Otherside Picnic

Iori Miyazawa

College student Sorawo Kamikoshi discovers a mysterious parallel world known as the Otherside, where terrifying creatures from internet urban legends and ghost stories become real. After rescuing the fearless Toriko Nishina, she is drawn into a series of increasingly dangerous expeditions across this uncanny landscape in search of answers—and a missing person. Blending science fiction, horror, and adventure, the novel explores friendship, obsession, and the uncertain boundary between reality and imagination. Its atmospheric, inventive storytelling gives familiar folklore a strikingly modern and unsettling new dimension.