The Zero-Sum Original Anthology Series features themed oneshots from various mangaka that publish in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum and Ward magazines. Volume 16 theme: Fairy Tales and Nursery Rhymes 1. Kin'iro Ookami to Akazukin (The Golden Wolf and Little Red Riding Hood) ~ Takayama Shinobu 2. Tsuruon!! (*Abbreviation of Tsuru no Ongaeshi, or The Crane's Repayment of Kindness) ~ Saeki Yashirou 3. Koyubihime (Pinkylina) ~ D. Kissan 4. Shiro (White) ~ Mizutani Yuzu & Kaede Tooru 5. Hebi no Ou (The King of Snakes)~ Kayase Shiki 6. Little Merman ~ Kari Erika 7. Nihon Chotto Mukashi no Hanashi (A Little Old Japanese Tale) ~ Ogaki Chika 8. Akazukin-chan to Ookami-kun (Little Miss Red Riding Hood and Mr. Wolf) ~ Ninagawa Tomo 9. Totsugeki Ningyo Yarou (Attack! Mermaid Dude OR *Bousou Ningyo Yarou i.e. “Out-of-Control Mermaid Dude” on the pages in the actual comic) ~ Mikawa Verno 10. Ouji-sama wa Soushoku-kei (The Prince is a Herbivore) ~ Kanou Ayumi 11. Kounotori Musubi (The Stork's Ties) ~ Akanatsu 12. Piggies ~ Mitsu Nanae 13. Hebi to Kuro no Lion (The Snake and the Black Lion) ~ Serikawa Mame 14. Hyaku-nen Ibara to Shiranai Himegimi (The Hundred-Year Old Thorn Shrub and the Oblivious Princess or The Centennial Brier and the Oblivious Princess) ~ Akazaki Mutsumi 15. Oyayubi-hime ~Another Side~ (Thumbelina ~Another Side~) ~ Mikami Ritsuhiro 16. Shinigami no Nazuke-Oya (Der Gevatter Tod or The Godfather of Death) ~ Sakura Maro

A collection of many short stories... [From ShoujoMagic]: [VOL. 01: STORY 01] (English Title) Like a Lamb, Like a Wolf (Japanese Title) 羊のように狼のように Straight-laced magazine editor Shizutani Miyako, age 25, has taken every precaution to ensure a steady and predictable life. No surprise is a good one...until she meets Takamura Shuuichi, a photographer with a talent for bringing out the sexual beauty of a woman. Now Miyako is fighting to keep her hard exterior from crumbling (and her nose from bleeding!) over something as flighty as... love? [VOL. 01: STORY 02] (English Title) I Want to Lose Myself (Japanese Title) お・ぼ・れ・た・い Office lady Mayumi passionately loves...her supervisor's work ethic? Her friends think it's weird that Mayumi isn't physically attracted to Kuroiwa, but she's just never thought of him that way...until now that it's been mentioned. One night after that, the two of them are working overtime alone when Kuroiwa accidentally falls asleep, and Mayumi decides to take off his shirt...and then his pants! And the only reason she stops there is because Kuroiwa wakes up! Mayumi's never had the hots like this before! What's an inexperienced girl to do? [VOL. 01: STORY 03] (English Title) Please Punish Me (Japanese Title) おしおきしてね [VOL. 02: STORY 01] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You (Japanese Title) あなたと千夜一夜 Ooizumi Sonoka is a hard-working OL (office lady) who single-handedly carries the workload of three, so she doesn't have time for love. After being slighted at a subordinate's wedding, though, she gets uncharacteristically drunk. When she wakes up, Sonoko is in bed with a strange man! She's so flustered that she even runs off wearing his pants by mistake! But she can't help feeling that she'd like to see him again... Then, the very next day, her new section chief turns out to be Houjou, the man she slept with!? In an attempt to prove to him that she's not just some lazy, drunken slut--she tries to show him how hard she can work...?? Chapters 1-3. [VOL. 02: STORY 02] (English Title) He's 100% SILK (Japanese Title) 彼はＳＩＬＫ１００％ [VOL. 03] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You Chapters 4-8. [VOL. 04] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You Chapters 9-13. [VOL. 05: STORY 01] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You Chapters 14-16 (end). [VOL. 05: STORY 02] (English Title) After Black Tea (Japanese Title) 紅茶のあとに [VOL. 06: STORY 01] (English Title) Honey Moon (Japanese Title) 蜜の月 The continued adventures of Sonoko and Houjou. [VOL. 06: STORY 02] (English Title) Though Thou Canst Smell the Colors (Japanese Title) 色は匂へど dropped by ShoujoMagic on 10-15-07

