My mommy can't live without her boyfriend. I can't live without my mommy. But… I'm scared that mommy's boyfriend is going to kill me. **Official English:** [Coolmic](https://coolmic.me/titles/63), [Dashtoon](https://dashtoon.com/comics/read/marionettes-fate_SHOlSOjelZ8uprhyJKL)

**Her life had always been stormy, but his love just might chase those clouds away.** When Mallon, a beautiful housekeeper, is attacked by her employer and rushes out into the rain, she is picked up by a man in a luxury car who calls himself Harris. Mallon has grown to distrust men, but Harris’s calm gray eyes allow her to relax her guard. When she sees where they have arrived, however, she starts to regret her carelessness. The place is practically a ruin, and there’s no other house around. Mallon, recalling all her nightmares, is constantly fearful, but there is one thing she doesn’t yet know—her encounter with Harris is the ray of light that will cut through the darkness of her life…

A certain region in vast China. Xiaodan and his friend An, who once moved to this village, go pearl hunting as usual. During a break from work, Yasu begins to tell him a fairy tale from his distant hometown, starting with a story about how when Kotan was young, he thought of pearls as ``mermaid tears.'' Something nostalgic and somehow disturbing. A rising star who is active mainly overseas makes his first appearance in Japan.

Koutarou's childhood friend Te-chan invites him to his home. Koutarou thinks it's weird since they haven't hung out together in years, but the carnage at Te-chan's home sends the boys running away together. Is Te-chan really bad? If so, why doesn't Koutarou leave him? *Note: Published in Magazine ZERO Winter 1995 \[1995-01-20\]*

*Published in Magazine ZERO Vol. 14 \[1997-04\]*

*Published in Magazine BE×BOY 2003-10*

Seigo, who grew up in a village, moved to Tokyo to find a job and to fight crime (apparently he has some strange superpowers), since not much happens in his village. One day his childhood friend Touma visits him and challenges him to remind him of his mission. At least that's Touma's claim... *Note: Two-part story published in Magazine BE×BOY 2004-03~2004-04*

This will be the first and last night I listen to my desire… My suppressed emotions are coming out… After her husband passed away, Gia moved to the Bahamas to start her new life with her son, Leo. After being haunted by her notorious family name for so long, she is finally enjoying the freedom she earned in this resort island. That is until she reunites with Santo Di Fiore, the man she has loved forever and her baby father after a one-night stand four years ago. After finding out that he has been a father this entire time, Santo makes Gia choose between giving him child custody or getting married to live in New York. As much as she wants to be with her son, Gia is terrified of going back to America, where she would have to go back to being a Castiglione, the name of an empire that has deep-rooted connections to criminal organizations. After getting everything taken away, Gia ties the knot with Santo to be a family with Leo, but she doesn’t see the marriage possibly going well…

A short story that teaches us the importance of ordinary days (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

One day of summer of an ordinary family. This one shot highlights little moments of the day, not special, but precious. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

1. **Eiga no Omoide** (映画の思い出) 2. **Otegami** (おてがみ) 3. **Hitogoto** (ひとごと) 4. **Utopia** (ユートピア) 5. **Shiroyama** (城山) 6. **Dejikame** (デジカメ) 7. **Chichi no Haha** (父の母) 8. **Date** (デート) 9. **Photograph** (フォトグラフ) 10. **Toomawari** (遠回り) 11. **Ichinenme** (一年目) 12. **Kinkan** (きんかん) 13. **Isoganakutemo Yoi Koto wo** (急がなくてもよいことを) 14. **Kuuhaku Kikan** (空白期間) 15. **Mada Kyou** (まだ今日) 16. **Natsuyasumi** (夏休み) 17. **Kaki no Ki** (柿の木) 18. **Umi** (海)