Dolls are living plant life forms that look like beautiful women which can be purchased at a special shop for the right price. But be careful what you wish for. Set in an upside-down world combining a murky mix of science fiction, reality and moral ambiguity, Yumiko Kawahara's short stories examine the ineffable disparities that exist between the lover and the loved one. (Source: VIZ Media) *Note: Chapter count includes three unrelated one shots and seven previously uncollated chapters from the kanzenban edition.*

Matsumoto Serika has just moved to the big city and is looking for an apartment. She doesn’t know much about this place, but it’s spring so what could possibly be wrong? She meets a woman in a kimono outside a very large house named Sakuragawa Suzune and they hit it off. Later that same day Serika is bemoaning that she hasn’t found a place to live when she runs into Suzune again, and Suzune suggests that Serika stay at her home. Serika accepts. Only one problem that she’s about to discover, that Suzune is one of three MEN living in the house… **Note:** Won the 31st Shogakukan Manga Award in the shoujo manga category.

Guided by the mysterious words "diagonal music," this manga depicts the growth of young girls who participate in aircraft races, with precise lines and spatial representation, an enchanting dialog, and a novel screen structure. While dealing with the sport of aircraft racing, which is comparatively little-known in Japan, this manga meticulously depicts the situations relating to this sport and the in mixture of thoughts between the characters. It is a novel work in which a cinematic style of manga expression shines through, with the story unfolding in only four frames per page and the outer frames painted out in black. (Source: Japan Media Arts Festival)

Anthology tie-in with Rondo Leaflet, whose characters appear in a short illustration gallery at the beginning of the volume. 1. **Tengoku to Jigoku** (天国と地獄); Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 2. **Bitter or Sweet** ; Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 3. **Do!!? Doll! Doll!?** ; Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 4. **Saera no Tsukibito** (さえらの付き人); Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 5. **Kage wo Shitaite** (影を慕いて); Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 6. **Kaeru no Maid-san** (カエルのメイドさん); Nemuki Bessatsu “Seraphim” 7. **Plants Doll: Oshaberi na Bohyou** (観用少女・御喋りな墓標); Nemuki 1999-09, 11, 2000-11 1 8. **Plants Doll: Oshaberi na Bohyou** (観用少女・御喋りな墓標); Nemuki 1999-09, 11, 2000-11 2 9. **Plants Doll: Oshaberi na Bohyou** (観用少女・御喋りな墓標); Nemuki 1999-09, 11, 2000-11 3

An incident occurred in the confectionery club of a certain school. Who was the culprit who broke the macarons intended for competition? A female student and a girl detective, "Kinako,'' roam the school in pursuit of a mystery. (Source: Nemuki+ Comics, translated)