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Ryuu Yamada started high school hoping for a fresh start and a more productive life. He chose Suzaku High so that no one would know about his violent delinquent past. But boredom quickly set in, and by his second year, Ryuu had reverted to his old ways—lazy, failing grades, and constantly fighting. One day, after another visit to the office, he runs into Urara Shiraishi, a beautiful honors student. A moment of clumsiness sends them both tumbling down the stairs, resulting in an accidental kiss! The two discover they can swap bodies with a kiss—a power that proves both convenient and troublesome. When student council officer and sole member of the Supernatural Studies Club, Toranosuke Miyamura, learns of their ability, he recruits them for the club. Joined by Miyabi Itou, an eccentric who is fascinated by all things supernatural, the group uncovers the legend of the Seven Witches of Suzaku High—seven female students who each possess a unique power activated by a kiss. The Supernatural Studies Club sets out on its first mission: to find all the witches.

Koyomi Araragi has only recently recovered from a vampire assault and encountered multiple girls plagued by supernatural afflictions. On top of everything else, he wakes up one morning to find himself abducted and bound by his girlfriend Hitagi Senjougahara. Araragi's sister Karen has gotten into trouble with Deishuu Kaiki, a con artist who once swindled Senjougahara's family. Consequently, Senjougahara has trapped Araragi to protect him from the cunning Kaiki. Yet when Araragi receives a desperate message from Karen, he leaves to save her. Beyond Karen's predicament, Tsukihi, Araragi's other sister, is dealing with her own problems. And when two enigmatic women enter their lives, not even Araragi can foresee their real intentions or the devastating secrets about his family that are soon to be uncovered.

Oddities, apparitions, and deities keep appearing around Koyomi Araragi and his tight circle of companions: Tsubasa Hanekawa, the group's modest intellectual; Shinobu Oshino, the vampire with a fondness for doughnuts; athletic troublemaker Suruga Kanbaru; the bite-prone spirit Mayoi Hachikuji; Koyomi's sweet admirer Nadeko Sengoku; and Hitagi Senjougahara, Koyomi's eclectic girlfriend. A fresh term has started, and with graduation approaching, Koyomi must urgently decide his future path, the relationships he will nurture, and which friends he will rescue. However, as strange incidents begin to occur, Koyomi is missing, and in his absence, a vicious tiger oddity appears. Hanekawa becomes its target and quickly realizes she must defend herself.

Since childhood, Chihiro Furuya has been obsessed with zombies, dreaming of having an undead partner. His fascination becomes practical when his cat, Baabu, is hit by a car, prompting Chihiro to create a resurrection elixir in hopes of reviving the pet. While experimenting, he meets Rea Sanka, a wealthy girl who releases her frustrations about her oppressive home life by shouting into an abandoned well. After bonding with her, Rea encourages Chihiro to continue his work, and he eventually succeeds using poisonous hydrangeas from her family’s garden. Unaware that the potion works, Rea drinks it hoping to end her suffering, believing it will kill her. Instead, the potion’s magic interacts with a fatal accident, causing her to rise as a zombie. With Chihiro’s help, she tries to navigate her new existence. Though this might seem perfect for a boy seeking a zombie girlfriend, life in Sankarea becomes increasingly strange as Chihiro must manage Rea’s unusual new appetites and the unexpected consequences of her transformation.

In the quiet village of Sotoba, life is peaceful and everyone knows each other. However, things take a dark turn when Megumi Shimizu, an ambitious young girl, dies suddenly from a mysterious illness. As the hot summer progresses and more unexplained fatalities occur, local physician Toshio Ozaki starts to believe there is a more malevolent force behind the deaths. Toshio joins forces with detached teenager Natsuno Yuuki and siblings Kaori and Akira Tanaka—friends of Megumi—to uncover the truth about the town's deaths. Their collaborative investigation steers them toward a disturbing secret connected to the newly arrived family residing in the Kanemasa mansion.

