An anthology of short stories by various mangaka, intended for male audience.

Urasawa's characters confront fantastical elements ranging from psychic powers, to alien visitors to planet Earth, to attacks by giant monsters. On the flip side, the author philosophizes about his real-world experiences with the wild and wacky international music scene. Plus, a classic, funny animal tale, in Urasawa's inimitable style! (Source: VIZ Media) 1. DAMIYAN! 2. Tsuki ni mukatte nagero! 3. Oyaji Shu 4. Henry and Charles 5. It's a Beautiful Day 6. Musica Nostra 7. Kaiju Okoku 8. Solo Mission

Meet Kanda Taiyou, the new section manager of Hishizaki Commercial. He's smart, young and handsome. To him, life is all about results. He's been successful in his career until he has been framed to a scandal by his co-workers. Now unemployed, he lurks into the streets and collapses in hunger. Luckily, a mysterious girl tries to save him and offers him for a job. Which turns out to be a rundown eroge company!

Kazuyoshi Ishii, the founder of the martial arts organization K-1, had been sent to prison for tax evasion. After serving his sentence, he exits Shizuoka Prison only to be immediately killed by a speeding truck and reincarnated in the body of Kei Ichinose—a comatose high school girl?! Twenty years since the genesis of K-1, the MMA world’s problem solver now inhabits the body of a schoolgirl and comes to grips with the karate he left behind in this story of youthful spirit and determination. (Source: J-Novel Club)

Ths story is about an ex-military man who trains others to defend themselves on the condition that he never gets involved... but eventually he always does.

**“Please help me, Master!”** One young man transported to another world. One young woman taken from home and put up for sale. One way forward: alchemy and a can-do attitude! Life’s tough in a dark fantasy world when you don’t have any combat powers. Life’s tougher when you’re a slave. But together—and with the right doses of analysis and patience—Paracelsus and Nora might just be able to make it work…! *Source: Yen Press, Vol. 1*

A bright-spirited young historical scholar, Iba, disappears while on a lone expedition to study the ancient Silk Road. A year later his girlfriend, Kyoko, sets out for the Silk Road in order to find clues that will help to unravel the mystery of Iba's disappearance. When she arrives, she finds the charm she gave Iba for protection and moments later she is sucked into a black vortex and loses consciousness. Kyoko awakes to find herself in a very different place and discovers that that Iba is not only alive but is a warrior-slave under the reign of Genghis Khan in 13th century Mongolia! At last, when Iba and Kyoko reunite, they find that there are a series of fates, crueler than the ones they have already endured, awaiting them... (Source: Dark Horse)

General Tokugawa was given 13 angel swords to bring peace to Japan. However just when Tokugawa started a new dynasty, he was assassinated by his 12 commanders, aka masters of the 12 sacred swords. The last one, Fire Phoenix, was given to Dohran, Tokugawa's naive son . Many years have passed and now, under the cover of a traveller, Dohran is seeking for revenge and to bring back "the world of laughter".

Kadokura, the class president, was stressed out from having to take care of the track and field students who use his house as their student housing due to his father being the track and field coach. The worst of the bunch is Kima, who is the ace of the team and has a bad attitude. He had decided to put up with it until graduation but is suddenly kissed by Kima. After that, Kima kisses him and also suddenly acts distant, and his feelings are unknown. All that makes him think that Kima has feelings for him... (Source: Printemps Publishing)

Gotta flirt to save the world!! High schooler Takuma Akutsu is terrified of human contact and just wants to live a quite life. Too bad he doesn't have a choice in the matter when nine Valkyrie sisters come barging into his home! They've tasked him with raising their level to fight off the monsters threatening humanity--and how will he do that, exactly...? By gettin' down & dirty to the max!!! (Source: Yen Press) *Note: Chapter count includes a one-shot from Volume 9.*

High school student Yuuma Fujikura resides in a living hell, courtesy of the vicious bullies who treat tormenting him as a game. That is, until he meets Ryou Amezato, a mysterious classmate who'll risk everything to protect Yuuma. Ryou is bold, cunning, and loyal, just about everything Yuuma could've asked for. But is he a guardian angel? Or a demon who'll drag Yuuma into an even deeper, bloodier hell…? (Source: Yen Press)

Aritake Deigo has decided to move out because he could not stand living with his family anymore and wants to find a place to live a miserly life of self-loathing. While talking to an apartment agent, he encounters a strange blue haired girl carrying a snake statue. He then starts hearing a voice from the statue and after touching it, he gets knocked out. Upon waking up, he finds out that he has been possessed my Lyssa, the Goddess of Madness. Now, if he can't be happy from the bottom of his heart, he will die.