Aso, Haro

Feeling unsettled about the future, high school student Ryouhei Arisu often escapes the reality of life. After hanging out at a bar, Arisu and his best friends, Daikichi Karube and Chouta Segawa, wait for the first train to arrive in the morning. Suddenly, a colorful array of fireworks set off in the sky, and an enormous blinding firework renders them unconscious.

The trio finds themselves back at the bar covered in dust, discovering that the city has become a barren wasteland. But instead of being worried, Arisu feels alive for the very first time in his life and relishes the freedom of this lifeless city. However, his bliss is cut short when the group rashly enters a festival venue. Seeing its delicacies and lively ambiance, they think the place is a dream; unbeknownst to them, it will be the setting for their first deadly game.

Together with his friends, Arisu slowly enters the mysterious area known as the Borderland—an unknown country where every game puts their lives at stake, and a single misstep can lead to their demise.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Imawa no Kuni no Alice

Alice in Borderland

今際の国のアリス

Fujisaki, Ryuu

Ono, Fuyumi

Nothing ever happens in the village of Sotoba. In fact, it is viewed as nothing more than a hick town by its most outgoing and fashionable resident, Megumi Shimizu. She wants nothing more than to live in the city, far away from the villagers and their outdated ways of thinking. So when a new European-style house is built on a hill in the village, Megumi believes its residents must be cultured and refined, so she decides to pay them a visit.

However, Megumi doesn't return home that night. After a grueling search, she is found the next day, weak and anemic, with strange bite marks on her. But Megumi is just the first victim in what will soon become an epidemic in Sotoba as the bodies start piling up. The village doctor Toshio Ozaki, along with the priest Seishin Muroi, the loner Natsuno Yuuki, and the Tanaka siblings Kaori and Akira, begin investigating the strange deaths. But the answer to their predicament may be more than any of them can handle, for soon the dead could outnumber the living.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Shiki

屍鬼

Ryukishi07

Akase, Tomato

For a long time, Rika Furude never considered a life outside of the mountain village of Hinamizawa; spending every day with her friends seemed like it would be the best outcome she could ever hope for. However, a desire begins to stir in Rika's heart—one that she also wants her best friend, Satoko Houjou, to realize with her. Rika wishes to go to St. Lucia Academy, a prestigious school for well-to-do young ladies, something that is in direct contrast to the crying cicadas and rural nature of Hinamizawa. Satoko is hesitant, as she has never cared about studying, but after years of practice exams, both girls start their new lives at St. Lucia.

Rika's poise and graceful demeanor helps her fit in immediately at the new school, while Satoko struggles immensely. However, she was never really interested in adjusting—as long as she had Rika by her side. But when Rika befriends a group of refined young ladies, Satoko begins to feel isolated. Soon, her grades start to suffer, and the gap between the two friends continually widens until Satoko is at her breaking point. Left in a pit of despair, Satoko's desperation soon turns into something much darker, leading her to do the unthinkable.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Meguri

Higurashi When They Cry: Meguri

ひぐらしのなく頃に 巡

Keiichi Maebara has not lived in the rural village of Hinamizawa for long, but he has already made a group of close friends. His companions—consisting of Satoko Houjou, Rika Furude, Mion Sonozaki, and Rena Ryuuguu—all welcome Keiichi with open arms into their after-school club, where each day is filled with a flurry of games and penalties. However, happy faces can sometimes hide the most pain, and seemingly innocent actions can mask damning truths.

Strangely enough, these events have all happened before. As one individual observes these bizarre phenomena, they take steps to change the imminent tragedy that they know is coming. With the yearly Cotton Drifting Festival quickly approaching, it becomes clear that someone close to them is orchestrating the impending doom.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Gou

Higurashi When They Cry: GOU

ひぐらしのなく頃に 業

Shimizu, Aki

Kyougoku, Natsuhiko

Kyoukotsu no Yume

狂骨の夢

Itou, Junji

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?

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection: Kubi Gensou

首幻想

1. Ice Cream Bus
2. Nakama no Ie (Clubhouse)
3. Tobacco-kai (Smokers' Club)
4. Chuuko Record (Used Record)
5. Suima no Heya (Where the Sandman Lives)
6. Okuru Hito
7. Ayatsuri Yashiki (Marionette Mansion)

Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection: Ayatsuri Yashiki

あやつり屋敷

1. Michi no Nai Machi (Town of No Roads)
2. Near Miss!
3. Chizu no Machi
4. Siren no Mura (Village of the Siren)
5. Choushizen Tenkousei (Supernatural Transfer Student)

Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection: Michi no Nai Machi

道のない街

1. Chidamagi (Blood Orb Grove)
2. Taegatai Meiro (Unendurable Labyrinth)
3. Re-Animator no Ken (The Reanimator's Sword)
4. Isho
5. Hashi
6. Akuma no Riron (The Devil's Logic)
7. Aibeya (The Ward)

Itou Junji Kyoufu Manga Collection: Chidamagi

血玉樹

Tokiya, Seigo

In the first year of Reiwa, Keitarou Maebara moves from Tokyo to Hinamizawa. He is excited about his new life in Hinamizawa as he gets to know the children of the former club members. Then one day, he meets a mysterious girl named Inori, and another girl who calls herself Kururu contacts Keitarou... Oyashiro-sama's curse transcends time and generations, and will happen again in the world of Reiwa...?

(Source: Square Enix, translated)

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei: Hoshiwatashi-hen

ひぐらしのなく頃に令 星渡し編

Karasuyama, Eiji

Kishi, Yusuke

In the hallowed halls of Shinkou Academy Machida High, no one is more capable and beloved than the charismatic and handsome teacher Seiji Hasumi, who is always willing to go the extra mile for his students. But beneath his charming facade lies a psychopath who manipulates people and events around him so that everything goes his way. From dealing with troublesome parents and bullies to unruly delinquents, no problem is too big for Hasumi, as he orchestrates events at the school and even murders people in order to build it into his own perfect kingdom.

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

Aku no Kyouten

Lesson of the Evil

悪の教典

Mikage, Eiji

Tetsuo

Kazuki Hoshino values his everyday life above all else. He spends the days carefree with his friends at school, until the uneventful bliss suddenly comes to a halt with the transfer of the aloof beauty Aya Otonashi into his class and her cold, dramatic statement to him immediately upon arrival:

"I'm here to break you. This is the 13,118th time I've transferred. After so many occasions, I have to say that this is all starting to grate on me, which is why this time I'm spicing things up with a proper declaration of war."

And with those puzzling words, the ordinary days that Kazuki loved so dearly become a cycle of turmoil and fear—Aya's sudden appearance signals the unraveling of unseen mysteries surrounding Kazuki's seemingly normal friends, including the discovery of mysterious devices known as "boxes."

[Written by MAL Rewrite]

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