime Minister Kasuga Soichiro, in the last year and a half of his life. After an unexpected close call with death, Kasuga gains some unusual talents, including the ability to see Riyon. Will Riyon and Kasuga together be able to protect his battered soul?



Tags: Seinen , Politics , Female Protagonist , Afterlife

Dead Flowers

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama

The death of a boy's parents has interrupted his life. Years later, he is detached from the world around him. A motorcyclist comes along with a deep sound that may help him. Will he be able to start his life anew?



Tags: Seinen , Orphan , Female Protagonist , Motorcycles , Suicide , Philosophy

Kouishou Radio

Also known as PTSD Radio.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Horror

From giving a lock of hair as a token to a loved one to shaving one's head as an act of penitence, hair is a powerful symbol across the world. This is the thread that connects the chilling tales in this horror anthology that follows the victims of Ogushi-sama -- a sinister god that carries away the dead.

Tags: Gods , Achronological Order , Episodic , Seinen , Body Horror , Cosmic Horror , Biographical , Historical , Rural , Urban , Bullying

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

Ikigami

Also known as Ikigami: The Ultimate Limit.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Drama , Mystery , Psychological

Dear Citizen: Thank you for your loyalty. You've no doubt noticed that the world is a troubled place. People are apathetic, lazy, unmotivated. You've probably asked yourself: WHY ISN'T ANYTHING BEING DONE TO STOP THIS SYSTEMATIC DECLINE?

Rest assured that measures are being taken. Beginning immediately, we will randomly select a different citizen each day who will be killed within 24 hours of notification. We believe this will help remind all people how precious life is and how important it is to be a productive, active member of society.

Thank you for your continued attention and your cooperation and participation...
CONGRATULATIONS! YOU HAVE BEEN RANDOMLY SELECTED BY THE GOVERNMENT...TO DIE IN 24 HOURS!



Note: Was nominated for the Angoulême International Comics Festival in 2009.

Tags: Seinen , Episodic , Politics , Dystopian , Conspiracy , Philosophy , Crime , Drugs , Revenge , Tragedy , Homeless , Nudity , Gore , Band