Spunky but clumsy Rika is a wizard in training. Her first solo assignment is to rescue a princess from an abductor called the Demon King. But a simple search and rescue becomes very complicated when it seems that there are major secrets involved. Fortunately, Rika and her cat Nomi are a clever team, who will unravel the mystery of the disappearance of the princess? Follow Rika and Nomi on their fabulous fantasy adventure!

Eight short stories: 1. Box Seat 2. Kanojo to Kare 3. Thank You 4. Motto Motto...! 5. Hana Seigaku Kan no Hi 6. Aoi Udedokei 7. Hana Chibo (Five-Fingered Flower) 8. Haruhiko Kikou

Bakuten Shoot Beyblade = Beigoma (a Japanese spinning top game) Takao Kinomiya dreams of becoming the best beyblader in the world. Along with his friends Kai, Max, Rei, and Kyoujou, they make the team known as the Bladebreakers. They strive to be the best but don't do it alone... because within each of their beyblades resides a Sacred Spirit that gives them even more power to reach their goals.

Shy Ayu Tateishi has just made a new friend at school. But this new friend, much to her surprise, is no ordinary classmate. Nina Sakura may look like a normal middle school girl, but she's got a big secret. She's a witch. Poor Ayu just wants a simple love potion to get the guy that she likes to like her back, but Nina is actually a big flunk in witch school! So instead, Ayu gets a load of trouble!! --- Shy Ayu Tateishi has just made a new friend at school. But this new friend, much to her surprise, is no ordinary classmate. Nina Sakura may look like a normal middle school girl, but she's got a big secret. She's a witch. Or, rather, she's studying to be a witch. And apparently, she's not doing her homework. Her spells are devastating in their ineffectiveness and often result in the most embarrassing situations for poor Ayu. But things wouldn't be so bad if Nina's sorcery didn't make Ayu look silly in front of the one boy she secretly adores. All she wants is a simple love potion. What she gets, however, is a new best friend who almost flunked out of witch school!

After living in Transylvania for several years, "Earl Dracula" (as Osamu Tezuka's official website calls him in English) has moved to Japan. In the Nerima Ward of Tokyo, he and his daughter, Chocola, and faithful servant Igor continue to live in the castle.

Mikan Sakura grew up with her grandfather on the countryside of Japan. When her best friend, Hotaru, transfers to a prestigious school in Tokyo, Mikan follows her. The school is actually an elite Academy for gifted people with "Alices," an ability that is unique depending on the individual being. Once Mikan arrives to the gates of the school, she encounters an Alice teacher named Narumi, gets enrolled due to a series of events, and is told that she possesses a rare Alice. Despite her initial view of the so-called greatness to the school, Mikan slowly discovers that beneath the grand facade of the Academy, there is a never-ending stream of lies and buried secrets. The school's increasingly manipulative and sinister actions towards her make it a dangerous place to be. Little does Mikan know that her enrollment in Alice Academy set the gears in motion to an even greater tragedy.

From The Zero Alliance: In the midst of a battle against heroes, the demon king, Rou is transported to a different world, where he ends up as a high school transfer student. When his classmate, Hitose discovers his true identity, she tells Rou that she wants to help him get back home. Although Rou thinks of Hitose as annoying and strange at first, they manage to form a friendship.

Once upon a time in the forest there lived two wolf brothers. The younger brother was very weak and was a crybaby. He couldn't attack the humans who were their prey. the older brother who couldn't watch his younger brother anymore, trained him everyday in order to make him stronger. But those days were about to be changed by a twister girl named Little Red Riding Hood.

Based on the popular PS2 games is Star Ocean the End of Time. Twelve heroes thwarted the Ten Wise Men's plot to destroy the universe. Four hundred years have since passed. The date is SD 772. The Pangalactic Federation has already explored one third of the Milky Way, and continues to research in its insatiable quest for even more power. In that time, the young Earthling Fayt Leingod and his family visit Hyda, a resort planet in the Pangalactic Federation when, suddenly, an unknown military space force attacks Hyda. The assault leaves buildings destroyed and the resort's natural surroundings in ruin. Amidst the chaos, Fayt attempts to escape with Sophia and the other resort guests to an emergency shelter, joining his parents along the way. But even their escape route falls under attack. Fayt manages to reach the shelter, but he is separated from his parents...

