Kikka Tsumugu (28 years old) lives alone on the 2nd floor of an apartment building. Kikka, who works as a "wasai" (traditional Japanese clothing manufacturer) at home, is a job given by Mashimo, her ex-boyfr...

Satou Atsushi isn't neglected by his family so much as ignored completely. Left to fend for himself, Atsushi fails to learn human speech and instead learns "cat language" and "Dog language" from the family p...

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...

Official English Translation One day, Majima, one of everyone’s favorite person in class, gets to see a surprising side to Sonoki, the class introvert. Since then, Majima can’t help but notice Sonoki an...

Uozumi Aiko, an employee at Rainwater bookstore, is 29 years old and single. Despite her family pressuring her to "get married soon", she lives life at her own pace. But one day, Aiko is frightened by a youn...

The cool, attractive chemistry teacher Kuroki reaches out to the timid, lonely Tomoya. He forces his man-heat into Tomoya's sensitive body at school and on the train they commute by together; forcing Tomoya ...

1. The Magic of Those Words Miyabi and Fujita are childhood friends that drifted apart since entering high school. Can they confess to each other? 2. Love Letter Kochi finds a girl that cried in front of K...

The story takes place in 16th century Florence during a time when women were relegated to the role of wives and caretakers, a young noble girl named Arte dreams of being an artist’s apprentice. One day she...

Includes the following stories: Bakuhatsu Gaisha Bell to Mike no Ohanshi Cool Cat Porch de Shoujo ga Koinu to Sutekina Mahou Yuki no Ko Lulu to Mimi Volume 1 of Hagio Moto Works: 1. Bianka 2. Tou no Aru I...

10 years ago a child wished for the destruction of the world. Now a Group of people has the ability which grants their wishes depending on their power. They are called "Order User". Before these great peopl...

On the wedding day of the best friend he's always been in love with, Iga decided to go to a barber shop to get a long overdue hair cut. A story about a barber and a salaryman with no confidence.

Kyotaro Ichikawa, a boy barely clinging to the bottom rung of his school’s social ladder, secretly believes he’s the tortured lead in some psychological thriller. He spends his days dreaming up ways to d...

Usa, a high-school student aspiring to begin a bachelor lifestyle, moves into a new apartment only to discover that he not only shares a room with a perverted roommate that has an obsession for underage girl...

Toono Satoru was just asked to go on a date by Tamiya Keigo, but all Satoru does is stare blankly at him without saying a word. The truth is that Satoru is so happy right now he could burst! He's had a crush...

Kazuaki's life is ordinary to the point that he can't tell the difference between one day and another. But one night by a total accident he witnesses a rather embarassing situation, which unexpectedly turns ...

Introvert Boy x Extrovert Girl: A romantic comedy that revolves around gyudon, featuring two exact opposites! (Source: Shounen Ace plus)

Having returned to college after a year long break, Hong Sul, a hard-working over-achiever, inadvertently got on the wrong side of a suspiciously perfect senior named Yoo Jung. From then on, her life took a ...

I've always enjoyed my peaceful routine life. Everything was going exactly the way it should be when out of nowhere an ex-girlfriend I haven't seen in ten years calls me out of nowhere and then dumps her kid...

I am Changjoo Lee. 26 years old. I am about to graduate from college and will be crushed to death by a collapsed building. The reason I'm like this now is because a junior I met in liberal arts asked me to g...

Two students, one popular and the other an antisocial loner seemingly unconnected except by the window's reflection but looking past the surface perhaps they have more in common than either thought.

A collection of stories: 1. Black Outsider Amano bumps into his crush Takase for the first time since high school almost 20 years ago. They go out for a drink but, a lovers spat knocks out Amano. When he wa...

Mystery writer Mikazuki Subaru, who isn't good at dealing with people, finds them to be a disturbance when it comes to building his imaginary world. One day, he chances upon a stray cat and feels inspiration...

Annie's to-do list: "bird and roses tiara... buy lace and fasteners... brooch... break up with Lin Xian." The film director boyfriend, Lin, is a bit too busy to realize Annie's feelings. Whoever wants to con...

"I really want to become Rui’s protector!" Super introvert Souichirou frequently says this. However, whenever he listens to "Rocky"´s song, he immediately has a 180° change in his character. Rui, who is ...