I, Satoru Kitayama (30), am a manga artist's assistant. My wife, Chika (32), has a developmental disorder. Even if our life together has many problems, we manage to come to terms with them and live each day.

Takuma is a single guy who does nothing but go to work and come home. Too tired to do chores, he decides to get a robot to cook and keep house. “Mina-chan” is such a good housekeeper, Takuma jokes that she...

Shirosaki Haru is a nine-year-old fourth grader with no dreams or hopes for his life. One day, he visits the "Birds Encyclopedia Store," a specialty store that collects "birds" from all over the world. What did...

A serious hardworking company employee, Arai Kyuta, is an extreme misanthrope who can't take off his mask at his human-ish company. One day, he meets a young girl who looks like a discarded doll…. and their...

A story about two kids who go to Tokyo after their mother died and their stepfather kicked them out of the house. In Tokyo they meet up with a fellow orphan named Shigeru Ito. Thus begins their cynical tale of...

Takayoshi, an otaku, was murdered by a female stalker named Kurona. He ends up reincarnated in a fantasy world where he is living his isekai fantasy as a hero who is adored by a harem of girls, but...

From Operation Boredom: Jin is a rock artist in the making, and in a relationship with Tama, a wanna-be bread maker. However, as Jin's popularity grows, he feels he doesn't have enough time for Tama, and breaks...

A man who is now single after his wife cheated on him discovers the existence of technology that will make any woman fall for him.

Okiteru, an elementary school boy who lost his parents and lives with his unemployed older brother, spends his days performing intimate "services" for the adults who come through his brother's introduction...

"Twins" - Two children that develop in the same womb and are born at the same time. Even though we werw raised in the same environment... Even though... When we were born, Hinata took even my portion of the...

This is the tale of two members of a Beatles cover band who find themselves transported back in time to 1961 – to a time before anyone had ever heard of the Beatles – and decide to take the mantle of the world...

Takeuchi Kaoru is a young man with a special ability. He can experience the thoughts of others, just by copying their writings. Kaoru lives with his mother with Alzheimer's disease. He wants to become a writer,...

During a class reunion, the school became an enclosed dimension without warning. Yelling and screaming brought no response. 26-year-old unemployed Haruka Sato has to survive by cooperating with seven of his...

Ranobe protagonist VS Eroge protagonist... A cruel and heartbreaking youth NTR elegy!! Suzuki is a high school student. He was living a peaceful and easygoing school life with his childhood friend Miki, the...

Isao Komori is a college dropout who spends his days cooped up in his apartment playing video games and masturbating. The highlight of his day is visiting a convenience store where an angel-like high-school...

One day, during spring, I stumbled upon a beautiful high school girl. She was full of life and always seemed so happy. But when I took her hand, a troubling number appeared above her head : "300". This is the...

Usahara Kunio is a handsome copywriter at an ad agency with a bright future ahead of him. But he has a terrible secret: he is afraid of women. Whenever a woman makes a move on him, he can only see an apex...

A collection of one-shot stories by Takako Shimura, the author of Hourou Musuko (Wandering Son) and Aoi Hana (Sweet Blue Flowers). Originally published between 1997 and 2001, these stories deal with issues...

A story about Ichiro Yamada, a young staff who works in the park section of the local city hall.

The story centers on a group of friends who are satisfied and complacent with their everyday lives. The friends include Tobio, a passive high schooler who makes it a rule not to hope too much; Maru, a scheming...