Up the Goldfish Slope

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

Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun

At Kamome Academy, students whisper about the Seven Mysteries, supernatural phenomena tied to the old school building. One of them is Hanako-san, a ghost said to haunt the third stall of the third-floor girls' bathroom and grant any wish to whoever summons her. Nene Yashiro, a first-year student obsessed with the occult and desperate for romance, dares to call on Hanako-san hoping for help with her love life. But the spirit who appears is not the girl from the rumors: Hanako-kun is a boy, and he has no simple magic to offer. When Nene's attempts to win over her crush lead her to swallow a mermaid scale and turn into a fish, Hanako-kun saves her. In exchange, she becomes his assistant, and

The Empty Box and Zeroth Maria

Kazuki Hoshino treasures his ordinary, uneventful life above all else. He spends his days carefree with his friends at school, content in the predictable rhythm of his daily existence. That peace is shattered by the arrival of Aya Otonashi, a mysterious and aloof transfer student. On her first day, she makes a cold, dramatic declaration: she is there to break him. She claims this is the 13,118th time she has transferred, and she has met him thousands of times before. Aya declares war on Kazuki for a crime he cannot even remember. As her puzzling words plunge his life into turmoil, the unseen mysteries surrounding his seemingly normal friends begin to unravel, centered on the discovery of m

Platinum End

Mirai Kakehashi is a young man drowning in despair. After losing his parents, he lives under the care of abusive relatives, and on the night of his middle school graduation, he decides to end his life. Before he can, a pure white angel named Nasse saves him and offers him a new purpose: supernatural abilities and the chance to become the next God. To claim that position, Mirai must compete against twelve other chosen humans within 999 days. This battle royale forces him to fight for survival against rivals who will do anything to obtain ultimate power. With an angel by his side, Mirai must decide how far he is willing to go and what he is willing to sacrifice to win.

Bakemonogatari

Koyomi Araragi is a third-year high school student who, after a fateful encounter during spring break, was turned into a vampire and then saved by Meme Oshino, a mysterious wanderer. Though human again, he retains lingering side effects like superhuman healing and enhanced vision. Trying to live a normal life, he one day catches his classmate Hitagi Senjougahara when she falls down the stairs, only to discover that she is unnaturally weightless. Senjougahara reveals that an encounter with a mythical crab stole her weight. Despite her blunt protests, Araragi insists on helping her and takes her to Oshino, the man who once solved his own supernatural predicament. What begins as a single case

Bakemonogatari: Monster Tale

Koyomi Araragi was once a vampire, and though he has returned to a human life, the scars of that experience remain. Now a student again, he tries to live normally, but the supernatural world keeps pulling him back. His attention turns to Hitagi Senjougahara, a classmate who is always ill, arrives late, or skips school altogether. Behind her distant attitude lies a mysterious affliction that has taken something essential from her. Araragi offers to help, and with the guidance of the enigmatic Meme Oshino, he begins to unravel the strange cases affecting the people around him. Each one is a supernatural malady, yet deeply tied to the human heart.