A collection of short stories: Le théâtre de A 1.Oeufs D'ange - Tenshi no Tamago A man is asked by a young painter to be her model. 2. Velvet Going Underground A doll becomes a super idol. Hijinks ensue. 3. Childhood's End Alastair runs away and meets the Rabbit. 4. Bite Me Something Allistaire followed Mr. Rabbit all the way to Wonderland. Will he be able to find him among the crowd? 5. Long Along Alonging A girl asks a vampire to be his apprentice. But what is her motive? 6. Till Dawn In a dark tower, a caged voice is singing until a hunted man enters the darkness. 7. Leçon un Sequel to Long Along Alonging. 8. My Skin on My Back 9. Highland Walker Sequel to Leçon un. 10. Perfect World The story of a young wife whose husband is infected with a fatal disease called Flower-Blossomitis. 11. Perfect Lady Sequel to Perfect World and drawn especially for this book. 12-13. Looks Like a Teaspoon A boy named Allistaire is often teased at his all-boys school. One night he dresses like a girl and stumbles upon the boy who often bullies him, Simon. Allistaire runs off into a tower and as Simon runs after him, we see the sign "Welcome to Wonderland" hanging by the tower's door. 14. The Pearl Blue Story Do you believe in mermaids? Coggy, a young boy finds a mysterious lady laying down near the shore of the beach. He brings her home to help her. 15. I Am a Piano A piano tells the story of her life and the people she encounters. 16. Parade Le théâtre de B 1. Noël A short story about a holiday romance. 2. Teddy Bear Satsujin Jiken (The Teddy Bear Murder Case) Four murders have taken place at an all girl school. Lying beside each of the victim was a teddy bear with one missing limb. 3. Yonshimai Satsujin Jiken 4. A is for Alice Alastair, a grown man, is off to follow the Rabbit once again to return to Wonderland. 5. Nedai no Musume Atelier no Musume (The Bedroom Girl, The Sculpture Room Girl) A story about a girl in her death bed finding another chance in life in the body of a doll. 6. B&W (Black&White) A story about a boy waiting for his sister. 7. Le Jardin du thé (The Tea Garden) A mysterious story about a poor young man who orders a kind of tea called Huan Ying – “The Illusion”. 8-9. Free Fitting for Her A priest and his captured vampire must save a naive and selfish young girl from the murderous desires of a Lolicon. But perhaps this girl isn't all that she seems. 10. Rose Dusk, Pale Moon 11. Hello, My Sister 12. The Happy Prince 13. Welcome to Wonderland Simon, Alastair's old classmate, is now a grown man who bumps into his childhood Wonderland traveller.

In the beginning spring of high school life, "Sakono" Ikumi and "Sakono" Touma were utter strangers. The only coincidence is that they have the same family name and in the same class, but when they noticed the whole class had started to call them "husband and wife". This is a story of their love story in a husband and wife relationship, their youth days which lasted around two years a bit.

Cute, simple-minded Tomo Masaki has a brother complex, Tomo so adores his older brother Ei that he studied hard to get into Kouryou Academy, where Ei is a popular senior and Student Council President. Now the bane of Tomo's existence is Ei's best friend and Student Council Vice-president, Motoki Izumi. For some reason, Izumi always bullies and teases Tomo whenever he comes to the student council room to pay his brother a visit. Why can't Izumi just stop it and leave him alone? More importantly, why does Tomo's heart pound whenever Izumi does bully him?! Sometimes, Izumi's even nice to Tomo--which only makes his heart beat faster!

New releases of old Kodama Shuppan books from Adachi Mitsuru. Volume #1: -Gamushara (including Inochi no Mound and Mou Hitotsu no Koushien) Volume #2: -Oira Houkago Wakadaishou (including Isourou wa Tsurai yo and Kimagure Punch) Volume #3: -Heart no A (including Teens and Aoba ni Kaze) -Hirahira-kun Seishun Nikki

A mysterious story about a poor young man who orders a kind of tea called Huan Ying – “The Illusion”. He asked for a small quantity - just to have a taste - and was granted one cupful...

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All Sonoko wants for Christmas is to spend it with her boyfriend. However, it seems that he can’t spare her a few minutes on Christmas, as she’s not his top priority. To make things worse, she’s starting to feel more and more drawn to Takatsuki, a classmate who once confessed his feelings to her…

Two students, one popular and the other an antisocial loner seemingly unconnected except by the window's reflection but looking past the surface perhaps they have more in common than either thought.

From the Animeraider: Have you ever read a manga and thought to yourself, "Why the hell did he do that? It's not what I would have done. I could do better!" Well, now here's your chance. This manga changes storyline depending upon choices you, the reader, make. Have fun!

