A collection of stories: 1. The Outsider, by H.P. Lovecraft 2. The House with the Mezzanine, by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov 3. Twenty-six Men and a Girl, by Maxim Gorky 4. Ju-ga, Original story by Tanabe Gou

Fujisawa Ren, struggled to find place both in hometown and in Tokyo, where Ren started living as if trying to escape. Unable to discover hope for life, Ren was on the verge of giving up everything. That's when Matsuri, a childhood friend Ren never wanted to meet but longed to see desperately, appeared. (Source: Natalie, translated)

This is the story of a gyaru behind his seat who keeps touching his back.

Official comic anthology for *Danganronpa: The Animation*.

Shota is only in high school but has been struggling with his thinning hair the past few years. He can't tell his family or his best friend Sachio or even get the courage to ask out his crush Shinohara Ami because he is afraid she might find out his secret. Then one day, the clumsy science teacher Mai approaches him and offers to solve his hair problems. Shota is very skeptical at first and avoid her but as the issue gets worse, he desperately turns to Mai as a last ditch effort. (Source: Shinnen)

Asa, the god of love, is on a mission to make humans fall in love. With only one arrow left, she searches for a suitable man or woman, and discovers a beautiful boy. But the "arrow of fate" shot by Asa didn’t work...!?

December 25th is a special day for Runko, but will anyone else remember why it's special?

Cover illustration: Jun Mochizuki Illustrations: Shiwo Komeyama, Souta Kuwahara, Jirou Suzuki, Higasa Akai 1. **Second Year Middle School Girl, Alice** \[Marumikan\] 2. **A Day with Father Carol** \[Satsuki Yoshino\] 3. **Saito in Wonderland** \[Yuta Nohara\] 4. **Wonder Land** \[Hikaru Tanaka\] 5. **Hello, I'm a Trump Soldier** \[966\] 6. **Alice in the Chaotic Tea Party** \[Oonari Nishimatsu\] 7. **Rabbit Love** \[144\] 8. **Alice in Wonderland** \[Azusa Banjou\] 9. **That in Wonderland** \[Yuuji Takata\]

Kenichi's father is dead and his mum is in hospital. Because of this situation, he will spend summer days staying with his little sister at their grand-parents house. Here he will have the opportunity to express his feelings for his parents and his true wish.

He never performed well in either middle nor high school, and even after becoming an adult, he never worked. Be it morning, noon or night, he only played an online game. For him, being the world’s number one rank, playing that online game, was his very reason for living. One day, his account was hacked and his character deleted. Restoration was impossible. Nothing that could be done. The number 1 rank that he literally spent his life to attain and to defend was now lost. Filled with despair, he turned to suicide. When he opened his eyes again, there was the online game. No, the world itself looked similar to the game. He had been reborn as the extra character of the premium avatar he created in the past, but left untouched. The former world’s top, was reborn in a world that looked like that online game. That was the beginning of his extraordinary legend. A knight, a cat, a dark elf, and so on. Together with several unique companions, his training to regain his “world’s first rank” now begins

Naoki Tozawa is adamant in his aim to grow into a man among men, so he decided to go to an all-boys high school with a long history of providing strong and tenacious men for society. However, he is shocked and dismayed when he discovers that after a year of attending the school, many of the students have started coming to school dressed as girls. Rumor has it that the cause of this is a member of the photography club, leading Naoki to confront Ueda, a boy in the club who makes a very convincing girl. *Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.*

This is the serialized story between Nagai-kun and Hinohara-sensei, the most popular duo in *14-sai no Koi*, about how they became a couple despite their age difference. It is full of dazzling and lovely portrayals of their wavering feelings (mainly Hinohara-sensei). (Source: Hakusensha, translated) *Note: Includes 5 intermissions and 1 extra chapter.*