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A girl harboring a secret in a small town, dreams of leaving one day. During her final summer of high school, an unexpected encounter from the "outside" occurs. With her fellow members of the photography club, a summer adventure begins. (Source: Ura Sunday, translated)
Seimei of Abe, perhaps the most famous and powerful sorcerer in Japan. This title contains two stories about him, the first concerning a demoness who fell in love with him, and the second revolving around a young Seimei as he met his future wife.
Naoko is a professional woman working for a major travel agency in Tokyo. Supported by her understanding husband, she thought she had the perfect life both at work and at home, until one day her husband suddenly disappears, leaving behind a large amount of debt, his company bankrupt. Naoko decides to wait for her husband's return while working off their debts by walking through the door of Kaguraya, a long-established ryokan in Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture. The proprietress of the inn is Naoko's mother-in-law, who had disowned the couple, refusing to recognize their marriage. Naoko manages to stay on at Kaguraya despite being told, "I won't recognize an 'enjimon' (outsider) as my daughter-in-law!" Naoko is determined to start her life anew, with the goal to eventually become the proprietress! (Source: Be-Love, translated) *Note: An adaptation of the 2010 live-action TV drama series of the same title.*
Momo is a young girl who grew up in a big city. However, following the premature loss of her father, she has to move with her mother to the old family house on a remote island. Here, time seems to have stopped: old wooden buildings, holy shrines surrounded by trees, fields painstakingly carved out from steep hills... and no shopping mall. Needless to say, Momo is not too overenthusiastic about this new environment. Most of all, her heart is still feeling uneasy about an unfinished letter left by her father. A letter that contained only two words: "Dear Momo..." What was dad going to say? One day, exploring the attic of her new big house, Momo finds a dusty and worn out book. And from that moment, something really unexpected starts happening around her...
Story 1. Lately, nearing her 16th birthday, Emi is haunted by ghosts of a woman with severed head and her black cat. Story 2. When trying to draw water from a newly restored old well, Sonomi and Keiko saw a pair of hand trying to climb the bucket's rope. Story 3. Yumiko was a shy girl, but after meeting a ghost of girl standing outside of her house she feel different and more confident. Story 4. Sakiko's mother is always harsh toward her. Once, she even tried to poison her friend and put the blame on her. Oneday, after arguing with Sakiko's father, she went missing.
Tachibana Ichigo, 10 years old. A handsome guy moved in next door. Ichigo fell in love at first sight. BUT she mistakenly confessed to the younger brother Shuji. Unbelievable! Since that day, she starts noticing him and..? (Source: Chibi Manga)
In a magical academy for summoners, students combine impressive stores of magical energy with artful incantations to usher legends, great and small, onto the battlefield. Feil Fonaf, an eighteen-year-old farmer's son, may have had a rougher upbringing than his more affluent peers, but he's here to prove he deserves his spot at the academy as much as anyone else! And as luck would have it, his counterpart summon winds up being the legendary god-slaying beast, Pandora! There's just one problem... (Source: Yen Press)
Uri goes to a famous and very strict private school. Every day she is drenched with study, even her school trip seemed as a “prison”. During the trip, she met him. Sora who was playing in the water dyeing his hair brown, outside the window. He offered her his hand, and without thinking she jumped out and----?
Anthology tie-in with Rondo Leaflet, whose characters appear in a short illustration gallery at the beginning of the volume. 1. **Tengoku to Jigoku** (天国と地獄); Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 2. **Bitter or Sweet** ; Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 3. **Do!!? Doll! Doll!?** ; Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 4. **Saera no Tsukibito** (さえらの付き人); Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 5. **Kage wo Shitaite** (影を慕いて); Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 6. **Kaeru no Maid-san** (カエルのメイドさん); Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 7. **Plants Doll: Oshaberi na Bohyou** (観用少女・御喋りな墓標); Nemuki 1999-09, 11, 2000-11 1 8. **Plants Doll: Oshaberi na Bohyou** (観用少女・御喋りな墓標); Nemuki 1999-09, 11, 2000-11 2 9. **Plants Doll: Oshaberi na Bohyou** (観用少女・御喋りな墓標); Nemuki 1999-09, 11, 2000-11 3
