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 for...

From Liquid Passion: Yagisawa Kei is disastrously unlucky in love, as his recent strike-out with author Itou Haruya attests. When his publishing company makes him responsible for a handsome young author, he...

Aono Hajime was a prodigy violinist until he grew jaded with playing the violin due to personal reasons. Now in his third year of middle school, he struggles to decide his academic path. One day in school, he...

Yukimi is her real name but everyone calls her Bambi. She is the student discipline committee member who locks students out of the school if they're a minute late, but sneaks cigarette breaks on the roof. Lone...

Nature made Ash Lynx beautiful; nurture made him a cold ruthless killer. A runaway brought up as the adopted heir and sex toy of "Papa" Dino Golzine, Ash, now at the rebellious age of seventeen, forsakes the...

A collection of stories centred around the theme of "Fruits," following the tragic lives of six women.

Fujieda Memori works his butt off every day as a 'charming and competent' bodyguard for his brother's company. One day, a guy called Yuuki Shin appears, claiming to be interested in becoming a bodyguard. To...

Ritsuka Uenoyama is bored with it all - with school, with his basketball club, and even with his one true passion: playing guitar. That is until the day he finds his favorite hidden napping spot occupied by a...

Wei Wuxian was once one of the most powerful men of his generation, a talented and clever young cultivator who harnessed martial arts and spirituality into powerful abilities. But when the horrors of war led...

A collection of four early oneshots by Aya Kanno. Hitori-tachiThe human story from the scene of "Lonely Death" seeking the meaning of life and death.Eien no Honey (Forever Honey)An adorable story between father...

Short story collection including: Iguana no Musume: A girl develops a complex about herself after her mother thinks of her as a hideous iguana. Iguana Girl reflects Hagio's own relationship with her mother, and...

From Etc: Dr. Katou is an ambitious woman who seeks to revolutionize the corrupt and inefficient Japanese medical system from within by becoming a professor in a teaching hospital. She enlists a maverick...

The "Special Crime Investigation Department 007" includes the most capable and extraordinary investigators. Fuyuki, who just became one of its members, is very capable, too. She is paired with Kuze, a cool and...

From ShoujoMagic: Ornamental Flowers for You (Kimi ni Hanakazari)Living in the city and never revealing their true identities are the NINJA BOYS, Hikaru and Takeru. Hailing from the "Timeless Village," they...

Takaya has fallen in love at first sight with a girl he saw at his college. The only problem is that she happens to be Yurina, the girl he spent his elementary school days tormenting. While he hardly remembers...

One day, I - a high schooler - found a paperback in the hospital. The "Infirmity Novel" was its title. It was a diary that Sakura Yamauchi, a classmate of mine, was writing in secret. Inside, it was written...

Kogure-sou is a crumbling old apartment building of just six rooms where four people live. On the first floor are the owner, a very old man who wants to have sex before he dies, and a girl in university who...

After getting dumped by his lover on Christmas Eve, Ei finds a young man with a cat covered under the snow outside of his apartment. That's how he met Junpei. The serious Ei makes some place in his heart for...

Since the graduation of the senior members of the club, Takezou ends up being the sole member of the "Koto" (traditional Japanese string instrument) club. Now that the new school year has begun, Takezou will...

From Midnight Scans: Akira, a student of the music department, played the violin only for Ibuki who is her teacher and lover. Akira is entirely devoted to Ibuki while Ibuki's love devours all of Akira to...

Kinoshita Mairu has a cute name and she's apologetic for it, because she's ugly. In fact, she's apologetic for her very existence because she's not cute. Classmates call her "Poison Mushroom" behind her back...

The chiropractors, oasis, is no place for ordinary customers. It caters for all sorts from hotshot, crime syndicate leaders to nationally popular celebrities. Even those socially depicted as assertive are no...

A motorcycle accident, bone cancer, a speeding truck crashing into a boy on a stolen bicycle. Tragic life-changing events turn the worlds of three young men upside down. These three very different personalities...

Kaizaki Arata is a 27-year-old, out-of-work man who has failed at each and every job interview he has had after quitting his last company where he only lasted three months. His life changes after he meets Yoake...