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From Miista Manga Fox: 12 year old, Momoki Asuka, first met his soon to be step brother, Momoki Yui. The brothers were closer than the average step brothers, until one fateful summers day, they both accidentally get locked in a cabinet together for one hour, at a abandoned warehouse, near their family vacation destination. However, after they finally escape, something life changing happened to 7 year old Yui in that cabinet. Yui began avoiding Asuka, by joining his school Tennis club. -10 Years Later- Life has changed for 17 year old Yui and 22 year old Asuka. Yui is a super tennis star, whilst Asuka is still depressed that his younger brother is ignoring him. As Asuka is still being avoided by Yui, the family decides to go to the same family vacation destination 10 years ago. Although, for the first time in 10 years, Yui chooses to join along with the family. At the same abandoned warehouse, Asuka gets stuck in a hole, until Yui purposely joins and gets stuck with him. Now that the two brothers are together, Yui reveals the secrets of what happened to him in the Cabinet 10 years ago, and how it had changed him. What will the brothers do, now that their secrets are revealed? Will they grow further apart or will they become closer? Yuzuha Ougi's story, Brother, recounted in a hypnotic, dreamy prose, brotherly love, encapsulates the perfect true love feeling of sexual tension and alienation. Sequel: Brother 2

Puniko, manager for the basketball club, has always been self-conscious about her weight. She thought that she had no chance in love... until Shou-kun, the basketball team's diminutive yet popular ace, confesses to her. Can Pinuko really find love at last? Is such a love even possible?

There's a witch that makes your wildest dreams come true. She can make any wish of yours come true, in exchange for something precious. These are the stories about five different wishes. Includes the stories: • Kuroneko Renai Kumikyoku Have you heard of the world where a witch and her black cat live happily together? It's a paradise where nothing bad happens and no one gets sad. But then, the witch dies and the cat is left alone. Somehow, she [the cat] appears to become human. What is the fate of the black cat who searches for her witch in the human world? • Kioku no Mori (Forest of Memories) • Manatsu no Gin no Yume (Misdummer's Silver Dream) • Koori no Netsudo (The Ice's Temperature) • Tokiiro Meikyuu (Labyrinth of Time and Color)

From Lililicious: Some of the chapters are just about sex, often in public places, but that isn't all Maka-Maka is about. It's about having someone who tells you your skin looks beautiful in the moonlight. It's about having someone who calls you the night of your birthday, when you're feeling down because you just slept with a guy who turned out to be a jerk, and thanks you for being born because she's so happy to have met you. What is Maka-Maka about? It's about Jun and Nene.

An oneshot by Yoshikawa Miki; a teacher for the fifth graders claims to be the king of the underworld!? Some of the students then decides to investigate him, is he really from hell?

"Nothing exciting ever happens."

From Aestheticism: A collection of 6 stories that Hagiwara Kaoru has done for various anthologies, such as "Stinger." Includes some full color pin-ups.

From Tokyopop: Zerodaimu Kyupura Pa Azalraku Vairu Rua Darogu (a.k.a. Zero) once stopped the evil demon lord with his incredible psychic ability, and in the process saved the world from destruction and earned the honorable and highly imaginative title 'The Man Who Stopped the Evil Lord.' Now, he has accepted a position as a teacher at Psychic Academy, a school for gifted psychokinetic youngsters who have demonstrated incredible raw powers and want to learn how to hone their abilities. Among the student body is young Ai Shiomi, Zero's little brother, a somewhat meek boy who, despite parental prodding and his fraternal reputation, feels that his limited skills hardly justify his presence at the prestigious academy. However, everyone else is convinced that he, like his celebrated brother, is destined for greatness. A lot of pressure for a boy just entering adolescence!

This story about the strange and fantastic stories that unfold around Nero, the black wizard, and Violetta, the clockwork girl.

Living in the boonies, one must give great consideration as to how they will get around when they turn 16. Isaki has just tuned 16 and his choice of transportation is his brother's Piper Cub. It might be old, but it flies well. One day he decides to fly over the 2,000m high Ogusa mountain range to see the city his older sister is always talking about. But for some reason his plane feels too heavy and is using fuel faster than planned. Will he make to the airport or crash in the bushes. And just what was making the plane feel so heavy? Originally a oneshot, but became a regular feature to Afternoon due to its popularity

Gosick takes place in 1924 in a small, made-up European country of Sauville. The story centers on Kazuya Kujo, the third son of a Japanese Imperial soldier, who is a transfer student to St. Marguerite Academy, where urban legends and horror stories are all the rage. There he meets Victorique, a mysterious yet beautiful and brilliant girl who never comes to class and spends her days reading the entire content of the library or solving mysteries that even detectives can't solve. The series mostly focuses on Kazuya and Victorique getting involved in different mystery cases and their struggle to solve them, at the same time forming important bonds with different people. From Fate: Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective, relies on her mind to solve difficult mysteries, several of which draw her away from the library. With a drop of sweet romance, you will immediately become addicted to Gosick!!!

