Fumi Nikaido – MRQE

A Pale View of Hills

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Dual timelines explore a Japanese widow’s memories spanning post-war Nagasaki in 1950s and England during 1980s Cold War era, unraveling secrets that intertwine her past and present experiences across borders.

Yubiwa wo hametai

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

A three-timing 29 year-old man loses part of his memory after taking a nasty fall at a skating rink. The man, who works as pharmaceutical salesman, then discovers an engagement ring in his briefcase. Later, he comes across three different women who all claim to be his girlfriend. To figure out which of the women he planned to marry, he sets up dates with each of them.

Deo mun

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

Yoko, who gets a job at a nursing home, witnesses the elderly and disabled people there having their human dignity threatened.

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”.

Tonde Saitama

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

People from Saitama Prefecture are persecuted and, because of this, they hide the fact that they are from there. In Tokyo, Momomi Hakuhodo is a male high school student and the son of the Tokyo governor. Physically, Momomi Hakuhodo looks like a girl. One day, he meets mysterious male transfer student Rei Asami. They are attracted to each other, but Rei Asami is from Saitama Prefecture.

Inuyashiki

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

A middle-aged office worker encounters aliens and is gifted with alien technology and limitless powers.

Ribâzu ejji

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

Haruna Wakagusa is a high school student who lives with her mother. Ichiro Yamada is gay and Harunas classmate. He is bullied at school, but Haruna sticks up for Ichiro. They become intimate and Ichiro tells Haruna his secret. He found a dead body along the riverside. A new body is soon found.

“Shôgun”

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

In Japan in the year 1600, at the dawn of a century-defining civil war, Lord Yoshii Toranaga is fighting for his life as his enemies on the Council of Regents unite against him, when a mysterious European ship is found marooned in a nearby fishing village.

Ookami shoujo to kuro ouji

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

Erika Shinohara is a first year of high school student. While talking to friends, she makes up a story about her “boyfriend.” In reality, Erika Shinohara doesn’t have a boyfriend. Erika’s friends soon begin to doubt her story and Erika is also running out of lies. Erika then sees a pretty boy on the street and takes his picture discreetly. She later shows his picture to her friends as her boyfriend. The boy in the picture is Kyouya Sata and happens to attend the same school as Erika. She tells Kyouya about her situation and asks him to be her pretend boyfriend. Even though Kyouya has a pretty appearance, he has a dark side.

The World of Kanako

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

When Kanako, a model daughter and a brilliant student, disappears, her mother asks her ex-husband, a violent former policeman, to find her. As his investigation progresses, his idealized image of Kanako cracks: the girl hides a dark life that her father can not even imagine.