From the author of Special A, a oneshot about a girl named Hatsune with a "bad mouth", for lack of a better description. She's kind-hearted and all, but her mouth spews the total opposite of what she means (which is probably due to the fact that she grew up with five brothers, a father, and no mom). And so she is seen as an arrogant, mean girl at her school, and that is why she hasn't had a boyfriend for the past fifteen years of her life. Well, that is, until she gets accepted at this Maidens' Club, where she meets a guy called Kirie with a somewhat unique habit (it happens when a girl comes within six inches of him). How will these two fare? Will Hatsune have a boyfriend at last? Will she be more than just a "girl" friend?
It’s summer vacation time, and no one is more excited about it than 2nd year high school student Karin-chan. Her childhood friend Sakumi-senpai is coming home from college to visit! Karin and Sakumi, along with his younger brother Tatsumi are childhood friends. Sakumi hasn’t been gone long, but now that he is back, Karin can really see a difference in him. Just seeing him makes Karin’s heart beats faster. Her crush on him hasn’t changed. Meanwhile, Tatsumi is the same age as Karin, and is in her class at school. He is aware of Karin’s obvious affection for Sakumi, however what are his feelings? He seems to care for Karin very much, could he be the one to comfort Karin when Sakumi rejects her? Over the summer, Sakumi begins to see how special Karin is. Will Karin gather the courage to confess? Will Tatsumi make his feelings known? Will Sakumi realize how special Karin has always been to him?
From Sugar-Oasis: Chiba Tamao's family is bankrupt, and the Yakuza debt collectors are chasing him down attempting to collect. The last thing that he needs is a handsome guy named Kurotengu who wants to 'eat him'. He tries to escape this creepy situation, only to find out that the only way he can solve one of his problems is by becoming an idol singer--with Kuro! Welcome to the world of Paradistar, where creatures known as the 'mono no ke' live among us, beings that need to feed on beautiful human spirits to survive. Will be continued by Intercross From Intercross: Chiba Tamao's family is bankrupt, and the Yakuza debt collectors are chasing him down attempting to collect. The last thing that he needs is a handsome guy named Kurotengu who wants to 'eat him'. He tries to escape this creepy situation, only to find out that the only way he can solve one of his problems is by becoming an idol singer--with Kuro! Welcome to the world of Paradistar, where creatures known as the 'mono no ke' live among us, beings that need to feed on beautiful human spirits to survive.
"This isn't the life that I wanted." On the day of her wedding, Eunha, who has hidden the fact that she's a lesbian her entire life, decides to jump off a building and end her life, not wanting to devote her life to a person she can't love. Just as she leaps, she closes her eyes and wistfully reminiscences her first love whom she never told her feelings for... only to find herself 10 years back in high school when she opens her eyes. As she is reunited with her first love, will Eunha be able to turn back her ill-fated life? (From From Zero Scanlations)
A collection of 5 short stories: 1. Natsu no Kakera When Miyuki goes off to the countryside to visit her grandfather in the hospital, she accidentally enters Madoka’s room instead. Although she finds him rude at first, they end up seeing each other every day and get closer. But, Miyuki only has a limited amount of time in the countryside. As the summer passes, how will things turn out for them? 2. Yuki no Kakera Aya usually has the library to herself after school - that is, until she witnesses an incident that leads to her discovery of Tono’s feelings for her fellow librarian, Konno. The three end up spending time together, and Aya finds it odd that she can’t stop watching them. As winter goes on, the snow falls and builds up like the fragments of Tono’s emotions - fragments that slowly find their way into Aya’s heart. 3. Koi no Kakera What was initially sheer admiration for the club president, Kondo, spurred Konno into joining the Home Economics Club. Little did she know that these feelings of admiration would eventually grow into something bigger and she decides to knit him a scarf as an expression for her feelings. However, life is hard when the target of her affections is the harshest handicraft critic around. Would a scarf knitted with the her fragments of her emotions be enough to convey her feelings? 4. Harumichi Soushi 5. Akiiro Kimiiro Kanako had always dreamed of falling in love; and when she finally does, things don’t exactly go according to plan. Ihara is cold, aloof and rude – but despite that, she is relentless and refuses to give up. Vibrantly coloured by all the moments they had together, it was the autumn their lives changed forever.
From Hyper Parfait: After World War III, the Führer established the Unified World Government. Anything considered as damaging to the creation of the “Perfect World” is eliminated, such as people with disabilities, believers of a different religion, those that are considered as “traitors”, and so on. The Black Rose is the personal protection guard unit of the Führer. Luka Ogami, the top graduate of the academy of unified army officers, joins the Black Rose…. to save the world.
Apparently when you cross the ghost of a long-dead samurai with an age-old grudge against the legendary swordsman Musashi, you end up with a very confused teenage girl. Let the fight begin!
From Transcendence: High school student Asahi is forced to provide blood to a childlike vampire Hikato, and becomes his ‘temporary’ mother, until he reverts to his original self. When Asahi finds out that Hikato stayed behind to protect the human world, how will her feelings towards him change….!?
It's about a rich man's daughter and a orphan boy growing up together and falling in love. But when her parents die, her aunt wants to send the boy away to college and make her marry a respectful man to save the family reputation. [From mangatraders] In a quiet area of France during WWII, a very young orphan boy was left on the steps of a large mansion on the same day that a daughter was born to the bourgeois family living there. From that day on, Francis and Natalie grew up together and found themselves falling deeply in love. As talk of their marriage began to stir, Natalie suddenly lost her parents to a plane crash, leaving her aunt as her guardian. This aunt, vehemently opposed to Natalie's engagement to a mere orphan, which drove Natalie and Francis to elope. Unfortunately, they were caught. Rather than be torn apart from each other, Natalie and Francis decide to spend eternity together by jumping off a cliff. Through a cruel twist of fate, however, only Natalie survives...Is there even a smidgen of hope that Natalie will somehow be able to find her love once again? An amazingly well-developed, emotional work of art from Ichijo Yukari.
