Short stories showing some of Oku Hiroya's inspirations before he created his famous masterpiece, Gantz. From Baka-Updates: This series tells us stories about the mangaka's (OKU Hiroya) favorite movies and how it helped and lead to the creation of the manga we all came to know & love - Gantz.

From Fantasyshrine: Since he first met Baron Kuroba, Seiji has been secretly in love with the master of the Kuroba Manor, where servants were rumored to be attacked by a vampire. However, Baron Kuroba only sees Seiji as a lap dog that needs to be disciplined for his carnal pleasures. How can Seiji convince the baron, who doesn’t believe in love, to love him back?

A woman awaits the return of the man she loves from a war in ancient Greece.(Oneshot)

Himeno lives in Moonlight Tokyo City, a world different from ours; one in which there are illusionists, those who can conjure up things. One day, Himeno accidentally conjures up a human from our world!! How will they react to meeting someone so different from their own kind? Note: Stalled after 4 chapters.

From Village Idiot: I want to paint it red. Gengenji. A beautifully portrayed story about how emotion can truly warp one's true desires, and the lengths that they're willing to take to control them.

From Iskultrip Scans Yamada Hana, a high school girl, woke up and found herself in a strange land after being enveloped by a bright light that came out from a mysterious book. There, Hana met a young man named Gentoku, and ended up staying with him and his army as "Koumei's disciple"…

The main protagonist is a Iga ninja named Saizou, who meets an Izumo priestess and protects her on her short journey to Sanada Yukimura. Sanada Yukimura is a powerful warlord in the Sengoku era. Sanada wants to gather 10 warriors, a party unrivaled in skill and power, to set his still secret plan into action.

A seminal history of Date Masamune. Yokoyama has a plain and matter of fact style for history without really trying to dramatize it.

"A beautiful wolf with silver hair and silver eyes -- surely I'll be captured..."

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A wounded soldier with a disturbed mind kidnaps the priest who tries to help him. He then has the brilliant idea of going AWOL with the priest. He's in the middle of the African desert in WWII, with supplies running low and his sanity (or is it his morality?) long gone. All that's left is sex and agony. And maybe, eventually, death.

Florian Rochefort – a high ranking aristocrat was sold off by his family to maintain their fortune. He was sold off to the rich, arrogant and enigmatic Ray Balzac Courland, aka Noir – the phantom thief who preys on the rich and the famous of the Parisians! Ray, or Noir as he is known to his close associates, had always been an aficionado of all things beautiful and exquisite, and the first time he saw Florian, he knew he had to have him! Florian with his shinning golden hair and amethyst eyes…it was only expected that those who love beauty would want to have him and, Ray is doing everything in his power to keep Florian tied to him for eternity. Even though Florian, Ray and the gang had been through many adventures starting from dangerously seductive Arab merchants to psychotic little girls, it seems as if they are set for yet another adventure! Join them as they embark on their latest where Ray amasses yet more stolen gems all the while finding more ways to keep Florian indebted to him for life! Of course, it goes without saying that the man with the amethyst eyes could very well be the most precious gem in Ray’s collection!

Among the warrior class, those who mock the honor of others and stain their own are hated. The newly-wed Udagawa Gosuke and Shino are two people trying to live in this rigid society as husband and wife. Moved by Shino’s honest and sincere personality, Gosuke becomes determined to live freely! His goal? To establish the world’s best swordsmanship dojo!! Let’s raise the curtain on this pure samurai story!!!

A highly satisfying collection of shorts featuring both lovely art and good writing. As is usually the case with this author, the historical tales are more appealing than the ones in modern settings. 1) Romance Hidden In The Leaves 2) The Road Through Dreams 3) Sign of A World's Love 4) Dacing Foam on Jade Skin 5) Gentle Darkness 6) A Snow White Chest

The protagonist, Yukimura Chizuru, is the daughter of a doctor who works in Edo. The father leaves Edo to work as a volunteer doctor and moves to Kyoto without his daughter. As time passes by, Chizuru starts worrying about losing contact with her father, so she decides to go to Kyoto in search of him. On the way, Chizuru is attacked by few criminals and witnesses a fight between an oni and the Shinsengumi. Taking her into custody and saving her, the Shinsengumi debate on what to do with Chizuru when they discover that she is the daughter of the doctor they are also looking for. So they decide to become Chizuru's protectors and help her look for her father(the doctor). Lots of events happen while she stays with the Shinsengumi, as they discover mysterious secrets and also fight against the Bakumatsu group. The story is overall romantic with a historical and political background. This is the version running in Sylph and not B's-LOG.

A series of short stories. The main one is about a grandmother telling a child, Hana, the story of the princess of the moon, Kaguya. The second one explores further into the story after grandmother's story is told.