Based upon the play of 'The Love Suicides at Sonezaki'. Hatsu's father sold her to a brothel when she was young. Her childhood friend Toku tries to earn the money to buy her out of there to marry her. However, many obstacles stand in their way.

Is a manga which Miyazaki wrote for a newspaper targeted for children. It is more of a graphic novel than a manga, since most of the text are written outside of the frames and there are very few dialogue bubbles (though towards the end of the story, it moved closer to the traditional manga style). The surprisingly dark story deals with the devastation of war, betrayal, and the ugliness of the human nature under desperate situations, including deaths of several characters. One can see the influence of TEZUKA Osamu in the art style of this manga (as in most of the manga written in this time).

"For you I will sing... for your eternal repose."A requiem draws the dead. A requiem draws the night. A requiem singer is cursed.Tsuki, a requiem singer, often mistakenly called "Death", meets San, a girl who wants to die.

Oneshot.From Aerandria Scans:Lance is a devil punished to guard the gates of Heaven and Hell and to lie to souls to get them into Hell. He can never tell the truth because to do so would mean he will disappear. He has to send one more soul to Hell before he can finally be free from his punishment. For a devil, lying is easy, right? But what happens when the soul of the person he cherishes walks up to the Gates for judgement?

From Storm in Heaven:Kawashima Kougi dreams about fish, paints fish, and has no interest in the world outside fish. He is brilliant and disturbed. His childhood friend, Nene, attempts to draw him back to the real world.

A One shot. As children, Kaoru and Kentarou witnessed the beautiful miracle of the blooming sakura tree. Their bond is deep, but Kentarou has been traumaticized by his unhappy home life. Can Kaoru, and the memories she and Kentarou share, help him endure?

From Evil Flowers: Mika loves her teacher and one day she gets the chance to confess only to be rejected, but that doesn't stop her from pursuing this forbidden love.

Yajima Kintaro was once the infamous boss of the Hasshu League biker gang, who at their peak boasted more than 10,000 members, but after meeting and falling in love with a partially sighted girl named Akemi, he gradually mellowed and disassociated himself with gang life. Unfortunately their love proved to be short lived when Akemi died in childbirth, but her last wish was that Kintaro would become a salaryman and raise their son, Ryuta in a stable environment. It's a request Kintaro cannot refuse, and after saving the life of the CEO of Yamamoto Construction he finally gets an opportunity to change his lifestyle once and for all. However, it seems the life of a salaryman is anything but stable when your employers are a multi-million pound constructor whose managing board is made up of corrupt ex-governmental ministers that are busy setting plans in motion to stage a hostile takeover and seize the company for their own nefarious dealings.

After graduating from high school, Masami, an office clerk at a law office, ended up raising his niece Akira after his sister suddenly ran away from home. When taking Akira to kindergarten one day, Masami discovers that his high school ex, Kei, was working there. It was their first time seeing each other in five years... From Liquid Passion

What if you were to meet your childhood friend again after ten years of separation? This was exactly the case for Mitsuya, a recently transferred company executive who found out that the person living three doors down from his new apartment was none other than Noboru, his older brother's best friend... and his first love. As a young and brash middle schooler, Mitsuya had forcefully kissed Noboru and drove him away. Deeply regretting his action, he kept a tight lid on his feelings. But now, being with Noboru again is bringing all those heated memories back, as if they were never gone to begin with. "Merry Checker" is adapted from this manga.

An anthology of short stories. The title story is the sequel to Aru Hi Knight ni Attanara c01, a classic romance between an Arab and a regular girl. Chapter 2 is a Honoka ni Purple side story. Chapters 3-4 are a story about a girl who's sick of romance, and one drunken night decides to get married to a complete (?) stranger.

From Intercross: Yayoi is an energetic girl who is living happily with her single dad. All her life, she's always blamed herself for the death of her mom, and also she believes that her most important things always disappear on her birthday. This changes when a substitute teacher comes along...( story 1 doesnt actually have any romance!) In this volume: 1) Sangatsu no Yume 2) Kitto Kagayakeru - Because of some conditions with her body, Rei is always spending her school time in the school's infirmary, watching the various teams prepare for the school's Athletics Festival coming up. When sneaking out of the infirmary one day, she's found by one of the Cheer Group leaders, asking her to join their group! Rei intends to participate with all her power, without leaving any regrets behind... 3) Midori no Kakehashi 4) Harmony 5) Harukaze Fuku Shima

A kingdom in the middle of the desert is the last city of humans that were against the Sand People. However, their next king, Kirameki, didn't want to fulfil the throne. The Sand People took the chance and kidnapped the Prince and replaced him with an imposter, Kirameki's half-brother, Saga, who is a half-human, half Sand Person. Kirameki was made to do hard labour then, but he came back on the day of the Water Festival to get back his Kingdom with Serafita (the Water Goddess)'s help.

