A one shot about the intricacies of forming human life.
Cry Me A Doctor: An airheaded single father meets a two-faced doctor. Fluffy and have its funny moments. Sweet Sweet Room: Simple but energetic and good-natured hotel employee encounters a rather jaded famous writer who is at loose ends after a fight with his girlfriend.
From Anime Waves: By all the usual measures, he could be considered a pretty useless guy: a scholastic failure, an athletic disaster, and a chronic loser...but Fukuda Shinichi has one passion: cheering for others! The 18-year-old captain of North Kanto Southern High's Cheerleading squad decides to make the most of his summer by attending cram school in Tokyo, only to find out that the whole trip was a sham! Things are looking up when he and his friend meet up with two cute Tokyo girls; too bad the girls brought them to a rip-off bar and took off! Ditched by his one remaining friend and stuck with an impossibly high bar bill, Fuku-kun's life couldn't get any worse! But just then he gets saved by Ume, his role model and former cheerleading squad captain! What is he doing in Tokyo...and why does everyone around seem to know and respect him? Without anywhere else to go, Fuku-kun decides follow Ume to his job, only to discover that...he's a host?!? Fukuda's summer of cheering others on has begun...and the streets of Tokyo's red-light district will never be the same!
'S' is a known as a bully caretaker, who avenges her bullied clients -- for a price, of course. However, in reality, 'S' is a nerd named Kang Song Ih, with a twin brother named Kang Ah Eul, whom she loves above anything. Ah Eul attends Chungha High School, a famous and expensive school, but over winter break, he attempts to commit suicide. Song Ih, determined to understand why her brother tried to kill himself, attends Chungha High School, pretending to be Ah Eul -- uncovering the reasons why Ah Eul was driven to suicide, including one mysteriously handsome but "bad" guy named Suh Ga Yoon. Read as you follow her life while staying in an All-Boy's school and living in a dorm -- with a male roommate, who happens to be a famous singer and someone she as "S" had once nearly beat up. Watch out! Whoever bothers "S"'s brother, prepare to face her!
[from Fantasy Shrine:] Sakura Kazuki is a telepath who can sense negative emotions such as malice through contact. Despite his cute 17-year-old appearance, he’s in fact a 26-year-old rookie detective in the police force, Division One. Teamed with his seasoned, assertive partner/mentor, Shido-san, Sakura often works undercover. His disguises consist of a high school boy, an office lady, and he even gets to wear a cat suit!? Cosplay* (costume play) in the police force!? A thrilling love story.
[Otome Cafe]: Resides around the friendship of shy girl Koyuki, School's beauty Nagisa and Student Council President Shin. Will a triangle be made? and what madness will come from the School Festival 'NO. 1 Beauty' Contest? plus other stories~ Includes three side stories: 1) Iki mo Dekinai 2) Konna Hi wa Kimi ni Furetai 3) Sekai Gijinka Keikaku
A new twist on the "love doll" genre. Tempted by an internet advertisement for a "Necoco" doll series, Eiji orders one on a whim, imagining a moe-tastic hadaka-apron-wearing girl to show up on his doorstep. Instead he gets a scrappy looking boy, and to make matters worse... he's an aggressive, tough-talking little brat. Additional one-shot: Good Awakening to The Master.
Funbari no Uta is a series of short stories written by Hiroyuki Takei relating to his manga series Shaman King; and a furyoku-inducing battle anthem-turned-jingle-turned-Japanese ballad created by the Shaman King character, Faust VIII. Funbari no Uta is set seven years later (2007) after the Shaman Tournament, and revolves around Hana Asakura, the son of Yoh and Anna. Hana and Ryunosuke Umemiya are searching for the members of Team Ren and Lyserg for the grand opening of Funbari no Onsen, which is run by Tamao in the story.
A collection of oneshots. -Hen Ai: A oneshot that describes the "strange love" the two main characters share. Rather humorous, as it often brings up that one is rather adamant about wanting to roleplay and the other "grudgingly" goes along with it. -Tomari Ki: A man is stabbed and left for dead in an alley, but he is saved by a young man who has a halo and wings who calls for an ambulance. Later, the boy appears at the man's front door and claims to be an angel with broken wings, and states that the only way for them to heal is to make people happy. -Messiah no Yakubi: A man known as the Messiah whose tongue technique is said to heal impotence takes up a job to heal a nervous-looking man, but is quite surprised by the turnout. -Ore no Doukyuusei ga Binkan Sugite Yabai!: A pair of high schoolers decide to experiment by giving each other blowjobs. One wants to escalate to something more, but the other isn't sure... -Ore no Doukyuusei ga Kagen wo Shiranakute Tsurai: Continuation of the previous story. It escalates. -Kyoushitsu no Yugami: A oneshot regarding the "relationship" between a teacher and his lonely, introverted student.
