Kaito Yoshimura

Seeking a greater justice, a band of homeless assassins flays their human targets and delivers the tattooed skins as proof of a contract fulfilled.

Ai, a girl who is neglected by her religious mother to the point of abuse, and finally dumped into a weird love-cult.

Hiroto Ikuta, 29, has no stable job, no partner, no plan for the future-and he couldn't be happier. One day, he inherits a hiraya (one-story house) from an elderly neighbor, and his young cousin Natsumi moves in with him. So unfolds a quiet, ordinary life that seems to attract troubled souls who need a break.©Keigo Shinzo/Shogakukan ©NHK

Two former classmates reconnect after taking very different paths in life—one is hailed as an artistic genius, the other toils away at an ad agency.