A 33-volume collection of award-winning oneshots put out by Kodansha from 2002-2012. Some of these would later get serialized or collected in other volumes. **Serialized or otherwise collected:** AKABOSHI Tomo [Shishunki Syndrome](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=10895992058) AKIZUKI Risu [Oku-sama Shinkaron](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=8585) ARAI Hideki [8-gatsu no Hikari](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=48516) ARAMAKI Keiko [GENOMES](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=100366) ASADA Torao [Spoonman 3.18](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=7155) ASHINANO Hitoshi [Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=586) Endo Hiroki [Kitto Kawaii Onnanoko Dakara](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5984) ENOMOTO Shunji [Golden Lucky](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=44334) IGARASHI Daisuke [Obayashi ga Hikoeru Hi, Hoka (collected in Hanashippanashi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2347) IRIE Kiwa [Haikibun! Sakanahime](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=54246) IRIE Noriko [Neko no Te Kashimasu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=34406) KIMURA Kon [Koube Zaijuu](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=6616) KITOH Mohiro [Vandemieru no Tsubasa](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2395) KOMAI Yu [Sonna Yatsua Inee!!](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=16844) MATSUMOTO Taiyou [STRAIGHT](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9964) NIHEI Tsutomu [BLAME! (prototype chapter, included in NOiSE)](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=2275) OHARA Shinji [Boku wa Otouto](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=23188) SAMURA Hiroaki [Mugen no Juunin](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1628) SOUJI Hajime [Sanmon Mirai no Katei Houmon](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=95297) TOUME Kei [Kurogane](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=1034) TOYODA Minoru [Love Roma](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=5227) TSUCHIDA Seiki [Miseinen](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=65435) URUSHIBARA Yuki [Mushishi prototype chapter, collected in Filament](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=35219) WAKANA Shouhei [Kamen Tenshi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=38659) **Other:** Hiramatsu Kannosuke [Yume](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=134645) ABE Yoshitoshi [Ame no Furu Basho](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=70439511114) Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy. YAMAZAKI Ren [Like a Laika](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=15464858831) From Atelier du Noir Scans: The daily, average life and interactions of some of a ship’s crew as they depart to explore space. Winner of the Jiro Tanaguchi Special Award for manga in the 2010 Four Seasons Award Anthology. NADEGATA Nazuna [Kokenoshima](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=25320595156) From Atelier du Noir Scans: On a remote island, a skilled swordsman who honed his craft on the local population attempts to atone for his sins and lift a curse by hunting and killing demons. Winner of the Hagio Moto Special Award for manga. KIBA Kouichi [Jagua](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=26870403448) As the protagonist is returning home one night, she runs into a man who had just been in a car crash. As he is dying, he asks her to throw a certain package into the sea. JOUYAMA Yui [Zanuff the Butcher](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=57841268625) A butcher with a dark secret finds a little girl. HAYASHIDA Q [Sofa-chan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=9150331372) Tells the story of a female ghost who lives on a couch and it's the debut work of Q Hayashida as mangaka. KANOU Rie [Kingdom of Stars](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=20282565791) Oneshot about love, religion, and a big misunderstanding that leads to a weird situation...

Five oneshots adapted from Syosetu stories featuring reincarnated young ladies, all with happy endings. Cover art: Agewo **Contents:** 1. 転生先が、十年後に処刑される予定の幼女! Art by AMAGI Hana, Story by SATSUKI Mei. [Original Web Novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n4231id/) 2. ヒロインに転生したので、なんでも欲しがる妹に徹します. Art by pacco (Mizuyu), Story by FUJI Tomato. [Original Web Novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n9182il/) 3. 断罪不可避の悪役令嬢、純愛騎士の腕の中に墜つ。 Art by YUKIYA Tomoki, Story by MACHIDORI Tsunoko. [Original Web Novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n8765iy/) 4. 媚薬を飲んでも私を襲わずにいられたら、あなたの妻になりましょう. Art by SAKAZUKI Uta, Story by TATSUTA Taruto. 5. 転生悪役令嬢は「推し」のために婚約破棄を回避したい!（けど無理かもしれない……）. Art by NEMUI Fuji, Story by NAKAMURA Kurara. [Original Web Novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n9544hs/)

A happy-ending anthology with five stories on the theme of interspecies marriage, including three winning works from the Isekai Romance Short Story Contest co-sponsored by Takeshobo and Novelba! Cover art: KAMADA Misato **Contents:** 1. "Ookami Hakushaku no Kyuukon" (狼伯爵の求婚). Art by SAKAZUKI Uta, Story by TACHIBANA Rikka (II). [Original Web Novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n5267fd/) 2. "Suterare Majo wa Ao no Te Nori Ryuu ni Aisareru" (捨てられ魔女は蒼の手乗り竜に愛される). Art by MURASAKI Nono, Story by TATSUTA Taruto. [Original Web Novel](https://kakuyomu.jp/works/16818093092023513004) 3. "Keiyaku Kon no Hazu desu ga: Vampire Hakushaku to Byoujaku Reijou no Konin Jijou" (契約婚のはずですが―ヴァンパイア伯爵と病弱令嬢の婚姻事情―). Art by Tomoe, Story by KONNO Aoi. 4. "Seijo wa Maou ni Totsugimasu!" (聖女は魔王に嫁ぎます！). Art by NATSUKI Tsuna, Story by SAYAMA Hibiki. [Original Web Novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n1594gh/) 5. "Sono Emi wo Mukenaida" (その笑みを向けないで). Art by AMEIRO Miso, Story by Shiba (IV). [Original Web Novel](https://ncode.syosetu.com/n7811hi/)

Countess Aurelia has been living in silence with her husband, Leclerc, whom she married at the age of 18, for two years. She has adored him ever since she first saw his portrait, but she discovers that Leclerc has a former lover with whom he broke up due to opposition from those around them. Troubled, Aurelia confides in a suspicious fortune teller she happens upon, and is given a mysterious ring... A three-month story depicting how two people who keep missing each other end up becoming a real married couple! (Source: Takeshobo, translated)