In Japanese mythology an inugami is a type of shikigami, similar to a familiar spirit, resembling, and usually originating from, a dog, and most commonly carrying out vengeance or acting as guardians on behalf of the inugami-mochi, or "inugami owner". Inugami are extremely powerful and capable of existing independently, as well as turning on their "owners" and even possessing humans.

Hisa Masato's debut oneshot, about a black bear that works for the Yakuza.

The smugglers in our tale–guys who have to clean up the bodies after mob assassinations in which heads get ripped off–are a cold-hearted silent veteran, an old man, and a young guy forced to do dirty work to pay back money he owes the mob. When the young smuggler makes a mistake by allowing a captured rival to escape, the price he must pay for his error gets horrifically high…

A collection of short stories by the author of Ushio and Tora. 1. **The Puppet Princess** (Karakuri no Kimi), 1994 Princess Rangiku lost her entire family to Lord Karimata, who invaded her home seeking her father's life work, puppets with unique capabilities. As her duty, Rangiku sets out with three of her father's greatest puppet warriors to seek revenge. She can manipulate these to battle the strongest of warriors, however manipulating the puppets leaves her own self vulnerable to direct attacks, so she seeks a ninja warrior named Manajiri to aid and protect her in her quest. (Source: ANN) 2. **Song of the Open Palm** (Tenohira no Uta), 1994 A legendary practitioner of the Xing Yi Quan style is jailed for the murder of another martial artist. From his cell, he tells his jailer of the incidents leading up to the fight, and hears disturbing news about the successor to the other man's doujo. 3. **Strange Ferry Tale** (Renrakusen Kitan), 1988 A teenage runaway meets a pair of siblings on a ferry. The brother carries an old sword and claims to be haunted by a demon that has cursed their clan for hundreds of years. 4. **To the Merry-Go-Round!** (Merry-Go-Round e!), 1988 A teenage karateka meets a little girl who asks him to take her to a merry-go-round. Her older brother and the police are in hot pursuit, but for some reason she insists on seeing it today. 5-6. **Shall We Go Out Walking by Night?** (Yoru ni Sanpo shinai ka ne), 1993 A detective with a mysterious past is called in to investigate a series of strange murders. When he visits the scene of the crime by night, he meets a young woman out walking alone, hoping to cure her fear of the darkness by "confronting the night." --- **Links:** - [Author's Twitter](https://twitter.com/ufujitakazuhiro?lang=ja)

Leticia's father, the current king, is very wise and knew that both of his older sons have their own supporters, and that if either one became king, the other brother's supporters would rebel—throwing the country into a civil war. To prevent this, the king decided to announce that he will retire while he's still alive and make his daughter, the princess, his successor! However, the princess doesn't have any political allies. So she decides to gather a group of knights loyal to her and form her own "round table" before the day of her coronation. The only problem is all of the good knights who are strong and skillful and loyal have already been snatched up by her father and brothers for their own personal guards… Based on a light novel: [Bookwalker](https://bookwalker.jp/series/1058/list/).

Contains 2 stories: - Yokohama Cinema Scenery - 24-coloured Message

Like the earlier Battle Royales, a class of middle school students are picked to compete in fights to the death on an island until there is only one left. The manga follows the point of view of Girl #10 Makoto Hashimoto, an unlucky girl who fears that her class will be chosen to participate in "the program," a mysterious event that forces students to kill each other. Makoto attends Shikanotoride Junior High School. After the encouragement of her best friend Itou Yamamoto and her mother she decides to face the chances. Her fears are supposedly put to rest when word spreads that all 50 Programs had already been executed in the year making them 100% unlikely to participate….

Nakanishi, delinquent just out of reform school, tries in vain to get free of his past. His new job does not satisfy him and he has to suffer the provocations of his boss. One day, an acquaintance from the net introduces him to a game to help him relieve him of his stress: Duds Hunt. One rule: no holds barred… Also contains Awakened Dreams, a colored short story.

Commissioned as part of a 2014 government anti-drug program. Specifically, on synthetic marijuana.

Yashiro Tenshuu killed 5 people, including his girlfriend, and is now on death row. However, a secret government organization is willing to take him off death row if he allows himself to become a test subject to an experiment that requires a killer's intent.

After a tragic accident at a large facility 6000 meters below water killed its workers, the facility was abandoned for three years. After the Japanese company owning it is taken over by a Chinese company, the facility will be opened again. Kadokura Kengo and his colleague Danzaki are sent along with the team reopening the underwater facility. However, right away, an 'accident' grievously injures Danzaki. Kengo is left alone with colleagues he doesn't trust in an eerie underwater environment that may have more to it than meets the eye…

The Majin, sealed away asleep, wakes periodically to destroy the world. Six heroes, marked by a flower crest, are each time chosen by the God of Fate to stop him. Adlet Mayer, self-proclaimed "strongest man on earth", is one of them. But when he meets with the other heroes, there appears to be a traitor amongst them.

