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One day when Mashiro flunks a test in school, she decides to run away from home. If only her bad test grade could be wiped from her parents’ memories… As she fantasizes about the impossible, a girl in an eyepatch and a neon pink hoodie pops up out of nowhere with a suitcase in tow. This strange girl vanishes just as quickly as she appears, and she leaves behind a small box and a black book full of bizarre products: an Instant Grim Reaper, a Friend Raffle, an Execution Kit…and a Memory Erase Button?! Just what are all these freaky items, and are they even safe for Mashiro to use? There’s only one way to find out—if she dares!

Catalog of Wonders contains short stories about customers who bought mysterious products from a young girl with an eyepatch, leading to unexpected and frightful consequences.

Catalog of Wonders contains short stories about customers who bought mysterious products from a young girl with an eyepatch, leading to unexpected and frightful consequences.

A marker that can make storybook items real, signs that bring your favorite stores straight to you, and much more! Nozome and her partner Nieno have introduced so many fantastic products to all sorts of people. But their motive? Turn their customers’ hopes into despair! Plus, it seems that collecting six Despair Marks will net the mysterious duo some kind of special prize…

Nozome and Nieno have yet another catalog to offer, although this one looks especially old and shabby. It’s full of curious and wondrous items such as Illusion Incense, Surefire Stamps, Onlooker Tickets…and a particularly strange product called “Nozomi.” Plus, Nieno recently saw a girl on the street who looked exactly like Nozome. That couldn’t have anything to do with the real Nozome, could it…?

Toshihiko is a cram school teacher and, by all accounts, a very handsome young man. But his life takes a sudden turn when a strange woman starts stalking him. Hoping to solve his problems, he seeks out the Sasaki Investigation Agency. Meanwhile, a bizarre urban legend starts making the rounds among the local elementary schoolers.

After a few months of relative calm, the Sasaki Agency is inundated with requests to solve a series of unnerving cases that all appear to have arisen from a single incident. According to eyewitness reports, a man in black has been showing up at a Tokyo hospital and miraculously healing children of diseases and genetic conditions with no known cures. Yet the recipients of his “treatment” quickly become unrecognizable, exhibiting strange shifts in personality and singing to herald the arrival of a deity known as “Lady Osara.” Over the course of her investigation, Rumi realizes that local legends concerning the moon could be the key to resolving the case. But between her encounters with the paranormal growing increasingly dangerous, and her assistant Aoyama becoming increasingly distant, can Rumi turn things around before more people become victims?