In the early twentieth century, Russo-Japanese War veteran Saichi “Immortal” Sugimoto scratches out a meager existence during the postwar gold rush in the wilderness of Hokkaido. When he stumbles across a map to a fortune in hidden Ainu gold, he sets of

Ayakashi are dead and unclean. They are an impure existence that corrode the land and sometimes give birth to monsters. This is a story of an ayakashi mortician who exorcises the defilement and observes the death of the deformed.

The elite and beautiful Ririchiyo Shirakiin has a bad habit—she cant help but lash out at people with her vicious tongue, all while hiding behind a mask of haughty cool. This attitude has a lot to do with people minding her business because of the Shirak

A boy sits in a room. Alone. Telling tales of horror. One by one. Night by night. The shadows breed terror. Shall we begin?One day, an elementary school child named Yuuma tries to jump out of his classroom window. His classmate Hina stops him and, in a bi

When Reiko was Takashi's age, she bound the names of demons and spirits in her Book of Friends, enslaving them to her capricious whim. Now Takashi is the owner of the book, and the creatures will do anything to get their names back.Note: Nominated for th

Troubled writer Chiharu Izunome reluctantly returns to his rural hometown, hoping some R s quickly entangled by an old promise to wed a local god!Rin, the water dragon god to whom Chiharu has been betrothed, can be disarmingly friendly and charming, but i

Ichinose Shiki, an inheritor of the blood of Oni had lived out his entire childhood oblivious to this fact. However, when an unknown man comes rushing into his home in attempts to assassinate him, his foster father finally reveals the truth. In a world wh

From the day his parents named him, Nasa Yuzaki has felt connected to outer space. Whether he likes it or not. His efforts to outperform the space program veer off course when an accident introduces him to Tsukasa, a mysterious girl with strange powers. I

This is one of the best-known titles by Yamagishi Ryouko. It shocked the public immensely when first published, because the story depicted how the legendary regent of Japan, Prince Shoutoku - who supported the spread of Buddhism - fell in love with a man,