A very short, full color manga about 2 hunters trying to find fried tofu. From the Summer 2009 issue of Gelatin.

From the same Spring 2009 Gelatin issue as Ritou no Umi. Just a very short story about a girl trying to pay off her tab in an RPG-type fantasy world.

Rikuo Nura, a kid that is part human and a quarter youkai (demon), lives in a house full of spirits along with his youkai grandfather. Trying to escape his fate of acting like a demon, he does good deeds in order to avoid becoming one despite his grandfather's wish to succeed him as master of the Nura youkai clan. First published as a oneshot in 2007, it later became a series in 2008.

From Shoujo-Sense: A girl named Haru and her big brother suddenly appear in town. Her brother, being an akuma, is shunned by the people. But, he gets them to bring him to the chief of the town where he offers to bury the akuma - Godot - who has been living in the town for 5 years. Can this "akuma eater" accomplish this task?

Extra stories drawn by Imaishi Hiroyuki, the director of the anime Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt.

Yuu Watase's Masterpiece Collection Volume 5 consists of four stories. 1) Mint de Kiss Me - There is a legend that if you kiss the man you like with a mint candy in your mouth, you can become one with your love. Misono is a rather superstitious girl who decides to test this out on Tohno-sensei, a young teacher she has a crush on. Unfortunately for her, she makes a mistake in the attempt to surprise him and instead kisses her fellow classmate Shindou. Of course this would be the time for the legend to work quite literally as Misono’s spirit enters Shindou’s body. 2) Genseika - Chiya goes to school with her friends and witnesses one of them die suddenly as a flower bursts out of him. The three friends had been together since elementary school, the death hitting Chiya and Yutaka hard. When other people begin dying from the flowers, they investigate possible reasons for such usual deaths. To her surprise, she finds answers close to home. 3) Furimuke Romance! - The hero of girls targeted by guys peeking into the locker room, Taka has quite the violent tomboy reputation. But all she wants is for some handsome guy to ask her out. A cheerful street vender, Ryouta gives her a special ring with a heart locket pendent to hold pictures. When two photos are enclosed, romance is in the air. 4) Hang in there Nakago (Part I) - Involves the scenario where Fushigi Yuugi was actually done by real actors. Unfortunately, Nakago (stage name) is a lot more unconfident than the character he plays. At least his one main fan, an unnamed woman with flowers, is there to support him through his worries.

From Yen Press: Michiru Kita’s a weak-spirited girl who has a hard time saying what’s on her mind. One day, she notices mysterious, ring-like markings around the necks of two of her classmates, Chika Akatsuki and Shito Tachibana — two boys who miraculously survived a horrible accident six months before. Michiru, possessing the rare ability to see these rings, knows that they warn of impending death. Thinking that, perhaps, she can do something to save her classmates’ lives, she approaches them…but it seems the boys have already made a different kind of deal and garnered themselves a heavy debt.

Watanuki Kimihiro is a high school student plagued by yokai and ayakashi – spirits with a strong attraction to him. The spirits are invisible to others and encounters with them are extremely troublesome. When he stumbles into a shop that grants wishes, however, events in his life promise to become more unusual. The shop is owned by Yuuko Ichihara – a mysterious and beautiful (sometimes playful) witch of many names and esoteric renown. For a price, she offers to grant Watanuki's wish to be rid of the spirits. The price, according to Yuuko, must be of equal value and so, as payment, he temporarily becomes Yuuko's part-time employee – a maid to be precise! Watanuki's job also seems to consist of small errands dealing with the supernatural including the household chores. His love interest Himawari Kunogi, and "rival" Doumeki Shizuka, occasionally join him in his work as per Yuuko's request. The three become increasingly close despite Watanuki's annoyance with Doumeki. Yuuko constantly refers to "hitsuzen", meaning inevitability, destiny, or fate, as being the driving force in the world. She states that there is no such thing as coincidence, and that every single action and decision is inevitable, because without them, other related events in the future could not happen.

