Hashii Chizu

A series of biographical oneshots by various mangaka, published in 2009-2010 by Asahi Shimbun. Each issue focuses on a different notable figure from Japanese history. Collection of all titles released under Asahi Publications can be found on their Official Website - Link Title and Author details for each issue can be found at MangaSeek (JP)

The story follows Mototsu Yagami, a college student who can see ghosts but doesn't want to. In college, he meets Koyomi Nada, who was his junior in high school. Out of unrequited love for her, he follows her into the "occult research society," which is full of eccentrics who fill their campus life with the occult.

Meet the extended staff of JDC, quite possibly the oddest detective agency ever formed, which includes a strange boy with a circle tattooed around one eye, a man missing his mouth, another man in a ball-gag, a woman in a cartoon mask, a socialite… and yet they all come together to solve murders that ordinary police cannot seem to grasp, and there’s a reason for that… The Doujinshi & Manga Lexicon Vol. 1 Vol. 2 Vol. 3 Vol. 4 Vol. 5 Vol. 6