From the back cover: After a schoolboy's suicide, the team at Shibuya Psychic Research must unravel mysteries at a local high school. As fires break out in an empty office and a stinky smell sickens an entire classroom, the ghost hunters' job will take both courage and a strong stomach. The team also investigates a church with a mysterious spirit that haunts only children, … [Read more...] about Ghost Hunt 4 by Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada: A-
Ghost Hunt 3 by Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada: B+
From the back cover: The psychoc investigators are going back to school—this time to solve a baffling mystery. Every student who sits at one particular desk is later caught in a train door and dragged away to who knows where. As if classes weren't hard enough! And when Naru and Mai find themselves stalked by their own evil spirits, the case becomes even more bizarre. Could … [Read more...] about Ghost Hunt 3 by Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada: B+
Ghost Hunt 2 by Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada: B+
From the back cover: High school student Mai Taniyama, her handsome boss Kazuya Shibuya (aka Naru), and other members of Shibuya Psychic Research are now tackling the eerie case of the Morishita family. What is the tragic story hidden within the Morishitas' old house? Is it haunted by a mischievous poltergeist, or by something far more sinister? As Mai and Naru dig deep to … [Read more...] about Ghost Hunt 2 by Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada: B+
Ghost Hunt 1 by Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada: B+
From the back cover: The decrepit building was condemned long ago, but every time the owners try to tear it down, "accidents" start to happen—people get hurt, sometimes even killed. Mai Taniyama and her classmates have heard the rumors that the creepy old high school is haunted—possibly by ghosts from the Second World War. So one rainy day they gather at the old school to … [Read more...] about Ghost Hunt 1 by Fuyumi Ono and Shiho Inada: B+
Banana Fish 1 by Akimi Yoshida: B+
From the back cover: Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of crime lord "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the kingdom held out by the devil who raised him. But the hideous secret that drove Ash's older brother mad in Vietnam has suddenly fallen … [Read more...] about Banana Fish 1 by Akimi Yoshida: B+