A collection of stories set amongst the oiran (high-rank courtesans before the time of geisha) in (mostly) the Yoshiwara district of Edo, a famous historical 'red-light district.' 1. Kagerou no Shou When Kagerou was a child, her parents sold her to be trained as an oiran in Yoshiwara. On her way there, she fell in love with the man who transported her, Ryuuji, and insisted that he be her first sexual customer when she grew up. Now, she is approaching the time when she will lose her virginity, but will Ryuuji be able to be her first? 2. Inazuma no Shou Wakana works in Yoshiwara, but she plans to one day buy her own way out. She seduces presents out of the men who buy her, in order to save money for her future. But one man, Mitsunori, is not like all the others. Will the skilled seductress Wakana be able to cope with real emotion? 3. Mizu no Tsuki no Shou Suigetsu is approaching the time when she's meant to lose her virginity. One day, she miraculously meets with a relative who knows her by her real name: Saya. Is it possible for her to be rescued from this life? 4. Nagasaki Bojou Suigetsu, an oiran-in-training in Nagasaki, is slated to lose her virginity. However, she's been told she's going to have a Dutch man as a partner! She's frightened of sleeping with a foreigner who may not even speak her language! However, the man in question is nothing like she feared...
A-chun and Xiaobo have always been friends. But...why are they just friends? Not rated for older shoujo readers.
Amamiya Nonoka is a human that can see spirits. Because of the strange ability she posseses, she has no friends at school at all. Suddenly, one day two handsome brothers appear in front of the lonely Nonoka. Aki and Kou, the two of them came to borrow Nonoka's "strange ability"? Not to mention, they are renting parts of their bodies to continue living...
Princess Rose wakes up to find she has been kidnapped by Arzel, a man who has many secrets. Is this really a kidnapping or an escape?
[From Storm in Heaven]:A collection of four touching supernatural short stories.Chapter one deals with a man born a Midori, a race of humans who turn into trees when they die. Can the man overcome the obstacles facing his race and live a normal life?Chapter two tells the tale of a young boy who lives in a land of magic. But his first spellbook turns into a pixie when he opens it!Chapter three is about a young boy forced to abandon his cat when he moves. Upon returning years later, the boy finds himself transported to a strange land full of... cats?The final story is about a boy who, in exchange for getting off having to pay a speeding fine, agrees to take an experimental drug. The next morning he wakes up with white wings, wings that only seem to get larger every time he does something wrong!
From Starry Heaven: Meru Tachibana, 12 years old. She's just returned back to Tokyo after 7 years of training with her father, who thought she was a boy! Now Meru is stronger than most guys, and she's doing her best to make sure that people don't find out, or else her chances of making friends is ruined! However, a group of eighth graders seem insistant on making that impossible, as they break the rules and pick on the weak. Will Meru be able to stop them as the new student council president without appearing to be a "Monster Melt King" as her mother has warned?
All her life Hajime, Ishii is called "crybaby Hajime" but in the spring of her 15 year of life she fell in love with her classmate, Uehara. She promised never to cry again after hearing Uehara say "girls like to cry" and asked him out. Can she not be a crybaby anymore? Will their relationship last? *oneshot From Baka-Updates: Kyoko had planned to confess to Kenta, only to hear from him about his crush on a close friend. To stay by his side, Kyoko can only hide her feelings and act as Kenta's love advisor... Also includes 2 other short stories.
Mao has a crush on the "perfect" Itou Yui. She finally got the courage to say something, but instead of a confession, she asked to be friends! Chatting on the rooftop, Yui says he likes someone. How will Mao be able to confess now?!
Haruka is a owner of a dog; however, the dog is no ordinary dog. He is the wildest boy in her high school. What exactly is their relationship...?
Ootome Hime’s father was a jockey who dreamed of winning the Japanese Derby. One year, when Hime went to watch him race in the Derby, he died in a horrible racing accident. The man responsible retired in guilt from being a jockey. 10 years later, Hime is in high school, and she has heard that Arakawa Jin, the son of the man who killed her father, is debuting in the Derby as a jockey. She went to see him race, and was outraged to see him win! Now Hime has decided to quit high school and go to a special school for jockeys, in hopes of being able to beat Jin in a race one day. She has met a new friend and aspiring jockey along the way, a boy called Tadano Ryouhei, but she can’t let him stand in the way of her revenge!
After growing up in Africa, Fade moves to France to live with her uncle, but her headstrong personality means they cannot get along. However, she soon becomes involved in the fashion industry, making various friends and enemies along the way to success!
Timeless love is… sad and faint, but also hot!! An evangelist pure love is spinning!!