A collection of historic short stories, each associated with a karuta card. The stories revolve around the red-light district of Yoshiwara, in Edo.

1) Kimori
Okuma is a good-natured, sweet girl, but she is unable to find a husband due to her weight. One day, a samurai defends her from being publicly mocked. Is this samurai her chance to find happiness?

2) Kanrobai
After her father ritually commits suicide, Asagi finds herself in much reduced circumstances. Some of the girls who work with Asagi bully her, and the high-class airs she puts on don't help the situation. All she wants is a way to get back to the lifestyle to which she was accustomed, but all she has is mistreatment and the company of a strange man trapped under a barrel...

3) Maigoishi
Tama is a lost child, and she's taken in temporarily by a family who already has a son, Shirou. Tama can't wait to find her beloved father again. However, finding the place where she belongs may not be so simple for little Tama.

4) Akaishinyo
Seiichi is the only one left to protect his princess, Miya. He wants what's best for her, regardless of their feelings for one another. But can he really tell what that might be?

Kai and Spike are best of friends. They have a common background, the fact that they are both half Koreans. They both feel alone and mistreated, angry towards the world, and uncomfortable in their own house. One day in the middle of black Harlem, they accidentally encounter a Korean foreign student, Sunil, and both become interested in her...

From Blu:
It's present day, and Archangel Michael is fed up with the pathetic development of the human species. The angels, in their world high above ours, have been given the choice between destroying or preserving humanity. This will be decided by having "Plus Checkers" looking for good points and "Minus Checkers" looking for bad points, and whichever finds 10,000 points first decides the outcome. Chihaya and Kagetsuya are angels who have known each other since their days at military school in Eden, and having taken up opposing sides of this "good vs. bad points" checking system, are teamed together during their stay on Earth.

However, Chihaya is unusual even by angelic standards—he has black hair, eyes and wings. He's one-of-a-kind, unusually powerful in spite of his naive demeanor (much to Kagetsuya's dismay), but set apart from his angel kin...until the Black Cancer strikes the heavenly population, darkening the wings and hair of its victims before spiraling them down into painful death. Tension builds among the angels and between Chihaya and Kagetsuya in particular, and it looks as if the secrets to the salvation or destruction of both Earth and Eden may lie with Chihaya himself.

Note: The English print version is of the Japanese Deluxe rerelease, contained in only four volumes and also having some bonus materials.

From Yen Press:

Dionne is best friends with her older brother, Lyon. Even though things don’t always run smoothly in their family, nothing in the world can shake them — as long as they can rely on one another! But one day, an unexpected misfortune brings their seemingly bright world into disarray…and Dionne fears she may never be understood and loved again. When her parents offer their shocking solution, her emotions only become more tangled. Will Dionne ever be able to recover from this tragedy?

From DramaQueen: The heroine: Ddam Shim The heroes (maybe): DD and Venu Fate brought these three together through a chance encounter at a department store lingerie department. A double D padded-bra tag with a cell number… Sometimes, you never know what can happen if you make that call…. For Ddam, making that call leads her to a night club dive where DD is the punk rocker DJ and Venu is the decoration. These two have more going for them than Ddam first thought: like how DD waxes poetic about a girl’s eyelashes and Venu downplays his good looks by focusing on the importance of…big breasts. Since Ddam has her own idiosyncratic behavior to deal with (she talks to cows, among other things), being with these two unrepentant, semi-uncouth, not-bad-bad boys, could be what she needs to help her get out of her funk and maybe figure out what life’s about… Although DD and Venu aren’t the sharpest wits around, there’s something about them that makes Ddam want to live. -Please visit Entropy's website

Truly a Romeo-and-Juliet type of love story. Two opposing Mafia bosses' children, Elio and Yvette, are in love. The twist to the story is Yvette's brother is also in love with her!

Story 1) Having grown up together in the same apartment building, Hasumi and Souichirou are like brother and sister. But one day, Souichirou suddenly confesses to Hatsumi! They start going out, but their story is filled with the confusion of first love. Story 2) Rainy Day Children: Rumi is a very bored 3rd grade girl. What can one do when all it does is rain, rain, rain? The answer, of course, is to go outside, enjoy the rain–and just maybe, find an interesting new friend. Story 3) Love Machine: Natsuki has a crush on a boy a year younger than she is. She thinks she can find the courage to confess, if only he would see her as a girl instead of just his senpai. Story 4) The Sun Adventurers: Legend has it that beyond the two mountains in the west where the dark forests ended, there was a place that could make wishes come true… People called it: Sunlight. Tulip, a young female of the Persian tribe, has a very important wish… Story 5) Fly into the Blue Sky: A young girl learns to fly–but not too high. Story 6) Awful Boy: Miwa knew Takumi already had a girlfriend. He feels friendship for Miwa, while she feels the pain of unrequited love. But sometimes, the pain is worth it.

