These haunting tales of human-like androids, called Dolls, range from romantic to tragic, from comic to ironic, and everything in between. In these stories, dolls have an uncanny way of working themselves into the lives of their masters: A woman develops an unusual closeness to doll that will affect her human family from beyond the grave...A man wants to make his doll into the perfect human lover, but discovers that humans are not perfect...A father buys his son a doll to help him get over the death of his mother. Doll provides a firsthand glimpse into the psychology of the human-doll relationship and examines the question of what it means to be truly human. (Source: TOKYOPOP)

Alex and Rita are two souls who died at the same moment on different ends of the earth. This is the story of their interactions with the humans who can see them as they travel towards each other.

Normal college student Kazuki Hirasawa finds himself inside the body of Harold Stokes, an evil character in the world of Kazuki's favorite game, Brave Hearts. The problem is, if the game's events go as they should, he'll one day find himself defeated by the hero's party. Will he be able to find a path to survival and avoid his many death flags using the incredible power of Harold Stokes's body and his own knowledge of the game? Join Harold in this magnificent manga adaptation of the work that won the 3rd Shosetsuka ni Naro Contest. (Source: One Peace Books)

Kinichiro isn’t even that bad. It’s just that on the first day of high school, his narrow eyes made him look shifty, so people assumed he was trouble. Now it’s graduation, and he’s looking back on three years with no friends. He never even joined a club. But after a bloody collision and an accidental fall, he wakes up a high school freshman, with the chance to try it all over… AGAIN!! *Source: Kodansha USA, Vol. 1*

Volume 1: 1. Kinkyou 2. Kousaten mae 3. Short Program 4. Take off 5. Change 6. Plus one 7. Murasaki 8. Nani ga nandaka Volume 2: 1. Haru ga Kuru Mae ni... 2. Wakaba Maaku (Subject - Wakaba) 3. Tochuugesha 4. 5×4P 5. Shindo Yon 6. Eesu o Tsubuse! 7. Spring Call 8. Yuku Haru 9. Kaeri Michi 10. Sayonara Game Volume 3: 1. Clogs and Diamond 2. Where the Wind Blows 3. Angel's Hammer 4. Memory Off (part1) 5. Memory Off (part2) 6. White Summer / Shiroi Natsu Follow the friendship of Tetsu and Gorou from the Koushien to adulthood. 7. Square Ocean 8. Idol A 1 9. Idol A 2 10. Idol A 3 Idol Ace is a Japanese short manga written by Mitsuru Adachi about a high school girl who wishes to play on the high school baseball team, but can not due to the rules. Fortunately, her father is the team's coach, and her best friend happens to look very much like her, so she is able to do a swap with him during games and meet her dream. (Source: Wikipedia) 11. Running God 12. Short Mail

Beautiful People is a manga comprised of six profound and thought-provoking short stories. It includes a tale of a vampire who raises a child as her own, a story of a young man who copes with an alcoholic father amongst other problems with the help of an online friend and four others short stories. (Source: Anime News Network)

Wolfsmund is a story set in the European Alps during the beginning of the 14th century. A ruthless gatekeeper stands watch at Wolfsmund — "the Mouth of the Wolf," a fortress checkpoint at the St. Gotthard Pass going into Italy. Travelers from all walks of life try to pass through the way station, but they must first face interrogation by the gatekeeper. Things rarely end well for those who attempt the passing. (Source: Anime News Network) *Note: Chapter count includes the chapter "Side Story: The Pope and the Swiss Guard" in volume 4.*

**With an endearing protagonist and luscious art, this seaside slice-of-life story offers tranquility in the chaos of the modern world.** For two years, Wakana Kinme has run a laundry service in the seaside resort town of Atami. Kinme Cleaning is a well-loved business, and Atami residents admire Wakana’s devotion to her trade. She builds a fulfilling life making friends with the locals and visiting hot springs. Although Wakana has no knowledge of her own past, her cleaning services safeguard memories imbued in customers’ precious items. *Source: Square Enix Manga, Vol. 1*

A cyber-punkish collection of stories revolving around the theme of the "DOLL." 1. **Gum no Iranai Kodomo-tachi** (Keep Those Condoms Away From Our Kids) The tale of boys and girls who have lost their sexual desire. 2. **Rissa no Tetsu no Hitsugi** (The Iron Maiden) The tale of the strain a girl experiences from having grown up in a home without love. 3. **Shuuseki Kairo no Himawari** (The Sunflower Quality Of An Integrated Circuit) Vanilla is a maidroid in the home of an elderly master and his younger wife. The atmosphere in the house is cold and stiff because the wife is having an affair with a younger man. The lonely master comes to look upon Vanilla as his own dear child. He suggests that when the sunflowers bloom, they go outside together to watch them. "Is that a command, sir?" asks Vanilla. "It is not a command," he replies. "It is a promise." And so forms the piercing and painful integrated circuit—the alternating current of intercourse—between a lonely old man and the emotionless Vanilla. 4. **Bara Tessen no Mukougawa** (The Other Side of the Rose Wire) What was the thing a girl like an angel endlessly carried? 5. **Kago no Sakana** (Fish Out of Water) A mermaid is brought out of her dream. 6. **Koubutsu-kun** (Mister Mineral) Inside the body of a cute girl who's just like a doll... are internal organs, and blood, and... 7. **Anata wa Ikiteiru** (Alive) The sad tale of a human and a clone who pass right by each other.

Keisuke Shizuki and Shizuka Kusunoki are taking high school by storm with their good looks, but they share a dark secret: they were both total outcasts in middle school! While Shizuki has succeeded in making himself over inside and out, clearing the slate of his past life, Kusunoki is still struggling to develop social skills to match her new appearance. She’s eager for Shizuki’s help, if only he could get over his phobia of pretty girls… (Source: Kodansha USA)

Transylvania Rose is a bored angel who descends to Earth to clean a few souls. When she witnesses a depressed undertaker slitting his wrists, Rose rips off one of her wings and gives it to the undertaker, trapping them both somewhere between heaven and hell -- and life and death! (Source: TOKYOPOP)

Sanshiro's chances of having an adventure are slim to none in his tiny island hometown, until the day a mysterious stranger invites him to play a game... Without warning, Sanshiro is taken to a backwards universe to play BakéGyamon--a game pitting monsters against monsters. Along the way he meets other players who have a particular reason for being there--to obtain the wish that is granted to the winner. But how far can Sanshiro get when the monsters he's been paired with are a bunch of little mud balls?! (Source: VIZ Media)