This is a biography of the famous Buddhist monk Ikkyu, created by the acclaimed mangaka Sakaguchi Hisashi. Set in 15th century Japan, the story follows Ikkyu as he strives to live and excel as a monk, despite...

Rie's boyfriend was handsome and skillful, and everyone in her office adored him! Moreover, they hid their relationship from everyone, so every day was thrilling. One day, her boyfriend told her that he had...

A story of a black cat who wants to taxidermy the head of a young girl.

"I'm sure I'll have to pay for this one day." When Mitsu was a junior high school student, a fortuneteller told her, "You should marry the person you love the second most." Now all grown up, she works at a...

Yori Iwatani is close to her 40s and is giving up on love and marriage. She has decided to live a quiet solitary life in her hometown. But when a handsome former classmate appears, things change for her.

A collection of short stories. Ani no Chuukoku (Admonition from an Elder Brother)Ten years have passed since his one and only brother went missing. Tsuzuki has lived a carefree life with his bad friends...

A girl kills herself leaving behind the boy who loved her. 10 years later he still isn't over it. Until he meets a high school girl who looks just like his late love but this girl has a dark secret side.

Fumi is glad Akira is back in her life. Even in kindergarten, Akira knew how to stand up for herself, and she was always willing to stand up for Fumi too. But Fumi’s first love recently got married, and Fumi is...

I would die if it would allow me to touch you. That is my love. Airhead Yuri-chan and her boyfriend Aono-kun had a perfectly normal relationship until one-day Aono-kun suddenly “passed away”. They will never be...

When two gal pals go on a road trip, anything can happen! Sayumi and Hide are two friends cursed with the same fate: They're both stuck in dead-end relationships, and neither can find her way out. When they...

A collection of ASANO Inio's short stories that include: Bakemono RecchanShort story about a girl with a monster faceFunawari OtokoOne shot sponsored by Funwari LiquorToshinoseYuugatouA story of a guy and a...

A negligent mother, an affair, a broken family, domestic abuse, and drugs are among the subjects in these Goth short stories that revolve around the lives of teenagers with complicated problems.

A person who has the power to control people’s bodies uses it to make them commit suicide, and one day encounters a special target. Note: The original version was written in 2012, and the author rewrote the...

From ShoujoMagic: Cool and gorgeous Nagisa paired with her perverted and stupid stepfather Ryunosuke makes for a hip-hop story that presents a father and daughter who cannot be honest with each other.

Tsukio is a police officer who is so frigid calm and excellent that he is called a robot. One day, however, he is summoned by his boss and told to quit the police force. This is the beginning of a grand project...

Tsukasa, Yoji, Eiji and Hisa are friends and members of the motorcycle gang called Gokurakucho (the Paradise Butterflies), Hiro is the notorious playboy of Hiroshima night’s and Danno is the strongest...

In the 80s, Kaze Takashi's parents moved to a quiet area in Tokyo to protect their son from the bad influence of his friends. In class, Takashi doesn't wait to make new friends. Passionate for motorcycle...

The Turquoise Morning A well known photographer named Jed Knox acquires a one-sided love from his time in a foreign country. Because the target of his crush, Sahab, said he would never love another since his...

After training in Paris, bartender Ren Sajima returns to Ginza, Tokyo. His first customer, the owner of a long-established kimono shop, tells him that it is bothersome to have a wandering young bartender in...

The aphrodisiac night retreat is a place with no menu, and the tea is made to the customer's image by the employees. An omnibus story surrounds the overbearing masters, various customers, and the tea!

Shirakawa Junko is an upstanding employee of a high-level bank. Her colleagues all respectfully admire her…except for Kuroda Kayo, a colleague who's transferred to her department. Shirakawa is supposed to train...

Official English: INKR, Azuki Full Color collection of short stories. Zeb-NoidBlame Gakuen! (Blame Academy!)Blame Gakuen! Kyoto Nara Aiai-gasa (Blame Academy! Field Trip to Nara)Blame Gakuen! Sakura Saku Tou no...

Since childhood, Jiwon has been captivated by stories of vampires. He promised himself that if he ever encountered a real one, he would go out of his way to befriend them. Finally, during Jiwon's college years,...