I want to get closer, to touch that person, and I want to become an "Adult". An omnibus of romance, love, and the throbbing of hearts collected in five stories from Nakayoshi authors Haruka Fukushima, Mizukami Wataru, Seizuki Madoka, Moro Orie, and Kotobuki Ebisu.

Akane Kuritani, a young live-in caregiver, arrives at a secluded mansion deep in the mountains hoping for a fresh start. Her patient, the bedridden Kiwako Miyazono, appears more like a corpse than a living person. As Akane begins her duties, she discovers that the care required is as unnatural and dangerous as it is disturbing. What starts as an ordinary job quickly spirals into a chilling psychological horror where the lines between life and death blur in an oppressively intimate and grotesque way.

Being raised in the middle of the mountains and while living in the countryside she was the only student in Elementary and Junior High School. And that Mikan transferred to a school in Tokyo! It’s the beginning of a school life that she’s always yearned for... it was supposed to be but, she was attacked by a group of male students. Mikan is the first female student to attend the school since the school has been founded. Although, Kai-kun, who is in the same class as her protects her, but everyday turns into a dangerous situation. *Also contains Host♥Lover: Host na Koibito (ホス♥ラバ～ホストな恋人～) Also contains Maid no Himegimi (メイドな姫君)*

Hugo, who was on a loop of his miserable life, meets a beautiful girl, Melza, who is rumored to be a "monster". Hugo asks her, "Are you sure you won't regret sharing your fate with me?" This chance encounter changes his broken life one after another...

A story about a girl named Kaede and the parasite that’s on her head, Hebi.

Sakurai is a high school boy who discovers there’s more to teachers–to adults–than what they show to others. After seeing a normally poker-faced teacher skip lively down the street in the rain, he can’t get her out of his mind. When he asks her what would happen if he liked her and wanted her to go out with him, he gets a surprising answer. 1. **Hon wa Miteita** (本は見ていた) 2. **Shinku katakoi pack** (真空片戀パッ) 3. **Keseran Paseran** (ケセランパセラン) 4. **Sono saki no** (そのさきの) 5. **Sachiko no Kekkon** (サチコの結婚) 6. **DOOWUTCHYALIKE** 7. **Skippu shita Hi** (スキップした日) 8. **Aniyome no Yuutsuu** (兄嫁の憂鬱)

Kaede, an office worker, was on a solo camping trip in the mountains to heal the pain of a broken heart when she suddenly found herself transported to another world. At first, she was scared of the monsters she had never seen before, but gradually she became stronger. Furthermore, Fenrir and the fairies joined her. Kaede's life as a camper in another world, with her steely mentality, begins now! (Source: Futabasha, translated)

42 mangaka write short stories about the food they eat.

If I know what love is, it is because of you.

The year is Universal Century 0087. Seven years have passed since the end of the One Year War. In its zeal to stamp out any remaining opposition, the Earth Federation has organized the Titans, an elite fighting force. However, the Titans soon get out of hand, committing atrocities on par with the worst the Principality of Zeon had to offer during the war. In response, dissatisfied citizens, former Zeon soldiers, and even members of the Earth Federal Forces form a resistance group known as the Anti-Earth Union Group, or AEUG. As the next war is brewing, a small AEUG group arrives at Side 7 to investigate the new Gundam Mk. II... (Source: Anime News Network)

*"You will die in 100 days."* Duchess Lelouche received the prophesy from God. Her fiancé, the Crown Prince, has been distracted by other women and is said to be on the verge of breaking off their engagement... And even if Lelouche knew the future, she still couldn't change the fact that she was going to die. But she can change the way she dies, and the effects of her death - or so she was told. So she made a bet with God. *"If I may die beautifully, please reward me." "If you do good. I will give you whatever you want in your next life."* Now Lelouche will act to support the family she is leaving behind, and fight the "conspiracy" that will lead to her eventual death... (Source: SB Creative, translated)