A quiet, atmospheric journey through the ordinary life of a young boy growing up in Showa-era Japan. Masterfully told through the scattered memories of seemingly-mundane moments in his young life, this short work captures the zeitgeist of a generation.
Zuo Ying, a once-renowned criminal investigation expert at Huanyang University and a prominent figure in the legal community, was brought to trial by her own daughter, Zuo Yang, who accused her of crimes. Just as Zuo Ying was about to be sentenced to death, the court abruptly changed her sentence, ordering her to be confined in an insane asylum instead. Due to her success in solving this case, Zuo Yang was promoted rapidly. However, soon after, a series of murders broke out in the city, and unable to solve the cases, she was forced to seek her mother\'s assistance. Facing her mother, who had once brought her love but now only left behind a complicated and indescribable mix of emotions, Zuo Yang felt a thin layer of sweat form on her cheeks. \"My darling daughter, if all it takes is a little pleading to get my help, why not?\" Zuo Ying said, glancing at the newspaper in her hand, squinting as she smiled. The shackles on her hands were so conspicuous—who really was the caged bird here?
It's been 11 years since Levan tried to ignore his alter ego. As time goes by, he then realizes that there are weird things that revolved around his alter ego. Will Levan be able to live like a normal person daily?
Houdzuki Maika is a high school girl who, in a sense, is never alone. Her twin brother Maito, who could not survive birth, lives inside of her and shares her body. They switch between who gets to live each day and they share most of their memories. However, the only times they get to see and talk to each other is when they are both asleep, where they share the same dream. Perhaps as a result of this supernatural existence, they have the ability to see ghosts. These twins will surely face many mysterious events ahead!
Stories included in this volume: 1. Mishiranu Machi (見知らぬ街) (Date:1989) A group of teenagers went on a summer holiday and had a car accident. The woke up and found the whole city was empty. How can they escape the eerie place? But more importantly, can they really all go back? Note: It has been suggested that MATSUMOTO Yoko traced some of her panels of this stroy from Birthday Present (MIYAWAKI Akiko). 2. Youkoso Mystery Tour e (ようこそミステリーツアーへ) In the summer holiday, a 15 year old girl Kana went on a vacation on an island, when a certain hotel giving out invitation to join a treasure hunt event with only a ridiculously impossible map to read. With a group of four along with her cousin Riku who can't handle transportation, her little brother Takashi who likes mystery and her brother's girlfriend Natsuki, the group join the event, meeting suspicious people and witnessing unexplainable occurences. Can they find the treasure? Is there any hidden agenda from the hotel owner by making such an event? 3. A wa Akuma no A (アは悪魔のア) An almost dead man entrusted a Devil statue to Riku, a 15 year old boy. Before they realized, Kana, Riku, Takashi and Natsuki were already involved in an adventure involving antiques, cops, a devil in disguise, an angel in custody, and a cold blooded killer.
[From Storm in Heaven]:A collection of four short stories by Fuyumi Souryou.Story 1: The Rainbow FishStory 2: Damned Sun Story 3: Strange TraitStory 4: A Strange Gene
In a forest on a mountain, a class is out on excursion. A girl strays from her group and meets a witch. She escapes, but when she groups up with her classmates no one believes her, except for her best friend. After the class returns to the mountain for a reunion after graduating, old memories resurface. Why does the girl still insist she saw a witch? Does she really believe it herself? From solelo: A witch named Baba-yaga lives deep in the forest. If you’re a good kid, she might save you on a whim. If you’re a bad kid, she’ll devour you.
The protagonist, Okada, is in his mid-twenties and works part-time for a building cleaning company. He lives his life feeling anxious and dissatisfied with his unremarkable days. What will he do when he can’t think of anything to get a fresh start?
"I don't need love..." Ichimiya is conditioned to be incapable of kissing due to a traumatic experience in the past. He has never involved himself in a deep relationship with anyone, but when he wakes up drunk after a company party, he finds his colleague, Miyama, who is known as the perfect man. Unlike his unsociable self, Miyama, who took care of him, is popular in their company. He is good-natured as well as a good worker. But then, Miyama asks him to "put it in me". Ichimiya ends up losing his virginity to the sexually frustrated Miyama. Miyama also proposes to help Ichimiya improve his condition. Ichimiya refuses, trying to keep Miyama away, but as he gets involved with him, he finds himself becoming attracted to Miyama?+
The antics of Doctor Luca Evercross, a girly child prodigy with an obsession for playing innapropriate pranks on his patients. Read Weekly Updates: http://tapastic.com/episode/113996
Shirasaki is incredibly bored by his unchanging daily school life and he ends up falling for his weird classmate Kamimura Yuuka, who rants about changing the world to his uninterested classmates. However, when she reveals the truth about the nature of their world to him, everything will quickly become stranger than he would ever have expected!
From Aerandria Scans: The story is told as a collection of allegories based in a medieval fantasy setting, but aimed at mature audience. The main character is Helga, a girl who lives completely ostracized from her fellow-villagers, but she seems to enjoy it rather than suffer from it. The people in her life, whose stories we also get to explore, are her best friend Eda, the kind young mayor and two of his servants. And in the heart of the village and the story is the bell-tower which changes everything with its chime...
