Some athletes dream of the bling-bling, others dream of the women. But real hoop dreams reflect the desire to be the best. The dream of being able to take the rock, drive the lane, and take it to the hole. T...

Two races of half-bird half-human creatures live undetected among humans: The cockatrices and the basilisks. Kozakura Sora is a young cockatrice who switches schools for his assigned task of keeping an eye o...

On a night out drinking to get over being duped and ditched by her last boyfriend, Koda Minare ends up providing a massive drunken rant--while blackout drunk--for Matou, the director of a radio station. The ...

Before Arakawa Hiromu became a mangaka, she spent seven years in Hokkaido working in the farming business. She raised cows, planted crops, was afraid of bears, and was constantly being turned around in circl...

High school boy Tsubasa moves to Kitami City up in Hokkaido, where he meets a "gal" at a bus stop. The sight of her standing alone against the white snowscape, bare-legged despite the freezing cold, captures...

In modern Hokkaido, Japan, a brown bear has appeared near an elementary school, so a member of the local hunters' association is dispatched to exterminate it. Instead, he gets killed by the bear and wakes up...

Mozu Sousuke is fired from his job as an model and half-forced to move to a farm in Hokkaido. As someone who's always lived in the city, the shift in schedules, the heavy labour, the lack of contact with the...

Fujisawa Kenji is a troubled 17 year old with who was born in Yubari, Hokkaido. He rebelliously seeks to become a mob member for reasons kept in the dark. After dropping out of school, Kenji goes to his loca...

Harumi Sawa is an ordinary high school student finds himself at odds with Ayako Kawahori, a girl who has recently transferred into his school. Not only does he become drawn to her bizarre stench, he also beg...