Yoshida, Akimi

Ash Lynx is a beauty, a genius—and a murderer. Since childhood, he had been in the care of Dino "Papa" Golzine, the mafia boss who turned him into the ruthless killer he is now. At first, Ash was just a pretty face for Golzine's pleasure, but now estranged from him, a 17-year-old Ash runs his own gang with an iron fist.

Eiji Okumura is a young Japanese photographer. Traveling to New York as an assistant, Eiji is set to work on a report about kids living in the streets. There, he meets teenage gang leader Ash and is mesmerized by the boy—who in turn is curious about Eiji's different lifestyle.

But this is the dark underground of New York, and recently a series of murders has surfaced in the city, connected only by the words "Banana Fish." With personal stakes in this mysterious battle, it is up to Ash, Eiji and their allies to discover what exactly "Banana Fish" is, where it came from and how to get rid of it—before the world as they know it descends into chaos.

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Banana Fish

BANANA FISH

Ikegami, Ryouichi

Buronson

Akira Houjou and Chiaki Asami are childhood friends who have experienced hell and lived to tell about it. They arrive in Japan to attend school, and soon witness the corruption and apathy of the country's population. Enraged, Akira and Asami vow to create a new Japan; a sanctuary with a new form of politics, devoid of corruption, where people are empowered to participate in the politics and future of their country. To accomplish this, Houjou and Asami aim to conquer Japan through two dramatically different routes: the Japanese Diet and the Yakuza. Decided by a game of rock-paper-scissors, Houjou ventures to seize control of the underworld while Asami pursues the position of Prime Minister.

Sanctuary is a dark, political thriller that tells the story of these two friends as they attempt to change Japan from the inside out and create their sanctuary.

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Sanctuary

サンクチュアリ

Itou, Junji

1. Kao Dorobou (Face Thief)
2. Kakashi
3. Rakka (Descent)
4. Akai Ito
5. Gosenzo-sama (Honored Ancestors)
6. Kubitsuri Kikyuu (Hanging Blimp)

Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection: Kao Dorobou

顔泥棒

1. Yaneura no Nagai Kami (Long Hair in the Attic)
2. Yurushi (Approval)
3. Hachi no Su (Beehive)
4. Hakumei (Dying Young)
5. Kubi no Nai Choukoku (Headless Sculptures)
6. Nikuiro no Kai (Flesh-Colored Horror)

Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection: Nikuiro no Kai

Junji Ito Horror Comic Collection Flesh-Colored Horror

肉色の怪

1. Namekuji Shoujo (Slug Girl)
2. Hyouchakubutsu (Washed Ashore)
3. Kabi (Mold)
4. Samuke (Shiver)
5. Ryokan (The Inn)
6. Umeku Haisuikan (Moan)
7. Bio House

Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection: Namekuji Shoujo

なめくじ少女

1. Ijimekko (Bullied)
2. Dassouhei no Iru Ie (Deserter)
3. Chichi no Kokoro (A Father's Love)
4. Kioku (Memory)
5. Rojiura (Alley)
6. Scenario-doori no Koi (Scripted Love)
7. Tsuchi no Naka... (Under the Ground)

Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection: Ijimekko

いじめっ娘

Tooru Oshikiri is a quiet boy of short stature and few friends. While his parents are out working abroad, he lives alone in a big mansion, compounding his loneliness and affecting his grip on reality. Moreover, strange things tend to happen to him and those he gets involved with. Grappling with harrowing hallucinations of long-necked people, a haunted bog rumored to trap its victims, a strange girl with even stranger penpals, and the mysterious circumstances within his own house, it seems the supernatural is all but an inevitable occurrence for Oshikiri. Yet with each inexplicable occurrence, his reality alters slightly between the last. Just what is the truth behind these discrepancies? Is this really happening to the same Oshikiri?

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Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection: Kubi Gensou

首幻想

Kanda, Takeshi

A manga based on the real life adventures of Shoichi Sakurai.

Shoichi

ショーイチ

Tsujii, Motoko

Everyone close to Toyama Yoshino gains paranormal abilities such as seeing ghosts, sensing spirits, or telepathy power. However, Yoshino has no paranormal abilities at all.

Sora no Soko Shirasuna no Himegimi

空の底　白砂の姫君

Kusunoki, Kei

Hikage and Maro are close friends since they were little, but one day Maro attacked Hikage's eye and ran away from their ninja village. Hikage wants to know why his friend attacked him and so he escapes from the village to search for Moro.

Youma

妖魔

Miura, Kentarou

Studio Gaga

Guts, a former mercenary now known as the Black Swordsman, is out for revenge. After a tumultuous childhood, he finally finds someone he respects and believes he can trust, only to have everything fall apart when this person takes away everything important to Guts for the purpose of fulfilling his own desires. Now marked for death, Guts becomes condemned to a fate in which he is relentlessly pursued by demonic beings.

Setting out on a dreadful quest riddled with misfortune, Guts, armed with a massive sword and monstrous strength, will let nothing stop him, not even death itself, until he is finally able to take the head of the one who stripped him—and his loved one—of their humanity.

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Included one-shot:
Volume 14: Berserk: The Prototype

Berserk

ベルセルク

Kajiwara, Ikki

Chiba, Tetsuya

Joe Yabuki has learned how to toughen up and stop trusting others after a troubling youth spent bouncing between orphanages and fending off bullies. After finally escaping the cycle of violent temporary homes, Joe adopts a delinquent lifestyle in the streets of San'ya, a slum in Tokyo. He makes his way through the world with his fists, picking fights with anyone he pleases.

Danpei Tange, a washed-up and alcoholic former boxing coach, notices Joe's animalistic combat ability and attempts to mentor the wild teenager. Despite developing an explosive relationship, the two form a close bond and rely on each other to look after the other homeless children in San'ya.

Unable to abandon his destructive habits, Joe is arrested for petty crimes. In jail, he meets and fights with lifelong friends and rivals, including the boxing prodigy Tooru Rikiishi. Continuously challenging Rikiishi to fights, Joe is knocked out time after time due to his savage brawling style failing in the face of Rikiishi's controlled boxing technique. But eventually, Joe stuns his rival with a knockout blow, earning Rikiishi's respect and the promise that they will one day meet again inside the professional ring.

Finding a reason to live within boxing, Joe takes life head-on with a new purpose. As he rises through Japan's amateur and professional boxing scenes, he contends with painful loss and increasing injury. Joe's passion for fighting is all-consuming, and he grapples with the idea that a life without boxing may not be one worth living.

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