A Drunken Dream is a collection of literary short stories by Hagio falling into multiple genres, created between 1971-2007. The stories were selected by translator Matt Thorn to be an introduction to Hagio f...

Hana (Hae Na) has made every effort to avoid an inevitable family curse... of turning into a dog after her first kiss. Worst of all, the only way for her to break the curse is to get a second kiss. How will ...

In reality, an ugly duckling could never become a beautiful swan. However, when a short ugly boy makes a wish to be reborn beautiful, his wish is granted and he becomes a gorgeous young man that all the girl...

Loving pets discuss their owners and their owners love lives.

At a place in this world...there is a "Dog World" that can be visited by all dogs. The world that can be visited by dogs who still alive, for playing... and where the deceased dogs can live happily.

Who takes the time these days to climb a tree in bare feet to rescue a child’s toy? To stop and observe the birds? To play in the puddles after a storm? To go down to the sea to put a shell back? The Walki...

If you are feeling depressed with your daily life, you little pet dog may comfort you.

Aya and her twin brother Aki thought they were going to a celebration of their sixteenth birthday at their grandfather's home, but the funeral-like atmosphere tips them off that something's not right. Their ...

A collection of stories: 1) Beautiful Days Asahi was taken under the care of Natsume when he was nine after his mother left him. Natsume has a penchant for taking in abandoned pets, and bringing lovers home...

Winter 1989, Alaska. Blanca has escaped from a secret training camp in the Soviet bloc, counting only on his instinct to pass the Bering Strait and reach Alaska, the land of wolves. Hounded by the secret ser...

Though Chichi the cat looks very cute, he has one goal: eradicate humanity and take over the world! He decides to recruit comrades to aid him in his quest, but it looks like world conquest won't be that easy...

Chi is a mischievous newborn kitten who, while on a leisurely stroll with her family, finds herself lost. Separated from the warmth and protection of her mother, feels distraught. Overcome with loneliness sh...

KNOW THY FATHER The book opens with some childhood thoughts of Yoichi Yamashita spurred by a phone call at work informing him of his father's death. So, he journeys back to his hometown after an absence of w...

A kitten Hime is accidentally adopted by first-time pet owner Onii-chan. Follow them as the inexperienced boy and the shy kitten grow into owner and pet and as they make many friends along their way.

My pet dog (best friend) is now a elementary student!? Corporate slave salaryman Tomoki meets a boy named Leo. Suddenly the boy claims that he was Tomoki's pet dog in his past life and that this time it's h...

On the evening of the College Entry Exams, Aran, a third-year high school student, meets a “talking toad statue,” while walking in a park. She lost consciousness after a bright light flashed before her e...

Iruma, who has a constitution that allows him to transform into a wolf gets into an accident while in his wolf form and is saved by the veterinarian, Minato. He spends his days being relentlessly doted on ...

As a sheltered young lady who was raised with utmost care, Kanon has always lacked confidence. When she mustered up the courage to attend her first mixer, she was surprised to find that it was completely dif...

A little bumpkin kid by the name of Hanada Ichiro gets into all kinds of mischief until things take a turn for the nasty. Trying to escape the wrath of his enraged mother, he gets in an accident, resulting i...

After rescuing his dog "Jiro" from a pond, Jiro and Tooru get to know each other. Despite Jiro's feelings, Tooru becomes attracted to him...? Part of the "ON-SIDE" series.

The corpse of a man and a dog are discovered inside a decaying car. An autopsy reveals the man died one year ago, while the dog died only three months earlier. What is this significance of this gap in time? ...

Haewon’s ambitious dream is to discover a rare new flower and be forever remembered in botanist history. Eunseong just wants to get away from the drawn-out fight to inherit control of his father's company,...

Ichiro Inuyashiki is down on his luck. While only 58 years old, his geriatric looks often have him written off as a pathetic old man by the world around him and he’s constantly ignored and disrespected by ...