Excitement of the Day

Gantz

Kei Kurono is a cynical high school student who keeps to himself, tired of the cruelty people are capable of. One day at the subway station, his classmate Masaru Katou jumps onto the tracks to save a drunk man who has fallen. On impulse, Kei follows him. They manage to pull the man to safety, but both boys are struck and killed by the oncoming train. Instead of dying, Kei and Masaru wake up in an apartment full of strangers, all of whom have recently died. In the center of the room is a large black sphere called Gantz. It gives them high-tech suits and strange weapons, then sends them out to hunt and kill bizarre alien creatures hidden on Earth. Each mission is brutal and often deadly. Sur

My Lesbian Experience With Loneliness

Kabi Nagata is 28 years old, a college dropout, and deeply unhappy. She lives with her parents, struggles with depression and an eating disorder, and feels crushed by the pressure to become a normal, productive adult. She has never had sex and has spent years avoiding any real confrontation with her own desires. Desperate to change, she makes an impulsive decision: she contacts a lesbian escort service. What she hopes will be a simple rite of passage becomes something far more complicated. The encounter forces her to face her body, her loneliness, and the life she has been too afraid to live.

Inside Mari

Isao Komori dropped out of college and now spends his days shut in his Tokyo apartment, playing video games and avoiding the outside world. His only comfort is a daily trip to the convenience store, where he quietly watches Mari Yoshizaki, a beautiful high school girl he calls the Angel of the Convenience Store. One morning, Isao wakes up in an unfamiliar room and an even more unfamiliar body: he is now inside Mari. With no memory of how it happened, he finds another consciousness occupying his old body and no trace of the girl herself. Forced to live Mari's daily life, Isao begins to investigate her disappearance. As he navigates her school, her relationships, and her secrets, he discover

Scum's Wish

Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya look like the perfect high school couple. They are attractive, popular, and seem devoted to each other, which makes them the envy of their classmates. But their relationship is a facade built on a shared secret: both are in love with other people. Hanabi has feelings for Narumi Kanai, her childhood friend and new homeroom teacher. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, a young teacher who used to be his tutor. When the two objects of their affection begin to show interest in each other, Hanabi and Mugi find comfort in one another. They agree to use each other as substitutes, sharing a physical intimacy born from loneliness and unrequited desire. As they naviga

Btooom!

Ryouta Sakamoto is a 22-year-old unemployed young man who still lives with his mother. In the real world, he is a nobody, but online he is one of the top players of the combat game Btooom!, a title he has mastered to perfection. His uneventful life is blown to pieces when he wakes up on a tropical island with no memory of how he got there. He soon discovers that he has been trapped in a real-life version of his favorite game, where the bombs are no longer virtual and the only way out is to kill seven other players. Forced to fight for his life in a hellish free-for-all, Ryouta must use all his skills to survive long enough to figure out who is behind this deadly game and why he was chosen.

Chobits

Hideki Motosuwa is a poor college student who has just moved to Tokyo. He dreams of having a job, a girlfriend, and his own persocom, the latest in humanoid computer technology. One night, his luck changes when he finds Chi, an adorable but seemingly broken persocom, abandoned in a pile of trash. After taking her home, Hideki discovers that Chi is more responsibility than he expected. She can only say "Chii" and gets him into embarrassing situations. But Chi is no ordinary persocom: she can think and learn on her own, and there is much more to her than meets the eye. As Hideki teaches Chi how to live an ordinary life, he begins to uncover the truth behind her origins and the mysterious cho