On rainy days, Hina has dreams about her younger self playing with a mysterious boy in a garden she's never seen before—until, by chance, she stumbles upon the place. There's a young man there, Takaaki, who mistakes Hina for his fiancée Hinako. He whisks her back to what he thinks is her home, where Hina's doppelganger is waiting, and Hina realizes this isn't the Tokyo she left behind but Japan in the year 1907! Is this all a dream or something much stranger? (Source: Kodansha USA)

Keiichiro Sekine, age 30, is an exceptionally "unfortunate" man. Though he's a hot, elite businessman who's popular with both women and men alike, he's cursed with a "triple handicap" of being insensitive, passive and a jack-of-all-trades, but master of none. Having lived a life that's been somewhat out-of-focus, Sekine resolves to make a change and heads for a small knitting and handicrafts store. While knitting and counting the stitches, Sekine finds himself recalling horrible memories in his past and the feel of his previous upperclassman, Kazune's, bone-thin body! But after meeting the store owner's granddaughter, Sara, Sekine's love life might finally begin... or not. (Source: JManga)

In the title piece, Chiruhi, Orin is a prostitute who works on a boat near the seashore. She falls in love with a young hairdresser, who is one of her customers, even though she knows it is an impossible love. This collection consists of six historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best in the city of Edo throughout the seasons.

The story centers on an eccentric older sister and a younger brother with a broken heart. They will find a "seed that makes new love bloom." (Source: Anime News Network)

A young man with poor eyesight named Hazuki works part-time in a flower shop and falls hard for the shop-owner Rokka. But what happens when he discovers that residing in her apartment is the spirit of the man she can never forget? (Source: Stiletto Heels) *Note: Chapter count includes one extra chapter.*

What would you do if you discovered your spouse had a secret stash of S&M equipment? Youko is a housewife, married for 3 years to her husband, Jun. Things aren't great─Jun hasn't been sexually interested in her for over 6 months. She idly wonders what's lacking─would she feel more fulfilled if she had a job, a pet, or even a baby? Would any of that change things? During a minor spat, Youko slaps Jun. Initially mortified, she's met with an odd reaction.

An OL (office lady) with a broken heart decides to visit her childhood friend in hopes of staying overnight only to find a man living in her friend's house as her "roommate". (Source: Stiletto Heels) 1. **Screen** (スクリーン) 2. **Hebi Ichigo no Kanzume** (へび苺の缶詰) 3. **Kara no Hakoniwa** (空の箱庭) 4. **Utakatansu '96** (ウタカタンス '96) 5. **Asa ni Kaeru** (あさにかえる)

Sakurai is a high school boy who discovers there’s more to teachers–to adults–than what they show to others. After seeing a normally poker-faced teacher skip lively down the street in the rain, he can’t get her out of his mind. When he asks her what would happen if he liked her and wanted her to go out with him, he gets a surprising answer. 1. **Hon wa Miteita** (本は見ていた) 2. **Shinku katakoi pack** (真空片戀パッ) 3. **Keseran Paseran** (ケセランパセラン) 4. **Sono saki no** (そのさきの) 5. **Sachiko no Kekkon** (サチコの結婚) 6. **DOOWUTCHYALIKE** 7. **Skippu shita Hi** (スキップした日) 8. **Aniyome no Yuutsuu** (兄嫁の憂鬱)

Short stories about anthropomorphized stationery. 1. Kijou no Kuuren 2. Ame to Cider 3. Odoru Compass 4. Mannen Mita Yume 5. G Senjou no Jidanda 6. 14-nichi no Kinyoubi 7. Akegata Kadan 8. Kami nomi zo Shiru

Keybo lives alone in the one-story house left behind by his grandmother. The free-spirited way of eating, such as making a ``sweets house'' or fighting with raw bamboo shoots, is sometimes heart-warming and sometimes exciting... A mysterious feast!