Mystery - Page 152

In the year 1977 in Yonaki Village, Kazunari Honda and Natsuko Honda—his cousin and girlfriend—live a peaceful life despite most of the other villagers not approving of their relationship. But soon, they will have more to worry about than the opinions of the townsfolk, as a mysterious black envelope appears and informs the villagers that they will be participating in the "King's Game." The rules state that the commands must be followed by the end of the day, and that no one is allowed to quit. With most viewing the appearance of the envelope as a joke, they soon realize that those who don't obey the orders will die. As more villagers meet their demise, Kazunari and his friends realize they must play the terrible King's Game, all the while suspecting that someone in the village may be the King.

From Yen Press: Sora, a young boy who lives a peaceful life on his tropical island home, is set adrift when a horrible storm wrecks the world he loves and separates him from his friends, Riku and Kairi. In another world, the Disney castle is in chaos when King Mickey goes missing, and it’s up to Donald, the court magician, and Goofy, the captain of the army, to find their king. When both Sora and the King’s allies happen upon each other and learn that the ills that have befallen their worlds are the doing of dark beings without hearts known as the Heartless, the three recent acquaintances take up arms together in an epic quest to travel to unknown worlds, set those worlds right, and find their friends!!

From Yen Press: A young boy named Roxas whiles away the last days of his summer vacation with his three best friends in their quiet little home of Twilight Town. But all is not as it should be in this hamlet nestled between night and day. Strange things keep happening around Roxas, which always seem to involve mysterious creatures and he is plagued by dreams of a boy named Sora, whom he has never met. Bewildered, Roxas searches for answers. Will they lead him to Sora, Donald and Goofy?

A new journey begins for Sora, Donald, and Goofy. The Dark Seeker saga heads towards its climax! Adaptation of the hit game.

In Kingdom Hearts, Sora turned the Keyblade on himself in order to release Kairi's heart, but his heart was also released in the process. This brought about the creation of Roxas, Sora's Nobody. Unlike most Nobodies, however, Roxas has no memories of his past. He joins Oragnization XIII and slowly begins to discover the truth behind his existence and the Organization itself. He meets and befriends the fourteenth member of the Organization, who also has no recollection of her past. What will Roxas see during his time in the Organization? What is the connection between him, Sora, and the fourteenth member? And what becomes of them? Dive into the heart of Kingdom Hearts storyline's biggest secret.

Koreeda Kazuki, an 18-year-old computer prodigy, lacks any exceptional talents beyond technology. However, his directionless existence takes a sudden turn when he meets the affluent Sakai Daisuke. The latter proposes an offer too compelling for Koreeda to reject: in exchange for becoming Koreeda's sponsor, Sakai demands that the hacker employ his expertise to assist him in achieving global domination. The narrative of two contemporary explorers, determined to fight worldwide illegal activities, commences in the cyberspace - a realm devoid of national boundaries.

"The plot ... takes place in a small town made up of many hills and slopes where Nishiki, a high-school girl, has taken on the title of a Sukuiya ("rescuer") trying to do her best to help grade-schooler, Akari."

My friend Ozawa, who has gone missing. He was an editor of an occult magazine, and before his disappearance, he had covered ghost stories related to an area called "●●●●●". Quotes from past magazine articles, strange stories from readers, and Internet bulletin board posts - as we follow his footsteps and decipher the materials he had collected, certain connections emerge between the ghost stories that had been treated as separate incidents.Manga adaptation of a bizarre mockumentary horror story that was first published as a novel.

Destination is a state of mind. A tale of one girl and her bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, only staying in each country for three days. During their adventures, they find happiness, sadness, pain, decadence, violence, beauty, and wisdom. But through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom. They discover that because of the world's imperfections, it is actually a thing of beauty. "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is."The second manga adaption of the Kino's Journey series. Starts on volume 5 of the light novels.

Ryoichi, a student, is researching urban legends and becomes interested in how they spread. As various people around him strangely lose their memories of him, he hears about a mysterious monster, the Kiokuya, which supposedly feeds on people's memories. But does this Kiokuya really exist? And if so, what is its true goal?

From DGT: When Asano Arisu was little she was badly bullied by the local boys, now a high school student she's famous for her vehement hatred of men and boards an all girls school. When stunning Fujimi Kira enters and becomes her dorm-mate, proclaiming that she also hates men, Arisu thinks that it must be a fated meeting. However, they both have secrets that they need to keep from the Dorm Head, strict Kamitani-Sensei: Arisu keeping a pet ferret in the dorm, and Kira the fact that she's actually a BOY--much to Arisu's horror. It appears that he's at the school to uncover the mystery of his older half-sister's supposed suicide 2 years before. Will Arisu be able to cope with having to share a room with a boy, let alone help him with his investigations? And just how dangerous will it be to solve the mystery?

Hijiri Tomoaki, a university counselor, lives a peaceful yet unfulfilling life. However, his life changes completely after he reunites with an old acquaintance, Amawashi Hajime. The mysterious problems his patients bring to him gradually begin to infringe on his daily life. What is the true nature of the strange phenomena in which they become embroiled, and what is the true purpose of Hajime, who suddenly appears before Tomoaki?