The story is set in the early Taisho era. Yanagida Soichiro, a young instructor at the Shishinkan sword-fighting dojo, struggles to attract students due to his overly strict personality, so he runs the dojo while also teaching swordsmanship at schools. One day, Soichiro meets Asahi Zaemon, a handsome seer who tells ladies' fortunes on the street. The extremely suspicious Asahi Zaemon tells Soichiro that he has the signs of death and that he will have trouble with women --!? Soichiro is outraged, thinking, "What a stupid thing to say," but then he finds himself embroiled in an unexpected and mysterious incident... (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)
A loose adaptation of Sheridan Le Fanu's Gothic story *Carmilla*. During summer vacation, Chizuko Kitagawa stayed in the countryside with her big brother, their parents, and their old family maid. One night Chizuko and her brother saved a foreign girl named Carmilla from a car accident. Somehow, Carmilla was the spitting image of a woman who appeared in the brother's dreams ten years ago. While the whole family wanted Carmilla to stay with them until she recovered from her accident, the old maid adamantly insisted that Carmilla must immediately leave, or else misfortune will strike! *Note: Re-released as "Yuu Reikan no Hanayome no Chi" (ゆうれい館の花嫁の血) by Hibarishobo in 1986.*
Keiko Ono and Sakurako Yuri become exclusive and eternal friends though a bloodpact. But Sakurako is a cursed and wicked girl who will drag Keiko into a world of cruelty and violence, where only death is waiting. *Note: Re-released as "Bishoujo to Karasu" (美少女とカラス) in 1972 and as "Chimamire Karasu no Noroi" (血まみれカラスの呪い) in 1982, both by Hibari shobo.*
1. **Watashi no Usagi** (わたしのうさぎ) 2. **Lady M** (レイディ・M) 3. **Koi Nante Kantan** (恋なんてかんたん) 4. **Madonna Jijou '94** (マドンナ事情 '94)
1. **Kypros ga Matteru** (キュプロスが待ってる) 2. **Itoshi no Mr MYSELF** (愛しのMr MYSELF) 3. **Pallet Wars** (パレット・ウォーズ)
Have you ever met Santa Claus? He's there, on every street corner. You just have to look a little harder...
A story about a master-servant duo who fight against evil by rewriting letters using a brush. A mysterious boy who calls himself a "stationery master" appears in front of Momo, a fifth-grade elementary school girl whose hobbies are calligraphy and studying kanji... (Source: Natalie, translated)