In an instant, a host of the recently deceased discover that they've been given another shot at happiness... as adorable cats! Will they make the most of their seven-day opportunity? Or will the fur fly as they struggle to figure out what life's all about?

Comics Underground Japan presents the wild, subversive world of Japan’s most accomplished underground comics artists. Some of the dozen artists included in this anthology will be familiar to followers of manga; others make their American debut in these pages. The richly imaginative stories in this volume show a great range of graphic style, from painstakingly detailed craftsmanship to exuberant, maniacal renderings. At the heart of each work in this anthology is a unique personal vision and a fierce artistic compulsion–these manga artists are the misfits of the art form, and they are its visionaries.

Included stories are:
1. "Hell's Angel" by Yoshikaze Ebisu
2. "It's All Right if You Don't Understand" by Yoshikaze Ebisu
3. "Steel Pipe Melancholia" by Masakazu Toma
4. "Future Sperm Brazil" by Takashi Nemoto
5. "A Love Like Lemons" by Carol Shimoda
6. "Selfish Carol's Summer Vacation" by Carol Shimoda
7. "Mercy Flesh (Jiniku)" by Kazuichi Hanawa
8. "Don Quixote #1 & #2" by Yasuji Tanioka
9. "Planet of the Jap" by Suehiro Maruo
10. "Mary’s Asshole" by Hanako Yamada
11. "Volvox" by Pan Migawa
12. "Bigger and Better" by Muddy Wehara
13. "Laughing Ball" by Hideshi Hino
14. "Cat Noodle Soup" by Hajime Yamano & Nekojiro

From Stiletto Heels:

Atsuko (Ah-chan) and Kouhei (Kouhei) are both 29 years old and soon to bid farewell to their adolescence. Both think 29 is a good age to be at, but realize that it doesn't make them feel anymore grown up; both get along, but none actually want to be the first to take the plunge. After nine years of dating and living together for five, Atsuko and Kouhei are prompted to evaluate the nagging questions regarding their work, life, and the prospect of having children: What will we do? What will happen to us?

Nagata Kabi uses engaging diary comics to explore her personal issues surrounding mental health, identity, and intimacy. Her relationship with her parents is growing more difficult than ever, and she struggles with the idea of living alone for the first time. Join her on her heart-wrenching, relatable journey through the challenges of adulthood.

Middle school days: young, inexperienced, and magnificent. Chen Jiani left behind a love letter, and then disappeared from Yao Tianhai’s life. Two years later, they meet again, but Chen Jiani doesn’t recognize Yao Tianhai. “Stupid girl, we'll meet again!” Yao Tianhai is a bit angry.

Kakinozaki Ayana-sensei and student Kagami Yuuki move into a room in the girls dormitory for the new (co-ed) high school semester, requested by Ayana-sensei and approved by the schools' principal. As one would guess, no one can find out he's living there so other than school classes, he has to cross-dress or else he'll be kicked out of school and dorm.

Souta Takanashi gets a job at Wagnaria, a local family restaurant. He is "lured" there by a cute girl named Poplar, who looks like she's 10. However, she is in fact 17, a year older than him!

The quirky characters include Satou, the cool chef who is in fact in love with Yachiyo, the chief who is madly in love (admiration) with their boss, Kyoko, who can't stop eating sweets and slows down the restaurant in general. Satou's cooking assistant and "friend" is Souma, a man who can get dirt on anyone and use it against them, except for Inami, a girl who has a phobia of men and punches him before he has the chance to find out anything about her, and Aoi, a girl with fishy motives for joining the restaurant who finds Souma's one weakness... Tears.

How does Takanashi, the "normal", high-school, small-thing loving (not a lolicon!) teen deal with all of this?

