A collection of autobiographical one shots published with edition 12/2019 of Melody.
"I would never tell anyone. What I really like, that is." Ann Kobayashi, an eighth-grade girl living in a provincial city who partakes in a basketball club, has a hypersensitive and self-conscious preference for gathering tragic and memorable newspaper articles about murders, suicides, and accidents involving mass deaths, and is fascinated by photo collections of decadent dolls. One day, Ann witnesses the bizarre behaviour of her classmate, a boy named Tokugawa. Bringing the attention-grabbing work that depicts the suffocating realism of adolescence's unique sense of stagnation! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
Anthology of short stories based on the Digital Devil Saga: Avatar Tuner 2 video game.
Bliss was raised in a poor household and worked in a department store, but one day when a customer named Tatiana faints, she ended up taking care of the woman's baby. It turned out that Tatiana's elder brother, Dante, was also staying in the woman's luxurious apartment. Bliss scolded herself even as she fell for this man from a completely different walk of life. But Dante seemed just as taken with her, and they ended up sharing a night of passion. Unfortunately, she soon had to face cruel reality. The sweet encounter they shared was nothing more than a whim for him!
After losing her beloved mother, Juri is left all alone. Then, a man who calls himself her "fiancé" appears in front of her! And it's Kiryuu-kun, the popular boy at Juri's school! This is what her mother said in her last words... is it true!? *I'll never get engaged to Kiryuu-kun, who always says mean things to me!* Juri thinks, but as she gradually learns more about Kiryuu-kun's true feelings things start to change... (Source: Shogakukan, translated) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*