The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan has sponsored a 7-part short introducing several famous Central Asian dishes and how to prepare them.

How many doors must you open before you can reach heaven? Is it after the next one, or the one after the next one?

Short story anthology featuring works from Kaoru Mori, Akira Nagano, Toyoko Ariumi, Sagan Akagawa, Aoi Hazuki and Akari Shouno. Included Stories: 1. **5g no Aijou** (5gの愛情) \[Ariumi Toyoko\] 2. **Gokigenyou Happy Dreamer** (ごきげんよう♪ハッピードリーマー) \[Aoi Hazuki\] 3. **Brought to you by Uchuu** (ブロート・トゥー・ユー・バイ・ウチュー) \[Sagan Akagawa\] 4. **Utakata ni Musubu** (うたかたに結ぶ) \[Akira Nagano\] 5. **Grün Bæla** (グルン・バエラ) \[Kaoru Mori\] 6. **Koibito yo** (恋人よ) \[Akira Shouno\]

Concurrent with the sudden and mysterious death of the youth who was to be selected as the next king, the "Library Tower," which housed all the books of the country, was sealed off. However, deep in the recesses of the tower, where no one should have been able to enter, sat the one who was known as the "Shisosei." In the palace where rumors flutter about, conspiracies begin to swirl. What is the astonishing reality behind the connection of the youth's death, the Library Tower, and the country's secret tool, the Shisosei?

A collection of extra chapters from creators in Shueisha's Margaret and Ribon shōjo manga magazines to raise funds for the victims of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake disaster.

In Country H, following revisions to the Juvenile Law, minors convicted of serious crimes were sent to “rehabilitation facilities” (juvenile reformatories). However, in reality, these were merely nominal punishments where violence reigned supreme. High school student Gen Amemori, subjected to daily bullying, finally faces an injustice when his beloved dog is mauled to death by the dog of Kanemoto, the ringleader of the bullies. Enraged, Gen inflicts serious injuries on Kanemoto and is sent to the reformatory. There, he is mistreated as one of the lowest-ranking inmates, but eventually meets Shinya Koujou, the facility’s strongest fighter, who drills “the art of survival” into him. With his daily life stolen and his dignity trampled, Gen vows to carve out his own path through reality with his fists. Will he be swallowed by the spiral of violence, or will he fight back and break free? The counterattack from the bottom begins now! (Source: Piccoma, translated)

The hearts of the hero's party have grown weary. A world where humans and demons are at war. The heroes have been facing deadly battles while they're being hailed as valiant heroes by the townspeople. The Sage, Sofia, places her hope on Hoshino, a psychological counselor that transported from modern Japan, and believes that she can bring salvation to them. Her psychotherapy slowly but surely changes the hearts of the heroes, and soon it brings tremendous change to their world... (Source: Shogakukan, translated)

Failed on his job-hunting, shut-in Sagara Kurohiko went to the mountain on the day of a typhoon where he is struck by lightning and dies. But he is still alive, in a strange land with a great holy tree. To his surprise, his physique has rejuvenated to when he was teen. Brought to the academy near the tree, he is soon suspected as a spy from another country, and was brought to the headmaster. An accident happened on the way, which enraged the headmaster. Before Kurohiko can get blasted by magic, his eyes laid upon an old parchment. He took it and read the contents. Suddenly four holes appeared and black chains came out from each of it, binding the headmaster. It is then revealed that Kurohiko just recited an incantation of "Forbidden Art," an art which is extremely powerful from a legend. Apparently, no one has been able to decipher the contents of the scroll, which makes Kurohiko the only current Forbidden Spellcaster. Sparked by this, the headmaster offers Kurohiko to attend the academy.

One-shot published in Aokishi 20B.

In the middle of the night, Ibuki suddenly calls on his superior Kiriya. Both work at the Metropolitan Police Department and have been dating each other for the last three years. One day, Kiriya's uncle proposes to headhunt Ibuki, and talks of Kiriya's own arranged marriage introduction. "Hmm, I guess it's high time." Kiriya sighs upon receiving a phone call from former bad company...

When Blake, Duke of Welminster arrived in St. Petersburg to discuss the news of Napoleon's advance on Moscow. At that point, love is the furthest thing from his mind! Then, invited to the home of an old friend, Princess Sonia, the duke realizes that the princess sees him as a potential husband for her daughter, Tania. But as Tania and a young friend dance for him, it is the friend, Zoia, and not Tania, who captures his attention. Zoia is a beguiling young woman whose mother fell into disgrace by marrying beneath her station, and whose father, a French musician, still lives in the threatened city of Moscow. Suddenly, mystically, the duke finds himself under her spell.