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...

Ichiro is trying to become a mangaka but is not succeeding, yet Sachiko loves and supports him. The two live together in a transient and unfulfilling relationship, and the collapse of their affair is depicte...

Ruriko Aoyama, a second-year in high school, was born with a large, blue birthmark on her face. She has lived her life trying not to make a big deal of it, trying to avoid overly conscientious treatment by t...

A collection of ASANO Inio's short stories that include: 1) Bakemono Recchan Short story about a girl with a monster face 2) Funawari Otoko One shot sponsored by Funwari Liquor 3) Toshinose 4) Yuugatou A st...

Yokoi Taku has trouble getting along with people, so he moved to Tokyo as soon as he graduated from high school. He now lives alone, making a living by delivering newspapers and drawing doujinshi, though peo...

Sakuma, a teacher at an all-girls school, sees his wife in the red-light district cheating on him one day. In response, he runs away and decides to tour Japan, going wherever his heart may lead him. He final...

A place of love that can not be held

Ao and Takaomi are two childhood friends living near an industrial area. Keeping their feelings hidden from one another, they carry on with their daily lives in high school. "It's our final summer in school....

A collection of short stories: 1. Countdown (カウントダウン) 2. Bitter Nightmare (Nigai Akumu, 苦い悪夢) A one-shot about a demon girl, who has the power to devour nightmares, trying to make the...

“A prodigy at ten, a genius at fifteen, a common man past twenty.” This is a story of the struggle of an ordinary guy like me who is a “reincarnator” and a reckless and promising girl who is a “ge...

Koume Sato and Kosuke Isobe are two teenagers living in a sleepy seaside town. After getting used and dumped by her crush, the emotionally damaged Koume decides to start a sexual relationship with Kosuke, wi...

"I have something I don't want to lose. So much so that these terrible feelings have grown." A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed in...