The literature industry is suffering from the publishing recession. While the literary magazine 'Mokuren' was grieving over the present state of affairs, a composition intended for their Newcomer's Award was sent to their editing department. However, it completely ignored the application rules. It should have been torn to shreds, but the work caught the eye of a sole editor. As a result, the world began to change. *Note: Includes 6 extra chapters.*

Another oneshot collection by the mangaka of "Ohisama no Hana" ("The Flowers of the Sun"). 1. **Angel's Pocket** (Tenshi no Pocket) When Sui refuses to date a stalker guy at school, he's insistent to the point of being scary. Sui starts to run, but then slips on the stairs... and lands on top of Taki -- the school delinquent! The stalker is still in pursuit, so Sui makes like she's going to run again, but Taki grabs her and kisses her!? The stalker gives up... and although one of Sui's problems has gone away, she now has a whole new one: Taki demands recompense for saving her. She has to become his slave...!? It's out of the frying pan and into the fire for poor Sui! 2. **To You, the Avante-gardes** (Abangyado na Kimitachi e) High school senior Mishima Kasuga hates the fact that she can't say no to anyone's requests... especially now that it has attracted the 200% weirdo junior Ikeda Tomoo to her. Rumor has it that when he wants something, he'll chase it to the ends of the earth. Can Kasuga find the nerve to say no to him? Or, better question: Does she want to...? She's going to have to figure it out soon, because graduation is coming up, and there's an entire junior class worth of girls who've developed crushes on Tomoo since Kasuga punched the glasses off his surprisingly handsome face! 3. **I Have Love** (Wagahai ni Ai Ariki) Minazuki Kaoru, age 17, is a high school junior who still makes embarrassing mistakes like a freshman, but this one has got to be her worst... she accused the handsome goateed guy of being a pervert, ran away from him, and then found out that he's Nachi Takeshi, age 22, her new student teacher! He wanted to be a novelist, but turned to teaching when he realized he had no talent for it. All the girls in class are attracted to his boyish charm, yet he seems to lavish his most immature moments on Kaoru. In spite of herself, Kaoru wants to know more about Nacchan's world, his novels. What will it take to make him open his books -- and his heart! -- to her...? 4. **9 o'Clock Bomb** (9-ji Bakudan) Sakada Mayu was saved from a tight spot on the street by Nagato Hiroshi, a cute boy from her class, and then got a little too obvious about her attraction to him. That's when they were stopped by a photographer and asked to participate in a "best couple" competition. Mayu was hesitant, Nagato wasn't -- and they won first prize! They're not really a couple, but now Mayu wants to change that... She gathers all her courage and coerces him into going with her to the fireworks festival at 9:00PM -- and something's bound to explode! (Source: ShoujoMagic)

1. **Mahoroba no Hibi** (まほろばの日々) 1 2. **Mahoroba no Hibi** (まほろばの日々) 2 Taka is depressed over the loss of his cat, and his best friend Tetsu is at a loss as to what he can do to make things return to normal. Then he meets Hana, a ditzy but adorable "Denpa Onna." 3. **Mahoroba no Nagori** (まほろばの名残り) 4. **Kitan** (綺譚) He's been meeting up with the boy annually for the last 7 years in an onsen his grandfather first brought him to. Will he finally confess the truth to the boy that he had been keeping secret of? 5. **Hana no Ke** (花ノ怪 -ハナノケ-) 1 6. **Hana no Ke** (花ノ怪 -ハナノケ-) 2

1. Sentimental 2. Kimi Shika Mienai 3. Black x Black Mayuka Fujisawa is lonely. Having lost her parents in a car accident several years ago, she's lived her life alone; she has no friends by her side, and no one she loves. However, one day, Mayuka returns home from school and finds a beautiful man collapsed in her yard - his name is Marshall, and he's a demon who fell from the sky. His red stone pendant is missing along with his wings, and thus he begrudgingly stays with Mayuka for the purpose of home-cooked meals and a place to stay until he can find his stone. Mayuka loves spending time with Marshall and is happy to not be alone again, but she also knows he wants to return to the sky... 4. Tokenai Yuki 5. Black x Black - Bangai Hen

The beautiful Seto is told she has 6 months to live, at the school she attends she meets a tomboyish girl who wants to leave her boyish past behind a and debut as a shoujo heroinesque high schooler.

The Ando family has just moved back into town after a six year absence. Atsushi finds he is now dealing of living in the specter of his big brother, being known in town as Big Brother's Little Brother. But he wakes up one morning to find quite literally being haunted by the ghost of his brother who died six years ago.

The only common feature running through these stories is a grown-up protagonist somehow coming face-to-face with his childhood past, in a testament to the loss of youth, the disillusionment of growing old, and nostalgia for better times. In the Adachi pantheon, this is a rare diametric view of his eternal theme of "youth," in this case youth as seen through the lens of the past. It's a powerful statement from Adachi that might even be an acknowledgment of his steadily-creeping age. What is impressive about these stories is not the plots or characters themselves, but the absolutely perfect way he tells them, another facet of experience that comes with age. Most of the stories may require multiple readings to fully appreciate the airtightness of the plot and visual motifs.

This story take place in a small village. Highschool student Inami Kazunori accidentally found out the secret of the newcomer, Udagawa Akihiro. In return for keeping quiet, Inami asked Udagawa to become close to the girl, Yoshimura, who Inami's best friend, Maruyama, likes. However, Inami ended up feeling bad about it and Udagawa revealed his secret to the class himself?!

Sports comedy with psychic powers. The story revolves around six children and a cat who save a religious icon from a fire, in reward for which the temple god grants each of them a power that will activate on their 13th birthday. Upon entering junior high school together, the six are forced to join the Sports Rental Club, which provides temporary members to other clubs when the regular members can't participate. The main character is Misora, a straight forward type of girl who likes physical activities like kickboxing. (Source: Wikipedia)

1. **Sweet Bitter Candy** 1 2. **Sweet Bitter Candy** 2 3. **Sweet Bitter Candy** 3 Kawaguchi spent his entire life in high school as the short chubby kid, "Chidebu". His one secret was his admiration of the rebellious, openly gay Kanaya. Five years have passed and now that Kawaguchi has lost the weight (but is still short), does he have a chance of catching Kanaya's attention? 4. **Wait a Little Longer** 1 5. **Wait a Little Longer** 2 Student council president Tone is used to being a slave driver, and he's sure being stuck with overly persistent kouhai Ninomiya is just another cross for him to bear. After all, Ninomiya already confessed to him and he's only joining the student council to be close to Tone. But even though Ninomiya turns out to be a great worker, Tone relax around him... 6. **Just as God Said** Two long-time lovers face a heart-wrenching breakup when one of them decides to get married. 7. **Sasoku** A mangaka doesn't want his new assistant to fall for his secret lover.

High school romance, softball and boxing story. This manga focuses on the love triangle between Nakasato Minatsu, Akiba Shuu and Kadomatsu Naoto. Due to a strange set of circumstances, Minatsu (a softball player) is disguised as another girl when she bumps into Naoto (a boxer), who falls in love with this "version" of Minatsu. (Source: Prisms)