From Mangascreener: The main character is Leonora, the daughter of an impoverished noble of Padua. She is a beautiful silver-haired, emerald-green-eyed girl and very good at fighting with the sword. One day, she is forced to marry an arrogant young noble, but she discovers on the day of their wedding that this man intends to use her to become king of Italy because she is involved in an ancient Italian legend: Leonara is the girl shown on "Kakan no Madonna" (Madonna of the Flower Crown), a famous painting drawn by Leonardo DaVinci. There exists a legend that tells whoever gets the legendary sword "Emerald Lion" will unite and rule over Italy. And the secret hiding-place of the sword can be found with "Kakan no Madonna"--that is, Leonara. In order to find out the truth of the portrait's secret related her and to hide her identity as Kakan no Madonna, Leonara disguises herself as a black-haired boy, Leo, and sets out to find DaVinci. On the way she meets Falco, the blond-haired handsome king of Naples, who is unaware that she is a girl, and becomes his servant. When she finally finds DaVinci, she hears with surprise that she - the girl portrayed in Kakan no Madonna - is destined to possess the legendary Emerald Lion and therefore to become queen of Italy.
From MangaHelpers: Kamiya Hiroki always thought women had it easy. This thought was throttled by the fact that his 24-year-old sister does not work and plays games all day. Why couldn't he have it this easy? He wanted to become a woman and be lazy like his sister. After blogging about his rants about his sister online, a mysterious reader comments on his blog, stating that there are ways to swap bodies with others. This would bring Hiroki's dream of becoming a woman to reality . Unfortunately for Hiroki, swapping bodies had unintended consequences when he returned to his own body. [DrCoke]
Aizen Kanou, just like any high-school boy, yearns for a girlfriend. But he's so painfully shy he flees when any girl tries to talk to him. Except his childhood friend, Yuzu, who scolds him for being so shy. But she leaves behind a temple love-charm. That night in his room Kanou uses the charm to demand heaven grant him his wish for a beautiful girl. When he wakes up in the morning, he finds his wish has been granted--and the beautiful girl is himself.
Richard, the ambitious third son of the House of York, believes he is cursed, damned from birth to eternal darkness. But is it truly fate that sets him on the path to personal destruction? Or his own tormented longings? Based on an early draft of Shakespeare's Richard III, Aya Kanno's dark fantasy finds the man who could be king standing between worlds, between classes, between good and evil.
From StarryHeaven: The aphrodisiac night retreat is a place with no menu, and the tea is made to the customer’s image by the employees. An omnibus story surrounds the overbearing masters, various customers, and the tea!
Just before they enter high school, the boys Meguru and Shou are whining about the fact that neither of them has a girlfriend. A strange, large-breasted woman shows up, claiming that she will fix their problem, and kisses Meguru. This odd occurrence is pushed out of the boys' minds when they meet up with Souko, a friend from elementary school, who is going to be in their high school. She's grown up into a pretty young girl, and it seems like the boys might have a shot with her! That evening, Meguru realizes that the strange kiss may have had more meaning than he thought: he's turned into a girl! He convinces Shou and his mother of his identity, but no one has any idea how to turn him back. Now he's going to have to learn how to be a girl and let go of his hope of dating his cute childhood friend Souko. What will happen to his hopes for a popular high school life?
In 18th century England, Gabriel, an orphan girl from a fallen noble family befriended a young man named Jeremy, who was rumored to be an illegitimate child of a nobleman. After an incident occurred, resulting in his tragic death, Gabriel must impersonate her friend Jeremy, taking his place at an all boys academy for nobles, a place that may seem like heaven to others, but really hides a harshness which she would never have imagined.
Last story "twikle" is about a crossdressing ghost boy trying to help a friend get the girl he is interested in.
A romantic comedy about a cross-dressing girl and her favorite couple! Spring, first year of high school. A shocking encounter awaits -- June, first year of high school. Fujiyoshi Yukari stands at the gates of a "boys' school." Right now, he is about to pass through those gates as a high school boy. ...Even though she's a girl!!!! The reason she took the risk and came to an all-boys school was for her favorite couple (male x male)!!!!A romantic comedy about a cross-dressing girl and her favorite idol. A mysterious shadow creeps up over Murasaki... Murasaki (a girl) has completely settled into her daily life at an all-boys school. While her love for her favorite couple is growing healthy, the boys in her class are looking at her with devilish looks on their faces... why!? Nevertheless, with the supply of favorite couples (at amusement parks, school festivals, etc.), Murasaki's satisfaction is steadily increasing ? Bravo ? Her life is going smoothly. ...Or so you might think...??????????????1????????????????????1???6?????????????????????????????????????????????????????!!!!?????????????????????????????????????!!!!??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????!????????????in???????etc??????????????????????????????????????????????+
Through the looking glass into Camelot Garden, falls a boy named Ryu, whose purpose is to crush this weird, semi-malignant fantasy world. Oh yeah, and the below is a direct quote from the beginning of the story. The Lady of Shallot by Alfred Lord Tennyson There she weaves by night and day A magic web with colours gay. She has heard a whisper say, A curse is on her if she stay To look down to Camelot. But in her web she still delights To weave the mirror’s magic sights: A funeral, with plumes and lights And music, came from Camelot. “I am half-sick of shadows,” said The Lady of Shalott. “Tirra lirra, tirra lirra,” Sang Sir Lancelot. She left the web: she left the loom: She looked down to Camelot.
Main character: Jee Ooh. Jee-ooh's parents left Jee ooh and her brother with her aunt and uncle. When she was young, someone bullied her brother and she beat the kid up (even though he was older than her) and her uncle had to pay the hospital fees. Ever since then, she was violent and beat people up if they bothered her or her family. One day, she passed by and saw a movie starring Ah-Min. She instantly fell in love with his movie character and has usually been imagining him coming to life and talking to her whenever she saw a poster of him. She even beat up a girl who dirtied Ah-Min's poster. Because of her obsession with Ah-Min, she became known as a "Crazy Dog". One day, she came home to find that her uncle borrowed 50 Million Won and signed a contract that said that her younger brother would have to work as a servant in order to pay off the money. Feeling bad, Jee Ooh agrees to go in his place. And guess who she is the the servant of? Ah Min!
