Boy Meets Maria

Uzumaki: Spiral into Horror

Kirie Goshima is a teenager living in Kurouzu-cho, a small coastal town in Japan. Her quiet life begins to change when she notices strange behavior in the people around her, starting with the father of her boyfriend, Shuichi Saito, who becomes obsessed with snail shells and spiral patterns. Shuichi is convinced that the town is cursed by the uzumaki, the spiral shape that appears everywhere: in water, in the air, in plants, and even in the human body. As the obsession spreads among the residents, Kirie and Shuichi witness how the spiral consumes their neighbors, transforming their lives into a nightmare. What begins as a series of disturbing events soon becomes an inescapable descent into

Three Days of Happiness

Kusunoki is twenty years old, broke, and convinced that his life has no value. When he learns of a shop that buys lifespan, time, and health, he decides to sell the next thirty years of his life for a meager sum, leaving himself with only three months left to live. After the transaction, he is visited by Miyagi, the store clerk who purchased his lifespan. She has been assigned to observe him until the final three days of his life. As they spend his remaining time together, Kusunoki is forced to confront his past regrets and question what truly gives life meaning.

Bastard

Seon Jin is a quiet, sickly high school student who is relentlessly bullied and largely ignored by everyone around him. At home, he lives alone with his father, a man admired by the community as a successful businessman and devoted parent. But Jin knows the truth: his father is a deranged serial killer, and Jin has been forced to help him carry out his crimes for years. When his father takes an interest in a pretty transfer student, Jin must decide whether to keep obeying him or finally defy the man who has made him an unwilling accomplice.

The Flowers of Evil

Takao Kasuga is a quiet middle school student who loves books, especially Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil, and admires his classmate Nanako Saeki from afar. One day, after returning to school for a forgotten book, he finds Nanako's gym clothes and, on a sudden impulse, steals them. His guilt grows when the theft becomes known and everyone starts talking about a pervert. Sawa Nakamura, a strange and isolated classmate, saw what he did. Instead of turning him in, she uses the secret to force a contract with him and take control of his life. Torn between his feelings for Nanako and Nakamura's manipulation, Takao tries to keep his secret hidden while his bond with Nakamura becomes increasingl

Boy's Abyss

Reiji Kurose is a high school student trapped in a small, stagnant town. His days are consumed by family obligations: a shut-in brother, a grandmother with dementia, and a mother he cannot leave behind. He is also under the thumb of Gen Minegishi, a local figure who keeps him at his beck and call. With no dreams of his own, Reiji believes he will simply continue living this monotonous life forever. His only escape is watching the idol group Acrylic, especially its most beautiful member, Nagi Aoe. When he unexpectedly encounters Nagi behind a convenience store in his own grim town, his life begins to change. Pulled into a series of scandalous events, Reiji finds himself entangled in a web of

ReLIFE

Arata Kaizaki is 27 years old and stuck. After leaving his first company, he has failed every job interview and survives on a part-time job. One night, Ryou Yoake from the ReLife Research Institute makes him an unusual offer: a pill that will make him look 17 again and a place in a one-year experiment. As part of the experiment, Arata must return to high school as a third-year student. If he completes the year, the institute will help him re-enter the workforce. With few options left, he accepts. Now he has to navigate classes, friendships, and teenage social life while keeping his real age a secret. His adult perspective helps him understand others, but it also makes fitting in more compl