October's girls

1. **Akakke no Itoko** (赤ッ毛のいとこ) 2. **Marmalade-chan** (ママレードちゃん) 3. **Mia** (ミーア) 4. **Sangatsu Usagi ga Shuudan de** (3月ウサギが集団で) 5. **Katappo no Furugutsu** (かたっぽのふるぐつ) 6. **Mitsukuni no Musume** (みつくにの娘) 7. **Keitodama ni Jarenaide** (毛糸玉にじゃれないで) 8. **Deku no Bou** (デクノボウ)

The game of "Asobi-dama" (Play ball) is popular in Timothy's school. In this game nine marbles are kept in a circle and struck by another marble. Timothy's classmates are amazed when he strikes 19 times in a row. After returning to home and practicing several times, he realizes that he can move the marbles on his own will. *Note: This work was published in the January 1972 issue of Bessatsu Shoujo Comic (Betsucomi)*

Two estranged friends learn too late how their actions had destroyed the balance of a perfect triad of intimacy. *Note: Published in English as a part of the "A Drunken Dream and Other Stories" manga anthology by Fantagraphics.*