Sachie Wakamura just lost her mother, and her estranged grandfather has shown up to take care of her. The only problem is that Grandpa is the head of a yakuza gang! Sachie tries to continue living her normal life, but she can't run far since Rakuto, one of the most popular guys in school, is part of her grandfather's gang and her new protector. Soon, Sachie finds herself falling for her bodyguard. But she's the granddaughter of Rakuto's boss, so he can never show his feelings for her. Can Sachie find a way to fit into her new family and seize her chance at romance?

Poor student Ikumi Amanume through a series of strange happenings, finally found a great way to supplement his income by becoming the housekeeper for his next-door neighbor, Yuuji Touno, a notable scenario writer. Life seems pretty good except for the little problem that Touno tends to get too involved in his work and actually lives out the different characters that he creates! So Ikumi's head is kept spinning by the parade of extreme personalities that he encounters, especially when he starts falling in love with the real Touno, who never seems to hang around long enough…

Yuu is a plain, boring, college girl from the countryside who is often made fun of for her outdated looks. One day Yuu happens to be invited to see a play. She discovers a passion for the stage she didn't know she had, and is determined to become a part of it. This is her drama. NOTE: The scanlation uses the re-published 6 volume bunko. The original publication is 10 volumes.

Akio's daily life has been taken care of by his best friend, Ryousuke. Akio has been secretly in love with this best friend for so long. Ryousuke is a serious salaryman and always hopes to have a family. However, Ryousuke's wife-to-be ran away before the wedding. Since then, Ryousuke began to pamper Akio even more. Is Ryousuke taking Akio as a replacement for something he lost? What happened two years ago that made Akio unable to confess?

After failing Japanese history, Mio was forced to attend extra cram classes. Finding his Japanese history teacher, Fumichika, to be quite understanding and kind, Mio couldn't help but feel an attraction towards him. After he confessed, Fumichika told him that his feelings wouldn't last – but if he could accept the risk of not having his feelings reciprocated, then they could start a physical relationship. However, Mio desires more…

Asamiya Aoi is a mysterious, innocent-seeming young girl who is traveling through a futuristic land with the help of her father's sketchbook.

**From JShoujo Scans:** MITSUKI is on top of the world when IMAI, her former tutor and sister's friend, agrees to begin dating her. Even with the seven year age gap, she's determined to make it work, even though she hardly ever gets to see him. But her happiness slowly gives way to doubts when a year passes without ever breaking down the barrier she feels between them. Does Imai-san even like her at all? Or is the person he's really in love with her older sister and he's just going out with her because he didn't have the heart to turn her down? Maybe he doesn't take her seriously because she's still in high school? When she's with him, he always seems more of the serious type—but what is this about his playboy past?!

Natsuhiko Sakurada, having won three billion dollars in lottery transferred to the Millionaire Private School, catered for the children from wealthy families. This is all for the sake of seeking his childhood friend, Shin, whom he used to play baseball with. This school is managed by a pair of twins, who are the very popular and smart young masters of the Jinnai family. But, unexpectedly, this school does not have a baseball team and hisroom-mate, one of the Jinnai's twins, is very distant towards him. In order to setup a baseball team to find Shin, what would Natsuhiko do? Find out in this lovely, sweet and hilarious story.

*Asatte no Houkou* follows the lives of Karada Iokawa, a young girl who is set to join junior high school after summer is over, and Shouko Nogami, a young woman who has just returned from studying abroad, who also happens to be the former girlfriend of Karada’s older brother. The day Shouko returns, she is dragged by Karada to the beach with her brother and a couple of their friends since she used to know Karada’s brother Hiro several years before. After becoming irritated with Hiro for leaving her alone in the United States, she purposefully tells Karada that her ribbons are childish. This upset her greatly because she doesn’t like to be treated as a child. Later that same day, Karada is found by Shouko praying at a shrine, wishing to become older. Amazingly, Karada’s wish becomes true and she instantly transforms into a young woman. Incidentally, Shouko then has her adulthood taken away from her and she reverts back to about eleven years old. --- [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6547) (anime)

Asanaga Ryuutarou, the successor to a floral arrangement family, has a severe but overly beautiful appearance. Despite this, he has two secrets which have not yet been let out into the world. Number one: he has a male lover. Number two: he is an extreme masochist. With those secrets noticed by the creepy and wild movie director Edagawa, will they be let out to Ryuutarou's beloved boyfriend, Maki…?

First-rate looks, third-rate abilities… presenting the pessimistic calligrapher: Fuugetsu Asanaga. Passionate talent agency manager Oda-san, who fell in love at first sight with Asanaga-san, enthusiastically urged him: "How about you make your debut in the entertainment world?" For the first time in life, Asanaga-san's heart throbbed with joy at being needed by someone, but… "… is it only my outward appearance that's important to him?"

Based on the award-winning novel by Shinji Kajio, Memories of Emanon tells the story of a mysterious girl who holds a 3-billion-year old memory, dating back to the moment life first appeared on Earth.