Yokai, ghosts, and humans living together in harmony? Yushi Inaba was taken in by his uncle’s family after losing his parents in an accident three years ago. Now sixteen and eager to make it on his own, he hopes to move into dorm upon entering high school. But by a cruel twist of fate, the dorm burns to the ground! After searching high and low, Yushi finally manages to find an apartment at the too-good-to-be-true price of 25,000 yen per month! Sure enough, there’s one condition: the apartment is haunted! Surrounded by a gaggle of colorful tenants, Yushi’s “normal” high school life begins! Waka Miyama delivers an elegant comic based off of the popular novel series by Hinowa Kozuki.
Yokai, ghosts, and humans living together in harmony? Yushi Inaba was taken in by his uncle’s family after losing his parents in an accident three years ago. Now sixteen and eager to make it on his own, he hopes to move into dorm upon entering high school. But by a cruel twist of fate, the dorm burns to the ground! After searching high and low, Yushi finally manages to find an apartment at the too-good-to-be-true price of 25,000 yen per month! Sure enough, there’s one condition: the apartment is haunted! Surrounded by a gaggle of colorful tenants, Yushi’s “normal” high school life begins! Waka Miyama delivers an elegant comic based off of the popular novel series by Hinowa Kozuki.
Yokai, ghosts, and humans living together in harmony? Yushi Inaba was taken in by his uncle's family after losing his parents in an accident three years ago. Now sixteen and eager to make it on his own, he hopes to move into dorm upon entering high school. But by a cruel twist of fate, the dorm burns to the ground! After searching high and low, Yushi finally manages to find an apartment at the too-good-to-be-true price of 25,000 yen per month! Sure enough, there's one condition: the apartment is haunted! Surrounded by a gaggle of colorful tenants, Yushi's "normal" high school life begins! Waka Miyama delivers an elegant comic based off of the popular novel series by Hinowa Kozuki.
With the dormitory rebuilt, it’s time for Yushi to move out of the apartment. However, what awaits him there is a life void of communication and full of misunderstandings. Downtrodden and at his wits’ end, who does he run into, other than his old housemate, Sato-san? Meanwhile, the gang of hooligans at the apartment gets a new member with the long-awaited return of a certain resident! Oh, and it looks like Yushi’s discovered an unexpected power?!
Yushi has become the master of a grimoire brought back by Bookseller. What he first thought was a dream now has him training to become a mage. To make things more complicated, even Hase finds out about his newfound powers! The time has come for Yushi to tell his best friend about the grimoire and the apartment. Also, an unexpected individual’s supernatural talents are revealed!
Yushi keeps plugging away at his mage training, while Hase gets used to the apartment’s quirkiness after becoming a frequent visitor. But then one day, a surprising guest shows up who leaves Yushi with a deeper understanding of the world and how just how big it is. Around the same time, he hears a rumor about a ghost haunting the school. Could fate be pulling him deeper into the occult? Is it finally time to show the fruits of Yushi’s training?!
With Tashiro’s help, Yushi manages to get to the bottom of Mihara’s past, including the trauma he experienced back when he just started teaching. But what can he do now? Could it be fate that Yushi met Mihara at the same time he began his training? With countless feelings raging in his heart, Yushi takes the first step forward! Summer’s just around the corner, with more intense and fun(?!)-filled days to come!
During a training session to improve his skills as a grimoire master, Yushi experiences a spiritual revelation. Now, having taken a major step on his journey, it’s time to take a moment and relax…or not, as Yushi quickly finds himself in charge of coaching a pair of communication-impaired juniors at work. On top of that, he encounters a young girl about to throw herself off the top of a building! Will the fruits of his training be tested?! At any rate, Yushi’s rollercoaster summer break is far from over!
Yushi continues to spend his precious summer vacation slaving away at the shipping company. But one day, he saves a young girl, Yumi, from taking her own life, who ends up taking a liking to him. Caught between a rock and a hard place, Yushi decides to bring her with him to a club gathering for foreigners. And back at the apartment, chaos ensues when Antiquary unveils an astonishing new find! The world is as big as you want to make it!
