A collection of one-shot stories by Takako Shimura, the author of Hourou Musuko (Wandering Son) and Aoi Hana (Sweet Blue Flowers). Originally published between 1997 and 2001, these stories deal with issues r...

1) Rakuen Nana, a 16-year-old girl, has had a happy relationship for 1 year with a University student named Shugo. Though, it all comes to a halt, when a doctor tells her that in 6 months, she will become co...

"He's so, yet so far away... But I still want him, even if means committing an unforgivable sin..." Two years ago, I couldn't have been any happier. Masahiro, a co-worker I'd been dating for the past year, p...