A guy who loves baiting cats in the street, is sometimes moved to tears by the sunset, and can't stop looking at beautiful girls in the street…that’s Young-kun. The voice of his soul shouts, 'When I’m on my bicycle, I'm cooler than everyone!’...a desperate, reckless, confidence born of youthful abandon. Come in and enjoy Young-kun's world!
This collection contains 13 of Seyeong O's powerful short stories, covering topics that range from corporate drudgery in South Korea to pastoral farm life, from ancestral keepsakes to gentle parables about ethics.
A collection of oneshots: - Cactus (Saboten) - Pecan Pie (Pecan Nuts no Pie) - Lunar Eclipse (Gesshoku) - Fading Afternoon (Afternoon will fade / Iroaseru gogo) - And Sweet Feeling (Soshite amai yokan) - Him at 45゜(demo 45º no kare)
Kuroda Kanbei Yoshitaka and Takenaka "Hanbei" Shigeharu are the two genius military advisors who led Toyotomi Hideyoshi to unify the nation. A dull and unmarried salaryman in his thirties wake up one day to find that he had become Hanbei! He had been reborn along with seven other men of the same age and circumstance! That night, he suddenly found himself in an empty room with a PC with a chatroom called "Tea Room' open. Apparently, he could use this to chat with his fellow reincarnators? Will they be able to survive in this era of battle and strife?
Eighteen year old Mutou Kunimitsu sees how political injustice is being committed all the time and how the government is profiting from the poor and labor class and decides that he is going to change all of Japan. Here starts the legend of the man later known as the "Japanese Don."
A cute story about a spoiled kitty, Yuumi-chan.
A young man, about to be married to his childhood love goes to look for his best friend who was supposed to return to the small village for his wedding from Tokyo. When the young man arrives, he finds a note left by his friend and the presents he would have brought. The note refers to a night when there was lightning and rain, cutting off the power in his small village. Was it really lightning, or could this world be a result of death and ghosts?
In the Mimurake no Musuko series: V.1 - Mimurake no Musuko (Son of the Mimura Family) A story set in countryside, about two childhood friends Yumi and Toshi. While going through puberty Toshi developes unresolved feelings for Yumi. One day Toshi meets Yumi’s older brother Sumi and is lured into a sexual relationship with him. And so the love triangle begins... V.2 - Deki no Waruiko (Clumsy Child) The second son of the established rural Mimura family, Yumi, and Toshi are the closest of friends. Then one day, Yumi comes to know of Toshi's intimate relationship with Yumi's older brother, Sumi. After hearing Toshi confess that he likes Sumi, a shocked Yumi makes a plan to tear them apart, but... V.3 - Umareboshi (Newborn Star) The second son of the established rural Mimura family, Yumi, and Toshi are the closest of friends. Even though their mutual feelings emerged as they held each other, the couple had a misunderstanding.... A heartbroken Yumi goes back alone to their hometown for the holidays, where the cherry blossoms flutter. But then, though he was able to separate himself quickly, all he can think about is Toshi. Yumi and Toshi’s story in the “Son of Mimura Family” series is at its exciting climax!
(from ebookjapan):In the deep snowy forests of Sweden, Vincent Minnelli, a doctor, mistook a girl for an antelope and shot her while he was hunting. The girl he shot, Joana, was unharmed, but she told Vincent a shocking story, and the next morning she disappeared without a trace. Instead, he was visited by an emissary of General Ambrose du Closter, the head of the castle of Scorchloster, a mansion on the shores of a lake. General Closter was interested in Vincent's books and research and wanted to invite him to his mansion. Vincent went to the house as requested and was introduced to his daughter, Mona Lisa, by the general. To Vincent's surprise, Mona Lisa is a duplicate of Joanna. Vincent thought they were the same person, but Mona Lisa told him that she had never met Vincent. The others also testified that Mona Lisa had been at the pavilion yesterday, and no one knew Joana. The Mona Lisa disliked her governess, Miss Corban, and adored her ailing mother, Camilla, who did not recognize her as her own daughter and hated her. The inhabitants of the pavilion are entangled in a complex web of emotions. Soon, Mona Lisa is at the mercy of a spectacular, bloodcurdling, and horrific love-hate drama. What is the fate of Mona Lisa in "Mona Lisa's Room," Masako Watanabe's masterpiece of bizarre romance? And what is Joanna's true identity? Also contains a short mystery one-shot, "A Kiss For Uncle...": Liza is a girl of a wealthy background who was taken in by her aunt after her parents died. Liza's 17th birthday is on the horizon - and once she turns 17, she will gain access to a wealthy fortune. One day, alone at home, she stumbles upon a letter from her beloved uncle - who had ran off with another woman and died 5 years prior - claiming that he is alive. After this, a series of strange events begin to occur around Liza....
Yo Jang Do is in love with the worlds most perfect man. They wear matching outfits, and she always stops to see him on her way to cram school. There's no reason for her to worry about his status as a popular idol, or that she's really just his obsessive fangirl stalker. No, there are bigger problems for Yo Jang Do. What if her perfect man isn't perfect?
The series takes place at a certain Japanese location, where a girl moves in with her aunt to a new house after experiencing some more or less shocking events back home. There she meets a boy named Fuyuki, who she from then on spends a lot of time with. The thing special about Chinatsu is her voice, a voice which many seem to have heard before, but from where? What's so special about this girl, and what'll happen in the future?
