Students from a university mystery club decide to visit an island which was the site of a grisly multiple murder the year before. Predictably, they get picked off one by one by an unseen murderer. Is there a madman on the loose? What connection is there to the earlier murders? The answer is a bombshell revelation which few readers will see coming.

In the spring of her second year of high school, Sendawara Ichika was told by her doctor that she had two years left to live. Three years later, now in her second year of university, Ichika spends her days not knowing when the end will come.

One day, by chance, she is reunited with Yurugi Akifumi -- her former philosophy professor, who quit the university. Once in love with Yurugi-sensei, Ichika has her feelings rekindled upon meeting him again, but...

A story of the fleeting love between Ichika, whose life is growing shorter, and a man quietly trying to disappear.

The protagonist, subjected to school violence, falls from the rooftop. After barely waking up from six months of unconsciousness, he refuses the help of his old childhood friend and chooses to transfer. He, who started martial arts by chance, is already growing enough to be ahead of the championship final and wants to show her changed appearance, but he hears the news that she was murdered by the bullies the day after he transferred. After reaching the finals in shock, he surprisingly takes a time warp on the first day of unconsciousness and tries to save her by getting a 30-day opportunity.

This work is a story about a boy, Rwanda, whose mother is a vicious murderer, set in England at the end of the 19th century. Rwanda, who has long been confined in the basement, grew up and left the house after a certain incident. Eventually, he arrived at the town and was picked up by a staff member of the nursing home and decided to live in the facility. But peaceful everyday life is only boring for Rwanda…

Noel was an abandoned orphan, adopted by a nearby kingdom with a prophet-king that has some very strange plans in mind for his subjects! Noel's journey is full of suffering, pain, humiliation and bloody battles, but she endures as she wants her revenge!

NOTE: Some will find the content hard to digest, warning given!

The story follows an average, albeit untidy guy named Hajime Tsukiyoda. Hajime's peaceful everyday life comes to an end when a man-eating goldfish overtake Shibuya. The fish are everywhere, filling the famous scramble crossing, hanging near the Hachiko statue, and even floating through the city center all the while eating as many humans as they can. The unprecedented crisis marks the "worst survival competition in history."

Jealousy, fear, and love...where does it all lead? Let Satonaka Machiko take you on a journey into the true heart of women in this sometimes dark, sometimes comedic short story collection!

The terrorist organization known as the Animal Liberation Alliance (ALA) attacked a biological research institute and rescued a pregnant chimpanzee. That chimpanzee gave birth to a "humanzee" (half-human, half-chimpanzee) who was named Charlie. After being raised by human parents for fifteen years, Charlie enters his first year of high school. There, he meets the intelligent but socially misunderstood Lucy.

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- Won the 15th Manga Taisho Award in 2022.

The protagonist finds himself adrift on an uninhabited island, where a mysterious family appears before him.

“Could you become my daughter?”

Thanks to the Grand Duke Friedrich’s proposition, Elena became his fake daughter. Yet after marrying the Crown Prince, having his child, and acquiring land to oversee herself, the 'late' Duke's daughter, Lady Veronica, appeared before her.

All along, she had been nothing but a mere puppet for the real thing. Elena's son is thus taken from her, and she is murdered.

In a twist of events however, she ends up returning to the past.

"I will crush each and every one of you."

I will never live the life of a puppet again.

And so begins Elena's second life, swearing vengeance on her enemies.

A collection of individual shorts by Edogawa Osamu.

These are interesting times in the empire of Varnia. The imperial army may have broken the back of the invading army of Nebel, but at tremendous cost. The living weapons born of past wars with the magic-wielding tribes of the south still prowl the ancient forests. And ever since the battle in the northern pass, an avenging phantom has stalked the trails of Varnia, leaving carnage in its wake: The immortal warrior, the last knight of Orgonne... And they call her Slayer Volte.

"Hellfire" – once sealed unquenchable fire, whose fierce flames can burn the entire world to the ground. Flare is an ordinary guy who lives in a border village and is sacrificed to an out-of-control fire. Experiencing inhuman torments in the hellfire, he would seem to have no chance of surviving…
But wait a minute! Is he not dying? Had he endured the fury of hellfire? Flare literally rose from the ashes and returned to the world of the living, gaining the ability to control the "Hellfire"! This is a fantasy story about the travels of a free hero who conquered the flame and cheated death itself!

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The twins who have lost both their mother and father had got their humongous inheritance stolen by their evil stepmother. The three sons of their stepmother have a special relationship towards their non-biological sisters. Thus, a scene of love, love and hate occurred in this old mansion. This is a fairy tale of romance and vengeance.

When Futaro was five years old, his father left his home. Futaro's mother got sick in poverty. Also, Futaro has a ugly face, like Quasimodo. He's been discriminated against and treated like trash by almost everyone in his neighborhood. Finally, his mother dies because they can't afford medical treatment. Burying his mother's body, Futaro makes up his mind to do anything for money...

Shintarou Jagasaki, who is a neighborhood police officer, lives with his girlfriend while working a job that is killing him slowly with annoyance. It looks like he will end up marrying soon and live a boring life with a nuclear family - a grim future for a guy with dreams! One such day, a mysterious monster appeared on the train and he suddenly can shoot with his right hand like Master Buppanatsu, the eggplant mascot of his city!

Alice's parent were killed when she was young, she saw the killer and made the promise to herself to kill him. Little did she know that when she will go to high school, the killer would become her teacher.

Hari, a destitute girl, got adopted by Duke Ernst at 7 years old when she lost her mother, as the Ernsts had themselves lost their youngest daughter Arina and sought Hari due to her resemblance to the late girl. Even though she received all kinds of persecution by the three Ernst sons in 20 years of life at the Ernst estate, she could finally escape that blood-and-tear inducing life when she was about to get married.

But what is this?
When I woke up from my sleep, I'm back to that hellish childhood! Is this a dream?!

Hmph. If I can't wake up from this dream,  I'll at least live without too much consideration for others now!

Just like that, Hari decided to go astray. Eugene, the "dutiful son" but cold, Cabel, the roughhousing knucklehead, and Erich, the angelic-looking bully and Arina's twin, all three be damned!

Orphans Charlotte and William finally confess their feelings for each other and promised to be together forever. Yet, Charlotte is suddenly killed in a motor accident, leaving William devastated. Death is usually the end of most relationships, but it seems that Will has other plans...

A mysterious clock that turns back time, beans that grant wishes, secrets between lovers, peeping Toms, time travel and demons, and many more! "Crow's Library of Danmei" contains a wonderful compilation of fantasy suspense love stories, with the occasional humour, written and illustrated by Crow.

by The DANMEI Project.