1st Story: Pinky Promise Asako lives her life day-to-day acutely aware of how lonely she is. That all starts to change when she meets Hongo, a boy who thought she was trying to commit suicide and tried to stop her. They form a bond and find how much fun life really is. Until Asako finds out about Hongo's past. 2nd Story: Cuckoo Child (Cuckoo No Musume) 3rd Story: 60 Days Note: Wasilah Kita is the Malaysian edition of the manga; the original manga title is Yubikiri.

The Secret Stairs is a collection of stories set at a girls' boarding school. It focuses on the friendships between the girls and their mysterious adventures with the "ghosts" that haunt the old school buildings.

In a world where steam engines have been developed using a special fossil fuel called “Meteorian Coal”, Kanata, a boy who works in a coal mine, studies hard and improves himself despite the poor environment. Then, the boy's destiny begin to turn as he works to open up a new vein of coal.

*“It's a very human thing to have somethin' like a dirty secret you can't tell”* Kaoru goes to the same college as the popular model she yearns for: Reika. On campus, Reika stands out considerably shining as an intelligent, beautiful, and perfect girl. In the middle of all this, Kaoru witnesses Reika kissing another woman–––. Kaoru and Reika are in the center of it all, mixing with the love and hate of both men and women. With no way out, their campus life begins.

Collection of 4 short stories: **1\. Butterfly Cloud** Best friends Kiyo, Kanta, and Goma live in a small, depopulated island in the Seto Inland Sea. One day, a transfer student from Tokyo arrives. Before long Ritsuka, a cute and fair-skinned girl, started hanging out with the three best friends, but what happens after? This story was released as a oneshot in the Bitter - Nakechau Koi Monogatari anthology volume. **2\. Middle School - Less Than Love** Koizumi Kana is in Love. And her love for Fujimoto made her imagine him as a total different person and do all sort of silly things, even as far as to steal a pencil lead. What will happen when suddenly Fujimoto asks her out and she finds out that he is not the person she imagined?... A bittersweet story of first love follows. **3\. Middle School - Man Hater** Mitsuki Abe is always being sexually harassed which lead to her aversion for men. Torii after being falsely accused for groping Abe decides to catch the real culprit. What will happen when Torii betrays her by accidently kissing her. Will Abe ever trust any other men? Will Torii catch the real culprit and be the exception for Abe's hatred? **4\. Middle School - The Cherry Blossoms Scatter**

With their school shutting down for good, the students of a small town were heading for different directions in life. For Minase Tamaki, who was staying in town to find a job, it might be the last time she sees her crush Shindo Yuuma, who is moving to the city to attend a new school. She asks him to do a little prayer that is supposed to help people cross paths again even if they become separated. But her classmate, Yuzuki Erina, overhears their conversation and, out of jealousy, decides to ruin her plans by inviting their entire class on what was supposed to be an intimate spell. As soon as the charm goes off, the ground splits in half, swallowing the entire class and, when they wake up, they find themselves in an old school campus. Unable to find a way out, they wander the corridors, trying to figure out where they are. But it seems that the building isn’t as abandoned as they thought it was and, in fact, something evil is lurking in the shadows.

Cover illustration: Suzuki Tsuta 1. **Paseri to Minitomato** by Ukino Parsley and Mini Tomato are best friends who promised each other that they'd become delicious and get eaten together. The problem is: no one wants to eat Parsley! A sweet love between two food personifications. 2. **Yukiiro Machiboke** by Mikage Tsubaki One fateful night, the doctor Hanabusa saves a dirty street urchin and patches him up, and now this filthy child is determined to thank him. 3. **2-choume no Chiisana Sakana** by Hideki Kawai 4. **Kosha Ura no Natsu** by Sakurabi Hashigo Heartbroken Manabu-kun keeps meeting up with his senpai in the back of the school, who appears to be keeping a secret. 5. **Senaka** by Yuki Tsuda 6. **Aishi Aenai Koi Naraba** by Hikari Kiyomizu 7. **Mura wo Deta Kara Kuri** by Zippo Natsuki 8. **STAKEOUT** by Nozo Itoi 9. **Love in Motion** by Haruko Kumota Super sadistic gay high school student and a kind teacher. 10. **Yasashii Dakeno** by Tsuta Suzuki A terminally ill patient and a mysterious boy. (Related to Konoyo Ibun) 11. **The First Thing I Do in the Morning Is** by Takako Shimura I want you to touch me, I want us to have sex, I want you to like me, I want you to love me, As a brother, and not as a brother.

In Karakura Town, there has been a sudden outbreak of unidentifiable spirits called "blanks" (vacant souls) while in the skies of Soul Society, the real world has been reflected. A mysterious female shinigami called Senna has appeared before Ichigo along with a man named Ganryu, leading a group called the "Dark Ones."

Yui has a deep love for her "older brother" (they're not actually siblings, but are related), and she is devastated when he gets married. While at the wedding, Yui meets a sobbing boy, Kaoru. It turns out that his cousin (that he was in love with) is the one Yui's brother is marrying. When Yui moves into a boys dorm so she can seek out new love, she finds that the head of the dorm is none other than Kaoru!

Entrusted with an utmost mission to identify and to protect the next chief of their tribe, Ninja Sakura transferred to a high school and fell in love with the class rep Takagi. Can Sakura succeed both in his mission and in love?

1. **Baby, Star** Yamato, a dorky-looking guy who is Xiao Zi's boyfriend, becomes a popular idol after being asked to be a model. How will their relationship change? 2. **English Garden** Jiao Ren is leaving the country in one month, so he asks Shi Xu to be his girlfriend until then. 3. **Romance Trip** (ロマンストリップ) Xiao Zhou is going on her first vacation with her boyfriend Xiao Yang. 4. **Ai no Shirushi** (愛のしるし, Love's Sign) Xiao Quan is told by a fortune teller that she will meet her Prince Charming soon, so she gets her classmate, Tong Ko, to help find him.

Zenikko is a gritty look at money and capitalism, and one kid´s attempts to game the system in his favour.