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A collection of stories about finding meaning in life and your place in this world.<br><br>Story 1: “The Shaft of Light in the Blue”: A teacher indifferent to his job finds a baby swallow and raises it with one of his students.<br><br>Story 2: “If the Rain Should Stop”: She only sees him in the rain when he goes to meet with his girlfriend.<br><br>Story 3: “Specimens of 17-Year-Olds”: Confused by social mores, she fakes her way through life. So how does he read her so well?<br><br>Story 4: “Blooming Marble”: A carefree girl helps a younger boy get through a rough patch. All in good fun, right?
The story begins with a flashforward to the Tour de France, where Mikoto Shinozaki would become the first Japanese champion. Time before this, and while feeling a deep crush on Yuki Fukazawa, Mikoto then decides to get into his high school cycling club as Fukuzawa's suggestion, even though he has never practiced any sport before. Ironically, the club's leader is Yousuke, Fukuzawa's older brother and a renowned road racer from his town. Yousuke's long time cycling partner and club's vice president Kouichi Terao sees in Shinozaki all the potential and courage necessary to become a road cycling legend. Over drive is the story of how Mikoto Shinozaki becomes interested in cycling and all the ups and downs he must live to get his dream of becoming Tour de France's champion come true.
Just before entering the university, Yanagiba Masahiko's father died in a car accident. His mother died when he was four, which makes him now really an orphan. But even before the death of his father, he didn't have a family life, as his father was always busy or abroad. When his mother's younger brother and his wife decide to invite him to live with their family, his life takes a turn. But it is not going to be the normal family life he is imagining for himself. What is the "terrible" secret that led his parents to break the bonds with his aunt and uncle? What could be the true nature of his cousin, Shion? And last but not least, will this "terrible" secret eventually get Yanagiba, too?
The daughter of the marquis, Lady Edilene, the well-known “Perfect Lady”, is actually a former princess of what was once a great nation called Cedentaria. While dreaming of the revival of her home country, she who puts on the mask of the “Perfect Lady”, somehow got a marriage proposal from Prince Schwartz. The wicked Prince Schwartz, who has the persona of the “Ideal Prince”, hinted that he knows who is the traitor behind the fall of her beloved country. And in exchange for that information, he offered a proposal. What is the fate of Edilene who’s wrapped around the wicked prince’s finger…!?
Tangled and twisted SM drama between a clumsy female political journalist, a skillful congresswoman, and her assistant.
The series takes place four years after the events of Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS, during which magical girl Nanoha Takamachi rescued and adopted a young girl named Vivio, who is the reincarnation of the Sankt Kaiser, Olivie Segbrecht. After entering her fourth year of elementary school, Vivio is given her own intelligence device, Sacred Heart, and gains the power to transform using her adult Sankt Kaiser mode. She soon comes across a girl named Einhart Stratos who, similar to Vivio, is the descendant of another Sankt Kaiser ruler, Claus G.S. Ingvalt. As Einhart becomes determined to prove her fighting style is the strongest, Vivio befriends her and, together with her friends, enters a martial arts tournament where they fight against various magical opponents and learn more about their past lives.
Ai Morikawa is a hard-working career woman at her job in Tokyo. After a long night at work, she returned home on the last train to find a handsome boy at her door. The 16-year old Nagisa is her sister's stepson, suddenly sent to live with Ai when his parents left for an overseas job. Wary like cats, these two loners 10 years apart in age will have to make a new life together.
Shou and Takashi were best friends in junior high, but abruptly, Shou moved away. Now, in their first year of high school, they meet up again. Takashi is thrilled! But Shou is giving him the cold shoulder.
In a city where adults go through the motions like robots, Mia feels claustrophobic. Meanwhile, the news is rife with stories of children getting kidnapped. One day, Mia runs into a young man named Joema. At his house, she sees fairies and children with animated faces. Are they holograms produced by his machine? But friendship with Joema comes with a price, Mia learns, as red-eyed Crows approach...
"Warning: Yaoi content: This manga contains materials that might not be suitable to children under 17. By proceeding, you are confirming that you are 17 or older." Xi ZongHe X Gu Tang Five years ago Xi ZongHe got into a car crash, and later I saw with my own eyes the whole process of him getting dumped. Five years later Xi ZongHe got into a car crash again, and not only did he forget that he's already been dumped, but he even went looking for his ex to reconcile! I: ”......” His current boyfriend, me, can feel my balls hurting just watching this.
Puuka is a an unpopular bikini model. On the way to a spot for a photo-shoot, she and her manager hit a zombie with the car. When Puuka tries to escape she gets bitten and turns into a zombie herself. How will she continue her career as a zombie?
The fictional Japanese city named Sugomori City is built on reclaimed land. But as the years go by, the city's population is decreasing. One day, Sonosaki tells her classmate Katsuhira: "You have been selected to be a Kiznaiver." The Kizuna System, which allows Katsuhira to share his wounds, connects him to the classmates whose lives and personalities completely differ from his. The Kizuna System is an incomplete system for the implementation of world peace that connects people through wounds. All those who are connected to this system are called Kiznaivers. When one Kiznaiver is wounded, the system divides and transmits the wound among the other Kiznaivers.