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Anthology of shorts based on Shin Megami Tensei IV.
A noble family lives in an isolated island. They have an abnormal behavior toward their own twins members. They do rituals, tortures and scientific experiments on them in order to obtain a mysterious knowledge and power.
Due to certain unknown reasons, university freshman Jiang Jiang has finally returned to school after two years of suspension. During an entanglement with someone, she was helped by a “bestie” whom she had met through the Internet. This “bestie” seemingly knows everything about Jiang Jiang. Everything that happens around her seems to be under their control. Is it out of care and concern? Or is it something totally unpredictable? An unfathomable love story awaits for you to read…
Through the looking glass into Camelot Garden, falls a boy named Ryu, whose purpose is to crush this weird, semi-malignant fantasy world. Oh yeah, and the below is a direct quote from the beginning of the story. The Lady of Shallot by Alfred Lord Tennyson There she weaves by night and day A magic web with colours gay. She has heard a whisper say, A curse is on her if she stay To look down to Camelot. But in her web she still delights To weave the mirror’s magic sights: A funeral, with plumes and lights And music, came from Camelot. “I am half-sick of shadows,” said The Lady of Shalott. “Tirra lirra, tirra lirra,” Sang Sir Lancelot. She left the web: she left the loom: She looked down to Camelot.
Soran's father passed away when she was ten years old and her uncle became her legal guardian, who then left her in a nunnery. Years past and he died, and at that time, she was given two choices. One was to become a sister for the rest of her life, while the other was to get married, having no choice in which man. She chooses the latter.
1) The Turquoise Morning .A well known photographer named Jed Knox acquires a one-sided love from his time in a foreign country. Because the target of his crush, Sahab, said he would never love another since his wife died, Jed would never tell of his feelings. Oh but how Jed wished Sahab would love him even a little bit and that he could have Sahab's soul in his hands. Although ifrits (genies, etc) are magical wish givers in story, what could happen if they were real? 2) It's Time for Goodbye It is the morning after and the student finally notices that the lover's room is exceptionally sparse. 3) LOVE-ING A guy tells his friend that he's gay and in love with him, but his friend is surprised and leaves. 4) Playboy! He has had it. His lover won't make love to him and refuses to stop seeing other women. 5) The Eyes of the Rose are Bombs The prince-like Hansumi has an effect on everyone around him, except Mitsuda. 6) Aah Boyfriend Suzuki can't stop fantasizing about his friend. 7) Garden of Despair Isuka is still trying to come to terms with his feelings for his friend. 8) The Eyes of the Rose are Blind Continuation of chapter 5. 9) Garden of Desire Continuation of chapter 7. 10) Bad Boy Continuation of chapter 4. 11) Go Go Boyfriend Continuation of chapter 6. 12) Postscript
Chiaki Sakaguchi appears to be a sociable, popular high school senior, but he carries a dark secret with him that he can tell no one about – not even his closest friends. When Chiaki meets fellow student Eiji Yukimura – an under-achieving social misfit – for the first time, he believes he’s found someone who can understand his inner pain. As the two become closer, Chiaki learns that Eiji has a secret also – a secret so dark, it threatens to overshadow his own. United by common dysfunction and angst, Chiaki and Eiji begin to search for pleasure together beyond their pain. Will the pair’s growing bond enable them to break free of their troubled pasts and create a brighter future? Or is the damage that’s been done to both of them beyond any healing that love can provide?
Collection of oneshots. V.1 - Mushi to Uta (Insects and Songs) "The Lover of Stars", a story spelling out the writer’s feelings for the little sister born from his fingers. "The Hinoshita Siblings", a moving story about the relationship between a highschool baseball player with an injured shoulder and "Hina", who continues to grow. "Violite", which describes the meeting of two people involved in a plane accident. Finally, "Insects and Songs", a shocking work that won the Shikitaishou award. These four stories, painting a picture of a unique setting and the bonds between various lifeforms who live in it, are recorded here. This is the long awaited first volume released by a new author rapidly growing in popularity as each of her sensational stories are published in monthly "Afternoon" magazine!! V.2 - 25-Ji no Vacances (25-Hour Vacation) Marine biologist Nishi Otome takes time off and reunites with her brother, Kotaro, for the first time in a while. He sees her at the 25th hour of the night with shellfish taking over her body in “25 Hour Vacationâ€. The meeting between the delinquent, Nana, and a strange transfer student to “Pandora Women’s College†located on a satellite of Saturn is described in “On Pandoraâ€. In “The Funeral of the Moonâ€, a genius highschooler begins living with a lone man in the deep snows of the north. Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu New Artist Prize in 2010.
A collection of standalone stories written by both Furuya Usamaru and Otsuichi. The stories all revolve around the common troubles that teenagers go through, whether it be falling out with a friend, being bullied, or dieting.
From Midnight Scans: Even though they played together innocently since they were young, somewhere along the way, the seeds of "love" started to grow. Growing up on an outlying island from Okinawa, Kazuya, Ryoko and Daisuke were brought up like a family. They wanted to be together forever, but the three of them have different desires. One wants to stay, one wants to go, and one of them wants to go, but can't. When Daisuke is lured away from the island, Ryoko decides to stay on the island with Kazuya. However, the three of them will experience a cruel fate...!
