This horror story follows the purchaser of Eko, a Japanese doll in a red kimono, at an auction on a murder-themed website. After the doll announces a bloody ritual called Yubikiri, a chain of deaths begins.

A ritual announced by a red-clad doll becomes the start of a chain of deaths.

Kyoukotsu Shinigatari is a Japanese short story by Mamoru Iizuka.

A short story by Mamoru Iizuka.

The narrator believes that his flight to Tokyo has crashed, yet he finds himself arriving at Haneda Airport. Returning to Kagawa with only hazy memories, he encounters a busty transfer student and a suspicious researcher, and the mystery of the flight that somehow did not crash begins to unfold. This science-fiction-tinged comic novel combines an outlandish premise with distinctive characters.

A strange and boisterous homecoming story that begins with a flight that was supposed to have crashed.

In the summer of 1968, Izumo, a boy who can see spirits, travels to his mother's family funeral in Kyoto at the request of his Shinto-priest father. Though he would rather avoid going out during Obon, he eagerly boards a plane he has long dreamed of riding, and encounters an unexpected event on the journey.

A long-awaited flight carries Izumo toward an unexpected encounter in the summer of 1968.