Big Puppet Show

1) **Visconti no Eiga no You ni** (Just like Visconti's Movies) A popular author puts up an ad for a sitter, "beautiful youth who specialises in making miso soup". What is he really looking for? And is that really all he wants? 2) **Romantic** Romantic is the story of Konrad Nernst, a German-native who falls deeply in love with the Japanese Viscount he meets in his homeland. Walking a tight-rope between restraint and desire, Konrad agrees to return to Japan with the Viscount and serve as his butler. Every day the pair face the censure and mockery of those around them; the powerful magnates that control the Viscount's estate, the staff he employs and his devilish wife, Hanako. 3) **Kiyomerareta Yoru** (Transfigured Night) His sister is dead, but still living under the same roof with his brother in law, his secret love grows stronger for the widower. The smut writer decides to move out to end this toxic relationship. 4) **Hetarima!** His brother just moved in with the salaryman and he doesn't seems too pleased. In order to avoid the younger brother, he takes to drinking with his colleagues every night, sometimes passing out in strange alleys. 5) **Koroshiya Drop** (Assassin Drop) 6) **Shinshokusuru Shi no Gaspard** A short novel.

A collection of stories by various authors: 1) *天国に夜は来るか* by Moto Haruko 2) *愚かな蜜の毒* by Narusaka Rin 3) *ひねくれ猫のしつけかたを教えます* by Saruwaka Chimi 4) *ほんとはいいこになりたいの* by Maiji 5) *毒舌ミューズと恋の即興劇* by Hifumi Mogezou 6) *Grand Guignol* by Motoni Modoru 7) *ウチの部下が言うこと聞きません！* by Kirima Moccori 8) *困ってみせてよ* by Minami Haruka 9) *Bokura no Nichijou no Mouhitotsu no Saundotorakku (僕らの日常のもう一つのサウンドトラック)* by Kanai Kei 10) *嫌われ者のオペレッタ* by Tanaka Suzuki 11) *Dakaretei Otoko No.1 ni Odosareteimasu.* by Sakurabi Hashigo