Official parody of Kodomo no Jikan published in Winter 2012 magazine with the participation of numerous mangaka, who made a chapter each, as a tribute to the Watashiya Kaworu series, who also added one of its chapters. Includes: 1. **Hoken no Jikan** (ほけんのじかん), Kouichi Kusano 2. **Kisu no Jikan** (きすのじかん), Yoshikazu Hamada 3. **Okane no Jinkan** (おかねのじかん), Mikabe Setsuna 4. **Rin-chan★Baka Kyoudai** (りんちゃん★バカ兄妹), Yuna Kagesaki 5. **Untitled**, Hidetaka Kakei 6. **Sensei no Hoshii Mono** (せんせーのほしいもの), Cotoji 7. **Kodomo no Tessellation** (こどものテッサレ―ション), Q-tarou Hanamizawa 8. **Untitled**, Fumika Natsume 9. **Untitled**, Satoru Matsubayashi 10. **Untitled**, Utamaro 11. **Onetsu no Jikan** (おねつのじかん), Tarou Shinonome 12. **Untitled**, Sato Yoshimi 13. **Untitled**, Asami Sekiya 14. **Untitled**, Arima Honda 15. **Shiroi-sensei no Jikan♡** (白井せんせいのじかん♡), Mutsuki Tsutomu 16. **Untitled**, Milk Morinaga 17. **Moshimo 3 Nin ga Sagume ni Nyuugaku shitara** (もしも３人が咲女に入学したら。), Towa Ooshima 18. **“Nakamura.”** (「中村。」), Takarada Gorgeous 19. **Real Kodomo no Jikan** (リアルこどものじかん), Shuuzou Oshimi 20. **Abunai Mizugi no Jikan** (アブない水着のじかん), Itokatsu 21. **Shiroi-sensei to Tsuki Aitai node Oyajima-sensei ni Naritai.** (白井せんせいと付き合いたいので小失島せんせいになりたい。), Ayami Kazama 22. **Untitled**, Ooi Masakazu 23. **Honobono Reiji-san** (ほのぼのレイジさん), ÖYSTER 24. **Untitled**, Touko Shiwasu 25. **Untitled**, Kanko Nakamura 26. **Iidabashi no Futaba-chan: Kodomo no Jikan Tokubetsuhen** (飯田橋のふたばちゃん　－こどものじかん特別編－), Story : Ryouichi Yokoyama, Art : Mayumi Katou 27. **Shugyou Sankan no Jikan** (授業参観のじかん), Kaworu Watashiya

Want skills? Take the pills. The day I decided to disappear from this world, I met a cat that offered me the gift of acquiring someone else's ability. I was given five magical pills that would each take off 7 years of my life. But little did I know, each pill also came with more dire consequences. (Source: Manta)

A 33-volume collection of award-winning oneshots put out by Kodansha from 2002-2012. Some of these would later get serialized or collected in other volumes. **Serialized or otherwise collected:** AKABOSHI Tomo [Shishunki Syndrome](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10895992058) AKIZUKI Risu [Oku-sama Shinkaron](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8585) ARAI Hideki [8-gatsu no Hikari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=48516) ARAMAKI Keiko [GENOMES](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=100366) ASADA Torao [Spoonman 3.18](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7155) ASHINANO Hitoshi [Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=586) Endo Hiroki [Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko Dakara](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5984) ENOMOTO Shunji [Golden Lucky](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=44334) IGARASHI Daisuke [Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi, Hoka (collected in Hanashippanashi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2347) IRIE Kiwa [Haikibun! Sakanahime](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54246) IRIE Noriko [Neko no Te Kashimasu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34406) KIMURA Kon [Koube Zaijuu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6616) KITOH Mohiro [Vandemieru no Tsubasa](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2395) KOMAI Yu [Sonna Yatsua Inee!!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16844) MATSUMOTO Taiyou [STRAIGHT](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9964) NIHEI Tsutomu [BLAME! (prototype chapter, included in NOiSE)](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2275) OHARA Shinji [Boku wa Otouto](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=23188) SAMURA Hiroaki [Mugen no Juunin](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1628) SOUJI Hajime [Sanmon Mirai no Katei Houmon](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95297) TOUME Kei [Kurogane](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1034) TOYODA Minoru [Love Roma](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5227) TSUCHIDA Seiki [Miseinen](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=65435) URUSHIBARA Yuki [Mushishi prototype chapter, collected in Filament](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=35219) WAKANA Shouhei [Kamen Tenshi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38659) **Other:** Hiramatsu Kannosuke [Yume](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=134645) ABE Yoshitoshi [Ame no Furu Basho](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=70439511114) Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. YAMAZAKI Ren [Like a Laika](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15464858831) From Atelier du Noir Scans: The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology. NADEGATA Nazuna [Kokenoshima](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=25320595156) From Atelier du Noir Scans: On a remote island, a skilled swordsman who honed his craft on the local population attempts to atone for his sins and lift a curse by hunting and killing demons. Winner of the Hagio Moto Special Award for manga. KIBA Kouichi [Jagua](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=26870403448) As the protagonist is returning home one night, she runs into a man who had just been in a car crash. As he is dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. JOUYAMA Yui [Zanuff the Butcher](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57841268625) A butcher with a dark secret finds a little girl. HAYASHIDA Q [Sofa-chan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9150331372) Tells the story of a female ghost who lives on a couch and it's the debut work of Q Hayashida as mangaka. KANOU Rie [Kingdom of Stars](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20282565791) Oneshot about love, religion, and a big misunderstanding that leads to a weird situation...

Last Christmas, Olivia found herself slipping away from the company party with jet-setting lawyer and committed bachelor Lucas. Consumed by overwhelming passion, Olivia broke her promise to save herself for marriage...An unexpected pregnancy leads to Lucas proposing marriage for the baby's sake, but Olivia is reluctant to accept a loveless marriage, especially one that impedes her dream of becoming a lawyer. To find out whether they can make things work, they decide to live together. Is it really impossible for a woman to have it all? (Source: Renta!)

Lexi is the daughter of a senator, and up until now her whole life has been decided for her by her father. Her arranged marriage to a member of the Brody family is no different. Although there is no love between her and their eldest son, Lance, she feels she has no right to refuse. ‟Just once, I want to feel what it's like to experience pure, unbridled romance…” One night, while backed into a corner, Lexi ends up making a grave mistake. She is attracted to Lance's younger brother Mitch and ends up giving him her virginity, which she was supposed to save for Lance! Lexi wakes up the next day, satisfied for the first time in her life. However, Mitch wears a grim look on his face…

*Texas Cattleman's Club member Justin Dupree has met the perfect woman…too bad their relationship is built on a lie.* Her life in danger, Alicia Montoya turned to the one man she thought she could trust. Her new boyfriend—a tall, dark Texan—offered her refuge in his posh penthouse. And she eagerly accepted his proposal of protection… …until she discovered her lover's true identity: Justin Dupree, notorious playboy and her beloved brother's enemy. She had given her virginity to a man who had betrayed her. How could she possibly accept anything this maverick said as truth?