Collection of short stories: 1. Shishunki Miman Okotowari Ending - At long last, Yuu Watase brings us the final chapter of the Shinshunki Miman Okotowari series. Manato returns from America, but he doesn't come with the best news for Asuka. This might be the last time he returns to Japan. 2. Couple - Inaho has fallen in love with Takumi, the lead guitarist of a high school band. With hand-made gifts and her strange personality, she gets Takumi to ask her out. But only with a special biwa (a Japanese lute) can their relationship last. 3. Chikyu no Arukikata - Ayuki just got dumped. On the same day, she hurt her ankle during track practice. Later, Ayuki gets trapped on the wrong train to the coast. On this train, she meets Hiroto, a guy who has quit school in search of himself. Ayuki wonders if she should do the same.

Aiba is secretly in love with his childhood friend Yoshi, who has one weird ability--he temporarily becomes good-looking when he takes in damage! What will happen to their relationship when his face doesn't go back to normal!?

Hamura is a sheltered and very friendly high school student. He has always admired Miyake from afar who is very reserved and troubled. An incident in the locker room has finally opened up a chance for Hamura to be friends with Miyake. But does Miyake want a friend... or could they even be friends? Between Miyake's troubled past, Hamura's jealous close friend and perverted tutor, how will these two make any type of relationship...

From Peccatore Sanctuary:

Nao, the vice-president of the public morals committee has one mission--to get Narumi, his junior with the bright blonde hair, to dye it a more sober color. But while Nao is doing his job Narumi manages to kiss him, leaving him confused and flustered. Finally, Narumi agrees to change the color of his hair, but only if Nao agrees to go out with him.

A special cocktail that can only be ordered once a month, is the code to be able to spend the night with the owner of the bar, Ashihara.

Introduced to this system by a colleague, Murakami had no idea that a simple one-night stand would lead to his becoming utterly obsessed with the cold, arrogant bartender.
But Ashihara treats him no differently from any of his other 'customers'...How long can Murakami withstand the torture of being one among many others?


(Contains More than Words can Say, an extra-story about Shibuya and Mikami from Tarinai Jikan)

A cyber-punkish collection of stories revolving around the theme of the "DOLL."

• Keep Those Condoms Away From Our Kids
The tale of boys and girls who have lost their sexual desire.
Mihara Mitsukazu's debut work.

• The Iron Maiden
The tale of the strain a girl experiences from having grown up in a home without love.

• The Sunflower Quality Of An Integrated Circuit
Vanilla is a maidroid in the home of an elderly master and his younger wife. The atmosphere in the house is cold and stiff because the wife is having an affair with a younger man. The lonely master comes to look upon Vanilla as his own dear child. He suggests that when the sunflowers bloom, they go outside together to watch them. "Is that a command, sir?" asks Vanilla. "It is not a command," he replies. "It is a promise." And so forms the piercing and painful integrated circuit--the alternating current of intercourse--between a lonely old man and the emotionless Vanilla.

• The Other Side of the Rose Wire
What was the thing a girl like an angel endlessly carried?

• Fish Out of Water
A mermaid is brought out of her dream.

• Mister Mineral
Inside the body of a cute girl who's just like a doll... are internal organs, and blood, and...

• Alive
The sad tale of a human and a clone who pass right by each other.

A girl found out she has the power to curse anyone around her.

The story of two school friends Maki and Yumi. Asai, a young professional photographer, notices Maki who is very talented in photography. He introduces his girlfriend, Sai, to her. Sai is also a photographer, but she's not motivated anymore...

But when love interferes with their lives everything is in turmoil... Between abuse and feelings, prepare to dive in an unforgettable story.

Kousuke has a guardian spirit named Sakura who tries to help him with his crush on the reserved Haruno. They may have help from an unexpected ally, Haruno's guardian spirit, Yuri.

Rebellious misfit Fujieda Kei hates everything about his life: the elite private school he was forced to attend, his unreliable "friends" and the annoying cellphone which is always buzzing with calls from people who want to ask him for favours as the school's bad boy.

Quiet, studious, and admired by students and teachers alike, Sakuraba Atsushi appears to be his polar opposite in every way.

Since they obviously have nothing in common, they'd never even spoken to each other before despite being classmates. But all of this changes one day when Fujieda's classroom prank goes wrong; Sakuraba lets his unemotional demeanour slip for a moment as he taunts Fujieda and his vagrant lifestyle. Faced with Sakuraba's true personality, Fujieda is gripped by an emotion he's never experienced before...


