A rural factory faces a new outbreak of the “Dumfluenza” virus, and for Daeho, this could be his chance to get back to his arrogant boss lady.
Yeji lives alone in a shabby old villa, but her attention keeps drifting to the unemployed man next door. He shares his ramen, they watch Netflix together, but he never lets her into his heart. Still, Yeji finds herself growing more and more drawn to him. "Mister… you couldn’t take your eyes off this... and you touched it, too."
After losing everything, the Nakata brothers find a mysterious app that offers a chance to make large sums of money. But are they ready for the danger they must now face, the deadly monsters known as WORLDs...?
“When we were kids, I used to take care of him every day… But now..." Ja-hyeon has ended up as nothing more than a shuttle(errand boy) for his childhood friend, Kang-bok. At school, he gets beaten up and has his money taken, and now he even has to clean Kang-bok’s kendo dojo every morning. “I can’t take it anymore!! If only I could land just one hit…!” Ja-hyeon challenges Kang-bok, who’s a skilled kendo athlete, to a match. The result is disastrous… "Wait, why haven’t I been hit even once?"
This beautiful retelling of Chinese folktales highlights the relationships between humans and non-humans. Whether fantastical, like the love story of the Dragon King's Daughter, or intense, like the bond between hunter and beast, this stunning collection of five stories delves into traditional Chinese lore and myth. 1. Jomaku (Prologue) 2-5. Ryuuou no Musume (The Dragon King's Daughter) 6. Ryuu wo Hirotta Hanashi (The Story of How the Dragon was Found) 7. Zou Tori (Elephant Hunter) 8. Kawauso wo Kau Otoko (The Man with Otters) 9. Takatsukai (Falconer) 10. Shuumaku (Epilogue)
I was a NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training), but one day, when I went to the convenience store, I was killed by a robber. After that, I was suddenly chosen by a goddess who appeared out of nowhere and was reincarnated into another world. However, my reincarnated form was unexpectedly a ’plant’...! Moreover, for some reason, the monsters and humans I meet are calling me ’World Tree-sama’!?
Legend has it that an individual spends around three years of their lifespan on the lavatory seat. When Yotaro, a man who holds his bathroom time in high esteem, gets reborn in an alternate realm, he commits himself to finding the most suitable toilet. Dragon-scale thrones and slimy tissues are merely the starting point of the excremental exploration in this coarse yet comical tale!
In an ordinary lounge, a man with blond hair is engrossed in a game of pool, completely oblivious to the chaos that awaits him. Suddenly, he is struck on the head with a glass bottle and loses consciousness after hearing someone call out "Spinoza!" When he regains consciousness, he is in the middle of a rocky valley, trying his luck at fishing. Within moments, he reels in a giant fish that swallows him whole. When he wakes up yet again, he is on the ground of a boxing ring, surrounded by a packed audience, about to fight as a contestant. The man finds himself constantly transported to unpredictable locations, each time becoming embroiled in a new form of conflict. He has little time to process the changes, as he promptly finds himself thrust into another jarring scenario. As he traverses different dimensions, he has only one constant thread tying his experiences together: the word "Spinoza." It appears there is no end in sight for his unsettling journey through space and time.
A petite P.E. teacher, Mami Tachibana, meets on a spring night… a tall, mature junior teacher!? Her affectionate, touchy junior gets way too close, and it’s troublesome…
For anime enthusiasts, an expedition to an alternative universe accompanied by adorable female companions and abilities resembling those in a video game may seem like a perfect dream. However, for the gloomy writer Osamu Dazai, death seems like the preferable option. In 1948, he is unwillingly transported to a world that predates video games. Despite his poetic aspiration of finding the ideal spot to die, the exciting experiences he endures hinder his quest. Unfortunately for him, regardless of how precarious the situation, things appear to work out in his favor. Witness the tale of an unhappy protagonist like no other in this darkly humorous isekai narrative.
Collection of 8 short stories. It\'s been republished in June 2021, with a new cover and some author\'s notes.
"Never leave the apartment under any circumstances," a message from her mother. Somehow, it seems like this place has become an "enclosed zone" where no one is allowed to enter. The protagonist, high school student Suzuka, confronts the mysterious unidentified life form "X" (Psy) to escape from the locked apartment. In the looping despair, can Suzuka find a way out and safely return to her family?