We all know that a lot of the booty of the golden age of explorations made it into museums. The British Museum in the C.M.B. story, which had custody of the recondite scientific curiosities and artefacts collected by explorer/adventurers and stored in a Wunderkammer, decided to study the dusty arcana in the 19th century. Three investigators dubbed the "Magi" were appointed to do the research, each given a ring embossed with the letters C.M.B. Fast-forward to present-day Japan where Sakaki Shinra is the curator of a museum of oddities. He now has possession of the C.M.B. rings, indicating that he has been granted the status of guardian of knowledge like the Magi that preceded him.
There is a witch named Elaina. As a freespirited traveler on an adventure to experience the world, she encounters a wide variety of places and people. Sometimes comedic, sometimes fantastical, sometimes a little dark, this is the story of Elaina and her long journey.
Billy Bat is a comic-in-a-comic and the real protagonist is a Japanese-American artist named Kevin Yamagata who draws Billy Bat for "Marble Comics". Shortly after they transition to the artist in his studio with his assistant, two actual detectives, who look like Laurel and Hardy in Dick Tracy era suits and trench coats, knock on the door and appropriate Kevin's room for the purpose of conducting surveillance on a room in an adjacent building. One of the detectives, the skinny “Laurel”, sees Kevin's work and it turns out he's a Billy Bat fan. The other chubby "Hardy" detective picks up a page and says that the characters look familiar and accuses Kevin of translating an old "Jap" comic. As Hardy remembers the comic he thinks Kevin is ripping off, we make another Urasawaesque time jump to 1949 Tokyo and the chapter ends.
Yamada is stranded on an island without any ships passing by who isn't sure why he's there because he can't really recall, so after finding his sports bag, he assumes he was on a school trip. With only 7 days of food, he eventually decides to make a boat to leave the island. He thought he was alone on the island until a girl named Imaise Chika was found eating his food, where they then decide to continue making a boat. Since the boat only had room for one, Yamada decided to set off for help, but returned upon noticing that not only did Imaise put her rations in his bag, they were mostly untouched as well. After returning, he noticed she made the oar out of a fishing lance and he decides they can live on the island longer.
Mitozu - a small town lost in the mountains, population 6000. Every evening at 6 heavy bell tolls start resounding down the streets. Everybody knows that after the bell sounded you must not go out until the Sun rises again. But one day this law is broken by an ignorant outsider who just returned home after 10 years in Tokyo and the horrible apparition known only as Myoudo-sama has finally found a victim to prey upon.
From Yen Press: The “Roman Club,” a school group interested in the occult, to which he’s practically enslaved, has become boring for one Hideo Aiba. Until a girl named Kurumi Sahana shows up and wants to join up. But Sahana is no ordinary girl… When the two are left alone in the club classroom, Kurumi makes a special “request” of Hideo… From that moment on, Hideo’s dull life gets far more…frustrating. Sundome literally means "stopping the moment before," and considering the content of the story, it refers to being stopped just before coming or ejaculating.
Souya is a sullen salaryman whose days are spent chasing after work deadlines all while still keeping his dream of becoming a manga artist. To him, his one and only support in life is none other than his beloved wife, Yuuka. One day, on his way back home, he was suddenly caught in an accident and before he knew it, an alien had taken hold of his body! Not only that, the evil threat of another alien is closing in on Yuuka too! Here comes Souya as "Otto-man", his superpowered husband form, as he jumps in to save his dearest wife! Have a taste of his love for wife and this world!
“R“ or rather Room 402 is the room where our illustrious female main character lives. One day which seems to be by mere coincidence her fate intertwines with that of Sasamoto, a savvy man who seems to be down in the dumps. That is until he picks up a trinket which fell from her nether regions. Prepare yourself for a story of sexual psychological horror as Sasamoto enters into a brave new world.
For Yeonsu, writing is all there is to life. Her workaholic tendencies prevent her from properly eating, sleeping, exercising…until one day, she wakes up and finds herself in a hospital room. A clear warning from the doctor about her physical health and a desperation to come up with the plot of her next story forces Yeonsu to seek the help of Gyeol, a fellow patient. Falling in love with an athletic stranger may seem like the stuff of romance novels, but reality can often be crazier than fiction…
Retired boxer Soo-young discovers he has to pay off his father's debt when Tae-seung hunts him down. Fascinated by Soo-young's persistence, Tae-seung offers him an alternative - to learn the ropes and start from the rock bottom. Will this dangerous relationship work, or will this be another living hell for Soo-young?
They say unhealthy attachments are the root of most problems. Kim Luna knows this because she's attached to many things - her toxic ex-boyfriend, her kind but unavailable psychiatrist, and most of all, her opulent lifestyle that she lost after her family went into debt. So when she meets Moon Sung-hyun while working as a girlfriend-for-hire, it's no surprise that another unhealthy relationship begins between them... except this one may have deeply troubling consequences. Not only does Sung-hyun live in the very apartment Luna was kicked out of, but unbeknownst to them, there's something more sinister connecting their two families. Despite this, Luna's feelings for Sung-hyun grow increasingly sincere. Will Luna be able to stop her unhealthy habits and find genuine love with Sung-hyun, or will she become enmeshed in something much more poisonous?
Kidnapped by her ex-boyfriend, only the stalker is in the know! The fitting model Ju Yeon, who had just emerged as a star on social media, wakes up to find herself tied up in a dark school. Her kidnapper, a man named Nam Woo, is her ex-boyfriend. Ju Yeon had just reached a turning point in her life. But while she was being threatened by her ex-boyfriend at that moment, Ju Yeon’s stalker, Park Su, was watching the two while keeping his mouth shut inside the shadows!
