In the future, the government "recycles" dangerous criminals instead of executing them. Their memories are erased, their personalities are replaced, and they are sent back to their original life as a new person. With this process, there is an extremely low rate of repeat offenders.

Kou has just gone home to his big sister after receiving his punishment for committing murder. He has a little notebook to use in the absence of his memory, which details his life and relationships. However, his friends at school seem to doubt that he's actually the perpetrator. Will Kou be able to uncover the truth behind the murder he is believed to have committed? With no knowledge of his previous life, how can he tell who to trust?

A collection of often-surreal short stories intended to present various messages or morals.

A nameless high school dropout teenager turns into an assassin for hire. He is a complete loner who uses his knife to kill his targets without any emotion or hesitation. He kills anyone who gets in his way whether they be a complete stranger or even the client that hired him in the first place. He meets a man named Iwanishi after one of his jobs goes bad. Iwanishi nicknames him Semi (Cicada) because he apparently talks too much and offers to become his manager, handling the business side of assassination. But it seems like Iwanishi has some secret agenda Semi isn’t aware of.

Sakura Hayato is a fairly normal high-school student. Except for one thing: ghosts are attracted to him.

On his 17th birthday, as his ghost problem reaches a peak, he encounters a sly-looking blond man in fancy black garb who introduces himself as "Undertaker Riddle." Riddle offers to help Hayato with his ghost problem on the condition that Hayato become his partner in the undertaking business, which is responsible for sending earthbound spirits to their destined place of final rest by way of a special funeral service. Though he initially refuses the suspicious proposition, circumstances soon come to pass where Hayato has to either accept a soul bond with Riddle... Or lose his life.

Somewhere in Tokyo, there is a room. In that room is a black sphere. Periodically, people who should otherwise have died are transferred to the room. There, the sphere gives them special suits and weapons and sends them out on a mission to kill aliens here on Earth. While these missions take place, the rest of the world is largely oblivious to them. These missions are lethal and few participants survive them. The sphere calls the shots and it's not the slightest bit nice. Its name: Gantz.

A collection of short stories originally published in Japan between 2000 and 2004:

• Fuyu no Kirin (April 2004)
• Spica (October 2002)
• Midori no Koinu (August 2000)
• Hana no Yurikago (December 2001)
• Yuuhi Candy (June 2000)
• Innocence o Machinagara (February 2004)

Shou, the older brother, and Saya, the litlle sister, only have each other. The two of them lived happily, enjoying their peaceful lives together. That is, until Saya was bitten.

When bitten by a pure-blooded vampire, the one who was bitten may themself become a vampire, as was the case with Saya. She can't leave the house out of fear that she will feast, and her brother must lock her away to protect her from vampire hunters, such as himself. The only solace she has is being taken care of by her beloved older brother, whom she knows has eyes only for her, and vice-versa.

And so, Shou has made it his goal to kill the pure-blooded vampire who bit his sister, believing that in doing so he may restore his sister to what she once was, and becomes an expert for that. But since Saya was bitten, she has become increasingly obsessed and forceful. She can't stand being mere siblings anymore, and Shou is having a hard time holding back.

Will Shou give in? Or will he kill the pure-blooded vampire first? And even if he does, will that be enough to stop the romance forming between the two of them?

From Bakeneko Scanslation:

The drug dealer Shinjuku police station’s detective Ao that was tracking for half a year was caught by a man that appeared suddenly. The problem is that Ao inhaled some of the evidence by accident. A young man by the name of Noe, helps Ao, who has lost consciousness after the fact. He’s reprimanded by his boss and receives sarcastic remarks from his co-workers. At that time Ao receives a photograph. That photograph shows a dead Naji, who was Ao’s S. It’s hunt or be hunted, eat or be eaten… the heated race of the yakuza men.

From Paradise Love Scanlations:

Ayase is an orphan who has been held by a mysterious man whom he has never seen. One day he transfers to an academy where there are no rules and where teachers cannot enter the students' dorms. Who is the real person who sets the rules within the academy?

Note: Please stop removing the "shoujo" tag. Asuka is a shoujo magazine.

Stories included in this volume:
1. Mishiranu Machi (見知らぬ街) (Date:1989)
A group of teenagers went on a summer holiday and had a car accident. The woke up and found the whole city was empty. How can they escape the eerie place? But more importantly, can they really all go back?

