Umi's classmate and crush, Riku, moved in next store with his little brother and father as a result of his parents getting divorced. As a result, Umi gets to ride with Riku everyday to school. But what will happen when an attempted birthday visit goes completely wrong?

Mika has a special relationship with an abused girl who has an extreme fear of men.

A dark european ambient and the story of a vampire ... just before dinner time.

Spirit of the Roses:
After his older brother Katsumi's sudden death, Reiji Naruse is forced to move back home and become the successor to a mafia family. He is placed in the care of a man called Kikuchi, with whom he starts his brand-new life. "I'll protect you. Even at the cost of my own life." Penetrated by Kikuchi's sincere gaze, Reiji finds himself falling for him......! Get ready for a hard-hitting yet sweet and chivalrous romance!!

from Renta!

A traveling poet who writes poems with words he buys from people... A girl with a mysterious tattoo... What are their stories?

Every night a young woman would try to end her life under the moonlight, on one night she meets a man...

Note: Original language image is unavailable.

From Whisper:
Yonekura Mugiko, senior in high school, is a talented exorcist dedicated to her work. One day, she was accidentally pushed and fell down a flight of stairs, resulting in amnesia! She only remembers things up till spring of her 6th grade year, hence: she has the mentality of a grade school kid… and forgets about her boyfriend, Kakurazaka Hikaru, a well-known exorcist as well. Mugiko and Kakurazaka will work together to exorcise spirits whenever they are hired, despite the little accident. Meanwhile though, Kakurazaka, known for being a perverted hothead, will try to regain Mugiko’s memory back… to be romantic with her once more!!

A society where people have forgotten about ethical taboos and enjoy a life with clones, robots, body rental and drugs.

From Divine Sanctuary:

"If you don't want your 'secret' to be exposed, would you listen to my "wish"...?" Satsuki is both beautiful and smart, and she's popular in the whole academy, but actually, she has a "secret" that she can't tell anyone. One day, she witnessed her classmate, Okuno-kun, working part-time at a butler tea house. As a "bargaining point" to get Satsuki to keep quiet about this, he agreed to listen to her "wish", but then...?!

Also contains three other short stories:

• Kimi no Suki na Hito (The Person That She Likes)

• Omou, Clavier (Think Of You, Clavier)

• Bijo wo Hirotte Sodatemasen ka? (Would You Like To Adopt And Raise A Beauty?)

Jamitov Hymem and Bask Om arrive at the Newtype Research Institute Headquarters located in Indiana of North America. They have come to observe the condition of the newly modified Cyber​​-Newtype, Subject GH-8N-281 known as Rosamia Badam, a girl who was orphaned by the colony drop on Australia during the opening days of the One Year War.

On the outskirts of Neo-Hong Kong lies a mysterious Chinese-style garden. Legend has it that anyone who looks upon the fairy of the garden will die before the night is out.

Five years ago, Douglas Pyke was charged with discovering the true nature of this fairy, but when he accidentally killed a woman in the line of duty, he left the police force forever. Now, a cabbie and sometime private eye, he is asked to find a missing scientist and confront the mysteries of the garden once more.

Renji and Kenta are musicians, they meet each other thanks to the friendship between their bands. Each musician has different reasons to play, be it love for the music, a strong desire to surpass their fears on stage or even just for someone's approbation. While these bands are struggling to be known in such a competitive world, Kenta is struggling with a different problem in his love life; can he be a replacement for someone else? Description from Baka-Updates

I'm confused, is what many readers will feel, when they read this short story about a guy, his wife, and the long red something!

From Yasca:
The experienced Inspector Kazuhiko and the pre-graduate Michihisa are a loving homosexual couple. But Kazuhiko is always busy and seems to constantly find himself in trouble while Michihisa gets into just as much trouble himself! Frustrated with the little time they have together, Kazuhiko seeks help from Michihisa but the latter, not wanting to bother the already work-overloaded Kazuhiko, continually attempts to solve these problems on his own...

From Tokyopop:
In these haunting tales, Dolls-- human-like androids-- have an uncanny way of working themselves into the lives of their masters.
DOLL examines the question of what it means to be truly human.

A collection of one-shots:

Don't Say "I Love You"
Shizuka had just lost her only parent, her mother, due to a car accident. A young man, Yuuichi, rushed to the hospital and declared that he's Shizuka's step-father. That was their first encounter. The two started to live together, yet Shizuka realized that she was seeing Yuuichi as a man instead of as a father. And Yuuichi was too... in order to prevent the forbidden relationship, Yuuichi decides to leave home, and...!?

Snow Falling
Honjou Nao is known as a player and on Valentine's Day he kisses every girl who gives him chocolates. Furuya Wakaba wants to date someone she loves and loves her back not just some guy who wants to date casually. Furuya hates Honjou Nao because of his playful personality. On Valentines Day, she goes to the infirmary only to find a half naked Honjou Nao on the bed!

Let Me Feel You
Yuina has been going out with her boyfriend Yuuya for half a year already. One day Yuuya calls Yuina sexually frigid. Yuina becomes depressed and when a strange man approaches her, she goes along with him. Just before Yuina was about to do something she would regret, Hiroto comes and kicks the strange man in the head. Yuina becomes attracted to Hiroto's presence follows him to a club he's dancing in. They meet Yuuya along the way to the train station and there, Hiroto gives Yuina the kiss of her life!

Lustful Lover
Kazumi whose father is rich wakes up kidnapped. She's been cuffed and chained to a room. The kidnapper says that he will let her go only if she says "Please Hold Me" to him. Every night the kidnapper brings home a woman and makes love to her right in front of the door of the room where Kazumi is chained in. Kazumi becomes sexually aware of him and soon succumbs to him.

Omake (Love Prisoner and author's comments)
A six pages short sequel to Lustful Lover, what happens to Kazumi when she meets her kidnapper again.

From ShoujoMagic:

When her mother decides to remarry, Honoka inadvertently becomes "family" with the rising star she's infatuated with, Masaki Izumi! Honoka can hardly wait to become like the families in Masaki's TV dramas... but the guy himself is a far cry from the roles he plays. In real life, Masaki is seductive, rash, and forceful, and he's decided Honoka will become his woman...!? *gasp* But that would be... SCANDALOUS!

Manga adaptation of BlazBlue game.

They arrive in silence and darkness. They descend from the skies. They have a hunger for human flesh. They are everywhere. They are parasites, alien creatures who must invade - and take control of - a human host to survive. And once they have infected their victims, they can assume any deadly form they choose: monsters with giant teeth, winged demons, creatures with blades for hands. But most have chosen to conceal their lethal purpose behind ordinary human faces. So no one knows their secret - except an ordinary high school student. Shinichi is battling for control of his own body against an alien parasite, but can he find a way to warn humanity of the horrors to come?

Won the 1993 Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga and the Seiun Award for Best Comic of the Year in 1996.

Escaflowne, the God Protector of Fanelia, has been stolen and the country is left in ruins. Desperate to find the key to Escaflowne's seal and recover the legendary guymelef, Van Fanel, Prince of Fanelia is sent to Earth, only to find it in the possession of a high school girl, Hitomi Hoshino. With enemies chasing them at every turn, can the two reclaim what was lost? Named Messiah Knight when serializing in Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX, but renamed to HITOMI when tankoubon were published.