As the town's sheriff, Fran was on an errand for his people. Alas, on his journey back, his horse died. Stranded in the middle of a desert with his only transport to civilisation dead to the world, Fran had to endure scorching heat to reach his town. Wandering for days, his weakened body betrayed him, only to be saved by a Native American...

Masahiro, who is a duke, has been studying abroad since he was young to learn about Western culture. Now he is teaching ballroom dancing/ettiquette and keeps getting strange looks from one of his students, Fukaya. He notices his interest even more when he's looking at Masahiro's portrait on a dance card/booklet and decides to seduce him. And the drama, intrigue, and treachery ensues.

Contains six short stories:

• Kuzeinke no Saidai no Show

• Seifuku wa Hugenai

• Brigit no Bansan (Brigit's Supper)

• Shizuru Cinema

• Kasou Senryaku - Kagami-uchi (Mirror Play)

• Emerald
Who cheated? Who Won? The lies and the truths? In the city of west where injustice prevails. Only a 'game' divides the living and the dead.

In the aftermath of the Crusades, two travelling Arabic minstrels - Farhad and Saud - arrive at the castle of the melancholic Baron Victor. Over a series of four connected short stories, Victor reveals the reasons for his sadness, the minstrels' own stories are revealed and, in very different ways, this fortuitous meeting allows all three to find a measure of contentment.

Short stories showing some of Oku Hiroya's inspirations before he created his famous masterpiece, Gantz. From Baka-Updates: This series tells us stories about the mangaka's (OKU Hiroya) favorite movies and how it helped and lead to the creation of the manga we all came to know & love - Gantz.

Betrayed and robbed by his friend after arriving in India, Maya is left for dead in the middle of nowhere. As he's lying on the ground half conscious, he sees a white tiger that whispers, "Raton," and then transforms into a beautiful green-eyed man with long black hair who kisses him and then disappears. Caught by strange men after frantically searching for his false friend and belongings Maya encounters his mysterious apparition again but this man, Maharaja Vishuvendora, doesn't have black hair and green eyes. While sheltering at the Maharaja's compound who should Maya encounter wandering the grounds but his mysterious black haired Raton. Thus begins another exotic offering from Tamaquis-sensei.

Shoes of Fate - "Beautiful shoes bring happiness to the person who wears them."

In the age of Feudal Japan, the land is roaming with zombies and towns after towns are getting consumed by the monstrosity spreading like wildfire. In the midst of this, a girl is looking for her father.

From Village Idiot: I want to paint it red. Gengenji. A beautifully portrayed story about how emotion can truly warp one's true desires, and the lengths that they're willing to take to control them.

From Nagareboshi Manga:
Himeno lives in Moonlight Tokyo City, a world different from ours; one in which there are illusionists, those who can conjure up things. One day, Himeno accidentally conjures up a human from our world!! How will they react to meeting someone so different from their own kind?

From Eternal Bunny Love:

Colors. Death. Life. Questions. More questions. Will they be answered? Maybe a Roman could shed some light...

Based on an album of the same name, by the band Sound Horizon.

[From ShoujoMagic]:

This one volume work is a collection of selected stories from Kayono's "Arabian Nights" series.

1) Princess Man & the Magic Lamp -
Princess Sonia has been kidnapped and is being forced into a political marriage. "By no means will I lead such a life!" she proclaims, and then escapes from the castle and has a fateful encounter with Sinbad! At first she thinks she's jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire, because Sinbad seems like the worst man alive, but then they embark on a journey to seek out the "magic lamp"!?

2) Tearful Madonna.
Mink is a beautiful professional killer whose mission is to sneak into the castle of the Vampire Noa Tribe to assassinate their leader Orion.

3) The Beautiful Face Tribe.
Rin pretends to be a rich girl in order to marry a wealthy man and save her father from a 100,000,000 yen debt. However, she must first choose from one of the three brothers... The oldest is a singer for a rock band, the second son is a fantastic chief, and the third is a high-schooler too shy to speak yet wishes to become an actor. All have a tender heart; so, which will she choose... or will she sacrifice her father and her future by telling this family the truth about her intentions.