The mysterious immortal entities known as Ajin first appeared in Africa seventeen years ago. Because their indestructible bodies pose a threat to humanity and they could be exploited for malicious purposes, they are immediately detained upon discovery. Kei Nagai, a hardworking high school student with aspirations of becoming a doctor, largely ignores the school curriculum concerning these beings, having only seen them occasionally in the news. Although he is taught that Ajin are not human, his ignorance proves irrelevant when he survives a fatal accident that triggers his transformation into an Ajin, plunging him into intense suffering. As he flees alone from a world that hunts him, Kei learns that other members of his kind might be hiding in plain sight.

Ougi Oshino, a strange new student, arrives at Naoetsu Private High School and is introduced to Koyomi Araragi by their mutual friend Kanbaru Suruga, who seeks advice about a peculiar discovery. Upon inspecting the school, Ougi spots a classroom that has materialized in a previously empty space, a location that shouldn't exist. Suspecting supernatural involvement, Araragi and Ougi investigate the mystery. After being trapped inside with Ougi, Araragi realizes the room contains the memories of an event he had long forgotten.

With Koyomi Araragi and Hitagi Senjougahara having moved on after graduation, Naoetsu Private High School now has few familiar students left. Among them is Suruga Kanbaru, who still bears the Monkey's Paw. When she catches wind of rumors about a mysterious figure called the "Devil" that supposedly solves any problem through supernatural means, Kanbaru immediately suspects the talk is about her and sets out to investigate. She finds that the Devil is actually Rouka Numachi, a former basketball rival from junior high who can no longer play due to a leg injury. Rouka offers free advice to anyone who comes to her, acting as a collector of misfortune and enjoying the relief her clients feel from the false hope that their problems will be solved. While Kanbaru sees no real harm in this, she still scolds Rouka for lying and returns home, relieved that she is not the source of the rumors. However, she may have reason to worry after all: she discovers that her left hand has transformed back into its human form.

Seikyou Private Academy, a school steeped in the allure of traditional occult legends, conceals a grim history—for six decades, it has been stalked by a ghost named Yuuko, a girl who met an unexplained death in the basement of the old school building. Unable to recall either her life or her passing, Yuuko secretly establishes and leads the Paranormal Investigations Club in her quest for answers. When she encounters the bright freshman Teiichi Niiya, who can see the peculiar specter, Yuuko latches onto him. The two quickly bond, and Teiichi resolves to assist her. Together with Kirie Kanoe, a relative of Yuuko, and the unaware second-year student Momoe Okonogi, they plunge into the notorious Seven Mysteries that haunt the storied campus.

Preparing for his college entrance exams, Koyomi Araragi notices that his reflection has disappeared from mirrors, a characteristic common to true vampires. Worried about this physical change, he turns to the doll-like Yotsugi Ononoki and her master, the immortal aberration specialist Yozuru Kagenui, for help. After swiftly identifying the problem, Kagenui gives Araragi a harsh choice: he must either cease using the vampire abilities granted by Shinobu Oshino or lose his humanity forever.

After meeting with oddity specialist Izuko Gaen, high school senior Koyomi Araragi finds himself waking up in a strange, empty void, where a joyfully familiar face greets him in a disturbingly unfamiliar setting. With support from his girlfriend Hitagi Senjougahara, Araragi navigates the tangled threads of his past and the puzzles of the present in his quest for answers. But fate once again leads him to the eccentric transfer student Ougi Oshino, who makes an unexpected offer that could shake the very foundation Araragi stands on. As he uncovers the layers of mystery surrounding an apparition, Araragi stumbles upon a truth that was never meant to be uncovered.

During the day, Saya Kisaragi lives as a quiet high school student, but at night, she becomes a fearsome hunter of monstrous beings. Wielding a sacred blade given to her by her father for ceremonial duties, she destroys any creature that endangers her tranquil village. Yet her understanding of reality is shattered when she hears the monsters speak of a broken pact, a secret she was never told about. Soon after, a mysterious dog appears and challenges her regarding her vow to safeguard the village, questioning what might happen if she were to break it. Haunted by strange visions as her world unravels, Saya sets out to find the truth in a village where nothing is as it seems.

