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Story 1: Welcome to Picture-book World by Kiyoko Arai. Yuri hates her life. A strange picture-book appears and Yuri envies the girl in the story... Story 2: I Want You Close by Miyuki Oobayashi. Riko can see ghosts. She decides to help a boy ghost in her classroom. But then she finds out who he is... Story 3. I See a Hen by Eriko Ono. Etsumi always takes advantage of Mika's kindness. They have to care for the school hen, Ko-ko. Careless Etsumi fogets to lock the cage... Story 4: Forest of Memories by Satoru Takamiya. Tomori Asabika awakens in a strangely empty house. Then a boy dressed in black appears at her front door and helps her awaken memories--memories she doesn't want to recall... Story 5: The Show-off Ghost by Shinko Kumazaki. Amiri Kazuke and her Mystery Research Committee are aided by girl ghost Mamoka. Latest case: a mysterious molester on a train. Their lead: a boy ghost wearing a green raincoat... Story 6- The SOS Message: Miyuu loves her texting buddy Ai, even if she never seen him before, at the same time she feels like she's been watched? Is it that boy that she rejected or is it something else? Story 7- Me Inside The Mirror: A plain, gloomy girl has entered a mirror shop, where she receives a magic mirror that will grant her wish if she says "mirror, mirror, who's the fairest of them all". Much to her surprise, she became prettier, but at what price? Story 8- Doll Shop: A girl with hair problems walks home one day to find herself drawn into this beautiful girl that looks just like a doll. The doll girl fainted, forcing her to enter a Doll Shop nearby, where the store owner had granted her wish to gain a silky smooth hair. As people started to notice her more she wants to be more beautiful, just like that doll girl, so she goes back to the Doll Shop...

From Del Rey: Every letter the mailman delivers brings a new chance at love. With wit, humor, and mystery George Asakura leads us through a series of brief tales of affection, rejection, miscommunication, and connection that are sure to charm the romantic inside you. A Perfect Day for Love Letters received the Kodansha Manga Award for sh?jo manga in 2005.

From Ultimate Manga guide: Ibuki Morisato dreamed of kissing a prince turned into reality when her dream prince appeared as the new transfer student?!

[From Ivyscan]: Do you know that one single moment that seems so insignificant, can mean so much to another? Like everyone else, Koota never really notices Mai and has always thought that she is just an introverted and cold person. But he soon learns that there is more to see than what meets the eyes.

The adventures of Agent Z, the newest recruit to Major Eberbach's alphabet soup of subordinates. These stories take place in the Eroica universe, but they are serious espionage adventure tales and Dorian and his crew do not appear.

Mitsuhiro Kojima is a 18 year old highschool student without a dream. One day, he'd bump into his classmate, Hinae Nakanojou, giving him something to do with his life. Together with Nakanojou, Kojima tries to help their manager, Mari Komiya, in making her business stay afloat. Tending customers, petting non-existent cats, and doing odd jobs. Follow their adventure in this cute, and sometimes dramatic story of cat-themed cafe'ing.

From Storm in Heaven:A collection of short stories.The title story focuses around Chihaya, who has a crush on Morisaki. However, the flower arranging school she inherited from her father isn't doing well, and her step-mother wants her to marry into another school to revitalize it. Chihaya disobeys her step-mother and runs away, only to be later rescued by Morisaki. Unwilling to go back home, Chihaya starts to spend the summer at Morisaki's place, painfully aware of the situation... though Morisaki doesn't even seem to notice.

When you're in love, life feels like it's been multiplied two times! These five short stories of budding high school romance explore the confusion and exhilaration of falling for someone new! To read a specific story, go ahead and open the chapter as usual and choose the desired page number from the drop down menu ("Page _ of 98"). Each story's page number is listed after its title. ---- Love at First Touch (2) Expiration Date 2001 (20) Second Impression (37) Frequency (55) Baby Universe (75) Can Kengo convince Saki that she's not too grown up to recapture the innocent excitement they felt while searching the sky for UFOs as kids?

From MangaArt: A dog named Nonnon who loves her master very much wishes to become a girl! What will happen to her now?

A girl sneaks into her boyfriend's closet. Later, as she hears the conversation between her lover and his best friend, she starts to wonder which one she loves more--her current lover or his best friend.

It's Christmas Eve -- and the three protagonists have plans of sort -- but things don't quite work out as expected.

From PocketScans: Umiha Hiyoko is just transferring into her new school. Unlike most ordinary girls, Hiyoko beholds a special power. She can understand feelings of things that most humans cannot (such as flowers, trees, birds, etc.). Although Hiyoko doesn't know it at first, she is a princess of this place called the Broom Kingdom! Just what in the world is going on?