"Please don’t leave." "If you leave, I’d be so lonely." I felt as if a surge of water rushed in, filling my nostrils, mouth and lungs, preventing me from continuing with this. "What are you searching for?" ... August 15th. On this hot muggy day, a young man joins hand with his Thanatos, e...

Kagura Barusu, an ordinary high school student, is on his way home from the convenience store when he finds himself transported to the past. As he's lost and confused in a new environment where he doesn't even know left from right, he looks in the mirror only to face a shocking revelation. He is ...

In the dead of night, in a fading records store, there was a woman, plagued with questions and a ghost in search for answers. As the evening stretches on and on, unuttered thoughts and veiled feelings lingered in the air like a familiar tune. With the unexpected meeting of two lost souls, will th...

Fujiwara received two mysterious messages from her brother: A photo of a bleeding sky and a single, cryptic message: Tonight I'm meeting Thanatos and accepting his invitation. Now Fujiwara is chasing after Thanatos in search of answers.

Maboroshi Souji, the product of a forgotten generation, caught between cosseting parents and an isolating social environment, struggles to find a greater purpose in this dog-eat-dog world. With dreams of going pro as a musician, he latches onto this passion of his as the only thing he knew. B...

Amidst the silence of the night, Tony's world is disrupted by an unexpected call from Jocilyn, a dear friend enduring the trials of hospital life. In the hushed hours, she bares her soul, admitting to the weight of exhaustion and self-perceived burdens.

The desire to live. The desire to die. Frankly, I couldn’t care less.

Phoebe had her novel draft rejected again by her editor, exhausted and losing hope in her dream, she goes to the rooftop of her apartment building to end her own suffering, only to find a beautiful man that resembles her novel’s main character. This is a spin-off short story submitted to the M...

Kei, a homeless young man, was somehow entangled in a series of confessions directed at the same young woman. Whether by sheer coincidence or fate, he becomes a silent witness to a repeated rejection delivered with the same painful words— “Our relationship wouldn’t bloom. There’s a great dista...

Between fantasy and reality, between dreams and wakefulness, between life and death, there exists a world where a small group of people known as the Deathwalkers emerges. Treading the fine line between those realms, they strive to grasp the purpose of this world and unravel why death isn't an ult...