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An illustrated visual sequence titled “Murder in the Night Fog” depicts a nocturnal encounter that develops into violence, pursuit, and apparent murder. Its sequential panels function as a dramatized erotic-crime scene rather than documentary reportage.

A serialized crime-and-erotic suspense story follows a male narrator investigating a mysterious woman linked to gangsters, a murder, and a series of threatening encounters. The illustrated narrative features abduction, physical restraint, pursuit, rescue attem...

An illustrated historical account of American gang culture, tracing the rise of organized crime from nineteenth-century urban gangs through Prohibition-era bootlegging and later gang conflicts. It profiles notorious figures and episodes involving violence, rob...

An illustrated serialized erotic drama set in a Tokyo striptease theater, following backstage encounters among performers, managers, and visitors. The narrative develops through seduction, jealousy, coercive sexual situations, and staged displays of bodily con...

A serialized historical erotic narrative depicting a violent confrontation among rival gangs and swordsmen at Akiba. The story combines combat, murder, abduction, captivity, and coercive sexualized domination, accompanied by dramatic illustrations of the battl...

A first-person male narrator recounts a series of encounters with vulnerable or intoxicated women, escalating into coercion, bodily violence, apparent killings, and attempts to evade discovery. The episodic illustrated narrative combines sexualized domination...

A translated exposé of American police interrogation practices, focusing on the coercive “third degree,” physical abuse, electric shocks, intimidation, and forced confessions. It also recounts case examples involving murder investigations, suspicious deaths, a...

The first installment of a historical erotic crime narrative about the master thief Nippon Saemon and his associates, including Shōbei and Akiko. Set amid Edo-period households and robberies, the story combines theft, seduction, coercion, captivity, and illust...

The first installment of a sensationalized account of American gangster John Dillinger, tracing his troubled youth, turn to robbery, prison escapes, armed bank raids, relationships with women, and escalating confrontations with police and the FBI. Illustrated...

An illustrated serialized SM fiction following Tanaka, the head of a supposedly respectable company, as he recruits attractive young women and manipulates them into increasingly coercive sexual situations. The episode depicts staged seduction, humiliation, dom...

An illustrated sensational crime investigation examines the mysterious death of Kiriko Yamagiri, whose body was found in a wooded area. Through interviews with investigators and forensic discussion of bloodstains, wounds, hair, semen, footprints, blood types,...

A sensational erotic adventure set in French West Africa follows encounters among European traders, a Pygmy woman named Mika, and other figures amid tales of exotic perfumes, aphrodisiacs, jungle travel, and colonial mystery. The narrative develops into coerci...

An illustrated survey of screen villains and gangster-film stars, tracing the development of cinematic criminal archetypes through performers such as Paul Muni, Edward G. Robinson, James Cagney, Humphrey Bogart, Peter Lorre, and others. It discusses how distin...

An illustrated sensational account of boxing match-fixing, describing corrupt promoters, manipulated bouts, gambling interests, and the physical dangers faced by boxers. The article presents boxing as a violent commercial spectacle shaped by deception and expl...

A crime-adventure narrative about an attempt to rob a fortune from a shipboard or seabed vault, involving elaborate planning, diving equipment, technical ingenuity, and dangerous underwater operations. The story follows the scheme’s escalating risks and the ch...

A serialized period erotic adventure following the wandering rogue Yasugorō through encounters involving travel, loyalty, romance, violent conflict, and women caught in coercive situations. The narrative combines chivalric drama with eroticized danger and capt...

A modern-setting continuation centered on strained romantic relationships, pursuit, betrayal, and physical violence. Illustrated scenes emphasize erotic coercion, wounded bodies, confrontation, and the vulnerability of women within the story’s sadomasochistic...

A nonfiction account of itinerant perfume vendors, street hawkers, and fairground entertainers distinguishes the historical yashi from ordinary open-air merchants. It describes deceptive medicine sellers, hustlers, gambling and performance tricks, and sexualiz...

An illustrated feature presents American women’s professional wrestling as a sensational imported spectacle, showing posed and staged wrestling scenes involving female performers. The accompanying text emphasizes the sport’s novelty, bodily display, and erotic...

