Eri Watanabe – MRQE

Tezuka’s Barbara

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Barbara is an adult-orientated fantasy tale filled with love and the occult from Osamu Tezuka’s reimagining of “The Tales of Hoffmann”. Its story deals with the erotic and bizarre experiences of a famous novelist called Yosuke Mikura whose life is tossed upside down by a mysterious girl named “Barbara”.

Romance Doll

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

It was a pre-destined love and marriage for Sonoko and Tetsuo. They tied the knot and became husband and wife no questions asked. All is well then. Well, perhaps not. Each holds a secret that even the binds of matrimony cannot untie. Sonoko does not know that Tetsuo makes sex dolls or Dutch wives. Sonoko has a secret too. She is about to tell Tetsuo what she has been hiding. Their marriage is already sexless. Will they make it?

Mary and the Witch’s Flower

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Mary Smith, a young girl who lives with her great-aunt in the countryside, follows a mysterious cat into the nearby forest where she finds a strange flower and an old broom, none of which is as ordinary as it seems.

Maiko wa Lady

Thu, 21 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Country bumpkin Haruko only ever wanted to become a maiko, an apprentice geisha. Initially rebuffed for lack of references, Haruko’s strong accent intrigues a linguistics professor, who undertakes to coach her.

Kotoba no nai fuyu

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a small town of Hokkaido, Yunni, Fusako Kurokawa (Saki Takaoka), lives a quiet life with her father. Life here is very simple, but it is good enough and she is happy enough. Days go on as usual. with some coincidence, she meets this man one day, Wataru Kadokura (Atsuro Watabe) a man who cannot speak. A very peaceful “time” now becomes part of her daily life as this strong emotion suddenly takes place in her simple quiet life.

Ashita no kioku

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

After being stricken with Alzheimer’s disease in the prime of his life, a successful young businessman slips slowly away from his loving family.

Koi wa maiorita

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A man’s soul (he is in a coma) must make a lonely woman happy or he will die on Christmas day.

Gokiburi-tachi no tasogare

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The cockroaches of Saito’s apartment live in peace with their human host, who gives them lots of space to breed and plenty of leftovers to munch on. In the midst of these high living times, Naomi and Ichiro plan to get married and start a family. But when a hard-bitten stranger roach named Hans appears with news of war with the humans across the lawn, it foretells disruption-not only of Naomi and Ichiro’s relationship, but of the hive’s entire way of life.