Haruhiko and Kenichi are 17 year old high school delinquents who are inseperable best friends. They've a reputation around Shibuya for being guys you don't want to mess with. Lately, Haruhiko has been fustrated...

A new world of "Dazai" drawn by gorgeous writers. A masterpiece of Osamu Dazai's masterpiece short story, which has been loved for a long time, is translated by up-and-coming manga artists into Manga (comics...

Mengo Yokoyari, artist of the runaway success [Oshi no Ko], has compiled her illustrations into this extensive collection featuring the burning stars who light up the world of Japanese show business! This book...

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...

A tone-deaf boy named Shoddy has been kicked out of the Children's Choir. Yet, in a strange turn of events, he gets taken in by Mister Demon, who becomes his vocal coach. There's just one problem... Shoddy's...

New campus, new world! Alice, the clumsy girl, now lives alone in a boarding house and meets her fun college friends. I wonder apart from friends, will Alice find love in her campus? Original Webtoon

The first of two early works one-shot compilations by Kimura, this collects works from her latter half of high school through college, with one one-shot from her 20's at the end. Common themes include waiting...

The story is centred around a cute android who initially had a happy life with her master who dearly loved her. But she was then struck by a series of misfortunes and ended up in a robot-equivalent of...

Yoseob, normally very quiet and composed, is in the police station convicted of stabbing 8 civilians with a knife. Everyone's wondering whether he actually committed the crime. Does he, a mere high-schooler...

Ishinomori is riding on a train to Sendai when he sees a boy near him with a blue kaleidoscope. Reminded of how he used to like them, he asks the boy for it. With his glimpses into it, he begins to have a...

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...

A young drifter named Joe Yabuki wanders through the slums of Tokyo, but when the local ruffians try to give him a hard time he teaches them a rough lesson with his fists. The spectacle sparks a gleam in the...

A collection of stories following the lives of those for whom it has been decided that they will die the following day. 1.) "You Were Smiling" by AKANE Sora2.) "Wakare no Sanka" by AKIZUKI Ichiha3.) "Honest...

A 14-year-old is going to confess to her senpai who is graduating. The next morning, she wakes up as a 29-year-old single woman, living with 3 sisters: a high schooler, a middle schooler and an elementary...

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.

Hana just doesn't fit in. At school, she feels like the invisible girl. And at home, she avoids her parents' arguments by retreating to her bedroom, where she spends hours online, playing the part of various...

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...