Story 1: My Fair Gentlemen After being dumped by her ideal man (handsome, tall, and educated), Sugioka Yoriko, decides to jump off a cliff. But before she does, a guy literally bumps into a her. He also decided to jump off the cliff because of a massive debt his brother has left him. However, since Yoriko has left over money she saved, she decides to give it to him, under one condition: he must be her ideal man.

In the near future, mankind creates mermaids through the selective breeding of small fish. This is the story of three tiny mermaids who are in a Tokyo pet shop waiting for someone to buy them.

16-year-old Hisayoshi "Kumi" Tajima wasn't looking for love. But after he accidentally bumps into teen idol Rima Fujio, he can't stop thinking about her. Living worlds apart, he'll never have a chance to meet her again. Until Rima's former agent Ikeshiba gives him the perfect opportunity—by turning Hisayoshi into an idol himself! Too bad Rima only sees him as competition for Ikeshiba's attention...

She was kidnapped by a man all over the city! "Hey, give me a baby..." This black belly prince madly pets the young wife.

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Midori is a former psychologist, and for some reason quits and opens the "Heartful Store" on Goldenrod Hill. Many local women, weary of their everyday routine, consult her and find peace.

From Tokyopop: A chilling dramatic series about Shinjyurou Mamiya, an embalmer in a nation where men of his profession are viewed as outcasts engaging in an unaccepted and unclean practice. For Shinjyurou, it's just a job. But in doing it, he's gained an understanding of death, and more important, what it truly means to live...

This is the spin-off of +C: Sword and Cornett

A devious collection of Junji Itou's New MasterpiecesDissolving ClassroomMeet AgainChildren of the Earth Worshipping Beauties (Dissolving Beauty) Dissolving Apartment Chizumi's Dissolving Love

Noel Cerquetti, a girl who lost her arms and legs in a contract, works together with the great devil Caron, to get her revenge against one man. This man – dubbed the "pride of the citizens" – is Burrows, the mayor of LaPlace. Why is this girl furiously seeking revenge against this unrivalled man, loved by the people for bringing peace to LaPlace that was once overrun by the mafia? While unsteady without her limbs, Noel doesn't give up on her path of revenge, as Caron watches mercilessly, at times risking his own life to support her. With vengeance, the pair begins their chase after Burrows.

From Dazzling Scans: The unemployed Shibata Michiko is betting everything she has on her romance with a younger man—literally. In order to keep him happy, she deprives herself of the things she wants and buys him expensive clothing and accessories. Since she's flat out broke, she needs to find a job before she starves to death and loses her young love interest. However, Michiko discovers that the boy was never interested in her romantically. Depressed at being dumped and after a series of unsuccessful interviews, she bumps into Kurosawa—an intimidating former boss she used to dislike.

A re-telling of the “Tale of Genji” in manga-form. The “Tale of Genji” is a story from a long novel written by novelist Murasaki Shikibu. It was written about 1000 years ago, during the Heian era. It details the showy life and romantic exploits of Genji no Kimi (Lord Genji), otherwise known as “Hikaru Genji (The Shining Prince)” for his peerless beauty and features the life and culture of the Heian Imperial Court. By describing human life with its heart-rendering moments and the difficult times of separation and sadness, this piece of literature has come to be known to embody the concept of “the pathos of things” (mono no aware). Known as the world’s earliest romance novel, it has been translated into many languages all over the world.

