A story based off of the "Shuuen no Shiori Project", a song series by 150P and Suzumu. The stories are based off of Japanese children's games and urban legends such as one-man hide and seek, doppelgangers, mearry's phone and monkey paw. On the normal, unchanging campus, it suddenly occurred; A murder case where a body was cut open, right into two. On the other side of the unsolved case, the rumor-loving high school students became involved in a certain ritual. From the extremely popular songs on Nico Nico Douga, begins the Project. What is the “Bookmark of Demise”…? Who is the traitor…? What will the conclusion to this story be…? So, can you solve this mystery?
Winner of the 2004 Kodansha Manga Award. From Del Rey: The son of a famous pianist, music student Shinichi Chiaki dreams of studying abroad and becoming a conductor like his mentor. Unfortunately, his fear of flying grounds his lofty plans! As he watches other classmates achieve what he has always wanted, Shinichi wonders if he should quit music altogether. Then one day he meets fellow student Megumi Noda, also known as Nodame. This oddball girl cannot cook, clean, or even read a music score, but she can play the piano in incomparable Cantabile style. And she teaches Chiaki something that he has forgotten: to enjoy his music, no matter where he is.
From LuffyNoTomo Translations: Oz Williams is a kid genius who has a special power when it comes to helping the dead get revenge! 19th century London is the place where kid detective Oz Williams and his unusual assistant live. Oz helps solve cases that the police have trouble with and in the end, the murderer always ends up killing themselves due to a mysterious power Oz shows them in order to take revenge for the dead. Oz has the ability to hear the dead and in the form of a Jack-o-lantern, the dead take their revenge on their killer. Oz loves sweets and always wears a Halloween costume all year round, so that's why he is known as the Halloween detective!
Sister Nina appeared before the Demon Lord Edgar and request that he eat her as a sacrifice. With anger he simply replied with, "I don't eat humans".
From Decadence: Spring of 1921 in the Taisho era, Ichijo Maria had lost her parents and entrusted herself to a friend's family. She leaves the house when the father became physical with her. Maria wanders the town and collapses in front of her old house. She is saved by a young doctor called Toudou Sei. There, she learns the house is currently being used as a dorm by the doctors of Imperial Maria Hospital. Remembering her fathers words, "I was tricked by Toudou!" she works there as a maid under a fake alias in order to reach the truth...
It's been 10 years since Momo and Kairi got together. The two are counting the days until their wedding, but Sae suddenly appears, and Toji along with her. The love of the four 27-year olds begins again! Don't miss the love hurricane!
A 31-year-old woman dreams of returning to her high school days. She was the class president and the idol of the school. However, she did not have the courage to reply to the boy she loved back in high school. After a high school reunion, she decides to commit suicide upon finding out that the boy she loved back then is with another woman now. She was saved by her class mate and given a medicine that can revert her back to how she was when she was 15... Now she's a 15-year-old idol?!
This woman is too strong to be protected. Ichika Kiryuin is the only daughter of a large corporation. The bodyguard, Hayama Shuzuku born into a family will be the bodyguard for generations, the Samurai, who was taught to live only as a disposable shield. By meeting Ichika with readiness to be protected and respect the guard, She protects as someone who protects her body like a partner that she wants to protect. However, Ichika, who has a strong physique and will not look like a princess, is too strong to always protect me ...!?!?
Jo is your average manga artist slash divorcee, a dime a dozen in Japan. At least that's what he'd like the outside world to believe. But his editor Nichika knows his terrible secret, a secret which she threatens to expose unless he puts a ring on her finger. What is Jo to do when he is still deeply traumatized by a past divorce? Why, marry her of course! After all, don't people say to "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer?"
Two people that live their lives however they want to, but need each other to survive. Mitsu has always been looked upon by men as the Dolis--the ideal girl, the eternal partner in any man's dream, the perfect lover... When Kishi falls head-over-heels in love with Mitsu, he soon discovers another side to this seemingly flawless woman. As the drama and romance between Mitsu and Kishi unfold, they take an extraordinary excursion into uncharted arena where love and desire confront hope and survival.
Perverts are people who know the shape of their desires. They have carefully traced those contours like a blind man using both hands to measure the shape of a vase. Colette works in a brothel in early 20th century Paris, an occupation she can't escape. She and the other girls support each other, satisfying the desires of their clients, day in, day out. The one source of hope in her difficult life was her trysts with Leon. But Colette could never be sure if Leon really loved her... The strength of women in their pleasurable confines; the naked desires of the 'amorous gentlemen.'