Forced to compete with each other without having so much as seen one another's' faces in years as a result of their divorced parent's competitiveness, two identical twins long to meet and talk about how they...

The midsummer sun's rays enter the courtyard. Umehara of the school's art club is commanded to do weeding as a punishment with Mizue, a classmate he doesn't get along with. It was supposed to be the worst sc...

Meeting again your first love who moved school without a word…?

1. Canvas ni Kuchizuke (w)o (Kiss to the Canvas) Chapters 1-3 tells the story about the explosive encounter between a boy who loves that people watch him and an artist who loves to paint. 2. Canvas o Dakis...

Hokkaido in the 80s: Life is not easy for Onko and her two sisters Suguri and Gumi. While Suguri, the oldest, tries to earn a living as a self-help columnist for a newspaper, Onko dreams of having her own li...

Collection of stories. Volume 1: 17-21 1) There Were Two Chickens in the Garden (Niwa ni wa Niwa Niwatori ga Ita, 庭には二羽ニワトリがいた。) A strange world where aliens have taken over the ...

Junwoo, a hikikomori, passes his days alone, nestled within the darkness of his room that protects him from the outside world. The one strand of light capable of piercing his world is Hanbit, his neighbor an...

A collection of stories: 1. In the Chocolate Rei is a hard-working student who studies all the time due to her mother's expectations. However, in the middle of her studying she always gets cravings for choc...

Junghyun has a unsociable personality. He shows a strong passion for art in the workshop where he is first introduced to a man named Park Ho. One day when he wasn’t the only one, he could feel a burning ga...

Based on the life of the 19th-century English painter Aubrey Beardsley, who died at the young age of 25.

Shigezaburo Tsutaya, who runs a bookstore in Yoshiwara, is introduced by an acquaintance to Toyoaki Kitagawa, an artist who will later become Utamaro Kitagawa. However, it was an "eccentric person" who stol...

Taku, a bank employee, has a habit of self-harming. He has been trying to improve his stagnant business performance as much as possible, all while hurting his own wrists. One day, he was enduring a client's...

O-Tsuru (the crane), named because she used to stand on one foot to warm the other, was sold by her parents to become a geisha. She will begin as an apprentice (Shikomikka) in an okiya. The house where the g...

This volume includes nine of Junji Ito’s best short stories, as selected by the author himself and presented with accompanying notes and commentary. Stories: 1) Used Record (Chuuko Record, 中古レコ�...

Kazuki is a janitor who can only afford to rent rooms in net-cafes to pass the night. His only hobby is drawing. One day, a strange young man asks to buy his doodles......? An encounter through a window will...

While struggling with a grandmother who's starting to forget him and a family who already have forgotten him, middle school student Sakamoto Toki meets substitute art teacher Itsuya Tsuruda and her housemate...

A twenty-year-old with little hope for the future discovers a shop that buys lifespan, time, and health. This is a story dealing with the ensuing consequences.

'Can you show me your underwear?' 'My underwear?' Those were the first words they shared. Saga admires genius underwear designer Hizuki Miyazato and wants to be a designer himself, too. His prayers are answe...

The story of the characters of In the Walnut is actually a spin off a oneshot that was published in Keijijyou na Bokura (Our Everlasting) volume 2. What do a gallery owner, Hideo Tanizaki, and a young, naï...

1. Natsu no Hajimari (The Beginning of Summer) Two friends spend their summer together. 2. Suika On a summer day, what makes a girl go for a watermelon...? 3. Yuudachi Kibun (Evening Rain Feeling) On a hot a...

Following a collective trip to Europe, a Japanese artist makes a solo career in Paris, intending to visit the museums of the French capital.

In a different world where Western and Chinese cultures are mixed. Ageha is born into this world as the hated son of Count Kikunoi in the Qilin Empire. It seems that in the future, his younger brother Regulu...

To escape a life of poverty, Jang Youngkuk aspired to be a famous actor. And he succeeds... at the cost of his mother's life. Upon proceeding to take his own out of despair, Youngkuk miraculously returns to ...

I did wish upon a mysterious painting to live a new life, but I didn't think that'd mean becoming Viola, a villain bound to die for copying her friend Robina's art and stealing her lovers! Still, I've got on...