From Mohiro Kitoh, the author of Narutaru and Bokurano, comes this wonderful collection of short stories that reinforces his reputation as a skillful story teller. Spanning almost 20 years of the artist’s career—from his professional debut work Zansho to his latest contribution to IKKI magazine Pochi no basho—this collected volume offers a unique view of Kitoh’s artistic development. Included are such stories like Pochi's Place.
Mary, who doesn't feel she's happy in life in spite of being rich. Sakura, who worries over her being considerably slow. For Mary, it's expressing her love through a music box, and for Sakura, it's gaining the courage to be herself... Consists of two stories - Music Box of Love & Goddess Beneath the Sakura Tree.
Mira attends a private school in England and finds out that the boy who appears in her dream since her childhood really exists. He's Radley Macchiavelli, a beautiful model. When the two finally meet, the boy is transported to a parallel world connected from one spiral ("Rasen"). Mira follows him to try to save him and is swallowed into the parallel world dominated by the mysterious Black King...
I fell in love with fate. But the memory of that love disappeared. Four men were waiting for her when she lost her memory. It seems that just before she lost her memory, she chose one of these men as her fiancé. She had even decided to get engaged, but now she has to redo her first love. You might already be in a trap!All of them are seriously trying to get married, and the exciting reverse love story is about to begin!
In the Future Century (F.C.), humans have ruined the Earth. Much of mankind has abandoned Earth for space colonies, with each country on Earth having a corresponding space colony. Instead of having wars, a "Gundam Fight" is held every four years, where a representative will pilot a Mobile Fighter and compete with other Gundams until only one is left. The winning country is allowed to rule the Earth for four years until the next Gundam Fight.
A middle school student just wants a normal life, but his cultish mother is determined to raise him as she sees fit. Throw in a mysterious boy and some soccer, and you have this enigmatic tale.
From Stiletto Heels: While suffering from a broken heart, Sera moves in with her parents in their home in the countryside. Although Sera swore not to "get into a relationship for awhile" she meets Saji, a station attendant, and falls in love once again...?!
From Wasurenagusa: A shounen-ai version of the Issun-boushi story. Heikuroo is only as big as a human hand and only in the light of the moon he can gain the normal height. Because people think he is cursed, he leaves his village and goes to the capital, where he becomes a guardian of an aristocrat named Kotohira...
Not long after Ougai Mori takes the reins of the Port Mafia, his accomplice Osamu Dazai has a dreadful run in with Chuuya Nakahara, a boy known as the Sheep King who is capable of manipulating gravity. But when strange rumors about the mysterious being Arahabaki start spreading throughout Yokohoma, the duo must put aside their differences and get to the bottom of things. Before they achieved infamy as the fearsome pairing Twin Dark, Dazai and Chuuya were just boys. Was their first encounter a harbinger of hope, or an ill omen of things to come...?
Ritsu, a junior high school student who lives in his parents' home with a piano teacher, is pulled into a spiral of passion after a performance by a new piano student, Saya.
A girl watches over the town she lives in, believing the world is going to end. Soon she is joined by a boy who has no place to go, and they watch over the “last days” of the world together.