A collection of three stories by the mangaka of "Penguin Brothers". (1) Maasa is a beautiful country girl with suprising strength and character. Wolf is an ambitious young soldier. Wolf instantly falls in love with Maasa's beauty, though their personalities always clash. Battles pulls them apart, though a surprise waits for Wolf after the war. (2) Lucy runs away from home to escape an unwanted marriage and future. With an unnamed mercenary she meets, Lucy grows and learns the meaning and value of true beauty. Returning to her past, she bravely creates a new future for herself. (3) The relationships of four students are challenged when one boy receives a confession. His new girlfriend tries to make him into the perfect boyfriend - and tells his female friend to "stay away." Each character grows, changes, and learns a little more about themselves, each other, and their feelings

Bakumatsu Renka Karyuu Kenshiden takes place in the first year of Tokugawa when the Shogunate and the emperor's supporters fight for supremacy. Shizuki Rin is a girl growing up in a Dojo who lost her memory of the past. Secretly the dojo deals with information. Including the violent Shinsengumi, some bishies and children who aim to get stronger.

The hard-working programmer Qin Jian died unexpectedly after working for several days. His soul penetrated into Qin Jian, the county official of Sanyuan Town of the Tianyuan Dynasty. He has the ability to recognize demons with the Heavenly eyes but because he sleeps with demons all day he was contaminated with their breath which caused a misunderstanding by the demon hunter and the demon clan to be a demon The sin demon, the good demon, the beautiful demon, etc. The rookie started his fantastic journey of becoming a Demon Keeper.

There is a place in heaven that is a "new Vienna" where classical musicians gather. The story follows Beethoven, who will meet other musicians like him, like Mozart, Liszt, Ravel, Bach and many more!

A spy mystery taking place at the beginning of the Showa era.

Another short story collection from Jirô Matsumoto.Contains 5 stories:1. A Revolutionist in the Afternoon2. A Revolutionist in the Afternoon 2 (not a sequel to the first one)3. Desert Witch: A wounded man is being chased, but then he stumbles on cursed grounds4. Takeyama's Life: A vampire, who is not really into the whole gothic vampire thing.5. The Footmen Flee: Two men are in the battlefield, and all they want to do now is go home (without being killed by the opposing side)

From Attractive Fascinante: Yuu, Kouichirou, Natsume and Shino were classmates. Kouichirou took really good care of Yuu since young. Yuu was afraid that Kouichirou would leave him behind if his grades dropped so he worked really hard and got a fever. When Yuu kicked up a fuss in the infirmary, Kouichirou kissed him. What did that kiss mean? Natsume and Shino had been sex buddies for quite some time. Although they had feelings for each other, they never confessed to each other. Shino finally broke down and confessed. Would Natsume accept him?

The time is 972 A.D. in Kyoto, the capital of ancient Japan. Kyoto is becoming a corrupt and run-down city; selfish samurai and onmyoji, who care only about gaining political power are everywhere. To make matters worse the city is suffering from famine and widespread disease. Unable to ignore the condition of the city any longer, the Imperial Court decides to send Minamoto no Raiko, a famous samurai well-known for his archery skills, to recover a legendary gem, the Magatama, said to hold mysterious power to save the world. However Raiko also falls ill to disease. Instead his youngest sister, Hikaru, decides secretely to make the journey in his place. Hikaru meets many people, and has many adventures while on her trip for the legendary gem. Serves as a prequel to the anime. -- Tokyopop

Soukai-Kessen is about a catboy who is a cadet of Tsushima Imperial Naval Colllege.

[From Omanga]: From Jiro Matsumoto (the author of Freesia) comes a story of three childhood friends - Nicolo, Cookie, and Naomi - who grew up in a sleepy backwater town on an uncivilized planet. They struggle to get by while holding on to their dreams of leaving town and finding a better life... but can their friendship endure the tests of time? Can it withstand invading armies, broken dreams, conflicting ambitions, divided loyalties, jealousy, and even betrayal? Note: This manga contains adult content. For mature audience only.

From Storm in Heaven: In a society where money is king, the young men known as "flowers" hold a special role. In exchange for the financial support of those who have the means to patronize them, they serve their flower masters as symbols of taste, status, and wealth. Bought and sold at the whim of their masters, theirs is a precarious existence - save for the few who are lucky enough to have masters who can see the person behind the flower. Note - Despite the magazines it was published in, there is no actual shounen-ai in Hanamatsuri. The relationships between the male characters are more along the lines of heavy subtext. [ Roughly translated from Aki's atogaki for the book "...Well, there isn't any BL, sorry! I don't really know what 'homo' means...(laughs)" ]

From Ramen Queens Scanlations: Dong Hui accidentally witnesses a girl who can control objects with her mind. The girl, wary of his presence, knocks him out. Dong Hui, fearful for his life, did something that would link their lives together. What happens when two extraordinary people meet? A story of two irregulars who became extraordinary.