There are two unrelated extra stories in the second volume:

1) Kan no Naka no Watashi no Kedamono (My Caged Beast) -- A twisted story taking place within the tight security of a yakuza base.

2) Indigo Blue -- Kouga and Shiba don't quite fit into the ordered Japanese system, so they leave the country; we pick up on them again four years later in Mexico City. One final dirty job, and they'll have enough cash on hand to retire to a Caribbean island with indigo blue skies...

Though he's a High School senior, Takitani works as an escort named Ryou. To escape being caught, Takitani does his best to remain inconspicuous in school. But one day a classmate suddenly shows up as his customer. The son of a doctor, Kunimi, is a total prick who's always picking on Takitani. Anxious not to be caught, Kunimi is completely oblivious to Takitani's disguise and becomes smitten with his cute and cool attitude. Takitani tries to push him away so they don't become too intimate, however...

Based on the rhythm game under the same name released on PSP.

Shuka Nakagawa is a man in a woman's manga world. Cute, into feminine things, he and his new editor, Kenji Asama, have to compete with women artists for publication. With Kenji's support, just how far can Shuka go... and how far can he fall?

A boy wakes up to discover he has become a girl! How will this affect his daily life?! A new one-shot by the award-winning author of Fire Punch, Fujimoto Tatsuki.

"People become unhappy because they only think about the past and the future... not the present.."
So-Na, unable to remember a painful event in her past, is living only for her mother's nursery, "The Snowdrop". When she meets Hae-Gi, the intentionally isolated and beautiful model, they instantly click and fall in love. However, a dark secret that connects them, threatens to tear them apart. Like a modern-day Romeo and Juliet, Snowdrop is about two star-crossed teens who fall madly in love.

Also included in this manga is a short story called 'What Is Fate...?' in volume five.

Yu He-Min has traveled back in time and is on a mission: to stop her parents from marrying!

A beach, a lost hat, and a chance encounter bring Masato and Kazuya togther. Masato especially needs friends since he moves from house to house after his parent's death. But now, since the "accident", can these two ever be friends again?

The Seijo High School Manga Club, or SMC for short, is an exclusive group like no other. Its eclectic membership is famous schoolwide, with the brilliant president of the student council, the bubbly school idol, and the suave manga prodigy Kita Chitose.

Captivated by Chitose's outstanding work, naive and awkward freshman Murakami Hibari transfers to Seijo, with the sole intent of joining the club and meeting this fascinating author. Hibari's unbridled enthusiasm—his greatest merit—wins over the renowned members, but how will he react to the secret, steamy happenings behind closed doors and the unusual relationship blossoming between himself and Chitose...?

With as many twists and turns, ups and downs as a roller coaster, this is a tale of budding love and fiery youth, all while trying to just survive high school!

-DMG

A collection of beautiful, bittersweet short stories:

1) Welcome to Slope Mansion
In a magical, fairytale place, a headstrong girl falls in love with a boy and vice versa - not knowing until the end that their love can never be.
2) View of a Clear Face
A girl who writes stories about herself and her beloved childhood friend, a swimmer and his most admired but retiring senpai, a former athlete and his sensei from the library staff - three people whose ordinary lives are captured in poignant snapshots.
3) Mona Lisa
What is a demonic guardian to do when his adopted human sister faces the challenges of first love, confessing and a broken heart?
4) Enchanted Library
A girl who dreams of becoming an actress feels restricted by her step-family. When she encounters a mysterious boy in her school's library, will she be able to create her own Cinderella story?
5) Ajisai Flower Garden
"Her hands felt so warm." Yuu has been watching over his spoiled, lonely mistress for a long time, faithfully spending every day by her side. How can he convey his wishes for her when misfortune suddenly strikes?

Sanada Shizuru is in love with his nii-san and he wants Yumio Youji to be the replacement. Yumio, a popular star, would do anything to get Sanada to notice him. Will Yumio accept being a substitute for Sanada's nii-san so easily?

The beautiful yet aloof Midori and the very outgoing Takahiro are college friends. One day, during a drinking party, the astute Soejima senpai finally got Midori to admit that he is gay, even though he was trying to ignore that fact. As he slowly comes to terms with his own homosexuality, he also discovers the truth behind his friendship with Takahiro.