GHOSTS

"Sina," who grew up in a nursing hospital (orphanage) separated from her family since childhood due to her frail body. Sina, who always longed for a "home" with her family, will return to the house where her family is after 9 years of separation. However, contrary to expectations, her family feels somehow strange. A beautiful mansion, warm food, and a soft bed. Everything looks as she had hoped. But, strange things slowly start happening to Sina who feels like a stranger...

Jun Kishida is a sickly high school student who can see dead people. One person in particular is following him around: his childhood friend Ryoko Hayakawa. Even after he uncovered the truth behind Hayakawa's death, she stayed by his side. As he and his classmates get into even more strange and mortally dangerous situations, Hayakawa's spirit quietly aids him.

Azusa Zenaki transfers to Fukaura High School, a notorious school in town, and meets a ghost boy who calls himself "Yurei-san" in the student guidance room, which is unused by anyone. No matter how much she ignored him, the ghost persisted in asking her to play with him, and she had no choice but to tell him, "If we play a game and win, I'll ask the ghost to leave. If he loses, he must do one thing the ghost says. It was supposed to be a trivial "betting game," but Azusayo's school life changes drastically. A thrilling friendship between a ghost and a delinquent begins in this school fantasy!

Taiwan during the Qing dynasty was deeply patriarchal. Women were disregarded from birth, their only purpose was to find a good marriage. But once married, the pressure was on to provide sons. This gave rise to various folk practices which claimed to ensure male offspring. Chieh-Niang watches as her sister-in-law, obsessed with giving birth to a son, gives in to these superstitions. And she herself is under pressure to marry can she ever break free? Walking by the river one day, she comes across the body of a woman. A priestess is summoned to ensure the woman's spirit passes peacefully and does not haunt the town. The priestess, with her mysterious ways, does seem able to communicate with the spirit world, and Chieh-Niang, seeing a glimmer of hope, enrolls as her apprentice. But soon after, small handprints start appearing on her legs as she sleeps, while more women go missing or are found dead. What will Chieh-Niang do, and will she find the life she wants? Tan-Tsiu-Niu was selected as a recommended book by the former Minister of Culture and was recommended as a must-read book for the 2020 World Book Day by the National Museum of Taiwan Literature.

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Man, King, Virtue, and Divinity. The "Four Paths of Light" thought to guide one's way to the moral way of life and humanity is no longer pursued. In its place is the "Four Paths of Sin"; where one lives only for their desires... In a world that is in chaos with rampant looting and murder, one man with hope and humanity at his core dares to pursue the righting of humankind... The provoking story of sword battle fantasy is back!

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Kaya-chan is a notorious problem child in her kindergarten, but none of the adults know her secret—till Chie-sensei is put in charge and learns of Kaya-chan's hidden ability to see evil spirits and vanquish them with a punch! What will happen to this five-year-old who gets in trouble when she's only trying to help?

Azusa Yuunami doesn't believe in ghosts or curses - but she's more than willing to photograph supposedly haunted locations for her brother's website collecting local spooky folklore, as long as he keeps bribing her with sweets. A fateful visit to an abandoned well, however, lands her right in the middle of her own terrifying ghost story. Azusa's only hope is a strange exorcist who has seen the fate that awaits her if she can't get rid of the curse that has been placed upon her.

“A grudge is a sentiment that is chained down and cannot move. That fixed sentiment becomes sadness, and when that sadness remains chained with no escape...it becomes hostile...” --- Baek-On and Ho-Yeon are exorcists-for-hire, traveling throughout the country in search of grudges and ghosts. Each encounter reveals a story of tragedy and loss, sentiments they are all too familiar with themselves. But sometimes the violence of the most murderous spirits is nothing compared to the cruelty of the living. Brush sleeves with death in this beautifully-illustrated collection of ghost stories.

Azusa Zenaki transfers to Fukaura High School, a notorious school in town, and meets a ghost boy who calls himself "Yurei-san" in the student guidance room, which is unused by anyone. No matter how much she ignored him, the ghost persisted in asking her to play with him, and she had no choice but to tell him, "If we play a game and win, I'll ask the ghost to leave. If he loses, he must do one thing the ghost says. It was supposed to be a trivial "betting game," but Azusayo's school life changes drastically. A thrilling friendship between a ghost and a delinquent begins in this school fantasy!

[Afternoon Shiki Award 2022 Spring Shiki Award] In a 19th-century Irish orphanage, children are succumbing one after another to a deadly epidemic. Realizing her own time is near, Coco flees with nowhere to go. On her escape, she is taken in by Jack-o’-Lantern, a devil from folklore passed down through myth.

