English adventuress Isabella Bird journeys to Japan in 1878 and becomes the first Westerner to travel to many remote locations, heading northward towards Hokkaido to study the aboriginal Ainu people. Based on...

In the Pleasure District of Yoshiwara courtesans and their clients meet in the ancient city of Edo. From the most popular teahouses to the most infamous, in each room, a woman and a man talk to each other...

The Showa writer, Kyutaro Yamada was a medical student- Yamada, a young man who never went to the battlefield, continued to write about the state and problems of Japan at that time, sometimes sharply and...

The setting is London at the end of the 19th century. A young vagrant boy, Louie, meets Sherlock Holmes, a consulting detective who has just opened his own practice, after a murder case. Despite his hatred for...

Acclaimed for his visionary short-story collections The Push Man and Other Stories, Abandon the Old in Tokyo, and Good-Bye—originally created nearly forty years ago, but just as resonant now as ever—the...

From the appearance to the voice, a shop whose business is to assume the client's identity and act in their place, Gekkousha.

A biographical account of the famous Mongolian leader Temuchin who united the numerous Mongolian tribes in the 13th century, ultimately becoming titled as Chinggis Khan. It faithfully follows the account given...

Hanna, a chef of a famous restaurant in London was a victim of terror bombings. When she woke up, she became Choi Songyi, the daughter of the Minister of War Affairs of the Joseon Kingdom. The Crown Prince of...

A tough tomboy named Georgie lives with her family in Australia. They live on a big farm out in the country. Georgie is very playful and cute girl. She loves her brothers, Abel and Arthur, and they´re the best...

[From BLU]: Just before the start of the French Revolution, a commoner named Gerard pays a visit to a high-class brothel, where he sleeps with, and then buys the freedom of Jacques, a young noble sold into...

A collection of short stories. 1. The MoonlightOne midwinter night, some female prostitutes picked up a child, Kiyohito, in the red light district. He is forced to take clients at age 14; and in two years, he...

"Gisèle Alain will provide you with any service, Madame," Gisèle claims as she puts a sign on her door. Gisèle Alain is the owner of an apartment and decides to take on whatever request that she receives. She...

1940, Paris. Marion is the leader of a group of street rats who steal to survive. A man hears her singing and invites her to play the role of Jeanne d'Arc in a play. The story of one woman's journey in the...

Feeling rebellious toward his overprotective mother, Soma Mitsuya, a first-year high school student, only cares about his violin and his hospitalized grandfather. Then one night, just as his grandfather's...

Including Stories:Chapters 1-2 Good NightChapter 3 It's the TruthChapter 4 ChansonChapter 5 Dancing in the DarkChapter 6 The Sweet Fragrance of TemptationChapter 7 Good Night - The years that come and go

Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective, relies on her mind to solve difficult...

Barefoot Gen recounts the bombing of Hiroshima from the perspective of a young boy, Gen, and his family. But the book's themes (the physical and psychological damage ordinary people suffer from war's realities)...

A samurai who keeps watching a craftsman making ink stones, day after day, for 3 years. What could be his intention? The forbidden love between a samurai and a craftsman.

The successor of the Tsujimura clinic, Motoharu has always held his childhood friend, Hazumi Akira, close to his heart. He confessed to Akira and then was rejected. Even so, he still entered the same university...

From Bliss: Arthur and Laurent were childhood friends that grew up together, but they had the difference of a noble and servant status. As they grew older, they came to understand the difference in their...