Whenever I felt lonely, whenever I felt happy, whenever it felt like my heart was about to break, I always found myself humming a song… (Source: Seirinkogeisha, translated)

Wakairo Moeko, was awakened to the importance of "effort" when she was in junior high school by the words of her admired senior, Amano. Having become a "person of hard work," Moeko continues to work hard even now, five years into her career, until one day she learns that Amano has quit his job. This triggers Moeko's sudden loss of energy and ill health. While taking a day off from work to help her grandfather in the fields, she meets her classmate, Hodaka, the son of a temple priest, for the first time in a long time... The breath of vegetables soothes Moeko's body and mind. (Source: Natalie, translated)

Hideo Yamada compiles 19 stories about books. **Part 1: Koshoginyuu (Ⅰ 古書吟遊):** 1. **Furuhon Doushujin** (古本堂主人) \[Naoto Yamakawa\] 2. **Furuhonya Furuhondou** (古本屋古本堂) \[Leiji Matsumoto\]; COM 1970-03 **Part 2: Furuhon Kitan (Ⅱ　古本奇譚):** 3. **Furudouguya no Kai** (古道具屋の怪) \[Shigeru Mizuki\]; Weekly Manga Sunday 1966 4. **Furuhon Kaigan** (古本海岸) \[Midori Onchi\] 5. **Furuhon Jigoku Yashiki (From Shiori to Shimiko)** (古本地獄屋敷　「栞と紙魚子」より) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 6. **Koshozuki no Ya Kaitoriiki** (古書月の屋買取行) \[Tetsuya Toyoda\]; Monthly Housho 2007-01 **Part 3: Hon wo Meguru Kijin-tachi (Ⅲ　本をめぐる奇人たち):** 7. **Hon** (本) \[Kazuo Umezu\] 8. **Sokotsu no Hate** (粗骨の果) \[Yumekichi Minatoya\] 9. **Furuhon Eika** (古本詠歌) \[Tadao Tsuge\] **Part 4 Hon no Shouhen (Ⅳ　本の掌編):** 10. **Furuhon Yatai** (古本屋台) \[Q.B.B.: Story by Masayuki Kusumi, art by Takuya Kusumi\] 11. **Bungou Shunjuu** (文豪春秋) \[Hisaichi Iishi\] **Part 5: Kashihonya to sono Shuuhen (Ⅴ　貸本屋とその周辺):** 12. **Kintarou Bunko (from Sanchou-me no Yuuhi)** (キンタロウ文庫　「三丁目の夕日」より) \[Ryouhei Saigan\] 13. **Nakanoshima no Toshokan de** (中之島の図書館で) \[Jun Urata\] 14. **Furuhon Tonma-dou Shujin** (古本・とんま堂主人) \[Yoshihiro Tatsumi\] **Part 6: Koi to Furuhon (Ⅵ　恋と古本):** 15. **Furuhon to Shoujo** (古本と少女) \[Yoshiharu Tsuge\] 16. **Maiko** (舞子) \[Ren Nannichi\] 17. **Yume** (夢) \[Youko Kondou\] 18. **Coat to Aozora** (コートと青空) \[Naoto Yamakawa\] 19. **Aru Doukeshi no Ichinichi** (ある道化師の一日) \[Shinji Nagashim\]

A classic comedy mahjong manga about Toyotomi, a very unlucky mahjong player, and his three "friends", who will take advantage of him and try to ruin him whenever they can.

Furaton is a college student who is always trying to squeeze every penny from his adversaries, but ends up only getting beaten up or hated. One day, on his usual visit to a mahjong parlor, he meets Saruta Tooru, who he thinks of as being weak, so he tries to make him his next victim, only to get beaten up again. Furaton is found unconscious on the parlor's bathroom by a professional player named Tsumokura Tesu, who brings the owner, Amatori Chana, to help. After that, Furaton tries to squeeze some money out of Tesu, but loses tremendously to his "High Tide" style of play. Tesu tells Furaton that he lost because he looks down on others, and that the only way he'd be able to win was by playing with no rates. Furaton then decides to take the JMP exam to beat Tesu on the professional level.