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In a world where all feeling is artificial and where everyone is a potential drug addict, nothing has really changed: the excess is near at hand and very few substances are considered dangerous and put under a strict control by a hygiene office, which has full power on the drug addicts, who are in extreme conditions. The main character is Kabu, a little peddler and heavy addicted. Used to any kind of hallucinogenic trip, he is able to feel the happiness through the ecstasy of the drug, while on the same time hypocritically hating those who gave birth to that society which has forced him to the excess. After an overdose caused by mixing two incompatible drugs, he spends his days looking for stimulants until he encounters an enigmatic man who offers him a new kind of illegal substance: Ultra Heaven. From that moment his incredible journey begins, where dream and reality are fused in an undivided world, causing him hysterical or joyful reactions and unrestrained pains. But what really is Ultra Heaven and who's really behind it? And who is the guru who is promoting the meditation as a powerful way to influence the whole universe surrounding us? With the help of a special amplifier helmet, Kabu starts a trip into the deep and hidden layers of his conscience, diving into a nightmare he would never discover... (Source: MU)

A disturbed newborn finds himself tasked with carrying out his mother's will—to exact her revenge upon the world. Growing up with sociopathic tendencies facilitates his twisted behaviors as he methodically schemes gruesome acts throughout his childhood. This leads him down a spiral of murder and immoral acts in this dark tale of a misunderstood child going from nothing to reaching a god-like state. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

What will nursing be like in the future? Yukie Sakai, a home care giver, is a specialist for nursing patients under the serious condition. The patients are, for example, "Reddleman," the hero who used to protect peace on earth, and the president of an advanced nursing home in which everything is controlled by machines, and...! (Source: BookLOUD) Included one-shots: Volume 1: Tantei SumoKING (Detective SumoKING), India de Ransuu Volume 2: Separate

1-6. The Collection 7. Harakiri 8. The Unscratchable Itch 9. Holy Night

Anamorphosis revolves around a group of people invited to a contest wherein they have to stay in a supposedly haunted set for 48 hours after an evil murderous spirit is summoned to produce a recreation of the murder scene. Over half of the book features this story and the rest is a collection of bizarre shorts designed to shock you?! (Source: Brolen, edited)

Seiichi Hayashi produced Sekishoku Elegy between 1969 and 1970, in the aftermath of a politically turbulent and culturally vibrant decade that promised but failed to deliver new possibilities. With a combination of sparse line work and visual codes borrowed from animation and film, the quiet melancholy lives of a young couple struggling to make ends meet are beautifully captured in this poetic masterpiece. Uninvolved with the political movements of the time, Ichirou and Sachiko hope for something better, but they're no revolutionaries; their spare time is spent drinking, smoking, daydreaming, and sleeping—together and at times with others. While Ichirou attempts to make a living from his comics, Sachiko's parents are eager to arrange a marriage for her, but Ichirou doesn't seem interested. Both in their relationship and at work, Ichirou and Sachiko are unable to say the things they need to say, and like any couple, at times say things to each other that they do not mean, ultimately communicating as much with their body language and what remains unsaid as with words. (Source: Drawn and Quaterly)

This manga presents different stories settled in a future world in which biomechanoids of any kind are created for every purpose. All the stories, through different angles and in a somewhat bizarre fashion, explore the same theme: are they mere machines or do they dream of electric sheep? (Source: MU)

A experimental manga series about a boy named Jun and his surreal voyages. The character is a alter-ego of Ishinomori himself. (Source: MU)

Collection of surreal erotic grotesque stories from Suehiro Maruo which he released from 1981 to 1993. The stories are: 1. Putrid Night 2. Sewer Boy 3. A Season In Hell 4. Shit Soup 5. The Great Masturbator 6. Putrid Night: Raven Of Oedipus 7. Sewer Boy: Paradise 8. Voyeur In The Attic 9. Non-resistance City

Garden is a collection of Furuya Usamaru's "indie" shorts that were published in Comic Cue, Manga Erotics and GARO. The title is obviously a reference to Hieronymus Bosch's famous triptych The Garden of Earthly Delights, with the first story being a homage to said painting. The other stories range from absurd comedies to fantasy and horror. It's a very eclectic mixture, but make no mistake: artistically, Garden might just be Furuya's most accomplished work after Marie no Kanaderu Ongaku. (Source: Kotonoha) 1. Ratai no Kigen (The Origin of Nudity) 2. Tenshi no Fellatio (Angelic Fellatio) 3. YumeKana 4. Umi kara Kita Kikai (The Machine That Came from the Sea) 5. Tsuki no Sho (The Book of the Moon) 6. Egao de Sayounara (Say Goodbye with a Smile) 7. Emi-chan

