A BL anthology by seven up-and-coming authors. It consists of seven individual short stories, each themed and named after a line in the poem "A Kiss" by the 19th century writer Franz Grillparzer.
Akuto, a normal game-loving high schooler, and his older sister Tsukasa are summoned one day to a strange otherworld called Chiyodaku. There, a laid-back princess tasks them with becoming judges for her kingdom and assigns them a difficult first case—a murder trial with a hero as the accused! Akuto must help his sister, who knows nothing about fantasy worlds and their logic, navigate eccentric courtroom characters as the siblings pursue the truth, no matter where it leads.
These are different stories involving Devilman's world. Some are about Devilman and add to the mythology some are separate stories that don't involve Devilman but take place the same time as the events in the original Devilman manga. They are illustrated by various artists. There are some color pages in the start middle and toward the end. There are some truly amazing art and stories in these volumes. Number one is written and illustrated by Lazy Hagawari, Tatsuya Egawa, Katsuya Terada, Ken Ishikawa, Go Nagai and Shinichi Hiromoto. Number two is written and illustrated by Hitoshi Iwaaki, Noriko Nagano, Go Nagai, Akihiko Takadera and Kazuko Yumeno. Number three is written and illustrated by Noburu Miyama, Miki Toro, Shinobu Kaze, Sho-u Tajima, Masaomi Kanzaki, Yoshikazu Yasuhiko and Iou Kuroda.
Iris has awoken as the villainess in the world of her favorite otome game. But not just ANY otome game—one with nothing but bittersweet "Happy-Bad" Endings! If the heroine hooks up with one of her problematic love interests, the rest of the world is doomed... but if she fails, it's the villainess who will pay with her life! Fortunately, Iris has time on her side. All she has to do is set things up so that the heroine won't go down those routes! Be it curing a fatal disease or re-parenting her possessive twin brother, she'll do whatever it takes to reject these Happy-Bad Endings! (Source: Cross Infinite World)
Vino, a member of the A-class adventurer party Assault, is a potion user, the weakest and lowest level job. He meets a beautiful swordsman named Canadia, who is known as the God of Death. He was kicked out of the party and nearly died in a monster attack, but Vino awakened by chance with the single-minded desire to protect her! He discovered his own strong shoulders and a new way to use potions, even throwing potions to blast monsters to pieces.
One summer day, a junior high girl named Ryuka accidentally kills the girl who was bullying her. When Ryuka said she is going to go somewhere far away to die, Chihiro told her, "Take me with you," and the two set off on their escape. However, when the police caught up with them, Ryuka left Chihiro behind and took her own life. Thirteen years later, Chihiro is an adult, but he is still unable to forget Ryuka, and he lives his life in apathy. Until Ruka, a high school girl who looks very much like Ryuka, comes into his life. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
The morning after a meteor fell in Japan, a mysterious beautiful transfer student Monika appears in front of Leo Kuroishi, an ordinary high school student. But the moment she told him "I will protect you," Leo's problem-free days changed forever. What is the value of life? The fate of humanity? A new disaster action manga begins! (Source: Akita Shoten, translated) *Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.*
In this sci-fi/fantasy survival thriller, the dangerous and deadly realm of the Otherside--where urban legends, cryptids, and folkloric legends roam--calls to two women, both in search of something. As they set out to sate their curiosity and explore this other world, will the most earth-shattering thing they discover on the Otherside be their feelings for each other? (Source: Square Enix)
To save her younger sister Aria from her illness, Cassmire Crisis became a mercenary, wielding a sword and shedding blood to pay for her medicine. But when Cassmire suffers a fall one day, memories of her past life as Aria’s wicked stepsister come flooding back. Rather than take up the role of villainess again, Cassmire vows to protect Aria this time. But with Aria doomed by the story to face only hardships, Cassmire must pick up her weapon once more to become her sister’s loyal sword! (Source: Tapas)
An academy on an island in unnavigable waters. There, students trained tirelessly, to fight back against the enemies of humanity. The protagonist, a student newly transferred there, also sets out with the intention of eradicating all enemies of humankind. An unpredictable, intellectual suspense story of justice and evil. (Source: Crunchyroll)
14-year-old Nico Hayashi dreams of becoming a fortune teller or a spy, but until then, she hones her people-reading by working at a phone-dating service. After a yakuza boss notices her keen insight, he begins to offer Nico odd jobs, which she enthusiastically accepts. Giving herself the codename "Sexy Voice", and dragging along Iichiro "Robo" Sudo — a hapless twenty-something obsessed with toy robots and her one-time client — Nico takes her first steps into a bigger world. *Note: Includes two extra chapters: "Junction" and "Detective M."*
Nasu is a collection of stories, focusing on a returning series of characters, such as Takama, a farmer, and a young girl named Aya Takashi, who begins the series abandoned by her father and residing in Tokyo with her two younger siblings, and as the manga progresses to its second volume, leaves the city to reside in the countryside with her relatives, near Takama's farm. Apart from the chapters concerning Takama and Aya, other stories are also featured, such as one telling the chronicles of samurai in the Edo period hunting forbidden eggplant (nasu), another set atop a futuristic Mount Fuji, another tale concerning a truck driver, and also Summer in Andalusia, the story concerning the professional Spanish bicyclist Pepe Benengeli, from which the film was adapted.

