Bulgeun Ijeongpyo

Land of the Lustrous

In a distant future, Earth is home to the Lustrous, crystalline lifeforms who defend themselves against the Lunarians, invaders from the moon who seek to harvest their bodies for weapons and decorations. Among the twenty-eight gems, Phosphophyllite is the most fragile and brittle, with no visible talent for battle. Longing to fight but deemed too weak, Phos is instead assigned by their master Adamantine to compile a natural history of their world. The task seems dull and pointless, but it brings Phos into contact with Cinnabar, a gem forced to live in isolation due to their dangerous nature. As Phos pursues this seemingly mundane assignment, they begin to uncover deeper truths about their

Pandora Hearts

Oz Vessalius, the fifteen-year-old heir of a noble family, is celebrating his coming-of-age ceremony when the mysterious Baskerville Clan interrupts the festivities. Accused of a sin he knows nothing about, he is cast into the Abyss, an inescapable prison realm said to be home to monstrous creatures called Chains. There he meets Alice, a strange girl who is not what she seems. To escape, Oz forms a contract with her and returns to his world, only to find that time has passed and everything has changed. Now Oz must unravel the truth behind his sin, the nature of the Abyss, and a tragedy from a hundred years ago. Pursued by the Baskervilles and haunted by ghosts of the past, he and his compa

Choujin X

Tokio Kurohara and Azuma Higashi are childhood friends, though they could hardly be more different. Azuma is popular, athletic, and a top student, while Tokio tends to slack off and simply watch from the sidelines. They live in Yamato Prefecture, an otherwise ordinary district scarred by the destructive presence of Choujin—humans gifted with dangerous supernatural powers. After a plane crash, the two friends join a volunteer rescue team, only to discover the passengers are largely unharmed. On their way home, they are confronted by an old enemy who has acquired bizarre new abilities and is bent on destroying them. With no way to escape, Tokio and Azuma inject themselves with a drug that can

Re:ZERO -Starting Life in Another World-

Subaru Natsuki is abruptly transported to a fantasy world while returning from a convenience store. Expecting to become a powerful hero, he quickly discovers he possesses no special abilities at all. His only power is "Return by Death," a mysterious curse that rewinds time to a previous point whenever he dies. After being saved from thugs by a silver-haired half-elf named Satella, Subaru tries to help her recover a stolen insignia. Their search leads them to a loot shop, where they are brutally murdered by an assassin. Subaru then wakes up earlier in the day, alive and with the memory of his death. Determined to protect Satella and prevent their tragic fate, Subaru must navigate a world of

The Most Notorious "Talker" Runs the World's Greatest Clan

Noel grew up admiring his grandfather, a legendary hero, and dreams of becoming the world's greatest Seeker. When his class is appraised, however, he is assigned the support role of Talker: a job with the weakest individual combat abilities, useful only for enhancing others. Refusing to accept his limits, Noel decides that if he cannot be the strongest alone, he will build the strongest clan and rule it as its master. To achieve that ambition, he relies on cold calculation and ruthless methods, manipulating allies and enemies alike. His cunning and talent soon draw powerful people to his side, but his unrelenting pursuit of strength puts him on a path many consider evil. As he gathers foll

Hotel

In a future where humanity has vanished, a lone computer persists for 27 million years to fulfill its mission. Elsewhere, Hanako awakens from a deep sleep with only three days left to live, while her husband Takao grapples with the knowledge that her heart belongs to another. In another tale, Jun Shiozaki dedicates himself to resurrecting the extinct tuna by any means imaginable. Noriko discovers she is pregnant by her lover Matsumura, a prominent doctor with a family of his own. He insists the pregnancy is a rapidly growing cancer that must be removed immediately, leaving Noriko torn between his diagnosis and her own desires. These stories explore the boundaries of science, emotion, and su