A protagonist’s life begins to go off course after he takes in an abandoned child, leading to ostracism and bullying. It is a work that foregrounds raw violence and the feeling of escape.

A child he takes in upends his life.

A girl badly scarred in a fire vows to return and become a pianist. It is a music mystery where passion for performance intersects with a string of unsettling events.

Beyond Debussy’s melodies, the shadow of a case creeps in.

A man who sells pachislot strategy information on the industry’s dark side gets caught up in dangerous code-breaking and a case involving hidden sales money. It is a crime novel about small-time bad actors.

Illegal ROMs and coded clues expose a dangerous money trail.

Shukichi, who works in Honjo-Fukagawa, teams up with the fox spirit Osaki to investigate a missing girl and a murder case. It is the first entry in a series that blends yokai-period drama with genuine mystery solving.

Osaki and Shukichi run through the darkness of Edo.

The story follows an eerie urban legend in which anyone targeted by a killer dies in an accident within 24 hours. It is a mystery where lightness and danger coexist, even down to the infamous banana peel.

A man targeted by a grim reaper cannot escape the 24-hour countdown to an accidental death.