Popular stories from fashion magazine Zipper have made their way into a special book. Letter by Hazuki Kanae "Who are you?" On a certain day, she discovered a letter left in her school desk... My Best by Fujisue Sakura "I can't touch him, because we are friends." Where will these unsuppressable feelings lead us... Miss You by Kumiko Saiki And the day they part ways finally arrives... Goodbye, I'll See You Tomorrow by Tomoko Noguchi Yasaki, who finally gets a boyfriend, now has to enter into a long distance relationship! Even though she thought that the pain of not being able to see him was the same... CHERRY by Matsumoto Nanako The only person that would suit her is someone as extraordinarily popular as she is, right!? The person in question should definitely be... To the You Who is Here by Haneda Ibuki Does she still seem like a child to her older boyfriend? All she wants is for him to glance her way...
Decades ago, the tiny town of Hanaizawa was cut off from the rest of the world by an invisible wall, a wall that nothing living can pass through. The younger residents have grown up only knowing the outside world through what they see and hear in the media. These are the stories of their everyday lives, the good and the bad, as they live out their days in a tiny town that no one can enter and no one can leave -- a town which, by its isolated nature, is destined to fade away.
The 28-year-old ballet dancer Kiwako is no longer satisfied with her life and is thinking about ending her carrier as a professional, from which she even can't make a living and has to work in a bar to make ends meet. Then she would be able to do all the thing she couldn't until now, like smoking cigarettes, eating sweets and falling in love. She meets her neighbor, a 52-year-old college professor for the German Language. Much to her surprise she falls in love with him and after her spontaneous confession a complicated love story unfolds, where Kiwako learns that in times you hate the person you love.
Ichinose, a violin music student, is coming towards a crossroads in his life. He has to decide what to do with his future, but he doesn't feel pulled towards any one particular dream. In the absence of any ambition, he decides to work alongside his mother, who is a piano teacher, and teach violin. But one night, he sees a pretty, sad girl standing barefoot outside an apartment. A little investigation shows that she seems to share the apartment with a cat and a mysterious guy called Mike. Will meeting her be the trigger that can change his dull life? (Source: MangaHelpers)
A collection of five spooky stories: 1. **Tenchi Shinmei!** (天地神鳴!) Asuna Shio is a teenage girl with a very strong perception of the spirit world and has a shrineless god as a companion. One day, Shio's classmate is seen vanishing into a mirror. She reappears afterward, but seems changed for the worse in terms of personality. What has happened to her? 2. **Gekkouchou: Hyaku-nen no Koi** (月光蝶~百年の恋~) A two-tailed tiger-striped cat is taken in by a girl called Mitsu and given the name Torakichi. Torakichi is no ordinary cat, and the love and tragedy between them may be strong enough to transcend a simple lifetime. 3. **Friend Doll** (FRIEND DOLL) Mizuno Sachi spends almost all of her time studying, thanks to her demanding parents, and she doesn't really have friends. There's a boy she likes at school, but it seems impossible to get close to him. Suddenly, her stuffed bunny, Mimi, starts showing up in her dreams to advise her through her teenage life. But what is Mimi's motivation for all this help? 4. **Tonari no Yomi-san** (隣のヨミさん) There's an urban legend about a girl who killed herself as a teenager, "Yomi-san," due to her insecurity over her appearance. Supposedly, her father stuffed her body, and, in her quest to become beautiful, the body seeks to take parts from pretty girls. At one school, several pretty girls have been mysteriously injured. Could the culprit be the dead girl, Yomi-san? 5. **Oni no Sumu Shima** (鬼の棲む島) Saki moves out to a rural area, where she has no friends. In her loneliness, she goes out to an uninhabited island, where she meets a new possible friend. He's a demon, but as Saki gets to know him, she finds him less and less frightening...
Side story series to the Kingdom Hearts II novels.
"Is it just my own delusion to think that you're also in love with me?" Through his friend's introducing, the cheerful and friendly Nishino became roommates with Maki, his kouhai in university. However, living with the unsociable Maki, who is his polar opposite, makes him feel troubled all the time. After realizing Maki's kindness and consideration, he gradually feels comfortable being with Maki. Yet, Maki suddenly tells him: "Because I like senpai, so I can't stay with you anymore." Nishino can't respond to Maki's feelings, but he wants to be with him. Nishino flatly rejects Maki's confession by saying "It's just your delusion" and continues living with him but... A story about the cohabiting life between a cool kouhai and an airhead senpai!
A collection of BL oneshots and illustrated essays from Yamashita Tomoko. 1) **Stroboscope** Kazu, the owner of a run-down coffee shop, becomes the inadvertent host to Renji, a young man who perceives Kazu's hunger for the touch of another person. The pain of this realization only increases the torment of Kazu, who has long ago given up on his longing for love. 2) **Chain Gang** Always together, one man drinks at another man's home when he can't catch the last train home, but what is this feeling of deprived freedom? 3) **Good Morning, Bad Day** 4) **Devil's Thoroughbred** Kinaga-s act of kindness and friendship is repaid in the most unexpected way. Yamashita Tomoko's pre-debut work!
Sanada Beni is 13 years old now and she is part of a ninja family. She is finally a Red ninja after 13 years of age. She takes an oath of loyalty to fulfill all her missions as family's "red ninja" descendant. But the problem is she is still a ninja in training. Four years ago she accidentally met a boy named Kiyoshi Makoto. Now she is set off to his school to protect him. Now what will would happen as Makoto continues to protect the entrance ceremony and Beni protects him?
Nijiko loves party and she likes to design and make party dresses. She attends a Fashion design school but decided to quit the school and get married with Shoutarou after meeting with him for a few times. Her reason to married Shoutarou is that, she doesn't dislike him. After their marriage, even though she quit the design school and is a housewife now, Nijiko is still likes the to party and enjoy making dresses. In each episode, while the couple learns more about each other, Nijiko will relates events from her marriage life with different kind of parties and uses it as an inspiration for her to make her own party dress.
Nostradamus prophesied that the world would end in the seventh month of 1999. Today is July 21st, 1999. Ever since she was little, Maruyama Sakura has put her faith in this prophecy, has believed she will die at age 19. Consequently, nothing has seemed all that important to her. As the final days of her final month tick down, Sakura is whiling away the last of her time. Then Sakura meets Mori. Sakura has ten days until the end of the world.
While working as a photographer’s assistant in a studio, Shou was approached by Amamiya, the Chairman of an influential production company, to become a model. Annoyed by Amemiya Tsukasa’s arrogance but unable to turn his back on a challenge, Shou decided to accept Amemiya’s offer. Unexpectedly, Shou was ordered to stay in Amamiya’s apartment – to be trained personally by Amemiya to become a top model. But what does the training entails---? (Source: Fantasyshrine)

