Paraphrased from Kotonoha: This is a collection of eight stories (there are 9 chapters, because story 6 is composed of chapters 6 and 7). Story 1: Teased and Stepped On, What Blooms is a Passionate...

Keitaro Satou is 30, successful at his job... and single. With worries about his future, he decides to have an arranged marriage interview to appease his family, yet while his prospective "wife" is a beauty...

Miyuki Umino was a senior in high school. Although Miyuki, her two younger brothers and her younger sister were poor, they were happy living together. But, one day all of a sudden her older brother's debt of...

Set in early 1900's Tokyo, its story is about a makeup artist named Kosannba. All the women desire to have their make up done from Kosannba because he is the best. He also manages to get intertwined into the...

One day, teenager Takuya Onodera gets into a traffic accident with 42-year old salaryman Kazuhiro Kubota. After having been in a coma for nearly a month, Onodera wakes up at the same exact moment Kubota passes...

Takashi Sone is living on his own while he is attending college. Out of the blue, his parents tell him that his sister, Mafuyu, is moving in to live with him and that she will be attending a high school in his...

The Hanawas have four daughters. The first works as a publisher for a fashion magazine, the third is an OL and the fourth a student in arts. They are all single and still living at home with their parents. The...

"My roommate, Hebio, is a snake person. He looks and acts like a snake. Everyone says he's scary, but I..." Manabu came to Tokyo from the countryside and now lives in a dormitory. His roommate is a non-human ...

Explanation Can you beat me with this bouquet of roses? Director Makizawa, the boss of Mikiko, an ordinary OL, is a super elite person, but a big Masoschist. You can see Mimiko's life, full of sweat, tears, and...

A collection of short stories which feature the mystery of human beings with a seemingly surreal yet pure literature-like style. Akahoshi-kunSuiheisen JPG (Water Horizon JPG)Hiruyasumi (Lunch Break)Dan-kun no...

Author and editor, man and woman, a "heart-pounding" story. In his seventh year as a manga editor, Tateyama became in charge of Yokozawa, the magazine's signature author. "I'm going to make a big hit!" he said...

The literature industry is suffering from the publishing recession. While the literary magazine 'Mokuren' was grieving over the present state of affairs, a composition intended for their Newcomer's Award was...

Based on the life of real life historical figure/potentially mythological artist Hidari Jingoro. Jingoro is an extremely talented woodworker, sculptor, painter, wordsmith, you name it. But when his lover, Osen...

Lizardmen are hit by disasters today in a high school, where there are various races such as elves and beasts. But this lizard is quite delicious and I'm sick of it!

One couple; Oono Susa is a lover of novels and his girlfriend Amane Hatsune is a lover of manga. Another couple; Konohana Sakuya is a great cartoonist while his girlfriend Ebisu Miko is a cosplay goddess. These...

The protagonist, Okada, is in his mid-twenties and works part-time for a building cleaning company. He lives his life feeling anxious and dissatisfied with his unremarkable days. What will he do when he can’t...

A hardworking career woman who never married died alone, found in a miserable state. Her niece, Yamaguchi Narumi (35 and single), who was hit hard by the news shifted from looking for marriage to preparing for...

Hoero Pen is a story about what goes on behind the scenes of the manga industry: an over-excitable assistant, a tyrannical editor, endless deadlines... Not a day goes by without some form of turmoil in Honoo...

His ex-workers keep calling for help; his memory of his first love is traumatic to say the least, he hates his father so much that he’ll never go back home, a stranger blames him for pushing her down the stairs...