Four terrifying and surreal stories from the mind of Shintaro Kago. In "4 Labyrinth", four identical girls struggle to escape from a horrific labyrinth while solving mysteries and fleeing from a killer. In "Curse Room", a young girl faces the torments of mysterious paranormal phenomena in her apartment. "Portrait of Family" is a dark story about the unexplained disappearances of people in a neighborhood. Finally, "Blood Harvest" explores mysterious deaths that occurred in used cars.

Welcome to the start of a magical lessons of crafts! Little Da, who spends all day flying kites and basking in the sun, was successfully selected into the highly competitive Baigong Sect to. Will she be able to pass the test and become a full fledged apprentice or will she fail and be expelled?! Furthermore, there seems to be someone who's most unwilling to see her fail ...

“As the fog thickens, they will come, with the same stereotypical faces.” Seo Woo-ri, who has lived her entire life as the daughter of a murderer, heads to her maternal family's rural village following the death of her maternal grandmother. There, she encounters a similar ghost incident that her mother experienced 18 years ago.

From Comipress: The hero is a high school student with the very odd name of Yubi Chizuo ('Finger Mapguy'). He lives in a cheap boarding house with a scummy river oozing by in front of it. The locals use the river as a handy place to get rid of their trash. Flies result. In abundance. The infestation gives Yubi Chizuo no end of trouble. One evening, a particularly large specimen buzzes up in front of Chizuo, and addresses him in fluent Japanese. Understandably shocked, our hero swats the six-legged prodigy flat on the spot. Chizuo finds himself haunted by the Ghost of the Talking Fly. And then he realizes that a mysterious black cat has started tailing him everywhere he goes...

A girl notices something lurking behind her friend.

Papercrafts because I'm bored🥱

[The horizontal thread is memory, the vertical thread is time.] A ghost enters 'fable garden', a school for human who see ghosts. He comes in perfectly imitating a human and has what he is looking for.

Kaoru Shinonome, who had been living as a freelancer, invests her inheritance in property and buys a vast old condominium. Her dream life as a wealthy landlord is about to begin—but there are no living tenants, only spirits, and her new property is a rollercoaster ride of psychic phenomena. Kaoru embraces her new specter-filled life as the owner of Ghost Mansion and starts recruiting for new non-living residents!

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Scandal-plagued idol male protagonist, Mu Shangshi, suddenly transforms into a fat man on the day of his concert. To make matters worse, today was the day he was supposed to die, and newbie-death reaper, female protagonist Xing Yue, is sent to collect his soul.

Award-winning novel now in vertical-scrolling comic!! Chinatsu didn't expect that she would be dropped out of the project which she had been enjoying working on, and transferred to a small related company. On her first day at the new office, Chinatsu start talking to a man sitting next to him. Suddenly, her boss asked her: "You see him?" That division was in charge of projects that no other divisions are doing. Many people call the division "Haunting Department." Chinatsu goes to check an unit where strange things happen with her boss and the ghost sitting next to her. The ghost, whose name is Genki, is a nice guy, and Chinatsu turns up asking him to live with her... A cute, not-so-scary love comedy.

Day to Day life of a complicated girl who is called "She" by others, she hates working and prefers to be alone. Her real name is Shiroko, she struggles with her social life and her self-centered desire to create a subjective life where everything fits her worldview, which ultimately just ends up embarrassing her in the end of reality. She also works at a haunted store that attracts weird people and creatures alike, yet another problem for her miserable life. In short, the story is random.

Award-winning novel now in vertical-scrolling comic!! Chinatsu didn't expect that she would be dropped out of the project which she had been enjoying working on, and transferred to a small related company. On her first day at the new office, Chinatsu start talking to a man sitting next to him. Suddenly, her boss asked her: "You see him?" That division was in charge of projects that no other divisions are doing. Many people call the division "Haunting Department." Chinatsu goes to check an unit where strange things happen with her boss and the ghost sitting next to her. The ghost, whose name is Genki, is a nice guy, and Chinatsu turns up asking him to live with her... A cute, not-so-scary love comedy.

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Jibaku Shonen Hanako-kun is a supernatural manga by AidaIro that follows high schooler Nene Yashiro, who summons the ghost of Hanako-san, a spirit rumored to haunt the school bathroom and grant wishes. Instead of a scary ghost, Hanako is a mischievous boy who pulls Nene into adventures of uncovering secrets of the school’s 7 mysteries.

Helio Westwind comes across supernatural phenomena that have appeared near a lunar colony. Upon discovering how this puts people's lives at risk, he does everything he can to protect his friends and the local inhabitants.

It's about a boy and a girl and a moving Japanese doll.

