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A collection of short stories. The title story: Moriki Naoya is a thoughtful, frail child, left behind as the world moved on. One summer in high school, he meets Takahashi, a boy who lost his dreams. As the summer moves on, Naoya must either move with it, or let the world pass him by again...

Rebellious misfit Fujieda Kei hates everything about his life; the elite private school he was forced to attend, his unreliable 'friends', and the annoying cellphone which is always buzzing with calls from people who want to ask him for favours as the school's bad-boy.Quiet, studious, and admired by students and teachers alike, Sakuraba Atsushi appears to be his polar opposite in every way.Since they obviously have nothing in common, they had never even spoken to each other before - despite being classmates. But all of this changes one day when Fujieda's classroom prank goes wrong; Sakuraba lets his unemotional demeanour slip for a moment as he taunts Fujieda and his vagrant lifestyle.Faced with Sakuraba's true personality, Fujieda is gripped by an emotion he had never experienced before...There are two extra stories in the second volume:1) Kan no Naka no Watashi no Kedamono (My Caged Beast)A psychological story taking place inside the tight security of a yakuza base.2) Indigo BlueKoga and Shiba don't quite fit into the ordered Japanese system, and so they leave the country. We pick them up again 4 years later in Mexico City. One final dirty job, and they'll have enough to retire to that Caribbean island with the sky of indigo blue...

1) The Turquoise Morning.A well known photographer named Jed Knox acquires a one-sided love from his time in a foreign country. Because the target of his crush, Sahab, said he would never love another since his wife died, Jed would never tell of his feelings. Oh but how Jed wished Sahab would love him even a little bit and that he could have Sahab's soul in his hands. Although ifrits (genies, etc) are magical wish givers in story, what could happen if they were real?2) It's Time for GoodbyeIt is the morning after and the student finally notices that the lover's room is exceptionally sparse.3) LOVE-INGA guy tells his friend that he's gay and in love with him, but his friend is surprised and leaves.4) Playboy!He has had it. His lover won't make love to him and refuses to stop seeing other women.5) The Eyes of the Rose are BombsThe prince-like Hansumi has an effect on everyone around him, except Mitsuda.6) Aah BoyfriendSuzuki can't stop fantasizing about his friend.7) Garden of DespairIsuka is still trying to come to terms with his feelings for his friend.8) The Eyes of the Rose are BlindContinuation of chapter 5.9) Garden of DesireContinuation of chapter 7.10) Bad BoyContinuation of chapter 4.11) Go Go BoyfriendContinuation of chapter 6.12) Postscript

[From Essence of Purity]:Takuma Ban, only son of the Ban familly from Hokkaido, comes to Tokyo on a quest: to find a fitting wife... with the help of Meari his cow. Jumping over a school fence while carrying Meari on his back, he unexpectedly meets a girl, Yuki Samejima. After one minute, he decides that SHE'll be his bride. Unfortunately for Takuma, Yuki's older brother, Ranmaru Samejima, is completely opposed to this.Of course, the fact that Meari seems to have developed an instant "animal" attraction to him only reinforces Ranmaru's dislike of Takuma. Takuma is determined to make Yuki his bride and that, despite Ranmaru's stern "objections". Nevertheless, when not only Kei Enjouji but also Takuma's own family start getting involved, things get a little "chaotic".

A romantic story set in showbusiness and modeling world, CRASH reveals the influence played and the links joining the publicity, cinema and TV worlds: as a vector to the image manipulation, that tends too often to dehumanize the top model or actor, reducing him to a simple image in 2-dimension.

As winter draws to a close, German boarding school student Thomas Werner dies one morning. He leaves behind a single letter addressed to his fellow student Juli that reads "Here is my love. Here is the sound of my heart."With his faith shaken to the core by the words, the scholarly Juli sinks to the depths of despair. His cynical roommate Oscar finds himself watching over Juli's fragile mental state while keeping his own feelings for Juli under wraps. Then new student Eric enters the school - and he has an uncanny resemblance to the deceased Thomas...

When humans are at their happiest moments they emit an aura that is delicious for certain fairies. This story is about a guy who has a fairy follow him around because he will soon emit that aura and the fairy wants to eat it...but all this guy encounters is one-sided love or failed relationships, is he really ever going to emit that aura?

A guy by the name of Shino is in love with a girl named Maruyama, and he asks his friend Akira to help set him up with her. Unfortunately, Akira ends up dating Maruyama instead of hooking her up with Shino. Depressed, Shino heads down to a black tea shop run by a guy named Shuuji to drown his sorrow by pigging out on cakes. Sometime in the past, Shuuji had a spat with a friend or something (referred to only as "that guy") who thinks the best way to make up is send mysterious unmarked packages of randomly selected tea. I guess he has a history of sending dangerous gifts, as Shuuji gives Shino the tea "on the house" to see if it's poisoned. Well, the tea appears to have been laced with a genie, who promptly grants Shino his desire to be with Maruyama... But be careful of what you wish for.

From DMP:In a European school dorm, Georges Saphir is admired and loved by everyone. However, afraid of others doing him harm, he has never allowed anyone to get close. Why is it then that misfit Robert can effortlessly step over this line Georges has drawn, and see right through him? And will getting too close to Robert result in a tragedy that justifies his worst fears?

From MFY's site:Kouta wanted to attend the same university as Akira but he was the only who passed. This year, will he be able to make Akira pass the exam ?

From Bliss :In this universe, there are four worlds: Meikai, the center of the universe, Ninkai, the human world, Youkai, where monsters with shape-shifting forms live, and Shintenkai, the world of the Celestials. Shiba Yukinari is one of the few who are born of both Youkai and Celestial blood - during the day, he works as a detective, but also has the job of exterminating youkai. As he works collecting 'cores', or a youkai's source of power, he meets Riifei who that demands that Yukinari hand over his own 'core'...Vol.1 CrimsonVol.2 Crimson CrownVol.3 Crimson Chaos

Maki lives with a family thats very dependent and demanding of him. He finds relief with Dasku, a young looking man who cant seem to do anything himself. Being more than happy to help Dasku out, as he is finally given a thank you for his efforts, he easily falls for the younger looking man. Things are happy between them until Maki learns just who Dasku is, and then misadventures ensue. Two side stories are included

From Viz: Delve into the tortured past of Earl Cain C. Hargreaves, charismatic heir to a wealthy family full of secrets, lies and unthinkable crimes. The prequel to the Godchild series, The Cain Saga follows the young Cain as he attempts to unravel the secrets of his birth, all the while solving each new mystery that comes his way.

Kondo Masahito is a tough high school senior, while his older brother Yoshio is a calm and gentle kindergarten teacher, so it is not rare that younger brother protects the older one. Different personalities make it difficult for Masahito to understand his brother, but he still tries.Chapters 5-9 are oneshots:5) Ghost --Setagaya-ku no Maboroshi--6) Amai Natsu no Kyousoukyoku7) Unbalanced?Tart8) Kimi wa Nemuru9) DEAR / Ganbare! Kagaku-bu