Yushi shows up to the first day of school only to find out that two unique additions have been made to the faculty: Naomi Chiaki, Yushi's new homeroom teacher with an Akira-san vibe and an easygoing personality, and Haruka Aoki, the beautiful and refined English teacher. But just when the new semester seems to getting off to a fun start, a troublemaker by the name of Konatsu Yamamoto joins the English club. And back at the apartment, Akine-chan's spiritual mentor finally makes an appearance! Which direction will the winds of change take Yushi's life this time?
With the cultural festival prep hot underway, Yushi and his classmates are in high spirits! That is, until another squabble with the English club's newest member, Konatsu Yamamoto, breaks out, this time dragging Aoki-sensei into the mess! Chiaki and Aoki: the difference between the two new teachers' personalities teaches Yushi the true meaning of trust!
With the cultural festival right around the corner, Konatsu Yamamoto's resentment reaches the boiling point! Soon after, a student who's had it out for Chiaki-sensei attacks him when he least expects it! Amidst all the chaos, the student council president plans a special performance in a bold attempt to rekindle Chiaki-sensei's popularity! With every interpersonal problem he overcomes, Yushi takes one more step on the road to becoming a better mage, and a better person.
The long-awaited class trip is finally here! Yushi was a little nervous to be bunking with a group of guys he's barely spoken to, but thankfully they hit it off right away! Ski lessons, good food, snowball and pillow fights—the students cut loose and enjoy one last breather before the busy exam season begins. But amid all the fun, a series of unfortunate events befalls Chiaki-sensei... Without the apartment residents to turn to, Yushi's quick-thinking and go-getter attitude shine!
With the class trip in full swing, as usual Chiaki-sensei finds himself pulled every which way by girls and boys alike. However, the series of mysterious incidents surrounding the popular pundit continues, until at last Yushi faces off against the unseen menace! But when Yushi's lack of exorcism powers nearly do him in, he's rescued from a ghastly demise by an unexpected savior! Sometimes, it's the things we take for granted that have the power to change the world.
Preparations for the third-year sendoff are hot underway! Tashiro and the other members of the student council manage to convince (coerce) Chiaki-sensei to sing on stage, but on one condition. Just what sort of show could he have planned? Meanwhile, Yushi gets a peek into Chiaki-sensei's trouble-filled teaching history, while back at the apartment, he finds himself the object of affection of a mysterious egg Mariko-san brings home from work?!
What emerges from the peculiar egg Mariko-san brought home with her, but an equally bizzare tadpole-like yokai with an arm growing out of its belly! The hatchling immediately takes a liking to Yushi, forcing him to walk a mile in a new mother's shoes! Meanwhile, the mishap also prompts Mariko-san to reveal her shocking past to Yushi, and in doing so teaches him a valuable lesson about the pursuit of happiness...
After heading downtown to take a breather from cramming for entrance exams, Yushi just so happens to run into Chiaki-sensei shortly followed by the Tashiro Trio, who excitedly drag the boys with them to an antique jewelry gallery. There, while perusing trinkets, the gang soon find themselves caught smack dab in the middle of a jewelry heist! His classmates and teacher taken hostage, it's up to Yushi to use his grimoire to save the day! Don't miss this supercharged escape drama!
His magical cover blown, Yushi steels himself to tell Chiaki-sensei about the grimoire. Vulnerable and braced for contempt, what the tender teen hears instead is a series of surprising anecdotes … In other news, preparations for the cultural festival are underway, and Tashiro and Co. have big plans for Chiaki-sensei regarding their class' booth. Everyone's amped up to make this last school festival the best one yet. That is, until some unexpected trouble stirs in class ...
Someone's talking trash on the school forum?! As the cultural festival prep ramps up, so too does the bashing. In an unexpected turn of events, Yushi catches the suspected troll in the act! And amid the chaos, Chiaki-sensei reveals a startling piece of his past...