The era is Edo (1603-1868). Tsubaki is a merchant's daughter who is sold to the red lights district after losing her family in a fire. Driven by desire to triumph over her first love, a servant, she aims to become the top courtesan! She polishes her beauty and artistic talents every day, but for some reason, her senior courtesan and current number one oiran Takao has an eye on her?!

In volume 4 is included the oneshot Ginrou no Sakura.
A beautiful wolf with silver hair and silver eyes... Surely I'll be captured.

(note: "giglio" means "lily" in Italian.)

A wounded soldier with a disturbed mind kidnaps the priest who tries to help him. He then has the brilliant idea of going AWOL with the priest. He's in the middle of the African desert in WWII, with supplies running low and his sanity (or is it his morality?) long gone. All that's left is pleasure and agony. And maybe, eventually, death.

From MAL: The story is set around shimatsuya (person who collects unpaid debts for prostitute houses) Saitou Ritsuke who is asked to look into ghost rumours surrounding one prostitute house.

Florian Rochefort – a high ranking aristocrat was sold off by his family to maintain their fortune. He was sold off to the rich, arrogant and enigmatic Ray Balzac Courland, aka Noir – the phantom thief who preys on the rich and the famous of the Parisians! Ray, or Noir as he is known to his close associates, had always been an aficionado of all things beautiful and exquisite, and the first time he saw Florian, he knew he had to have him! Florian with his shinning golden hair and amethyst eyes…it was only expected that those who love beauty would want to have him and, Ray is doing everything in his power to keep Florian tied to him for eternity. Even though Florian, Ray and the gang had been through many adventures starting from dangerously seductive Arab merchants to psychotic little girls, it seems as if they are set for yet another adventure! Join them as they embark on their latest where Ray amasses yet more stolen gems all the while finding more ways to keep Florian indebted to him for life! Of course, it goes without saying that the man with the amethyst eyes could very well be the most precious gem in Ray’s collection!

From Blu:

Welcome to last XIX century in Paris, where ball gowns swirl, laughter rings through marble hallways, and jewels sparkle—both at the throats of the elite of the city, and in the amethyst eyes of one particular young man. A phantom thief is stalking the city, and nothing beautiful is safe from his clutches!

Meet Florian, the only son of an impoverished noble family who ends up indebted to the stunning, mysterious Ray Balzac Courland. He may have been sold to repay a family debt, but you can count on the fact that Ray is going to get a whole lot more than he bargained for!

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A collection of historical one-shots.

1) Romance hidden in the leaves
A frivolous samurai's apprentice find his way into the heart of his prim & tenacious ronin sensei.

2) The road through dreams
A 16 years old nobleman is in love in his childhood friend, a servant in his family house, but the latter can't return his feeling because of their class differences.

3) Sign of a world's love
Before commodore Calbraith Left Japan he picked the most beautiful flower of the orient...

4) Odoru Awa ni Tama no Hada
Young sensei from Tokyo is appointed as teacher in a remote fishing village's school. His young but tough students giving him a hard time, especially the bossy son of the head of the village.

5) Gentle Darkness
Since his family moved recently to a western mansion a spoiled rich youngster had to live in a western life style that he hate. While wandering in his new family's estate he came across a strange house but is seems that the person who lived there is even stranger...

6) Shirayuki no Sono Mune ni - Romance hidden in the leaves (1) Omake (deals mainly in the second couple in the story).

The protagonist, Yukimura Chizuru, is the daughter of a doctor who works in Edo. The father leaves Edo to work as a volunteer doctor and moves to Kyoto without his daughter. As time passes by, Chizuru starts worrying about losing contact with her father, so she decides to go to Kyoto in search of him. On the way, Chizuru is attacked by few criminals and witnesses a fight between an oni and the Shinsengumi. Taking her into custody and saving her, the Shinsengumi debate on what to do with Chizuru when they discover that she is the daughter of the doctor they are also looking for. So they decide to become Chizuru's protectors and help her look for her father(the doctor). Lots of events happen while she stays with the Shinsengumi, as they discover mysterious secrets and also fight against the Bakumatsu group. The story is overall romantic with a historical and political background.

This is the version running in Sylph and not B's-LOG.