Saya Otonashi leads an ordinary life with her adopted family in Okinawa City, appearing to be a typical high school girl. Her only unusual traits are a tendency toward anemia and a complete lack of memories from before the past year. But Saya's forgotten history resurfaces when she is attacked at school by a blood-drinking creature. A mysterious man named Haji intervenes to drive the monster away. When he forces her to drink his blood, Saya enters a trance and uses her own blood as a weapon to easily kill the beast. Saya discovers the existence of Red Shield, an organization created specifically to combat these monstrous beings. Together with Haji, she must join forces with Red Shield to battle the terrifying creatures and uncover the truth behind her lost memories.

The saying goes that one who seeks revenge must dig two graves—and this holds especially true for visitors of the Hell Correspondence website. At midnight, this eerie web domain becomes active, and anyone who types the name of a person they resent will receive a visit from Ai Enma, the Hell Girl. Ai explains that she will condemn the target’s soul to hell, but the requester will also be sent to hell after death. For some, this cost is far too great; for others, the fate of their afterlife matters little compared to the torment they endure in their daily lives. But one thing remains certain: the Hell Girl will always be available to those in need of vengeance, as she stoically carries out her duty of transporting souls into the abyss.

The "Medicine Seller" is a deadly and mysterious master of the occult who travels across feudal Japan in search of malevolent spirits called "mononoke" to slay. When he locates one of these spirits, he cannot simply kill it; he must first learn its Form, its Truth, and its Reason in order to wield the mighty Exorcism Sword and fight against it. He must begin his strange exorcisms with intense psychological analysis and careful investigative work—an extremely dangerous step, as he must first confront and learn about the mononoke before he even has the means to defeat it. The Medicine Seller's journey leads him to an old-fashioned inn where Shino, a pregnant woman, has finally found a place to rest. The owner has reluctantly placed her in the last vacant room; however, as she settles in, it quickly becomes clear that the room is infested by a lethal band of mononoke, the Zashiki Warashi. With his hunter's intuition, the Medicine Seller begins his investigation to discover the Form, the Truth, and the Reason before the Zashiki Warashi can kill again.

Kimihiro Watanuki possesses the ability to see spirits and various supernatural beings, a troublesome gift he thoroughly despises. While walking home one day, harassed by spirits, he feels an inexplicable pull to enter a peculiar house. Inside, he meets Yuuko, a enigmatic woman who offers to free him from his ability to see and attract these bothersome creatures—but at a cost. She insists he work at her "shop," which fulfills people's wishes, and so Watanuki's journey through strange and wondrous occurrences begins.

Having survived their narrow escape from death, Kei Nagai and his new ally Kou Nakano scheme to take vengeance on Satou, a fellow Ajin obsessed with ruling the world. While Satou carries out a series of public executions, humanity scrambles to find a way to halt the immortal threat. Kei finds unexpected support from former enemies: Yuu Tosaki, a high-ranking government official whose deep knowledge of Ajin provides a strategic edge against Satou, and Tosaki’s Ajin subordinate, Izumi Shimomura. As Kei’s group expands, he must act quickly to halt Satou’s campaign before it destroys civilization.

Six months have passed since Yoshiki Tsujinaka’s best friend, Hikaru Indou, vanished into the mountains and returned a week later with no memory of the event. Sensing that the returning Hikaru is not the person he knows, Yoshiki confronts him, prompting the entity to reveal its true monstrous form and plead for silence to avoid killing Yoshiki. Despite being paranormal, the imposter displays a childlike innocence and eagerness to experience human sensations, such as the summer heat and rural life. For Yoshiki, whose grief drives him to cling desperately to his friend, it hardly matters if this Hikaru is a fake built on stolen memories, provided he never leaves again. As their bond deepens, it becomes increasingly evident that a dangerous supernatural force has descended from the mountains into their village.

