A collection of Mohiro Kitoh's short stories, covering everything from his debut story to his more recent works. Some have supernatural elements while some don't, but all deal with young people learning about how unusual the world around them can be. Includes: 1. Zansho - Summer Heat 2. The Girl on the Pole at the Intersection on 3rd Street 3. Bringing Flowers to Kasei Inn 4. Soiled, Beautiful 5. A & R 6. Papa's Song 7. Pochi's Place
Mirai is a 13-year-old girl who lives in the human world. One day she witnesses a mysterious object fall from the sky into the park. Excitedly, she brings her stuffed bear Mofurun with her to see what it was. When she gets there she sees a girl named Riko flying on a broom. Riko is of the same age and from the magical world. Mirai has a lot of questions, and Riko explains that she's searching for a jewel with strong powers called "Link Stone Emerald." Then Batti, an ally of the dark magic users Dokurokushi, appears before them and demands that Riko hand over the "Link Stone Emerald," which Riko herself had been looking for. To make things worse, Batti uses dark magic to create a monster known as a Yokubaru! Mirai and Riko join hands and with the magic words "Cure-up Rapapa!" they transform into the legendary Pretty Cure. (Source: Anime News Network)
Takenaka Satsuki, first year high school student and Library assistant, is secretly attracted to her Senpai, Kitamura Kano. With the help of an accepting friend, Satsuki must learn to overcome her own sense of what is 'normal' in order to embrace her feelings for the one she loves.
Remake of Saito Takao's Survival from 1976. Could you survive in the wilderness that has lost all civilization? A huge earthquake occurs while Satoru and his friends are exploring a cave. After somehow making it to the surface, Satoru is shocked by the scene that lays before his eyes. From that day on, the lonely battle for survival begins! (Source: Manga Box)
What happens when an overly trusting prince and a super paranoid witch go in search of the powerful witch Garbera in a whole jungle of suspicious creatures and powerful magical traps, all for the cause of fulfilling each of their wishes? (Source: Aerandria)
Okumoto Momo is a first year student at an art school living on her own although she's close to her family. She's studying art to follow in the footsteps of her father, who left his wife and three children (Momo is the youngest) some years back. One day her mother summons her and her siblings home to say that their father has resurfaced, sending divorce papers to their mother. It's a bit of a surprise, but he's been gone a long time and everyone is used to it.
With her brother's influence, China grew up to become very boyish. But she is a 15 year-old girl who dreams from her heart for a romantic relationship. Now that she's in high school, she meets a cute (kind of short) boy named Haruka, and a big bad boy named Shindou and...
Kinoshima Rocketry Club casually uploaded a vlog of a test firing of their hybrid engine. The engine exploded — blowing away their dream of reaching space with it — but that wasn't the only thing that blew up in that video. Ayame Madoi, a girl who worked on the engine section who happened to appear in the vlog, also exploded in popularity when viewers from across the world found her cute. While she finds this attention bewildering, she actually already has someone she wishes would notice her that way… (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
There's a legend about a certain library at the Doumeikan University, and whoever meets there for the first time will fall in love. One fateful day, Shino waits for her date there, but she doesn't meet him. Instead she meets a football player who took refuge there, trying to avoid his angry teammates. Then the two surprisingly find out that their parents are getting married, and so they start to live together... (Source: Shogakukan, translated)
Niwa, a college student of architecture, is moving into his deceased grandfather's house. He didn't know the man very well, but the house is conveniently close to school, and his grandfather was actually the architect who designed it. There's something unsettling about the house, though, and while he's wandering around, Niwa finds a mysterious old photograph of some girl who isn't his grandmother. Later, he goes along with his friend Akira to take drawings of another old house that's going to be demolished. As he meanders through this old house, he has a somewhat supernatural and startling experience. Are these feelings and occurrences a result of the souls of the buildings themselves, as Akira suggests? Or is there some even deeper mystery to Niwa's uncanny experiences?
Uryuu Kamihate has been switching between households for as long as he can remember. Despite his non-belief in gods or anything supernatural, he moves into a shrine where he hopes to focus on his studies to achieve his ambitious dream—entering the prestigious medicine program at Kyoto University. He is in for a surprise when he arrives at his new home: the three Amagami sisters, Yae, Asahi, and Yuna, also live there, working as shrine maidens! The trio continuously quarrels with the boy, disturbing his ideal peace. However, when Uryuu learns more about the girls and begins to get accustomed to the unfamiliar environment, his arrival at the shrine might be the miracle he has secretly been waiting for. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Tsunagi's a high school girl who admires the famous, beautiful and distant imperial prince: Koji Ninomiya. Tsunagi's life takes a new light with a new classmate, Haruhi, who amazingly - and suspiciously - looks exactly like the famous prince...

