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The original webcomic contains two graphics and a notice of expiration, while the official English translations offer additional information. The story centers around Ivy, a gifted young woman who wakes up in her family's home after spending weeks in ancient Egypt thanks to a magical bracelet. Ivy remembers Bifitu, the charismatic prince who rose to become one of Egypt's greatest Pharaohs, as well as her role as Nefertari, the pharaoh's beloved wife according to historical records. Upon returning home, something has changed, and it seems as though Bifitu has been wiped from history, with official documents stating that he died just two years into his reign. Despite the risk to her own life, Ivy embarks on a journey back to Egypt to set things right.
She is a girl that everyone loves but she cannot speak of the love she has for her brother because her brother already loves someone else. In despair, she gets dragged into Ancient Egypt by a snake shaped bracelet that is engraved with a three thousand year old love oath. There, she meets the Pharoah’s heir, a party boy….
How a young woman, romantically and professionally broken, will once again get a taste for life when she leaves the city to live in the countryside... Shino feels totally lost in her life. She goes out with a past work colleague, Masaki, quite macho...and troubles at her work make her leave it. She moves out, takes her independence, moves away from Masaki and settles in a tiny room in an old building of suburbs. On her arrival, she finds a little garden she shares with her neighbours, a couple her own age. And little by little, she feels more and more attracted to the mysterious man who lives next door.
It's about a depressed woman who's stuck on something that happened in her life.
After getting a nipple piercing, Jae-in suffers from severe pain as a side effect. She turns to her childhood friend, Joo Hyun-ho, who has always enjoyed piercings, for help. “There is a way to make it hurt less.” “…What is it?” “Giving stronger stimulation to the left one.”
Sahoko and Rio, two classmates, find solace in each other's company despite their tumultuous pasts. Rio suffers from depression and self-inflicted harm, and her family (comprising of her father, stepmother, and stepbrother) doesn't show her any love. However, Sahoko brings some light into her life. Sahoko herself has a cryptic backstory and doesn't share a good rapport with her parents as she lives with her aunt. Moreover, there's a suggestion that Sahoko and Rio have met before when they were much younger.
From Doko Demo Doa Manga Scanlations: Contains 15 short stories of a little rabbit, Sentarou, with his clumsy owner, Baku, who are always happy spending their spring time together.
The story is set in 1983, our protagonist Nanami Hatano is a music-loving teenager who dreams of moving to England to follow the punk musicians she idolizes, but instead has to deal with her grandfather who squanders the family's money to buy antiques. Nanami is inspired by the real life of the author.
Takara Itosaki's boyfriend of two years, whom she had been thinking of marrying, suddenly dumps her. He states, "I'm not sure if you like me anymore because you don't get jealous." She has liked and cherished her past boyfriends in her own treasured way, but for some reason she is not always depressed when they break up. One day, a beautiful woman visited the real estate agency where she works. After talking with her for a while, she realizes that she is Ema, a classmate of hers, who transferred to another school in the second year of junior high school...
From Tokyopop: Kaguya is the orphaned survivor of a war she can't remember. She has grown to love her new life and the parents who have adopted her, until once again, her life is torn away from her. A boy she remembers only in her dreams comes to Kaguya and gives her the truth ... that she is a princess from another world...
The Planet Group is formed of powerful families that represent each planet in our solar system and the central Sun Family. Midori is the eldest son of the Earth Family, who is just now entering his high school life in the Planetary Academy. Other than his family name, however, Midori has little going for him. He doesn't get good grades and is shy and socially awkward. His low self-esteem isn't helped by the general disdain his father and younger brother openly show towards him. All they want is for him to not further "dirty" the family name, by staying silent and not standing out in public. But at his new high school, Midori is surprised by the kindness of the other Planet children, particularly Yuudai Jupiter, who takes Midori under his wing on the first day. Will attending the Planetary Academy mark the beginning of a change in Midori's life, or is there no hope for him after all?
Yumiko Kawahara's disturbing short stories explore the strange and codependent world of dolls and the people who own them. These cautionary tales must come from some desire to teach people a lesson, for in each one there is a horrible outcome when the doll enters their homes. Volume 1 Milk at Mealtimes: A man spoils his Plant Doll, and it matures into a "woman". Potpourri Doll: A mentally unbalanced man buys his daughter a Plant Doll, and starts to obsess over the "nauseating scent" coming from it. Snow White, Part I: A jeweller tries to obtain Tears of Heaven from a Plant Doll named Snow White. Snow White, Part II: A poor man takes in a Plant Doll and dies from the exhaustion of taking care of it. In the end the doll cries. Rainy Moon: An artist with a supernatural reputation does a portrait of a Plant Doll named Rainy Moon. Lucky Doll: A man's Plant Doll, named Otohime, grants him good luck, yet his girlfriend is somewhat skeptical. The Distant Sound of Water: A man wanders the city trying to regain his memory. A Spell to Unbind Spring: A man returns to a secluded manor with a legend of a girl who drowned in a nearby lake. Volume 2 Blue Doll: A man working for a collection agency takes in a Plant Doll left behind by former clients. The Garden in the Sky: A maid gets entangled in a plot involving a fortune depending on the words spoken by a Plant Doll. The Missing Doll: A woman tries to find the Plant Doll once owned by her dead grandmother. Princess Jewel: When a boy's sister dies, his father buys a Plant Doll to help his mother deal with it. The Role of an Angel: After getting divorced, a young model buys a Plant Doll. Forbidden Fruit: Olympia is a special kind of Plant Doll, one who sings. But there is a sinister secret about this certain Plant Doll. A Voice in the Night: A woman wanders the city only to stumble upon her corpse. Volume 3 The Garden of Arcadia: A young man who is mysteriously transforming into a tree is taken to a research institute where he is comforted by many plant dolls. Circle: A group pools their money together to buy a plant doll, which they will all take care of. However, when most of the members begin to see the joy in breaking the rules of plant doll care, one member must take charge of her. Honeymoon: A young girl finds that her previously adoring father has bought a doll that is identical to her in her childhood. Dreams of Flying High in the Sky: A lonely novelist buys a plant doll to impress his editor. When she leaves to marry her sweetheart, he must raise the doll by himself. The problem is, the doll doesn't respond to him and he has never taken care of her! Emerald: A rich woman's young lover wishes to possess a plant doll. As he yearns after the doll his mistress begins to lose interest in him. The Storm: A young woman who is kept in a gilded cage attempts to escape to live life to its fullest. Volume 4 Quicksand: When a sick young boy dreams of a beautiful plant doll with aqua blue eyes, his parents are quick to purchase her when he sees it in the shop. As the boy spends more time with the doll his health begins to improve. A Gift: In the midst of refuse an angel waits to awaken. When she is woken before her time, will she ever bloom into a proper angel plant doll? Coral: A father brings home a mysterious ball of coral with a tiny plant doll inside. As the doll spends more time in the sun, the bigger she grows. The Tiara of Melancholy: A brother and sister team is hired to grow the fabled Tiara of Melancholy for a rich man. What they soon find out is that as the tiara grows it draws its energy from the doll itself.