A poignant and intelligent collection of short stories linked to the progression of the seasons. 6 stories: 1. Soft Shell 2. Falling In Love With The Sky 3. One Piece (The Dress) 4. The Name Of Water 5. Tough 6. Wind Grass Child

The man opened a ominous coffin for the treasure inside to feed his poor family. After he brought a jade bracelet to his beloved daughter as a gift, thorrific things happen one after another...

In olden Britian, Orland, who is in search for the key to becoming King, meets a beautiful priest by the name of Ethelred, who is on the verge of being killed as a sacrifice. Now begins the dangerous adventure of these two, who have met in a chaotic world surrounded by swords and spiritual beliefs...

After hearing that an industrial factory is to possibly be built along a landmark river in his hometown of Ohitoyo, Migita Sotetsu returns home to change the minds of those in charge of the factory proposal. Although half of the town's citizens support the building of such a mill, the other half fear the potential for pollution and contamination of their beloved river. Recognizing Ohitoyo's budgetary decline over the last few decades, Sotetsu believes that the town requires a system that allows it to be fiscally independent instead of reliant upon a factory to stimulate its economy, and sets out to identify an alternative method in achieving this goal. It's during this time that Sotetsu comes across an android-like being--a "Raillord" named Hachiroku--while looking through his late adoptive father's belongings. Although inanimate, Hachiroku and Sotetsu forge a deep, unlikely connection, and from this bond, work together in hopes of restoring Ohitoyo to its former glory.

Contains 4 oneshots: 1) Itsuka no Tsuki de Aimashou When Riha goes to hospital to go see her father, who was just in an accident, she meets a boy, Nozomu-kun, who helps her find her way through the hospital so she can visit her father. After that day, they become great friends and possibly more… 2) Tsuki no Waltz Asakura Nariko is the daughter of a wealthy family in the Showa era. As the successor of the family, she is very strictly educated to become a proper lady, and her teacher is Sawa Keiichirou, the son of her family's butler. To Nariko, Keiichirou is like a brother, or maybe even more than that, but it is her duty to marry the leader of another prominent family someday... 3) Once a Blue Moon 4) Petit Lesson - Sequel to Zenbu, Hajimete

From SRoMU: While on a soccer tour, Toudou Mirai is involved in a shipwreck accident. When he comes to, he finds himself in 19th Century England. With him being saved by a player of the local soccer team named "Durham", Eddie, it seems Mirai will be joining "Durham", a team with their sights set on joining the world's first ever professional league... What with slipping through time, will Mirai ever make it back to the 21st Century?! This is a science fiction soccer story bringing the true talents of playing soccer straight to you!

She was the most arrogant killer in the underworld of the 21st century until she was accidentally killed by her older brother and traveled to the other world of Zibinzhou. The first step in remembering her past is to crawl out of the pond and throw the woman who harmed her into it. At this moment, she met a handsome, condescending, and beautiful man. Seeing his condescending look… she will always remember what this cold and proud man said, “Wait until this concubine has the blood of this king, this king will seize the world of Mingyou Kingdom for mother and son!”

Bored with his everyday life. Uchida Yasuke joins a mysterious girl called Tachibana Enko as she travels in search for her clan's guardian spirit Karajishi, who went missing centuries ago.

From Boys On Boys Love: After the sudden loss of his father, Duke Alphonse Varney took over the affairs of his estate, which necessitated putting his mansion on the market to repay his sizeable debts. One of Alphonse';s classmates from his boarding school days, businessman Richard Turner, announced that he was interested in buying the mansion. Richard had reason to dislike Alphonse, which made Alphonse all the more unable to hide his opposition to Richard's unexpected proposal, but in reality, there were hidden feelings between the two. This is a classical love romance collection set in polite English society.

The heart warming story of connections between hearts of those who died and the living. This is a story of the sister & brother named Ash & Dust who manage the BLONDIE Undertaker, a place where the dead might come to live again...and have a second chance with the magical power of Ash. But in the shadows, a handsome and mysterious stranger is watching her...

Qing'e, a chancellor's daughter, and Junhao, her former toy boy, are in love and are happy newlyweds. But on the night of their wedding, Wei Lingjun, Qing'e's ex-husband, outed Junhao as a rebel spy. An ongoing love triangle of three years will unfold, showing how their situation came to be

A thousand years before Christ, the last king of an ancient dynasty had to sacrifice his own life and that of his friends and allies to seal away a demon fox causing chaos in his land and driving people to despair. During the Heian period that golden-haired nine-tailed vixen, known as Daji in China and Kayo in India, whose malign influence led to the dramatic downfall of the governments, reappeared in Japan...In Kyoto, a misfortune befalls Mikuzu's family after the head of the household nearly shoots a fox with an arrow. Now Mikuzu, a daughter of a ronin, with a help of her neighbour and a childhood friend Onioumaru, is looking for a way to cure her gravely ill father. Once the demon fox abducts Mikuzu, meaning to recommence her misadventures in a new incarnation, the battle to save the girl and to restore the seal begins.