Thriller - Page 48

High school student Sora Ueno lives in a small mountain town, but she has never truly felt comfortable there. The only person she could open her heart to was her childhood friend, Hinako. However, on the night of the Minazuki Festival in 1984, Hinako mysteriously disappeared. Everyone in the village claimed it was a “kamikakushi”—a divine abduction—and they made little effort to search for her. Years passed, and in 1988, Hinako suddenly returned… looking exactly the same as she did four years earlier. After her “return,” Hinako faces fear and rejection from the villagers and slowly becomes isolated. Determined to protect her no matter what, Sora stays by her side. But soon, disturbing mysteries surrounding the town and Hinako’s disappearance begin to surface…

“REFORMER“ tells the crude story of the anti-hero Mizuno, a retired hitman with a mysterious past who has a tendency of act before he thinks.

Summer vacation in my third year of college. A stiflingly hot countryside home. A dark storehouse that must never be entered.<br> My grandmother keeps muttering the same thing over and over: ‘Mentori-sama is watching.’<br> But it’s fine because I have my big sister.<br> A chilling folk-horror tale of blood ties and buried customs begins.

One day, Jin Yisu is ambushed by unknown assailants and loses his father, the only family he had. As time passes, he begins to realize that his father did not belong to the ordinary world. When the assailants strike again and Jin’s life hangs in the balance, a group claiming to be his father’s former colleagues appears. Through them, Jin learns the identity of the attackers: the "Cheongdo" Group. Cheongdo seeks to mobilize its operatives to illegally expand and redevelop corporate-run city districts, ultimately securing a political foothold. Upon discovering that his father and those former colleagues were covert agents resisting Cheongdo’s system and violence, Jin Yisu chooses to join their ranks.

Elementary school teacher Gijeong Go has lost almost everything: her parents when she was a child, her freedom when she had to support her shut-in younger brother, and now her very dignity as the class bully among her students and his mother threaten to turn her life into a living hell. Upon meeting the mild-mannered yet inscrutable lawyer Inseop Oh, Gijeong begins to find her life changing, though little does she know that wherever Inseop goes, death follows… This series contains themes regarding suicide, child abuse and bullying that may not be suitable for all readers. Viewer discretion is advised.

After his 17-year-old brother dies in a car accident, the older brother goes to the school to retrieve his belongings, only to be trapped in a classroom by a supernatural horror and forced to follow its rules. He must now use the clues to uncover the bullying his brother endured at school, as well as how he himself caused his brother to suffer…

A protector, with an arm of steel, able to deflect bullets, swearing never to take a life. That is Tate Karito, the Shield in the Dark.

Class president Hashida witnesses a female schoolmate being bullied in an unused toilet in the old school building. Using the excuse that he's gathering evidence, he secretly takes photos and videos of the victim Ayase every day, while she's being made to take off her clothes. But one time, he also witnesses something else... (Source: Comic Fuz) --- Additional Links: * BookLive

A boy learns the truth. "They" live amongst us, the humans.

It's the zombie apocalypse and the world as we know it has gone to hell. Roy Kim was a loser and prey for bullies in highschool. He expects he'll be doomed in the new, perilous environment. That is until he crosses Zoe Winters, who shows him that all the things that used to matter in society, no longer do. The apocalypse is the time for rebirth. Roy and Zoe will set out on a journey to thrive in the apocalypse. The old world is gone. Time to rule the new one.