Takao Kasuga is a bookworm. And his favorite book right now is Baudelaire's Flowers of Evil. While the young man may often be seen lost in thought as he rabidly consumes page after page, Takao is not much of...

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...

"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...

Utamaro Kogawa is a travelling salesman, always accompanied by his younger sister Hotaru, his only beacon of light and hope. Going from place to place, he fulfills the needs of his clients for a price. What ...

Five years ago “Don’t shout, I’ll be responsible for you.” The man disappeared after saying this.. Five years later, they met again. “You took away my most important thing and made me suffered and ...

Kyoko (21) and Jiro (23) live together in Tokyo without being married. She is a graphist in an advertisement agency, he just starts to be an illustrator. Their love struggles and daily life with friends and ...

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...

Collection of 23 stories about love in the everyday life of the Japanese. 1. His Scent A woman reflects upon finding the scent of her lover from two years ago. 2. Heavy and Pop (♂) A broke youngster star...

Seventeen authors (nine from France or French-speaking countries, eight from Japan) brought together in the same book, a succession of freely created short stories about the same universe: Japan. The French,...

Utsunomiya Sousuke is dead. But his new life is about to begin...in Hell! Upon awakening in the Afterlife, Sousuke meets his painfully sexy devil guide Sanagi, who may be short of stature, but packs an all-p...

Rintaro Senkawa is a middle aged guy who got a little drunk one night and died. But that is just the beginning of this story as Rintaro finds himself most unexpectedly in Hell where he meets his guide, the d...

Nanoka and Koshiro were separated at a young age when their parents divorced. Now, 10 years have passed, and Koshiro has already forgotten about his younger sister. Yet, Nanoka has decided to attend the near...

Taira Wako is a 31-year-old woman with only a part-time job, who lives with her boyfriend. Is she supposed to just marry the boyfriend that she no longer has the same feelings for and have kids? Is that what...

Mistaken identities, bizarre accidents and pratfalls, tragic pasts and plenty of broken hearts, and that is just for starters! Love Mode tells the story of the lives of the men involved with the classy male ...

Lucia grew up not knowing she was a princess. But when her mother died, she entered the palace and had the chance to see her entire future in a dream. In her dream, when she reached 19 years old, she was a...

Over 50 and recently divorced, Director Inoue Masayuki of Human Resources receives an anonymous letter accusing a company employee of sexual harassment. Looking into the matter, he's initially persuaded that...

An esper heiress and a combat butler, nothing can stand in the way of this ultimate combo! Satsuki is the envied heiress of the Tsujikawa Corporation. Girls at her high school for the rich and pampered pret...

Koizumi Shintarou is 30 years old, a virgin, and has isolated himself in his room for 15 years. He has become a burden on his father, Koizumi Yasujirou. One day, Shintarou makes a proposition that if Yasujir...

When Rino gets pregnant, her boyfriend demands that she have an abortion, and she agrees. But, at the last moment, she realizes she doesn't want to kill her baby.

Kosuke has lived to play the ideal self as a father at home and as a manager at work. However, his life changes 180 degrees when he meets his daughter’s friend. In front of her, Kosuke was able to be his r...

In Edo period Japan, a strange new disease called the Redface Pox has begun to prey on the country's men. Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Wo...

This story is based on the Twitter account of a love hotel employee who goes by "Ueno" and instructs others in the ways of love. Ueno, a Gotanda Kingdom love hotel employee, appears in front of men who hav...

Collected short stories from Takahashi Shin. The first story is a side story of She, the ultimate weapon. The rest are separated short stories, plus extra artworks of She, The Ultimate Weapon at the end of...

People are starting to act very odd around Norio. This average, normal boy is suddenly getting a lot of unwanted romantic attention and he can’t figure out why! A broken leg and a fall down the stairs into...