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Tokyo Ghoul

In the shadows of Tokyo live the ghouls, creatures that look human but feed on human flesh. To combat them, the Commission of Counter Ghoul (CCG) works to purge the city of these hidden predators. Ken Kaneki, a shy university freshman, survives a near-fatal encounter with a ghoul only after receiving an organ transplant from his attacker. The surgery transforms him into a half-human, half-ghoul hybrid, forcing him to navigate a world where he can no longer eat normal food and must consume human flesh to survive. Taken in by the ghouls who run a quiet coffee shop, Kaneki tries to adapt to his new existence. But his unique nature places him at the center of a growing conflict between his new

Tokyo Ghoul:re

Two years after the CCG’s raid on Anteiku, Tokyo has changed. The Commission of Counter Ghoul has tightened its grip on the city, but the man-eating creatures known as ghouls remain a constant threat, and the terrorist organization Aogiri Tree continues to operate in the shadows. Haise Sasaki leads the Quinx Squad, a new experimental unit of investigators who have undergone surgery to use ghoul abilities. As a half-ghoul trained by Special Class Investigator Kishou Arima, Haise must turn his unruly team into effective operatives while fighting the dangerous creatures that terrorize Tokyo. But Haise carries a deeper burden. Fragments of unknown memories claw at his mind, slowly revealing th

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

Homunculus

Susumu Nakoshi is a 34-year-old man living out of his car, drifting between a luxury hotel and a park full of homeless people. He has little to his name, but not so little that he would agree to be the subject of a strange experiment. An eccentric 22-year-old medical student named Manabu Ito has been following him, offering a large sum of money in exchange for performing trepanation: drilling a hole in his skull to awaken a sixth sense. Nakoshi refuses at first, but when his beloved car is towed away, he accepts the cash and the operating table. At first, the procedure seems to have no effect. Then Nakoshi notices that the vision in his left eye has changed, and he begins to see the twiste

Ajin: Demi-Human

Kei Nagai is a high school student who only wants a quiet, ordinary life. That dream ends when he is hit by a truck and dies on the spot. Moments later, he opens his eyes and stands up, completely healed. The witnesses realize what he is: an Ajin, a rare demi-human who cannot die. Kei is now a wanted specimen. The government offers bounties for captured Ajin to conduct inhumane experiments on them, and the public sees him as a monster. Forced to run, he struggles to understand his new nature while trying to stay out of the hands of the authorities. As he flees, Kei is drawn into a hidden conflict between humans and other Ajin. Some of them want to fight back against the society that hunts

The Summer Hikaru Died

Yoshiki and Hikaru are two boys from a small village who have been inseparable since childhood. They are the only children their age, and their days are spent in each other's company. But one summer, Hikaru is enveloped by a mysterious light, and from that moment, something fundamental changes. Yoshiki soon realizes that the person who returned is not his friend. It has Hikaru's face, voice, and memories, but it is something else entirely. When confronted, the being reveals its true, otherworldly nature and threatens Yoshiki, even as it professes love for him. Unable to let go, Yoshiki chooses to stay by the side of this creature that looks like Hikaru. As he tries to navigate a life with