-Saori is a lingerie designer, but she is neither particularly sexy nor good with men. The president of her company tells her to get some romantic experience, for the sake of better design, but she is too stubborn and timid to take the plunge… Then one day, she meets Sekiya, a rude but handsome man at a bar. When they share a cab ride home, he kisses her out of the blue. Then at the urging of her junior colleague, Saori ends up going on a date with him. Saori's calm mask is on the verge of cracking at his aggressive approach…! (Source: Berry's Books, translated)
-Noelia, the daughter of a duke, is falsely accused and her engagement is annulled, and she is to be married off to the king of a neighboring country. Noelia was meant to become the neighboring country's "figurehead queen"... But then, suddenly, a man kidnaps her. He seems to know Noelia, but with no memory of her past, Noelia has no idea who he is. Even so, when she sees him, she feels so sad she wants to cry... A love story between a crown prince who was supposed to have been wiped out and a young lady who has lost her memory! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
A collection of gekiga stories from various authors from the days of kashihon manga. Considered to be an extremely influential series in the evolution of manga, being one of the first of the gekiga genre, and also to have been influential in bringing about the "cool Japan" phenomenon.
