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Thomas no Shinzou

Also known as The Heart of Thomas.

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological , Romance

As winter draws to a close, German boarding school student Thomas Werner dies one morning. He leaves behind a single letter addressed to his fellow student Juli that reads "Here is my love. Here is the sound of my heart."

With his faith shaken to the core by the words, the scholarly Juli sinks to the depths of despair. His cynical roommate Oscar finds himself watching over Juli's fragile mental state while keeping his own feelings for Juli under wraps. Then new student Eric enters the school - and he has an uncanny resemblance to the deceased Thomas...

Originally serialized in 33 chapters in Shuukan Shoujo Comic.

Chapter count includes 7 oneshots:

Senbonme no Pin (千本目のピン); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Oshougatsu Zoukan Flower Comic 1973 Johnny Walker-kun no Bara Monogatari (ジョニーウォーカーくんのバラのものがたり); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Ciao 1973-11 Bianca (ビアンカ); Shuukan Shoujo Friend Zoukangou 1970-07-07 Sayo no Nuu Yukata (小夜の縫うゆかた); Shuukan Shoujo Comic Natsu no Zoukan 1971 Aki no Tabi (秋の旅); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1971-10 Shiroi Tori ni Natta Shoujo (白い鳥になった少女); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1971-12 Mitsukuni no Musume (みつくにの娘); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Oshougatsu Zoukan 1972

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Boys' Love , Foreign , Love Triangle , Primarily Male Cast , School , Tragedy , Boarding School , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes

Zankoku na Kami ga Shihai Suru

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Psychological

Jeremy, a sensitive but outgoing 15 year old, is delighted to hear the news of his neurotic and excitable mother's remarriage to a wealthy British man. However, much to his horror, his sweet-talking new step-father Greg, soon begins to exhibit a disturbing trait...he is a sadistic pedophile and loses no time in making Jeremy his target. Zankoku na Kami ga Shihaisuru portrays the tale of two stepbrothers - Jeremy and Ian - as they each pursue their separate paths towards redemption.

Tags: Foreign , Tragedy , Revenge , Family Life , Josei , Suicide , Inseki , Philosophy , Urban , Denpa , Body Horror , Torture , Blackmail , Male Protagonist , Drugs , LGBTQ+ Themes , Nudity , Boys' Love , School , Detective , Marriage , Boarding School , Incest , Bisexual , Rehabilitation

Yoru no Kakaku: Night Exile

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Horror , Supernatural

He doesn't remember who he is, but he wanders the European nobility in search of the truth. On nights of the full moon, he thirsts for blood and the human memories they contain, hoping to reclaim his own.

Tags: Vampire , Male Protagonist , Memory Manipulation , Historical , Shoujo , Tragedy

Fushigi na Shounen

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Supernatural

The manga is made of different short stories linked together by the mysterious shounen with no particular name. The shounen travels in different times and places, trading with different people, letting them to have a glimpse of their future or past or the secret of others, and bet to see if they can change their fate.

Tags: Seinen , Achronological Order , Gods , Male Protagonist , Historical , Religion

Mystery to Iunakare

Also known as Don't Call it Mystery.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Mystery

Totonou is a young man who stands out—partly for his bushy hair, partly for his finely honed abilities of observation and deduction. When Totonou is accused of murder, he puts his skills to work delving into the lives of the cops investigating him and uses his insights to find the real murderer. After clearing his name, all Totonou wants to do is return to his laidback, mundane life, but he can’t help but be drawn into one mystery after another. In his own blunt but gentle way, Totonou is just trying to make sense of a chaotic world.



Tags: Crime , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Detective , Josei , Philosophy , Tragedy , Primarily Adult Cast , College , Boys' Love

Hakushaku Cain Series

Also known as The Cain Saga.

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

Delve into the tortured past of Earl Cain C. Hargreaves, charismatic heir to a wealthy family full of secrets, lies and unthinkable crimes. The prequel to the Godchild series, The Cain Saga follows the young Cain as he attempts to unravel the secrets of his birth, all the while solving each new mystery that comes his way.



