Shabake Series (Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 1
• 2016

Tao Yao is a spirit doctor with the ability to relieve supernatural beings of illnesses and ailments. The price she requires for her services is high, however, and her reputation - coupled with her unpredictable nature - causes beings of the spirit realm to both fear and venerate her. Together with Mo Ya, a young monk, and Liugonzi, a snake demon, she travels through ancient China witnessing the joy and suffering experienced by those they encounter, bringing relief to humans and non-humans alike.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 7
• 1994

A bizarre set of mysteries have befallen the Kuonji household. Kyoko Kuonji is said to be with child for the last twenty months, and her husband Makio disappeared a few months prior to the prgnancy. The odd circumstances have left the family with no one to turn to for help, until a freelance writer asks his exorcist friend to take on the case. The catch—the exorcist does not believe in ghosts. To Akihiko “Kyogokudo” Chuzenji, the supernatural is as much metaphysical and mental as it is unearthly.

• Vol: 3+
• 2020 - ?

A witch doctor: an expert who is abnormally skilled with magic and sorcery, and uses it to heal people. Due to her snow-white hair and blood-red eyes, Shuka has long been scorned and thought of as a monster, all while working as an apprentice of the town's witch doctor. But one day, a request comes to her straight from the handsome emperor?! And in order to settle the request, Shuka has to pretend to be a princess and infiltrate the inner palace?!

• Vol: 3+
• 2015 - ?

The end of the 19th century—a vampire's wife is murdered, and the detective known as the "cage user" is called in to solve the crime. But there's more to the detective and the curtained birdcage he carries...after all, when solving a case involving a monster, it might just take one to know one!

• Vol: 1
• 2021

Murashige has betrayed his ally Nobunaga and holed up in Arioka Castle. Strange incidents within the castle walls has him at his wits’ end, and his only hope in solving these mysteries is Kuroda, one of Oda’s most gifted strategists.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 2017

In a tranquil neighbourhood of Tokyo, seven teenagers wake to find their bedroom mirrors are shining. At a single touch, they are pulled from their lonely lives to a wondrous castle filled with winding stairways, watchful portraits and twinkling chandeliers. In this new sanctuary, they are confronted with a set of clues leading to a hidden room where one of them will be granted a wish. But there's a catch: if they don't leave the castle by five o'clock, they will be punished. As time passes, a devastating truth emerges: only those brave enough to share their stories will be saved.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 25
• 2009

• Vol: 5+
• 2011 - ?

A face-less female ghost wearing a mini-skirt is known to roam around at night in this city. Kalin Nanase is the ghost of a celebrity who died an unnatural death. A detective named Saki Yumihara encounters the ghost of Kalin and is saved by a girl named Kotoko Iwanaga. Kotoko was kidnapped by ghosts when she was a little girl and has ever since served as a mediator between people and ghosts. Kotoko also happened to be dating Saki’s ex-boyfriend Kurou Sakuragawa. Kotoko and Saki work together to solve Kalin’s case.

• Vol: 7; Ch: 27
• 2018 - 2022

Within the inner palace lives a mysterious concubine who has never been called to the emperor's bed-chamber. Although she does not perform nighttime duties and few have actually seen her, she holds a special position in the royal court. Using the supernatural abilities granted to her by the goddess Niao Lian, she can be called upon to aid both the living and the deceased. But what are the origins of the Raven Consort, and what will happen when she and the emperor finally meet?

• Vol: 3+
• 2018 - ?

Obana is a maintenance worker and repairman, who frequently encounters stange mysteries surrounding the homes he manages... But with his extremely sharp reasoning skills, he brilliantly solves them all!