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Deep in the forest, in a tower shrouded in mist, there lives a reclusive wizard by the name of Nebelhaut. When he happens across a beautiful fairy who's being held captive and made a public spectacle, he knows he has to take her with him. He names the creature Sti and orders her to call him his master, but her heart remains closed to him. But as time goes on, she sees a different side of him?a side that's both caring and awkward. The distance between the eccentric wizard and strong-willed fairy grows shorter day by day!

A cyber-punkish collection of stories revolving around the theme of the "DOLL." 1. Keep Those Condoms Away From Our Kids The tale of boys and girls who have lost their sexual desire. Mihara Mitsukazu's debut work. 2. The Iron Maiden The tale of the strain a girl experiences from having grown up in a home without love. 3. The Sunflower Quality Of An Integrated Circuit Vanilla is a robot made by the SG Company. She's loaded with all the latest functions and completely subserviant to humans. And you even have the separate option of upgrading her to a lover robot. One Vanilla is a maidroid in the home of an elderly master and his younger wife. The atmosphere in the house is cold and stiff because the wife is having an affair with a younger man. The lonely master comes to look upon Vanilla as his own dear child. He suggests that when the sunflowers bloom, they go outside together to watch them. "Is that a command, sir?" asks Vanilla. "It is not a command," he replies. "It is a promise." And so forms the piercing and painful integrated circuit--the alternating current of intercourse--between a lonely old man and the emotionless Vanilla. 4. The Other Side of the Rose Wire What was the thing a girl like an angel endlessly carried? 5. Fish Out of Water A girl who lost her memories when she was dragged into a llake with her suicidal mother... awakens from her dream. 6. Mister Mineral Inside the body of a cute girl who's just like a doll... are internal organs, and blood, and... 7. Alive The sad tale of a human and a clone who pass right by each other.

As the end of high school looms near, Mayuko is unhappy with her performance in the last mock exams. Nudged by her friend Megu, she seeks help from Haru, another classmate. They become friends, and maybe, just maybe, something more.

From AQUA Scans: The Thousand Years Labyrinth, a whirlpool of mystery and intrigue, Does it show despair or hope? One day, brilliant young men will be gathered at the Thousand Years Labyrinth. They thought that the ceremony to select the next emperor had started but...?

It is the Taisho period. A straight-laced man named Shougo works as a teacher for an all girls school, and lives with his black cat named Kuroi-san. Then one day, his nephew brings him a tight-lipped servant who doesn't talk. Is this beginning of a curious, and slightly warm life of a man, a cat, and a girl?

Zoos are made of small and big dreams... but it takes more than a dream to feed the animals! And that, Haruko will realize quickly, as she takes her first steps as a caretaker at the Hidamari Zoo. Despite an overwhelming enthusiasm, her inattentiveness has earned her the dislike of the director of the park, who puts her to the test by entrusting her the care of withdrawn and uncooperative animals... It is now up to the curious talent of the young girl to decipher the secret emotions of the animals through their scent!

Legends tell of a race of divine beings known as Seraphim, whose unseen influence is felt throughout the world. Those with the ability to commune with the Seraphim became known as “Shepherds”, the most pure-hearted of which could even be granted a Seraphim’s power. While some would praise these empowered Shepherds as living paragons, others would fear their strength and call them demons. Sorey is a young human who has spent his entire life in The Divine Forest, a holy place where he lives in harmony with many Seraphim. Enraptured by the legends within an ancient tome, he makes daily excursions into a nearby ruin in the hope of learning more about the Seraphim and their history, along with his Seraphim childhood friend Mikleo. One day, he is trapped by a cave-in alongside his friend and a young knight named Alisha, who is investigating a series of natural disasters that have been plaguing the world. When Sorey discovers that the Seraphim may be involved, he resolves to leave his home alongside Alisha and find the truth.

The romance between the Incubus’ aide the Lizard (Gray Ringmarc) and Alice. Once a capable assassin, now a sensible and mature adult. Alice thinks herself just a child beside him, incompatible with him despite her attraction to him… A manga adaptation of the otome game Clover no Kuni no Alice that focuses on Gray.

I, Go Eun-woo, have lived while hiding my status among humans. I used my abilities to reduce the pain of scarlet fever, the fate of the Tiger tribe, which I have suffered from since I was 18, but was discovered by the Tiger's natural enemy, Imae. “Don’t be so foolish. If you run away, you’ll die by my hands in a month or so.” Moreover, this cold and frighteningly handsome Lee Mae, I can’t believe I have the same seal as Lee Do-hoon. I bought time by lying, but it's only a matter of time before I get caught. I have to escape from his grasp somehow... ! “Please stay in my room with me for the time being.” Can I go back to my normal daily life?!

Blessed with brilliant beauty and abundant wealth; Lena used to be a princess of the fashionable society until an accident took everything away from her, leaving only ugly scar in her leg. Her husband despised the scar and dumped her. "I never trust a man..." Since then, a smile has disappeared from her face and she has withdrawn and lived a quiet life. She never expects that her extremely sexy boss is determined to make her his own.

Touko's life is solely driven by passion, which means she has neither time for nor interest in love. That is, until she's transferred to the Mature Romance Manga Department at her workplace. Unable to understand how to make love seem exciting and romantic, every rough draft she hands to the chief editor is immediately shot down. But, all that changes when she goes out to dinner with said chief editor, gets drunk, and demands he teach her. One trip to the hotel later...

Akihime, the daughter of Ryokuhouzan's Long-Nosed Goblin, lives with her mother in the lower world and is attending junior high school. She continually refuses the offers of her childhood friend, Shun, who wants her to train with him in the mountains in order to become the Long-Nosed Goblin, because Akihime's heart is just too filled with her feelings for her classmate, "Takeru-kun". - Taken from Antebellum Scanlations