The slapstick school life of Shinigami student-candidates!
A collection of five spooky stories: 1. **Tenchi Shinmei!** (天地神鳴!) Asuna Shio is a teenage girl with a very strong perception of the spirit world and has a shrineless god as a companion. One day, Shio's classmate is seen vanishing into a mirror. She reappears afterward, but seems changed for the worse in terms of personality. What has happened to her? 2. **Gekkouchou: Hyaku-nen no Koi** (月光蝶~百年の恋~) A two-tailed tiger-striped cat is taken in by a girl called Mitsu and given the name Torakichi. Torakichi is no ordinary cat, and the love and tragedy between them may be strong enough to transcend a simple lifetime. 3. **Friend Doll** (FRIEND DOLL) Mizuno Sachi spends almost all of her time studying, thanks to her demanding parents, and she doesn't really have friends. There's a boy she likes at school, but it seems impossible to get close to him. Suddenly, her stuffed bunny, Mimi, starts showing up in her dreams to advise her through her teenage life. But what is Mimi's motivation for all this help? 4. **Tonari no Yomi-san** (隣のヨミさん) There's an urban legend about a girl who killed herself as a teenager, "Yomi-san," due to her insecurity over her appearance. Supposedly, her father stuffed her body, and, in her quest to become beautiful, the body seeks to take parts from pretty girls. At one school, several pretty girls have been mysteriously injured. Could the culprit be the dead girl, Yomi-san? 5. **Oni no Sumu Shima** (鬼の棲む島) Saki moves out to a rural area, where she has no friends. In her loneliness, she goes out to an uninhabited island, where she meets a new possible friend. He's a demon, but as Saki gets to know him, she finds him less and less frightening...
Have you ever thought, “I’m so glad we met”? The novelist Haru moved to a new home with an “interesting history”. There she met a girl who was crying alone in the closet... In addition to the title story “Desert of Stars”, this also contains “Matatakuma Highlight” and “Rikka no Kubi”. A heartwarming collection of short stories filled with unforgettable encounters.
A site called "Would you like to become a novelist?" otherwise known as “Narima” is taking the world by storm. Rindou Routa is a writer on Narima who receives a merciless review one day from a reader named "AKNY." Wallowing in his misery, he happens across a lost phone in his classroom and sees the letters "AKNY" flash across its screen. Still in shock, Routa's eyes widen even further when the queen of the school, Akaneya Himeko, comes in and declares, "Ah, that’s my cellphone!" WHAAAT?! *Includes 2 bonus chapters.*
Even if this love of mine isn’t allowed, I just love that person too deeply... in the midst of summer break, this unspeakable love comes to a close.
In a tiny village surrounded by woodland, there is a bakery run by two small twins. This is the heartwarming tale of the joys and sorrows these two girls share with their customers.
The galactic super idols are detectives! The singing, dancing, just a bit sexy, action mystery battle!! The last remaining AKB0048 kenkyuusei, Shinonome Kanata, along with Maeda Atsuko the 13th, Oshima Yuko the 9th, and Kojima Haruna the 8th, have been selected for a mission to protect the costumes of the legendary costumes of the original AKB from the galactic phantom thief, Elixir! The four enroll as students in the academy where the costumes sleep. Up against the greatest thief in the galaxy, will they complete their mission? *Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.*
