Parallel Lanes - Recommendations

• One Shot
• 2008

Two brothers encounter something strange on their way home from the train station.

• One Shot
• 2012

Every night, the distressed and frightening sound of a girl counting dishes echoes throughout the Aoyama residence located in the renowned Ushigome-Gomon part of the old capital of Edo. The tale of this fearsome place begins with the residence's master, a lascivious and ne'er-do-well individual, his jealous wife, and Kiku, the young and attractive girl that becomes indentured to this household. It doesn't take long for the master to make a play for Kiku. One day, however, Kiku is unfairly blamed for breaking a dish treasured as an Aoyama heirloom, and is made to pay the ultimate price. However, the nights to follow would be disrupted with the sounds of Kiku looking for that certain dish...

• Vol: 14; Ch: 56
• 2006 - 2016

Uemura Takitarou is a genius cosplayer who can change himself from head to toe. One day, he finds his only friend, Asami Kusaka, killed by the Night Blindness Man, a serial murderer who gouges out the eyes of his victims. Tominaga Hana, a model, discovers his talent and recruits him for the company, UC, an office that solves mysteries and crimes by manipulating rumors/urban legends. Can Uemura track down the person who killed Kusaka?

• Vol: 5; Ch: 43
• 2018 - 2019

In present-day Japan, Hakaru Amano, an investigator who works with facial composites, is asked by a mother and daughter to draw the face of a man who illegally trespassed on their premises. He comes up with the face of "This Man".

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 2020

New urban legends have been circulating around the internet, but what about the truths behind them...?

• Vol: 4; Ch: 19
• 2004 - 2005

We've all heard urban legends--stories that we tell one another late at night, just to make us cringe and freak ourselves out. We dismiss these stories as just plain old creepy. But what happens when they become real...? Enter Detective Aso Daisuke. When he isn't dealing with cheating spouses, con artists, or his ero-manga collection, he dives deep into the intense fear of these horrors. With his first case--the man under the bed--can he stop a disturbed killer with a bloody axe?

• Vol: 7; Ch: 33
• 2012 - 2015

A group of four boys and girls become involved with a certain game though the "Bookmark of Demise," a taboo that is said to have been brought back from ten years prior. Carry out the "demand" written in the mysterious letter, and perform the urban legends. Otherwise, you will die.

• Vol: 1
• 2005

There is a metropolitan legend which is about a girl assaulted and cut in pieces by mysterious assassins in a building now abandoned. The legend continues with telling that a finger of that girl has never been found, and whoever will find it can ask for a wish, which will be granted. A group of guys, for fun, choose to try going at that place and look for the finger, but one of them disappears. Seven years passed since that tragic event, and the guys finally decide to look for their friend...

• Vol: 3; Ch: 20
• 2022 - 2023

In a group chat on a messaging application, you may find that one day there is an increase in the number of members. If you notice this, a "curse" begins that you cannot escape――. The curtain opens on a true urban legend!

• Vol: 1; Ch: 11
• 1993

One night, Hiroshi is bothered by incessant knocking coming from the hall outside his door. He sees a large, stringy-haired woman pounding on his neighbor's apartment door, though she leaves soon after. However, the next day the woman returns, and this time she seems to have her cold, frightening sights set on Hiroshi...