Detective Mamoru Akasaka is used to catching criminals and solving fast-paced cases in Tokyo, but he has never imagined that his job would send him to the quiet village of Hinamizawa. Disguised as a tourist, Akasaka decides to take in the sights, all while gathering information for his true mission: to find a kidnapped child. The dam construction project in Hinamizawa threatens to decimate the village, and a group of villagers has kidnapped the grandson of the Minister of Construction, holding him ransom in exchange for the project's cancellation. Akasaka must find the boy before things get too out of hand, all while trying to keep his cover. Taking place a few years before the main storyline of Higurashi, Himatsubushi-hen follows Akasaka as he navigates a village where enemies abound. However, he finds a friend in a young girl named Rika Furude, who knows far more than she should about their present situation, and about what might happen next... The story of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni is divided into a total of eight chapters: four "Question" arcs and four "Answer" arcs. Each chapter keeps the same main characters, but ends in a different way. However, each chapter gives valuable answers, hints, and clues to the previous one, while at the same time bringing forth even more mysteries. The question arcs are: 1. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Onikakushi-hen 2. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Watanagashi-hen 3. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Tatarigoroshi-hen 4. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Himatsubushi-hen The answer arcs are: 5. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Meakashi-hen 6. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Tsumihoroboshi-hen 7. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Minagoroshi-hen 8. Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Matsuribayashi-hen The side story arcs are: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Onisarashi-hen Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Yoigoshi-hen Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai - Utsutsukowashi-hen Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Hirukowashi-hen Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kokoroiyashi-hen Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Kataribanashi-hen Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Rei - Saikoroshi-hen Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan
The original collection of Aoyama's short stories. Ranging from sci-fi to romance, and the right out wacky, these stories are a must read for any fan of his other works! 第１話／探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦・名探偵参上！ Chapter 1 - Detective George's Mini Huge Cases: Calling on the Great Detective! 第２話／探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦・氷の邦の怪物 Chapter 2 - Detective George's Mini Huge Cases: The Monster of the Ice Country 第３話／探偵ジョージのミニミニ大作戦・I AM A DENTIST Chapter 3 - Detective George's Mini Huge Cases: I Am A Dentist 第４話／プレイ イット アゲイン Chapter 4 - Play It Again 第５話／えくすかりばあ Chapter 5 - Excalibur 第６話／夏のサンタクロース Chapter 6 - Santa Claus of the Summer 第７話／ちょっとまってて Chapter 7 - Wait for A Little While 第８話／サンデー19Show-さまよえる赤い蝶- Chapter 8 - The Wandering Red Butterfly Proof that Tell Me A Lie wasn't his only 6 page work, in this one a "detective" must follow clues left by his date to meet her in time.
London, 1888 A.D. The entire city is consumed by fear of a serial killer known only as Jack the Ripper. He mutilates female prostitutes with extreme brutality. However, his victims hide a terrifying secret and Jack’s destiny is to continue hunting them down
Riu Rokugiya is the only daughter of a famous Kabuki theatre house. Since she was small, she had always dreamt the same dream about meeting a man under the red moon. A man she didn't know, until she attended one of the performances of her brothers. The man turns out to be one of the Akatsukiya's heir, Rui. The Akatsukiyas were distant relative of the Rokugiyas. Just recently, its Head, Ashikawa Enjuuro died. The family is on the process of choosing its successor among the three adopted sons, one of which is Rui. What relation will Rui have with Riu? Why was she dreaming of him dying every night?
The world is split in two, the light and shadow. Now the shadows can posses humans, creatures of the light by feeding off of their life. However Some who don't lose themselves, are trying to fight back. From Fallen Syndicate: Since the death of his family in a mysterious fire, Nanasawa Io has lived as an outcast. Students at his school fear him and animals around him soon begin poping up dead. This brings about an investigation into Io by a group know as the Titans. The Titans goal is to hunt down and destroy Kagetsuki- people who have become possessed by malicious shadows. However, what the Titans soon discover about Io isn't what they expected.
Oogimi Tsumugi is completely ignored at school because his parents are murderers and he has not talked to anyone in school for months. Then one day, a transfer student, Konohata Maya starts a conversation with him, but there's something eerie about her. She understands why Tsumugi is being ignored, but she seems to be even more interested after learning about his situation. What does Maya want with him and more importantly, what is she?
Mitsuki is a high school student who works hard to support his sick sister. However, without parents, money, or any form of specialty, he falls into working for an illegal business, ends up getting devoured by the strong as someone who is weak, and is ultimately mugged. Deep in despair from the cruelty of this world, a beautiful women who calls herself a detective appears. With her help, it's possible Mitsuki can turn his life around...!
Lately, nothing but unfortunate things have been happening to Maki. She went to see a famous exorcist, and instead found a suspicious man??!
The “self bully” Ban has a normal enough life, and where divorced parents aren’t that uncommon, her life becomes shadowed in mystery when her mother, Eun-Joo, suddenly brings their “distant relative” Jin-Whan home to live with them. Ban’s mother would always avoid the topic of her family, so who is this strange boy? Are they really relatives? What torturous secrets does her mother’s past hold? And what do the sudden strange happens that follow in Jin-Whan’s wake mean? Would a better question not be who is he, but what?
A young woman, by some strange occurrence, was left to die alone in the former building of the Academy for Sincere Teachings. Mysteriously, there is one person who can see her in ghost form: Niiya Teiichi, a freshman. Now they both seek to find out the reasoning behind her death, and what could have caused it.
The story centers around two twins, Arago and Ewan, whose parents were slaughtered by monsters. Years later, the vengeful Arago crosses paths with Ewan, who has since become a police officer, just as blood begins to flow again in the streets of London.
