While wandering about, Masachika stops by to watch a traveling troupe perform. Captivated by the sight of an oni maiden dancing in a whirl of cherry blossoms, he redeems her and takes her as his traveling companion. He names her Ouka and treats her kindly. She slowly opens up to him; however, having experienced little warmth in her life, she is also unsettled by his kindness. As for her final resolve...

Other stories in this anthology:
- Mugen Dokei
- Sandglass no Ori
- Hana no Canon

From Fantagraphics:
A DECADE-SPANNING JOURNEY INTO DARKNESS
Even as butterflies ominously proliferate in town, the rumor of a mysterious creature lurking in the tunnel behind the school spreads among the children. When the body of Arié Kimura's mother is found by this tunnel's entrance, next to apparently human traces, the legend seems to be confirmed. Is the end of the world coming? In order to appease the wrath of the beast, the children decide to offer it a sacrifice: The unfortunate Arié, whom they believe to be the cause of the curse, is shoved into a well that leads to the Nijigahara tunnel — an act that in turns pushes Komatsuzaki, the budding thug who has carried a torch for Arié for a while already, entirely over the edge.
But this is only the beginning of the complex, challenging, obliquely told Nijigahara Holograph, which takes place in two separate timelines and involves the suicidal Suzuki; Higure, his stalkerish would-be girlfriend; and their teacher Miss Sakaki, whose heavily bandaged face remains a mystery; and many more — brothers, sisters, parents, co-workers, teachers, aggressors and victims who are all inextricably linked to one another and all will eventually — ten years later — have to live with what they've done or suffered through.

From Manga Abyss :

1-2. Sleepless Butterfly
The Kinase village is being called “a village protected by god”. Kaya and Rin were raised in a village that’s surrounded by a deep forest. Although they are brother and sister they aren’t related by blood. However, they get along well despite this. Although they are living together peacefully but there is a secret kept from everyone~!?

3. Kaze ni Hana ni Kimi ni
Erika meets Ryousuke, a boy from Tokyo that had a strong passion of swimming until he injured his shoulder, forcing him to abstain from swimming. Ryousuke, having loved the sea for a really long time, becomes really sad, and has lost all hope in finding another way to live. Erika wants to help him...
- Intercross

4. Monochrome World -
Ever since a certain Christmas Day when she was little, Jun has seen the world as Black and White. Even after ten years, her eyes are still like that. She doesn't want to tell anyone about her secret because she's already been "betrayed" once by a friend. After that, they were separated. Little did she know of the suprises in store for her...

5. Alice

A story about two classmates, Sahoko and Rio. Rio is depressed and self-abusive due to lack of loving relationships with her "family" -- which consists of her negligent father, overbearing, selfish stepmother and stepbrother; and Sahoko soon becomes her only comfort in life. Sahoko on her part has a frigid relationship with her overprotective parents, and lives with her aunt by consequence.

In a world that has become 70% harsh desert, the Rainbow Council of the International Peace Keeping Forces, a team of super-powered global security guardians, have a growing crisis on their hands. No. 5, one of their own and known within the council as their top marksman, has left his post and gone rogue. It's up to the other guardians to track him down--but No. 5, with his mysterious companion Matroshka, won't go down without a fight.

A collection of short stories. Note that the vast majority of these stories contain heterosexual romance themes. A few stories explore transgender issues, but it's a stretch to call them shounen-ai or BL romances. This series demographic is josei.

Le théâtre de A
1.Oeufs D'ange - Tenshi no Tamago
A man is asked by a young painter to be her model.

2. Velvet Going Underground
A doll becomes a super idol. Hijinks ensue.

3. Childhood's End
Alastair runs away and meets the Rabbit.

4. Bite Me Something
Allistaire followed Mr. Rabbit all the way to Wonderland. Will he be able to find him among the crowd?

5. Long Along Alonging
A girl asks a vampire to be his apprentice. But what is her motive?

6. Till Dawn
In a dark tower, a caged voice is singing until a hunted man enters the darkness.

7. Leçon un
Sequel to Long Along Alonging.

8. My Skin on My Back

9. Highland Walker
Sequel to Leçon un.

10. Perfect World
The story of a young wife whose husband is infected with a fatal disease called Flower-Blossomitis.

11. Perfect Lady
Sequel to Perfect World and drawn especially for this book.

12-13. Looks Like a Teaspoon
A boy named Allistaire is often teased at his all-boys school. One night he dresses like a girl and stumbles upon the boy who often bullies him, Simon. Allistaire runs off into a tower and as Simon runs after him, we see the sign "Welcome to Wonderland" hanging by the tower's door.

14. The Pearl Blue Story
Do you believe in mermaids? Coggy, a young boy finds a mysterious lady laying down near the shore of the beach. He brings her home to help her.

15. I Am a Piano
A piano tells the story of her life and the people she encounters.

16. Parade

Le théâtre de B
1. Noël
A short story about a holiday romance.

2. Teddy Bear Satsujin Jiken (The Teddy Bear Murder Case)
Four murders have taken place at an all girl school. Lying beside each of the victim was a teddy bear with one missing limb.

3. Yonshimai Satsujin Jiken

4. A is for Alice
Alastair, a grown man, is off to follow the Rabbit once again to return to Wonderland.

5. Nedai no Musume Atelier no Musume (The Bedroom Girl, The Sculpture Room Girl)
A story about a girl in her death bed finding another chance in life in the body of a doll.

