The Y chromosome has vanished. Males have completely died out. In the year 2012, due to the outbreak of a series of magnetic storms in our solar system, the Y chromosome in humans on Earth was destroyed. The...

"If nothing changes whether one laughs or cries, then in this lifetime, I refuse to cry." This collection consists of six historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best i...

After humanity’s first manned mission to the Red Planet was lost, a second expedition arrives. The explorers prepare to exterminate the cockroaches that were used to transform the Martian environment but a...

Before she left her rural village to go to school in the big city, 6-year-old Shinobu told her friend Saizou to grow up strong so he could someday come and protect her. Now 16, Shinobu's enjoying life at the...

Once upon a time, there was a boy who was bullied by his peers because of his honest, straightforward personality. This boy was befriended by a brother-and-sister duo who vowed to be his friends forever. Unf...