From ShoujoMagic: Story 1: Andalusian Lover. Hikaru was engaged to a man who had a great personality, a handsome face, and an annual income of ten million yen. Anyone would've envied her. So who is this new man she wants so badly that she ditched her fiancé? "Andalusian Lover" is an inconceivable tale of love revolving around the ultimate greedy woman! Story 2: Love Fool. Saeki Noa met a girl on a boring group date. Noa is a hot hunk but this girl after their first date thinks he is a jerk and wants to make him fall for her and dump him...but...

An ugly rumour breaks Rae and Suura apart, will they come back together? How? A completed project, compiled of nine acts, by mangaka Kawachi Yukari.

Mermaid is a beautiful blind girl from a very wealthy family who has constantly been sought after by rich gentlemen who covet both her wealth and beauty. To finally make them stop, she agreed to marry the one who can make her hear something amazing and unheard of before. As each gentleman fail one by one, one particular man of common origins resolves to make her wish come true. See to what lengths love will go for the heart’s wish…

From Selene Scans: Hibiki and her friends are approaching their last year in high school, and while they both have many crushes Hibiki sticks with one. In the middle of her junior year she falls in love with one of her teachers and learns that love seems more difficult for adults than for someone her age. After learning that her teacher has feelings for her as well, they start to get more into their relationship. Side story in volume 1: Tomodachi Nante Iwanaide

A story about friendship between a little boy Jacky and a cheetah named Ainia.

This is the peaceful surburban city of Yotsuba. In an apartment where local students gather, uniquely individual residents get in an uproar over something, and in a drag bar in a corner of the shopping district, customers with problems approach Mama* for love advice. Poor student Asahi, saving up on apartment rent, has accepted Ootsuka's proposal: if he gets along with his lover Tsukimi, who lives in the floor above, his debt will be forgiven -- however ... !? Passionate conflict unfolds between boys at a certain corner of the city, day and night. A great compilation of funny, painful, happy stories, including pictures specifically drawn for the occasion.

Shimonone Takara, a young weird healthy boy, always wanted to become a so called "Stranger". "Strangers" are people, who are able to use an extraordinary power, which "normal" people can't use. One day, a woman named Aria approaches Takara. She belongs to the organization, which is responsible for managing the "Strangers", because sometimes those Strangers become a serious threat to humanity. What does she want from him? Will Takara succesfully become a "Stranger"?

These boys take a trip! Someone thinks it's a good idea to pretend to be drunk. But was it just pretend?

Irresponsible Kiyoshi Iijima, a genius who is working at chinese restaurant, becomes good friend with model student, Shinji Tsuruta.

School will bring a fresh start and a way to break free from her seemingly cursed fate. Disaster strikes before she even arrives for her first day at school and a most embarrassing secret is discovered by Chun Hyuk, an aspiring band vocalist who loves only money and music. Can Yu Goon Goon and her best friend, Da-Jung, find a way to shut the mouths of Chun Hyuk and his fellow band members before her high school life is ruined? Da Jung wants to make a deal with the guys but how high a price are the girls willing to pay?

1) Passion Kiss (Yokujou Kisu One night) - Manatsu has a dream of an incredibly fulfilling kiss. "Who was the boy in my dream? That's the first time a kiss has made my chest ache." That's when Manatsu gets a feeling from her classmate, Morishima-kun -- the same feeling she got from the boy in the dream. Without thinking, and despite the fact she already has a boyfriend, she... (!!!) 2) Second Virgins (Sekando Vaajinzu) - Kawori is prepped and ready to lose her virginity to Shunsuke... until he penetrates her and it hurts like hell. She wants him to stop, but he can't. They get into a fight and stop talking after that. Then, one and a half years later, Kawori gets coerced into attending a singles party -- and Shunsuke is there! ...As the boyfriend of Kawori's friend Nao? How will Kawori and Shunsuke handle their unresolved feelings? 3) Eternal Summer, Fleeting Summer (Eien no Natsu, Isshun no Natsu) - The first love letter Takeshita Riho wrote was to Sakurai Touma, the class president she had a crush on from second to sixth grade, but the letter never got sent. ...Until now, when Riho's meddlesome friend mails it out. To Riho's surprise, Touma writes back and responds well to her feelings! He's just as Riho remembers him, and the way he writes makes it sound like those elementary school days were the most important of his life. What Riho doesn't realize is the heart-breaking (and tear-jerking) reason why...

After her normal, happy life shatters, Tokiko and her father move to a small seaside town to live with her grandmother as sixth grade starts. There, the sound of the waves brings back a distant memory from when she visited seven years ago, a memory of almost drowning in the sea and being saved by a merman. Are there really mermaids in that sea? Tokiko adjusts to her new life in the small town as she holds out hope of once more meeting the merman who saved her.