Kakukazoku

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

BLAME!

In a far future, Earth is buried beneath an endless, chaotic megastructure that has grown beyond all control. Its scattered inhabitants no longer remember what land is, surviving in small enclaves while monstrous creatures and rogue machines roam the steel labyrinth. Killy, a silent and stoic figure armed with a devastating Graviton Beam Emitter, wanders this hostile world in search of the Net Terminal Gene. This genetic mutation once allowed humans to access the NetSphere, and he believes it may hold the key to restoring order. As he fights through cyborgs, silicon-based lifeforms and other threats, Killy moves from one isolated community to the next, gathering fragments of information. E

Parasyte

Shinichi Izumi is an ordinary sixteen-year-old high school student living a quiet life with his parents. One night, an alien creature known as a Parasite attempts to invade his body and take over his mind. The invasion fails, and the Parasite ends up confined to Shinichi's right arm, retaining its own consciousness and naming itself Migi. Unable to separate, Shinichi and Migi form an uneasy alliance to survive. They soon discover that other Parasites have successfully taken over human hosts, and these creatures can reshape their bodies into deadly forms to hunt and consume humans. As Shinichi and Migi confront these bloodthirsty invaders, Shinichi struggles to hold onto his humanity while

Gyo

Tadashi and Kaori are vacationing on the coast of Okinawa when their strained relationship is interrupted by a bizarre and terrifying event. A strange, legged fish attacks them in their cabin. They manage to kill it, but the creature leaves behind a putrid stench—the haunting smell of death. This lone assault is only the beginning. Soon, more of these creatures emerge from the sea, attacking anything in their path. Fleeing back to Tokyo, Tadashi and Kaori discover that there is no safe haven. The death stench creeps everywhere, and the horror of the sea follows them. The volume also includes the story of a family whose celebration is cut short by a bizarre tragedy, and the tale of a myster

7 Seeds

Natsu Iwashimizu wakes up on a sinking ship with no memory of how she got there. Rescued by three strangers—Arashi, Semimaru, and Botan—she makes it to a deserted island that turns out to be Japan, transformed beyond recognition. A meteorite struck Earth and wiped out humanity. Anticipating the disaster, the government launched the 7 Seeds project: five teams of seven young people and a guide, kept in cryogenic sleep until the planet became habitable again. Natsu and her companions belong to Summer B, the group made up of those society considered failures. Now awake in a hostile world, they must find one of the seven government shelters, learn to survive, and figure out how to coexist with

Alien Nine

Yuri Otani is a sixth grader who has just been elected by her class to join the Alien Party at Elementary School #9. Along with her classmates Kumi Kawamura and Kasumi Tomine, she is tasked with capturing the aliens that frequently invade the school grounds. To help them in this dangerous work, each girl is paired with a symbiotic alien called a Borg, which attaches to her head and provides protection. There is just one problem: Yuri is terrified of aliens. She often faints or freezes at the sight of them, leaving her partners and her own Borg to handle the captures. Their advisor, Ms. Megumi Hisakawa, encourages the girls to fuse more deeply with their Borgs to become more effective fighte