Itou, Junji

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

Takada, Yuuzo

Through a strange series of events, a young man named Yakumo Fuuji becomes the immortal slave of the last of a race of 3 Eyed immortals. The immortal, Pai, absorbs his soul to save his life, making him immortal in the process. Now, he begins a journey with the female immortal in an attempt to find a way of becoming human. Of course, there are many complications along the way, not the least of which being that the immortal is a female with a split personality, one achingly cute and the other being no-nonsense destructive power, and romances that develop between.

3x3 Eyes

3×3 EYES

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

Tezuka, Osamu

After the first moon landing, many people's tolerance for fantasy faded in favor of gritty realism. Nobody has been more keenly aware of this shift than Imari Daisuke, once a celebrated film director now shelved for being too avant-garde. When a strange fortune teller tells him to visit a lavish home, promising that he can live there, Imari obliges but is met by the enigmatic Count Alucard.

The Count has a mission for Imari: become a director of life and utilize his unique skillset to cause bizarre incidents, allowing the spirit of mystery to return to Earth. To this end, he is provided with I.L, a perfect actress who can completely change her appearance by entering a magic coffin. Together, the duo takes on clients in need of a body double—though they often end up providing services that do not exactly meet the client's expectations.

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I.L.

アイエル

Yasuhiko, Yoshikazu

The young Arion is tricked by Hades and is taken to the underworld where he is trained to become a warrior strong enough to defeat even a god. Thrusted into a war among the Titan brothers, Arion embarks into a colossal saga towards the Olympus, home of Zeus.

This is the story of Arion, a little boy raised by only his blind mother in a barren land. One day a man comes to visit his mother. This man calls himself Arions uncle and Arions mother calls the man Hades. The uncle convinces Arion that he knows where Arion can get a hold of a special herb that can cure Arions mothers eyes, and so the boy willingly comes with his uncle Hades on a journey. The moment Ariona agrees to go, his mother feels it in her heart and rushes out of her little house and screams at the sky ; Zeus, your brother is taking Arion to the land of the dead. Follow Arion on his adventures among old greek gods and godesses.

(Source: ANN)

Arion

アリオン

Yamada, Akihiro

On the outskirts of Neo-Hong Kong lies a mysterious Chinese-style garden. Legend has it that anyone who looks upon the fairy of the garden will die before the night is out.

Five years ago, Douglas Pyke was charged with discovering the true nature of this fairy, but when he accidentally killed a woman in the line of duty, he left the police force forever. Now, a cabbie and sometime private eye, he is asked to find a missing scientist and confront the mysteries of the garden once more.

Hyakka Teien no Higeki

Full Flower Garden; Tragedy of the Garden of Many Flowers

百花庭園の悲劇

Ogino, Makoto

A young mystic without a past, Kujaku was born under a dark omen possessed of incredible supernatural powers. Raised by priests, he has learned to use these powers for good. But the evil Siegfried von Mittgard seeks to steal his birthright, and rule the world as the Regent of Darkness. He has dispatched bloodthirsty minions to destroy Kujaku before he can awaken to his destiny. Now, Kujaku must unravel the riddle of his past, before the power within consumes him!

(Source: AniDB)

Kujakuou

Peacock King

孔雀王

Hoshino, Yukinobu

Yamato no Hi

ヤマトの火

Kamimura, Kazuo

Beware the vengeful spirit that slumbers within every woman! Through tales set in the Edo period, the master reinterprets Japanese folklore to explore love, lust, jealousy, and hatred. Thirteen horrific stories where men are punished for arousing resentment in women's hearts.

(Source: Kana, translated)

Onryou Juusanya

怨霊十三夜

From time immemorial to the age of space colonization, there is one legend that has stayed unchanged in every history book—the tale of the immortal bird Phoenix. A being whose blood is said to grant eternal life or wisdom, the radiant figure ensures the continuation of sentient life in the universe as it oversees human civilizations and their development.

Yet, mankind remains a slave to its habits; from happiness and sorrow, to wrath and love, a myriad of emotions continue to play an integral part of human life. Simultaneously, time and time again, certain beliefs and agendas persist over the centuries to disturb the fragile equilibrium of the world's preordained nature and principles. It appears that fate, with its dynamic variables, can manifest itself in many ways—and oftentimes exhibits a bizarre sense of humor.

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Note: This is an incomplete series due to Tezuka's death.

Hi no Tori

Phoenix

火の鳥

In ancient Southeast Asia, the lives of the people are plagued by drought, famine, constant warfare and the injustices of the strict caste system. The intertwining lives of many unhappy souls are drawn together by the birth of the young prince Siddhartha, who embarks on a spiritual journey, becomes Buddha, "the Enlightened One," and attempts to bring about a spiritual rebirth of the people in this desperate age.

(Source: ANN)

Buddha

ブッダ

Togashi, Yoshihiro

Fourteen-year-old thug Yuusuke Urameshi spends his days skipping school and causing trouble for the adults in his life. Yuusuke regularly engages in street brawls against rival Kazuma Kuwabara and ridicules his childhood friend Keiko Yukimura. Filled with self-loathing and the burden of an alcoholic mother, Yuusuke sacrifices it all in a split-second decision—he tackles a small child out of the way of an oncoming car, losing his life in the process.

Spirit guide Botan intervenes, allowing Yuusuke to see how the people in his life react to his death; he is moved by the emotional ruin his loss causes his mother, Keiko, and even Kuwabara. Additionally, due to his death's heroic nature, he receives an opportunity to return to life from the Spirit World ruler's son, Koenma.

Koenma hires Yuusuke as a "Spirit Detective" and tasks him with solving a series of increasingly challenging paranormal mysteries. Battling and befriending demons such as the beautiful Kurama and hostile Hiei, Yuusuke further develops and utilizes his skills as a fighter. But as dark forces move in the Underworld, Yuusuke struggles alongside his companions to defend everything he took for granted.

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