"I received the gift of life the day I met you." Shikibi works at an antique store called Rakutadou. Because of her strong spiritual power, she has a predisposition to attract things that are not human. So...

The magazine teases the story as centering on the "last battle" of the famous Japanese historical figure Hijikata Toshizō. The story will begin in 1868, both the first year of the new Meiji era, and the yea...

It's 217 AD, several decades after the end of the "Pax Romana," and the Roman Empire is still the most powerful empire in the world. However, between corruption in the government, increasing attacks from sav...

Contains six short stories: • Kuzeinke no Saidai no Show • Seifuku wa Hugenai • Brigit no Bansan (Brigit's Supper) • Shizuru Cinema • Kasou Senryaku - Kagami-uchi (Mirror Play) • Emerald Wh...

During the beginning of the Meiji Era, a strategic town in the North, Hakodate, has become the nesting ground of mysterious monsters known as “youjin”. It seems the world’s Great Powers are pulling the...

Historie takes place in ancient Greece and follows the childhood and adult life of Eumenes, who would grow up to be the secretary and general to Alexander the Great. Note: Won the 16th Tezuka Osamu Cultural...

Consists of a collection of oneshots: 1) Covetous You and Insensible Me (Hoshigariana Kimi to Futsutsukana Boku) Never one to get close to strangers, Kai finds himself helpess in the enchanting gaze of a fo...

Edo, 1855, in the Hill of the Three Hundred district: Japan's isolationist foreign policy has been lifted, and the era of the Bakumatsu has begun. The samurai Ibuya Manjiro, 26 years old, has just begun his ...

This is a short story collection anchored with the tale of a young woman who is trying to ignore the reality that her husband is a serial killer, including "The Record of Peter Kyulten", "Sensual Nights", "L...

Barefoot Gen recounts the bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, and his family. But the book's themes (the physical and psychological damage ordinary people suffer from war's realiti...

Phoenix is made up 12 complex stories linked by the presence of the mythical bird, an immortal guardian of the universal life force. Read in order, the separate stories jump across time, alternating between ...