ikebukuro (tokyo, japan)

"Ikebukuro is falling apart. Kujiragi uses Saika to subjugate Shinra, and when the Headless Rider witnesses this, the dullahan becomes a true monster. Masaomi's old enemy Ran Izumii reappears and attacks him. Meanwhile, Saki visits Anri to find out how she feels about Masaomi. Kadota disappears from his hospital room, Celty's head is in someone else's hands, and Shizuo finally comes face-to-face with the one he hates the most...In the midst of all the chaos, what kind of power has Mikado seized-and how does he intend to use it?"--Back cover.

"Ikebukuro, Tokyo. A place full of fires waiting to be lit and plenty of people ready to light a match. Twins who are the perfect opposite of each other. An idol who's nothing like her older brother. A girl with a crush on her senior in the Dollars. And a headless rider with a bounty on her...uh, head. Keeping the peace is probably not gonna happen"--Back cover.

A collection of clumsy and inept at love characters gather in Ikebukuro, Tokyo, where a mysterious serial slasher is on the loose.

"Mysterious chat room messages, all posted under the name "Saika," profess love for all humanity--and for one man in particular. Saika's target: Shizuo Heiwajima!! Over fifty people have been struck in the worst case of serial slashings in the history of Ikebukuro. But the slasher's victims have tasted not only the blade, but also the vision of their attacker. A vision of love, love, love that can only be realized when their own blades have pierced the bodies of their beloveds"--Back cover.

Celty, the Black Biker of Ikebukuro, finally locates her head after twenty years of searching only to have it disappear on another girl's shoulders into the apartment of Mikado Ryuugamine. With both Celty and Yagiri Pharmaceuticals now after him, Mikado starts to wonder how he will save himself, much less the girl.

Follows the lives of several inhabitants of Ikebukuro, including a high school student, a headless motorcyclist, and an informant with a love of life.

After moving to Tokyo's downtown district of Ikebukuro to experience the excitement of city life, Mikado, an average high-school student, encounters a mysterious "headless rider" on a black motorcycle and gets caught up in local gang feuds and supernatural occurrences.

Follows the lives of several inhabitants of Ikebukuro, including a high school student, a headless motorcyclist, and an informant with a love of life.