"We need money for your bedridden mother. So please, work at the Royal Palace!" This is what the daughter of a Count, Muriel, was told by her father one day, which she firmly refused. That's because she's a shut-in whose weakness is socializing, simply immersing herself in books. No way am I going to work at the Royal Palace!, is what she thought, but her father proposed she work as a librarian. Thinking that she might be able to work there if it's that, Muriel immediately went for an interview, but-- Why is she being interviewed by Commander Silas who exudes sensuality!? And why is it that when she came to, she was already employed as the "Sacred Beast Caretaker," someone who takes care of the sacred beasts!? A very popular work from Ichijinsha's Iris Collection!!! The long-awaited comicalization of the Sacred Beast love comedy between a shut-in lady and the commander of the Sacred Beast Order!! (Source: CrappyAss Translations)

Compilation of 7 short stories: 1) Love Affair in the Afternoon College student takes over a tutoring job for the friend he has a crush on. 2) I don't mind it if You are a Man College students/neighbors are (only?) sex friends. 3) Love's Worries Ex-lovers from their student days are reunited. 4) Kana and Patience Divorced man cheats on his new lover. 5) Why there is no Ice Beer Younger co-worker always hangs out at his sempai's house. 6) Bring Me to the Edge of the World An odd 17-year-old electrician puts in an air conditioner for sexy businessman. 7) Spinning World Sequel to Bring Me to the Edge of the World.

This is a collection of stories written by eight popular horror manga artists. 1) Welcome to the World of the Picture-book by Arai Kiyoko Yuri hates her life. A strange picture-book appears and Yuri envies the girl in the story... 2) I Want You Close by Oobayashi Miyuki Riko can see ghosts. She decides to help a boy ghost in her classroom. But then she finds out who he is... 3) I See a Hen by Ono Eriko Etsumi always takes advantage of Mika's kindness. They have to care for the school hen, Ko-ko. Careless Etsumi forgets to lock the cage... 4) Forest of Memory by Takamiya Satoru Tomori Asabika awakens in a strangely empty house. Then a boy dressed in black appears at her front door and helps her awaken memories--memories she doesn't want to recall... 5) The Show-off Ghost by Kumazaki Shinko Amiri Kazuke and her Mystery Research Committee are aided by girl ghost Mamoka. Latest case: a mysterious molester on a train. Their lead: a boy ghost wearing a green raincoat... 6) Message S.O.S. by Komuro Eiko Miyuu Fujiwara is excited with Ai, her new pen-friend. Ai is smart and caring. When she mets a guy that she dumped, Ai tells her to not go on the date, but Miyuu says that it will be alright. Later Miyuu finds out that she is being stalked. Will Ai be able to help her? 7) Me Inside the Mirror by Kagari Junko Saitou has no friends. One day she passes by a mirror shop and the owner asks her if she wants a mirror. She says that she hates them since she always looks gloomy, but the owner tells her that he has what she needs. 8) Doll Shop by Yamada Sakura Meg wants to look beautiful like the other girls in her class. One day she passes by the park and mets a beautiful girl, who tells her that they should both go to the "Doll Shop"

Azami is a particularly boring 14-year-old. She has no friends, she spends all her time studying, she’s never fallen in love…until one day, her sister lends her a fancy dress, and she meets the boy she’s never dreamed of. Azami meets Makoto when he stops a thief from stealing her purse. Over the next few days, they end up bumping into each other quite frequently, and Azami starts to feel love for the first time. It seems like Makoto’s falling as well. He tells Azami that she reminds him of someone he knew… Azami, in a uncharacteristic act of boldness, decides to kiss Makoto. They part, and the next time they see each other is at Azami’s school– he’s her new teacher. Included one-shots: Volume 2: Innocent World: Hitoribocchi Volume 3: Innocent World: Setsunai Kimochi

Akira only pretended to marry her childhood friend Sotaro to please her sick grandmother. However, everyone around her took the fake marriage seriously, and they ended up living together. Akira barely remembers Sotaro, even though they have known each other since childhood. And then Akira finds out that Sotaro is her new college professor... This is the an extremely sweet story of doki-doki love! (Source: Shogakukan, translated) Included one-shots: Volume 2: Ame dake ga Shitteiru Volume 4: Watashi no Unmei 7-kakan

Kazusa Yuu, a Japanese high school student interested in food and camping, dies in a traffic accident and ends up reincarnated in the wilderness in another world. He must learn to survive in an unfamiliar environment, learn the powers he was granted and the magic of the world that is based on eating other creatures, and rescue fair maidens in distress to feed them and build up his harem.

