Compilation of shorts stories related to the theme of "painful love" : 1) **Kyoumachi Hisa - Gomen. Demo, Suki** (ごめん。でも、好き | Sorry, but I like you) 2) **Nanajima Kana - Maigo no Maigo no Hatsukoichuu** ( 迷子の迷子の初恋中 | Two lost children in first love) 3) **Mitsuki Miko - Hatsukoi, Yoru ni Tokeru** (初恋、夜に溶ける | First love, melted to the evening) 4) **Watanabe Shiho - Todoke, 0 km no kimi e** (届け、0ｋｍのキミへ | Notification, 0km to you) 5) **Shiumi Saki Nikaime no Hatsukoi** (二回目の初恋 | Second first love) 6) **Koizumi Ren - Iitakatta, Ineakatta.** (言いたかった、言えなかった。| What I said, and what I couldn't say) 7) **Miyazawa Ritsuko - Dare yori mo Kimi no Soba ni Iru noni** (誰よりも君のそばにいるのに | You're by my side more than anyone else)

Levin, a young man who was supposed to summon a sacred beast in a grand ritual, ended up calling forth a tiny lizard instead. Furious, the king exiled him from the kingdom. Guided by the lizard, Levin soon encounters a colossal dragon that carries an entire continent on its back!? As it turns out, this little lizard is actually a pure white Divine Dragon, and the vast continent on its back is her homeland. At the dragon’s request, Levin takes on the task of developing the desolate Dragon Continent and restoring the lost capital of the Divine Dragon Clan. From building his dream home with mysterious magical tools to being healed by adorable sacred beasts, Levin embarks on a thrilling sky-high adventure, soaring freely between the heavens and the earth! (Source: Alphapolis, translated)

*MANNEQUIN* is an album featuring vocaloid songs by Hatsune Miku. The book contains nine stories about idols inspired by Hatsune Miku and the songs on the album. (Source: Natalie, translated) 1. The Vampire (Yamorishiki.) 2. Animal (Omutatsu) 3. Status Effect: Girlfriend (Kuu) 4. U (Hasuimo) 5. Cinderella (Rei.) 6. Angel Hair (Chachagoma) 7. Gift (Sakuragi Ren) 8. Parasite (Manio) 9. Dilemma (Kyou Zip)

It was the happiest day in the world." Our sad and fleeting "love with a deadline" has begun. In the winter of his freshman year of high school, Akito Hayasaka is diagnosed with a heart disease and told that he has little time left to live. In the midst of despair, Akito meets Sakurai Haruna, who is hospitalized at the hospital. Haruna, too, is seriously ill and has only a few days left to live. Akito begins to talk with her, hiding his illness, and becomes interested in Haruna, who says she is not afraid of dying. Can I still be in love with her?　 The days that pass by as he asks himself these questions begin to change? The story is the ultimate story of pure love, with a sense of fragile beauty and tenderness in their daily lives, which are depicted in a lighthearted manner.

One day, the delinquent boy Ryu was surprised by his estranged father, who made a rare appearance at home. His father left Suiren, a girl 12 years younger, with Ryu, telling him, "This is your stepsister." The life between stepbrother and sister began from there. The two were bewildered by the situation at first, but they will make their way through, on their way to becoming a family... (Source: Ganma!, translated)

*Note: Originally published as a one-shot in Gekkan Shounen Gangan December 2024 issue, was then picked up for serialization.*

An anthology of Sword Art Online "what if" short stories by various authors and illustrators.

The unique and talented artists depict their own Liebe Girls' Academy.

"All I wanted was simply for it to be just the two of us, yet..." Senri is young man who can hear the voices of plants, an envoy of the gods. As a watchman for the gods of heaven and earth, his role is to cut down the gods that have been made impure, returning them to heaven where they will be reincarnated. He travels with a kitsune named Shino all for the sake of undoing the curse of the one he loves.

I was supposed to be reincarnated as a mob, but when I realized it, I was the daughter of a duke who was confirmed as a "saint"?! I'm so sorry to have to do that! Brush up on the "Stealth" skill you got from the Nyanko God -- Aim for a relaxed retirement life! I was going to do that, but the Crown Prince, who is known as the "Noble Prince of Absolute Ice", approached me with a passionate proposal! Please don't look at those melting eyes?!

An anthology comic of Yuru Camp△ by various mangaka.

Makoto is a teenage girl... and a virgin. All her friends seem to already have had their first time and she acts like she has too. She's worried that soon, she will be the only virgin! After a series of events she meets a boy named Heiki. He's not just any boy, he's the most popular boy around! This is a story about Makoto and her friends' search for experience. (Source: Esthetique)