1. Nihonichi no Bishoujo no Machi (Japan's Number One Beauty Town) 2. Konno Shigure no Koufukunaru Hibi (Konno Shigure's Blessed Daily Life) 3. Toomezuka Sensei no Yuuganaru Tanoshimi (Miss Toomezuka's Refined Hobby) 4. Nukekubi Aika (Lament of the Headless) 5. Shiroi Ito (White String) 6. Koukou Kansen Shoukougun (Oral Cavity Contagion Syndrome) 7. Atsume Mono * Sawa (Collecting * Touch) 8. Atsume Mono * Mizu (Collecting * Water) 9. Ekimae Toono (Station Toono) 10. Ekimae Indo (Station India) 11. Inbiji (Invis) 12. Gotouchi Kankouannai (Local Tourist Information) 13. Koi no Choujikuuhou (Super Dimensional Love Gun) 14. Tonde Menihairu Natsu no Mushi (The Summer Bugs That Fly Into Your Eyes)

1-2. Miminashi Houichi 3. Gokuraku Koya 4. Yaneura no Tetsugakusha 5. Akai Mayu 6-7. Inugami Hakase 8. Muteikou Toshi

1. Nejishiki (Screw-Style) 2. Numa (The Swamp) 3. Chico (Chirpy) 4. Hatsutakegari (Mushroom Hunting) 5. Sanshouuo (The Salamander) 6. Touge no Inu (The Dog from Prayer Pass) 7. Uwasa no Bushi (The Phony Warrior) 8. Ondoru Koya (The Ondol Shack) 9. Gensenkan Shujin (Master of the Gensenkan Inn) 10. Chouhachi no Yado (Chohachi Inn) 11. Ooba Denki Mekki Kougyou-sho (Oba's Electroplate Factory) 12. Yoshiboo no Hanzai 13. Shounen 14. Aru Mumei Sakka

For a long time, in this world, there existed "giants". They were used as tools and played an important role in the turn of history. The key to the secret lies in Mongolia. A Dark Symphony played by the "civilization" of the "power"! Discover Kago's peculiar vision of world history in this genius para-historic blockbuster!

1. The Big Funeral A funeral held in a confusing town leads to many strange characters running into one another while searching for it. 2. The Big Collection 3. The Big Trial 4. The Big End 5. Drunkard Condo Syndrome One after the other, drunken salary-men come home to the wrong floor of their complex. 6. Drizzle on Blue Fields 7. The Elegant Enjoyment of Professor Tsuke Toume 8. Chieri Nishikawa and Her Pleasant Friend 9. Disks A technician becomes obsessed with slicing things. The trouble starts when people become his next objective. (Source: MU)

Do you have a grudge against another soul? Would you like them to suffer painfully in the worst way possible? Creating and harnessing the power of an inugami may be just what you need. Created by starving, decapitating and boxing the head of a dog, these supernatural entities can carry out your bidding. However, often other spirits and shikigami have the power to defeat even the inukami. And above all, a powerful man known as the Inukami wanders the land, witnessing inugami use and carrying out deeds of his own... (Source: Anime-Planet)

Comics Underground Japan presents the wild, subversive world of Japan’s most accomplished underground comics artists. Some of the dozen artists included in this anthology will be familiar to followers of manga; others make their American debut in these pages. The richly imaginative stories in this volume show a great range of graphic style, from painstakingly detailed craftsmanship to exuberant, maniacal renderings. At the heart of each work in this anthology is a unique personal vision and a fierce artistic compulsion–these manga artists are the misfits of the art form, and they are its visionaries. (Source: Blast Books) Included stories are: 1. "Hell's Angel" by Yoshikazu Ebisu 2. "It's All Right if You Don't Understand" by Yoshikazu Ebisu 3. "Steel Pipe Melancholia" by Masakazu Toma 4. "Future Sperm Brazil" by Takashi Nemoto 5. "A Love Like Lemons" by Carol Shimoda 6. "Selfish Carol's Summer Vacation" by Carol Shimoda 7. "Mercy Flesh (Jiniku)" by Kazuichi Hanawa 8. "Don Quixote #1 & #2" by Yasuji Tanioka 9. "Planet of the Jap" by Suehiro Maruo 10. "Mary’s Asshole" by Hanako Yamada 11. "Volvox" by Pan Migawa 12. "Bigger and Better" by Muddy Wehara 13. "Laughing Ball" by Hideshi Hino 14. "Cat Noodle Soup" by Hajime Yamano & Nekojiru

