During the basketball club's training camp, some people were caught in a landslide with Kazuki miraculously being the only one to survive. Is there a meaning to his survival or...? In order to erase the trauma from the awful accident, Kazuki becomes addicted to women, while he still looks at the world with cold eyes. It's during this time that he meets a fellow classmate named Mana. Will she be able to change Kazuki's fate?
Moonlight Flowers: a classic yuri manga about a woman who leaves her husband for an old friend from school. The story is told in two parts--one from the married woman's point of view, and one from the friend's point of view. The last chapter is a short story called Midnight Flowers.
From BLU: From modern-day tales of romance in Seattle, to eerie stories from historical Japan, to Yoshinaga-sensei's depiction of the class conflicts that fueled the French Revolution... In these unforgettable tales, there's a little something for every BLU fan! And perhaps best of all, the characters Claude and Antoine (a young aristocrat and his butler) are introduced in this volume. Catch up to their later adventures in Fumi Yoshinaga's 'Lovers in the Night'! *Contains a oneshot called True Tenderness. 'Ai towa Yoru ni Kizuku Mono' (Sequel)
Short stories all related through a common medium: Eggplant.
From DramaQueen: Blinded in a freak accident, Kai’s vision is restored years later through a corneal transplant. His new eyes, however, can’t seem to focus on his family or girlfriend. They are instead drawn to Hizuki, his surgeon. Is it because of the doctor’s alluring scent, which Kai finds strangely familiar? Or could it be because the transplanted corneas last belonged to Hizuki’s lover...?
Hiroshi and Takuya have been childhood friends forever. When Takuya asks Hiroshi to be more than friends, will their friendship be able to withstand? Or have they always been soul mates?
From MangaHelpers: After the body dies, the soul lives on. Many spirits progress toward the world of light, through the levels of the spirit world where they study how to improve their souls. These spirits are sometimes reincarnated into the physical world, and sometimes they are sent back as guardian spirits for other living people. Guardian spirits must protect their charge's souls from the blackness that oozes up from the world of darkness below. Riyon is a very laid-back spirit, who often skips her spirit classes to fool around. To train her further, she is sent back to the physical world as a guardian spirit. Instead of following a human from birth, she is helping a beleaguered man, the Japanese Prime Minister Kasuga Soichiro, in the last year and a half of his life. After an unexpected close call with death, Kasuga gains some unusual talents, including the ability to see Riyon. Will Riyon and Kasuga together be able to protect his battered soul? [tethysdust]
Kaori was adopted by Hokuto Ryouzou after her grandmother died. She has the power of a shaman or "uta" of Okinawa, whose left eye can see others' future. The Hokuto family owns the "Hokuto Group," the leading movie company in Japan, and Kaori is behind its success. When Hokuto Ryouzou dies, it is written in his will that whichever son of his that Kaori chooses to marry must leave with her and will not be president of the Hokuto Group. Kaori chooses to marry Youhei instead of the one she really loves, Seiya. -- Esthétique
Before the immense popularity of One Piece, Oda Eiichiro had created a compilation of short stories. The collection consists of: - "Wanted!" (1992) - "God's Gift for the Future" (1993) - "Ikki Yakou" (1993) - "Monsters" (1994) - "Romance Dawn" (Version 2, 1996) In honor of the 20th anniversary of the One Piece anime, the TV special for episode 907 was adapted from the second version of "Romance Dawn."
Ran fervently desires to meet a prince who resembles the ones in fairy tales. By pure coincidence, Ukyo makes a reappearance after a long disappearance... Could he possibly be the prince that Ran has been hoping for all along? Unfortunately, Ran is so enraptured in her own impractical world while Ukyo struggles to express his feelings, leading him to unintentionally hurt her. Will they manage to overcome these difficulties and succeed in staying together as a romantic duo?
Since she was young, Nakazono Kirara has always dreamt of becoming an idol. Her manager, Hanamaki, diligently curated her career, but after being subjected to degrading jobs, Hanamaki decides it's time to take things seriously. However, the concept of a "love celeb" remains unclear until Gin, a mysterious silver-haired man, intervenes when producers try to trade Kirara's virginity for a job. Kirara eventually discovers that Gin is just as bad as the producers, offering to buy her instead. Even after escaping from Gin's clutches, Kirara is suddenly the subject of much gossip in Tokyo. The volume also includes the one-shot "I Can't Tell Anyone".