Note:
It has been suggested that MATSUMOTO Yoko traced some of her panels of this stroy from Birthday Present (MIYAWAKI Akiko).

2. Youkoso Mystery Tour e (ようこそミステリーツアーへ)
In the summer holiday, a 15 year old girl Kana went on a vacation on an island, when a certain hotel giving out invitation to join a treasure hunt event with only a ridiculously impossible map to read. With a group of four along with her cousin Riku who can't handle transportation, her little brother Takashi who likes mystery and her brother's girlfriend Natsuki, the group join the event, meeting suspicious people and witnessing unexplainable occurences. Can they find the treasure? Is there any hidden agenda from the hotel owner by making such an event?

3. A wa Akuma no A (アは悪魔のア)
An almost dead man entrusted a Devil statue to Riku, a 15 year old boy. Before they realized, Kana, Riku, Takashi and Natsuki were already involved in an adventure involving antiques, cops, a devil in disguise, an angel in custody, and a cold blooded killer.

1. Kuro no Kumikyoku
After Ricardo's death Jess suddenly become so different, he even forgot about a song that he composed for Cathy, his girlfriend. His piano playing become so similar with Ricardo's and he also becomes close with Ricardo's lover.

2. Tenshi wa Yami ni Hohoemu
a. Cole: When someone encounter a person who looks exactly like theirselves, it means those person will die in a near future.
b. Linda: Violet is a girl who longs for a mother, attention, and love.
c. Violet: Short story about the lost of a lover and the happy medicine.

3. Bell ga Nattara
A mysterious phone call from afterlife.

Many years ago, an ancient civilization once ruled Earth. They were known for advanced artifacts and machines, but were destroyed in the end due to the misuse of their creations. Creating indestructible message plates written in Hebrew, these people left messages for later generations, informing them that if they could not find a good use for their creations, they should be destroyed.

Various entities such as paramilitaries, national armies and armed private forces began to secretly search for these "mysterious" artifacts in order to be used for their own good and against their enemies after the end of the Cold War. Only the ARCAM Corporation can stop these forces from destroying themselves with these "advanced" machines. With the help of its military arm, the ARCAM Private Army and their elite secret agents known as Spriggans (or Strikers), ARCAM plans to turn the tides of battle against those who would threaten the safety of humanity by using the dangerous artifacts.

This is oneshot of Tokyo Ghoul.

Tsukino frequents the rabbit hutch ever since Mimi went missing.

While hiking a mountain with his friend, Dong-uk stops to take a picture with him on a steep ledge which collapses and leaves them stranded on an isolated cliff. He accidentally drops a chocolate bar and it gets caught in a tree below them. While his friend is descending the cliff to retrieve it, Dong-uk accidently lets go of the makeshift rope and watches him fall to his death...but is he truly dead?

The heroine, Akira, a 2nd year middle school student, lives on an island that being peaceful is its only feature.

Everyone in her class are her childhood friends. they were thinking that this year too like the other years would be a peaceful year with the usual classmates.

But at a time like this a transfer student called “Matsushirou Nishigami” appears, saying: “Anyone who gets close to me dies”.

What is the true meaning of his words…?!

Note: The author died before completing this work.

From Shoujo Crusade:

Rumors have been going around about certain killings in a certain place. One night, Mito wanders into this certain place and encounters two suspicious people who speak of demons who come out at night.

The next day in school, she discovers the two of them has transferred into her school and class! Will she get caught up in what looks like shady business that happens after dark!?

Included one-shots: Okotoba desu ga, Oujo-sama; Hime no Kotonoha

Sayoko is a newly transferred student: gifted with rare beauty and mysterious and magnetic charm, she captures every student's attention. Among them, the introverted Yuiko and the grumpy Mari become friends with Sayoko, while Ryou, a known womanizer, wastes no time and tries to hit on her, unleashing his girlfriend's rage.

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo in 1983.

From Game Over or Continue:

Takahashi Miya is sick and needs regular check-ups. At university, he comes across Kanou Rei. Rumour has it that he is part of a dangerous club that distributes drugs and organises sex orgies. Is this true? And why does Rei seem to know Miya?

Based on Gaston Leroux's "The Phantom of the Opera."