Includes six short stories.

Story 1, Forest of the Ice Needles: a middle school student just wants a normal life, but his cultish mother is determined to raise him as she sees fit. Throw in a mysterious boy and some soccer, and you have this enigmatic tale.

A.D 70 The mightiest empire Rome started conquering the world. The whole Europe was havocked by Roman's foot. In Ablion, in order to protect their homeland, the Bravest Wyvern fought a bloody battle against the invader.
The term Bestiarii (闘獣士) refers to those that fought against beasts, whether through voluntary combat or execution, during the Ancient Roman era. Bestiarius refers to a single Bestiarii.

This manga is the adaptation of two movies: Zatoichi's Vengeance (Tokuzo Tanaka) and Zatoichi's Pilgrimage (Kazuo Ikehiro).

The Ballad of Zatoichi:
Zatoichi comes upon a dying man who asks him to give a bag of money to "Taichi." Zatoichi has no idea who this is but when he comes upon a small town harassed by gangsters, he finds that "Taichi" was the man's young son. Along his travels, he also met a blind monk who makes Zatoichi question his murderous lifestyle. In trying to help the town, Zatoichi kills some gangsters and becomes a hero to the boy. He must make a choice of whether to stay and defend the town or to leave and be on his way.

Zatoichi's Pilgrimage:
After he's ambushed in a small village terrorized by a gang of thieves, the legendary blind swordsman Zatoichi is forced to kill a young man in self-defense. As fate would have it, his travels soon lead him to Okichi, a woman whom Zatoichi discovers is the sister of the young man whose life he stole. In anger, Okichi attacks the blind swordsman, but her conscience gets the better of her, and as she tends his wounds, the two fall in love.

XIANG Wei-er, who has exceptional grades and a sense of justice, upon transferring to a new school and class, got named by the teacher as a little teacher dedicated to guiding the "special students" in the class... Gosh! Before she can even adjust to the unfamiliar new environment, she has to first deal with a bunch of difficult people... a serious girl meets a strange handsome guy, and together act out a surreal campus love comedy!

When Ryuu Kagaya tries to befriend the boy in the next seat to his, honor student Yoshito Naruse, he's shot down. Only after Yoshito visits Ryuu's workplace does he think they might be friends. But Yoshito's brother might have something to say about that...

A cross-over manga featuring characters from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni.

A letter comes to the three Kohda sisters in Kamakura, bringing the news of their father's death. A father they hadn't seen since he divorced and left home 15 years ago. Despite feeling indifferent about their father, Yoshino, the middle of the three, and Chika, the youngest, go to Yamagata to attend his funeral on oldest sister Sachi's request. There, they meet Suzu, their young and reliable half sister.

Was nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho Award in 2008. Won the 6th Manga Taisho Award in 2013. Won the 61st Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.

How strong are you? In this manga, the hero is an idiotic little boy who has a frightening style of fighting. But he isn't the only fighting monster. Sumeragi Sen will discover people that are stronger than him, and maybe even the limits of his strength.

From Aerandria Scans:

“Tales of Moonlight and Rain” is a collection of classical Japanese horror/suspense stories. The stories are simple, but abundant with traditional fictional Japanese characters, such as the half-man half-bird Tengu, white serpents, fantastic carps, goblins and restless ghosts, driven by love or hatred.

1. Kibitsu no Kama (The Cauldron Of Kibitsu)
The story of a woman who becomes an angry spirit after her husband betrays her.

2. Aozukin (The Blue Hood)
The story of a monk who turns into a demon because of love.

3. Jasei no In (The Lust Of The White Serpent)
The story of a beautiful snake who keeps following the man she loves.

Pochi always helps Takatsuki Kaori whenever she is in trouble. Actually Pochi's real name is Inui Haruka, the third son of if Inui family who have served Takatsuki's family as a loyal guard since a long time ago.

It is a story about a master and her "dog".

From MegKF: "Beside a view like this, who would you want to share the aroma of coffee with...?"

Chapter 3: Twisted
Harumi, is like any other typical guy, who survived a construction site accident. One day, he encounters a voice in his head, who appears to have saved him from it. Follow the daily events of Harumi and the voice in his head as Harumi goes about his life.

Vanilla and Chocolat are twin gods of a peaceful tropical island. Short vignettes highlight their everyday lives in the magical setting.

[From Esthétique]:

Kikuchi Ima's first love was her sister's boyfriend, who is 11 years her senior. Nine years later, she meets him again ... and this time, he is her homeroom teacher. What will become of this one-sided love?

