Illustrated by Kanato Abiko
Booklist review Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 10-12 Publisher: Vertical (Kodansha) Publication Date: Oct 7, 2025 ISBN: 9781647294748 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Suitability: Adult, Manga, Animals, Action Adventure, Philosophy, Surrealism, Story Collection, Kodansha
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Adapted and illustrated by Eita Mizuno
One day, urban explorer and legends enthusiast Sorawo discovers a mysterious door that leads her to a world where the unexplained can become reality. There, she meets Toriko, a beautiful and deadly you woman searching for her best friend who got lost in this Otherside. The two agree to explore together as there are dangerous and paranormal monsters that defy logic and take over one's senses. Toriko reveals she explores the Otherside while armed with a gun, which startles Sorawo at first, but starts to make more sense the more they encounter deadly and unexplainable phenomenon. 
Katsuma-san finishes telling the history of Haretake and the evil lurking inside their foe who now has Tsuki hostage. Katsuma tells of Haretake’s goal to unseal the sessho-seki stones and unleash whatever evil is lurking below and the attempt Haretake will make to control the power inside. With this knowledge, Katsuma sets Konosuke, Aki, and his new apprentice Bokutake off and through a jar to go rescue Tsuki. But Katsuma’s jar drops Konosuke off in a gambling den in the clutches of one of the generals of the Tsuchimikado clan. This would-be professional gambler toys with Konosuke, at first lulling him into a false sense of security, but eventually prodding him to gamble with something very high stakes, much more valuable than money.
Kirie is a simple young girl from the town of Kurouzu-cho, a town that is slowly descending more and more into maddening problems all to do with spirals. Along with her brooding boyfriend Shuichi, Kirie narrowly escapes many horrific encounters with creatures and monsters inspired by spiral shapes. Kirie’s father, a local pottery artisan, even becomes infected as he dredges the pond by their house, Dragonfly Pond, for material, but it seems to be a magnet and a source for many spiral-shaped disasters.
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 10-12 Publisher: VIZ Media Publication Date: November 19, 2024 ISBN: 9781974749706 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Dystopian, Horror, Surrealism, VIZ Media 
Aki and Konosuke are rescued by a doctor who transports them away via a jar to a remote mountain hamlet where Konosuke is finally able to recuperate from his poison wounds, but he doesn’t trust the doctor. Why would this man help them out of the blue? The doctor tells them of his long history into the Tsuchimikado family — he was tasked with training the Onmyoji’s son, Haretake, to control his considerable power, but something seemed wrong in the Tsuchimikado family that left the doctor wanting revenge. In another part of the world, we begin to see why Haretake kidnapped Tsuki in the first place, and why he needs her considerable power.
Illustrated by Kenji Tsuruta
In 1967, a man gets on a ferry and meets a mysterious woman who gives her name as Emanon. At first, they pose as a couple to shield her from some lecherous older men, but the two strike up conversation and discover some similar interests, including a love of science fiction. As the night wears on, Emanon confides in him that she has the memory of ever iteration of her cells before her, that she can remember the entire history of the planet Earth, and that she has loved many times and lost that many over. At first, he's not sure whether to believe the wild story, but morning comes, and the potential loss of someone so perfect brings more of her story into perspective. 
In the small town of Belle River, Canada, bugs known as Fishflies descend upon the residents for once a week every year. But once a generation, a different plague besets them. What started as a simple dare lands one young boy in the hospital and begins a manhunt that entangles the boy’s classmate, Franny. The young girl takes pity on the fugitive and makes a friend in the process. The townsfolk, Franny, and her new friend embark on something much more supernatural and rooted deep in the town's history, and many of the discover something much more than they bargained for.
Konosuke and Aki the Ichido fight off a band of assassins masquerading as performers, and finally make it out of Konosuke's house. Even though they don't have a travel permit, they decide to go after Tsuki anyway. They are almost immediately attacked by Madara, a terrifying gifted being who controls all manner of deadly bugs. She has had a tragic life full of persecution in her village and has a fierce loyalty to Haretake of the Tsuchimikado clan who have been ordered to kill Konosuke. As he is ferociously attacked, Konosuke starts to unlock some of his power and control over metal in order to save himself and Aki.
Konosuke wakes covered in bandages and can’t remember a thing. As he slowly recovers, he realizes he had a job to report to in a few days, so he focused on recovering from whatever made him so injured. His memory is still very hazy, but this has happened before. He slightly remembers two other people, but can’t make anything more out. Meanwhile, Tsuki and her captors are on their way to their destination and reveal the memory wipe on Konosuke has been successful. In another part of Edo, a young blind ichiko (fortune teller) has arrived. Aki looks to set up shop while she tracks down the descendants of the woman who saved her mother. Her quest leads her to the doorstep of Konosuke just as he recovers his memories and becomes distraught at Tsuki’s disappearance, and Aki finds herself entangled in Konosuke’s quest.
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