Parasites: shape-shifting aliens whose only purpose is to assimilate with and consume the human race... but do these monsters have a different side? A parasite becomes a prince to save his romance-obsessed female host from a dangerous stalker. Another hosts a cooking show, in which the real monsters are revealed. These and 13 more stories, from some of the greatest shojo manga artists alive today, together make up a chilling, funny, and entertaining tribute to one of manga's horror classics!
TACHIKAWA, TOKYO. AKIRA TAKASHIRO IS A NORMAL HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WHO IS DEVOTED TO PLAYING BASKETBALL. IN THE EARLY AFTERNOON ON A DAY THAT SHOULD HAVE GONE LIKE ANY OTHER, A GIGANTIC EARTHQUAKE SUDDENLY STRIKES THE CITY. THERE IN THE SCHOOL RUBBLE, AKIRA WITNESSES A MOUNTAIN OF DEAD BODIES...AND AN UNKNOWN CREATURE THAT EATS THEM. THE TALE THAT UNRAVELS IS ONE THAT WILL OVERPOWER AND SHOCK YOU!! GET READY FOR AN EXCELLENT URBAN MONSTER ATTACK!
Akari Shimotsuki is a normal high school girl. One day, At the moment she was about to confess her feelings to her long time love Mamiya, she loses consciousness and finds herself in an entirely unfamiliar world. Additionally, for some reason she is now in someone else's body and people are addressing her as "my lady"... Mysteria Romantica is a love fantasy that crosses time and space!
This is a tale of my heart warming and strange calamity... At a certain rural junior high school... Itsuya Tsuruta, who came as a substitute art teacher has a secret mysterious power. The junior high school student, Toki, triggered by experiencing her power, becomes obsessed with Ms. Itsuya day by day...
Hisui, who works as a drag-king artiste in the Kinkei travelling Troupe, is very popular with women. She catches the eye of the Emperor, and gets invited to the Harem. She joins the Harem because the Emperor reminds her of her missing older brother, but the jobs she is given are...? Popular since it was published in "Monthly Princess", Volume 1 of a Chinese fantasy!
Even if the world was ending, I'll still fall in love... Today, a meteorite will hit Earth. And it's on such a fateful day that Minori runs into her unrequited love, Naoki...
In a tale as epic as Noragami, sometimes details get overlooked, like how do shinki normally find employment? Is Yato ever useful? What happens when a god is targeted by a serial killer? Find the answers to these questions and more in this collection of short stories from Noragami creator Adachitoka!
They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade-and take control of-a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret-except an ordinary high school student. Shin is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?
Being reincarnated as a slime into a fantasy world is one thing...but being reincarnated as a slime back into corporate life?? What could be more hellish? Not to mention the rest of the Slime fantasy crew are working at the company...for better or worse, Rimuru is back in business!
"Highly recommended by Ruri Miyahara, the creator of The Kawai Complex Guide to Manors and Hostel Behavior and Love Lab! Rune, an "ex"-mermaid, has come out from the ocean to be with the human she's been pining for, Riku, her first love. But as fate would have it, she finds out that she'll never be able to become one with a human...?! This is the first volume of a sexy, yet pure, romantic comedy that's a bit risque, and sure to make you laugh out loud!"
After the sudden cancellation of their school's cultural festival, Gekkoukan High School's own S.E.E.S. look to relieve some stress by beating some shadows in Tartarus. But a visit to the Velvet Room beforehand takes an unexpected turn, and they find themselves stuck in a high school that they've never seen before. To return home, they'll have to make their way through the treacherous, shadowfilled corridors of a most curious maze. Luckily, they'll have some help from two mysterious students and a few other Persona users...
Yasoinaba's very own Investigation Team are back in action in a new adventure based on the critically acclaimed Persona Q series! While enjoying Yasogami High's cultural festival, the Team suddenly hears the ringing of a mysterious bell and a bizarre, new exhibit appears at the festival. Inside this exhibit is a most curious maze-one that will take them on a wondrous and treacherous journey. And as they explore this labyrinth, they'll meet new foes and maybe even some new allies from the Persona universe...
The peaceful Land of the Rising Sun is suddenly attacked by disciples of the Lunar Religion called Missionaries. They preach that people can find happiness only through death as they begin their unholy holocaust. Meanwhile, in a small village, a girl named Momo works as a school teacher when a mysterious boy shows up at her feet one day. He doesn't remember his own name or anything about his family, so Momo names him "Ten" and invites him into her home to live with her. But what will happen when the shadow of the Missionaries falls on her once peaceful village?
Werewolves, demons, monsters, vampires. All these ferocious creatures are afraid of the same thing: the beautiful Princess Hime, an awesome warrior who fights off the forces off evil with a chainsaw and a smile. Not only does she look great in a tiara, she has magical powers that allow her to raise the dead. She's a girl on a mission, and with the help of her undead servant and a supercute robot, there's no creature of darkness she can't take down!
Deep in London's Scotland Yard sits an evidence room dedicated to the greatest mysteries of British history. In this "Black Museum" sits a misshapen hunk of lead-two bullets fused together-the key to the untold story of a wartime encounter between Florence Nightingale, the mother of modern nursing, and a supernatural Man in Grey. The record books show Florence fought for compassion as empires' petty rivalries threatened to destroy the hopes and lives of common people. But a guest in the Black Museum knows the truth is not so simple, and the famed Lady with the Lamp had a ghastly secret...
High school student Kei Nagai is struck dead in a grizzly traffic accident, but immediately revives to learn that he may not be like every other human. Instead, he may be a mysterious almost immortal being granted not only the powers of rejuvination but the abilities to see supernatural beings. Scared, he runs away, and is aided in his escape from society by his friend. Unfortunately for Kei, the manhunt is on and he will soon be caught within a conflict between mankind and others like him as they prepare to fight a new war based on terror.
Deep in the forest, in a tower shrouded in mist, there lives a reclusive wizard by the name of Nebelhaut. When he happens across a beautiful fairy who's being held captive and made a public spectacle, he knows he has to take her with him. He names the creature Sti and orders her to call him his master, but her heart remains closed to him. But as time goes on, she sees a different side of him-a side that's both caring and awkward. The distance between the eccentric wizard and strong-willed fairy grows shorter day by day!
The world is a place known as 'Omega', a place where gods live among men. In a country called 'Unshak', there is a group of people who can use the powers of the stars for divination and fortune-telling. When Tan-Shi was a child, he wished he could have a crystal ball just like his father, but when Tan-shi was eight, his parents left him - leaving nothing behind but the crystal ball. Tan-shi and his sister Miyabi were taken in by their uncle. Several years later, Miyabi finds an egg of a very rare bird, but instead of leaving it as it is, she takes it home with her to care for it. Since that day, ten years have passed. Tan-shi is now much older, but the adventure on planet Omega has only just begun!
Chika Ono spent most of her life in the city, but due to her mother being sent overseas for work, she goes to live in the countryside with her father for a year. After finally returning to the place she sent the first few years of her life, she soon realizes she can see the spirits and mystical creatures of the forest. The memories of when she lived in the forest are still hazy, but the creatures of the forest still remember her. Will Chika be able to uncover the secrets of the forest and her forgotten memories?
Morgan Bastille is a mortician. Not an ordinary mortician though, a mortician gifted by death. Morgan is looking for a missing person; in order to find that person, he goes to the Detroit Police Station to get help from the captain of the Detroit Exorcism Division, Millenia Browning. Within minutes of his arrival, however, Morgan is taken hostage by a couple of demons! Who exactly is Morgan looking for and will he escape the clutches of the demons?