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Another chapter in the ongoing saga of Salaryman Shima Kousaku. In this story about Hatsushiba Electric Company Salaryman Shima Kousaku, a new position sends Kousaku on trips all around the world, beginning with New York. But wherever he goes, nothing is ever simple. Even on a business trip, things don't always stay professional and even terrorist incidents strike close to home. Still, through it all, he does his best for Hatsushiba Electric and continues to rise above it all.
"Sana, wanna come to my place?" Miura Sana meets Fujiki Gorou once again after he has been absent from her life for a long time on the day of her father's funeral. Sana, who lost her parents and Gorou, who lost his best friends become a family. Two and a half years later, Sana is now 14 and Gorou is 35 years old. The story depicts the normal and not-so-normal daily life of 2 people with 21 years difference in age.
Another story from the saga of Salaryman Shima Kousaku of the Hatsushiba Electric Company. This time Kousaku finds himself working at Hatsushiba's Chinese division, and, as usual, nothing is going smoothly. His superiors have different and incompatible ideas, romantic entanglements are complicated, he can't go to the video store without finding a ripoff of the latest Japanese video games, and political protests threaten to severely disrupt Hatsushiba's operations. Through it all, Kousaku keeps his head high and somehow manages to work for the company and retain human dignity.
Short horror stories writen by thirteen different mangaka. 1. **Anata no Hanashi** (あなたの話) \[Kanako Inuki\] 2. **Kowakute Ienai** (怖くて言えない) \[Madoka Kawaguchi\] 3. **Kabe Onna** (壁女) \[Madoka Kawaguchi\] 4. **Atashi no Osoushiki** (あたしのお葬式) \[Yoshimi Seki\] 5. **Falling Down** (フォーリング・ダウン) \[Kaoru Oohashi\] 6. **Hiyamugi** (冷や麦) \[Kei Arita\] 7. **Taro-kun no Densha** (たろくんの電車) \[Piyoko Marui\] 8. **Ame to Muchi no Hibi** (飴と鞭の日々) \[Not Osada\] 9. **Sullivan-shi Shoukogun** (サリバン氏症候群) \[Takuya Hirono\] 10. **Mayonaka no Chourei** (真夜中の朝礼) \[Kuuro\] 11. **Koisuru Jinmensou** (恋する人面瘡) \[Keiko Hirata\] 12. **Ana no Naka** (穴の中) \[Tomomi Sanjou\] 13. **Tachiyomi** (立ち読み) \[Ichirou Hirai\] 14. **Chi Nureta Yukidaruma** (血ぬられた雪だるま) \[Yumeji Tanima\]
Must we believe in ancient legends? In mythical tales and characters? As a child, Abe-no-Seimei in the company of his master Kamo Tadayuki walks his first steps on the paths frequented by evil spirits and angry souls of darkness with a thousand spells. Seimei, who can feel an evil entity approaching before anyone else, is taken in by Tadayuki, who sees in him an exceptional talent for the practices of Yin and Yang. From that day on, Seimei was made his disciple and was taught all his secrets.
Kosaku Shima is appointed as the director in charge of Hatsushiba Shanghai. China is a fierce battleground for consumer electronics manufacturers from all over the world. This ambitious story clearly depicts the “modern” China, with its language and cultural barriers and deep-rooted anti-Japanese sentiment, through the eyes of Kosaku Shima, who maintains his style even in a new country! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
A collection of oneshots: 1) **Nude** (NUDE) Natsuki is getting ready to graduate, and she wants her final art project to be Tsuji, fellow art student and crush of three years. Will she be able to complete it? 2) **Natsu wo Dakishimete** (夏を抱きしめて, *Hold me in the Summer*) Nagisa's summer vacation seems like it will be uneventful, except she keeps running into the handsome Yuuji. Can this be a summer romance, or maybe something more? 3) **Christmas Netsujou** (クリスマス熱情, *Christmas Passion*) Miyako is constantly being sexually harassed by Atsushi. He interrupts when she's being confessed to and is always touching her. But Miyako can't forgive him for hurting her years before. 4) **Shakunetsu no Blizzard** (灼熱のブリザード, *Red Hot Blizzard*) Kazuno's sister drags her along on a skiing retreat. Her sister's boyfriend also brings his brother, Aoi. The two get closer through mishaps, but is this meeting more than a coincidence? 5) **Valentine Hatsujou** (バレンタイン発情, *Valentine Ecstasy*) Madoka has been having sexy dreams of Akashi, probably because he's always teasing her! He has so many girls around him, she won't even give him obligatory chocolate. Can Akashi change her mind?
