1. **Bannin** (番人) Kazuhiko Saibara finds himself dead in the woods surrounding his family's summer villa. As the family servant digs his grave, Saihara's feeble-minded younger brother gazes absently upon the scene, and Saihara himself begins to recount the events that led to his demise. 2. **Show Me Heaven** A smile of a skinny angel opens up a closed-minded man's heart. 3. **Sora no Uragawa** (空の裏側) 1 4. **Sora no Uragawa** (空の裏側) 2 Yousuke, Tamotsu and Satoshi are high school buddies until tragedy breaks them apart. Ten years later the death of one of them brings the remaining two friends back together and past wounds are torn open. 5. **Meguriai...Cosmo** (めぐり逢い…COSMO, A Chance Encounter in the Cosmos) Klaus is the hideous commander of a starship with a hideous crew. One day, his crew capture a gorgeous young man, who reminds the captain of someone from long, long ago. Repulsed by his appearance, the prisoner does his best to make things difficult for Klaus, but Klaus's warm and kind heart does him in... (Source: PresenceDear, Bushido Angel Adventures, Aarinfantasy & Countless Time)

Included one-shots: Volume 2: Aishite Darling (Love Me Darling) Volume 3: Fuyu no Sanpomichi (Winter Walk)

Masaki Tachibana leaves home in order to escape an oppressive existence with his father. He shows up at his grandfather's house, uninvited, and decides to live there. A garden that he saw in dream; his grandfather and his bodyguard, Harada; an old mansion inhabited by a beautiful, strong-willed girl. Also included in this volume is the story called Love Letter: Kagawa recounts his meeting and becoming friends with Okada when he is introduced to Okada's fiancee. But can their incredibly complicated relationship really be summed up simply as friends?

A collection of short stories: 1. *Mune no Kodou* (Please Feel My Pulse) 2. *Senaka Made no Kyori* (The Distance to Your Back) Ishikawa feels that his relationship with Yamaguchi has entered a stale period. Why is Yamaguchi ignoring him, and how can he get the spark back? The couple from [Mimitabu no Riyuu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15285). 3. *Shitasaki no Netsu* (Warmth of the Tip of the Tongue) Valentine Day special with Ishikawa and Yamaguchi. Eight years later, they are still the same. 4. *Kurubushi no Hone* (Ankle Bone) Ishikawa, being a klutz, is home for Golden Week, and Yamaguchi is going to nurse him back to health... sort of? The sweet couple is back and enjoying their first holiday together! 5. *Takayanagi no Bangohan* (Takayanagi Family's Dinner) The Takayanagi family is very busy, since their parents are off on business in India. The eldest brother has no time to babysit his two younger (slutty) brothers, a NEET and a high school student, and hires a housekeeper who's a bit too cute for his own good. Or... is he? 6. *Kotokunibito - Stranger* (Gentiles - Stranger) 7. *Mienai Shippo* (Invisible Tail)

Marika is impulsive and hates to lose. She's also a woman who falls in love easily. She falls for a sexy older man, a cool classmate, and a beautiful wealthy man. And the man she chooses in the end...? A romantic love story, from the love of her student days to her marriage.

An eight page short about a young woman and the man who appears in her life during dangerous times, from the manga, The Imaginary Garden

When you read this manga, you'll think, "What a nice family!" For about 15 seconds...

After his mom's death, our protagonist strives for every bit of physical affection that his dad would show. Even as a toddler, his dad never held his hand or stroked his head. This story, although being published after, is set in the timeline prior to Hanazakari no Niwa. *Note: Also contains stories "Flower of the Sky" and "Dark Eyes".*

High school student Daisuke and his uncle Houichi, who is not a blood relative, start living together. While looking after the daily needs of the completely useless Houichi, Daisuke discovers that he can't leave him alone. When he witnesses an older man kiss Houichi, Daisuke flies into a rage and kisses Houichi himself! Is this feeling a desire to protect? Or is it love…?

A man working as an evil organization combatant, Aoi Masayoshi. He suffered from anxiety on his way back home from work. He wonders if he will be all right with the way things are going. In front of the station, a flyer was handed over to him by a girl on a wheelchair. To earn money, aside from being a combatant, he decided to act as a hero who protects the town and exterminate kaijins. In the city full of heroes and villains, sideline hero Aoi is fighting nowadays to earn daily income. Source: NU

College freshman, Seiji Murayama, is living on his own for the first time until an enormous cyborg from his past appears in his closet. (Source: PresenceDear)