Sakura loves when everything is neat, clean, and in its place. She’s on the school Beautification Committee and spends every spare moment mopping or dusting to keep things tidy and perfect. When Sakura is transported to a fantasy world, she’s immediately flabbergasted by how dirty everything is! The land is under a curse which prohibits cleaning magic, and the residents have really let things go. Even the demon king’s castle is a complete mess. Sakura isn’t going to stand for it. She’ll put this kingdom in order, even if it means working directly with the intimidatingly attractive demon king himself! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Return to Japari Park and the lovable world of Kemono Friends in this manga anthology! Kaban, Serval, and the rest of the Friends are having a wonderful time! (Source: Yen Press)

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

Momo loves to eat. Due to some unexpected events, she ends up getting involved with her next door neighbor, Mizuki! (Source: Comic Days, translated) *Note: Originally published in Bessatsu Friend 2024 Dec. issue.*

1. **Natsujikan** (夏時間) 2. **Nettaiya** (熱帯夜) 3. **Kamisama no Iutoori** (神さまの言うとおり) 4. **Sweet Little Devil** 5. **Nemuru Otoko** (眠る男)

Hanna inherited her grandfather’s ability to make “elemental dolls,” but he forbade her to do that after she made her first doll, her maid Emily. After he died however, Hanna discovered a strange male “elemental doll” called Will in the basement of her grandfather’s workshop. Who made Will and for what purpose? Why is he calling her “master” and are there others llike him? These are only a few of the mysteries Hanna has to solve.

1. **Itsuka Ame ga Furu You ni** (いつか雨が降るように) 2. **Futei Shuuki** (不定周期) 3. **Kakuritsu Hendou** (確率変動) 4. **Mizukagami** (水鏡) 5. **Himitsu to Uso** (秘密と嘘) 6. **Hitotsu no Futon** (ひとつのふとん) 7. **Noroi** (呪)

1. **Mimitabu no Riyuu** (耳たぶの理由) 2. **Yubisaki no Biyaku** (指先の媚薬) 3. **Kuchibiru no Teppen** (唇のてっぺん) 4. **Tsumuji no Mannaka** (つむじの真ん中) 5. **Ushirosugata no Natsu no Neko** (後ろ姿の夏の猫)

Kawanishi Wataru and Higashino Shuzou have known each other for 10 years. They both work at the same company, and they both hate each other, thinking the other is competition. One day, out of the blue, they find themselves in bed together... and that's when their denial begins!

Jun is always being compared to his older brother Ryou, and falling short. But when his brother's friend Yuuya starts to tutor him, his patient nature begins to get through to Jun. When Jun realizes Yuuya's feelings for Ryou, he must confront his own feelings for Yuuya.

Short and sweet oneshot about Gen-san, a self-described "old guy" who drops by Yuu's house on his way elsewhere.

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. 3-4. **Sora no Uragawa** (空の裏側) 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)