Humanity's dream... Crystal humanoid technology. They have 'illnesses' just like humans but the treatment options are quite different. The troubled AI's band together, and the new doctor at the facility, Sudou, bears witness.

Nagisa Yamagami is a high school student in her rebellious period. She repeatedly violates school rules, and she quit ballet to be defiant towards her parents. One day on her way home, she meets a blind young man. This man is the son of a handicraft shop and often came to ballet classes for helping out with delivering costumes. (Source: natalie, translated)

(from shoujo-manga.com) Michiru is a troubled high school student. She has just told a huge lie to all her friends, and she is about to be found out. They all think she has this fabulous boyfriend, but it isn’t true. And now they all want to meet him, and Michiru has no one to introduce. In the day of the big gathering with her friends, where she is supposed to show off her fabulous boyfriend, Michiru stands alone, in dread, waiting for her friends to realize she lied (they already are suspicious of her claim). But things take a sudden twist when Michiru’s “boyfriend” actually shows up and sweeps her off her feet! No one is more shocked than Michiru to see this handsome guy acting as her boyfriend. What is even more shocking is who he really is! This book contains 2 other stories. One is yet another student-teacher story. The other is a romance between two high school students who have known each other forever. He has some blackmail material on her, and uses it to basically make her his slave. Real feelings emerge when she finally resists being his toy.

Misaki's dream of becoming a nursery school teacher is not something she can tell her parents about, and she just goes about her daily life. But on the rooftop of her school, she meets her classmate, Takashima, who is a yankee and wears gold pants...? (Source: Kodansha, translated)

It's a collection of oneshots by various artists, each one taking cross-dressing as its theme (or having cross-dressing ensue at some point). Cover illustration: Haruko Kumota 1. **Afuretara Saigo** (あふれたら最後) \[Lalako Kojima\] 2. **Idol Junan** (アイドル受難) \[Ai Nimoda\] 3. **Jersey ga li** (ジャージがいい。) \[Waka Fudagawa\] 4. **Kimi e no Dakaisaku** (きみへの打開策) \[Taki Takimoto\] 5. **Rensou Hyouhon** (恋装標本) \[Toomi Aoyama\] 6. **Uradoori no Hime** (裏通りの姫) \[Yukimura\] 7. **Boyfriend** (ボーイフレンド) \[Shino Shinomiya\] 8. **Chinki Otoko** (珍奇男) \[Masuko Yoshiike\] 9. **Boku no Otokonoko-chan** (僕の男の子ちゃん) \[Natsuki Hakamada\] 10. **Himitsu** (秘密) \[Yuuko Yoshida\] 11. **Oosaka no Kuma-san** (大阪のくまさん) \[Kick Matsushita\] 12. **Sorairo Hito-Koi** (そらいろひとこい) \[Hal Suzukura\] 13. **Narazumono no Knife** (ならずもののナイフ) \[Torico Yamada\] 14. **Konna Kanji de Hajimarimasu** (こんな感じで始まります) \[Tooko Tateno\] 15. **spell on frill** \[Saki Ayumi\] 16. **Dare ka Uso dato Itte kure!** (誰か嘘だと言ってくれ!) \[Hitomi Mito\] 17. **Decode Library** (デコード・ライブラリ) \[Satono Yamanaka\]

On the outskirts of Neo-Hong Kong lies a mysterious Chinese-style garden. Legend has it that anyone who looks upon the fairy of the garden will die before the night is out. Five years ago, Douglas Pyke was charged with discovering the true nature of this fairy, but when he accidentally killed a woman in the line of duty, he left the police force forever. Now, a cabbie and sometime private eye, he is asked to find a missing scientist and confront the mysteries of the garden once more.