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Mizushima, a florist shop staff, wanders into a big mansion’s garden because he’s attracted to the flowers there. Fujisawa, who lives alone in that mansion, suddenly came to request for a flower arrangement from him. Upon arriving at Fujisawa’s mansion again, Mizushima is caressed by him… Is he only playing around with Mizushima? What are his true intentions?
"Wh-Who are you?" One day, the college student Taichi is spoken to by a stranger in a place that is very dear to him. He is informed by the man, who calls himself Zama, that the place may be gone. It is where the orphaned Taichi first met his beloved guardian Kanda. Who is this Zama, who suddenly appears before Taichi? Taichi is anxious...
There's a rumor that high school freshman Aki is involved with Masaya, a candidate for student body president next term. Aki thinks of Masaya just as her best friend, but to make sure of the matter, Masaya's younger twin brother Naoya appears! Aki begins to be seduced by Naoya's forceful manner... Then one day, Masaya collapses. When Aki goes to wish him well, she's relieved to see that he's okay. While she's there, though, Naoya asks her out on a date, and he's being much gentler with her than usual. Aki musters up her courage and tries to tell Naoya how she feels, but not only does Naoya do an about-face and command Aki to date Masaya instead, but another girl confesses love to Naoya right in front of her!? What's Aki going to do...?? -- ShoujoMagic
From Yen Press: "A grudge is a sentiment that is chained down and cannot move. That fixed sentiment becomes sadness, and when that sadness remains chained with no escape…it becomes hostile…” Baek-On and Ho-Yeon are exorcists-for-hire, traveling throughout the country in search of grudges and ghosts. Each encounter reveals a story of tragedy and loss, sentiments they are all too familiar with themselves. But sometimes the violence of the most murderous spirits is nothing compared to the cruelty of the living.
A series of oneshot illustrations of famous Chinese folk tales.
The give & take relationship. Hellsing (Dhampir) gives his body to Tayuu, while Tayuu gives Hellsing his body fluid. When Tayuu and Hellsing meet, all they do are to argue, and to have very kinky sex... "I want to touch" "I want to dominate"... Tayuu doesn't understand the reason why he wants more. And Hellsing can't create a "beloved person" because of what he is....
Ben Radford thought Kay Napier was a fortune hunter, out to get the Endacott family fortune by posing as the long lost Kimberley Endacott. Kay just wanted to know whether or not her recently deceased mother was a kidnapper. Will the two find the answer, as well as love?
The story takes place in April of 1980, in Waco, Texas. It follows a rambunctious young girl named Debbie. Debbie's mother passed away before she was old enough to remember her, and two years ago her father remarried to a woman with a son named Kianu and a daughter. Her mother treats her poorly, her father ignores her, her brother harasses her, and her sister looks up to her. The only person she's able to talk to is Father Tran, a priest who had been friends with her father in the past and in love with her mother. (Mangatraders)
Paraphrase is a series of stand-alone short stories. Each story has a different emotion to it, normally towards the end. 1) Paraphrase Yukito is a promiscuous young man who earns money with his body. He also has a lover, Teruaki, an innocent student he keeps completely in the dark about his "job". When Teruaki's beloved older brother finds out about Yukito they start a dark game of blackmail and manipulation... 2) Full Throttle to the Top (Doteppen made Masshigura)- Satoru and Yuusuke are childhood friends who recently started a band together. Satoru is pretty clueless, especially when it comes to Yuusuke's feelings! They still need a songwriter though, and when they find a famous one that's willing to work for Satoru's body, will he give in? Or will Yuusuke finally speak up? 3) Cross Road Watching a gay AV with his friends, high school student Tsukaharu notices the one actor looks a lot like his best friend, Ren. Tsukaharu brushes off the thought that his friend might be gay, then he hears Ren having sex with his father. A young man who is confused and betrayed is unpredictable in his anger. 4) Sympathetic Pins - Telepathy of Love (Koi suru ishindenshin A horny acupuncture doctor is sick and tired of treating old hags, so the appearance of the American hunk at this sexual peak is a welcome surprise! 5) Gataiyoihanshinkaku A stage performer comes to a mannequin maker to acquire a doll for his show, only to become intrigued with the man's beautiful but emotionally scarred apprentice. 6) On the Otherside of the Fog (Kemuri no Mukou gawa) An possessive, obsessed classmate with an unrequited love is frustrated that he is being ignored. At what lengths will he go to force his crush to look his way?
"You are... a vampire?" Lucian is just a normal strawberry farmer, and fate meets him with an injured mysterious girl who tries to steal his strawberries. As he tries to help her, suddenly, the wound disappears without a trace! Will Lucian be a victim to a vampire?
From Nekohana: It all starts when Tomoe's hair gets caught in Kouga's button. Like a red-string of fate they're tied together. Through a twist of that fate Tomoe is forced to work in a house of prostitution lead by the Yakuza (Japanese gangsters/mafia), and who might be one of the Yakuza heads, but Kouga. Funny and dramatic, but more innocent than you think. ^_~
Short story collection of a variety of more mature Tezuka work. The story "Clockwork Apple" was borrowed from the book, before the movie was made, but has very little to do with the book either as Tezuka admits to writing it without reading Clockwork Orange.
