A 33-volume collection of award-winning oneshots put out by Kodansha from 2002-2012. Some of these would later get serialized or collected in other volumes. **Serialized or otherwise collected:** AKABOSHI Tomo [Shishunki Syndrome](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10895992058) AKIZUKI Risu [Oku-sama Shinkaron](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8585) ARAI Hideki [8-gatsu no Hikari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=48516) ARAMAKI Keiko [GENOMES](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=100366) ASADA Torao [Spoonman 3.18](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7155) ASHINANO Hitoshi [Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=586) Endo Hiroki [Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko Dakara](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5984) ENOMOTO Shunji [Golden Lucky](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=44334) IGARASHI Daisuke [Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi, Hoka (collected in Hanashippanashi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2347) IRIE Kiwa [Haikibun! Sakanahime](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54246) IRIE Noriko [Neko no Te Kashimasu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34406) KIMURA Kon [Koube Zaijuu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6616) KITOH Mohiro [Vandemieru no Tsubasa](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2395) KOMAI Yu [Sonna Yatsua Inee!!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16844) MATSUMOTO Taiyou [STRAIGHT](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9964) NIHEI Tsutomu [BLAME! (prototype chapter, included in NOiSE)](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2275) OHARA Shinji [Boku wa Otouto](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=23188) SAMURA Hiroaki [Mugen no Juunin](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1628) SOUJI Hajime [Sanmon Mirai no Katei Houmon](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95297) TOUME Kei [Kurogane](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1034) TOYODA Minoru [Love Roma](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5227) TSUCHIDA Seiki [Miseinen](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=65435) URUSHIBARA Yuki [Mushishi prototype chapter, collected in Filament](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=35219) WAKANA Shouhei [Kamen Tenshi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38659) **Other:** Hiramatsu Kannosuke [Yume](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=134645) ABE Yoshitoshi [Ame no Furu Basho](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=70439511114) Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. YAMAZAKI Ren [Like a Laika](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15464858831) From Atelier du Noir Scans: The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology. NADEGATA Nazuna [Kokenoshima](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=25320595156) From Atelier du Noir Scans: On a remote island, a skilled swordsman who honed his craft on the local population attempts to atone for his sins and lift a curse by hunting and killing demons. Winner of the Hagio Moto Special Award for manga. KIBA Kouichi [Jagua](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=26870403448) As the protagonist is returning home one night, she runs into a man who had just been in a car crash. As he is dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. JOUYAMA Yui [Zanuff the Butcher](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57841268625) A butcher with a dark secret finds a little girl. HAYASHIDA Q [Sofa-chan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9150331372) Tells the story of a female ghost who lives on a couch and it's the debut work of Q Hayashida as mangaka. KANOU Rie [Kingdom of Stars](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20282565791) Oneshot about love, religion, and a big misunderstanding that leads to a weird situation...

Sweet and happy love stories featuring 3 people or more. An anthology organised by Canno and released for Comiket 100. https://canno17.wixsite.com/lemonade

Juan, who lost his family at young age, came to Japan as a migrant worker and idles away his life aimlessly in town of Tokyo. He has a strong power of memory, but it sometimes torments himself with lingering memories. His happiness lies only in the past. One night he visited a medical office with his injured friend and met a beautiful man, Doctor Maki. Juan was fascinated by his mysterious charm and volunteered to be an interpreter for him....

Yuu Kisaragi, a skilled physician, has a big crush on someone, but his feelings will never be returned; the person is his colleague Hasunuma. To distract himself from the fruitless love, he works hard in a university hospital in the daytime and goes to a bar at night seeking one night stand. One day Kisaragi was involved in an incident at a rip-off bar. He was saved by Kanesaki, his patient Arima's man, and they slept together. Before long Kisaragi grows to like Kanesaki, but fate doesn't work in favor of Kisaragi. The story of the sundered lovers.

One day Ken, a high school boy who is a talent-in-training injures a leg. Ken falls in love with his family doctor who supports disappointed him, but the doctor leaves him; ... Ken makes up his mind to grow up, and to success in love. A heartwarming love story which goes along with the music of the Beatles.

Masatake Kuji is an informant to Nango, a police detective. Nango treats him like a whore and orders him to act as a watchdog over Song, a priest of a little church in Roppongi. Kuji first met Song when he served a jail sentence and fell in love with him when Song visited the jail. Kuji starts to work as an organ player in the church and reports all the names of people Song meets. He is curious to know why Nango wants the information. One day at a meal distribution site he meets a man who works for homeless people and comes to know Song's hidden stories. The love story of sacrifice and atonement.

The fiery, headstrong Akira and the cool, stubborn Tomohiro are a couple who had to overcome many obstacles to get married. After finishing a work assignment in Osaka, Tomohiro returned to Tokyo and told Akira that he was going to quit his corporate job and take over his mother's beauty salon in Osaka.

When she was 10, Toaki was friend with a weird girl named Kilala, they played together with Kilala's creepy dolls, one of them looking exactly like Toaki's deceased mother. But because of Toaki's fault, Kilala died to a fall from a tree. Now in high-school, Toaki meets with a boy of her age named Wataru and his little sister Kokoro ; somehow, they are in possession of some of the dolls that Kilala owned. Meanwhile, Toaki also see Kilala here and there, and she is still 10!