The school cultural festival is underway! Chiaki's blindingly white school uniform wows the ladies, but Yushi and his classmates are going crazy serving as waiters in an outlandishly busy classroom cafe! And as if he wasn't harried enough, Yushi's quickly pushed over to help out with his English club's story presentation! Even worse, Hase's making his first visit to Yushi's school--all this and more in an event-packed Volume 18!
Hase's sister Migiwa, an athletic girl full of energy, is in the hospital with an unknown, but serious stomach ailment. The whole Hase family is alarmed, but when Migiwa tells Yushi about the nightmares she's having--featuring a demon that slowly comes closer to her, night after night--Yushi suspects that the cause could be supernatural.
As Keiji discusses the life of Kyozo Hase, the topic comes to his own relationship with the man. Filled with doubt about his family’s position, Keiji set off to Tokyo to make a success of himself—just as Kyozo grew old and his family fortunes faltered. As the emotions behind their frayed relations are unveiled, a surprising truth is revealed! What is the solution left for Yushi and Hase to carry out?!
Hase thinks he knows how to defeat his grandfather Kyozo, but it's a risky bet—one that could threaten his own life! Hearing his friend out, Yushi begins to make certain preparations... Will both of them survive this punishing battle?!
As Yushi recovers from his ordeal, he begins to ponder over just what his next move should be. All his former classmates are well on their way to their futures...but he's still just there, left behind. But as he talks things over with Chiaki-sensei and his pals at the apartment, an unexpected opportunity arises!
Yushi departs on a journey around the world with the Bookseller, Hase and Chiaki seeing him off at the airport. Then, time passes...and as it does, Yushi, Chiaki, and the tenants at the apartment house face big crossroads in their lives!
People living with ghosts and ghouls?! That's normal life for Yushi Inaba, who moved into an apartment building full of kindly neighbors...plus some real weirdos! For a small room, a shared bathroom, it's only 25,000 yen, meals included! Join us today! How will Yushi and Hase react when Ryu and Akane advise them that it's time for Kuri and Shiro to take their trip to heaven?
Yushi’s on a grand adventure across the world with the Bookseller-and in the first part of this spinoff bonus saga, the two of them are tackling the jungles of Peru!
The second Yokai Apartment side story kicks off in Las Vegas, where Yushi reunites with Chiaki…and embarks on an unforgettable adventure with his old teacher’s professional-gambler brother!
After spending New Year’s in Las Vegas (and attending a rather eye-opening poolside party at a fancy mansion), Yushi is fully relaxed and ready to continue his world trip with the Bookseller. Soon they’re on their way to England, and a reunion with their old friend the Antiquary. Things quickly go awry, though, thanks to a coin Yushi happened to come across—and the moment Yushi finally finds Antiquary, he’s instantly whisked away to a treasure hunt in the countryside!
Despite his best intentions, Yushi has been dragged into a treasure hunt with the Antiquary over in England—and with his old nemesis Javier joining the picture, his worries are growing and growing! Even worse, the Antiquary wants to take him back in time to retrieve an old religious relic. They’re going to attend a Victorian-era séance in the past, and as upper-class and elegant as things seem at first, it all falls apart rapidly…
Stuck in the past, his only friend tied up in the basement, face to face with a malicious, murderous demon, and completely bereft of his Petit-driven magic… If Yushi’s ever been in a worse predicament, he sure doesn’t have the time to think of when it was right now! Can he rescue the Antiquary and find a way out of this Victorian nightmare?!
Yushi, back from his world travels, has fully settled into his current career as a novelist. Between the extra press runs and the nominations for literature awards, things couldn’t get much better for him…that, and with the Bookseller, the Antiquary, the Painter, and Ryu back at the apartment, the whole gang’s enjoying a wild reunion. But then someone extremely unexpected (and uninvited) drops in…