The Kingdom of the Sun, Fuajarl was ruthlessly invaded by the Garden of Eden. They came seeking the King's Edel Raid, rumored to be one of the Seven Glittering Jewels (or Shichiko-hoju). Sensing their intent, the King hid his daughter with his Edel Raid and fought against the invasion but was defeated in battle that resulted in the desert kingdom being blanketed in a sheet of white snow. Escaping capture, the Crown Princess Achea Fuajarl XIV reacted with Jeen, the King's Edel Raid, and along with Puffe, the Kingdom's only mechanic, fled Fuajarl in an ancient tank. They are on a journey to restore the Kingdom and exact vengeance on the Garden of Eden. This story takes place two years after Erementar Gerad.

From Tsuzuku Jinsei o...:

With her mom always fussing over her baby brother, her father busy with work, and no friends at school, Hitomi has always felt lonely. This all changes when she volunteers to raise Eye, a guide dog, for a year. However, parting is never as easy as it seems...

This is again the 3rd Continuation of the series "Mayonaka no Jewel"!

Story 3 - Kake x Ochi

Story 4 - A Transient Mermaid In Love

Kobayashi Shinobu, first year high school student, transfers to a new school only to get dumped by her boyfriend and have a teacher who breaks all her conventional preconceptions. He smokes. He leaves class without warning. And at night, he works as a host. Will their relationship develop into something more than student and teacher? Read H and find out!!

From Evil Flowers:

Megu is a shy girl and not really experienced when it comes to love, but when she hears Takeda talking about her and saying that she’s cute, she starts to get some hopes for her love life. Thanks to her friend, Akane-chan, she is able to ask him out and he agrees right away, but in the end it seems that Takeda is getting along better with her friend than with her. And Takeda’s friend seems to have his eyes on her. How will Megu decide to settle this love triangle?

Cupid accidently hits himself with his own arrow and falls in love... But how can Cupid not know how to make her love him in return?

From JShoujo Scans:
Having just started high school, Riku's set on making this an experience he'll never forget. He notices though, that for Wakamura, a quiet girl who is always listening to the radio during the breaks, her idea of a high school experience is a bit different. Can he open up her heart and make her realize there's more to life than spending her time alone?

Set from 1581 to 1586 with flashbacks further into the past, this is the story of Tyrian Persimmon. Born to a Spanish mother with an English husband in this era of conflict between the two contries, Tyrian favors Spain. His father suspects that Tyrian is not his son because he doesn't look like the man at all, and regularly beats him. His mother's lover is discovered to be a Spanish spy and flees the country. Tyrian is determined to join the navy and eventually rejoin Geraldo.

At the age of 19 he begins to make his ruthless way up the ranks of the English navy.

Five intriguing creepy oneshots by five different authors. Fallen women: High school girls are all about their looks to get the boy they like. What do they love more their must important person or their own beauty? Transient Future*: The main character's day keeps repeating over and over every day. Each day our Tsukamoto's beloved Yoshi-kun dies. How can she prevent this from happening?

Mochida Michiru has begun to live alone in an apartment like she wished. While making courtesy calls for the New Year calls around the building, she seems to recognize the man living next door to her! He’s in some sort of really popular idol group. A "SWITCH" member! It is Fujiya Masato! From that day on, love begins for Michiru who has bad prospects ahead! There’s plenty of forbidden love between a performer and the ordinary Michiru in this drawn title along with a collection of pleasant love stories with innocent and sometimes perverted girls!!

from Renta!

Kurahashi Mai is a normal girl who strives to be near her crush, Nimura Hiroki. He's a big fan of Sailor Moon, but is the star of the soccer team and popular. On her 16th Birthday, she is given an electronic notebook fitting for a young girl, that can do tasks like tell your fortune about your love. One night, she accidentally types "Epotoransu" and a boy called Takuma comes out of the notebook, and who will grant Mai one power for discovering that secret. As the story goes, what'll happen in this story?

From Spoils:

Engage – a covenant pledged between knight and noble

This is the tale of individuals tied together by the sacred bonds of Engage

Tia is a young girl who hails from the remote regions of the Grunwald Empire. Due to royal decree, she is required to attend a prestigious academy located in the imperial capital. The academy serves not only as a networking spot for the children of aristocracy to meet and rub shoulders, but is also where the paths of nobles and knights cross.

Tia herself is on a mission to find a knight with great promise, however, who she stumbles upon instead is the academy’s problem child – Duran. Due to an encounter with Duran, Tia finds she is able to draw out a knight’s potential, normally only done via Engage. As someone who can call forth the powers of Engage without a pledged covenant, Tia finds herself the target of many knights…

Chaos disturbs Zhong-Yuan (Middle Plain) as Heidi, the Black Emperor, upsurps the throne, yet the rest of Wulin (the Martial Arts World) is as serene as an ocean without a single ripple. Having left Hua Yuan Shan (literally, "Chinese Plain Mountain," presumably a sword school) to attend a martial arts congress, Xin Moyi and Xu Xuan soon make acquaintance with Yue Ling Long, a young girl from Moyue Shan (literally, "Devil Moon Mountain"). She, who will change the two worlds...
A fantastical adventure of martial-chivalry is about to unfold...