Airi is a talented young girl who dreams about making a big splash in show business one day. Unfortunately, she lives in a place called Okinawa. And that's the wrong place to be for little girls with stars in their eyes.

But hope springs eternal for all dreamers. Each week, a variety show called Boom Boom showcases fresh and exciting talent on TV. Airi decides she has to be on that show. With that goal in mind, she enrolls at an actor's school in the big city.

Inspired by her new environs, Airi is determined to turn the world on with her smile. But, of course, there are hundreds of other kids at school with the exact same dream. The competition is fierce, but with hard work and a whole lot of charm, Airi has taken her first step in becoming Japan's next big thing.

On graduation day, a former high-school student and her English teacher reminisce about their time together. How he helped her correct her mistakes, raise her grades and overcome her dislike for the language... But is that all there is to their relationship?

Note: Original language image is unavailable (at least one without a watermark on it).

She is a swim-freak. She watches the popular Sawaguchi-kun everyday from the pool just like the mermaid used to watch her land prince. Their worlds are different but is Fate conspiring to bring them together?

Before wizards or magic, the world was filled with girls. But one day the girls disappeared and now only wizards remain. The Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communication have instituted a system that calls for a national census every five years in order to monitor and assess the growing wizard population. Two full-time agents have been assigned to this task by special appointment of the minister, and now must visit each household! Join them in this tale of bureaucratic bungling in a magical land!

A collection of short stories:

1. Irabayashi-san no Phantom Arm
Irabayashi Fumi is a cute teenage girl and the ace of the school swimming team. One day, she unexpectedly joins the occult club. Isahaya learns her secret: she's trying desperately to rid herself of two invisible 'phantom arms.' Will he be able to help her?

2. Sunaboshi
After the tragic, accidental death of his clubmate and crush, Hiori, Kyouta's astronomy club is abolished. One day, he wakes up to find that his broken binoculars have manifested a girl that looks just like Hiori...

3. Okurimono
The brief story of Sano, a boy who dreamed of being an artist, and his first love Abe Kanako, who dreamed of being a performer.

4. Kotonoha
When Hana was little, she used to tell all the boys she liked them. One day, a demon appeared and cursed her, telling her that any boy she confessed to would die. After the next boy she claimed to like died in an accident, Hana became terrified of dooming any other boys to death. Six years later, she finds a boy she actually wants to date, but can she do so without bringing down the curse?

5. Living Quarter
Humanity has split into two forms: the winged people who live in the sky, and the ordinary humans who still live on Earth. Kae, a normal human, has a grudge against the winged people for a tragic occurrence in the past. However, Kae's mother is winged. Kae must decide whether to allow herself to become a winged person or essentially lose her mother.

Cherish carefully... The one-sided love for Takeshi... It was originally a lucky thing to go to the same high school together... But then!?

From Perfect Illusions:

Momo and Hinata got along so well together that people around them asked if they were going out. Momo really likes Hinata and can’t wait to break down the wall of "friendship." “It’d be great if Hinata feels the same way..." Momo wishes. However, she accidentally said that she liked someone else in front of everyone and their relationship heads off in an unexpected direction… A title work that illustrates the two enduring pain while advancing in love with five other documented chapters.

From Chibi Manga:

Shinji, Manabu and Chinatsu are neighbor and childhood friends. Because they hide their thoughts from each other, their feelings became lock inside their heart. At that time, Manabu informed the other about "those things". He could trust his friends forever, but what will happen when they grown up and start to change the way they feel about it...?

Included is the oneshot: I Just Love You.

From Shoujo Crusade]:

10-year old Niina is special. This is because she has the memories of her past life as a girl named Chitose still intact. Among these memories is a promise with Chitose's boyfriend which Niina then decides to try and fulfill. But can she really?

Includes the following one-shots:
Koi Baka. (volume 1)
Toda is a really smart girl but has no passion for anything. She admires idiots who are passionate, especially her classmate, Iijima.

