Kuji Yakurou is a high school teacher who was cheated on and dumped by his girlfriend because of his "lack of masculinity." Shouldn't the world be beyond gender stereotypes by now? He is in anguish, when Akano, a model, influencer, high achiever, and president of the Biology Club, asks him to be the advisor of the Biology Club. She then begins to explain how "masculinity" is necessary to attract females, using the flamboyant feathers of a peacock as an example of "biology"...! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

The mysterious spell in the continent— Worm Toxin. A demon imitated it and made a box of hell. By letting 100 sorcerers kill each other, the strongest soldier will be born. However, only two survived, a man and a woman. Seems normal at first but this comedy oneshot is about pissing off the demon as both of them flirt in the box of hell.

A collection of short stories: 1. SNOW 2. Anata wo Wasurenai (あなたを忘れない) 3. Pieta (ピエタ) *Note: Based on a short story by Jirou Asada (浅田次郎). Not included in the digital edition.* 4. Niji no Machi (虹の町) 5. Guren no Ken (紅蓮の剣)

Famicom Rocky is basically Rocky the movie, but with old NES-era video games. The series stars an ineloquent brute of a protagonist who has long, extensive training montages so that he can dramatically compete against vaguely imposing rivals who, for narrative purposes, are deluded into thinking they're better at video games than him.

The story takes place in the town of Ikasama and Osawagi Elementary School in Tokyo, when the super troublemaker, Ryuishi Shitaka, moves into town. He is a hardcore problem child who causes havoc in any class or wherever he goes. Most of the story is a slapstick action drama depicting his inexhaustible shenanigans. (Source: Wikipedia, translated)

15 felons who were imprisoned for serious crimes at Kanto's 8th Penitentiary have been chosen as test subjects for a certain experiment. Those who succeed with the experiment will be rewarded with a "full pardon" and Kusunoki, a former police detective, agreed to join the experiment for the reward so he can prove that he was falsely accused of the murder that he was imprisoned for. However... [Original Manga](https://manga-park.com/title/51655)

Ando Mineo was worried. He and his wife are unable to have children. He realized that the cause lies within him and that there was no medicine that worked on male infertility. In the midst of all this, he made a decision. He would create an infertility drug with his own hands. However, this "dream drug" that would allow anyone to have children would greatly change the fate of Mineo, his family, and their yet-to-be-born child. This is a crime suspense story of desire and redemption surrounding an infertility drug!!! (Source: Ura Sunday, translated)

As winter draws to a close, German boarding school student Thomas Werner dies one morning. He leaves behind a single letter addressed to his fellow student Juli that reads "Here is my love. Here is the sound of my heart." With his faith shaken to the core by the words, the scholarly Juli sinks to the depths of despair. His cynical roommate Oscar finds himself watching over Juli's fragile mental state while keeping his own feelings for Juli under wraps. Then new student Eric enters the school - and he has an uncanny resemblance to the deceased Thomas... *Originally serialized in 33 chapters in Shuukan Shoujo Comic. Chapter count includes 7 oneshots: - Senbonme no Pin (千本目のピン); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Oshougatsu Zoukan Flower Comic 1973 - Johnny Walker-kun no Bara Monogatari (ジョニーウォーカーくんのバラのものがたり); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Ciao 1973-11 - Bianca (ビアンカ); Shuukan Shoujo Friend Zoukangou 1970-07-07 - Sayo no Nuu Yukata (小夜の縫うゆかた); Shuukan Shoujo Comic Natsu no Zoukan 1971 - Aki no Tabi (秋の旅); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1971-10 - Shiroi Tori ni Natta Shoujo (白い鳥になった少女); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic 1971-12 - Mitsukuni no Musume (みつくにの娘); Bessatsu Shoujo Comic Oshougatsu Zoukan 1972*

The Poe Clan: a race of undead that feeds on the energy of the living, whiling away the centuries in a village of roses where time and geography have no meaning. Circumstances lead to a brother and sister, Edgar and Marybelle, being initiated into the clan too young, and therefore doomed to live out eternity forever on the brink of adulthood, until a wooden stake or a silver bullet should cut them down. In this groundbreaking manga, through three immortal adolescents and the mortals whose lives they touch, Moto Hagio explores what it means to live and to die, to have loved and to have lost. (Source: Fantagraphics)

The title story features the earlier life of the character Oscar from the manga "Thomas' Heart." Due to many large and small problems that have added up over the years, Oscar's parents' marriage is collapsing. One day, after a fight that Oscar believes is going to end like all of the others, his father does something irreversible. Now Oscar and his father will have to deal with the consequences. (Source: MangaHelpers) *Notes:* \- Includes the one-shot Shiro (城) \- Includes the one-shot Egg Stand (エッグ・スタンド) \- Includes the one-shot "Tenshi no Gitai (天使の擬態; Angel Mimic)"

A volume of short sci-fi shoujo stories all featuring a new race of humans called Unicorns. The major theme in all of the stories are about human emotions. As the characters in the story try to interact and relate to these Unicorns who lack a lot of the natural emotions humans normally feel. The story *A, A'* raises a troubling question: how would you feel if your lover died—and was replaced by a clone? Could you recreate your relationship with someone who was physically exactly the same but didn't share any memories of your life together? In *4/4*, teenaged Mori flunks out of an ESP training program. But when he meets Trill, a beautiful Unicorn, his latent abilities begin to blossom... In *X+Y*, Hagio uses science fiction to explore questions of gender and sexual identity. Time has passed, and once again, Mori finds himself inexorably attracted to a member of the unicorn race - but this unicorn is male... and so is Mori.

Tokio discovers a phantom island named Barbara. Then there’s a mysterious and missing geneticist, an eccentric clergyman, a grieving grandmother granted temporary youth, a psychologist killed by a freak tornado… Hagio offers a sci-fi explanation for these seemingly random paranormal elements, and makes it all matter with believable characters in complex and subtle relationships. (Source: Fantagraphics) *Note: Winner of Japan's Science Fiction Grand Prize award in 2006.*