Small encounters in a corner of the universe. Each one full of stories. The collection contains five short stories published in the magazine *Aokishi* by Makoto Hagino, the author of *A Tropical Fish Yearns for Snow*. In the far future, an android travels far into space. His purpose is to search for "ghosts" of a certain life form that once built an advanced civilization on a planet once called Earth, in the title story. A failed novelist, a high school student biking to school, a new hairdresser, a young monk at a temple, and an android who takes the form of a young boy. What are the little encounters that await them? (Source: Aokishi Comics, translated) Included Stories: 1. **Dokoka no Hoshi no Futari** (どこかの星のふたり) 2. **Madobe no Rinoa** (窓辺のリノア) 3. **Nami Yori mo Odayaka de, Kumo Yori mo Hayaku** (波よりもおだやかで、雲よりも速く) 4. **Kamiyui no Musume** (髪結いの娘) 5. **Kamisamagokko** (神様ごっこ)

Exploring dungeons in the real world is full of unexpected happenings! Suddenly, mysterious dungeons appear all over the world. High school student Taiki Kokonoe, together with his classmates Yukino and Yuuji, explores dungeons on a daily basis. Taiki and his friends struggle in battles with monsters and realize how tough it is to conquer dungeons. On the other hand, his younger sister Mika is very interested in dungeons...?

Lelouché, a duke's daughter, was pushed down a flight of stairs by someone and was transported to another space. There, she meets a "god-like being" who tells her that her fiancé has been unfaithful to her and that she will die in 100 days. She knows that she can avoid the worst of it, but not escape death, and she begins to try her best to die beautifully in 100 days.

"I will never love you for my entire life." The saintess Noisha was overworked almost to death when she meets Lunan, the young heir to the duke. He offers her a contract marriage with only one condition: they must spend three minutes every morning pretending to be a loving couple in front of his friends and family. This is a complete change from her life in the church, where she had to work to the point of exhaustion, to now only having to work for three minutes a day. The newlyweds begin a "lazy life" at their own pace! However, instead just being lazy, Noisha uses her powers as a saintess to help others, which made the servants treat her with doting kindness, much to Lunan's bewilderment...! (Source: Comic Earth Star, translated)

Sayo, a student at an ultra-rich girls' high school, lives in a mahjong parlor. She hates mahjong and people who play mahjong, but when she meets Nakajou, a handsome regular at the parlor, the gears of fate begin to turn...!? (Source: Shueisha, translated)

The story of Noisha, a priestess who was bought to play the role of "lovey-dovey wife" in front of his childhood friend, but eventually becoming real doting love unawares. (Source: Earth Star Luna, translated)

Yasuhiko Akizuki was summoned to another world due to a mistake of the goddess. As one of the many "heroes", he is thrown out into the wild with only a little money and equipment, and he realizes...... He is just a "mass-produced hero" who is ridiculed even by local adventurers! This is the story of a man who uses his H-skills to survive in a harsh fantasy world. (Source: GC Novels, translated)

Kawasaki Yuuma is the sole member of the school's broadcasting drama club, and known throughout the school as somebody who has a 'Seven Colored Voice'; somebody who has many different voices. Due to this, he gained the nickname 'Orpheus of the Third Block (school building) along with popularity. One day, he received a request to put on a play for the cultural festival. But along with this challenge comes a 'large danger'. With the help of his friends: Inumaru and Tsukiko, Yuuma faces these worries and works towards the school festival. However, an encounter with his crush Ikuta Mashuu, Yuuma's high school youth takes a big turn...