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A notorious property with a hidden past is now in the hands of Dan, a sharp and talented real estate agent. The place? A manor that once belonged to the affluent Midnight familywhose bloodline vanished over a century ago.

Aria didn't think her school life could get any worse until she suddenly found herself being haunted by a mysterious ghost. Now Aria has to help this ghost pass on by figuring out who she was and how she died. But things are not as they seem at Hellebore Academy and figuring out this ghost's past might be more important to Aria's future than she would have suspected.

Day to Day life of a complicated girl who is called "She" by others, she hates working and prefers to be alone. Her real name is Shiroko, she struggles with her social life and her self-centered desire to create a subjective life where everything fits her worldview, which ultimately just ends up embarrassing her in the end of reality. She also works at a haunted store that attracts weird people and creatures alike, yet another problem for her miserable life. In short, the story is random.

Railo, who had died, suddenly returned to this world. What business did he have to complete?

At Yeongweoldang shrine lives Kim Seo-ryeong, a veteran mansin (female shaman). Noh Seung-rae, who was born into a shaman family yet has spent his life rejecting the calling, seeks her help because his young daughter has suddenly lost her sight. Offended by Seung-rae’s scornful disbelief in shamanism, Seo-ryeong turns him down and leaves. But that very night—and every night after—unsettling dreams invade Seo-ryeong’s sleep, showing her fragments of Seung-rae’s past. Unable to ignore the signs, she starts investigating the household… and the aura surrounding that little girl is anything but ordinary!

Kiramisuu san finds out about everything.

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When you have an invisible roommate.

It follows the adventures of Yoh Asakura as he attempts to hone his shaman skills to become the Shaman King by winning the Shaman Fight.

This striking collection presents the most remarkable short works of Junji Ito’s career, featuring an adaptation of Rampo Edogawa’s classic horror story “Human Chair” and fan favorite “The Enigma of Amigara Fault.” With a deluxe presentation—including special color pages, and showcasing illustrations from his acclaimed long-form manga No Longer Human—each chilling tale invites readers to revel in a world of terror.

Try not to be noticed when you eat the secret nectar, otherwise you’ll get smashed… What horrific events happened to create the earthbound—people tied to a certain place for the rest of their short lives? Then, a strange haunted house comes to town, but no one expects it to lead to a real hell… Welcome to Junji Ito’s world, a world with no escape from endless nightmares.

All-new horror anthology featuring cover art by international bestseller, Junji Ito! All-new horror anthology featuring cover art by international bestseller, Junji Ito! Manga creators from Japan and the US present an international showcase of horror. Collected for the first time in Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology, six short stories reveal the universal fear of the space between the known and unknown. Will anyone cross that border? Featuring stories from a range of award-winning and popular creators, as well as a foreword and exclusive cover art by global phenomenon, Junji Ito. Ryo Hanada (creator of Devil’s Line), Aki Shimizu (creator of the Suikoden III manga), and Shima Shinya (creator of Lost Lad London and cowriter of Star Wars: The High Republic, The Edge of Balance) each tell uniquely Japanese tales of ghosts and creatures who exist alongside us. American creative duo, Becky Cloonan and Michael Conrad (cowriters of Wonder Woman and Batgirls) along with duo Leslie Hung (cocreator of Snotgirl) and Sloane Leong (creator of A Map to the Sun) and up and coming creator Hua Hua Zhu round out the anthology with tales that would make anyone paranoid about who they may encounter.

Yoh Asakura is a shaman--one of the gifted few who, thanks to training or natural talent, can channel spirits that most people can't even see. With the help of his fiancée, Anna, Yoh is in training for the ultimate shaman sports event: the "Shaman Fight in Tokyo," the once-every-500-years tournament to see who can shape humanity's future and become the Shaman King. But unfortunately for Yoh, every shaman in the world is competing for the same prize… Related: Shaman King Flowers (Sequel) Shaman King: Red Crimson (Spin-off) Shaman King - Remix Track (Side story) Shaman King Zero (Side story)

I suspect you might not be surprised to hear that this is a loose adaptation of Shakespeare's play. It tries to go a bit closer to what little we know about the historical Macbeth, and also to give Lady Macbeth (Gruoch) a bit more of a role, but he broad strokes are still much as the play was, and it even includes some of the play's more famous lines. That last bit was a little odd to translate too. The author's foreword says that they used Victor Hugo's son's translation of the play as a source, and changed them round, but I found for the most part they were straight quotes. However it posed a bit of a problem in translation, I don't know how 'modern' that French translation would be compared to a contemporary French translation of the play, I don't know of a 'modernised' 1860s English version of the play and I certainly wouldn't want to try it myself, so I used mainly the original, but left the foreword in anyway.