At the beginning of the 20th century, an American doctor named Duncan MacDonald engaged in a series of unethical experiments. Those experiments concluded that should one suffer a death not ordained by fate the human body would lighten by an average of 30 grams, which is the weight of a person's "soul stone."... more>>

Sakurai and Amano are on a hunt to find people who are about to die before their time and either prevent their unnatural deaths or recover these stones, dubbed "livingstones." <<less

Tomari has suddenly been appointed to Enra Hall to be the aide to the King of Hell. A contract love comedy unfolds.

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It's about a guy named Yuuji, who loves to play rugby. One day he just up and dies, in the middle of a rugby match.... more>> His spirit is unable to rest, because his team has never gotten a try. So what does he do? Take over someone else's body to accomplish this goal. But... the body turns out to be a girl's! <<less

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1) Enduring Broken Love

2) Eve's Fruit

3) Soloist

4) Prayer Beads

5) Thanks

6) Horoscope

7) Breakfast

8) Miniature Garden

9) Paper Bag <<less

This story begins in the paradise/heaven, where souls, before being born, can choose their mothers. The protagonist notice a girl who has run away from... more>> home, and he decides to down to earth and become her son. <<less

Mizuki is a girl who wants to run away from her life. As she smiles at everything sad that happens to her, her soul becomes... more>> heavier day by day. Her escape door is Adam, an English singer. But is he really real, or is everything they've been through just a dream? Adam sees his dead Japanese girlfriend in Mizuki, but strangely, nobody, apart from a girl who met her at the gates of heaven, can see Mizuki. This is a story that takes place somewhere between dream and reality. <<less

Above the Earth, there is a continuous battle between angels and devils. One devil in particular, Sword, has it in for a certain angel, Ios. In their 101st fight together, both are severely wounded. Not only that, but their clashing power causes the two to fall to earth. By chance, Sword finds a beaten, unconscious teenage boy nearby, and he is able to take over the human's body to save his own life.... more>>

Some time later, Sword awakens in the hospital, briefly confused about his whereabouts. The father of the body he possessed enters the room, extremely happy to see his boy Souma alive. Then the older twin brother shows up. Immediately, Sword recognizes his enemy's energy. Also nearly dead, Ios had joined with Kanna's body. Sword goes to attack Ios, but quickly realizes that the body is far weaker than his demon form, especially from being recently beaten to hell.

Since the brothers had been found heavily thrashed, their memory loss isn't that surprising. Their large change in behaviors is also explained by amnesia. As it turns out, Sword entered the body of the cliché nerd who can't run fifty meters without falling. Ios's new body is a terror, feared by all and constantly suspended from school. While the angel and devil have primary control over the bodies of the twins, reflex actions and memories of the other souls (still alive within the bodies) do appear. More importantly, the human bodies cannot handle the powers that Sword and Ios had used with ease. This a problem especially for Sword who is both over eager to use his powers and targeted by devils and angels. <<less

After the woman he loves, Erika, dies of an illness, Jeanie sees no reason to keep on living. He used to be an artist who painted beautiful blue skies, but now he hasn't even got the desire to do that anymore.... more>>

One day, a strange girl called Coppelia comes into his life. Is she a shinigami, finally come to lead him to his beloved Erika in the afterlife? Or is she something more sinister, a dangerous marionette who has her own reasons for seeking his life? <<less

Shonen Jump Golden Future Cup 2018, Entry #4 by NABA FUSAI.

Ding-dong! DEAD-dong! Class is about to begin, and you don’t want to be late on your first day of school! Join Tsugumi Harudori in the... more>> NOT class at Death Weapon Meister Academy, a school dedicated to training transforming Weapons like Tsugumi and the Meisters who will wield them. Many NOT (Normally Overcome Target) students aspire to join the elite EAT (Especially Advantaged Talent) class, but it may take Tsugumi some time to find her confidence—and a partner—at this crazy school! <<less

Two stories.... more>>

The main one spans five chapters. The protagonist is God's beloved puppet who lives in a huge garden. Out of loneliness, the puppet seeks company. God grants that, but with certain conditions...

