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Collection of short stories by Kaori Ozaki ("Immortal Rain"), including her debut story. The earliest story in the volume was written when she was sixteen, and the last one when she was nineteen. CAUTION: There is quite a lot of nudity here; it's more art-house variety than hentai, but if you'd rather not deal with nudity period, this probably isn't the book for you. The stories are good, though.
A young, unemployed, seemingly unmotivated young man is moving through his life. As a teenager, he and some of his friends formed a "Boyz 4 Men" club, which was based on a hatred of sex and women. As arguably the most opinionated member, his view of sexuality as an adult is far from normal. After a highly sexual encounter in a park at night, he has decided to attempt to draw perverted fetish manga. This brings him once again to the presence of a woman from the park, Sawada Kazumi. She's a manga editor and single mother with a perverted and intense personality of her own. What will happen when their worlds collide?
After her normal, happy life shatters, Tokiko and her father move to a small seaside town to live with her grandmother as sixth grade starts. There, the sound of the waves brings back a distant memory from when she visited seven years ago, a memory of almost drowning in the sea and being saved by a merman. Are there really mermaids in that sea? Tokiko adjusts to her new life in the small town as she holds out hope of once more meeting the merman who saved her.
Takeo Goda is a giant guy with a giant heart. Too bad the girls don’t want him! (They want his good-looking best friend, Sunakawa.) Used to being on the sidelines, Takeo simply stands tall and accepts his fate. But one day, when he saves a girl named Yamato from a harasser on the train, his (love!) life suddenly takes an incredible turn!
From Fateful Encounters: Four years ago, Prince Lulnavul fell into an eternal sleep due to an unknown curse. The king then made a proclamation: whoever wakes the prince will receive any reward they choose...but up until now, not one has achieved it. Now, Witch Sayla, scorned by the outside for being a witch, attempts this task as the 99th contender, not for the sake of the prince's hand in marriage like the princesses before her, but solely for the king's national treasure, the Sapphire of Illusions. Can a witch, who is hated even in fairy tales, be the heroine of this one? Follow Sayla as she goes to meet this sleeping prince inside his dreams.
Contains 3 short stories :- Story 1 - They'd been drunk. Or more specifically, his boss had been drunk. So when Sakamoto jumped him, Kurahashi just went along with it. After all, it was just the alcohol...right? Wrong! At least, that's what his boss thinks...and said boss doesn't have a problem trying out a relationship with a colleague he thinks is in love with him. Unable to gainsay him, Kurahashi is dragged into a relationship he never asked for - and finds himself getting deeper than he ever imagined. Story 2 - Two childhood friends who abruptly drifted apart years ago are reunited. One of them is now a Buddhist monk...what does his friend feel about this? Story 3 - The shy, reclusive, bespectacled Egawa confessed to Aoki on high-school graduation day...and was politely turned down. The two unexpectedly re-unite in university; and to Aoki's surprise, Egawa has become a completely different person who is very popular with the girls! But why does this cause strange, conflicting emotions within Aoki?
Escaflowne, the God Protector of Fanelia, has been stolen and the country is left in ruins. Desperate to find the key to Escaflowne's seal and recover the legendary guymelef, Van Fanel, Prince of Fanelia is sent to Earth, only to find it in the possession of a high school girl, Hitomi Hoshino. With enemies chasing them at every turn, can the two reclaim what was lost? Named Messiah Knight when serializing in Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX, but renamed to HITOMI when tankoubon were published.
Sakuya, the lead singer for the hard-rocking band Lucifer, is the unattainable object of desire for millions of hopeful women. Aine is the demure high school student who suddenly finds herself in the middle of a raucous rock'n'roll circus. Together they're writing the book of love — one hit song at a time!
This sweet shoujo series is by Rie Takada. The story revolves around a innocent naive schoolgirl, Yume, who falls in love with a gorgeous ex-Yankee, Shoubu. Meanwhile, Yume's best friend, Roko, falls for Shoubu's best friend, the playboy Yuuji. And the story starts rolling from there. The manga is a sweet, funny and touching love story.
Two young doctors, the passionate and well-liked Osanai and the ambitious Tatsugaura, are both investigating the mysterious 'Monmo' disease, found only in one remote village, which causes bizarre bone deformation, making its victims take on a beastlike appearance before their deaths. Osanai, caught between the allure of his urban medical world and the rural peace offered by the remote village, does his best to help the victims retain their humanity in the face of a medical establishment which views them only as guinea pigs and oddities. Meanwhile, Tatsugaura schemes against Osanai and tries to infect his rival with the disease in order to gain fame from researching the results.
Merumo has come to the human world from the Magic Village, and is an extremely pure hearted witch by nature. Her mission is to find a "Bii Men" ("Bee-autiful Face") gentleman... and make a baby with him!? Flying through the air on spinning wings, Merumo searches a school in the center of Megalopolis and causes an uproar. Amongst the gathered crowd, however, are four Bii Men! And so begins Merumo's life as a student...!!
From Korean-Manhwa: Ozawa Rion's family is gone in a car accident. She finds herself alone and depressed. Upon coincidence, she finds a second chance toward living happily at Hotsprings Inn.
