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"Suimei first came to the spirit realm in order to find his missing partner, but he's stuck around in order to sort through his feelings regarding his troubled childhood. When he is put in charge of caring for a troubled soul, can he find a way to heal both of them? Meanwhile, Kaori has problems of her own when her father goes missing! As she and Suimei search for him, they uncover a plot that could threaten the whole spirit realm! The final volume of The Haunted Bookstore - Gateway to a Parallel Universe manga!"--

"In this ... collection of after-stories, the colorful residents of the Spirit Realm take center stage. Get a glimpse into the lives of Kinme, Ginme, Toochika, and more, deftly weaved together with hints of Kaori and Suimei's happily ever after. Plus, a selection of three short stories expanded exclusively for the finale"--

An alluring adventure. Now that Suimei has moved out of the haunted bookstore, Kaori insists that she only misses the extra rent money--not Suimei himself. But when Tamaki, the story-seller, asks her to deliver a bundle of books to the southern islands, Kaori jumps at the chance to drag Suimei along!

Kaori and Suimei have finally realized how they feel about each other, but their love will have to wait--the bookstore is in terrible danger. One day, a fox spirit called Hakuzousu storms in, screaming, "The spirit realm has no use for such an unscrupulous bookstore!" He blames his daughter's love for a human on the influence of human books. Shinonome can't just shrug off such an insult, and Kaori fears that a fight between her father and the fox will reduce the store to ashes. So, she sets out to seek help from the Three Great Tanukis of Japan to quell Hakuzousu's anger, but whether they'll answer her call is another story...

DANGERS OF THE HEARTSomething wicked this way comes—and it isn’t a spirit. A strange fox-masked man has breached the boundaries of the spirit realm, and his designs are as life-threatening as they are mysterious. Worst of all, Suimei suspects that the man is an exorcist, so as a safety precaution, he asks Kaori to move in with him. Neither Suimei nor Kaori expect the spirits to kick up such a fuss over his simple suggestion, but it’s plain as day to everyone else that the two are more than friends. Will they understand their feelings for each other before this new threat tears them apart forever?

A HARROWING HUNTKaori accompanies Suimei into the spirit realm to help him find his Inugami partner, Kuro. But when they discover that Ginme was attacked by Jorogumo, a spider spirit, their search kicks into high gear. Can they locate Kuro before he becomes Jorogumo’s next victim?

An atmospheric fantasy series for bibliophiles and fans of Japanese ghost stories–based on the light novels also published by Seven Seas!Kaori lives in a bookstore where the boundaries between the mortal realm and the spirit realm are blurred. She spends her days in peace, selling books to otherworldly beings alongside her adoptive father, a spirit himself. But all of that is disrupted when a self-proclaimed exorcist stumbles into this ghostly utopia. Can Kaori embrace her better nature and help a man who’s vowed revenge against all spirits find his way back home?