A collection of 3 short stories: 1) Steel World 2) Snake 3) The Wolf Eyes
[From Hochuuami]: A bored magician, Kei, meets Takanashi who is supposedly a card dealer on the cruise ship he's working on. He truly has no idea what's in store for him when he runs across Takanashi. For starters, how about a game of... strip poker?
Her entire family likes them. her friends like them, all the girls she knows likes them... but to Suguri, sweets are the worst! Just the mere smell of them induces her to vomit! So what is she supposed to do when she discovers that her crush, Murakami Ken, who supposedly hates them, is obsessed with them? He begs her to not tell anyone of his secret infatuation with sweets because it would ruin his 'manly' image and she agrees as long as he let's her work with him at the famous Igloo Bakery! Love sparks, rivals appear! See how Suguri overcomes her sugary malice in A Love for Sweet Things!
• Pure Erotica - Heartbroken by her first love, senior high year 2 student, Rika develops a fear of romance. One day, she finds out her first love's weak point! From then on, she starts her revenge... • Ouji Romantica - Yaguchi Rinko is the neat and lovely princess of her school. Not! She has always been unsmart, non-ladylike, and a tomboy, which is why she's been dumped by all her previous boyfriends. All of a sudden, the prince of the school, Onozuka Shirou, appears and offers to "pretend" to go out with Princess Rinko... • My Girlfriend is Romeo - Shimizu Ryou, a girl, was transferred to a new school (due to her parents work) . Seiya was the prince of the school until she came. He loses to her at everything. One day, he saw her cute side and tells her she's cute. After that day, she hasn't been coming to school. Why? • Prince, Kiss and Sleeping Beauty - Shiya has a phobia of boys. What can she do, but ask the almighty “prince” of the school for help? The prince is shocked that this girl doesn’t like him, and decides to make her fall in love with him! But Shiya has a weird curse: everytime a boy touches her, she faints! - Chiri Star
From Hee Jung Park comes ten stories of love, sadness, longing and alienation. A young man finds himself continuously drawn into the orbit of future suicide victims, while another finds redemption in an unlikely ally. And an apathetic lover can only enliven his pallid relationship with the crimson color of blood... 1) Blood 2) So Long... 3) Crazy Guy 4) Feel So Good 5) Insomnia 6) Ember 7) Kwanglim is Amazing 8) Music Box 9) Ul Heul Lee 10) Crybaby Angel
A horror story set in modern times with ghosts. College student Yeongjoon has a younger sister named Soyoung. However, after Soyoung returns from a mountain trip, she falls ill with strange symptoms, and the occurrences around her are inexplicable by science. Even the hospital can't come up with a proper solution. One day, an elderly relative visits Yeongjoon and introduces 'Doyeon.' The elder claims that Doyeon is someone like a shaman and has personally witnessed the healing of someone with symptoms similar to Soyoung's in the past. Despite not believing in ghosts, Yeongjoon, desperate to save his dying sister, seeks out Doyeon with determination, only to face repeated setbacks. Then, one day, starting with the doorbell ringing at Doyeon's house, horrifying events unfold for them that cannot be explained.
Rinne, a huge fan of Buddhism, was searching for a "monk-type," a boy as calm, intelligent and diligent as Lord Buddha himself, when she set her sights on a young, handsome monk-in-training, Yuuryou. She soon learns that this kid, out of his robes, is not her dream boy, but a shallow, irresponsible lady killer who goes by Yura. Is Rinne going to give up on her fantasy, or is there more to Yura than meets the eye?
Yuu is a healthy high school student who harbors a crush for his Kyouko sensei. He absolutely loves everything about her and after fretting about the subject for some time he decides to confess; to his surprise Kyouko Sensei is also in love with him and agrees to date him. .... The catch is that Yuu doesn't know why Sensei is in love with him, neither he knows her preferences when it comes to how to behave to her partner.... And by the time of when Yuu learns this we have that "Yuumi" is born, now Yuu doesn't know if he should somehow enjoy his new relationship or regret it.
Yamabuki-kun is a flashy playboy - someone who's completely different from Mosako. But when he miraculously grows a pair of ears, she's the only one who can help him...by kissing him?!
