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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?

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...?!

From An Endless Story: Popular stories from fashion magazine Zipper have made their way into a special book. Letter by Hazuki Kanae "Who are you?" On a certain day, she discovered a letter left in her school desk... My Best by Fujisue Sakura "I can't touch him, because we are friends." Where will these unsuppressable feelings lead us... Miss You by Kumiko Saiki And the day they part ways finally arrives... Goodbye, I'll See You Tomorrow by Tomoko Noguchi Yasaki, who finally gets a boyfriend, now has to enter into a long distance relationship! Even though she thought that the pain of not being able to see him was the same... CHERRY by Matsumoto Nanako The only person that would suit her is someone as extraordinarily popular as she is, right!? The person in question should definitely be... To the You Who is Here by Haneda Ibuki Does she still seem like a child to her older boyfriend? All she wants is for him to glance her way...

Collection of short stories:• SheherazadeYouko just started working as an office lady at a new company. According to the gossip, Shinogami, her boss, is cursed and any girl who gets involved with him will die. After a lively welcome party, a drunken Youko wakes up in Shinogami's bed. What will become of her and this gorgeous man?• Sheet no SukimaMomoko and her boyfriend go to apply for a marriage registration form, but the man at the public office, Hisame, is so rude that he offers them a divorce registration form as well! One month later, Momoko returns and...?• Yoru no BanninMaya consistently stays late at night at the office to finish her work, which earns her a nickname from the security guards. One guard in particular won't allow her to stay despite her cries of saying that she'll be done in 5 minutes. However, he notices that she's been getting thinner and decides to make her lunch?! What exactly is going on?• BlancGirl is getting married soon and goes to visit her cousin that she grew up with. However they're closer than just family.(Also included in Kinjirareta Ai no Kajitsu)• KizuatoA woman whose husband was killed in a car accident sexually abuses her handsome servant.(Also included in Kinjirareta Ai no Kajitsu)• IzayoiTsukiko is driven to suicide, while Akito tries to keep her away from her doctor. But what is Akito's relationship between Tsukiko and the doctor; what is the doctor's real identity and who exactly is Akito?

Kidnapped by rebels, Belle Winters discovers her rescuer is Rafiq al Akhtar, Sovereign Prince of the desert kingdom of Q'aroum. Whisked away to his exotic palace, Rafiq expects her to show her gratitude...by marrying him! Rafiq demands Belle perform all her royal duties--both in public and in private. Soon she succumbs to the sultry heat of the desert and to Rafiq's seduction. Belle is no longer an unwilling wife, now she is the sheikh's very willing lover.... Surrender To The Sheikh: He's proud, passionate, primal--dare she surrender to the Sheikh?

Karin Mochizuki is an attractive woman lawyer. Because she is always calm and collected and never lets her feelings show, she's been nicknamed Stone Cold (a woman colder than a stone). This volume contains four stories about incidents involving Karin.

HOW COULD ONE MAN BE BOTH HER TORMENT AND HER TEMPTATION? Sheikh Najib blasted into Rosalind Lewis's life and staked a sultan's claim on her son! Her denial of the boy's royal lineage was met with deaf ears -- and relentless kisses. When danger threatened, mother and child were whisked into Najib's exotic world, a faraway place where protection meant marriage. But with every night in the arms of her sheikh "husband," Rosalind's secret threatened to surface. Would the truth bring a bitter end -- or a heartfelt vow?

A collection of four short stories.Chapter 1 is the 100-page title story. It's a supernatural fantasy tale about a man with one chance to escape from death, a mysterious woman he meets, and a tribe seeking to find its way back into Heaven.Chapter 2 deals with the mystery of a man gone missing, and presumed dead.Chapter 3 is a very short story about a couple in the mountains who pick up a strange guest.Chapter 4 is a longer story about the traditions binding a family, those that would break away from them, and the dark secret that holds the family in sway.

One-shot from Feel Young Magazine.A short story about a girl and her strange relationship with the rain.

Sixteen-year old Kaoru, who cannot be exposed to sunlight due to her sickness, spends the days sleeping or watching a boy outside her window. During the nights though, she goes out and sings with her guitar in hand. What she dreams of is a love that can't come true since their times never overlapce, or so she thought...

Alex and Rite are two souls who died at the same moment on different ends of the earth. This is the story of their interactions with the humans who can see them as they travel towards each other.

Four murders have taken place at an all girl school. Lying beside each of the victim was a teddy bear with one missing limb. Now It is up to Detective Hebizuka Amaru and his cute assistant Kohijiri-kun to solve the mystery!

An ever changing (and unusual) love triangle story, set in modern Japan. [From Lililicious]: Uchida is in love with Nakano, but feels like she can't tell him because she turned him down when he confessed his feelings to her years ago. One day, she sees him with another girl-- Kobayashi. The three begin spending time together, Uchida wondering all the while if Kobayashi is in love with Nakano and vice versa. It isn't until much later that she finds out the true object of Kobayashi's affections...

From Storm in Heaven:A short story about a Canary who was lost and her beloved who wants her back.

When Emily Blake innocently kissed formidable Italian count Rafael Di Salis, she didn't know that she was bound by her late father's wishes to marry him. Emily agreed to be the count's wife until she reached twenty-one... Count Rafael has bided his time. He's kept his passions under iron control for two years--his bride was young and he did not want to claim her until she was woman enough to handle him. But now she has come of age, she will be his!

Landing a record deal is a dream come true for most musicians, but at what price? For one man, it may mean choosing between friendship or a “dream come true.”

This is a sweet and heartwarming love story, told from the different viewpoint of the two young lovers, a girl named Chizuru and a boy named Yudai. They mean well but cannot seem to succeed at love. They want their relationship to succeed but a combination of uneasiness and lack of self-confidence keeps them from advancing to the next step. Sometimes, it takes an unexpected third party to intervene in order to make two people realize what is right in front of them. That is exactly what happens in this story.

While recovering from surgery, Minekura Kazuya is asked by the Zero-Sum editor-in-chief Koyagi to create a series of illustrations for the manga magazine Zero-Sum Ward. To create a theme, Koyagi rolls four dice: two hold character names, one holds a situation, and the last holds an action. With each roll, characters are placed in strange situations, much to Minekura's chagrin.

From Rayns&Lele Scans: A professional assassin with the codename of "Red Wolf" suddenly receives a request— To kill Snow white. How cute... But wait! Just who is the real snow white?!

From Fifay.net: A poor peasant girl was sold to a brothel in Edo. Her new life started from the day when she had her first full-bowl of rice. After many struggles, she became a cultivated Oiran. While her beauty never failed, her hope for freedom faded with the passing seasons. Yoshiwara of Edo was a man's heaven, but a woman's hell: all was sakuran. Other manga :

A middle school student just wants a normal life, but his cultish mother is determined to raise him as she sees fit. Throw in a mysterious boy and some soccer, and you have this enigmatic tale.

Yukimi has the misfortune of being very easily possessed by spirits, and realizes that she has been cursed with a guardian ghost. And so all of her dates with men end badly. When she goes to the temple to ask for an exorcism, the good-looking head priest suddenly proposes to her!? Is this lucky? Or unlucky?

Shino became the librarian clerk she aspired to become but she is in a group with Tsuzuki, who gave her a very bad first impression. In the half year to come, she has to endure Tsuzuki's poisonous tongue and his mean heart. But although she hates him, when she is near him, her heartbeat quickens. One day, Shino kisses him in his sleep...?