In a world where natural talent often dictates success, Ikoma is ready to walk away from his passion for basketball, convinced that his physical stature will always keep him from the top tier. His perspective is challenged when he encounters Reito Yugami, a high schooler who claims to be a professional in the high-stakes world of fighting games. Despite Yugami's own lack of "god-like" reflexes, he challenges a world-renowned genius to a high-stakes match to prove a point: that pure love for a craft can overcome any deficit in natural talent. In a battle decided by fractions of a second (0.017 seconds, to be exact), the two face off in a psychological and technical duel that forces Ikoma to reconsider what it means to truly commit to the things you love.

A collection of stories. Chapters 1-3, Reparations in Green: A woman finds out her husband is dead forty years after he disappeared—and everything she knows about him is a lie. Chapter 4, Me and Evil and Peaceful Days: A young inventor is bored with his mundane life. Can’t something interesting happen for once, like the end of the world? Chapter 5, Unfettered: When their crops start failing, the islanders offer up a bride to the ogre god. Except that he doesn’t want a wife… Chapter 6, Adrift: A lonely spirit finds a friend in a young boy, but ever since his friend comes back, he’s been acting distant. Omake Chapter

it's been three years since Amo's first love passed away. But they still have the feeling that everything that happened was a dream, even more,​ when a transfer student with the same name and very similar to him suddenly arrives in his class. Who is he exactly? Can she put aside her first love to experience a new one? *Note: Includes the one-shot "Kare Kano Continue".*

Natsume has followed Yuuichi for years as he's struggled with getting into a university. One day, she follows him somewhere slightly different...

1. **En-arite** (縁ありて) \[Keiko Nishi\] 2. **Herun-san** (へるんさん) \[Hiromi Ebira\] 3. **Sofa bed Tour** (ソファベッド・ツアー) \[Kazuno Tani\] 4. **Honpou Fuki** (ほんぽうふき) \[Sato Ume\] 5. **Aniyome no Kekkon** (兄嫁の結婚) \[Koyomi Shiromizu\]

After the death of his father, a chance encounter helps Minoru reconcile his feelings toward the man and move forward.

Collection of stories: 1-3) Youkaimura no Mitsugo-tachi 4) Kame no Ongaeshi 5) Sugoroku 6) Tatsumaki no Hi 7) Mirai kara Kita Doukyuusei

Cocoa Spice, a kind-hearted Saintess with fragile beauty and powerful holy magic ......This is only a front. The true nature of the saintly woman is that she is a very careful person who is working hard to save money for her retirement. She was originally a street child, and she was determined to make a living on her own, without relying on others. That pride has carried on now that she has become the Saintess. The prestige of the Pope?　A love call from a prince?　The clutches of a gangster? Whatever the obstacle, if I don't like it, I will strike in every possible way!

Kaoru Maeda, 35 years old, is still an aspiring artist. He works as a janitor at an art college, where he is noted only for being a nice guy. He thinks that those who aren't natural geniuses must fight in a different way. What awaits him is "the biggest lie of his life!" Maeda is suddenly labeled as a "genius artist," because of a misunderstanding by a famous creator, even though he felt conflicted about it. He even begins to live together with a woman he met by chance… After 35 years, has the man with neither luck nor opportunity finally caught his big break…!? (Source: Big Comic Bros, translated)

One day, shy high school first-year Akira Seki suddenly finds himself favored by a ghost cat he makes eye contact with. The cat is a bit of a pain, but little by little, his life becomes more enjoyable when he's with it... A heartwarming short story about "me," who's a bit of an outcast in class, and "a cat," who floats freely in the air! (Source: Futabasha, translated)

"I have something I don't want to lose" "So much so that these terrible feelings have grown." A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed indiscriminately are sentenced to death. There, she meets a man named Yuu who took the lives of 3 people. A mother's antagonism--a brother's death... Together they embrace the violent rebellion in their hearts caused by the large, deep scars they carry. However, before long, they both embrace an earnest hope in their hearts. "I want to live"... An adaptation of novel by South Korea's most popular female novelist, Gong Ji-Young.