Complex City

Qualia the Purple

Yukari Marii sees every living being as a robot through her purple eyes. This strange perception lets her assess people's physical abilities and quirks as if she were cataloging machine parts, a talent that even attracts the attention of the police. Her unique sight, however, has left her isolated, costing her friendships and making her the target of cruelty from former companions. Her only real friend is Hatou "Gaku" Manabu, a classmate who feels a deep need to protect her. When Yukari is recruited into a secret institution for children with special abilities known as Qualia, Gaku is drawn into a dangerous conspiracy. Thrust into a world of mystery, quantum experimentation, and alternate

Garden

Garden is a collection of short stories by Usamaru Furuya, originally published in various independent magazines. The title references Hieronymus Bosch's famous triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights, with the opening story serving as a direct homage to the painting's surreal and intricate vision. The anthology spans a diverse range of genres, from absurd comedies and psychological explorations to dark fantasy and outright horror. Each self-contained tale presents its own unique world and characters, united by Furuya's distinctive artistic style and thematic preoccupations. Readers are taken on a journey through bizarre scenarios and unsettling realities, exploring the boundaries of huma

Dead Queen

Gigantic wasps appear on school grounds and start devouring everyone. Han-Hui, Jong-Bin, Ju-Hyeon, A-Yeong, and Min-Ji run for their lives and safely hide inside food storage. Outside, however, all others turn into hybrids, one by one. Soon, a group of mysterious soldiers shows up and leaves them with syringes and weapons but no information. Now they realize that no help is coming and that there's something bigger behind this bug apocalypse. Against all odds, they must fight for their survival.

Tribulations of Myriad Clans

Su Yu has carried a secret for over a decade: recurring nightmares of being hunted by monstrous beings. On his eighteenth birthday, those nightmares become reality when he witnesses his own father die in battle against the very creatures from his dreams. Now, years later, Su Yu is determined to become the one who hunts those monsters instead of being prey. Armed with his dark secret and a burning resolve, he steps into a world where science fiction and the supernatural collide, facing psychological horrors and relentless terror. But as he delves deeper into the conflict between myriad clans, he discovers that the line between hunter and hunted is thinner than he ever imagined.

Yomikiri-shuu "Hen"

The Promised Neverland

Emma, Norman and Ray are the brightest children at Grace Field House, an orphanage where they live under the care of a woman they call Mom. Their days are filled with good food, clean clothes, rigorous testsponder, and playtime with the other kids, forming what seems like a happy family. The only rule is that they must never leave the orphanage, but since every child is adopted by the age of twelve, life feels safe and complete. One day, Emma and Norman venture past the gate and uncover the horrifying truth behind their existence: the orphanage is a farm, and the children are being raised as food for demons. Aware that their adoption means deathlain, the two must use their intelligence to d