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Hokuto is a first year student at a famous athletic school... However, he doesn't play any sports due an anxiety problem that he developed. Now, after being pressured by his friend Yuri, he has become the manager of the basketball club. Strange things start to develop as he gets harassed by some of his senpais and he begins to battle some demons...
A collection of one-shots by Sakisaka Io. 1. **Mascara Blues** (マスカラ ブルース) Mugino is a normal high school girl who is extremely excited about love and is in the constant search for it. But it seems that no matter how obsessed she is with a guy, the moment the feeling is reciprocated, she falls right back out of love. Will she ever be able to break the cycle? 2. **Romance no Rinkaku** (ロマンスの輪郭) When commuting to school one day, Tsuda-san tripped and spilled the entire contents of her bag on the street in front of the bus. Flustered and embarrassed, she didn't catch a glimpse of the kind person who helped her gather her things, nor did she even thank him. Feeling guilty ever since, she's tried to find him, but with no luck so far... 3. **Watashi ga Watashi de Aru Tame ni: Nagai Yume** (私が私であるためにー長い夢ー) Hikaru first met Mashima-san, a hair-stylist student, when he ran into her on the street and offered to cut Hikaru's hair for free. Hikaru's friends warned that hair-stylists are notorious players, but Hikaru meets Mashima-san again anyway and feels even more attracted to him. Can Hikaru trust Mashima-san enough to tell him everything?
Hinata is a student at a prestigious all girls private school and looks up to Tsugeyama Saki, the shining star of the school. As the younger sister of Saori, the head mistress of the school, Saki is the most popular girl at school with her warm personality, beauty, top academic skills and is pretty much the perfect girl. Hinata suddenly learns that her parents got extremely into debt, fled the country and pretty much left her out to dry. The headmistress Saori, out of compassion and seeing Hinata's importance to the school, makes Hinata an offer to become a butler in return for providing room and board for her. Not having much choice, she accepts and is assigned to none other than Saki. Hinata soon finds out that Saki puts on a façade at school and is not the perfect girl everyone thinks she is.
A nameless high school dropout teenager turns into an assassin for hire. He is a complete loner who uses his knife to kill his targets without any emotion or hesitation. He kills anyone who gets in his way whether they be a complete stranger or even the client that hired him in the first place. He meets a man named Iwanishi after one of his jobs goes bad. Iwanishi nicknames him Semi (Cicada) because he apparently talks too much and offers to become his manager, handling the business side of assassination. But it seems like Iwanishi has some secret agenda Semi isn’t aware of. (Source: MangaHelpers)
"I'd love to see the look on senpai's face when she falls in love.” Chisaki, a dating show enthusiast, has helped numerous couples come together, earning her the nickname "Matchup Senpai." She has plenty of knowledge, but she doesn't actually have any personal experience with romance, and she's given up on her own love life. Until she falls in love with a junior boy, Leo! While still supporting her friends, she finally decides to write her own love story with Leo-kun! (Source: Kodansha, translated) *Note: Includes three extra chapters.*
Kimura Hajime and Hanasaki Aya went to the same middle school but have never talked to each other. They ended up going to the same high school but will their relationship remain the same?
Kiriya Rinji is 30 years old, divorced, and unemployed. His only talent is playing online mahjong. Needing a way to make money to pay for child support, he goes to the seedy Kabukichou district to play real mahjong for cash. Will his online skills translate to real-life winnings?
Serika is your typical high school girl. She loves reading books, likes romance, and has the ability to knock a guy flat out with her fist. She imagines herself as one of those heroines she reads in books, a shining maiden waiting for her prince. But what happens to her dream when the prince she has been waiting for is not only younger than her, but also smaller? Will the princess accept the chibi prince?
Yano Shiki, a boy who only shows a facade. Minase Akiha, a quiet and reserved transfer student. Minase Haruka, the other side of Akiha. This is their bizarre love story, one where the distance between them is limitless/zero.