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Hotaru Morino is a second year high school student who has had an unrequited crush on Ren Otaka since junior high school. One day, while on a school trip with Ren and her good friend Shiori Yamamoto, their bus gets into an accident. When Hotaru wakes up, a young man who is dressed fully in black appears in front of her. He is Kuro, a grim reaper. A shocked Hotaru shoves him away but he has shocking words for her: "I'm your guide. Hotaru Morino, listen carefully. You're dead." Hotaru learns that if she does not get over her attachment to three things within 49 days, she will end up becoming a ghost bound to a specific physical location and wouldn't be able to rest in peace. She had slept for one month after the accident and has only 19 days left. And so, Hotaru sets out to settle the three lingering regrets with the limited time she has, in the company of Kuro. One of them is to confess her feelings to Ren, her crush of five years. However, when he is in front of her, she finds it impossible to tell him how she feels. As Hotaru settles her first lingering regret, dark clouds begin to gather over her and Kuro...
Based on the novels by Saho Sasazawa, Monjiro Kogarashi is a professional gambler who travels around Japan during the Edo era, until one day he is framed for a crime committed by a friend, and exiled to Hachijou Island. When his friend breaks his silence to protest Mojiro's innocence, everything changes.
Countess Ashley recalled her previous life as a black rabbit of the demon tribe that was killed by the conquering hero. One day, she was betrothed to His Royal Highness Clyde, the descendant of the hero. Ashley was terrified and avoided him as much as she could, but he kept coming on to her with a mischievous smile...? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Youichi's a gruff, taciturn boy who attends a school full of delinquents; Chikage is naive, friendly, and student of a prestigious academy. These two very different boys become stepbrothers and suddenly find themselves living under the same roof. This is a comedy about their day-to-day lives.
Liz who remembers being dumped by her lover in her previous life decides to live freely in her current one. Holding a mysterious power, she was invited to the palace as a saint candidate where she meets with the crown prince who was actually her former lover from her previous life. Though Liz looks to be the weakest among the saint candidates she is (likely) the strongest among them.
Liz, having a memorized memory for a lover in a previous life, decided that this world will live freely. Wonderful power was found and as a saint candidate to worship to the royal palace, the boss Tao who met there was a reincarnation of a lover in a previous life. Among the candidates of the seeds, the story that seems to be the weakest, the strongest (perhaps) Liz, struggles with aiming for a better life with a saint and love.
Countess Ashley recalled her previous life as a black rabbit under the rule of the demon lord, callously killed by the hero as he passed through. She was reincarnated in the land of Tolfa, ruled by the descendants of the hero who killed her. As she was making her debut in the capital, she tripped and almost fell, but she was saved from embarrassment by Prince Clyde, who looked exactly like the hero from her previous life… And for some reason, Clyde seemed to be enjoying himself as he approached the frightened Ashley! (Source: Comic Ride, translated)
Naibara Hirokazu left his parent's home in Miyagi to attend university in Tokyo and began living alone in an apartment in Saitama. Soon after moving, he answers a phone call from an unknown number that rings repeatedly, and hears a girl's voice saying *"I'm Mary, I'm at the garbage dump right now... I'm the doll you threw away..."* Thinking it's a prank call, he hangs up, but the call comes again and again... It seems like the girl is calling little by little, moving towards him!? The next day, he answers the phone, not knowing how many times it has already been called, and hears *"I'm Mary, I'm in front of your room right now..."* No sooner does he hear a strange voice praying from outside the apartment...? A phone call from Saitama to give advice to Mary, the urban legend who has been transported to another world!? A little girl connected by smartphone to a university student's story of defeating the demon king!! (Source: Gamma Plus, translated)
Melanie, a member of the prestigious Stewart family, is a "dropout" with little magic power. When her engagement is called off because of her lack of magical powers, she finds herself in the library, where she succeeds in deciphering an ancient lost language! However, when her uncle invites her to a magic school, Quinn, the best court magician in the country, discovers her hidden talent...? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
A collection of nine original short stories from nine different authors. Organized by Wakabayashi Toshiya.