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In the Heian period, there was a princess whose beauty was exquisite enough to attract even the emperor. She was Princess Kaguya. What will become of an orphaned girl named Tsubaki when she founds out the ridiculous secret that the super famous princess was actually a... man who came from the world above?!
Going back to when she was an infant, whenever Miori had something bad happen to her or something go wrong, a boy a few years older would suddenly appear and save her. She doesn’t even know who he is, and yet he somehow always appears. And then one day the two of them are thrown together at school and she discovers that his name is Haruka, and he has shadows all over his past but he knows that he’s supposed to protect Miori… (Source: Animeraider)
A romantic drama is set in Camelot Garden, a boys' dormitory ruled by social rank and privilege at an illusionary boarding school, about one of its residents, a boy named Ryuu, who spies on someone he loves.
Kayano's first love, the prince-like Moriya, moved away to France when they were children. Years later, he returns, but with a completely different personality. Her only memory of the old him is a flower bookmark...
In 1830, a 14-year-old girl named Lottie begins working with Ollivier, Paris' greatest young tailor. Ollivier, while handsome, is a chronic womanizer with a sadistic streak. Despite the troubles that Ollivier causes for her, Lottie tries her best to solve various clients' problems through her skills at sewing. What will happen? Will Lottie survive in the industry under Ollivier? (Source: Hakusensha, translated)
A boy named Jack moves to his family's historical home in Hokkaido from Tokyo because of an illness. But unbeknownst to Jack this house, and his ancestor has a deep connection to an alternate world of fairies, the land of Nymphidia, populated by creatures from various legends and folklores. This world is under threat from the dark elf Queen Mab and her destructive ambition. It will be up to Jack and his new allies, the hero Cú Chulainn and the little satyr Puck, to save the fairy world of Nymphidia. *Also contains: Ochikubo Monogatari (落窪物語), and Dream (ドリーム)*
Karina is the manager of the volleyball club at Hokuryou High, a first year student who is looking forward to seeing the Kudou brothers, who will be moving in next door. The brothers are both volleyball club members, with Ikumi-kun a friend since childhood and Miyuki-san a great ex-captain from three years ago.
About a robot, Jack, who appears frequently in Shimizu's SF stories. He's a robot with very human-like psyche. He once believed that he was human and he can even consume food, unlike many of the other robots of those times. While performing bounty-hunting duties on a strange planet, he has a flashback to the time he believes he was human... In this flashback, he and his partner are imprisoned and are given scarce food everyday. They share that meager meal, half and half. Yet as the days pass, the delivery of food becomes more scarce. His partner's strength is waining (she's a human being), yet Jack, though he feels the same consuming hunger as his partner, is physically still very apt. They're rescued several months later, but his partner had already died from starvation. Jack, who finds out for the first time that he's not human, still lives. (Source: PRISMS)
Shizuko is a high school girl who told her senpai, Rei, that she thinks he's cute. Rei, a boy who is very popular with the girls, is surprised that she considers him cute and not handsome or cool like the other girls. A cute love story between a kouhai and her senpai.
*Notes: \- Chapter 1 was originally self-published on Twitter. It was then licensed by Hakusensha and Kadokawa for serialization. \- Chapters 2 to 8 were split into multiple parts in the original serialization and later combined in the volume releases. \- Includes two extra chapters.*