Iori Miyazawa – illustratör

Saya Hokage, a high school girl who is unable to sleep due to insomnia, encounters Hitsuji Konparu, a girl who can put anyone to sleep as a "lover" in a dream. When Hitsuji''s senpai – Ran Aizome – sees potential in Saya, she ends up joining them and their group of Sleepwalkers. As it turns out, unbeknownst to the common citizens in their town, a battle has been unfolding between the Suiju – beings that possess people''s spirits in the land of sleep – and the Sleepwalkers, who have the power to move about freely in their dreams.Sleeping together as a team, Saya and her newfound group are doing a good job hunting Suiju. That is, until an unexpected darkness comes along...Will the girls be able defend humanity''s sleep?

Her first encounter with Toriko Nishina was on the Otherside after seeing "that thing" and nearly dying.Ever since that day, exhausted university student Sorawo Kamikoshi''s life changed. In this Otherworld, full of mystery, which exists alongside our own, dangerous beings like the Kunekune and Hasshaku-sama that are spoken of in real ghost stories appear. For research, for profit, and to find an important person, Toriko and Sorawo set foot into the abnormal.A tale of two girls'' bizarre exploration and survival, brought to you by an up-and-coming Sci-fi author!

Summer has arrived, and university students Sorawo Kamikoshi and Toriko Nishina’s connection deepens as they explore the alternate world known as the Otherside.There''s a rescue operation for the U.S. forces trapped at Kisaragi Station, a night at the Beach of the End on the other side of a resort in Okinawa, a karate-using kouhai who is under attack by ninja cats…And will the mystery of Toriko''s missing friend, Satsuki Uruma, finally unravel?The unknown and bizarre clash with complex relationships in this popular survival series.

Autumn has arrived. Having narrowly avoided the curse of the Kotoribako, Sorawo and Toriko are back to exploring the other world. With boxed lunches in tow, the two take their agricultural vehicle for a leisurely drive across grassy terrain, deal with the problems caused by Sorawo’s kouhai at university, and hang out at cognitive scientist Kozakura’s house. Naturally, bizarre entities and Satsuki Uruma’s shadow are watching their every move.

And just what is Urumiluna, the greatest threat they’ve ever encountered?

Don’t miss the third volume of the girls’ tale of survival, where feelings they can’t show each other collide!

Winter is coming.Having been attacked by a group that worshiped Satsuki Uruma, Sorawo and Toriko head to the cult''s former base—the Farm in the Mountains. The other world is still chock full of all kinds of dangerous mysteries, but the allure of exploring the unknown is ever present. Sorawo prepares for more adventures with Toriko, but the most terrifying of threats is silently closing in on them. Not to mention the fact that it seems there''s something Toriko needs to tell Sorawo...There''s no turning back now—a whirlwind of bizarre exploration and survival is upon them!

Having succeeded in their goal of spending a night on the Otherside, Sorawo and Toriko can now take their expeditions deeper. The two spend their days surrounded by the supernatural, going back and forth between their normal and abnormal daily lives.

A chaotic love hotel girls'' party in Shinjuku vanishes from Sorawo''s memory. Toriko''s university life and inner thoughts become clear. A mysterious lady lives in a mansion in the other world.

As they search for clues as to the whereabouts of the missing man, Abarato, Hasshaku-sama appears before the pair once again.

Otherside Picnic is back for its 5th volume!

My name is Sorawo Kamikoshi. I’m just your everyday, plain-as-can-be student attending university in Saitama.

One day, some blonde I''ve never met shows up and tells me I have amnesia. Before I have time to be confused, I''m whisked away to a mysterious facility in a car driven by a member of the yakuza. What''s gonna happen to me?!

T the Templeborn, the net lore that seals all memories of the world that exists alongside our own--the Otherside--attacks Sorawo and her companions!

The tale of two girls'' bizarre foray into a world exploration and survival continues with an extra-long story in Volume 6!

Satsuki Uruma—a young woman of considerable importance to Toriko who disappeared while studying the Otherside. She has menaced Toriko and Sorawo many times as an apparition, but now, she makes her boldest move yet towards the latter. In an act of desperation, Sorawo resolves to use everything she knows about the occult to finally “exorcize” her. Enlisting the help of not just Toriko, but Kozakura, DS Research, and even former cult leader and high schooler Runa Urumi, Sorawo leads the charge on a funeral operation.

“Did you know? They say that being accomplices is the closest kind of relationship in the world.” This is what Toriko said to Sorawo not long after they met on the Otherside. A little over a year has passed since then.

Now that the threat of Satsuki Uruma is behind them, there''s something else Sorawo must face; a genuine confession of love from Toriko, with only one week to respond. Through a series of conversations with herself and those around her, Sorawo begins to reinterpret her relationship with Toriko...

Sorawo and Toriko''s bizarre tale of exploration and survival is coming to a climax!

Romance is boring, so Sorawo has created a special kind of relationship with Toriko that is all their own, but she struggles to communicate what exactly it is to the people they know. Meanwhile, Sorawo and Toriko’s exploration and study of the Otherside continues. During their summer break, the pair take a job from DS Research to help a private military company do some anti-Otherside training at the Farm. And it sounds like Runa Urumi will be involved too...?