In the year 2024, young Shiki runs away from home to live with her grandfather, Taizou, who runs the Ushio Sea Service in the man-made island-city of Standard Blue. Four years earlier, Shiki's father died in a deep sea incident, and Shiki is now trying to learn about her father, herself and her family's deep connection to the sea. The Ushio's crew--gruff Takeshi, distant Taichun--at first consider Shiki a hindrance, but she wins them over with her enthusiasm and courage. When Shiki's mother comes looking for her, however, danger looms near and Shiki is put to the final test.
"For you I will sing... for your eternal repose."A requiem draws the dead. A requiem draws the night. A requiem singer is cursed.Tsuki, a requiem singer, often mistakenly called "Death", meets San, a girl who wants to die.
Story 1: Endou got into an affair with the neighbor's wife and was caught red-handed by the husband, Okumura. He apologized to Okumura and was expecting a beat-up when Okumura pushed him down instead... Story 2: Ritsu has unrequited feelings for his friend Masashi. In order to cope with the situation, he indulges in a frivolous life as an escort in the red-light district. When he suspects to have gotten HIV, he runs to the hospital. Little did he know, the doctor who examines him is a former acquaintance of his...
In her childhood, Min Ju was naturally talented, receiving praise for her abilities. However, her confidence takes a hit when she meets young Han Seol. Feeling a twinge of jealousy and a sense of inferiority towards Han Seol's talent, Min Ju tries to keep her distance, but Han Seol continues to approach her...
Tomo has always been stuck with the dependent Miyako ever since she was born. For half of his life, he had been forced to look out for her due to her clumsiness and unreliability. Simply put, he 'hates' her. But there is something that completely prevents him from telling her his real feelings. When she is about to move to the United States, will he be able to love and let go, all before it's too late? A lovely, touching story about a boy and the one most important to him.
Musashino Art University, Department of Visual Communication Design, 2021 graduation project. When he was in elementary school, a boy who had been trying to save his childhood friend from being bullied by a bully turned violent. Now, as a junior high school student, his classmates nickname him \"Kaiju-kun\" and distance themselves from him. One day, a girl who is \"half Kaiju\" joins his class. She seems to have come to school to make friends with many people...... A heartwarming monster coming-of-age story about the pain of school life and friendship!
A collection of late-period Yoshiharu Tsuge stories, originally published 1981-1985.
From Taciturnity Scans: 2nd-year middle school student Ayumu Kurihara changes classes and is seated next to the beautiful but strange Misuzu Tsukishima who dislikes boys. Mizusu can't get close to other people, but after being moved by Ayumu's sweet, honest personality she begins to open up to her little by little. Ayumu too is captivated by the awkwardly delicate Mizusu and the two of them become close.
The only daughter in the dukedom was pampered her whole life and grew up spoiled to the point where she thinks talking is a pain. However, when her family was dragged into political turmoil, she was sent far away to the border with a mercenary group. There was no high-quality food or doting servants there to look after her. Facing a completely unfamiliar environment and a cold-hearted mercenary captain, how can the young lady survive?
In the second year of high school, the homeroom teacher dies in a murder case.The main character, Maoka Riku, is elected to a troublesome committee and soon finds himself involved in a murder case.Who killed my homeroom teacher?
The fortuitous encounter of a lone mermaid princess and a foreign adolescent has interlaced the destiny of two individuals. A touching narrative that emphasizes the acceptance of differences.
Nagisa once lived in a small fishing village; but, after a long-ago tragedy, he moved as far away from it as he could. After collapsing from overworking himself in the city, however, he comes back to the village, to the memories and people he escaped from, and to Kaito, the only one he never wanted to meet again…