Collected short stories from Takahashi Shin.

The first story is a side story of She, the ultimate weapon.

The rest are separated short stories, plus extra artworks of She, The Ultimate Weapon at the end of the volume.

The piano player planed leave his hometown for a better life, and he’s reluctant to responded to April’s love. As a dream deliverer, April is responsible for distributing people's dreams. But April has never given her loved one - the piano player a nightmare. After his leaving, these nightmares that should have been sent out become the only connection between him and April. With these nightmares as a medium, will there be any changes...

"The last question was asked for the first time, half in jest, on May 21, 2061, at a time when humanity first stepped into the light. The question came about as a result of a five dollar bet over highballs, and it happened this way..."
—Opening line, The Last Question

The Last Question is a science fiction short story written by Isaac Asimov in 1956. The story deals with the development of computers (artificial intelligence) called Multivacs and their relationships with humanity through the courses of seven historic settings, beginning in 2061.

A personal favourite of the master Sci-Fi writer Isaac Asimov, it is a thought-provoking fiction that even most non Sci-Fi buffs can enjoy. And this timeless classic has been adapted into webtoon format by Ryul, an active illustrator in Ruliweb, which is a Korean web community for subculture fans.

Orginal webtoon

Sonoba Shinogu is the owner and chef of a restaurant called "Heaven's Door," an ordinary and not very popular restaurant. He has two part-time workers who dress as maids, Maeda Atari and Ariga Chie.

Through some weird quirk, famous people from throughout history start arriving as customers. These people are transported through time and space to Heaven's Door, just before their deaths, and Shinogu has to figure out how to satisfy their order for their last meals.

Famous visitors include Japanese historical figures, like Oda Nobunaga and Ryoma Sakamoto, as well as foreigners like Marie Antoinette.

Ten years after a cataclysm nearly destroyed all life on the planet, magic prodigy Lag Logline is entrusted with the title of "sage" and given the task of preventing the world's destruction one thousand years from now. However when he awakens from his time freezing spell the world he finds is nothing like he remembers. Upon meeting a swordswoman named Clau, Lag finds out that this world one thousand years in the future doesn't know what magic is. After having his own magic mistaken for swordsmanship, Lag enrolls in the Imperial Sword Academy in order to unravel the mysteries of the world around him and fulfill his promise to save humanity.

Returning from school, third-grader Ryunosuke is introduced to a young girl. His father tells him that she will be his little sister starting that day. Her name is Koharu. She is blind and her arms and legs are prosthetics. She holds within her a power beyond human understanding... A bizarre and fantastic Saiyuki story for a new generation!

A talented young cook's encounter with a hungry girl who popped up in his kitchen changes his ordinary life forever. Dora, a summoned spirit and a truly cute goddess, now calls him master. However, he is not interested at all and trying everything he could to get away from the ghostly figure. As fate would have it, when he becomes a summoner by accident, there is no turn back in life.

Zuo Hui is an introverted high school student from a poor family. One day, when secretly working a part time job outside, he is caught by his mother. After the two have a heated dispute, Zuo Hui angrily turns away and leaves. Distracted by thoughts of guilt and regret, he loses footing and falls down a rain-flooded sewer hole. When Zuo Hui awakes he finds himself in a sealed room surrounded by a group of diverse strangers and with a rope around his neck. The more he struggles to take off the rope, the tighter it becomes. Where is this? Who are you people? And who exactly is that self-proclaimed “Yama”?

From: Easy Going Scans

The story begins to unfold in 900-960 AD, later Zhou dynasty, when Chi Wu is being imprisoned after purposely losing to the emperor. His true goal lies within the prison itself, a clue to the whereabouts of world's greatest lost treasure-- Qi Lin Treasure. The words of his capture quickly spread to the ear of his senior and a former officer of the imperial court. Tie Zong Heng (Lawless), decides to be re-enlisted to the imperial services just to hunt down Chi Wu.

Years ago, the gods fought against each other before being sealed away. However, their artifacts remained in the souls of the HuaXia clan as part of a contract and hope that someday in the future, they will awaken once more using those artifacts...

Matsurika Kou is pretty content with her modest rise in position from a low rank palace maid to an official within the inner palace of Hakurou country. One day her boss asks her to take part in a practice marriage interview in place of a co-worker who got sick. During that fateful meeting the wheels of fate will begin to turn...

A Chinese-esque Cinderella story.

From Tokyopop:
Chun Hyang is the feisty young daughter of the village shaman and a master of the martial arts. When a tyrannical warlord threatens harmony in her village and abducts one of her friends, Chun Hyang vows revenge and sets off on an adventure that would become a legend.

A princess calls upon a hero to kill the newly born demon king and that's how the story begins...!

From A Duck's Paradise and Easy Going Scans:

Doppelgangers. Mice that take the form of humans. With murderous intent, the look-alikes and the originals are both pressured to fight in their own ways. After an ambiguous event in their life, Jin-Uk and So-Hee's love life has been shattered. While trying to reconcile with her, Ji-Suk meets her look-alike, and that's how this story starts. What will he do when he, too, has a look-alike destined to kill him? And what's the secret So-Hee will never tell?

A powerful sorceress, Felicia Rand Philistin, once tried to conquer the nation of Shurian. In her wake of terror and destruction, a single man stood up and rebelled against her oppression and domination. The people called him Maian the Brave (Yongja Maian) and it was he that sealed the evil sorceress.
A thousand years later, Fenix Maian in a strange twist of fate releases the sealed sorceress that his ancestors have tried so hard to keep imprisoned. Now he has to keep the sorceress from taking over the world once again...

On a remote island Mikazuchi is training to become a swordmaster. He dreams of visiting the outside world where he can meet girls. He grew up with Honoka who holds complicated feelings about Mikazuchi. This small island is protected by the divine gods and receives no visitors. The only things that ever happen are small quarrels between Mikazuchi and Honoka.

These peaceful days are shattered when Saya, a mysterious beautiful young woman, is washed upon the shore! The seal of the Yaoyorozu gods has been broken and a group of deformed monsters emerge. Honoka's parents prove powerless before the demons and are killed. Even the holy sword bestowed by the gods to protect the island since ancient times loses its divine powers and splits into two. Now they are faced with absolute danger!

Then, Saya's sacred powers save them. The holy madonna Saya's blessings bestowed through a kiss brings about a Western sword that can destroy horrible monsters instantly. Mikazuchi begins his tumultuous journey carrying the holy sword.

The story is set in Japan's Edo period, taking us through a whirlpool of conspiracy. The worlds of mythology and legend are interwoven into this definitive romantic action comic. With the slash of the two swords, one divine and one holy, a fascinating, neo-historical romance filled with mystery and surprises unfolds.

From The Hundred Schools of Thought, comes warlords vying for supremacy; the hegemony returns. In order to avoid the murderous pursuit of the Gongshu family's mechanical beasts, Tianming, Shaoyu, and Shi Lan boarded the "Mirage" anchored by the sea. The out of reach mysterious great warship was for the first time before these three in close range - under its magnificent outward appearance, exactly what kind of secrets are hiding? On the other side, Fusu-gongzi was attacked by an unknown assassin. Under the mediation of Zhang Liang, the Mohists and Quicksand gradually drew near. Between the Vertical Alliance and the Horizontal Alliance, instability rises again....Manhua adaptation of the fifth season of "The Legend of Qin".

From Tokyopop:
After an imprisonment of five days in Heaven, which equals five years on Earth, Soma is sent to the human world to recover the lost sword. Under the supervision of the heavenly princess Aroomee, Soma must deal with the chaos that his deeds have produced.