The Skin-Changers

Horror Drama

Festering from inside out, is it our faces or our hearts?

Skin

Slice of Life Seinen

It's been five years since an airplane surgery scandal marred the life of the unscrupulous, sleazy, cosmetic surgeon Sakisawa Takumi. Now Orihara Mami is going undercover as a nurse at his clinic in order to investigate him. There, she learns his work philosophy: Men only want to have sex with pretty women. So, for a woman, beauty is the most important thing in life. Even if you weren't born pretty, you can still be beautified through surgery, for a price. Mami is horrified by his glorification of physical attractiveness and tries desperately to convince him, his nurse, and his patients that a woman's personality and identity are also important. What has happened in Takumi's life to make him feel this way? Will Mami be able to convince him, or will she just have to admit that beauty is truly the most important thing in life? (Source: MU)

Skin and Bone

Horror

Bullied incessantly because of her weight, Maki decides to go on a diet. Soon she is slim and beautiful, and envied by all her classmates. But her weight loss doesn't stop there, and she grows thinner and thinner...until she is nothing but skin and bone. Other stories include the slug girl's revenge, the secret sister that Ms. Numata hides from the world, the red satchel that mysteriously turns up at school, and Caterpillar, the nickname given to Mayuko because of her love of the creatures. (Source: Cocoro Books)

Under the Skin

Yaoi

This contains two short stories, one about Bun and a new kid he's found to replace Satoru from Heat and the second is a look at Bun and Daisuke. (Source: MU)