Manga artist and illustrator Nakamura Kiyo (Nakamura Ching) takes an honest look at her life as the stepmom to her wife’s three children. A non-fiction look at a lesbian couple’s life in today’s Japan. (Source: Yuricon)

In a world completely ruled by Crane Games... we follow the adventures of a girl who has the power to turn it all upside down.

Collection of 6 short stories: - Musume no Toshigoro no Musume (娘の年頃の娘) \- Torikahebaya de Aimashou (とりかへばやで出会いましょう) \- Katakoi no Nikki Shoujo (片恋の日記少女) \- Genshoku Megane Danshi Hyouhon (原色メガネ男子標本) \- Machibito Kitari (待ち人キタリ) \- Chichi to Musuko to Buridaikon (父と息子とブリ大根)

Kyoto in Spring. Aya is a high school girl who’s just moved to a new town. Miki is her shy classmate, and her first friend. One day after school Aya and Miki follow the committee president Midori to a specialty board games store. The Dice Club. Without thinking they try out a German board game together. These girls, who are searching for fun, soon fall into the exciting world of games.

Picasso is a 17-year old average teenager with one problem. He is afraid of anything related to demons. Because of this he has been dumped 13 times by girls. One day while taking the subway home, a mysterious girl grabs him and calls him the "Light of Salvation." What could she mean?.....

Short story about a dying king and his attendant.

According to legend, a war between the "Kagijin", beings of fearsome power, laid waste to the world and buried it in sand. Time moved on… and now, Chiruda Portman, a female soldier of the Gabbia Empire, has been ordered to exterminate a certain man. The name of the boy is "Tsubame"! The two meet by chance, but Chiruda senses something strange about Tsubame, who loves freedom and reading books... what is the big secret he holds!? A new-age fantasy of their adventures set in a breathtaking world!! " (Source: Shounen Jump)

It's about young people in postwar Hiroshima getting involved in the black market for weapons. The main character is an A-bomb survivor whose hatred drives him to kill an American black marketeer. He asks the Americans, "Who are you to talk about justice when you massacred hundreds of thousands of innocent people in Hiroshima, in Nagasaki, in the firebombing of Tokyo? Was that what you call justice?"

Collection of short comedic Akagi parodies from a number of artists, including Washizu-sama to Yukai na Nakama-tachi by CLAMP that was used to advertise the release of Washizu -Enma no Touhai-. 3. Washizu-sama to Yukai na Nakama-tachi A one-shot from the female art team CLAMP featuring Washizu Iwao from the gambling manga Akagi as part of a promotion for the new Washizu manga.

The spring when Minori passed her middle-school entrance exams, her granny called her to her atelier and drew a good-luck charm on Minori’s back to protect her. But then, her granny passed away without telling her from what she had to be protected from. She only said that when Minori enters high-school she must never ever enter the art-gallery at night. But now Minori is in the art-club. Will she be able to stay away from the Art Gallery as she promised? (Source: Aerandria)

This is collection of one-shots published in "Big Comic" on the 45th anniversary of the first issue. This collection has 14 stories: 1. Fukushima drive (*Moto Hagio*) 2. Shouwa Torabera Bangai-hen (*Kenichi Kitami*) 3. Kaijuu Oukoku (*Naoki Urasawa*) 4. Mouten no Venus (*Itou Junji*) 5. Hatobouru (*Hidenori Hara*) 6. Yami Tsuna Matsuri (*Daijiro Morohoshi*) 7. Last Fight (*Junichi Noujou*) 8. Sonogo no Gegege no Kakeibo (*Shigeru Mizuki*) 9. Munakata Kyouju Shirizu Susanou Saigonotatakai (*Yukinobu Hoshino*) 10. Kidou Senshi Gandam Thunderbolt Gaiden Suna Nezumi Shoun (*Yasuo Otagaki*) 11. Revenge Doll: Fukushuu Ningyou (*Rumiko Takahashi*) 12. Uta no Monku janai keredo (*Yarou Abe*) 13. Gansaku Sabu to Ichi Torimono Hikae (*Fujihiko Hosono*) 14. Kogane no Rafu ~ Maito no Sutaetasu ~ (*Tsuyoshi Nakaima*)

Niina Keito is always surrounded by girls who're into casual relationships because of his showy looks and "playboy" demeanour, but he's actually a pure-hearted shoujo fan who's never even had sex before! On the other hand there's Takizawa Ryou, who's the picture of a studious, courteous prince in front of the girls but is secretly a mean-spirited guy who doesn't care for them one bit. These two polar opposites are newly stepbrothers and therefore forced to live under one roof, but this, as well as the fact that their true personalities are completely different from their chosen images, are the two secrets they've both agreed to keep for each other. But one day, quite out of the blue, Takizawa kisses Niina and says, "Choose me. I'll love you for who you are"!?