In the midst of a blazing hot summer beset by water shortages, middle-school girl Chinami faints from heat exhaustion. Upon waking up, she finds herself in a mysterious town by a beautifully pristine river...

1-2. Ichimai Jouzu (A Cut Above) 3. Ukisora (Mendacity)4. Itsu made...5. Chuu shite (Kiss Me)6-8. Futago Koro (Double Faced)

A collection of three short stories.

Sumika, a high school girl living in a rural town, has the secret routine of "going into other people's homes." A complicated psychological mentality – despite knowing she is trespassing, she cannot stop. At...

A boy returns to his family home in the country and strikes up an odd friendship with the young child who lives next door, Sora-san, who believes he is God. However, it is Plato, the boy's pet turtle, with whom...

Tales of a Charcoal Burner narrates the day to day life of young Ue Toshikatsu, who, following family tradition, devotes himself to the hard labour of the titular profession in Wakayama Prefecture.The...

A group of bright-eyed college kids heads to the countryside to pad their resumes. A summer of drinking, the beach, and romance under the stars. What could be better? Well, this village may not be all that it...

Jiro and Ma-kun have been friends since they were little. When they were in Junior High, Jiro kissed Ma-kun, but Ma-kun just ignored it and treated it like a joke. But they have never spoken since then. They...

Manga version of the Summer Wars movie. When timid eleventh-grader and math genius Kenji Koiso is asked by older student and secret crush Natsuki to come with her to her family’s Nagano home for a summer job...

In the scorching heat of summer, Seokhyun's life takes an unexpected turn as he and his family leave the bustling city behind and settle into a serene countryside town. Seokhyun quickly attracts attention and...

Suteki na Ooya-san (My Lovely Landlord) 2. Secret LessonKojin Jugyou (Private Lesson)4-7. Sentiment

In this story set in the early 1920s, Tamahiko is the son of a wealthy family, but his life is changed forever when an accident cripples his right arm. No longer considered by his father as an heir, he is...

It is now the Taisho era. After losing the use of his right arm, Tamahiko was sent to recuperate in the countryside in Chiba. Then one day, a young girl named Yuzuki was sent to him by his family and the yummy...

Yamagami is a small hamlet in Kyuushuu, the mountainous region in the south of Japan. Today, this village is inhabited only by old people still living in the rhythm of tradition and communion with nature. The...

Aiming for unity of man and hawk! Living with a goshawk "master", hunting and tasting the prey. A four-panel essay on falconry that teaches the traditions of falconry and nature. Its partner falcon "Donko", his...

Kazura was selected as the winner on a lottery that he bought on a whim, and received 4 billion yen. To evade the hyenas that smelled the scent of his money, Kazura took refuge at an old residence that had been...

Jin Mita, a farmer living in a small countryside town, discovers an unconscious female knight in his rice field one morning. She calls herself Seraphim, and she seems to have come from another world. She...

Koutarou and Shunpei were classmates, childhood friends and neighbors. They were almost like brothers, Shunpei even stayed in Koutarou's house while his parents worked. "But we're not family or brothers, and we...

(Machine translation + light copy editing.) Louise, a poor aristocrat from the countryside, is expected to have a certain ability and is asked by the Duchess to investigate her affair. Her bounty is 500 gold...

A tanuki that can transform into a human X a carefree and airheaded high school girl Yuzu is a high school girl who lives in a small town surrounded by mountains. One day, a certain animal started desperately...

It’s summer vacation and all middle school student Suyeon wants to do is to go down to Gorong Village to spend time with her granny. But the moment she gets there, she is greeted by wondrous sight - a special...

Since his parents moved abroad for business, Reiji was forced to live in his old place in country side. When he decides to have an open air bathtub, 2 childhood girls (Midori and Shiho) notice him. That's where...

Summary refers to the Libre Shuppan re-print, 2008: 1-6) Te wo Tsunaide, Sora woHaruya, a magazine article writer, is constantly frustrating his editors with his lack of inspiration. His calm, quiet life is...

New Yorker On will be shown the wonderful and sweet perks of slow life by his skilled cook brother (who’s actually a tengu!). On, a boy from New York, discovers he is a descendant of a tengu. According to their...