A romantic comedy with a distinctly Japanese flavor. Next-door neighbors Chiro and Ritsu have been best friends since childhood. Ritsu, the eldest son of a family of traditional nichibu dancers, is thrust into the public eye as his career takes off, and his growing fame begins to test the pair’s friendship. And now the twist: when a wish made at a shrine actually comes true, Chiro and Ritsu find themselves inhabiting each others’ bodies. A further complication arises because Ritsu is not just a dancer, he is a famous onnagata, or female impersonator, popularly known as the “Courtesan Prince.”
A boy who falls to his death from a cliff comes back to life with the help of the "God of Milk". However, in order to do so, he has to crossdress and disguise himself as a woman and infiltrate the Ichigo girls' school where the shrine once stood. Here he has to keep squeezing and drinking the milk of his schoolmates.
There is a witch named Elaina. As a freespirited traveler on an adventure to experience the world, she encounters a wide variety of places and people. Sometimes comedic, sometimes fantastical, sometimes a little dark, this is the story of Elaina and her long journey.
"Do not take your mask off, this is not your world." "Once this flower withers, you will be able to go back." This is the yokai festival where you mustn't take off your mask. Three tangentially related short stories that can be read independent of each other.
The man who bought him at the black market auction is a handsome young vampire. Vampires have taken control and humans have been forced to live in segregated areas. Jinosuke Fukuda is a ceramic artist who's lost his sponsor due to the relationship between vampires and humans deteriorating. Right when Jinosuke is feeling miserable about his sponsor cutting ties with him, he gets kidnapped and sold at a black market auction. A vampire named Noi wins the bid. He is fascinated with humans and wants to do research on them, so he forces Jinosuke to make an agreement with him to let him suck his blood once or twice a week. The first time his blood is sucked, Jinosuke feels as if his body is on fire with unbearable pleasure. He can't believe that getting his blood sucked could feel so good! A love story between a curious vampire and an older ceramic artist.Noi, a handsome vampire, buys Jinosuke at a black market auction. The first time Noi sucks his blood, his body is consumed with pleasure like he's never experienced before!
Hiyori Kamishiro is a jack-of-all-trades in the town, taking on anything and everything. At the same time, she is a sorcerer who exorcises Kaima, mysterious entities that cause misfortune and are invisible to humans.Suddenly, a scream echoes in her ears. As Hiyori and her partner, a yokai named Kuu, rush to resolve the incident caused by a Kaima, they encounter a young boy...
After the great war of the late 1990s as Japan begins construction on a new capital city, earthquakes cause massive destruction and rumors of demons have begun to emerge. The protagonist receives a warning and a demon summoning program.
The dark tale of Elias– a man who wakes up inside a tree, his memories veiled by a thick haze. All he knows is that he is feeling hungry, and only raw flesh and blood could satisfy it.
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What if a child who died at a very young age appeared just as she was? What if it was the work of a supernatural tanuki? This isn't a reunion. She's not real, but still... I want to cling to it. That lie is kind, yet saddening.A heart-wrenching human drama, from Kawamura Taku.
From Storm in Heaven: Koizumi Kanna is infatuated with the man who came to the restaurant she works at and ordered a burger with no onions. Little does she know, Toujou Ren is interested in her as well, but for a different reason. Kanna just so happens to be the mirror image of a woman he knew a very long time ago. It is for that reason that he saves her when she nearly dies in a car accident. But the life he gives Kanna is far different from the one she lived before, and she's not certain it's the kind she wants...
MantradevaWhen the prophecy was violated, the devas once again descended their power unto the world in the form of the nine Navadevata heirlooms. Now, a new legend is being carved.