Fujishiro Naito, high school year one, is really bad with girls. Dodging girl after girl, he's finally managed to enter the boys-only school of his dreams… Or so he thought! Little did he know that the school is becoming a coeducational school from this year!! Having realized this fact only on opening day, Naito stood at a loss right in front of the school gate. It was then that he met the girl nicknamed "the Pure White Princess" – Ichinose Himeka…

At Rubrum's Akademeia, cadets are divided into twelve classes based on their magical expertise. Kurasame Susaya feels that he is wasting his time with the immature cadets in Class Third, so he strives to be a part of real missions with the elite Class First where cadets take their roles more seriously. With the proposal of a test of courage, however, Kurasame begins to see his class as more than just lazy idiots, but his chances of being a part of the class are taken away after tragedy strikes.

As a result of the disaster, Kurasame and three of his fellow classmates Miwa, Guren, and Kotetsu unite to help support each other, and to defend Rubrum from the outside forces that will do anything to see it fall.

The only one who knows the secret about my boss, an overly talented sadist by the name of Saeki-san...is me. But why is this successful, hardworking boss of mine so preverted?! The new sensational work love story!!

Possessed of aristocratic blood but bereft of money, the impoverished Baron Miharco travels the galaxy in search of his ideal woman, attended by his robot valet Lampachika.

This is the ballad of his itinerant travels, and of the adventures that await him!

From Vices and Devices:

Economist Vittorio Conti wants to see what having sex with a man is like, and does what any reasonable person would do in his situation: ask his bodyguard if he wants to give it a try. Straightlaced Armando Pagani refuses at first, but for how much longer?

1) La Scorta (The Escort)

2) Gino e Vittorio (Gino and Vittorio)

3) Amato Amaro (Beloved Bitter)

4) Bandoliera (Bandolier)

5) Differenza (Difference)

6) Tatuaggio (Tattoo)

7) Partita (Match/Game)

8) Gelateria di Marcello (Marcello's Gelateria)

9) Carraro no Hishio (Carroro's Private Secretary)

Seung Hyun and Gimmi used to go out with each other, but they eventually broke up. A couple years later, they happened to run into each other. Do their romantic feelings still remain?

Super commoner Ayame just entered Shirohara Academy, an elite school. Suddenly, she's pushed around by the super sadistic student council president...!?

Michiru, a demon who feeds off of human's dreams, loves sweet and warm dreams!

When he meets Taiga, a human who gives him those kind of dreams, his life takes a complete change! Everyday without Taiga noticing he fills his stomach with delicious dreams. However one day, though humans shouldn't be able to see his form, it seems as though his eyes meet Taiga's.... Could it be he's finally being caught!?

Vol 01 - 04 : Nibiiro Musica
“You were the only one I didn’t want to find out about this desire…”

10 years have passed since Takuma lost touch with his good friend Yuki, who left for Italy to become a Cellist. Now working as a home aid, Takuma is shocked to find his next patient is none other than Yuki himself.

Yuki, who is now semi-blind after an accident left him injured and his eyes trapped behind bandages until his surgery.

Due to mixed feelings about their reunion, Takuma keeps his identity a secret as he tends to the injured Yuki. But how will he react when he learns that his friend was in love with someone when they were kids… and still holds a torch for that person even now?

A Cellist who has kept his feelings hidden in the recesses of his heart and his childhood friend…the music of their clumsy yet pure love begins to play…

(by sylphalchemist)

Vol 05 : Nibiiro Musica - Violinist to Manager
The story of Noel, a violinist, and his manager, Donald.

The one-shot tells a story about the late Kenji Endō, the real-life musician that was the inspiration for Kenji from 20th Century Boys!

Under the dazzling spotlights, with the sound of shutters echoing all around, top male model Shimizu Eichi is in his element. Attention-lover though he may be, there's one pair of eyes he'd rather not have on him...even though they're ones that have followed him diligently for a long time. It’s been ten years since they were classmates and one-off sexual partners, but Kubo Akino is back -- now a fashion designer for a top brand and determined to have Eichi in every way possible.