A collection of stories

1. Ani no Chuukoku (Admonition from an Elder Brother)
10 years has passed since his one and only brother has gone missing. Tsuzuki's lived a carefree life with his bad friends. However, one day his brother, Hajime appears in front of him and...?!

2. The Swerve
Two middle aged unemployed man meet for the first time and come up with a plan for a business. Do they understand each other well enough to make it work?

3. Kemushi (Hairy Caterpillar)
Dai gets cursed by evil witch to never have true love and starts to see his lover as a hairy catepillar. Can he win against the course?

4. Life in the Park
Social Welfare Department worker is send to chase away homeless people loitering in a park. He gets attacked by a man defending the homeless.

5. Nami no Oto ga Kikoeru (The Sound of the Waves)
A popular gore writer can't write well when he is in love. Only when faced with rejection can he pour his emotion into best selling works. What should his editor do when he seems to find a new love interest but the deadlines are pressing?

6. Ani no Kokuhaku (An Elder Brother's Confession)
Continuation of the first story.

The 15th Hierarchical City of Torifune is best known as the Military Academy for the NOL. There, future librarians train and hone their skills for whatever challenges may await them outside. The story centers around Mai Natsume, a girl who had just arrived late due to a week absence, but there seems to be several phenomena centering around her that could be more than just coincidence.

When he was very young, his mother killed his father and also hurt him badly; that may be the reason why Takuto Izumi, high school soccer star and the girls' idol, is so cold towards other people. He trusts no-one, and refuses to love anyone, so he leaves his adoptive family and goes to live on his own as soon as he's capable.

As he's struggling to put the past behind him, a certain incident on a dull rainy day turns his life around completely. The drunk he helped out on a whim turns out to be the famous idol popstar Nanjou Kouji, and ever since that encounter, Kouji has taken an interest in Izumi... An interest that seems to grow deeper every day until it becomes what can only be described as "obsessive love."

From Girls' Generation Scanlations:

Grandeur, the exclusive second prince of a small country, attends a party hosted by an Arabic man, Minshea Bark, acting as a diplomat. Not long after, Grandeur finds out the real purpose of the party... The party is an auction, and the item to be auctioned is actually Grandeur himself! Also, the person who wins the auction, Minshea, takes Grandeur's body by force...?

Also includes Vacation Isn't Over and Night-fight bonus stories!

From Yen Press:

Each year, the Ushiromiya family gathers at the secluded mansion of its patriarch, the elderly Kinzo. It has been six years since Battler joined his cousins at the annual event, but their happy reunion is overshadowed by worsening weather and an eerie premonition from his youngest cousin. When their parents’ conversation turns to the division of the inheritance upon Kinzo’s imminent death, Battler and his cousins reminisce about the stories their parents teased them with as children-tales of the witch, Beatrice, who haunts the island’s forest. But when people start dying unnatural deaths, Battler can’t help but wonder…

Question Arc
1. Umineko When They Cry Episode 1: Legend of the Golden Witch
2. Umineko When They Cry Episode 2: Turn of the Golden Witch
3. Umineko When They Cry Episode 3: Banquet of the Golden Witch
4. Umineko When They Cry Episode 4: Alliance of the Golden Witch

Answer Arc
5. Umineko When They Cry Episode 5: End of the Golden Witch
6. Umineko When They Cry Episode 6: Dawn of the Golden Witch
7. Umineko When They Cry Episode 7: Requiem of the Golden Witch
8. Umineko When They Cry Episode 8: Twilight of the Golden Witch

The side story arcs are:
- Umineko Biyori
- [m]Umineko no Naku Utage ni: Tea Party of the Witches[/m]
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni Episode X
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni Tsubasa
- Ougon Musoukyoku
- Umineko no Naku Koro ni Shi: Forgery of the Purple Logic

Creatures from another dimension have invaded Earth! Earth weapons are useless against these "Neighbors", but some scientists have created new weapons based on the enemy's technology. Using these weapons, humans struggle to defend themselves from the invaders.

The head of the central base has sent the ace soldier, Yuuichi Jin, to help out the failing Base 7, and rescue his son Yuiga Tadashi, who is the leader there. Unfortunately, the problem with Base 7 is, in fact, Yuiga Tadashi. He's a terrible leader who cares for nothing but his own reputation and believes that being the central base leader's son allows him to do whatever he wants. Will Jin be able to fix this terrible situation?

Talented Elite Jin is a oneshot created by ASHIHARA Daisuke. It is the second precursor to the World Trigger manga series, the first of which is Trigger Keeper.

"People always say that your first love is the most special..." A sweet story of lost and found.

This successor of the long selling Heisei classic "Town of Evening Calm, Country of Cherry Blossoms" is a family drama set in Hiroshima's military city Kure during the war. Protagonist Suzu marries and moves from Hiroshima City to Kure, where she encounters uncertainty in her new family, her new city, and her new world. However, she manages to live each day healthily and happily. Note: Was a Jury Recommended Work in the 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival and won the Excellence Prize in 2009.

Hisa Masato's debut work: A black bear works for the mafia.

1) Two boys stay at the same dorm and seem to be fighting every day... but do they really dislike each other?

2) A boy refuses his kohai's confession saying he only goes out with experienced people. But somehow he still cannot resist...

