“Iris Revolution Online” – commonly known as IRO – is a full-dive VRMMO. Shota Ise (Sho), a high school student prone to overthinking, chooses an uninhabited island as his starting point after extensive map exploration, intending to play IRO solo at his own pace. While enjoying his leisurely island development, a high school club activity leads him to start streaming his progress as a let’s play video, joined by his shy classmate Mion and Rupi, a wolf pup he rescued on the island. The videos Sho and his companions post spread like wildfire, catching the attention of many IRO players who were unaware of the uninhabited island area and pioneering skills.

Matsumoto Serika has just moved to the big city and is looking for an apartment. She doesn’t know much about this place, but it’s spring so what could possibly be wrong? She meets a woman in a kimono outside a very large house named Sakuragawa Suzune and they hit it off. Later that same day Serika is bemoaning that she hasn’t found a place to live when she runs into Suzune again, and Suzune suggests that Serika stay at her home. Serika accepts. Only one problem that she’s about to discover, that Suzune is one of three MEN living in the house… **Note:** Won the 31st Shogakukan Manga Award in the shoujo manga category.

1. **Compass of the Heart** Miyahara Yoshimi is troubled by the gaudily dressed host who always comes into the convenience store where he works. But when Tsumagi Makoto passes out in front of the store, they become friends. 2. **The Difficult Couple** 3. **Singing Stray Cat** 4. **From Rain** Accidental death, murder, guilt and punishment affect a man, his younger cousin and the cousin's best friend. 5. **Summertime** When Haruhiko's summer plans with his girlfriend fall through, he ends up shuffled off to visit his cousin near the beach. But cute waiter Nanami looks so shocked to see him, have they met before? 6. **As Long As There's Love, Age Doesn't Matter** Tomo wants a little affection from his cold older lover Reiji, and he's not speaking to him till he gets it. After two weeks, is it all over for Tomo and Reiji?

Yuu has spent her entire life with a “copy” of herself, her twin sister. Now science has created a copy more perfect than nature ever could, and Yuu seems like the perfect test subject. But as her copy becomes more intelligent day by day and begins questioning its own existence, the experiment threatens to spiral out of control. Who is real and who is a copy? And what is a “copy” that has surpassed its original? Just a copy, the original, or something else entirely?

Collection of short stories based on Persona 5 made by doujinshi artists. Published by DNA Media Comics (Ichijinsha) .

1. Over Take 1 2. Over Take 2 3. Over Take 3 4. Kumo no Ami 1 5. Kumo no Ami 2 6. Mimic (Imitator) 7. Over Take Bangai-hen: Futari Kata wo Narabete

The story of a wealthy 'Ojou-sama' girl who wants to be a shoujo mangaka, and the strict and cool butler who helps teach her how to make manga. A collection of lessons about becoming a mangaka.

Wataru Minakami is a top student who failed his high school entrence exam because of a computer glitch . He later discovered that he was accepted to Stargazer Hill Academy, which is located at a mysterious place called Promised Island. At the request of his father, Wataru is whisked away to the island, and before he can settle in, a dozen of cute and charming girls start to flock him and claim to be his younger sisters. As Wataru gets closer to his newfound siblings, a deeper mystery as to why they were sent to the island comes to play. (Source: Anime News Network)

Virtual reality. Murder. Werewolves. And teen girls! In a future where nothing is as it seems, can old legends come true? In the near future, humans will communicate almost exclusively through monitors, making real interaction a rarified and weak occurance for those living in a near totalitarian society. In this new world of communication, children are only allowed to interact personally on school grounds. So when a serial killer starts slaughtering junior high children the communication routes go under futher surveillance. And despite all the safeguards put in place to avoid physical interaction, the killer's latest victim turns out to have been in contact with three young girls: Mio Tsuzki, a certified prodigy; Hatsuki Matsuno, a uiet but opinionated classmate; and Ayumi Kono, her best friend. And as the girls get caught up in trying to quell curiosity under such terrorist scrutiny, Hatsuki learns that there is much more than meets the eye of their monitored communications.

After saving someone and losing his life, Yuuki is reincarnated into another world. He wakes up as a baby in the middle of a blizzard in the mountains?! Facing a dire situation, Yuuki prepares himself for death, but thanks to the one power bestowed upon him by God—a strong body—he's able to easily navigate snowy mountains!? He's also picked up by a kind family, showered with their love, but in reality, his parents are legendary figures, and Yuuki has grown into an extraordinary man! "I want to leave this mountain, and return it to the way it was loved by my mother and children!" Now six years old, Yuuki decides to set out on a journey with his beloved dog, Pochi, to become independent! He faces many challenges along the way, but unwittingly overcomes them with his cheating skills!? What started out as a leisurely journey quickly becomes a source of rumor throughout the kingdom...?! The start of an unconscious and extraordinary fantasy adventure in another world, unfolding as the strongest child raised deep in the mountains unfolds! (Source: Starts Publishing, translated)

Story 1: Zankoku Yuugi (Cruel Game) Suou Hatasu is a nice guy with a pretty normal life. Like most college students, he's living alone in a little shoebox apartment and commutes on-foot. In spite of his financial limitations, he's fairly satified with his life: he's got a good friend, a cute girlfriend and is just starting his first student-teaching job at an area high school. Things only seem to be getting better for him when one of his students, handsome and fabulously wealthy Harashima Daichi, seems to take a shine to him. Immediately feeling welcomed to his new school, Suou couldn't really ask for more. Until his new "buddy" Harashima suddenly turns on him in a deserted hallway and vows to make Suou "his property". Can money really buy love? Harashima certainly seems to think so... Story 2: Only You Only You Three childhood friends, Yoshito, Sei and Daisuke, come to a crossroads in their relationship when Yoshito announces he's getting married. Sei's composure crumbles and he admits to having loved Yoshito since Middle School. But while Sei's been chasing after Yoshito, he's been too preoccupied to notice that Daisuke's been chasing after him.