6. B&W (Black&White)
A story about a boy waiting for his sister.

7. Le Jardin du thé (The Tea Garden)
A mysterious story about a poor young man who orders a kind of tea called Huan Ying – “The Illusion”.

8-9. Free Fitting for Her
A priest and his captured vampire must save a naive and selfish young girl from the murderous desires of a Lolicon. But perhaps this girl isn't all that she seems.

10. Rose Dusk, Pale Moon

11. Hello, My Sister

12. The Happy Prince

13. Welcome to Wonderland
Simon, Alastair's old classmate, is now a grown man who bumps into his childhood Wonderland traveller.

The super humans start their move to create a coup d'etat in Japan. The collective goup of these super humans has a group name "Omega Tribe". The plan for the coup d'etat brings multiple problems at different levels. What will happen to the politics of Japan and the coutry itself? What are the goals of the Omega Tribe? Who's the enemy? Confusion continues to arise as this story goes on...

Ten years ago, they took him. He doesn't know who. For ten years he has been confined in a private prison. He doesn't know why. For ten years his only contact with the outside world has been a television set and the voices of his jailers. In time, he lost himself. He changed...transformed himself into something else...something hard...something lethal.Suddenly, one day his incarceration ends, again without explanation. He is sedated, stuffed inside a trunk, and dumped in a park. When he awakes, he is free to reclaim what's left of his life...and what's left is revenge.Manga that inspired hit Korean movie Old Boy!

Mitsuya Haruyoshi is a devout Christian High-school boy since his father became a priest after his mother cheated on his father. He tries to avoid lust and desire because his father wants him to become a priest.
One day his female childhood friend Sonoda Hanako, the daughter of a sweetshop owner who goes to the same school invites him home.
Turns out her family shifted business to a sex shop to counter the effects of declining birthrates on their business. She reminds him that he promised to marry her when they were children and even gave her a ring made from Aluminum foil. She also notes that Christians only do lewd stuff with people they are married to, so if she does lewd stuff to him he'll have to marry her.

Lusters, those who have the ability to embody their heart's true wishes into a power. Because people were afraid of the possibility of the Lusters committing crimes, it was decided that death row inmates, Gundog, were to subdue the Lusters. What will satisfy their hunger? Now, standing in the jaws of death of desire!!

Living in poor neighborhoods of Osaka, Kumada watch over his wife and two young children. He is huge and riddled with scars and he works hard, smokes and drinks of sake as if it were mere water, gruff and scary, he talks little. But Kumada deeply loves his family and will protect it at the peril of his life when members of a yakuza clan set on fire to his house to facilitate a real estate transaction. Jailed for the murder of those who failed to burn his people alive, Kumada was released fifteen years later and found his family. He will have to face the distrust of his children who know nothing of their father except that he had abandoned them. But he is determined to regain control of their education, starting with his son, a urchin abused by the tough guys of the district.

Waking up in an enchanted castle with a beautiful maiden by his side, Daemon has no memories except for a sword in hand. Will he be able to break the curse that traps them both?

From The Pink Panzer:

Set in New York in the late 1980s, Partners follows the lives of six close friends who also happen to be leathermen. The manga depicts their relationships -- both sexual and emotional -- with unabashed honesty. While the story practically explodes off the page with a continuous, unremitting and glorious parade of smut, it isn't "meaningless sex" -- these are committed couples in full-time relationships, where pleasure and pain are natural expressions of affection for one another.

The six friends that star in this manga are split up into three pairs. The main pair consists of Marlon and Doug, around whose relationship the manga revolves. Marlon, a high-flying executive, plays sub and devoted masochist to the beautifully dominant Doug. Doug is, interestingly enough, a janitor at the very company Marlon directs; during the average workday, they barely even make eye-contact. The contrast between their private and public lives is as stark as it is lovely. The other couples also feature in major roles, and what we end up with is an intimate and moving glimpse at an otherwise unconventional lifestyle.

Haruna Wakakusa and Yamada become friends after she saves him several times from her boyfriend's constant bullying. Through him she gets to know Kozue Yoshikawa, a fellow student who also models professionally. The three emotionally stunted teens' lives briefly yet intensely intertwine for one semester before splintering from the aftereffects of one disastrous night. For both Wakakusa and Yamada, their emotional awakening fosters an unlikely friendship between the two battered souls.

As the protagonist is returning home one night, she runs into a man who had just been in a car crash. As he is dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea.

Iouri is the successor to Abalkin, a luxury brand of dazzlingly high heels. He spends his days parading in Abalkin heels to promote the brand, and the nights servicing patrons for the company's survival and growth. Through the years, he's had his secretary Adam by his side, but their relationship isn't as simple as it seems...

A dark, twisted, psychological story in true Ogawa Chise style!

A story about a boy who notices a falling object one night and comes across an alien.

A disrespectful bitch can never have a long lasting love, but her love is rather sad and short-lived

The story of Nogi Wakaba is a Hero takes place 300 years in the past, in the first days of the Divine Era. There are six main characters who form the very first Hero Team: Nogi Wakaba, Kamisato Hinata, Takashima Yuna, Gun Chikage, Doi Tamako and Iyoshima Anzu.