From Night Constellations:

Morishita Haruna is a high schooler who has a crush on a guy, called "Haru" (by his friends), whom she always see at the train she rides on. One day, waking up, Haruna was shocked seeing "Haru" sleeping in her bed! Neither one of them knows why is "Haru" there. After introducing to each other, Haruna knew that "Haru" is actually his surname and his full name is Harukawa Kanata. Kanata was just about to leave but an invisible wall on the door prevents him from getting out of Haruna's room. Him being unable to leave, Haruna has no choice but to go to school while Kanata stayed in her room. At the train station, an old man tried to molest Haruna but Kanata saved her?! But this Kanata doesn't know Haruna!! Rushing back home, she saw the Kanata who slept in her room still there! What happened to Kanata's body?

Shino became the librarian clerk she aspired to become but she is in a group with Tsuzuki, who gave her a very bad first impression. In the half year to come, she has to endure Tsuzuki's poisonous tongue and his mean heart. But although she hates him, when she is near him, her heartbeat quickens. One day, Shino kisses him in his sleep...?

Shinta loves nothing more than girls, their school uniform, and their breasts. On the other hand, Shirasu was desperately looking for more members for the Fishing Club. Shinta, as the new transfer student, becomes the target of Shirasu for the Fishing Club. She persistently requests that he join the Fishing Club, but he strongly refuses because he has no interest in fishing. However, his joining of the Fishing Club becomes inevitable when he is saved from bullies by the well known “Tsuri-Chichi” Nagisa, apparently an expert in fishing. She has superb skills in fishing to a point where she can use her fishing rod as a weapon. Strong yet kind and having huge breasts, Nagisa becomes a trigger that changes Shinta’s perspective of fishing as she guarantees that Shinta has the potential of becoming a professional fisher.

"I am Kikyou! I'm working part-time in this cute little flower shop called "Tsumikabatsu". My boss, Baramon-san, is extremely popular with girls and he's a master at flower arrangements! He's a well-respected person. But, WHY does he have to stand so close to me... Aah, Boss, wait! Stop that!" I'm trying to introduce the story here, DON'T TAKE OFF MY PANTS!!!........So, so it's like that, please read this "the beautiful boy working hard in the flower shop, "Tsumikabatsu"!

Compilation of short stories:

1) Tsumi Koi / Sinful Love
“If you want me to stay quiet, then have an affair with me too”
Yashiro witnessed her classmate Maki, who is extremely popular with the girls, with a girl who wasn’t his girlfriend. Tired of her uninspiring days Yashino suggested that she become Maki’s “lover”, but because of these circumstances she finds herself being charmed by him and she can’t stop herself from falling in love with him…!?

2) Until I Fall in Love
About twin sisters, Tae is the older twin and Rie is the younger. One day, Rie begs Tae to switch places with her. Rie has a crush on a boy who sits next to Tae. Finally Tae agrees. In Rie's class, Tae is surprised to discover that Rie sits next to a cute guy, the one on the soccer team that she saw after school a few days ago. Then, Tae has a good time sitting with the boy. He's funny and nice.
When he invites Tae to watch him play soccer, Tae agrees, but then she realizes that he invites her as Rie..

3) Let's Meet in Dream!
Fuzuki has been having some strange dreams recently. In them, she is at school, and she is talking to a cute young teacher. Fuzuki is in love with this teacher, and he knows it. They always hang out on the roof of the school, where he smokes a cigarette. Every night she has dreams about him, and they hold very real conversations. But the thing is, Fuzuki doesn’t know who this guy is!
Why is Fuzuki dreaming about this guy? Does he dream about her? Will they ever be able to meet in person?

4) Tears of Goldfish
It was a summer festival 5 years ago, and a young girl was kissed by a cute boy while fireworks exploded all around them. But one of their classmates saw them kissing and teased them. They were elementary school kids, so their accusations are rude and obnoxious. The girl, Iyo, was embarrassed and denied it before the boy, Tsujiai could say anything. Ever since that day, she and Tsujiai, haven’t spoken.
Now they are once again placed in the same class after 5 years. Iyo feels awful and awkward. But it’s obvious he still hates her…

5) Love Spell
Momoka and a friend are standing at their classroom window, checking out some cute senpai boys. Momoka prefers boys with shorter hair. Her friend says that Shibahara isn't Momoka's type. Shibahara is a boy in their class, and he has long hair that obscures his face.
The next day, Momoka finds out that Shibahara arrives to class with a new, short, haircut! And wow, he is actually very cute! Momoka can’t believe this. Could he had overheard her conversation yesterday? Or is this a coincidence? Could he really have cut his hair for Momoka? Momoka suddenly finds herself very aware of Shibahara. Is she falling for him?

The 18-year-old Mitsuru Yaegashi arrives in Tokyo planning to become a professional illustrator. While searching for cheap apartments he suddenly gets wrapped up in in the Town Renewal Project, becoming part of the Fight Town. He fights his first fight against a boxer to defend the boxer's grandmother and prove him wrong. After becoming part of fight town he wants to leave but after registering there is a penalty fine and he will be charged by the police for the fight!