Folklore Studies of Professor Munakata

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Part 7–Steel Ball Run

In the American Old West, the Steel Ball Run is about to begin: a grueling cross-country race from San Diego covering over six thousand kilometers, with a grand prize of fifty million dollars. Contestants may use any kind of vehicle, but they must endure uncharted wastelands and travel up to a hundred kilometers a day. Johnny Joestar, a former jockey paralyzed from the waist down, attends the start of the race as a spectator. There he meets Gyro Zeppeli, a racer who carries two steel balls at his waist. When Johnny witnesses Gyro use one of them to unleash a strange power, he briefly regains the ability to stand. Desperate to uncover the secret of the steel balls, Johnny joins the race alon

Tower of God

Twenty-Fifth Bam has spent his entire life alone in a dark cave, with Rachel as his only companion and light. When she decides to enter the Tower to pursue her own dream, she leaves him behind. Desperate not to lose her, Bam follows her inside, determined to climb the Tower and find her again. But the Tower is a vast and dangerous place, full of ancient secrets, fearsome creatures, and ruthless people. Each floor is guarded by an Administrator who subjects challengers to grueling tests that push them to their limits. Upon reaching the first floor, Bam discovers he is an Irregular, someone who entered the Tower without being chosen. With no special strength or power, he must learn to surviv

Hell’s Paradise: Jigokuraku

Gabimaru the Hollow is a ruthless assassin from the ninja village of Iwagakure, feared for his cold efficiency. After a betrayal by his own people, he is captured and sentenced to death. Yet no executioner can take his life, because beneath his apathetic exterior he clings to a single desire: to return to his beloved wife, the woman who softened his heart and gave him a reason to live. When the famed executioner Asaemon the Decapitator offers him a chance at a full pardon, Gabimaru accepts a perilous mission. He must travel to a mysterious island south of Japan, a place said to hold the elixir of immortality, and retrieve it for the shogunate. But the island is far from the paradise its le

Dorohedoro

In a city so dismal it is known only as the Hole, magic users cross over from their own world to prey on the powerless locals. They use the inhabitants as test subjects for brutal experiments, leaving the district's hospital full of mutilated victims. The strong dominate the weak, and death is an everyday occurrence. Caiman is a man with a reptile head and no memory of his past. Together with Nikaido, who runs the restaurant Hungry Bug, he hunts magic users in the Hole. Immune to their spells, he bites into their heads hoping to find the one who cursed him and learn what the figure inside his mouth has to say. When En, the head of the magic users, hears that a lizard-man is slaughtering hi

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, Part 8: JoJolion - Digital Colored Comics

In 2011, the coastal town of Morioh is still reeling from the Great East Japan earthquake. Strange earthen protrusions known as the Wall Eyes have appeared across the landscape, defying all professional explanation. While exploring near one of these formations, Yasuho Hirose discovers a naked man buried in the ground. He bears a distinctive star-shaped birthmark and deep bite marks, but has no memory of his name or his past. The only thing he can recall is how to use his Stand, a supernatural ability that manifests as a humanoid figure. Taken in by the Higashikata family and given the name Josuke, the amnesiac begins to investigate his own identity. His search quickly draws him into a serie

Pandora Hearts

Oz Vessalius, the fifteen-year-old heir of a noble family, is celebrating his coming-of-age ceremony when the mysterious Baskerville Clan interrupts the festivities. Accused of a sin he knows nothing about, he is cast into the Abyss, an inescapable prison realm said to be home to monstrous creatures called Chains. There he meets Alice, a strange girl who is not what she seems. To escape, Oz forms a contract with her and returns to his world, only to find that time has passed and everything has changed. Now Oz must unravel the truth behind his sin, the nature of the Abyss, and a tragedy from a hundred years ago. Pursued by the Baskervilles and haunted by ghosts of the past, he and his compa