The Art of Murder Throughout the Centuries

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

Bastard

Seon Jin is a quiet, sickly high school student who is relentlessly bullied and largely ignored by everyone around him. At home, he lives alone with his father, a man admired by the community as a successful businessman and devoted parent. But Jin knows the truth: his father is a deranged serial killer, and Jin has been forced to help him carry out his crimes for years. When his father takes an interest in a pretty transfer student, Jin must decide whether to keep obeying him or finally defy the man who has made him an unwilling accomplice.

Sankarea: Undying Love

Chihiro Furuya has always been fascinated by zombies. His obsession goes beyond movies and games: he is only romantically interested in zombie girls. When his pet cat Baabu dies, Chihiro decides to use an old occult book to brew a resurrection potion and bring him back. His secret experiments catch the attention of Rea Sanka, the beautiful heiress of a wealthy family. Trapped in a miserable and oppressive life, Rea wishes to die and be reborn as a different person. After drinking Chihiro's elixir, she dies in an accident and comes back as a zombie. Now free from her family, Rea moves in with Chihiro, who must use all his knowledge of the undead to care for her as she adapts to her new exis

Roxana

Roxana Agrece is the daughter of a brutal criminal family whose downfall is already written in the pages of the novel The Abysmal Flower. When her father kidnaps Cassis Pedelian, the brother of the novel's heroine, Roxana knows that the heroine's revenge will eventually destroy everyone around her. To change her fate, she takes an unusual interest in the prisoner. Under the pretense of cruelty, she secretly cares for Cassis and helps him recover, hoping he will one day repay her kindness. Inside the Agrece castle, betrayal and violence are constant. Roxana must hide her true intentions from her father and half-siblings while earning Cassis's trust, knowing that a single mistake could cost

Elfen Lied

Lucy is a Diclonius, a rare human mutant born with small horns and invisible telekinetic arms called vectors. Captured as a child, she is subjected to cruel experiments in a government research facility that seeks to understand and contain her kind. The years of confinement and torture leave her with a deep hatred for humanity. When an opportunity to escape presents itself, Lucy unleashes a violent bloodbath. During her breakout, a severe head injury splits her personality, leaving her alternating between her murderous original self and Nyu, a harmless, childlike persona with almost no ability to speak. In this unstable state, she is found by Kouta and his cousin Yuka, two college students

The Elder Sister-Like One

Yuu Hasunuma lost his parents in a car accident when he was five and has spent his childhood moving between relatives who never truly welcomed him. Now living with his mother's cousin, he finds a rare sense of stability, though his uncle gives him one firm rule: never enter the storehouse. When his uncle is hospitalized, Yuu has no choice but to go inside. There he meets Chiyo, a powerful demon with horns and hooves, who offers to grant him one wish in exchange for what he holds dearest. Longing for the family he never had, Yuu asks her to become his older sister. What follows is an unusual domestic life as the lonely boy and the otherworldly being try to build the sibling bond he has alwa