The Hand of God or Devil

Fire Punch

The world is buried under ice and snow, and humanity survives in scattered settlements, fearing the Blessed, people born with supernatural powers. Among them are Agni and Luna, two orphaned siblings with the ability to regenerate, who live quietly in a small village of elders. Their bond keeps them going despite the freezing wasteland around them. That fragile peace ends when Doma, an army commander with unquenchable flames, burns the village to the ground. Luna dies in the fire, but Agni's regeneration keeps him alive, trapped in endless agony as the flames never go out. After years of enduring the pain, he sets out across the frozen world with one goal: to find Doma and take revenge for h

Death Note

Light Yagami is a brilliant high school student who is bored with his life. One day he finds a strange notebook dropped by Ryuk, a shinigami. The Death Note has a simple rule: any human whose name is written in it dies. Light tests the notebook by writing the name of a criminal, and the criminal dies immediately. Convinced that the world is rotten, he decides to use the Death Note to kill criminals and create a perfect society free of evil. Under the pseudonym Kira, he begins a series of murders that soon attract the attention of the police. The authorities turn to L, an eccentric and brilliant detective, to identify and stop the culprit. What follows is a battle of minds between Light, wh

The Summer Hikaru Died

Yoshiki and Hikaru are two boys from a small village who have been inseparable since childhood. They are the only children their age, and their days are spent in each other's company. But one summer, Hikaru is enveloped by a mysterious light, and from that moment, something fundamental changes. Yoshiki soon realizes that the person who returned is not his friend. It has Hikaru's face, voice, and memories, but it is something else entirely. When confronted, the being reveals its true, otherworldly nature and threatens Yoshiki, even as it professes love for him. Unable to let go, Yoshiki chooses to stay by the side of this creature that looks like Hikaru. As he tries to navigate a life with

Billy Bat

In 1949 Los Angeles, Japanese American cartoonist Kevin Yamagata enjoys success with his popular detective series starring Billy Bat, a sharp-witted cartoon bat. His comfortable life is upended when he realizes he may have unconsciously copied the character from an image he once saw in Japan. Devastated by the possibility of plagiarism, Kevin travels to postwar Japan to find the original artist and seek permission. But his search reveals that the bat symbol is far older than he imagined, appearing throughout history at moments of upheaval and violence. As Kevin traces the origins of the drawing, he is drawn into a dark and twisted mystery that blurs the line between fiction and reality, wh

Erased

Satoru Fujinuma is a 29-year-old struggling manga artist who works part-time delivering pizzas. He possesses a mysterious ability he calls "Revival," which rewinds time to just before a life-threatening incident occurs. This phenomenon forces him to relive moments repeatedly until he can prevent the danger and save the lives of those involved. His life takes a drastic turn when a loved one is murdered by an unknown assailant, and Satoru is framed for the crime. In a desperate moment, his Revival sends him eighteen years into the past. He finds himself in his elementary school days, just before the kidnapping and murder of his classmate, Kayo Hinazuki. Now in his younger body, Satoru must n

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