Deep within the Great Temple of Necromanie, inside a mysterious hidden room, the scholar Serpiero recounts a tale of Humania’s brutality. In his struggle against their oppressive faith, he uncovered several shocking secrets—including the truth of Pandora’s Box?! According to the scholar, the next destination in Lia’s journey is the sacred mountain, Greyrope. But to get there, she must first escape the Temple alive...!
Shiki Ichinose's blood is Oni, and his father's is Momotarou. Normally, those with Momotarou blood hunt the Oni--but Shiki's father refused to kill him as an infant. Instead, he adopted Shiki and raised him despite the rebellious attitude and dangerous temper that comes with Oni blood. When a member of the Momotarou Agency kills Shiki's father, he vows to avenge hm. But as Shiki hones his abilities and learns to control his Oni blood, will he be strong enough to survive the dangers waiting for him...?
It, like the dark that makes up most of the cosmos, is not an aberration. Nonbeing can swallow you whole, yet if anything, it’s the anti-aberration. Darkness, in fact, is the Law, an executioner from whom a mark can try to run and hide, but only for so long. When it comes calling, the fortunate just might have the time to say goodbye. And the Darkness is—here now. Before ever visiting Japan to find a place to die, four centuries, indeed, before her failed suicide attempt, the legendary vampire Kissshot literally stepped foot on the land of the rising sun with an epic jump that ended a lonely sojourn in Antarctica. It was back in those days that the proud noble created her first thrall. It was then, too, that she first met the Darkness. Having messed with a more recent past with her help, and returning to the present to reunite with two more characters that look like little girls but are actually his elders, Thrall No. 2 Araragi reclaims the mic only to cede it in large part to the bloodsucking demon who goes by “Shinobu” these days. Her story, though, may not even be the most poignant one told herein.