Hakuyou is considered a heretic in his clan because of his white hair. At eighteen, he fled into the human world in search of freedom. There he met Shouji, a newspaper reporter, and while spending time with him, he got attracted steadily.

But it’s between a demon and human! What will be the outcome of a demon and human love story—?

An autobiographical short from 1978.Students of the Kazuo Koike manga school were given a graduation assignment with the topic of "My 24 Hours".The short originally ran in "Koike Kazuo Gekika Sonjuku".Kemo Kobiru is Takahashi Rumiko's college era psudonym...Kobiru is a Japanese anagram of "Rumiko".留(Ru) 美(Mi) � �(Ko) ====> � �　(Ko) 美(Bi) 留(Ru)http://www2j.biglobe.ne.jp/~k_asuka/sakuhin/kemono24.html

1-3) Shiranu wa Omae Bakari & Kare no Mizo Shiru (from Echochi Scans)
Yoshikawa Taiki and Komiya Kazuyuki had sex once almost every week, but they were neither lovers nor friends. What started off as a drunken escapade back during a university get-together scaled into something bigger than either of them could have imagined. Though he wished for more, Kazuyuki felt that there was no hope for something deeper between the two of them, because Taiki was as straight as a ruler. For someone like Kazuyuki, who knew that his sexual orientation wasn't generally accepted by society, he planned to give up and stop whatever sexual relationship he had with Taiki. But what’s Taiki’s say in all this?

4-5) Dakara Kao mo Mitakunai & Nano ni Te wo Furarenai
After getting dumped, Kataoka Takeru's best friend Yui confesses to him. But Takeru doesn't know how to cope with this situation. What will become of their friendship?

Kamiyoshi Hina is a new transfer student. She was looking forward to spending her school days with peace and ease. Unfortunately, that thought flew out the window when she was appointed class representative and seated next to the school's infamous delinquent, Mikuni Satoshi.

According to rumors, Mikuni Satoshi gets into fights and spends the nights working as a gigolo. Are there any truths to the rumors? What will happen when the two meet? Is there more to Kamiyoshi Hina's cheerful demeanor and Mikuni Satoshi's delinquent behavior? Read to find out!

After a fairly futile attempt at capturing the heart of Jinnai, Kijima finds himself dealt with a lucky hand once again.

One day, dazzled by the pattern of a beautiful kimono, he suddenly finds himself enchanted by the talent behind its simple genius. Just how far will he go for such a lovely masterpiece?

A cat falls in love with a human who once took care of him. Wanting to stay by the young man's side, he agrees to a deal that would allow him to take human form--except in the eyes of the one he has feelings for! What will become of this love?

Yukinari was abandoned as an infant, but fortunately a loving family adopted him. Perhaps because of this, he has an affinity for helpless, abandoned creatures and goes out of his way to help them. One night, Yukinari and his friends witness a falling star hit the ground and rush to the spot where it hit, only to find a child cradled in the meteorite, surrounded by a field of roses?!

A collection of short stories:

1 - Pineapple Girl

2 - Kamakurian
Sci-Fi story about building kamakuras after the weather warms further globally providing less snow for local customs.

3 - A Happy Birthday from Paradise
Hoshihiro is a 40-year-old virgin who desperately wants a girlfriend. But thanks to his "chastity", he has been chosen as the next fairy king. But in the two weeks until the wedding...

4 - Tsutsu-Izutsu
Itagua and Kagua are two aliens whose spaceship broke down while they were visiting Earth, leaving them stranded and hiding in a dried water well. Due to the distance to their planet, they took 13 years to ask for help. And now finally...

5 - Cops and Robbers
A petty robber learns of the existence of the "Village of Honesty", where they only tell the truth, and he goes with the purpose of rip off all the townfolk. At the entrance of the village he finds a fork with two beautiful women, one who tells the truth and one who tells lies, and he could make only one question to find the right way.

6 - New Century Godslayer
God decides to destroy the world because of mankind's behavior and entrust the creation of a new world to his son.

From NOIR:

This is the story of two siblings, Joo-won and Hee-won, and one man determined to take Hee-won's heart. Both Joo-won and Hee-won feel isolated after their parents separate due to infidelity and remarriage, placing both of them in new families. However, Hee-won's new step-brother, In-hyuk, notices Hee-won's suffering. Is he determined to take care of her, or is there something more?

1. Romance no Hakoniwa (A Miniature Garden of Romance)
Masataka Chiyo is a Cultivation Art student whose latest submission has been rejected for being 'dispassionate and uncreative'. He struggles to find inspiration, which arrives unexpectedly in the form of his brilliantly innovative roommate, Kunitachi Hiromi.

2. Sensei no Shokubutsu-gaku (The Professor's Botany)
A reclusive artist renowned as "The Professor" lives in a secluded house that appears, at first glance, to be as bare and as empty as its occupant's heart. Knowing The Professor to be a difficult man, the company in charge of mass-producing his designs delegates the task of dealing with him to their newest employee.

3. Utsushigami (Tracing Paper)

4. Kousoku Kyori (Visible Distance)

5-6. Majutsu no Atosaki (Consequences of Sorcery)

from Renta!

Living in the boonies, one must give great consideration to how they will get around when they turn 16. Isaki has just turned 16 and his choice of transportation is his neighbor's Piper Cub. It might be old, but it flies well, and so...

When the national idol Kusakabe Yuka suddenly retired from the entertainment business, it shocked the world and it devastated teenager Hata Kosaku. Kosaku was Yuka's biggest fan and her departure left him depressed. His classmates at the Tamo Agriculture School finally are able to get him to leave his room and attend his class, but to everyone's amazement, Kusakabe Yuka (her stage name) comes into the class under the name Kinoshita Ringo as a transfer student. Kosaku realizes he has the once in a lifetime opportunity to get to personally know his dream girl and, together with his group of friends, try to find out why she is here and become closer than just classmates.

