Kei, a diligent cook, must come to terms with personal loss as well as his feelings of alienation. While the people close to him may try to help, he has to reach the important conclusions himself...

Collection of stories: Haru ni Kaeru (We Awake in Spring Time)Touzen no Ketsumatsu (A Natural Ending)What is the boundary of co-worker's and love? Shirakawa Ryo wants to know, and asks Murai Shigeru to test it...

After the funeral, Natsumi reluctantly agrees to date her sister’s fiancé Togo. But as their relationship develops with the passing seasons, Haru’s memory lingers over them like a curse. Asuka Konishi’s English...

A collection of four bizarre and awkward short stories highlighting what happens when weird guys meet even weirder girls. Story 1, The Lunar Surface & Eye Sockets: Gotou Kosuda takes a job he doesn't want...

Fall from a building, fall in love. Shinji was a high-school guy without a future.He went up to the roof of a building with plans to jump, only to run into his beautiful teacher, Shinanoya-sensei!Then she...

“Hey, Yoshi-kun. I think you’re——” Hearing that voice for the first time stopped me in my tracks. On my way home from school. On the playing field of our junior high, and at the bookshop in front of the...

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...

Nana, an apathetic 24-year-old with nothing much in her life, suffers a car accident and wakes up in her 14-year-old junior high body. As she lives through each day, she starts to remember things she buried...

This is a short story collection anchored with the tale of a young woman who is trying to ignore the reality that her husband is a serial killer, including "The Record of Peter Kyulten", "Sensual Nights", "Lord...

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"Marriage"—when two who were once unrelated vow to love each other and wish for each other's happiness become "family." This marks the start of the married life of her dreams. Or so she thought. Before she knew...

Himeno is a college sophomore who's into other women. Although she is happy being madly in love with her wonderful girlfriend, Yoru, she is often filled with worries and anxieties because of it...This is the...

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...

Two childhood friends, Hina and Ren, shared a magic that could "swap minds." But one fateful day in high school, Ren impulsively uses Hina's body to approach the one he loves! A story of broken taboos and...

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...

Maki confessed to his bestfriend Katsumi, but was told that he was "disgusting".They are coincidentally reunited after 10 years apart. Although their reunion should be a joyous one, Maki discovered that the...

Everything about college student Amamiya Yuuhi is average: grades, looks, and his blasé outlook on life. So what happens when he awakens one day to a talking lizard, who informs him that there is a gigantic...

Two books with this title were released. The first, in 1980, contained the title story and "Husky Voice de Sasayaite"In 1998, a bunko version was released which included four additional stories.

Fifth grade. The threshold of puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Nitori Shuichi and his new friend Takatsuki Yoshino enjoy happy homes and loving families, and are well-liked by their...

Ryu and his friend Jay find a new companion in Hwa Ja, but find the scrutiny of the outside world harsh and cold. When his family moves away, Jay is left alone.10 years later, Ryu is notified of Jay's death...