Included one-shots: The Boys Who Stopped Time, Double, Ellie in Summer Clothes

Tags: Historical , Shoujo , Tragedy , Detective , Episodic , Male Protagonist , Foreign , Butler , Found Family , Cult , Criminal Organization

Gesshoku Kitan

Also known as Total Eclipse of the Eternal Heart.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

High schooler Hoshino Terumichi has been haunted by a recurring dream: a young man, a century earlier, dying at the hands of another man he calls “Sensei.” This dream–or curse–is about to merge with reality when a mysterious, attractive classmate named Yamada Omihito steps into Terumichi’s life.



Tags: Reincarnation , Boys' Love , Age Gap , School , Memory Manipulation , Gore , Male Protagonist , Tragedy , Revenge

Eroica Yori Ai wo Komete

Also known as From Eroica with Love.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Adventure , Comedy , Mystery

Set in Continental Europe, it depicts the adventures of British aristocrat Dorian Red Gloria and his alter ego Eroica, Europe's most wanted international art thief. His nemesis — Major Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach, a German NATO intelligence officer — has tried for years to catch the man who claims each crime scene with a card signed "From Eroica with Love." Things are just getting started when a trio of telepathically linked teenagers becomes aware of Dorian's identity and plans to capture him. But their plot goes awry as the master thief branches out — no longer content with stealing great art, he's moving on. Now the trio must foil his attempts to kidnap their leader, Caesar, as they try to save the great art treasures of Europe!



Note: Chapter count includes 24 extras.

Tags: Shoujo , Historical , Espionage , Parody , Foreign , Primarily Male Cast , Episodic , Boys' Love , Male Protagonist , LGBTQ+ Themes

Onii-sama e...

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Slice of Life

A classic manga about girls at a private all-girls school. The storyline centers around the experiences of Nanako, a "normal" girl who is invited to join the prestigious school organization, the Sorority, and is resented by all the other students because she doesn't appear to be qualified. Other key characters are Nanako's two friends: Tomoko, her friend since childhood who is alienated by Nanako's decision to try to join the Sorority, and Mariko, a strange, obsessive girl who is invited to join the Sorority along with Nanako; her "older brother," Henmi, who she corresponds with by mail; and the "Three Magnificent Ones," all of whom are admired and quasi-worshipped by the rest of the student body: the head of the Sorority, Miya-sama, the haunted, pill-popping rebel, Saint Juste, and the star athlete with a mysterious disease who doesn't like the Sorority, Kaoru-no-kimi.



Included one-shots:
Volume 2: Summer in Canterbury
Volume 3: Early Spring Trembling

Tags: School , Shoujo , Primarily Female Cast , Female Protagonist , School Club , Drugs , Tragedy , LGBTQ+ Themes , Tomboy , Bullying , Primarily Teen Cast , Ojou-sama , Yuri , Suicide , Love Triangle , Age Gap , Disability , Estranged Family , Basketball

Ningyo no Mori

Also known as Mermaid Saga.

Status: Finished
Genres: Horror , Romance , Supernatural

This is Rumiko Takahashi at her darkest, but her trademark humor and romance also pop up in this three-volume series. Legend has it that if a human eats a mermaid's flesh, they will be granted eternal life. But is that a blessing or a curse? Immortal lovers Yuta and Mana travel through Japan and the centuries longing for a normal life. On their journey, they meet others who have consumed the flesh of a mermaid in hope of becoming immortal. But the powerful substance affects each person differently. Yuta and Mana are two of the lucky ones. Others are fated to die or transform into a savage monster, a "lost soul."



This is the first volume of the Mermaid Saga series from the original tankoubon release, which includes the two-chapter stories "A Mermaid Never Smiles" (人魚は笑わない, Ningyo wa Warawanai), "The Village of Fighting Fish" (闘魚の里, Tōgyo no Sato), and "Mermaid Forest" (人魚の森, Ningyo no Mori Zenpen).

Tags: Mythology , Mermaid , Episodic , Body Horror , Female Protagonist , Nudity , Gore , Achronological Order , Tragedy , Shounen , Pirates , Male Protagonist , Time Skip , Heterosexual