Nao and Kaho have had their first child, and they've decided that Nao will be a stay-at-home dad while Kaho works as an editor. Nao is determined to be a good "professional dad," but he's still learning everything that caring for an infant and a house entails. In addition to the work itself, he copes with his sudden realization that he has Asperger's syndrome, and his uneasy feelings of worthlessness over not filling the traditional male role.

1. **Kigi no Yukue** (木々のゆくえ) Juri has always been saying to herself that she has done everything that she wanted to do, and has lived to her own satisfaction. Plus, she's always been skipping class and coming in late in the mornings, only to be confronted by her class rep, Yoh. Aware of her own situation, she knows that she shouldn't leave any remaining desires and feelings behind... 2. **Santa ni Naritai** (サンタになりたい; I Want to Become Santa) 3. **Koe ni Naru** (声になる)

The motto is "Keep the status quo." "I don't want to change". My life, how far will I go if I start rolling??

Second-year middle school student Ayumu Kurihara changes classes and is seated next to the beautiful but strange Misuzu Tsukishima who dislikes boys. Mizusu can't get close to other people, but after being moved by Ayumu's sweet, honest personality she begins to open up to her little by little. Ayumu too is captivated by the awkwardly delicate Mizusu and the two of them become close.

I'm living together with a man 10 years above me. On top of that, it can also be said that this man is my Papa.

Kohaku was a loner in junior high school, and she dreams of a more fulfilling social life in high school. However, on her first day of school, she falls down the stairs and ends up hospitalized for a month! This means that everyone else has already made friends and formed groups at school... In order to avoid being left all alone, she summons up the courage to talk to the only odd-numbered clique in her class. But it turns out that they are at the top of the school social caste, and they are caught up in a blood-splattered yuri love triangle...!? A suspenseful high school comedy about trying to fit in! (Source: ComicWalker, translated)

Matsuko is a 32-year-old office lady who loves sake and drinks it at home every day. She hasn't had a boyfriend in three years, and even though she doesn't mind being alone, she also wants to find love some day. She's attracted to a cool younger colleague, and when the two of them went out for drinks, he turns out to be the cutest "drunk-dere" ever...? An intoxicating love story between a sake-loving OL and a cool junior! (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)

During high school, Hamura hurt Jin with the lowest of words and the most foolish of actions. Having regretted this ever since, his only wish is that they can be reunited. But when it finally happens... College student Hamura Yuzuki is a track-and-field athlete who has competed at the National Championship level during middle and senior high school. However, he focuses strictly on pole-vaulting, to the detriment of his team. This is due to a casual comment by Akishima Jin, a fellow athlete with whom he parted ways after graduation, about the sky being the means through which they are connected. He cannot forget Jin or detach from their past, and this causes problems with his girlfriend, one of which leads to a coincidental reunion with his obsession.

In Tokorozawa, Saitama prefecture, various events spin out of control; Urban legends, axe murderers hiding under the bed, magicial girls crashing through ceilings, an isolated island where everyone is a destined hero, and where people suddenly vanish. Tragic consequences that intertwine and link various people, and one person was involved in all of these events without fail - Hariyama-san. This *ordinary* person, whose only noticeable trait is that he wears glasses. Why does he seem to be involved every time? At the centre of this world of strange events? Who *is* he? This is a series of short stories linked only by Hariyama-san, who appears as a minor character in each.

A love story that will never be told. Chikage Kawaraya, 26, a part-time college instructor, on this day, suddenly became trapped under a billboard that fell from overhead and and must be crushed. She is covered in blood and healed only with her own saliva. Clay Shihara, a sorcerer who travels between earth and hell. After meeting him, Chikage is lured to the world of hell. Chikage is invited into the world of hell.... A story of twisted love guided by the fate of a "curse". (-DeepL)