(From Sweet-Lunacy) Armelia is an orphan girl who sings for work. One day, she met a boy, Luce, and falls in love with him. Unfortunately, Luce was kidnapped by the notorious pirate, Scar. Armelia swears to herself that one day she'll rescue Luce. But the truth is not what she thought it was... The second story is called Haru wa Sakura and it's about a meeting between Shou, who wants to become a physician, and Sakurada Sakao, who desires to make his fortune with his own hands. A delightful oneshot!

From Midnight Scans: "For my love, the price to pay is your blood." In order to punish her loathsome ex-boyfriend, Hisoka attempts to use black magic on him. However, she makes a mistake in casting a spell, and accidentally calls a vampire named Rein instead!! He said that he will grant one wish for Hisoka but in return she must present him with her blood. At first, Hisoka is afraid but even though Rein is a vampire, he slowly changes into a gentle person, and because of that, her attraction towards him grows?! Includes: Vampire Crisis Vampire Emotion 100 no Inori to 1 no Onegai Kimi Janakya Dame Nan Desu!! 10nen Goshi no Angel

A manga based on the Touhou series of games, written by its creator. Mostly focuses on a trio of fairies and the mischief they get up to, as well as the main characters of the games. The first five chapters have the English subtitle Eastern and Little Nature Deity and were drawn by Matsukura Nemu. Nemu then had to leave the project for health reasons, and it continued for 25 more chapters as Strange and Bright Nature Deity, drawn by Hirasaka Makoto. The series has recently restarted once again under the name Oriental Sacred Place, this time keeping the same artist.

Kuroshi Megumi is cursed! Long ago, Megumi's ancestor, the notorious thief called "Kuronekomaru" or the Black Cat, broke into the house of the Kougami family and stole a family scroll. When he opened up the scroll, the family's protector god rose out of it and cursed Kuronekomaru and all his descendents! Though why should it matter when all of the Kougami family is dead? Or so he thought until one day the Kuroshi's receive a letter informing them of the survival of the heir to the Kougami fortune.

After losing her parents when she was young, Rio has been supporting herself and her brother. Rio believes that it's useless to rely on others. One day, she buys a trump card of the jack of club, modeled after Sir Lancelot, believing she could gain good money auctioning it off the internet. That night she meets Sir Lancelot in her dreams, which recur every time she sleeps. When Yuuki-kun asks her to go out with him and nearly kisses her, Lancelot suddenly appears out of nowhere and says he has come to save her?!

Transfer student Manabizaki Kyou is a swot, a person who spends too much time studying. His dream is to attend Tokyo University and then work for NASA! He will soon discover, however, that the high school he's transferred into, which was once very prestigious, has taken in delinquents from the surrounding schools. Now it is full of violence and gang fights. Luckily, Manabizaki has a surprising skill at fighting, particularly when he's defending the peace of his study area. Through this strength he'll find his new friends, a weak boy called Iwashida and a legendary delinquent girl, Hasuno Nene, who makes him feel things that, for the first time in his life, he can't explain... (taken from Mangaupdates.com "http://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=52550")

The demon queen subdued enormous and powerful monsters and slaughtered over half of the world's population. Surviving members of the human race elected a hero to slay the demon queen, beseeching release from her oppressive rule. However, he questions his mission to eradicate the monsters: in his opinion, they too are conscious and alive, and so he anguishes over that fact. Sheila the Demon Queen became interested in him and joined his journey, hiding her identity and with the plan to kill him after she has gained his trust. Eventually, she realizes that she fell in love with the hero, and hence their journey begins... (Part 1 ends with Volume 9) Part 2 : http://mangafox.me/manga/superior_cross/