In the near future, a revolutionary new psychotherapy treatment called PT has been invented. Through a device called the "DC Mini" it is able to act as a "dream detective" to enter into people's dreams and explore their unconscious thoughts. Before the government can pass a bill authorizing the use of such advanced psychiatric technology, one of the prototypes is stolen, sending the research facility into an uproar. In the wrong hands, the potential misuse of the device could be devastating, allowing the user to completely annihilate a dreamer's personality while they are asleep. Renowned scientist, Dr. Chiba Atsuko, enters the dream world under her exotic alter-ego, code name "PAPRIKA," in an attempt to discover who is behind the plot to undermine the new invention. (Source: ANN)

Collection of surreal erotic grotesque stories. 1. Boku no Shounen Jidai (My Youth) 2. Apparition 3. Proletariat no Hisokana Tanoshimi (The Proletarians' Secret Playtime) 4. America Umare no Celluloid (Celluloid Made in America) 5. Vampire 6. Kusare Omeko ni DDT (DDT for a Rotten War) 7-8. Arakajime Funou no Koibito-tachi 1, 2 (Impotent Boyfriends Since the Beginning) 9. Shoujo Jigoku (Female Hell) 10. Mottomo Kusai Yuugi (The Stinkiest Game) 11. Tsuki yori no Shisha (Messenger of the Moon) 12. Kiseki no Hito (The Miraculous Man) 13. Doutei Kawayanosuke: Ore no Na wa Minus (My Name is Shit)

1. Ekimae Hanayome 2. Ekimae Kotei 3. Ekimae Hikidashi 4. Ekimae Setsudan 5. Ekimae Haikan 6. Ekimae Hakkutsu 7. Ekimae Bouka 8. Ekimae Asshuku 9. Ekimae Hansha 10. Ekimae Meikyuu (Labyrinth) 11. Ekimae Koushi 12. Ekimae Ryuushi 13. Soratobu Hanayome

A collection of sixteen early works by Nishioka Kyodai, including their three-part debut series. As always the stories range from the whimsical to the surreal, with tales of serial killers, bird women, and a man who one day wakes to find himself with a pouch like a kangaroo. (Source: MU) 1. Jump 2. Boku Mushi 3. Aru Kinzoku Bat Jisatsu 4. Mono no Okibasho 5. Torikago 6. Kaze no Fuiteiru Hi 7. Ame no Futteiru Hi 8. Nichiyoubi 9. Tanjoubi 10. Satsujinki-P no Noroi 11-12. Yoru 13. Harigane 14. Boku ga Koroshita Mono: Tobirabito 15. Boku ga Koroshita Mono: Kangaroo no Matsuei 16. Boku ga Koroshita Mono: Shinkei

This is a short comic by Shintaro Kago that portrays a dystopian future where human beings are mostly manufactured instead of born, except for in ghettos where they are mostly abandoned at birth. The story starts with a woman complaining to her doctor/therapist that her husband won't have sex with her and then it goes off on a tangent explaining what happened to her husband and how it came to pass. Involves a car accident that sets loose a dangerous breed of genetically engineered hyper-intelligent killer babies. (Source: Brolen)

Weird, tripped-out collection of one-shots. Subtly twisted, delicately detailed but with a strong line, with elongated bodies and shades of Art Deco. Somewhat reminiscent of both Gorey and Dali by way of Edvard Munch, but the style is unique and distinctive and very much the artist's own. About as far as you can get from manga and still be in the same country.

1. Yuugai Muzai Gangu 2. Kyosuu Jikan no Asobi 3. Kingyo no Ningyo wa Ningyo no Kingyo 4. Bon ni Ochimizu, Bon ni Kaerazu