In return for a business loan of 50 million yen, the prestigious Kamiya family gave their daughter Haine away to the Otomiya family. Haine, now an Otomiya, is appointed to the student council of the exclusive Imperial Academy, a private school for the aristocracy. Even though Haine is of proper lineage to be on the council, she finds herself struggling to find her place among the many secrets of its elite members, especially those of the president who holds her heart - Shizumasa Togu, aka "the Emperor."

Haine has been in love with Shizumasa Togu from the day she read the picture book he wrote as a child. She enrolls the Imperial Academy to be close to him and is accepted as a member of the student council. But with that, dark secrets start to reveal themselves! Why does "The Emperor" act differently? Is Haine really in love with Shizumasa? Why did her father sell her and why doesn't her mother write to her anymore?

Includes the following extra stories:

• Kusame and Komaki and the Key of Love in vol. 5
After Komaki confesses and Kusame accepts unwillingly, Kusame tries to break up with her, but how?

• Shoujo Eve Ringo Jikake no 24-ji (Eve's Applework 24 Hours)
"Kawaii”... Eve has come to hate this word. "Kawaii" has ruined her life and made her a social outcast. Yet she still has hopes Niikawa will return her feelings for him, that is if the rowdy class idol Kashii doesn't spoil everything first!

• Umi no Sakyuugi Yasoukyoku (Nocturne) in vol. 11
Searching for the meaning of people's lives is the mission that is given by God. The reason for my birth... It's okay if it was just to meet you that night.

Contains 2 stories:
- Yokohama Cinema Scenery
- 24-coloured Message

This is the story of a boy named Bait who catches fish, not only ordinary fish, but monstrous fish that harm people. Because of his skills, he is proclaimed to be a hero in his town.There, he gets the infamous name, Master Bait. As he meets Nijie, an ichthyologist, they go for an adventure filled with gigantic fish, sea monsters, and a whole lot of mayhem. Get ready for a wet and wild roller coaster ride in the sea with Master Bait and Nijie.

From Midnight Scans:

A collection of 5 oneshots:

1) Shitsuren Biyoushitsu
She breaks the school's hair code because she wants to be noticed by the teacher. But, her teacher is transferring...

2) Itsuka Suki to Ieru Made
Tamao grows her hair in order to look like a decent girl, but...?!

3) Kono Koi wo Mousukoshi Dake
Nana and Nene are twin sisters. Nene's always copying Nana, and...?!

4) Kimi Iro Destiny
Having red hair was my complex. You told me that it was the red string of fate...

5) Shitsuren Mobius
Kirie goes to the Shitsuren Biyoushitsu. That is because of her hopeless love towards her sibling...

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!?

Assigned the job of clearing a client's haunted house of valuables, Takamura Rei must take along first-time handyman Kuramoto, a man with search and rescue experience and a troubled past. But when Rei realizes that he's actually pretty freaked out by haunted houses, he's glad to have the unsociable Kuramoto around. How will their story develop?

When Maria lost her job and isn't able to pay her rent on time, she doesn't have any other way to earn money. She then agrees to make a deal with the CEO's son for money.

A short but nice story, if you like Hanamizawa's work, you will LOVE this. A girl confesses to another girl. This girl confessed to sets up the other girl with her (annoying) brother, who looks like her. What predicament awaits the young girl and the brother? Note: Included in REC Volume 1.

From Forever More:

This story is about Kaoru's friend Masato, who seems to be chasing after Kaoru by going out with the girls who Kaoru is interested in, and then breaking up with them. One day, after getting dumped by a girl, Masato visited Kaoru's apartment and forcefully embraced Kaoru with the request of "comfort me". Although it's a relationship which started without any destruction...

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 NEET fujoshi is forced by her younger sister to adopt a pet salaryman.

From Rain over Paradise A collection of sweet Boys' Love stories.
Chaper 1: Karasu to Kuma Soshite Sakana After partying too much, and waking up naked in the morning, with a lot of used tissues lying around, Kogarasu and his two college friends have a supicion that they must have 'done it' last night. But who did it with whom?
Chapter 2: Mujikaku Pizzicato Being an only child, Kei has always admired his "big brother," Hibiki. But when Hibiki's younger brother, Kanade, confesses his feelings to Kei out of the blue, Hibiki can't keep his composure anymore. Chapter 3: Osawari Suitchi Extra: Karasu no Issei

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...

Every day a boy goes to a cafe to watch the girl he likes from afar. Using the reflection in the window, he orders the same things she orders and eats it the same way she eats it. Hoping to learn as much about her as he can, he works up the courage to confess.

Douden Moee doesn't care much about things. Whether she gets a winning popsicle stick, or a million yen fell right in front of her, or it's just ten seconds before the world ends, for sure her expression would not change, and would always go about with her own pace with composure. And surrounding Moee-chan, unbelievable things have been mysteriously happening!?

From Shinmakoku Scanlations:

1-3) Soko ni Suwaruna (Do Not Sit There)
Hayama would always sit on the sofa, waiting for his roommate (and lover)'s return. The truth is, Hayama had been abandoned without knowing about it. When Namikawa moved in, they both had a wonderful life together without Hayama's roommate. Namikawa felt sorry for him, and started to develop a feeling of love and jealousy toward the pure and timid Hayama... This is the story of a true love that helped heal the wound of being abandoned.

4) Maki no Iibun (Maki's Reasoning)
A short story from the side of Hayama's ex-lover, Maki.

5) Fureru Chikasa de (So Close That It Touches)

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.

Have you ever lost anything that was so precious to you, that if it were gone you wouldn't know what to do? For Otokawa Natsuru, that item is a keychain. Hearing from Kazama Miori, a fellow student with renowned psychic powers, that taking something precious can help with relationships, Natsuru takes her keychain on a date with childhood friend Yanagi Eitaro. But somewhere along the date, her precious keychain is lost...

An artist picks up a tattooed man off the streets. Though their relationship develops fruitfully, circumstances from the past conspire to tear them apart.