A collection of short stories that look to mankind's exploration of space, and examine the possibilities that we could face when we decide to take those first fateful steps into the unknown.

A horror oneshot series by Usayamame, with the common theme of "another world." Original on Pixiv Scanlated stories: 04. Akari 【灯】 07. The Steam Engine 【汽笛】 08. The Wandering Phantom 【�...

Chang An in the Tang Dynasty of China (618-907): The demon star is passing through the sky, calamity is about to befall the Tang Dynasty - because of a woman. Skilled in martial arts and war tactics, Princes...

Includes: She Got Off the Bus at the Peninsula: Mitsuko Kunizaki has inherited a small grocery store from her grandmother. Being a single mother to a little boy, she intends to close it down and move on with...

Nagata Kabi's downward spiral is getting out of control, and she can't stop drinking to soothe the ache of reality. After suffering from unbearable stomach pains, she goes to the hospital, where she is diagn...

The sun rays enter the city of light, as various stories unfold: Bright, dark and harsh; a story filled with people from whom you’d want to avert your eyes. Yet, it is close to reality; so maybe it’s tru...

Rather more representative of the Nishioka siblings' writing style than Kami no Kodomo, this is a collection of one-shots that explore the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people in an odd, surrealistic man...

Through the ordinary small events of his professional and personal life, a forty-year-old man lets himself go on impromptu escapades at random along the paths that the big city offers. This vagrant impulse s...

A short, coming-of-age story of a middle school student named Yu. From the mangaka of Kuzu no Honkai.

This is the mysterious story of Futaba Kazuma's first patient. At 18, Futaba Kazuma went to school to get his qualification in clinical psychology. While attending school, he boards at a creepy mansion which...

All of a sudden, Yamada-san, a shinigami who is only 300 years old (the equivalent of a 30 year old human) is told she has half a year left to live! From reaping souls to coming to grips with death, this is ...

College graduates struggle to cope with the real world. Music offers refuge in this modern manga with an American attitude. Meiko Inoue is a recent college grad working as an office lady in a job she hates. ...

A boy returns to his family home in the country and strikes up an odd friendship with the young child who lives next door, Sora-san, who believes he is God. However, it is Plato, the boy's pet turtle, with w...

A collection of four short stories by Fuyumi Souryou. The Rainbow Fish is a story about a painter and her problems dealing with a culture that doesn't leave too much space for artistic inspiration. From a l...