There are twenty independent stories written by twenty different authors, sharing the common theme of "April". An anthology that is considered a rare item as it has never hit the shelves as a standalone book. There is no ISBN and it is an unbuyable except in online auctions. The anthology was published as a bonus gift to Dengeki Magazine readers in 2009.

This is an all-new story centering on a rookie high school baseball player named Asu Suzumura. *Note: The serialization transferred from Weekly Shounen Champion to Manga Cross on April 2022.*

Leo is a photographer who moved to Tokyo from the countryside to become a landscape photographer, but things didn't go so well, so he makes a living by taking photos for catalogs in gossip magazines and taking candid photos of celebrities in scandals. One day, after being rejected by the editorial department of a magazine, he is walking along the riverside while drinking to drown his sorrows, when a girl in a dress floats by... A romantic love story between a count's daughter who was chased out of her family home and a down-and-out photographer who should never have met. (Source: Comic Ride, translated)

Dreaming of becoming a popular manga artist, Urashima-kun enters a manga school called "Tokyo Manga Academy." With a mixture of hope and anxiety, he takes his first step into the world of manga creation… where he encounters all sorts of strange characters! A former delinquent who loves Yaoi, a beautiful but sharp-tongued teacher, a high school girl who throws herself on the ground to apologize, a French history buff…This is a tale of manga school life, that illustrates the youth, the successes, and the failures of manga school students! (Source: Silent Manga Audition)

A 33-volume collection of award-winning oneshots put out by Kodansha from 2002-2012. Some of these would later get serialized or collected in other volumes. **Serialized or otherwise collected:** AKABOSHI Tomo [Shishunki Syndrome](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10895992058) AKIZUKI Risu [Oku-sama Shinkaron](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8585) ARAI Hideki [8-gatsu no Hikari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=48516) ARAMAKI Keiko [GENOMES](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=100366) ASADA Torao [Spoonman 3.18](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7155) ASHINANO Hitoshi [Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=586) Endo Hiroki [Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko Dakara](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5984) ENOMOTO Shunji [Golden Lucky](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=44334) IGARASHI Daisuke [Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi, Hoka (collected in Hanashippanashi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2347) IRIE Kiwa [Haikibun! Sakanahime](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54246) IRIE Noriko [Neko no Te Kashimasu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34406) KIMURA Kon [Koube Zaijuu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6616) KITOH Mohiro [Vandemieru no Tsubasa](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2395) KOMAI Yu [Sonna Yatsua Inee!!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16844) MATSUMOTO Taiyou [STRAIGHT](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9964) NIHEI Tsutomu [BLAME! (prototype chapter, included in NOiSE)](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2275) OHARA Shinji [Boku wa Otouto](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=23188) SAMURA Hiroaki [Mugen no Juunin](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1628) SOUJI Hajime [Sanmon Mirai no Katei Houmon](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95297) TOUME Kei [Kurogane](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1034) TOYODA Minoru [Love Roma](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5227) TSUCHIDA Seiki [Miseinen](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=65435) URUSHIBARA Yuki [Mushishi prototype chapter, collected in Filament](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=35219) WAKANA Shouhei [Kamen Tenshi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38659) **Other:** Hiramatsu Kannosuke [Yume](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=134645) ABE Yoshitoshi [Ame no Furu Basho](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=70439511114) Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. YAMAZAKI Ren [Like a Laika](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15464858831) From Atelier du Noir Scans: The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology. NADEGATA Nazuna [Kokenoshima](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=25320595156) From Atelier du Noir Scans: On a remote island, a skilled swordsman who honed his craft on the local population attempts to atone for his sins and lift a curse by hunting and killing demons. Winner of the Hagio Moto Special Award for manga. KIBA Kouichi [Jagua](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=26870403448) As the protagonist is returning home one night, she runs into a man who had just been in a car crash. As he is dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. JOUYAMA Yui [Zanuff the Butcher](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57841268625) A butcher with a dark secret finds a little girl. HAYASHIDA Q [Sofa-chan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9150331372) Tells the story of a female ghost who lives on a couch and it's the debut work of Q Hayashida as mangaka. KANOU Rie [Kingdom of Stars](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20282565791) Oneshot about love, religion, and a big misunderstanding that leads to a weird situation...

Official parody of Kodomo no Jikan published in Winter 2012 magazine with the participation of numerous mangaka, who made a chapter each, as a tribute to the Watashiya Kaworu series, who also added one of its chapters. Includes: 1. **Hoken no Jikan** (ほけんのじかん), Kouichi Kusano 2. **Kisu no Jikan** (きすのじかん), Yoshikazu Hamada 3. **Okane no Jinkan** (おかねのじかん), Mikabe Setsuna 4. **Rin-chan★Baka Kyoudai** (りんちゃん★バカ兄妹), Yuna Kagesaki 5. **Untitled**, Hidetaka Kakei 6. **Sensei no Hoshii Mono** (せんせーのほしいもの), Cotoji 7. **Kodomo no Tessellation** (こどものテッサレ―ション), Q-tarou Hanamizawa 8. **Untitled**, Fumika Natsume 9. **Untitled**, Satoru Matsubayashi 10. **Untitled**, Utamaro 11. **Onetsu no Jikan** (おねつのじかん), Tarou Shinonome 12. **Untitled**, Sato Yoshimi 13. **Untitled**, Asami Sekiya 14. **Untitled**, Arima Honda 15. **Shiroi-sensei no Jikan♡** (白井せんせいのじかん♡), Mutsuki Tsutomu 16. **Untitled**, Milk Morinaga 17. **Moshimo 3 Nin ga Sagume ni Nyuugaku shitara** (もしも３人が咲女に入学したら。), Towa Ooshima 18. **“Nakamura.”** (「中村。」), Takarada Gorgeous 19. **Real Kodomo no Jikan** (リアルこどものじかん), Shuuzou Oshimi 20. **Abunai Mizugi no Jikan** (アブない水着のじかん), Itokatsu 21. **Shiroi-sensei to Tsuki Aitai node Oyajima-sensei ni Naritai.** (白井せんせいと付き合いたいので小失島せんせいになりたい。), Ayami Kazama 22. **Untitled**, Ooi Masakazu 23. **Honobono Reiji-san** (ほのぼのレイジさん), ÖYSTER 24. **Untitled**, Touko Shiwasu 25. **Untitled**, Kanko Nakamura 26. **Iidabashi no Futaba-chan: Kodomo no Jikan Tokubetsuhen** (飯田橋のふたばちゃん　－こどものじかん特別編－), Story : Ryouichi Yokoyama, Art : Mayumi Katou 27. **Shugyou Sankan no Jikan** (授業参観のじかん), Kaworu Watashiya

The cool eldest daughter Sumire, the precocious second daughter Rika, the somewhat offbeat eldest son Keisuke, and the kind mom and dad. The Hayasaki family weaves together a slapstick family comedy!