The Tainted Half tells of a girl, "Seolha," whose face was disfigured by her mother before she died, trying to prevent the greedy emperor from receiving her prize, "the most beautiful maiden," blessed by her ancestral lineage.
"Vanitas no Carte" (The Case Study of Vanitas) is a dark fantasy series with steampunk elements, set in a richly detailed 19th-century Paris, where the delicate balance between humanity and vampiric society is threatened by a mysterious plague.
Former figure skating prodigy Tsukasa encounters Inori, an overlooked but talented girl with great ambition. Spokon and Seinen genres combine in this story, making it more mature and realistic than it appears at first glance.