An e-book exclusive collection of the talented Sci-fi author Yamamoto Atsuji's short stories, chosen by the man himself. Some of these went on to become original works in their own right!! Includes some extremely rare masterpieces such as "Phantom Kids", which became the basis for "Elf 17", as well as "Mai Majin", which was drawn immediately after the author's debut. Included at the end is an interview with the author where he reveals the origin of the book's title as well as commentary about these stories.

Included Works:
- Magic Dancer「舞魔人」(1978)
- Phantom Kids「ファントム・キッズ」(1984, Weekly Shonen Magazine)
- The Wizard's Fortune「魔道士の遺産」(1985, Comic Reader)
- Space Patrol Hana「宇宙パトロールハーナ」(1986, Melty Lemon)
- The Doctor is an Animal「どうぶつがお医者さん」(2001, Neko Mix)
- Ecstatic Mei「エクスタティックメイ」(2007, Business Jump zoukan - BJ Soul)
- Ecstatic Mei 2「エクスタティックメイ２」

The "prison survival action" story is set after the sudden emergence of special powers in certain pockets of humanity. To deal with these so-called "Altered," a mysterious remote island prison named "Area D" was built.

Mephisto Bart Kucabara is a devil lawyer. In order to return to the demon world that he was exiled from he needs to collect enough Dark Matter. To do so he creates a plan to claim the Dark Matter from the souls of sinners sentenced to hell. Prove the soul's innocence and the Dark Matter becomes his. But how can he gather enough Dark Matter when his kind personality causes him to continually use it up in order to defend the soul from the Shinigami that has come to take them to hell?

English Publication

From Dan of Population GO:
Based on the light novel of the same name, Kishimine Kengo has avoided playing video games his whole life in a society filled with it. Instead, he prefers the comforts of books of which he has a tendency to get drawn into the story, perhaps a little too much. Every time he reads a story he unintentionally imagines reliving the story as the protagonist. When Kengo learns of the Modern Game club fate may let him use his imagination for another medium, video games.

Yanahara Taichi joined the Acting Club for the first time, but the only problem is that he gets too embarrassed to do anything! As the 3 girls in the Acting Club help him with his troubles, Yanahara eventually gains the courage to do something outrageous, but it only stirs up trouble!

A teacher named Kadomae Kazuma has the principal's daughter Noeda Kanade for his class in a new school semester. At first glance, she appears to be a quiet girl, but she's awakening her aberrant love towards Kazuma? This is a psycho love story that accelerates thoughts and actions.

In the land of Gion, the capital of Japan, a mysterious "divine power" has brought about great prosperity. It is a power that only brings about changes in girls in the form of turning them half-animal, a sign that they are servants to a god, as well as granting them great power. Some that are strong enough become Onmyou and fight evil. Others whose power have gone berserk become Orochi, fated to bring death and destruction to man.

It was once thought that those who became Orochi had to be slain with no hope of saving the helpless victim—until a mysterious young man named Gion appeared to save one such girl. Will he be strong enough to fight the Orochi and bring an end to their terror?!

Humans and dinosaurs peacefully co-exist in our modern age. One night, Yuuma Asahikawa meets the feral t-rex, Churio. Follow the lives of (secret) ex-delinquent, Yuuma, and the very Cretaceous Churio as they spend their days together!

Every 666 years in the Demon World, a fight to decide the next King the "Demon King Festival" is held. It is a battle royal fought with demons paired with human sorcerers. The demon Aini, carrying the desire to be King in her heart, quickly responds to her summoning in the human world, but what awaited her was.

A 30-year-old business man makes a wish to be a girl. A chanting object runs toward him, and the next thing he knows he has became a loli elementary school girl.

Itsuki and Hayato, two brothers who grew up in a village nestled deep in the mountains, set out to hunt down a wolf that has been attacking the livestock of the village. Itsuki is about to go in for the kill when a gigantic beast appears out of nowhere, snatching up the wolf in its jaws and sucking the life out of it. The beast that stared Itsuki down was a gargantuan, blood-sucking vampire deer… Will the two brothers be able to return to the village alive?! Find out in this blood-filled action-packed story by extraordinary mangaka Kaishaku!

Yuuki-kun was one of the star players on his junior high-school soccer team; along with his childhood friend Shinichi. Due to a promise that he made with his female childhood friend Miyuki, Yuuki kun has decided to take the long road to the J League by joining a normal school club and winning tournaments, instead of taking recommendations like Shinichi did....

When he checks the club of his selected school, the best club in the country; he quickly notices that the club is completely devoid of any members except for a weird girl that goes by the name of the Fujisaki Rin. She along with her friend Ayane seem to have driven everyone out of the team....

But is it really that Rin and Ayane want to dissolve the soccer club? or could they possible want something else??.... And just what is exactly the promise that Yuuki did with his childhood friends? Well, regardless of the answers it seems that Yuuki isn't in for a smooth sailing, as he completely seems to have fallen into Fujisaki's hands...

Celestial wizard Lucy wants to join the Fairy Tail, a guild for the most powerful wizards. But instead, her ambitions land her in the clutches of a gang of unsavory pirates led by a devious magician. Her only hope is Natsu, a strange boy she happens to meet on her travels. Natsu's not your typical hero - but he just might be Lucy's best hope.

Note: Won the 33rd Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga in 2009 (shared with Q.E.D. - Shoumei Shuuryou). Won the Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation's Industry Award for Best Comedy Manga in 2009. Vol. 9 was nominated in the Youth Selection category at the 2010 Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Fifteen years ago, natality decreased greatly in Japan and the few who were born during that time are called the "Old Generation" or "Oldgens."
Hanasaka Haru, a 15-year-old Oldgen, has never met any classmates before. Now, he goes to school for the first time and meets Himeshiro Sakurako. But Sakurako is not quite the ideal classmate he imagined, and his dream school life isn't turning out the way he wanted it to...

Plot revolves around high school freshman Shingo Susa as he is invited by his crush from middle school Sayuri Shiroyuki to the school's supernatural club. Over the course of the series Susa begins to gain supernatural powers, something that prodigy Rei Uryu, attempts to awaken to bring out the psychic giant, Susano Oh to destroy humanity and establish a new world order.

Won the 4th Kodansha Manga Award for Shounen in 1980.

The Freezing Pair Love Stories manga tells the story of how the various Pandoras and Limiters met. The first chapter focuses on the characters Ganessa Roland and Arthur Crypton.

Since the beginning of time ninjas have been regarded as people with great skill and power, the Blazing NinjaMan (Shinobi Mantaro) is one such young man. There is only one problem, the era of the ninja has come and gone. How can Shinobi consider himself a ninja in modern day Japan (1990s) and survive the daily rigors of high school life.

From MangaHelpers:
Yasaka Tokiwa lives in an unusual time, and according to his dreams, it's about to become even stranger. He's been having a dream of a woman called Ri'in ever since the robot, who he calls Makina, came to his home. He and Makina attend the same school, where their other classmates include a secret ninja (Kusanagi Kanata) and a sorcerer (Yata Haruka).
When Tokiwa, the robot, the ninja, and the sorcerer rush to rescue the student council president from a demon, the boys find that they've all been having the same dream! What is going to happen to their world?

From Kodansha:

Class troublemaker Ryu Yamada is already having a bad day when he stumbles down a staircase along with star student Urara Shiraishi. When he wakes up, he realizes they have switched bodies—and that Ryu has the power to trade places with anyone just by kissing them! After figuring out the workings behind this new and amazing ability, Ryu and Urara take full advantage of the situation to improve their lives. But with such an oddly amazing power, just how long will Ryu and Urara be able to keep their secret under wraps?