Ueda Aki is about to start her first year in high school with older brothers Tooru and Kaoru, who are stars of the tennis team as well as seemingly the rest of the school. Aki has always gotten along very well with Tooru, but never with Kaoru. Despite the new environment, none of this seems likely to change until...?? Note: Vol. 3 also contains a one-shot titled "Jingle White" about Christmas time during a very volatile relationship between Kazuyoshi and Yuka.

A collection of short stories: 1. *Mune no Kodou* (Please Feel My Pulse) 2. *Senaka Made no Kyori* (The Distance to Your Back) Ishikawa feels that his relationship with Yamaguchi has entered a stale period. Why is Yamaguchi ignoring him, and how can he get the spark back? The couple from [Mimitabu no Riyuu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15285). 3. *Shitasaki no Netsu* (Warmth of the Tip of the Tongue) Valentine Day special with Ishikawa and Yamaguchi. Eight years later, they are still the same. 4. *Kurubushi no Hone* (Ankle Bone) Ishikawa, being a klutz, is home for Golden Week, and Yamaguchi is going to nurse him back to health... sort of? The sweet couple is back and enjoying their first holiday together! 5. *Takayanagi no Bangohan* (Takayanagi Family's Dinner) The Takayanagi family is very busy, since their parents are off on business in India. The eldest brother has no time to babysit his two younger (slutty) brothers, a NEET and a high school student, and hires a housekeeper who's a bit too cute for his own good. Or... is he? 6. *Kotokunibito - Stranger* (Gentiles - Stranger) 7. *Mienai Shippo* (Invisible Tail)

The plot takes place in a small community in post-war Tokyo, and follows the interweaving story threads of a number of the community's residents over the course of a single year as Tokyo Tower is being built.

Apperead in Phryne, a lesbian magazine that only lasted for two issues (one came out in June 1995, the other in November 1995). It contained articles, short stories, manga, essays, and the like. "Community News," by Saitou Emi and the Heisei Community Committee, is a 4-panel manga strip.

His lover, his parents, his future—everything was taken from him. A violent suspense story of revenge begins! Daichi Enomoto was an ordinary college student with a girlfriend and friends. Until the day he was framed for murder… Called to a hotel by a part-time job colleague, what he saw there was the shocking sight of the very person who had summoned him… (Source: Shueisha, translated)

Kanako has fallen in love with her brother. They try to break it off and arrange a prospective marriage interview... Love stories replete with romantic moods. Volume 8 contains the side story "Tuberose Serenade" \[30 pages\], which is the final definitive ending to the Waltz wa Shiroi Dress de series and occurs after Magnolia Waltz.

All actors in Tsubaki Theatre are male, regardless of whether they play male or female roles on stage, but don't let that fool you—the enchanting beauty of their performances has earned Tsubaki renown as one of Japan's foremost theatre companies. Young actors gather at Tsubaki Senior High School to train, in the hopes of one day joining the company, and it is here where Hachinoda Youichi, a once-aspiring screenwriter who gave up on his dreams, meets Hayashi Shingo, a Tsubaki trainee with looks so stunning he could pass for a girl. Shingo's performances in female roles draw praise from his teachers and peers, but something weighs heavily on his mind...

The story takes place in a world that is gradually decaying because of the approach of an "evil god" from another dimension. Seishirō Shikizaki meets Ajisai Misaki at a party before school starts, and the meeting feels predestined. The tagline in the magazine reads "Under the cherry blossoms, a 'hero', 'evil god', and 'weapon' meet." (Source: Anime News Network)

A collection of short stories depicting the events of a school day from the perspectives of three groups of friends.

After his business partner stole his money, Kuga's standing on the roof. He can't get up the courage to jump, so the hunger takes over eventually. He thinks about his first love and finally gives up to kill himself. Instead, he tries to find his first love, a boy called Mitsuru. With the help of a detective, Kuga finds him... in a strip club in the slums of the city! A naive man, at the bottom of his life, unemployed and divorced, and a former handsome guy: the love story of two forty-year-olds! (Source: Oakla Shuppan, translated) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*

An anthology of comics, based on Sakyou Komatsu's best-selling novel, *Nihon Chinbotsu* about Japan slowly sinking into the sea. The stories are mostly parodies, released in conjunction with the movie adaptation. Many stories are based on the hometowns of the authors. 1. **Kikyou** (帰郷) \[Hideo Azuma\] 2. **Chinbotsu!** (沈没!) \[Yoshitoo Asari\] 3. **Noboribetsu Chinbotsu** (登別沈没) \[Nawoki Karasawa\] 4. **Sink←→Float (Surechigai)** (Sink←→Float(スレ違い)) \[Hiroki Endo\] 5. **Tokorozawa Chinbotsu** (所沢沈没) \[Shinpei Ito\] 6. **Mitaka Cinbotsu** (三鷹沈没) \[Daisuke Nishijima\] 7. **Chibotsu Rhapsody** (沈没ラプソディー) \[Kenji Tsuruta\] 8. **Akamiso Chinbotsu!?** (赤味噌沈没!?) \[Minato Koio\] 9. **Tsuzukiyama Umi Hyoubanki** (続山海評判記) \[Kouichirou Yonemura\] 10. **Kyoto Chinbotsu** (京都沈没) \[Michio Hisauchi\] 11. **Chinbotsu Nippon** (ちんぼつニッポン) \[Tony Takezaki\] 12. **Koto Shoushitsu** (古都消失) \[Sora Wo\] 13. **Okayama Chinbotsu** (岡山沈没) \[Hisaichi Ishii\] 14. **Shiawase na Momotaro** (しあわせな桃太郎) \[Katsuya Terada\] 15. **Nippon Chinbotsu Oosoudou** (日本沈没大騒動) \[TONO\] 16. **Hatsudou! D-4 Keikaku** (発動!D-4計画) \[Gaku Miyao\] 17. **Nippon Chinbotsu Sekinin Ron** (日本沈没責任論) \[Kouichirou Yasunaga\] 18. **Manga Nippon Chinbotsu** (マンガ日本沈没) \[Shinichi Hiromoto\] 19. **Tsushima Zanryuu** (対馬残留) \[Tomohiro Kouda\] 20. **Kuninu Kuniguni Shimanu Shimajima** (国ぬ国々 島ぬ島々) \[Romanov Higa\] 21. **Nippon Chinbotsu orz Zenkoku Hen** (日本沈orz全国編) \[Miki Tori\]