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A short one-shot that contains two different stories. "I love you to the point of death. And even in death, I love you too much."
Shiina Kanako, voted the most beautiful girl in her high school, is a member of the school's gymnastics team. Overhearing talk that the boy's soccer team was planning to harass her team during summer training, Shiina decides to ask a mysterious group on campus called "Trouble Dog" rumored to solve all sorts of clients' problems for money. Through this she encounters three mysterious guys named Ryuu, Pochi, and Sabu. Who are they really and what do they want her to do?
There's a rumor that high school freshman Aki is involved with Masaya, a candidate for student body president next term. Aki thinks of Masaya just as her best friend, but to make sure of the matter, Masaya's younger twin brother Naoya appears! Aki begins to be seduced by Naoya's forceful manner... Then one day, Masaya collapses. When Aki goes to wish him well, she's relieved to see that he's okay. While she's there, though, Naoya asks her out on a date, and he's being much gentler with her than usual. Aki musters up her courage and tries to tell Naoya how she feels, but not only does Naoya do an about-face and command Aki to date Masaya instead, but another girl confesses love to Naoya right in front of her!? What's Aki going to do...?? -- ShoujoMagic
The leading lady here is a girl called Ume-chan. That isn’t her first name, it’s actually a nickname based on her last name, Umehara. I won’t say what her first name is, because it’s kind of funny, and it’s sort of a surprise in the scene where it’s first revealed. Anyway, Ume-chan is suffering from an unrequited crush on a boy in her class. His name is ISEZAKI-kun. He sits directly in front of her, and she spends a lot of her time observing him and writing down her thoughts in a little notebook devoted entirely to him. Ume is fairly comfortable with her situation of loving him from afar (well, from one seat behind). After all, there is no hope for her. Isezaki-kun has a girlfriend who is pretty and nice, and practically perfect. He seems to really like her. So Ume spends her time writing about him instead. Naturally, this situation can’t last for long, and sure enough, things change when Isezaki forgets his notebook one day, and asks Ume if he can borrow her notes. Ume, totally dazzled that Isezaki actually SPOKE TO HER, hands him her class notes… only to realize she gave him the wrong notebook! Before she can grab the notebook back, Isezaki-kun is reading the notebook about himself. He quickly realizes what it is, and is understandably surprised. Absolutely mortified, Ume grabs the notebook back and runs from the class. Oh no, now everyone will know, now Isezaki knows, oh, what an embarrassing mess! Surprisingly, Isezaki is actually a nice guy, and he handles learning about Ume’s crush rather well. He isn’t mean or anything. He takes it all with good humor, and even decides to be friends with Ume! But this is sort of pleasure and Pain for Ume. On one hand, she gets to actually speak to him sometimes. On the other, it sucks being close to a guy who you really like, knowing he has a girlfriend. But wait, what’s this? Isezaki has broken up with his girlfriend? can it be true? Or did she break up with him? Does he still love her? Could this be Ume-chan’s big chance? Isezaki knows she likes him, can she convince him to like her back?
From Yen Press: "A grudge is a sentiment that is chained down and cannot move. That fixed sentiment becomes sadness, and when that sadness remains chained with no escape…it becomes hostile…” Baek-On and Ho-Yeon are exorcists-for-hire, traveling throughout the country in search of grudges and ghosts. Each encounter reveals a story of tragedy and loss, sentiments they are all too familiar with themselves. But sometimes the violence of the most murderous spirits is nothing compared to the cruelty of the living.
A series of oneshot illustrations of famous Chinese folk tales.
The story takes place in April of 1980, in Waco, Texas. It follows a rambunctious young girl named Debbie. Debbie's mother passed away before she was old enough to remember her, and two years ago her father remarried to a woman with a son named Kianu and a daughter. Her mother treats her poorly, her father ignores her, her brother harasses her, and her sister looks up to her. The only person she's able to talk to is Father Tran, a priest who had been friends with her father in the past and in love with her mother. (Mangatraders)
There is a place where anyone can be a princess, it's a Hime cafe, the place where the heartbroken Shiori meets the servant Kisaragi, Kind and cool... a real dream boy, or so she thought. But in real life he's mean and bullies her. There's even rumors about him being a former yankee as well. He's an employee at the cafe and acts completely different at school, but while she is always being teased by the normal Kisaragi, she just can't stop her love for him... Aside from the title, it's a sweet love story for girls.
"You are... a vampire?" Lucian is just a normal strawberry farmer, and fate meets him with an injured mysterious girl who tries to steal his strawberries. As he tries to help her, suddenly, the wound disappears without a trace! Will Lucian be a victim to a vampire?
From Chinatown KM: Tangerine Weekly's new reporter, Xiaoyuan, because of her vibrant hair colour and interesting methods, quickly gains the nickname 'Fire Girl'. They are now in a news assembly, featuring the celebrity Xia Yexuan - who is terribly arrogant. What should she do? Don't worry, Fire Girl has a trick or two up her sleeve...
From Nekohana: It all starts when Tomoe's hair gets caught in Kouga's button. Like a red-string of fate they're tied together. Through a twist of that fate Tomoe is forced to work in a house of prostitution lead by the Yakuza (Japanese gangsters/mafia), and who might be one of the Yakuza heads, but Kouga. Funny and dramatic, but more innocent than you think. ^_~
Ashina Tomo is your average school girl who somehow constantly has terrible images of a train accident. One day, on her crush’s birthday, her best friend brings her to an isolated print club machine which is rumored to allow prayers to come true. What would happen when your prayers come true, but not the way you want them to be? By a cursed print club machine nonetheless. Present as a side-story in Fairy Cube.
