“If I can’t have you, no one can.”Hestia killed her beloved brother Ian with her own two hands. Three months later, he reappears in front of her seemingly unharmed; however, he has seemingly lost all his...

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...

In the Eden Brozue Empire, the peace of the nation is guarded by a saint named Bethcherian. But who could have thought the next Bethcherian would be a five-year-old girl from the slums? Despite facing doubts...

After being sexually assaulted by his classmates, Kiyo has stayed home from school for several days. While taking a walk, by chance he stumbles upon the residence of Takami, a novelist. Feeling safe in the man...

"I will become emperor and bring peace to the world!" A vivid depiction of the life of the Byzantine princess Anna Comnena, the only known female historian of the Western Middle Ages!

Bonita is a pharmacist who works with rare ingredients that require foraging in dangerous places. She hires Ivan for a short-term contract as her bodyguard, but things take a turn on their first day when he is...

To this day "The Tale of Genji," a story written as a picture scroll in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), is regarded as the most important work in ancient Japanese literature. A shining baby boy is born to the...

Manga artist Tamiko Tsuneyoshi was captivated by Bali and moved there. But she has a secret side to her... She's the proprietress of an Edomae sushi restaurant!? In her pride and joy, the mother and daughter...

A rose wakes one day to find an unexpected and unwelcome guest.

When Hana wakes up in a novel as Cielina, a character who is destined to die, she decides to keep a low profile—until disturbing rumors surface that her husband, Duke Killian Seyfried, killed his own niece and...

This is a collection of stories about the various romances of men and women set in cafés. Obi wo Hodoite Latte ni Shite (from Renta!):You know how it feels to want to untie the sash of a man in a kimono, don't...

A college student, Tsuyoshi, picked up a hand-some guy, Ren, who happens to be a son of the Jinguji corporation. He told Tsuyoshi that he ran away from home...Ren tries to pay the rent by his body, but Tsuyoshi...

Zhanhao is a dedicated cultivator who wishes to reach the top spiritual level before he turns 18. But all cultivators know that the road to leveling up is filled with ups and downs. Zhanhao's challenge comes...

A witch who lives alone in the forest picks up a child. 16 years later, she grows up bigger than expected. Unique magic and unique characters make their quirky home worth a visit.

Eruru, an elf from another world who has come to a human boys' school as an intern teacher, is troubled by the elven rule that one must go the bathroom in a place with abundant nature.

Eunuchs, the only men allowed to serve in the secret garden known as the harem. When a young eunuch named Jafar encounters three beautiful sisters there, their meeting shakes the country to its foundations...

Gardening and solving crime aren’t what straight-A student Yeon Han thought she would be focusing on at her new school. But when she discovers a notebook that contains clues to a 15-year-old murder mystery, she...

When she wakes up, Mila immediately notices that she has been inexplicably transported to the year 1940, during the time when the Dutch Colony was reigning supreme in Batavia. Confronted with this perplexing...

Hikaru Genji (literally "Shining One of the Minamoto Clan" ) is the illegitimate son of Emperor Kiritsubo of Japan, and considered too handsome for his own good. After Genji's mother dies, his father...

The Enchanted Peony A valedictorian finds a beautiful peony.The Butterfly Visits the Spring GardenA butterfly turns into a human and meets a human boy.The Cry of the TigerA man has to stay the night in the...

A collection of oneshots. Hatshepsut - Beginning in 1511 B.C. Egypt, where two sisters -- the clever Menou and the beautiful but spacey Seshen -- are taken in by the family of the pharaoh for their ability to...

Sell me! I'll be the most expensive lady to obtain. While scheming to get out of an arranged marriage, Cesare runs into Adele, a shoeshine girl from the slums. The two make a 3-month deal to help Cesare elude...

120 pages of all-color comics and illustrations like a beautiful picture book drawn by insect-loving underground watercolor artist Nishizuka em on the theme of symbiosis and parasitism between humans and plant...

Dianna Brienne frees the abused slave of her estate, Guiscard Lodbrog, only for him to return years later as a vengeful king who repays her compassion with a cruel, humiliating marriage that ends in her tragic...