One Hundred and Two: What Is a “Family”?

Hyaku Monogatari

Hyaku Monogatari is a collection of ninety-nine ghost stories drawn and narrated by Hinako Sugiura, a manga artist and researcher of the Edo period. The work draws on the traditional Japanese pastime of the same name, where a hundred tales are told by candlelight, each one snuffing out a flame until the final one burns in darkness, inviting the supernatural. Each story presents a different eerie and mysterious occurrence, rooted in the folklore and daily life of the Edo era. Through her detailed and atmospheric art, Sugiura brings to life a world where the boundary between the mundane and the supernatural is thin, and where a quiet village or a simple household can hold a chilling secret. T

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

My Dearest Self With Malice Aforethought

Eiji Urashima is an ordinary university student who spends his days drinking with friends and hoping to find a girlfriend. One morning, he wakes up next to Kyouka Yukimura, a beautiful classmate who claims to be his girlfriend. Confused but willing to go along with it, Eiji soon discovers that three days have passed since he last remembers. His friend mentions a fight he does not recall, and the gaps in his memory grow more troubling. When a magazine writer reveals that Eiji is the son of a serial killer, his fragile new relationship and his sense of self begin to unravel. Determined to understand what happened during those missing days, Eiji must confront a past he has tried to ignore and

Mushishi

Mushi are the most fundamental forms of life, existing since the dawn of creation. They are neither plants nor animals, neither good nor evil. They inhabit the shadows behind closed eyelids, the silence of deep forests, and the spaces between life and death. Most people cannot see them, but their influence shapes the world in ways both subtle and devastating. Ginko is a mushishi, a rare individual who can perceive these creatures. He travels from village to village, drawn by rumors of strange occurrences. With a calm demeanor and a sardonic smile, he investigates the mysterious afflictions and wonders that follow in the wake of the mushi. Each encounter brings him face to face with people