One day, a boy takes part by chance in a pub game called "the angel game", and wins an angel. But he never thined he could be captivated by him... (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Collections of one-shots each selected by 85 different shoujo manga authors and organized by theme: Volume 1 - **Love Story** (恋愛) 1. **Biidama no Hashi** (ビー玉の橋) \[Robico\] \[Selected by Saki Haruki\] 2. **Haruaki Hime** (春秋姫) \[Yukiko Kai\] \[Selected by Aiko Itou\] 3. **Fuyu-Haru-Anata** (冬・春・あなた) \[Fusako Kuramochi\] \[Selected by herself\] 4. **Koibumi Biyori "Atashi wo Shiranai Kimi e"** (恋文日和＜あたしをしらないキミへ＞) \[George Asakura\] \[Selected by Machiko Sakurai\] 5. **Romantical Blue Illumination** (ロマンティカル・ブルー・イルミネーション) \[Hiromu Ono\] \[Selected by herself\] 6. **Kotsu Tsubo** (骨壺) \[Ayato Katsuma\] \[Selected by Joniel Sugawara\] 7. **Michikusa** (みちくさ) \[Kyouko Fumizuki\] \[Selected by Chieko Hara\] 8. **Pink no Yuki ga Futtara...** (ピンクの雪が降ったら…) \[Kaoru Tada\] \[Selected by Saya Miyauchi\] Volume 2 - **Family** (家族) 1. **Tasogare** (黄昏) \[Mariko Iwadate\] \[Selected by Masako Yoshi\] 2. **50-nen no Toki wo Koete** (50年の時を超えて) \[Mariko Takeda\] \[Selected by herself\] 3. **Moderato Cantabile** (モデラートカンタービレ) \[Noriko Nakayama\] \[Selected by herself\] 4. **Kiseki no Okurimono** (奇跡の贈りもの) \[Rina Morino\] \[Selected by herself\] 5. **Hareta Hi wa Gakkou wo Yasunde** (はれた日は学校をやすんで) \[Rieko Saibara\] \[Selected by Nami Akimoto\] 6. **Barairo ga Me ni Shimiru** (バラ色が目にしみる) \[Yoshida Mayumi\] \[Selected by herself\] 7. **Sora no Kotori** (空の小鳥) \[Chica Umino\] \[Selected by Saki Aoi\] Volume 3 - **Emotion** (感動) 1. **Saionji-san to Yamada-kun** (西園寺さんと山田くん) \[Tsunami Umino\] \[Selected by Kei Yoshizawa\] 2. **Pocket no Naka no Kiseki (Ayako)** (ポケットの中の奇跡 (綾子)) \[Waki Yamato\] \[Selected by Miwa Ueda\] 3. **Itteshimatta Natsu** (いってしまった夏) \[Mutsumi Tsukumo\] \[Selected by Hara Chieko\] 4. **Anata no Aozora** (あなたの青空) \[Fuyumi Ogura\] \[Self selection\] 5. **Yuki Warisou** (雪割草) \[Chiki Oya\] \[Selected by Fuyumi Ogura\] 6. **Haruyume Hime** (春夢姫) \[Jun Fukami\] \[Self selection\] Volume 4 - **Fantasy** (幻想) 1. **Kitsune Yomeiri** (きつねよめいり) \[Akimi Yoshida\] \[Selected by Masako Yoshi\] 2. **My Dear B・F** \[Ikuemi Ryou\] \[Selected by Saya Miyauchi\] 3. **Kimi yo Shiru ya Minami no Kuni** (君よ知るや南の国) \[Kumi Morikawa\] \[Selected by Youko Miyajima\] 4. **Arcadia no Shounen** (アルカディアの少年) \[Ritsuko Abe\] \[Selected by Youko Hanabusa\] 5. **Dorobou Cinderella** (泥棒シンデレラ) \[Suzue Miuchi\] \[Selected by Nami Akimoto\] 6. **Chijou no Itten** (地上の一点) \[Yuko Kono\] \[Selected by Itsumi Kirishima\] 7. **Ki no Fureta Kisetsu** (気のふれた季節) \[Tomoko Naka\] \[Selected by Seika Nakayama\] Volume 5 - **Extraordinary** (異彩) 1. **Hoshi no Opera** (星のオペラ) \[Chica Umino\] \[Selected by Kazu Gotou\] 2. **Nire Yashiki** (にれ屋敷) \[Hideko Mizuno\] \[Selected by Seika Nakayama, Chieko Hara, and herself\] 3. **Genkan** (玄関) \[Fumiko Takano\] \[Selected by Kiwa Irie\] 4. **Sault Seint Marie no Koi** (スー・セント・マリーの恋) \[Kyouko Fumizuki\] \[Selected by Udou Shinohara and Akiko Hatsu\] 5. **Ame** (雨) \[Minori Kimura\] \[Selected by Hideko Mizuno\] 6. **Omukae Ga Kuru** (おむかえがくるよ) \[Masako Sone\] \[Self selection\] 7. **Hinata e Hikage e no Romance** (日なたへ日かげへのロマンス) \[Toshie Kihara\] \[Selected by Ayuko Omi\] 8. **Uso Happyaku-ya** (嘘八百屋) \[Masako Yoshi\] \[Self selection\] 9. **Hanshin** (半神) \[Moto Hagio\] \[Selected by Chie Shinohara, Tsugumi Tsukishima, and Akirako Toudou\]

1991 was adapted into OVA.