For average girls, high school is a time of insecurity, of finding yourself and railing against your imperfections. In one particular high school, five average, unpopular girls take life one day at a time, learning as they go, and stumbling as they try to find their footing.

From Decadence: This manga is a love comedy collection of oneshots about how mysterious meetings can lead to falling in love before you even realize it! These stories will be sure to make laugh and cry at times. Volume One includes... -The mysterious NEET owner who appears every evening from the floor above. -The husband who struggles to support the love that has come to visit his wife -The strange businessman who has purchased a gravestone for his final resting place?! -The little brother who suddenly appeared in the room of someone living alone...

William Twining is blessed with both brains and wealth. He attends a prestigious school and lives in a huge mansion with his uncle and butler. But when his uncle's business endeavours fail, the Twining family is left bankrupt. While searching in a storeroom of his home for objects to put up for sale, William stumbles upon a secret room. This room contains a magical seal, with which he unintentionally summons a demon. This demon, Dantalion, tells William that he wields sole authority in selecting the "substitute ruler" of the demon world! So naturally, the candidates for the throne will pursue the bewildered and annoyed young man...

This manga simply describes how Gorou Inogashira, the main character, chooses and takes a meal. Unlike other gourmet manga, Gorou likes to eat at cheap restaurants and no trivia on cuisine is given. The authors are trying to depict the essentials of the act of "eating" by Gorou's monologue, which comprises most of the lines of this manga.

Kotohira Sakiko is a fujoshi who immerses herself in BL drama while riding the train to work. She especially likes Reiji-sama, a seme character in a BL relationship in a popular drama named "Playing with Fire in the Labyrinth." At work, she's careful to hide this predilection until the she accidentally runs into the company president's son, Utatsu Masayuki, and passes out. Upon waking, she discovers that this perfect man looks just like her Reiji-sama and calls him out with the seme character's name! Utatsu on his part is secretly terrified because he has always had problems dealing with women who predatorily target him for his looks and his wealth. Surely, he thinks, that Sakiko is a harmless pure maiden perfect for him to graduate his virgin status... So a strange relationship starts where Sakiko thinks Utatsu will dress up in Reiji-sama cosplay and act out her BL fantasies, and Utatsu thinking that Sakiko is the answer to his fear of women.

It is the Taisho period. A straight-laced man named Shougo works as a teacher for an all girls school, and lives with his black cat named Kuroi-san. Then one day, his nephew brings him a tight-lipped servant who doesn't talk. Is this beginning of a curious, and slightly warm life of a man, a cat, and a girl?

This collection contains 13 of Seyeong O's powerful short stories, covering topics that range from corporate drudgery in South Korea to pastoral farm life, from ancestral keepsakes to gentle parables about ethics.

Anthology of stories by different shoujo/josei authors. 1) Borderline (NEMU Youko) **Also printed in Nemu Youko's Shounen Shoujo** 2) Akatsuki no Stallion (SHINOHARA Chie) 3) Ashita no Nyaata (NISHI Keiko) 4) Hibi Kore Neko Jitsu (HATSU Akiko) 5) Bokura Shinbun (OUSAKA Mieko) 6) Sorekara (Hozumi) 7) Neko ni Umare Kawatta Boku wa (SAKURAWA Asuka) 8) Kyou wa Shuppatsu no Hi (OOUCHI Eiko) 9) 04992 (Est Em)

Oneshots focusing on Ayato, Laito and Subaru from the otome game Diabolik Lovers and a girl, Komori Yui, who goes to live with them. Yui Komori is a positive-thinking girl who nevertheless is troubled by seeing spirits and experiencing poltergeist phenomena. In her second year in high school, she transfers to a new school — a night school for entertainers and celebrities — due to her father's work. There are rumors that there are vampires among the student body, and Yui ends up living with the Sakamaki brothers.