A photographic feature presents bathing scenes involving performers during motion-picture production, combining behind-the-scenes images with staged cinematic tableaux and captions. The photographs emphasize the eroticized spectacle of actors bathing and being...

Nakajima Kawatarō surveys memorable “unexpected criminals” in classic detective fiction, discussing concealed identities, doubles, staged deaths, impersonation, and ingenious investigative reversals. The article analyzes how writers construct surprise perpetra...

An illustrated essay on the “ecology” of gamblers, examining their desire for money and excitement, the psychology of winning and losing, and the contrasting types of amateur and professional players. It includes anecdotes and practical observations about mahj...

An instructional and imaginative survey of male masochist and fetishistic play, organized around several scenarios involving female dominance, needle play, armpit and body-part fetishism, and shoe polishing. The article combines psychological commentary, eroti...

A first-person erotic memoir recounting the author’s developing fascination with restraint, erotic experimentation, and the psychological atmosphere surrounding bondage encounters. The narrative includes scenes of women being bound and blindfolded, accompanied...

A serialized erotic story follows Ts mur a Shūzō, an English teacher who becomes a discreet male sex worker serving married women and widows. The installment portrays his encounters with female clients, their concealed desires, and the increasingly mysterious...

A historical survey of gangster and crime films, tracing their development from early American productions through later sound-era films. It discusses recurring criminal archetypes, violent and sensational imagery, notable actors and directors, and the genre’s...

An essayistic and humorous examination of the triangular wooden horse, an erotic apparatus associated with stage performances and fetish practices. The author describes its construction, bodily effects, possible uses, and the mixture of curiosity, discomfort,...

A sensational true-crime report follows a sexually motivated attacker known as the “Strangler of Terror,” who stalks young women in Tokyo’s suburban districts and assaults them with a knife or other weapon. It reconstructs the attacks, suspect descriptions and...

An illustrated crime report on sexual assaults against girls, the psychology of sex offenders, and the difficulties of police investigation. It recounts how policewoman Fujii was used as undercover bait near a shrine festival, leading to the pursuit and arrest...

A historical survey of Western torture instruments and coercive techniques, illustrated with depictions of devices such as racks, restraints, wheels, and other apparatus. The article compares their construction and use in interrogation, punishment, and executi...

A practical and anecdotal guide to sodomitic social and romantic interaction, discussing masculine and feminine roles, appearance, eye contact, conversation, gestures, and approaches to potential partners. The article also considers the emotional insecurity an...

A dramatized profile of an enka singer tracing his upbringing, rise through Tokyo’s nightlife and entertainment districts, performances, and relationships with companions and patrons. The narrative combines the singer’s concealed sadness and romantic or sexual...

A translated detective mystery adapted from Dashiell Hammett follows private investigator Spade as he investigates a brutal murder in a wealthy household. Interviews, suspicious family relationships, inheritance motives, hidden identities, and physical clues g...

An editorial afterword promotes the magazine as accessible entertainment and highlights the issue’s fiction, visual features, and special sections. It also provides publication, pricing, ordering, and publisher information for readers.

An illustrated account of the Oyama/Afuri Shrine area describes Ryōben Falls, reputed in the Edo period to cure madness. It recounts the legend of a madwoman being bound, taken beneath the freezing waterfall, and struck with a ritual 金剛杖, accompanied by Itō...

A photographic scene portrays a woman confronted with the frightening prospect of having a bit-like gag placed in her mouth, emphasizing apprehension, restraint, and controlled submission.

A photographic feature presenting Western-style binding, gagging, and pony-themed fetish imagery, with women shown in staged restraint scenes and costume.

An illustrated instructional feature presenting seven rope-restraint positions using swings, ladders, bars, wooden structures, and other apparatus, accompanied by commentary on the importance of rope technique.

A staged photographic scene depicts a submissive male prostrate beneath a dominant woman’s feet, accompanied by a second image of the woman compelling him to rise. The feature centers on female authority, male submission, and eroticized foot worship.

A photographic feature presents an athletic nude male portrait alongside images of a woman in a patterned skirt and a woman bound at the feet and lower body. The visual sequence combines ideals of male beauty, women’s clothing, simulated seppuku imagery, and t...