Perfect Liar

All You Need Is Kill

Keiji Kiriya is a new recruit in the United Defense Force, fighting against the alien Mimics that have invaded Earth. Equipped with a powered combat suit called a Jacket, he is sent to the battlefield with little training and dies on his very first deployment. Instead of staying dead, he wakes up the day before the battle, forced to relive the same fight and his own death over and over. Trapped in a time loop triggered by his demise, Keiji must use each repetition to sharpen his skills and find a way to break the cycle. His only lead is Rita Vrataski, an elite soldier known as the Full Metal Bitch, whose own experience with the loop may hold the key to survival. Together, they face the rel

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.

Hotel

In a future where humanity has vanished, a lone computer persists for 27 million years to fulfill its mission. Elsewhere, Hanako awakens from a deep sleep with only three days left to live, while her husband Takao grapples with the knowledge that her heart belongs to another. In another tale, Jun Shiozaki dedicates himself to resurrecting the extinct tuna by any means imaginable. Noriko discovers she is pregnant by her lover Matsumura, a prominent doctor with a family of his own. He insists the pregnancy is a rapidly growing cancer that must be removed immediately, leaving Noriko torn between his diagnosis and her own desires. These stories explore the boundaries of science, emotion, and su

Bloody Monday 2

Two years have passed since the crisis that nearly brought Japan to its knees. The hacker known as Falcon has vanished, and the networks that once answered to him have gone quiet. Just as the country begins to believe the worst is behind it, a new threat surfaces with the same goal: to bring Japan down from the inside. No one knows who is behind the attacks. The only lead points to a figure called the Shooter of the Magic Bullet, an assassin whose marksmanship leaves no trace and no survivors. With Falcon gone, the people who once stood between the country and disaster must find another way to respond. As the conspiracy widens, the question is no longer whether the attacks can be stopped,

The Distant Dawn

A collection of sixteen short stories by Yukinobu Hoshino, spanning genres from science fiction and fantasy to psychological drama and romance. The tales explore a wide range of themes, including adventure, mystery, and the supernatural, often set in imaginative and thought-provoking scenarios. From a distant dawn and a steel queen to escape from wastelands and a funeral convoy, each story presents a unique conflict. Characters face challenges such as a call from afar, a whiteout, amazons of the river, and the Carneades plan, navigating through algae, lightning strikes, and the emperor of winter.

Dandadan

Momo Ayase is a high school girl who believes in ghosts but thinks aliens are nonsense. By chance, she befriends a boy at school who is obsessed with the occult and UFOs, but rejects the existence of spirits. She nicknames him "Okarun." To settle their argument, they make a bet: Momo visits a spot known for UFO sightings while Okarun heads to a haunted tunnel. Their separate excursions prove both of them wrong, as they discover that aliens and ghosts are very real. The encounter leaves them marked by bizarre powers and throws them into a chaotic world of yokairaqs and extraterrestrial threats. Together, they must deal with the surreal dangers now disrupting their everyday lives while navig