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When Ryuu Kagaya tries to befriend the boy in the next seat to his, honor student Yoshito Naruse, he's shot down. Only after Ryuu sees Yoshito at Ryuu's work does he think they might be friends. Yoshito's brother might have something to say about that... Also contains the story Warui Neko (Bad Cat).
Wealthy sixteen year old Oriyama Karin has never had a boyfriend before. With the expectation of finding herself a prince charming, Karin manages to fall on top of Tsuruki-senpai, a popular guy at school. Now she has fallen for him but, she doesn't want to make him her boyfriend!? She has other plans in mind.
This volume contains two unrelated stories. 1. **Poppoya** Satou Otomatsu is a lonely station master of a small station in Hokkaido, situated at the end of the line in a small village with an aging population. The station is due to close in the coming spring, and he will retire with it. One night in his last winter manning the station, an encounter with a young girl marks the beginning of the events that will see him reflect on his working life - performing his duty as a railroad man, whilst enduring the pain of its cost to his personal life. 2. **Love Letter** Goro just got out from jail, but a police officer wants to talk to him right away. He announces to him that Goro's wife is dead and that he has to go to Chiba and take her body. Goro has no recollection of having a wife, but then he remembers he married a Chinese woman a long time ago. He married her for her money, and had she married him because she needed a Japanese visa to work. In fact, she's a prostitute who came to Japan hoping to find better life. At first, Goro can't be bothered by this situation, but he goes to Chiba just because he can earn a lot of money. Later on, during his trip, Goro finds a letter she wrote him and through it he discovers the pure person that lies beneath this common prostitute. She is a woman of such kindness and love that Goro is moved to learn something about the woman he married. With those few words of love and tenderness, he understands her fears, her goals, and her hopes for the future -- a future that he knows will never come.
Sakurakawa Nabiki, who dreams to become a plush toy maker, joined the "craftsmanship club", a club for people who aim to become professionals in the handicrafts and technical art field. There she meets Fukamachi Itsuru, who dreams of becoming a silverwork designer. However, Nabiki has to attend supplementary lessons, and cannot do any club activities for one week...!?
Yatogami Kuroh has lost the only thing remotely close to family he had left—and to make matters worse, he's been charged with a final task by his master that he isn't entirely sure he'll be able to fulfill. Follow this young modern-era samurai as he sets off on a quest to track down the next Colorless King and determine if he's evil or not…and to strike him down where he stands if he is.
College student Haneji Kaoru is surprised when popular actor Aragaki Jin appears in his workplace. They were high school friends, but unable to cope with his deepening feelings for the playboy, Haneji cut all ties after graduation. But now that Aragaki has found him, he has no intention of letting Haneji go...
Chihiro Kouzuki is a stage actor and works part-time as a housekeeper to earn more money. His uncle called him about taking on a housekeeping job for Aoki, an elite businessman who lives in an expensive condo. Chihiro accepts, not realising how demanding Aoki can be about how he wants his condo tidied up. He is so demanding that Chihiro is starting to lose his patience with him...
1.**Yoakemae** (夜明け前) Recently, An's boyfriend, Kurosawa, has been acting strangely. Did he just cancel their date for Sunday? It turns out that he's helping his best friend, Kouta, who is in love with this other girl. But does he have to do this in spite of An's feelings!? 2. **Onaji Sora no Shita** (同じ宇宙の下) 3. **Niji no Ame** (虹の雨) 4. **Scratch Go-go** (スクラッチ ゴーゴー)
Kouki and Shiori are high school students who fall in love for the first time in the month of April among the dancing sakura. But their experience with these new feelings is as tentative as the slightest wind of the changing seasons. Even so, never a day goes by that isn't stirred by their first love. The scenery they view from inside the Ferris wheel, walking on the streets together through the rain—in this fashion, the red thread that ties these two together grows stronger as time passes. This is the story of how they live their lives through the first six months of their relationship. (Source: Summer Rain)
1. **Guuzen ka Unmei ka** (偶然か 運命か) Ren-chan has a problem: Whenever the girl he confesses to begins to like him back, he gets tired of the relationship. This time, the person he likes is his friend, Ari. Ari agrees to go out with him, thinking that he'll get tired of it if she does, and they'll go back to being friends. But will it really turn out that way...? 2. **Line Heart** (アイ・ミス) Mafuyu has always looked after Yuna, even now when they're both in high school. She's always listened to Yuna and done everything for her... Until she met him... 3. **I Miss**(アイ・ミス) After one of Ninomiya Majyu's girl friend declines to go to a live concert with her due to certain circumstances, Makyu's new guy friend Aoi Kou asks if he can go with Majyu instead. Assuming this to be just a simple friends get together, Majyu accepts, but is latter shocked to discover from her girl friends that Kou might actually have feelings for her? Contemplating what she should do next, Majyu runs into a beautiful girl who also has the surname of Aoi, and is amazed to discover that the weak-bodied girl called Mai is in fact Kou's sister (although not blood related.) But what's this? Mai might have more then just sisterly feelings for her brother? And why is Majyu's heart starting to hurt so much when she sees them together, when she shouldn't care in the first place? An uncomplicated story about jealousy, obsession, forbidden love, and a little courage about ones feelings. 4. **Melody S** (旋律―S―) Following a painful break up, she is consoled by his beautiful piano playing. The following day, she is moved by his passion... She must know more about him! 5. **Guuzen ka Unmei ka + α** (偶然か 運命か＋α) A short 7 page continuation of the the first story, where Ren-kun and Ari are at a fireworks festival, and Ari suddenly disappears on Ren...