A collection of three stories: I. Desert Storm. II. The Garden of Wild Roses. III. Sunset Encounter.

Tooyama Kyouka has just been elected mayor of Hanahama City. In addition to being only the fourth female in the country's history to serve as mayor, she is a best selling mystery author, a loving wife, and a working mother. While accomplishing all of the normal administrative duties required of her office, she listens carefully to her constituents' voices and readily addresses their concerns in what many consider unconventional ways.

Makimura Airi is a very independent and strong top model. She falls in love with photographer Daiki, and through his influence, retires from the model world to pursue her new dream of becoming a great photographer herself. But immediately after she decides this, Daiki is asked to accompany a journalist to war-torn Chechnya, and suddenly goes missing...All Airi has now is his Nikon F5 camera that was recovered from the scene, but something is very strange about the camera. Could it be that Daiki is trying to communicate something to her through the camera's 17th frame? Another great suspense title from Akaishi Michiyo.

A few years ago, Kirishima Juri's parents and younger brother were murdered right in front of her eyes. Ever since then, she has been unable to laugh. Running desperately away from her family's killers, she meets a video journalist named J through her boyfriend Kengo, who unravels her fate towards a new direction...

16 year-old Mishima Haruhi rescued a guy drowning in Yokohama Harbor, who has no memory of who he is or how he got there. Even more mysteriously, he seems to have extremely special powers including the ability to heal others. The only clue they have to his past is a bracelet he is wearing with the number "33" inscribed, but it is not long before people threatening to take his life force them to dig deeper... Note: Included in vol. 1 is a one-shot by Akaishi Michiyo-sensei titled "Doyoubi ni wa Kitto Iku kara" about the aftermath of a couple's love once the boyfriend dies in a tragic plane crash.

Additional stories of Shiho's private acting set during the period after she has become a successful actress. Includes two oneshots: Byplayer and Strawberry Moon

Shiho is a "private actress" who works for a production company. She also does personal assignments that needs her to pretend to be a different person. She takes on assignments for people and takes on the personality of the person who they are pretending to be. *Note: Chapter count includes the one-shot "Vivien Leigh ga Koroshita".*

The time is the Taisho era. Aria Kaibara, an aspiring pianist, is auditioning to become a student at the Tokyo School of Music. Her passionate performance overwhelms the audience and causes a big stir, like a ripple on the surface of a pond. It was then that Aria meets Natsuo, the heir of the noble Nishimikado clan, and learns a shocking truth... This is a grand historical romance depicting the coming-of-age of a girl blessed by the god of music!

Lundi is a young boy who lives with his aunt and uncle in Switzerland in the early 1930s. One day while walking around the Alps, Lundi finds a little girl who is the only survivor of a plane crash and has lost all her memories. She is named Jeudi by his uncle and both of them are raised together. As they grow up together, Jeudi and Lundi develop a deep friendship for each other. A few years later Jeudi wants to find her past. Her only clue is a song that she is constantly hearing in her head, a song called Alpen Rose. At the time of World War II, Jeudi and Lundi set on a journey to discover Jeudi's past and in the process learn the depth of the love they have for each other.

During a school cruise trip, a group of friends are thrown back to the year 1636. According to history, in 1637 a revolt known as the Shimabara Revolt broke. It was a rebellion by Christian rebels and led by a charismatic youth known as Amakusa Shirou, which ended in the defeat of the rebels and resulted in the loss of 3,000 lives. Hayumi Natsuki, our heroine, is mistaken as Amakusa Shirou by the villagers she met, never mind that the real Amakusa Shirou is male. Apparently the real Amakusa Shirou died the year previously, before gaining recognition or popularity as a leader among the people. Before long, she became famous as some-sort of heaven-sent angel and people started calling her "Shirou", believing she is the saviour prophesied 25 years before. (Source: Anime News Network)

Kosumo has a serious medical condition that has kept her in the hospital ever since she was a child. Since Kosumo's blood type is rare, it impossible to find a donor. While Kosumo is on the verge of death, out in the city, the 99th Generation Miko, Himiko-sama, gets into a terrible accident while trying to save a child. She is rushed to the hospital, and there her fate crosses with Kosumo's. When the hospital discovers that Himiko has the same rare blood type as Kosumo, they decide to make her a donor, since Himiko is sure to die as a result of the accident. Kosumo recovers and moves back to Tokyo, but later finds out that Himiko's blood isn't the only thing flowing inside her…

Hime wants answers. How could her father, an expert driver, die in a car accident caused by his own carelessness? What about the mysterious note he left behind? What exactly is going on? Hime intends to find out! **Includes two one-shots:** - The Act of the Star Theater - Going Through the Time