Is being a classmate not enough? From a slightly mature high school girl, to an otaku girl who started with NES, to two people who wanted to be more than friends but couldn't.... This collection of short stories is filled with frustrating, touching, and yet slightly daring love stories from a time when there was no "mobile phone". Nine selections by Erika Sakurazawa, a master of romance, are included in this collection. (Source: Sukima.me, translated) Collected Stories: **Just Lovers** (ジャスト・ラヴァーズ) **Kuse ni Narukamo** (くせになるかも) **Game wo Tsuzukeyou** (ゲームを続けよう) **Kanashiki Machikado** (悲しき街角) **Dial M wo Mawase** (ダイヤルMを廻せ) **Toraware no Himegimi** (とらわれの姫君) **Kin no Suzu Monogatari** (金の鈴ものがたり) **Tookute Hikatteru** (遠くて光ってる) **Friends** (フレンズ)

Based of the Playstation Game Battle Arena Toshinden 2. *Note: Released in Enix Supercomic Gekijoh Volume 1.*

1. **Sakura** (桜) 2. **Mashou** (魔性) 3. **Summer of Love** 4. **WEEK END** 5. **Pin Heel** (ピンヒール) 6. **Neko** (猫) 7. **Neko #2** (猫＃2) 8. **Champagne no Awa no You ni** (シャンパンの泡のように) 9. **Zakuro** (柘榴) 10. **Watashi ni Nita Ko** (私に似た子) 11. **Ai ga Ippai** (愛がいっぱい) 12. **One Piece** (ワンピース)

Fukiko has never had a boyfriend, always being dedicated to her work. However, she is unexpectedly fired from her job because of a mistake made by an unreliable junior colleague...! Just when it seems like she has hit rock-bottom, one last great shining hope appears for Fukiko...? A new age Cinderella story by Erika Sakurazawa! (Source: Shueisha, translated)

Kirameku Kisetsu: Having just successfully started a new job, Ami's days are fulfilling and busy. But that didn't leave much time for her boyfriend of three years, which she didn't mind because she felt like they were in a stable relationship. Her friends asked her, "How can you even say you are lovers?" Caramel no Coat wo Watashi ni: My boyfriend, who goes to the same university, has been acting strange recently. We don't see each other as often as we did before, and his replies to my phone calls and emails are short and curt. Apparently, he and his roommate seem to be into "older women"? This is an comic anthology about the themes of "Love" and "Growth" for girls of all ages! (Source: Takarajimasha, translated) Included Stories: 1. **Kirameku Kisetsu** (きらめく季節) 2. **Étude** エチュード 3. **Caramel no Coat wo Watashi ni** (キャメルのコートを私に) 4. **Miracle!** (ミラクル！)

Shoko lives with her husband and daughter, but when her daughter is accepted to a prestigious private school, the high tuition fees and other expenses make it difficult for the family to make ends meet. Then, a mother friend offers her a "secret part-time job"...

Tsugumi, who works part-time at a botanical garden, has always hated his uniquely colored eyes—blue mixed with yellow, a shade uncommon among Japanese. To hide this insecurity, he wears colored contacts. One day at work, he meets Keito, a young jewelry designer. Keito is bright, overly friendly, and definitely not Tsugumi’s type—or so he thinks. Yet, Keito quickly closes the distance between them and insists on seeing Tsugumi’s real eyes. *“…Wow, they’re beautiful. Like gemstones,”* Keito says, gazing at him with sparkling eyes. Before Tsugumi can react, Keito suddenly leans in for a kiss…!? (Source: Tokuma Shoten, translated) Note: Includes an extra.

https://www.cmoa.jp/title/285735/

He has excellent grades, is handsome, and has a girlfriend. For some reason, Aoi Monaka, a model student with a lot of talent, has to repeat a grade. When he looks around the classroom, he sees another isolated and helpless problem child: a JK model with a poor expression, a former student council president who was exiled for being too serious, and a landmine girl who is at the center of an online scandal... Monaka decides to form a school excursion group with these girls!? Inside, they are all thinking, "If it's Monaka-san, can you change me?" From class rejects to a fulfilling life!? Youth liberation romantic comedy! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)