It all started because Miyo wanted to get to know Tetsu's new friend, Keita. Now, after five years together, Miyo, Keita, and Tetsu are Berry Canyon's Monkey Gang -that is, three talented climbers at the local bouldering gym "Berry Canyon." Suddenly, Keita announces he will be quitting bouldering, much to Miyo and Tetsu's surprise. Unable to contain her feelings, Miyo blurts out that she is aiming for the Olympics even though she rarely enters competitions, in the hopes that their gang can stay together. But now that she announced it, how will Miyo follow through? Will she be able to overcome her mental blocks and climb to the top? Or will the pressure get to her and make her lose her grip? (Source: Manga Planet)

Lured by a shady note into an empty music room, Nene opens the door to find… a pair of headphones? But not just any pair of headphones, a luxurious pair of headphones that had helped popular musicians the world over create beautiful music! Listening to her favorite song through them awakens Nene’s love for headphones, but one more question – who brought her here? (Source: Manga Planet)

People always say they wish their pets could speak, but do they really mean it? When a woman in her late thirties gets dumped by her boyfriend of eight years, she adopts a cat on a whim, but she definitely wasn’t expecting the cat to call her out on her life choices! (Source: Manga Planet)

The narrator, Francis Wayland Thurston, recounts his discovery of notes left behind by his grand-uncle, Brown University linguistic professor George Gammell Angell after his death in the winter of 1926–27. Among the notes is a small bas-relief sculpture of a scaly creature which yields "simultaneous pictures of an octopus, a dragon, and a human caricature." The sculptor, a Rhode Island art student named Henry Anthony Wilcox, based the work on delirious dreams of "great Cyclopean cities of titan blocks and sky-flung monoliths." Frequent references to Cthulhu and R'lyeh are found in Wilcox's papers. Angell also discovers reports of mass hysteria around the world.

The anthology lauded by Toward the Terra's Keiko Takemiya as "A manga much like a pomegranate, that brings forth different flavors the more you chew on it, with a dry first bite and a juicy inside." A world where reality gets entangled with illusion and human emotions get entangled with evil spirits gets brought to life in Fumi Shimomura's pseudo-historic horror stories. Includes six stand-alone short stories - "Hana Gurui", "The Grave of Butterflies", "Neck", "Water God", and the previously unpublished "Revival" and "Demon Dance". (Source: Manga Planet)

One day a strict conductor was having a hard time achieving the sound he wanted from the orchestra he was leading. During a over-long rehearsal, he was late coming back from a break, and his little daughter Hibiki conducted the orchestra briefly in his place. Everyone was moved by the beauty of the music she directed, including the young violinist Kuzumi Akio, who only happened to be there watching. Nine years later, Akio is entering college as a violinist, though he feels he has lost his passion for it. Over the intervening years, he was unable to recreate the feeling that Hibiki's music stirred in him. By an amazing coincidence, it turns out that Hibiki is entering the same college, as an aspiring conductor! Will Hibiki be able to help Akio rediscover what his music is missing? (Source: tethysdust)

Office worker Eiko has been doing just fine - she works an ordinary job, lives an ordinary life, but a chance encounter threw her all the way out of her comfort zone and led to her adopting a cat. Will she ever get used to having strong feelings and making her own decisions for the first time in her life? A story of a typical woman and a typical cat who find a new home in each other. (Source: Manga Planet)

1) **Sayonara Yurikago** (サヨナラゆりがご) 2) **Tiny Taifuu** (タイニー颱風) 3) **Naku no wa Oyoshi yo Korisu-chan** (Don't Cry, Little Squirrel | 泣くのはおよしよ仔リスちゃん) Sasa takes a part-time job at a local diner, only to be excitedly bombarded by one of the other staff - Kaede, a guy he met in summer camp when they were kids. Sasa remembers nothing about their first (and only!) encounter. But, Kaede never forgot. Does their time at summer camp have to do with Kaede turning down cute girls so he could make passes at Sasa? This one-shot is a fluffy slice-of-life comedy showing just how long first love can wait. 4) **Ringo Batake ni Tsuzuku Michi de** (Across the Apple Orchard | りんご畑に続く道で) In a prestigious boarding school, the wealthy Yoshino group's young master struggles to find his place. Estranged from the student body and judged at every turn, his only friend is in Maki, a young man who works for the school. But when someone sets their sights on their budding friendship, is there still a way for them to stay together? 5) **Gomen ne Ryuu-chan** (I’m Sorry, Ryu | ごめんね柳ちゃん) Ryu and Kotaro are close friends. One could even say, intimate friends. Every time he is in a sticky situation, Kotaro can find refuge at Ryu's apartment. But, all this time, Ryu has harbored feelings of love for Kotaro. When Ryu decides to make a huge life change, he finally confesses his true feelings to Kotaro. How will this change their friendship? 6) **Matsu Yoigusa** (待つ宵草) (Source: Futekiya)

Before a cat becomes a cat, it's a kitten. From the moment Milly gives birth to her first litter, both she and her children have much to learn about the wide world they live in. Follow Milly and her fluffy, clumsy kittens as they grow through laughter and tears! A spin-off story to the popular series "Zoccha no Nichijou." (Source: Manga Planet)

"In July 1999, we triggered the end of the world." Kousaka is a normal high school girl living a normal life in junior high. But one day, she comes across her bullied classmate Tohmine being followed - not by one of the other kids, but an oddly shaped monster called the "Great King"! Despite thinking she really shouldn't get involved with this, Kousaka can't turn her back on Tohmine and decides to help. But this brings forth a chain of events that might terrorize their future... This volume also includes the story "Insectoid Summer," where high school girl Kanako stays with her lover despite him taking on the body of an insect. (Source: Manga Planet) *Note: Includes the two-part story "Kaichuu no Natsu (怪虫の夏)".*

Ryugu is a small town under the sea. Aside from the fact that everything is, well, underwater, it's just like every other small town. Classmates Masora and Sumire are like every other middle school girls, swapping love stories and hanging out in shopping malls. But for some reason, Sumire feels like this "ordinary life" is all going to come crashing down... (Source: Manga Planet)

They call him a "rat." A burglar, but a chivalrous one, stealing from the rich to give from the poor. Ever since the thief slipped past Kyube's defenses, the only thing that's been on his mind is catching him, even if it's the last thing he does. One day, Kyube sees the mysterious, good-looking Kikuzo make his way into the White Camellia Mansion - where he last drove the thief into! Does Kikuzo have anything to do with Kyube's missing fugitive? (Source: Manga Planet)