3) The new in-game at class is chocolate roulette - including chocolate which has the effect of aphrodisiac and whoever draws it, gets to sleep with the popular boy. Same story, Mix Mix Chocolate chapter 1.

4) A very popular student uses his classmate to evade his a clingly girl by telling her "This is the person I like!"

5) At a school festival, a boy is embarrassed because the guy he shares a secret memory with is hosting the show that puts him up for an auction - whoever bids highest gets to spend the day with him.

6) (Shotacon) A tedious rich boy relieves his boredom by playing with his servant.

7) A student was practicing the piano when all the sudden he gets kissed and blindfolded...

Ryu and his friend Jay find a new companion in Hwa Ja, but find the scrutiny of the outside world harsh and cold. When his family moves away, Jay is left alone.

10 years later, Ryu is notified of Jay's death, and receives one final text message: "Don't ever come back." Despite the warning, Ryu returns for the funeral of his childhood friend, and eventually finds himself back at the house where it all began.

From Starry Heaven:

Amamiya Nonoka is a human that can see spirits. Because of the strange ability she posseses, she has no friends at school at all. Suddenly, one day two handsome brothers appear in front of the lonely Nonoka. Aki and Kou, the two of them came to borrow Nonoka's "strange ability"? Not to mention, they are renting parts of their bodies to continue living...

From Dangerous Pleasure:

Nao and You are cousins. You began to live with Nao’s family after he was abandoned by his own mother. Ever since then, he is always together with Nao and Nao’s childhood friend, Haruki. Haruki enjoys spoiling Nao and even though You is stern with his words, he is always gentle to Nao too. As time goes by, Nao finds himself being attracted to You, and both You and Haruki finds themselves falling more and more in love with Nao. But one day, out of the blue, their love became something that cannot be conveyed?

This is an autobiography that tells the story of Akiko Hayashi, the author as she was in her third year of high school at the beginning of the story. Through her friend Futami, Akiko starts going to an art class led by Kenzou Hidaka, an intimidating teacher who spends much of his time yelling at his students and keeping them focused on drawing with the use of a bamboo sword. Akiko is initially confused by the behavior of the teacher and her fellow students in the class, but she keeps going regardless, eventually becoming the manga author she is today.

Note: Winner of the 8th Manga Taishou in 2015. Won the 19th Japan Media Arts Festival Grand Prize for Manga.

Silpheed is a horse born on a small horse ranch. Even though he is named for a fairie wind he must overcome the handicap of having been born with tendinitis of the leg, and the loss of his mother in his birth. Hayao, the young boy who loves horses, is determined to see Silpheed grow up healthy and become a top racer like his mother once was - with him as the jockey, even when Hayao's dad does not allow him to be so. However, the odds are stacked against the orphaned foal and the young boy. This story is not only about racing - and it is recommended to all manga fans out there

From Vices and Devices: Bright and early one Monday morning, Shino Yuzuru asks Seryou Touji out on a lark when they run into each other at the school gate. Seryou, who's immensely popular, has the odd habit of going out with anyone who asks him out first at the beginning of the week, then promptly dumping them at the end of it. "Anyone" apparently includes male upperclassmen like Shino, and as a boyfriend, Seryou is perfect--unfailingly thoughtful and kind. Shino, obviously, has no intention of being in a serious relationship with Seryou. It's not like it's actually love or anything like that. ...Right?

A story about friendship between a little boy Jacky and a cheetah named Ainia.

From Tokyopop:

Zerodaimu Kyupura Pa Azalraku Vairu Rua Darogu (a.k.a. Zero) once stopped the evil demon lord with his incredible psychic ability, and in the process saved the world from destruction and earned the honorable and highly imaginative title 'The Man Who Stopped the Evil Lord.'

Now, he has accepted a position as a teacher at Psychic Academy, a school for gifted psychokinetic youngsters who have demonstrated incredible raw powers and want to learn how to hone their abilities. Among the student body is young Ai Shiomi, Zero's little brother, a somewhat meek boy who, despite parental prodding and his fraternal reputation, feels that his limited skills hardly justify his presence at the prestigious academy.

However, everyone else is convinced that he, like his celebrated brother, is destined for greatness. A lot of pressure for a boy just entering adolescence!

Having been forced to leave the side of passionate Rin three years earlier, Sarasa thinks she has found happiness again in the gentle arms of Akira. But fate plays bittersweet tricks when least expected, and what may have seemed like the past has its ways of catching up.

There's a witch that makes your wildest dreams come true. She can make any wish of yours come true, in exchange for something precious. These are the stories about five different wishes.

Includes the stories:

• Kuroneko Renai Kumikyoku
Have you heard of the world where a witch and her black cat live happily together? It's a paradise where nothing bad happens and no one gets sad. But then, the witch dies and the cat is left alone. Somehow, she [the cat] appears to become human. What is the fate of the black cat who searches for her witch in the human world?

• Kioku no Mori (Forest of Memories)
Tomori Asabika awakens in a strangely empty house. Then a boy dressed in black appears at her front door and helps her awaken memories--memories she doesn't want to recall...

• Manatsu no Gin no Yume (Misdummer's Silver Dream)

• Koori no Netsudo (The Ice's Temperature)

• Tokiiro Meikyuu (Labyrinth of Time and Color)