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Sketchbook printed in 2000 featuring character sketches from Matsushita's works including Yami no Matsuei.Includes a reprinted shoujo oneshot: "Inu ga Arukeba" (Walking the Dog): Dog lover Shinri wants to be a guide dog trainer. Unfortunately, dogs seem to hate him and co-worker Iruka never lets him forget it. But things change for the better with the arrival of new dog Wakame.

Kaori has quite the imagination when it comes to romance. In particular, she daydreams about cliche school romance scenes between herself and the boy she likes, Kawamura. One day she drops her diary and it’s picked up by the difficult and hard-to-approach Mayuki. Is this the beginning of a beautiful friendship or will Mayuki show everyone her diary...?

Sorata is an everyday boy, who loves a girl called Futatsugi. When he was in elementary school he saw a girl in his dream, and on the very next day Futatsugi, who looked just like that girl, transfered to his school. Sorata holds on to that memory, but after he finds out about Futatsugi and what power she holds, can he still say that he's in love!? [From Owls Scans]

Mami and Tomoki have always shared everything in life, they are identical twins, yet so different in character and personality: Mami tender and helpless, courted by boys to whom she doesn't never "no" for excessive kindness, Tomoki with a strong sense of duty and a great spirit of sacrifice, would do anything to see her sister happy. But comes a time, however, when one realizes there are things cannot be shared, especially when it is something extremely rare and unique .... just like an alien?!

Sari Remington is a funeral manager by day and a banished angel put on Earth as punishment. When a young girl comes in to schedule her own funeral a week in advance, what is a devil to do?

Story 1--For some reason, Chisa's unsociable classmate, Jin, glares at her every day. After hearing the scary rumours about him being unstoppable, she happens to run into him on the streets. He is bloodstained, and carrying corpses!? Perhaps it was dangerous to have witnessed that!? Moreover, at school the next day, Chisa is shocked when he asks her out! Despite everything that goes against them, are they suited to be together...? Story 2--Chisa has the best boyfriend in the world only prob. is he has a scary face. Chisa's friend tells her that boys live to cheat on girls and she starts to suspect that Jin is like that.. what will happen with Jin and Chisa?

From Aerandria Scans: Legend has it that when the heart of a demon dies, his body changes into silver… When a woman, betrayed by her lover, and a demon who does not trust humans meet, the wheel of life and death begins to turn for their fatal love...!

From Digital-Wing.com: In the December 1998 issue of manga magazine Young You, Naoko returned from her yearlong break from work with a new series: Princess Takeuchi Naoko's Return-to-Society Punch!!. This "private essay comic" is a silly narrative in manga form about the events in her life." After her post-fame with Sailormoon...this is Naoko's return.

Oneshot

"Don't cry, Dana will take away your sadness. Because this is Dana's Garden." With those words, young Ling-Ling comforts the crying boy, Jerome. But who is Dana, and can she really help Jerome overcome the grief of losing his mother?

As children Sakon confessed his love for Migiko and promised to protect her, but not long after suddenly cut all ties with her. Now, many years later, Migiko is determined to make Sakon take notice of her by becoming Japan's Number 1 idol. Chapter 4 is a 80 page long horror story called "Takuya of the 7 wonders" The first 3 have nothing to do with the 4th and is comedic while the 4th is dramatic.

Comicalization of eight short stories from the great American science fiction master, Ray Bradbury: The Lake: A man revisits his childhood home and recalls a friend who drowned in a lake during childhood. Jack in the Box: A boy lives with his mother in a vast secluded mansion. She raises him to be God after telling him his father, the original God, was killed by beasts outside. Homecoming: The main story concerning the Elliot family of vampires. It concerns their return to the ancestral home for a gathering and is seen through the eyes of Timothy, a mortal child left on their doorstep who longs to be like them. R is for Rocket: Also known as ''King of the Gray Spaces''. The Rocket Man: An astronaut's job keeps him away from home for long stretches of time, so he has little time with his wife and son, only visiting them for a period of three days at a time. The story is told from the perspective of the son, who holds an interest in becoming an astronaut too. The Fog Horn: A man and his boss are putting in a night's work at a remote lighthouse when the lighthouse's resonating fog horn attracts a sea monster who destroys the place. The Screaming Woman: A mystery/suspense story, describing a young girl who tries to procure help in digging up a woman buried in an empty lot. Come into My Cellar: Better known as ''Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!'' There are many wondrous things that small boys can order from mail order catalogs.