From Easy Going Scans

A man who isolated himself from the world for thousand years in the hope that he will become a human. A mountain spirit who deceived him for his own good. Now that they meet again after thousand years, the spirit finally tells him the real way to become human. While the man continues his struggle for becoming a human, the spirit tells him stories...

The year is 1949. Japan had been defeated in World War II and was occupied by Allied Forces consisting of American, Australian, British, Indian and New Zealander troops.

A young woman meets a young man. Both have lost everything because of the war. Tome Kano, a barmaid, and Katsuya Ranzaki, a wealthy investor. The two are fed up with their lives and want to live "real lives" for once. Katsuya's starting up an all-girls baseball team with Tome on it allows them to do this. In this dramatic story, the dreams of a nation come alive. Through the determination and strength of Katsuya and Tome, girls baseball becomes a sensation, and Tome a superstar.

From Yuri Project:

Youko has a complex from being compared to her older sister her entire life, so middle school is off to a bad start when the tennis club is trying to recruit "Aiko-senpai's younger sister" and her best friend Maki. She is shocked to find out that Maki is interested in both the club and its leader Keita, whom Youko immediately disliked, and unfamiliar feelings of jealousy soon threaten to cause a rift between them.

Story 1: Himikoi (also included in Rabu Kare - Gokujou Men Dokuhon!)
What if the secret she could never tell was revealed, just before her high school graduation? To be able to face her feelings for Yoshii, whom she has a crush on, the two of them begin a secret game in their secret place. With the last day of school impending, what will be the outcome to her love...?

Story 2: During a Stormy Night
After losing her cellphone, Nao is only hoping that someone nice enough would pick it up, but much to her surprise, the person who finds it is the guy from the video store near her house. Too shy to go and reveal herself, she starts communicating with him solely over the phone.

Story 3: The Glass-bead Bridge
According to the old legend, if you dig out a glass-bead from the famous glass-bead bridge, your love wish will come true. That's exactly what Niina is trying to do during the cold winter time. Every night going to the glass-bead bridge and slowly digging, she eventually gets spotted by her old middle school classmate. Not promising to even meet up once, they still keep seeing each other every night by the glass-bead bridge. Will Niina's wish come true?

Story 4: The Red Turtle's Dream
"I like Sensei." Riku is loving him one-sidedly, but Sensei, who is very self-centered, doesn't even try to accept others. It is only during the short time while she's looking after his pet turtle, Kamekichi, that she feels closer to him, but Sensei's emptiness can't be filled with anything. She wishes for him to find happiness, even though she knows she can never be the one to fulfil it.

Story 5: A Perfect Day for a Picnic
A broken family can only find comfort in a family that went through the same problems. Years pass and people grow old. Some grow into wiser adults, some into young adults, and some into teenagers; teenagers that become interested in love and feelings. Their nervousness and awkwardness can lead to an uncomfortable situation, one that may make them regret what they did. Are love and feelings stronger than family bonds?

Story 6: The Hideout of Those Two
Thanks to her constant bluffing, Chi always spends her days on her own. Her only solace is the secret hideout from her childhood where a kind and protective Nii-chan used to live leaving her with a key and a promise. Will he really come back and when he does, what will change for Chi?

Hoshino is a timid grade school teacher. Sudou was one year his senior in high school. They meet again for the first time in over a decade and discover that Sudou's son is Hoshino's student. The two of them try to figure out how they feel about each other, and try to remember what it was that had brought them together and ultimately drove them apart in high school. They're both different, but that may not matter as much as how they still feel about each other.

From MangaHelpers:
Himeji Wakaba is a 5th-year elementary school student, and she has the ability to see things that others can't. They are mostly frightening evil spirits, and they tend to do bad things to people who are close to her. As a result, Wakaba has no friends and rarely smiles. On a couple of occasions, she brings home stray animals, but her parents won't let her keep them. However, they're worried about their sad, creepy daughter, so one day they decide that whatever Wakaba brings home next, they'll let her keep.
The next thing she brings home is a pink monster called "Pupipo," but her parents stand by their decision and let her keep it. No one is quite sure what Pupipo is, but it protects Wakaba from the other things she sees. Pupipo also helps Wakaba make friends with an occult-obsessed transfer student and solve problems with bullying. Wakaba's life is a much better place with her pet pink monster!

1-2) Oboreru Hitomi
Aki is a male escort. He takes on customers from the shop. Miyaji-san is an ordinary salaryman who becomes Aki's client. He told him he thinks he might be gay because seems to be attracted to men lately. Aki suggests that they first start with a kiss, but ends up sleeping with him. He likes Miyaji, so he gives him his number. Then they meet outside the store...
Note: Chapters 2 and 3 were edited into one chapter in the tankoubon.

3) Saitei Kareshi
Tells the story of Aoi and his client Kaneko, an ordinary businessman.

4-6) Hearts
Tells the story of Shou and their manager Hayama.

7) Telephone
A sequel of all three couples.

Collection of short stories about married couples.

From Blue Flor:
House 1・ Somei Family
Despite being friends since childhood, there are many things that the husband does not understand about his wife.

House 2・ Kojima Family
A prince in a swimsuit creates a whirlwind romance, and happiness and various insecurities ensue.

House 3・ Takahashi Family
An orphaned exam student is flabbergasted at his older sister's pregnancy and even more so when he learns who the father is.

House 4・ Yano Family
A young widower reminices about his small wife, their relationship and married life.

House 5・ Shimaoka Family

House 6・ Fuyuki Family

Signs of Early Spring