The manga centers on a family of four who have just moved into a new house, when an abandoned white cat pays them a visit. (Source: Anime News Network)
Miyuki is a 28-year-old office lady who decides its time get serious about marriage and dumps her amateur actor boyfriend of two years. When none of her matchmaking dates work out, she randomly writes her scattered thoughts inside a public notebook at a reading cafe. Later, she finds that a man left a sharply-written reply in the same notebook, and they begin to converse in this way. (Source: Anime News Network, edited)
80-year-old dressmaking shop owner Igarashi Chiharu lives with her divorcee daughter Chinatsu, a popular mystery writer. Although elderly, Chiharu still loves fashionable clothes, goes to sports clubs, and television soap operas. Even with all that goes on in her life, Chiharu never forgets to fuss over Chinatsu, whom she hopes will one day remarry.
Inoue is an amateur photographer who delights and profits from taking slightly voyeuristic pictures. He stumbles upon a beautiful girl wielding a naginata and immediately takes a picture. She demands the roll of film, but Inoue pockets it before she can get to it. Inoue promptly begins to stalk her and declares his love.
A young girl travels to Taiwan on a mission to deliver a letter to someone her late grandmother cared for when she was young. 1) *Tegami* 2) *Han'nin* 3) *Ijou* 4) *Maegami*
Makoto is an ordinary provincial civil servant. His only passion is secretly drawing... manga for girls! But when one day Kureha, a rather trivial high-school girl, stumbles across his drawings and starts reading them, their daily lives are turned upside down.
Contains the following stories: \- Mou Hitotsu no Umi (もうひとつの海) \- Teenage \- Swimmer Five chapters in total, with the first two being on Karino Yoshihito\*. Third chapter's kinda on him too, but it's from the point of view of a classmate. Chapter 4's an innocent story of a girl who has to learn how to swim (school life tag's for this chapter and the previous one). The ending chapter is a short slice of life piece on the mangaka's experience with colors and painting since young. \*recurring main character in some of Nishi Keiko's stories; see "Mizu ga Kooru ni Naru Toki" and "September"
A collection of three short works: Nami no Mukou ni Denpa no Hito yo Umi no Michiru Oto The first, Nami no Mukou ni, is about an ugly girl who is magically turned beautiful.
1. **En-arite** (縁ありて) \[Keiko Nishi\] 2. **Herun-san** (へるんさん) \[Hiromi Ebira\] 3. **Sofa bed Tour** (ソファベッド・ツアー) \[Kazuno Tani\] 4. **Honpou Fuki** (ほんぽうふき) \[Sato Ume\] 5. **Aniyome no Kekkon** (兄嫁の結婚) \[Koyomi Shiromizu\]
Anthology of stories by different Shoujo/Josei Authors 1. **Borderline** (ボーダーライン) \[Youko Nemu\] 2. **Akatsuki no Stallion** (黎明のスタリオン) \[Chie Shinohara\] 3. **Ashita no Nyaata** (明日のニャータ) \[Keiko Nishi\] 4. **Hibi Kore Neko Jitsu** (日々是猫日) \[Akiko Hatsu\] 5. **Bokura Shinbun** (ぼくら新聞) \[Meiko Ousaka\] 6. **Sorekara** (それから) \[Hozumi\] 7. **Neko ni Umare Kawatta Boku wa** (猫に生まれ変わった僕は) \[Asuka Sakurawa\] 8. **Kyou wa Shuppatsu no Hi** (今日は出発の日) \[Eiko Oouchi\] 9. **04992** \[Est Em\]
Collection of one-shots by various authors.
Contains the stories: \-Escape (エスケープ) \-Yokubou to iu Na no Jitensha (欲望という名の自転車) \-Ie no Hikari (家の光) \-Boku wa Tori ni Naritai (僕は鳥になりたい) Contains four stories: a boy's escape from reform school; an aspiring mangaka's final bid (one of the brothers of piano boy makes a not insubstantial appearance here); a tiny alien family crashes accidentally into Earth and into the lives of two human families; finally, the eponymous story of a guy's mysterious, quiet classmate who turns out to be a modern day Icarus.