Whether it's investigating stone shrines, chasing down rumors, or just playing a game of hide and seek, Koyomi Araragi is always ready to help out his friends from both the human and supernatural realms. In this collection of short tales, Koyomi assists each girl in his circle with solving a puzzle or passing the time, all the while gradually uncovering the reality behind his town and its numerous supernatural happenings.

The day of graduation has arrived, signaling the conclusion of Koyomi Araragi's unusual high school years filled with strange connections to supernatural entities. Yet, Araragi suddenly gets pulled into his own bathroom mirror, finding himself trapped in a topsy-turvy realm where everything familiar is flipped upside down—the usually arrogant Karen Araragi is uncharacteristically short, the typically stoic Yotsugi Ononoki is overflowing with feelings, and the cute ghost girl Mayoi Hachikuji has become a full-grown woman! But appearances can be deceiving. Zoku Owarimonogatari follows Araragi's journey through this strange dimension as he fights to find his way back home and unravel the mysteries of this peculiar world.

Years ago, a student managed to drive all the ghosts out of a haunted schoolhouse. Now, those spirits have returned—and they're out for payback. Siblings Satsuki and Keiichirou Miyanoshita are still grieving the death of their mother. When they move to her old hometown, they find out that the school they've enrolled in is an ancient building rumored to be full of ghosts. At first, they dismiss the stories as nonsense, but they soon realize the spirits are real—and they have a personal grudge against them. Gakkou no Kaidan follows the terrifying ordeal of the brother and sister, along with their new friends, as they struggle to survive the school's vengeful apparitions—with some help from their pet cat.

Quiet rumors circulate among the female students at Shinyo Academy about a mysterious supernatural being. This being is Boogiepop, a shinigami said to kill people at the peak of their beauty before their charm fades. Few know his true identity: a protector who, after periods of inactivity, emerges as the alternate personality of high school girl Touka Miyashita to battle "the enemies of the world." Now, a series of unexplained disappearances—dismissed by the school as mere runaways—has roused Boogiepop. But somewhere on the campus, a dangerous creature lurks, waiting for the right moment to strike. Boogiepop wa Warawanai gently examines the deep connections between human beings and their experience of time, while exploring the intricate relationships, emotions, memories, and pasts of its characters.

At school, Mai Taniyama and her friends enjoy sharing ghost stories, with many revolving around an abandoned school building on campus. Their storytelling is interrupted by a mysterious young man, later revealed to be Kazuya Shibuya, the 17-year-old president of the Shibuya Psychic Research Company. He has been summoned by the principal to investigate the rumors about the abandoned building. The next day, on her way to school, Mai passes the building. While examining an unusual camera she spots inside, she is startled by Kazuya's assistant, inadvertently interfering with the investigation. Mai breaks the camera, and Kazuya's assistant gets injured. Kazuya forcefully hires Mai to cover the cost of the camera and replace his injured assistant. From then on, Mai begins to learn about the paranormal world and the ghost hunting profession.

The third entry in 07th Expansion's popular When They Cry series, Umineko no Naku Koro ni is set on Rokkenjima, the private island of the immensely wealthy Ushiromiya family. As has been tradition for years, the whole family gathers there for a meeting to discuss each member's current financial standing. With the family head's health declining, this year's conference also covers the topic of his inheritance and how it will be divided. The family does not realize, however, that the distribution of the old man's fortune is far from Ushiromiya Kinzou's main concern for this gathering. After his longtime friend and doctor warns him that his end is near, Kinzou becomes desperate to see the true love of his life one more time: the Golden Witch, Beatrice. Having devoted much of his later years to studying black magic, Kinzou sets in motion a ritual to resurrect his beloved as soon as his family arrives on Rokkenjima. Not long after, a powerful typhoon maroons everyone on the island, and a series of inexplicable murders begin. The eighteen people trapped there must fight for their lives in a deadly conflict between fantasy and reality.