Masako Watanabe Masterpiece Selection - Horror/Suspense Portion

A collection of horror manga by the master of the shojo manga world, Masako Watanabe. (Note: volumes 1-2 are *[Saint Rosalind](https://mangadex.org/title/36717047-bcf7-4d75-8805-4892f5323f01/saint-rosalind).* This series contains a mix of Watanabe's work in shojo and josei magazines.) (from ebookjapan): - **[New Shinkei Kasanegafuchi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/zx210jt/shinshaku-shinkei-kasanegafuchi)** (新釈 真景累ヶ淵, Shinshaku Shinkei Kasanegafuchi) - It was the 2nd year of An'ei Era, and the end of the year was approaching. Okane, the wife of Minagawa Soetsu, left behind her two lovely daughters and her blind husband, and visited the Fukami family where she had been serving her apprenticeship. Despite a sense of disquiet, Okane worked hard at her work, but her fears soon turned into reality, and a harsh fate awaited her, one in which she would never return to her own home again!　The deep resentment between Muneyoshi and Okane, the couple who died an untimely death, will continue for generations to come... (Alternate take of a kaidan-rakugo.) - **The House Where Death Dwells** (死の棲む家, Shi no Sumu Ie) - Riyako and Masaki have been lovers for over four years in the same department. However, when Masaki changes his mind, Riyako decides to break up with him and invites him on a last trip, but she ends up at the scene of the suicide of a shadowy woman she saw on the way. Masaki coldly rejects Riyako, who feels the presence of the dead woman and complains to him.　After a long journey, she arrives at a disturbing inn... a house of horror that leads her to the world of death! Includes the title story, "Kaidan Yoki" and "Woman's Head". - **[Depths of the Pit](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/ov8ouc1/ana-no-soko)** (穴の底, Ana no Soko) - One night, Katsuya Nakaoka, a company employee who rolls dung at a tavern, sees a newspaper article about a series of missing people on their way home from work. On his way home, as he walks unsteadily along a dark back alley, Katsuya suddenly falls into a hole!　The hole is as deep as it can go, and eventually a strong shock causes him to lose consciousness, but when he wakes up, he finds himself in a field of creepy glowing grass. He finds a light and turns to it for help, but there is a promise... In addition to the title story, "Ghost Story: Red Glass" and "Evil Spirits" are included. - **[Off... To Beddy-Bye](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/8m3twft/nenne-shina)** (ねんね…しな, Nenne... Shina) - Sayaka grew up with her grandparents without parents. She is bullied by three girls in the same class, but she is unable to tell her strict grandfather, who hates timidity, and when he finds out, he becomes furious. Sayaka, who has nowhere else to go, embraces a Japanese doll, a memento of her grandmother, and throws herself off the balcony as if guided by a lullaby, hoping to visit her late, kind grandmother. Later, it is rumored that the doll has disappeared from Sayaka's coffin--but what happens next? Includes the title story and three other stories, "Dead Woman's Love," "Witch Resurrection," and "Oni Azami." - **The House of Rotting Fish** (魚のくさる家, Sakana no Kusaru Ie) - Wakako falls in adulterous love with her boss Naoto. Naoto's wife is driven into a mental corner and commits suicide, leaving their small daughter behind. Wakako is now his wife, but things do not go well with Nozomi, his ex-wife's child, and she even begins to hate him. When he buys the home he has always wanted and moves into a new house, Nozomi begins to talk about her mother being there. Wakako senses something is wrong and starts to tremble... In addition to the title story, "String" and "Dream on an Autumn Night: Glassy Ayami" are included. - **Fear Street** (恐怖街, Kyoufu no Machi) - After an accident on a deserted Boston street at night, Margery wakes up with no memory and suspected of murder. In her bag, bright red lipstick and ID card, which were found on the body at the scene, reveal her to be the daughter of a wealthy man. When she returns to the mansion, Simon, the police inspector, is frightened by her inability to remember anything, and he senses something strange about the house, but her guardian, Ciel, stops him from keeping an eye on her.... Is Margery really a murderer? A suspense thriller! Includes the title story as well as "A Thread of Fate... Dyed Red" and "Kaidan: The One-Eyed Cat." - **[Cousin Jezebel](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series/tw7xh03/itoko-jezebel )** (従妹イゼベル, Itoko Izebel) - London, the late 1800s. Kind-hearted and intelligent Rhys returns home after three years as a nurse to work alongside her father, a respected doctor. However, her father dies suddenly on the same day, her mother collapses, and she loses her dreams and her fortune. She is saved by her boyfriend, Wanda, but one day, while she is spending her darkest days, a police officer brings a shabby young girl to her door... When her cousin and sister, Isabelle, appears, the wheels of Rhys's life begin to spin out of control...! A love-hate suspense about half-sisters!