In a school where students are into different classes based on their grades there is a prince who is the idol of the school, a cute and shy boy called Renjou Kaoru, but Amakawa Yumi, a second year student, doesn't seem to be interested in him. She's already in love with Kokonoe Yukito, a guy into the same class as her and a childhood friend of Kaoru! What she still doesn't seem to know is that the cute and shy little boy is not actually as he appears to be... -- Shoujo Manga Maniac

1-2) I Like Impressive Guys! The relationship between childhood friends Kouji and Shingo changes drastically when Shingo finds out important news about his cousin Shuuichi who he has always "liked". Shingo likes competent, impressive guys; and Kouji and Shuuichi are no exception. Kouji has long harbored a secret love for Shingo. Will Shingo give this impressive guy a chance? 3) Something Secret Junya has been trying to get his lover to let him to stay overnight but to no avail. What is the reason for his reluctance? Is he hiding other lovers or a much bigger secret? 4) Tsubo Sagashi no Susume Daisuke is trying his best to be the apprentice that he can be, just so he can get the approval he seeks from his senior. A chance happening reveals that approval is not the only thing Daisuke can get from him... 5) Monomania 7) Noisy Night 8) Afterword

From Intercross: Aoi has always been the delinquent kind of girl, not taking her future seriously. She's always being compared to her talented older sister, and she's already so fed up with it. As a child, she has always loved the flute, but even then, she gave up because of her lack of self-confidence. While in her secret quiet place, she runs into genius photographer Yohsuke who can hopefully give her the confidence to move on in life.

From Day of the River: “The person who killed my father...is among these people.” 15-year-old Kotobuki Ringo reunites with childhood friends she hasn’t seen in eight years since her father passed away: the calm and soft-spoken Shiran, the strong Kujyaku, the kind Masaki, and the energetic Gogyo. They were all students of Ringo’s father and all have amazing abilities of their own. Ringo comes to live with them at Shiran’s villa, but she’s not staying with them just to rekindle their friendship... She believes that one of them may be her father’s murderer, and she will stop at nothing to find out who was behind her father’s death.

From Dan of Population GO: Ooba Asa woke up one morning and became an invisible man. It isn't just him, but various students around school have been gaining superpowers while his little sister has been losing the same powers. Supposedly the student council president is giving out superpowers, Ooba Amime's powers, so Asa, Amime, and the grudge-filled flame girl, Daimon Yaki, form an uneasy alliance to give the mysterious student council president.

A more serious manga from Kusunoki Kei (Girls Saurus, Dokkan Love, 100 Ways of an Exorcist). Daria is a relatively normal girl, despite the fact that she always seems to be the recipient of miracles. But when a strange character appears suddenly, with the intention of keeping his promise to kill her, her average high school life becomes anything but...

Contains three short stories: - Cream Caramel: From Intercross and Forbidden Garden: Because her parents are transfered away due to their jobs, Mikoto, a grade 11 student, started living alone on 100,000 yen per month. But the place she lives at is a horribly old apartment...And the one living in the room next to hers is a super cool boy...?! - White Summer: - Sonna Hi mo aru sa

From MegKF: A senior high school student, Yi-chen, is a girl's comic lover. She likes to draw girl's comic and share them with her friends who joined the "Comic Association" in the school. Ching-ching, Yi-chan's schoolmate, draws shoujo manga very well, and thinks that "Comic Association" should not necessarily exist because their drawing level is too low. Yi-chan is very angry and bets that she will win Ching-ching in this year's "Manga Competition" otherwise the "Comic Association" will be terminated. At that day, she met a boy, Cheng-yio, who transferred to her class. Although Yi-chan did not agree, Cheng-yo moved in Yi-chan's house by coincidence.

Story One: Iri and Yukimi have been best friends for two years, and they have something in common--both of them have crushes on two of the coolest guys in school! But they both decide to change that. Iri talks Yukimi into making a game out of it. They'll both do their best to confess their feelings to their crushes and see what happens. But then, Iri begins to make more progress than Yukimi...? Also contains: Hito o suki ni naru kimochi Kimi no sonzai. Koi.

Tomoki enters the school's Boy's Beauty Pageant to find out his rival is the "Perfect Prince" Shiratori who says to him, "If I win the pageant, please go out with me!"

From Intercross: Naoki and Kiyo have known each other for a long time because they live in the same apartment complex. One Valentine's Day, Kiyo gave Naoki a chocolate cake, but Naoki threw it away and laughed it off. Because of that, Kiyo doesn't make sweets anymore! Because Naoki's dad is Kiyo's dad's boss and they are going on a trip, Kiyo has to make food for Naoki. Will Kiyo re-live the trauma of the past?

"You're not the type of girl who can attract a man. If you get proposed to within the next month, I'll give you a thousand dollars!" Charlotte is a talented graphic designer, who spends her days in baggy jeans with ruffled hair. She knew her best friend, Gabe, doesn't see her as a lady, but if he's going to make such a bet, she can't just take it lying down! Charlotte decides to get back at Gabe by dramatically transforming herself...

"Do you know who I am?" Rebecca, a girl with no memory and a missing shoe, arrives at Angus's private detective agency. She found his business card in her coat pocket, but Angus does not know who she is. Angus invites the shivering and frightened girl into his warm home where he lives with his young daughter. Soon they become powerfully attracted to each other, but on the morning after they first make love, a man claiming to be Rebecca's fiance appears...!

From Intercross: Runa has always had a fear of boys. When she's confronted by a confession from the school's most popular guy, Kizuna, she just burst out in tears. However, she calms down when Kizuna says he wants to start out as being friends.

In the title piece, Chiruhi, Orin is a prostitute who works on a boat near the seashore. She falls in love with a young hairdresser, who is one of her customers, even though she knows it is an impossible love. This collection consists of seven historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best in the city of Edo throughout the seasons.