This is a shoujo horror anthology, containing 9 stories. 1) I Know Basketgore After loving Shouhei ever since her second year of middle school, Natsumi finally gets to go out with him. But then she starts getting prank calls telling her to break up with him. Then mysterious things start happening around her. Pots falling from windows, insects in her locker, glass shards in her towel. Are these just harmless pranks, or is someone truely out to get Natsumi? 2) Labyrinth Maze of Memories "Forgive me! Don't kill me" Those are the words Honjou Kumi continues to hear in her nightmares. She lost all of her memories of the time before her accident, so she doesn't understand why the students stare at her and whisper. Pranks are pulled on her left and right. What is it that she doesn't remember? 3) Best Friend Koyuki and Hiroyo are the best of friends. They've always chosen to be with each other. Hiroyo always listens to what Koyuki tells her to do, because she knows best. So when Kinoshita says that he's in love with Hiroyo, Koyuki doesn't believe him. She says the only way she will believe him is to go to the lecture room at 5:55 pm to see the bleeding holy mother statue. Hiroyo tries to stop him, causing all three of them to see it. According to the rumor all the people who see the bleeding statue will all die. Things start happening, causing Hiroyo to be frightened. But only she is targeted. Could it be that Koyuki and Kinoshita are out to get her? 4) The Neighbor's Doll Itsumi finds her neighbor, Yurika's, doll in the trash, so she decides to adopt it. She sets it out onto the balcony to dry and Yurika notices it there. She gets jealous because now it's all clean and cute. She gets her mother to get it back saying that it was thrown away by accident. After getting the dye on her shirt she says she only wanted it back so Itsumi couldn't have it. In the morning, the doll is sitting at Itsumi's door. However, Yurika claims she didn't put it there... 5) Black Cat Sakura is a timid girl, unable to say no, so when she sees two classmates throwing rocks at a cat, she wants to stop them but can't. They tell her to join in or they'll tell everyone to ignore her. She throws a rock at the cat and runs away, hating herself for it.she goes back to check on the cat to find it dead from the rock she threw. An old lady tells her that the cat won't be able to rest in peace. Strange things start to happen around her, and the two other girls are dead, so will she end up dead too? 6) Former Residents of Darkness Mihara Yuna and her family just moved into their new home. Not soon after she notices a figure standing in the doorway and she feels a cool gust of air,but the air conditioner isn't set up and it's the beginning of summer. Her father has started feeling unwell. She starts seeing the white shadow turning up in other places. And she hears voices saying to get out. Soon she hears from the real estate agent that the house is haunted that the whole family died in that house on the 29th of July. Any family that moved in died, and the day they moved in was July 28th. 7) Last Request Mikoto and her childhood friend, Yamato are staying at her grandfather's temple which they use as a hostel. In Mikoto's room, she finds a doll. She is told that the doll is that of a dead child. She then prays for the child. She is woken up in the middle of the night by Ayano, the dead girl, asking for water. Then she continues to ask for more and more, gaining everything she wants. But then she wants Mikoto's life. Will she give it to Ayano? 8) If You Turn The Page Emiri finds the notebook of her decease mother in her study, and decides to write horror in it. But then the events that she wrote about start happening around her. She knows she must stop writing in the notebook, but suddenly her arm is taken over and forcing her to write. People around her are starting to die, but how can she stop it? 9) Red String Mayumi says that the red string tyed to her pinky is attached to her life long partner, Yuuya. And then, Yuuya is hit by a car at in intersection. But has the red string really been cut? (Source: ShoujoMagic)
An anthology of fluffy school-age stories. 1. Shining Mars (by Hoshiai Hiro) 2. Friends (by Kamei Juri) 3. My Partner (by Heppoko-kun) 4. Bound by a Red String (by Usami Wataru) 5. Rooftop (by Teramoto Kaoru) 6. KISS (by Takanae Kyourin) 7. You're Lovelier Than a Rose (by Tenshinrou Ryou) 8. Autumn Sleepiness? (by Arata Toshihira) 9. The Glade in the Forest Behind the School (by Kasuga Miho) 10. She, I, and the Red Book (by Kashimami) 11. Beyond This Sky (by Yamamoto Takuhito) 12. Omoi no Kisetsu (by KOUITI) 13. Princess Academy (by Oshida J・O)
Toko is a shy, awkward girl who hates her summer holidays. They just don't seem to end, and she's right. She is stuck on August 31st. Every day's the same as any other August 31st, except when a new character comes and changes how her whole day goes, and what she learns later on is not what she wanted to know...