In the second story, an angel is kicked down (literally) to Earth to experience some hardship as said angel has a problem with granting people's wishes and prayers. <<less

Sakura Hayato is a fairly normal high-school student. Except for one thing: ghosts are attracted to him.... more>>

On his 17th birthday, as his ghost problem reaches a peak, he encounters a sly-looking blond man in fancy black garb who introduces himself as "Undertaker Riddle." Riddle offers to help Hayato with his ghost problem on the condition that Hayato become his partner in the undertaking business, which is responsible for sending earthbound spirits to their destined place of final rest by way of a special funeral service. Though he initially refuses the suspicious proposition, circumstances soon come to pass where Hayato has to either accept a soul bond with Riddle... Or lose his life. <<less

In the past and present, there have been numerous special substances with strange properties, which the ancients called "divine objects" and now we call them... more>> "exotic treasures". Zhou Mu was a legendary thief, but he carelessly underestimated his enemy and got trapped in THE SOUL TRAP [divine object] for 2000 years. He vowed to seek revenge from all those who had wronged him. This is his story! story of his revenge! <<less

Astarte and Towa are two girls who act as "Undertakers," people who deliver the final messages of the departed to their loved ones.... more>>

In addition to trying her best at her job, Towa is also attempting to deal with her growing feelings for Astarte, and there's also the question of their shared past... <<less

Diotima is set in 2092, far in the future. This manhwa is considered sci-fi for that. However, the manhwa's plot is "life". The episodes involve... more>> lives of captain Namer Joon and her crew onboard the space vessel, Diotima. The plot goes a little further and tries to convey conflicts between Earthians and Moon settlers. There are clearly some mysteries about Namer Joon, Diotima, and its creators. <<less

In order to search for her lost lover, Ariel drifts to the army frontier. Although Captain Arthur promises to help Ariel, he can't help but... more>> fall in love with her? Arthur is faced with a predicament that he doesn't know how to deal with as more secrets are revealed? <<less

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The snow mountain is his territory, no one is suppose to live there! Who is this daredevil?! How dare he chop off my favorite gingko tree. To make it worse, he took all the furnitures in my cave! Darn! I won't be a demon fox if I didn't take revenge! But... he's just an idiotic scholar, why can't I get close to him? When the mischievous but innocent snow fox meets a slow yet scheming scholar, the truth isn't what Xue Qiu expected. <<less

When fugitives from hell trouble the living, it's time for Higuma to go to work! Aided by his numerous sets of floating hands, he's tasked with busting evil spirits that have possessed people. If you have a friend who's suddenly changed for the worse, call Higuma!... more>>

Volume 2 includes the one shot “Your Guardian”. <<less

The story is set in Japan in the middle ages. Tsujimura Genzo is a puppeteer whose heart has become as hard as stone due to the murder of his beloved wife. ... more>>

In each story, Genzo brings the dead back alive as puppets, and by doing so, he is able to solve mysterious incidents or help a dead man's soul. Kikuhime, a young "tomboy" princess is Genzo's companion and helps him fight the villains. <<less

After the body dies, the soul lives on. Many spirits progress toward the world of light, through the levels of the spirit world where they study how to improve their souls. These spirits are sometimes reincarnated into the physical world, and sometimes they are sent back as guardian spirits for other living people. Guardian spirits must protect their charge's souls from the blackness that oozes up from the world of darkness below.... more>>

Riyon is a very laid-back spirit, who often skips her spirit classes to fool around. To train her further, she is sent back to the physical world as a guardian spirit. Instead of following a human from birth, she is helping a beleaguered man, the Japanese Prime Minister Kasuga Soichiro, in the last year and a half of his life. After an unexpected close call with death, Kasuga gains some unusual talents, including the ability to see Riyon. Will Riyon and Kasuga together be able to protect his battered soul? <<less

The planet had died once before... On the day of Despaira, a god appeared in the sky and saved the world; his name was King Shishioh. But now with the throne of the king empty, a vicious battle between two brothers is unfolding. Who will ascend the throne?... more>>

Note: Cover shown is from the 2008 reprint. <<less

Chino Houjo is just an ordinary high-school girl. But when her childhood friend Souma is suddenly attacked, she’s forced to purchase a ‘prince’ from the... more>> alternate dimension Albox to save his life. And now she’s got to go after the person who’s stolen Souma’s soul?! <<less

A bittersweet tale about a girl who regains more than what she believed lost:... more>>

Everyday a lone girl sits on a certain bench in a park trying to remember what she has lost. A young man approaches her one day and offers to help her find what she is missing. <<less

Yotsuba Mitsuru, the day before his 17th birthday, is dumped for the 30th time. Remembering a promise with his best friend, who shared his birthdate,... more>> made 10 years before, he goes to the park to meet him, when a flash of light knocks him out just as he thinks he sees his friend. He awakens in the hospital and discovers he's been given a second chance at life... with a few strings attached. <<less