In the middle of an infinity of worlds, which respect the rule of non-interference, there lives a Savior. Holding his guitar, he has a mission: save each world from its own crisis. Almost every time he succeeds, but always feels a little more gloomy. One day, a shooting star brings an illness to the city which turns people into zombies...

Souta's mom left he and his dad to live by themselves, and suddenly returned when Souta's dad won a rookie novelist award. When Souta and a girl, Sanae were hiking one day, they run into a dog searching for its lost owner.

Hayase has gone to this school for years, so she knows that you do *not* touch anyone on Monday, and if you do, there's a little incantation that must be recited. But Mashiro has just transfered in, and does not know these things. Hayase explains that we do not touch on Monday, because not too long ago two girls did - and they fell in love, became lovers and tried to die together. Therefore, if you don't recite the charm, you might fall in love with whomever touched you...and that would be bad. Of course Hayase explains this after Mashiro has touched her...on a Monday.

At age 20, Yuko is leading a life without aspirations, what with work as an assistant in a company and her boyfriend Yutaka. Determined to give a new twist to her lifestyle, she accepts Yutaka's offer to work at his side by night as a bar hostess. But Yuko quickly becomes disenchanted: this choice brings her much more trouble than pleasant surprises, leading her to face difficult situations, even dangerous ones. And above all, she doesn't succeed in getting closer to Yutaka who remains elusive and indifferent to her signs of affection. Despite his infidelity, Yuko persists in clinging to that futile and fruitless relationship. Will she react before being unable to break the deadlock? How far will she let herself go?

Hai hu, is a rich playboy during the day. At night, he is hero for the people, known as the Sea Tiger. He fights a world renown organization lead by Blue Dream. Blue Dream wanted to conquer the world and destroy everything on Earth so that it could be restored into an unpolluted state like it used to be. Full of action, drama and mind-twisting plot.

From Serenus-Dreamers: Kurihara Mia works in the advertising department of a cosmetic company. When her boyfriend proposes after a long relationship, she rejects him, expressing that she wants to continue her job. The argument finally leads Mia to bring up an one-sided breakup. However, her ex-boyfriend isn't giving up. Stalked by her ex-boyfriend, Mia gets saved by a prettyboy, Kairi, whom she has just met! But his actual identity is...?!

Summary by Shoujo Kreuz: Wakaba attends the cram school where the popular Toudou-sensei works. The quiet but easily angered Wakaba is a weak person…and he suddenly confesses! Even though Wakaba thought she wasn’t being taken seriously, Sensei came to console the broken-hearted Wakaba. They decide on a ‘trial date’ to see if they’re compatible, but Sensei is popular and an adult. Wakaba is uneasy. From Rebellious Love: A cram school teacher and a cram school student. A university student and a high school student. A 19 year-old and a 15 year-old. It doesn't match at all! The words, "Let's go out" seems unspeakable to Wakaba. She's weak but she suddenly gets confessed to by her cram school teacher, Toudou-sensei. He's an adult and he's popular among the girls, so what's going to happen now?!

A bittersweet story of young love. An original work, published as a doujinshi at C79.

A collection of three stories: 1. Seishun no Yamai wa - ch 1-4 2. Tengoku ga Mieru - ch 5-6 Sequel to Negai Kanae Tamae (Grant My Wish). Former bodyguard Kudo is harassed by a nosy thief while on a trip to Europe. 3. Good Night - ch 7

Ako Doumoto's an everyday gal, she likes shopping and has no big aspirations since her exams are a ways away. That all changes when she meets Katayose-sensei, a teacher and coach of the boys basketball team at Ako's school. Head over heels, she chops off her hair and decides to become the manager of the basketball club in order to win his heart. Will he open to her will or is her close friend Taiji more for her?

Since her dad's death since elementary school, Kamura has taken the role of being the responsible one in the family, including cooking, cleaning, and simply even getting her mom up for work, whom she promised to always protect. But then her mom tells her that she is getting remarried, and finds out about her soon-to-be 2 year older brother-in-law who she just saw homeless on the streets the day before! And now her friend Youhei, who always teases and makes her feel like a fool, is acting differently...and even tries to comfort her?! Will Kamura be to able accept her new family life with a father and brother, and be able to let go her feelings of being responsible for her mother?