"Something is wrong with my body..." Tetsumaru is the personal bodyguard of Ageha, daughter of the Harukaze conglomerate family. He is a faithful servant, but recently he has been suffering from a problem: when he sees Ageha, his heart leaps out of his chest. This must be a symptom of an illness! Palpitations, shortness of breath, tremors in his arms and legs... In order to protect the young lady, he can't give in to his sickness!! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
At Inokashira High School, Kouichirou is assigned by his teacher to take care for the welcoming party for the female foreign student from Hong Kong who is going to study in his class. While he's having headache with the class's condition, he heard something loud. The source of that noise are one huge Helicopter and 3 more planes, and the girl who step out from that helicopter? She's Fang Ran, the heiress of the Chang Family, the richest family in Hong Kong. Fang Ran noticed Kouichirou and asked him for the direction for the Teacher Room, and soon she's introduced by the teacher in Kouichirou's class. Fang Ran remember Kouichirou and so she greet him, which cause the teacher to assign him to take care Fang Ran from now on. Read the story about Fang Ran, Kouichirou and their friends in this series.
Tamaki, a genius Ukiyoe artist and Sharaku daughter, is 15 years old. After her father's death, she was living with her favorite parent Ukiyoe Emoto, the second generation of Koshodo, Shigesaburo Ashiya, drawing her favorite picture. Although Tamaki has a light love for Shigesaburo Ashiya, Koshodo has declined since the second generation can no longer sell pictures. Satoshi Shige who wants to break through the situation orders Tamaki to be held by Yutaro while holding his hand as a coverage of the spring painting...!?
An older brother who can only make love to sleeping women, a younger sister prohibited from sexual activities because of a heart condition, and the brother's girlfriend, who watches them quietly from the sidelines. Three people with three different viewpoints. Where will their entangled, distorted thoughts lead them?
Yashiro Junichi is a genius on the saxophone that is tormented by the past until it finds Eiji, a ferocious drummer trying to take your heart by force.
Taiji's normal body temperature is 38 degrees Celsius, or so he says, but Shiina thinks he's full of it. Taiji is a friend with whom Shiina can always--and does always--fight... Until Taiji unexpectedly confesses his love! Shiina begins to run a fever, but is that the only reason she's getting so hot...? But that's just the first story. The second it called "Solution Maze" and has a more serious feel to it. Next is "Heaven In Jail" which is about a girl who's photo somehow ended up in a questionable magazine. Which is then found and used to blackmail her into doing homework and the like. The third is "Winter's Aquarius" which is about a girl taking swimming lessons and it's more comedy then romance. And there is a random bit at the end about pets.
Brothers Masaki and Kai are reunited after 7 years apart when their father passes away. With their reunion brings the question 'Who will be the one to succeed the family?'
A collection of short horror stories from the pages of Ciao Magazine. 1. **Glass no Sakebi** (ガラスの叫び, The Scream of Glass) \[Kaoru Igarashi\] 2. **Shuyaku ni Naritai…** (主役になりたい…, I Want The Lead Role) \[Miki Ueda\] 3. **Dokidoki Fushigi Club** (どきどき不思議クラブ, Exciting Mysterious Club) \[Eiko Komuro\] 4. **Zutto Isshoni Ite Hoshii** (ずっと一緒にいてほしい, I Want To Be With You Forever) \[Ryouko Mizoguchi\] 5. **Norowareta Houkago** (呪われた放課後, Haunted Afternoon) \[Chisato Hayatsu\] 6. **Watashi no Ibasho** (私の居場所, My Place In The World) \[Jun Kawamura\]

