**Official Manga:** [Shogakukan](https://csbs.shogakukan.co.jp/book?comic_id=85349), [Cmoa](https://www.cmoa.jp/title/340723/), [BookLive](https://booklive.jp/product/index/title_id/20153400/vol_no/001), [Manga Kingdom](https://comic.k-manga.jp/title/232708/pv)

Hideo Yamada compiles 18 stories about loneliness. Presented through themes of straggling, futility, insanity, seclusion, and an epilogue. **Rakugo** (落伍): 1. **Chikatetsu wo Orite.......**(地下鉄を降りて……) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 2. **Ohenro-san** (おへんろさん) \[Takashi Imashiro\] 3. **Oshiroi Komachi** (白粉小町) \[Youko Kondou\] 4. **Kuroi Chou** (黒い蝶) \[Kakusai Han\] **Muyou** (無用): 5. **Kamen** (仮面) \[Shinji Nagashima\] 6. **Ishi wo Kai ni Kita Onna** (石を買いに来た女) \[Motoyuki Oota\] 7. **Otsuuya no Kyaku** (お通夜の客) \[Yuu Takita\] 8. **Kibishii Shiren (from Pattman X)** (きびしい試練「パットマンＸ」より) \[George Akiyama\] 9. **Nichijou Seikatsu** (日常生活) \[Jun Kagari\] **Fuukyou** (風狂): 10. **Omoide no Occhan** (思い出のおっちゃん) \[Jun Urata\] 11. **Yoru no Semi** (夜の蝉) \[Tadao Tsuge\] 12. **Aburemon** (あぶれもん) \[Kaiji Kawaguchi\] 13. **Hisashiburi** (久しぶり)　\[Shinichi Abe\] **Inton** (隠遁): 14. **Shounan (From Musashino)** (沼南「武蔵野」より) \[Junichirou Saitou\] 15. **The Salamander** (山椒魚) \[Yoshiharu Tsuge\] 16. **Shimi** (紙魚) \[Shigeru Mizuki\] **Epilogue** (エピローグ) 17. **Sorekara** (それから) \[Hozumi\] 18. **Hitotsu no Hi** (ひとつの火　カシワイ) \[Kashiwai, original story: Niimi Nankichi\]

Iris, the kingdom’s only saint, possesses the power to make plants grow. After her country loses a war, she is forced to marry into the neighboring nation. She accepts this fate of her own will in order to protect her people, but on the journey she is attacked by bandits and put up for auction. In the depths of despair, the one who purchases her for 10 billion is Victor, the neighboring country’s second prince, rumored to be cold and ruthless. Iris feels a deep gratitude toward him, yet Victor mistakenly believes she was sold off because she schemed to escape from him.

Hideo Yamada compiles 19 stories about books. **Part 1: Koshoginyuu (Ⅰ 古書吟遊):** 1. **Furuhon Doushujin** (古本堂主人) \[Naoto Yamakawa\] 2. **Furuhonya Furuhondou** (古本屋古本堂) \[Leiji Matsumoto\]; COM 1970-03 **Part 2: Furuhon Kitan (Ⅱ　古本奇譚):** 3. **Furudouguya no Kai** (古道具屋の怪) \[Shigeru Mizuki\]; Weekly Manga Sunday 1966 4. **Furuhon Kaigan** (古本海岸) \[Midori Onchi\] 5. **Furuhon Jigoku Yashiki (From Shiori to Shimiko)** (古本地獄屋敷　「栞と紙魚子」より) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 6. **Koshozuki no Ya Kaitoriiki** (古書月の屋買取行) \[Tetsuya Toyoda\]; Monthly Housho 2007-01 **Part 3: Hon wo Meguru Kijin-tachi (Ⅲ　本をめぐる奇人たち):** 7. **Hon** (本) \[Kazuo Umezu\] 8. **Sokotsu no Hate** (粗骨の果) \[Yumekichi Minatoya\] 9. **Furuhon Eika** (古本詠歌) \[Tadao Tsuge\] **Part 4 Hon no Shouhen (Ⅳ　本の掌編):** 10. **Furuhon Yatai** (古本屋台) \[Q.B.B.: Story by Masayuki Kusumi, art by Takuya Kusumi\] 11. **Bungou Shunjuu** (文豪春秋) \[Hisaichi Iishi\] **Part 5: Kashihonya to sono Shuuhen (Ⅴ　貸本屋とその周辺):** 12. **Kintarou Bunko (from Sanchou-me no Yuuhi)** (キンタロウ文庫　「三丁目の夕日」より) \[Ryouhei Saigan\] 13. **Nakanoshima no Toshokan de** (中之島の図書館で) \[Jun Urata\] 14. **Furuhon Tonma-dou Shujin** (古本・とんま堂主人) \[Yoshihiro Tatsumi\] **Part 6: Koi to Furuhon (Ⅵ　恋と古本):** 15. **Furuhon to Shoujo** (古本と少女) \[Yoshiharu Tsuge\] 16. **Maiko** (舞子) \[Ren Nannichi\] 17. **Yume** (夢) \[Youko Kondou\] 18. **Coat to Aozora** (コートと青空) \[Naoto Yamakawa\] 19. **Aru Doukeshi no Ichinichi** (ある道化師の一日) \[Shinji Nagashim\]