A collection of BL oneshots and illustrated essays from Yamashita Tomoko. 1) **Stroboscope** Kazu, the owner of a run-down coffee shop, becomes the inadvertent host to Renji, a young man who perceives Kazu's hunger for the touch of another person. The pain of this realization only increases the torment of Kazu, who has long ago given up on his longing for love. 2) **Chain Gang** Always together, one man drinks at another man's home when he can't catch the last train home, but what is this feeling of deprived freedom? 3) **Good Morning, Bad Day** 4) **Devil's Thoroughbred** Kinaga-s act of kindness and friendship is repaid in the most unexpected way. Yamashita Tomoko's pre-debut work!
Nostradamus prophesied that the world would end in the seventh month of 1999. Today is July 21st, 1999. Ever since she was little, Maruyama Sakura has put her faith in this prophecy, has believed she will die at age 19. Consequently, nothing has seemed all that important to her. As the final days of her final month tick down, Sakura is whiling away the last of her time. Then Sakura meets Mori. Sakura has ten days until the end of the world.
Junior high school student Amane lost her parents early and lives with her uncle Yuki-chan. Even though he had a faint feeling for Yuki-chan, she lived calmly for the same days, but one day, when she cut her hand with a book in the study, she summoned a devil from another world (very beautiful). Will call out. Amane has signed a contract with the devil (very beautiful) for Yuki-chan, but that's why she ended up being a "migration consultant from a different world for the devils suffering from population growth"...? *Note: Includes two extra chapters.*
Tatsuomi Oonogi, who works at the prefectural office, was suddenly transferred to the "Special Measures Office" which handles cases related to mysterious phenomena. As his first task, he begins to search for his predecessor, but is left clueless. In search of answers, he visits a curious antique store and meets Chihaya Sakura, a young man who is missing his right arm. Oonogi, bewildered by his first encounter with a strange phenomenon, and Chihaya, who is gifted with the power to see strange things, team up to fight the monsters that lurk in the city! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Nijiko loves party and she likes to design and make party dresses. She attends a Fashion design school but decided to quit the school and get married with Shoutarou after meeting with him for a few times. Her reason to married Shoutarou is that, she doesn't dislike him. After their marriage, even though she quit the design school and is a housewife now, Nijiko is still likes the to party and enjoy making dresses. In each episode, while the couple learns more about each other, Nijiko will relates events from her marriage life with different kind of parties and uses it as an inspiration for her to make her own party dress.
Hazuki Kagimura is a normal girl who is usually alone. Her relationship with her new family is not going so well, so she retreats every day to the world of stories and books. One day, after school, one of the library's bookshelves sends her to another world with a magic school, where she meets Shizuka Tsuchimikado. She finds out that girls (called "mädchen") who attend the school are selected by old fairy tales and folk stories to wield their magic, and are taught how to wield it in the school. The school has girls who are chosen by such stories as Kaguya-hime no Monogatari, Issun-bōshi, Der Freischütz, Shuten-dōji, The Little Matchstick Girl, The Gigantic Turnip, Arthurian legends, and The Ramayana. Hazuki herself is chosen by the Cinderella story. She begins her new life at the school to become a magic user, and be friends with Shizuka. (Source: Anime News Network)
Meet Aroha, the older sister of Karua—a middle school boy who loves video games— who came into his life when his parents remarried. But her true identity is... Magical Girl Miracle Aroha!? Alongside David—a mascot character who seems cute but really isn’t— Karua provides brilliant support to this hopeless magical girl (who thinks no one has figured her out yet), all while making sure no one notices him!!
Collection of 19 short stories, with the theme of pirates, by various Weekly Shounen Jump mangaka that had ongoing serializations in the 2021 #5-6 issue.
Hilarious! The Hinomoto Kingdom's Princess Guard - an elite squad that directly protects their royal princess. Kasuga Haru was newly appointed to this prestigious position and was next to the Kingdom's one and only princess. There's only one problem. Their "royal princess" is a hikikomori, a recluse who stuffs her room with video games and refuses to leave even a nanometer out of her room. Kasuga's special mission given by the Queen is to make Princess Terras into a proper human. Can Kasuga succeed in turning this otaku princess into a proper princess full of charm and beauty?
Short stories that contain mature themes such as child abuse. 1st girl: There was a girl in the middle of the gruesome incidents. ‘I thought that I was invincible.’ 2nd girl: A recollection of ‘a girl’ who didn’t love an excellent boy, ‘me’. 3rd girl: The future where you are cursed when you are born. The only girl who wasn’t cursed is nervous about her undecided future. ‘She is pitiful for not being cursed!’
A Gundam 00 side story. Planned to replace 00F in Gundam Ace. The story focuses on Innovades and Innovators.

