1-4+extra: Shinichi and his uncle (Chiharu) have always had a close relationship, meeting almost everyday to play games and would have chess matches together all the way through to his high-school years. Both treasure each other and the relatioship they have, but soon unable to say what they really feel or ask for what they really want they for a time start to drift apart, until the distance and a "final" chess match decides once and for all what they both wanted all along. 6: Holding hands together is about two cousins. 7: Getting close to a cat

Rainbow Prelude is a manga by Osamu Tezuka, and also the name of one of his books in Kodansha's line of "Osamu Tezuka Manga Complete Works" books containing a collection of Tezuka's short stories. The stories included in the book are "Rainbow Prelude", "The Curtain is Still Blue Tonight", a manga version of Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice", "Peacock Shell", and "Song of the White Peacock". (Source: Wikipedia) Chapters: 1) **Niji no Prelude** (虹のプレリュード); Shuukan Shoujo Comic 1975/10/05-10/26 2) **Curtain wa Konya mo Aoi** (カーテンは今夜も青い); Shoujo Shinnen Zoukangou 1958/01 3) **Venice no Shounin** (ベニスの商人); Chuugaku 1-Nen Course Furoku 1959/04 4) **Kujakugai** (孔雀貝); Shoujo Club Furoku 1958/06 5) **Shiro Kujaku no Uta** (白くじゃくの歌); Nakayoshi Natsuyasumi Zoukangou 1959/09/15

In the distant year 2003, Japan is a technological utopia, and robots are everywhere. One such robot, Tobio, was built by the brilliant Dr. Tenma to replace his dead son. But when it soon becomes apparent that Tobio is an imperfect copy of his departed child, Dr. Tenma throws him out. He is rescued from the scrap heap by the benevolent Professor Ochanomizu, a crusader for robot civil rights. Now the little robot, renamed Astro Boy, is given a mission to defend Japan and the world from all manner of sinister threats. Using his seven super-abilities and 100,000 horsepower worth of strength to battle evil, Astro hopes to set an example to the world of the good which all robots are capable of. *Note: Chapter count only includes chapters from the original 1952 to 1968 serial*

A manga adaption of the anime "Ranpo Kitan: Game of Laplace". "Yume" ("Dream") is the 1st compiled volume and "Maboroshi" ("Phantom") is the 2nd. Note: Chapter 10, "Hakuchuumu" ("Daydream"), is not included in the chapter count as it exists in a separate volume.

1. **Yoru, Kimi no Ai wo Shiru** (夜、君の愛を知る) Continuation of Chapter 3 of *Mokuyoubi no Koibito*. 2. **Honjitsu no Menu** (本日のメニュー) 1 3. **Honjitsu no Menu** (本日のメニュー) 2 4. **Kimi no Koto Nante** (君のことなんて) 5. **Kanbina Osasoi** (甘美なお誘い) 6. **Ame wo Matteru** (雨を待ってる) 7. **Yoru, Boku no Ai wo Shiru** (夜、僕の愛を知る)

A prince from Wonderland is about to decide who he shall marry, but he doesn't feel that he loves any of his brides-to-be. So he asked his personal advisor, who is also a wizard, to let him go to the human world and try his luck. The wizard agreed, but the prince has to go as a dog, he can only turn back as a prince only twice while he was there and most of all he cannot tell his name to the woman he wishes to get married with, or otherwise he won't be able to marry her. {LEE}