Machibito (volume 4)
Komako is a carefree girl, who's pretty incoherent. Whe. a random guy asks her to eat sweet potatoes with him, she can't help but wonder why he pats her head and thanks her everytime.

Sho Itoguchi, an office worker who runs a site selling urethra bougies as a hobby, finds his boss's name, Noriyuki Kiyama, within the list of prospective buyers. Later on, he brings some urethra bougies to Noriyuki's home and starts his "lecture" just like that. Despite it being Noriyuki's first time, he's drowning in pleasure in front of Sho. Sho can't hold back his excitement...!

Includes:
- Hajimari wa Naka kara
- Shio Fuite Chi Katomaru

Kurosu Kei likes mediocrity, works in a normal office and goes out on dates with guys… But he is not human. In fact, the reason for him to go out on dates, is that he feeds the vital energy of the people with whom he goes out. Still, he never is completely satisfied and fed, but this changes when he meets Kyle Shou, the owner of a hotel. However, it seems that this intense man knows the past…?
[Paradise Love Scanlations]

Kate is a professional party planner who is hosting a party tonight for a wealthy American at the special country of Zaad. At the oasis where the party is held, she meets a beautiful young man who she assumes to be the lute player... or perhaps not?

A manga by Kaoru Ichinose in likeness to the love stories in 1001 Nights.

[From AnimeWaves]: Two kids, Kouhei and Akio, made up an imaginary girl named Hajime to take the blame for destruction of the principal's copper statue. But one day, they meet a girl that is exactly like their description of Hajime, but only they can see her.

After giving a lecture at his hometown, Yonezawashima, the old mathematician Uchida Yutaka wandered to his alma mater, and met Sekiguchi Hajime, a fifth grader who enjoys playing with numbers. He was trying to unravel the world using his own equations. The movement of clouds, the branching of a tree, the veins of a dragonfly, license plate numbers, deciding class representatives… Hajime wants to explain the unknown world using mathematics. If you read it you will grow to like maths a little. The way you look at the world will change.

Makunochi Ippo is an ordinary high school student in Japan. Since he spends most of his time away from school helping his mother run the family business, he doesn't get to enjoy his younger years like most teenagers. Always a target for bullying at school, Ippo's life is one of hardship. One of these after-school bullying sessions turns Ippo's life around for the better, as he is saved by a boxer named Takamura. He decides to follow in Takamura's footsteps and train to become a boxer, giving his life direction and purpose. Ippo's path to perfecting his pugilistic prowess is just beginning.

Note: Won the 15th Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga in 1991.

Okano Hajime is an ordinary - or maybe below ordinary - girl who was forced to take care everything in the family since she was young, because her family was very poor. Hajime had five younger brothers, who were quintuplets, and they were scouted by a music company. Thus, the realistic yet dreamy older sister had to try harder to watch over her restless brothers and to pursue her own idol, who was in the very same company.

From FairGame:

There is first time at everything, and you don't know anything about it. Not about your partner, not about yourself and even how to advance in love. In a certain port city, energetic high schooler Kana, and firm high schooler Kouki live. Two of them experiencing first time at every thing they do. Author of "Smash!", Saki Kaori presents, Hajimete Datte ba!. A heartful love story has now begun

The times in a new relationship where both are each other's first significant other, and every action and every word feel like a leap to the moon and back.

After years of being childhood friends, Tatsuya suddenly confesses to his childhood friend, Yuuri. Yuuri is unsure of how to feel and act and slowly, she finds herself feeling things she'd never felt before...

In the spring of Kyoko's first year in high school, Eiko, a girl like a sister to her, returns with her younger brother, Jiro. The return isn't that big of a deal, but Jiro (self-proclaimed super mad scientist) has it in his head that he wants to operate on Kyoko! And, what's even more, the two of them are actually high ranking members of an evil organization on the run from the heroes of justice!
As if high school didn't have enough problems already, now she has to deal with these two living with her.