Compilation of shorts stories related to the theme of "painful love" : 1) **Kyoumachi Hisa - Gomen. Demo, Suki** (ごめん。でも、好き | Sorry, but I like you) 2) **Nanajima Kana - Maigo no Maigo no Hatsukoichuu** ( 迷子の迷子の初恋中 | Two lost children in first love) 3) **Mitsuki Miko - Hatsukoi, Yoru ni Tokeru** (初恋、夜に溶ける | First love, melted to the evening) 4) **Watanabe Shiho - Todoke, 0 km no kimi e** (届け、0ｋｍのキミへ | Notification, 0km to you) 5) **Shiumi Saki Nikaime no Hatsukoi** (二回目の初恋 | Second first love) 6) **Koizumi Ren - Iitakatta, Ineakatta.** (言いたかった、言えなかった。| What I said, and what I couldn't say) 7) **Miyazawa Ritsuko - Dare yori mo Kimi no Soba ni Iru noni** (誰よりも君のそばにいるのに | You're by my side more than anyone else)

Set in modern-day Tokyo, Sweet Cream and Red Strawberries is a series of vignettes, presented as episodes in the lives of four women. Touko and Chihiro are roommates in a one-bedroom apartment. Akiyo pines after her college friend while making a living as a prostitute. Suzuki lives alone and wanders through her daily estoutine wondering about love. Except for Touko and Chihiro, the characters in these stories don't intersect. Instead, their lives unravel independent from one another in isolated sections of the city. Themes like emotional strength reoccur throughout the book as the women suffer from jealousy, loneliness and unrequited love. Despite their close quarters, Touko and Chihiro keep their feelings to themselves, quietly coming undone behind their calm smiles.

The king of the demon world comes to Earth in search of an Omega mate and sets his sights on Kwak Chang Min, a high school student who is not happy about having a strange floating pervert intrude upon his life. When his parents win the lottery and leave him behind to go on a world tour, his new stalker becomes even bolder. Before Chang Min knows what's happening, he's been blackmailed into letting the creep live with him and the demon has even managed to somehow infiltrate his school and become his new homeroom teacher! How long can he protect his chastity from the determined demon king???

Lililucia, the daughter of a marquis, scarred her younger sister's face when she was a child. Feeling guilty, she continued to listen to her sister's whims, and as a result, she was molded into the kingdom's most evil woman. When her younger sister got married, Lililucia decided to stop listening to her sister's whims, but her younger sister, suspecting an affair between the princess and her husband, cursed her to turn into a cat and framed her for attempting to poison the princess. However, Lililucia, who has taken on the form of a cat, is picked up by Crown Prince Gerald, who has an excessive love for cats, and he dotes on her. If she turns back into a human, she will be falsely accused and executed, but if she remains a cat, she will die from being doted on...!? A fluffy romantic comedy fantasy about a villainous woman who has turned into a cat and a crown prince who dotes on cats. (Source: Futabasha, translated)

Tells a comedic story about a businessman in his 30's, a theatrical company member who dreams to become an actress and a country home.

A collection of extra chapters from creators in Shueisha's Margaret and Ribon shōjo manga magazines to raise funds for the victims of the Great Eastern Japan Earthquake disaster.

As if being reincarnated in the slums wasn't bad enough, I became the test subject of a cruel experiment in a crime-plagued city. One day, a man destroyed the research facility I was in, and upon recognizing him, I discovered I was in the world of a hopeless reverse harem novel. After I escaped from the research facility, I was living a normal life--until I moved in right next to the female lead’s house. I realized I’d become an extra from the novel, as well as the female lead’s neighbor! If everything goes according to plan, the female lead would save the villain, who fainted after being fatally injured, and would become the subject of his fanatical obsession. But why is the sub male lead villain here, unconscious in front of my house? Lakius Avalon was the king of the dark world, as well as the fearsome man I'd met at the research facility. I looked around quickly, then shoved his body with my foot. "You've come to the wrong house, villain."

There lies a phantom in the opera house of Paris. The being named "F" is rumored to not only be a talented magician and composer, but he is also blessed with a hypnotic singing voice. Due to his odd requests, no one dares to go against his wishes. Christine Daaé is a part of the chorus at the opera house. As the daughter of a violin player, she has been surrounded by music since she was a child. While trying to catch the only memento of her father from falling into the river, Christine is saved by a strange man with red eyes, who disappears as quickly as he appeared. When the prima donna Carlotta quits from an upcoming show, Christine becomes her replacement but has no confidence in singing by herself. In hopes of meeting F, Christine goes to the central-western balcony, and luckily, he appears before her. She is shocked to find out that the elusive ghost is the same man who helped her not too long ago. He reveals his real name is Erik and tells Christine he will become her teacher on one condition: she must promise she will not love anything other than music—not even Erik himself. (Source: MAL Rewrite)

A high school girl is bored with her everyday life.

The story of Hana, a genetically engineered mouse who escapes from a laboratory. (Source: Naver, translated)

Yukitsugu Shinohara and Yuki Watanuki, who work for the same stationery manufacturer, happen to live in apartments next to each other. They always eat meals together and spend their time lazing around, but their relationship is just like any other between co-workers - or so they should be. This is a cooking story about a complicated relationship between a working man and woman. https://www.cmoa.jp/title/284318/

*Note: Released at Hokkaido COMITIA19.*