Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective, relies on her mind to solve difficult mysteries, several of which draw her away from the library. With a drop of sweet romance, you will immediately become addicted to Gosick!!!

One-shot compilation featuring works written and illustrated by Tezuka between 1968 and 1973, that are very highly regarded in Japan and by Tezuka himself. Spans a variety of genres, from SF to Military to Wild West. With themes of hopelessness, discrimination, and the otherworldly. Contains the following: - **Joe's Visitor** (ジョーを訪ねた男, Joe o Tazuneta Otoko) - **The Cliff of Death** (野郎と断崖, Yaro to Dangai) - **The Duel at Grand Mesa** (グランドメサの決闘, Grand Mesa no Ketto) - **Cape Uroko** (うろこが崎, Urokogasaki) - **The Voice of Night** (夜の声, Yoru no Koe) - **The Hole** (そこに穴があった, Soko ni Ana ga Atta) - **Chameleon** (カメレオン) - **The Cat's Blood** (猫の血, Neko no Chi) - **Valley of Bliss** (わが谷は未知なりき, Waga Tani wa Michinariki) - **Illicit Love** (暗い窓の女, Kurai Mado no Onna) - **Catastrophe in the Dark** (カタストロフ・イン・ザ・ダーク) - **Phone** (電話, Denwa) - **Rovanna** (ロバンナよ, Rovanna yo) - **Lovers Under the Air** (ふたりは空気の底に, Futari Kuki no Soko) Also included in some editions are: - **The Execution Ended at 3** (処刑は3時におわった, Shokei wa 3-ji ni Owatta) - **Miraculous Conception** (聖女懐妊, Seijo Kainin, ALT. ENG. - Immaculate Conception) Note: **The Execution Ended at 3** and **Miraculous Conception** are also collected in [Clockwork Apple](https://mangadex.org/manga/407/clockwork-apple). [Official English](https://emanga.com/products/under-the-air?variant=521588539413) --- **Volume 264 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

Mochidzuki Renta is an aspiring college student, trying to support himself while studying for the entrance exam of his preferred school. He's started renting the spare room in the Hanano bath house. What this means is that he's living with the sweet, hardworking, innocent, and quite beautiful Bandai Sakurako, who runs the bathhouse. They are growing to like each other more and more, but one thing could potentially sabotage their budding romance. Every other woman Renta meets, even his college entrance cram school teacher, seems desperate to get in his pants. And Renta meets a fair amount of women, since the girls from the dorm of the nearby nursing school often come to the bathhouse. Will Renta be able to deflect the unwanted attentions of all those women in order to pursue a relationship with Sakurako?

A ladies man and a recently un-spellbounded prince have one goal: to kiss the sleeping princess! However, both men get more (or less) than they bargain for… Follow this slightly twisted, yet amusing version of Sleeping Beauty.

A story about a man with a psychological condition that prevents him from drinking anything but tears.

Otsu Hiyori's two-part oneshot "Othello" is about two girls who are opposites. In the first part, one confesses her love to the other. In the second part, Miku tries to figure out how she feels.

1. Aqua Planet Chronicle 2. Aqua Planet Chronicle After 3. Aqua Planet Chronicle Around 4. Aqua Planet Chronicle Jade 5. Aqua Planet Chronicle Blue 6. Aqua Planet Chronicle Final 7. Aqua Planet Chronicle Monthly Sachisachi

An Inukami, a sacred being with a dog-like appearance, forges a contract with a powerful human tamer to help them eliminate evil monsters and demons. Though Kawahira Keita is the descendent of a long line of Inukami-tamers, he seems to lack the necessary ability and has been forsaken by his family. One day, he meets a cute Inukami named Yoko, who, at first glance, looks graceful, obedient, and beautiful…but upon forging a contract with her, Keita discovers that Yoko is a wild and mischievous Inukami that no one has ever been able to control.

Kusabana Ryouta is a normal highschool boy, except that he always wears a full body dog suit and never takes it off. Things were just like always until he accidentally drops the bag of the girl he likes, and her sports pants fall out. And just when he picked them up - wondering how they smelled -, the new homeroom Teacher Kizawa Ayame AKA Ayane-Chan catches him in the act. Pleading that he will do anything if she doesn't tell anyone about this, she agrees, but asks him: "In exchange will you let me sniffle your body?".

Walkure Romanze's story revolves around Takahiro Mizuno, a student studying at an academy with jousting as its main focus for sport. Takahiro acts as an advisor to the riders of the sport. Takahiro goes through each day tediously until the time of the annual competition draws near. Due to some odd circumstances, his childhood friend Mio Kisaki is enrolled into the competition. As she has never even rode a horse once in her life, Takahiro senses the fear in his friend and becomes Mio's coach. ___ Adaptation of the visual novel developed by Ricotta.

Yusu is a fun-loving girl with a casual sex life but likes to sleep alone at night. When an innocent colleague, Seta, catches her attention, she decides to make an exception…

I want to continue to hold sister could not bear … lost memories and H Love Love Life!

Aotsuki has started working part-time at a cafe, but the boss there is kind of scary. His boss has asked him to help him out with his crush on an employee, the pretty Sonezaki Majiyu. Will Aotsuki be able to set his boss up with her, or will he face the dire consequences of his failure?

A series of one-shots about four sisters, each focusing on a different sister. The first is about a good girl who is tempted to break the rules. In the second, two girls begin a pretend relationship with each other. But when one of them actually falls in love, will her heart be broken? The third story is about a student council president who's always late for meetings. In the forth story, a girl has been in love with a "witch" for as long as she can remember. In the extra chapter, Midori (from chapter 2) worries that her girlfriend has fallen out of love with her.

Wait! My heart's beating? Is it because of him!?

A chilling dramatic series about Shinjyurou Mamiya, an embalmer in a nation where men of his profession are viewed as outcasts engaging in an unaccepted and unclean practice. For Shinjyurou, it's just a job. But in doing it, he's gained an understanding of death, and more important, what it truly means to live…

Ageha, an ordinary (and rather unpopular) girl, is constantly overshadowed by her popular and beautiful twin sister, Hana. Because Ageha grew up in the countryside with their grandmother while Hana was raised by their parents, the two girls ended up with drastically different personalities. For the most part, Ageha remains a silent and hidden student in the school, with only one friend (who isn't all that nice either). In fact, nobody even really knows that she is Hana's twin sister, because despite looking alike, there is still a large gap between their levels of beauty and popularity. When Hana finds out that Ageha has a crush on a cute boy named Ryuusei (who is actually Ageha's childhood friend from the countryside), Hana becomes curious about their relationship. However, after hearing that Ryuusei hates people like Hana, Hana becomes irritated and using her charming personality, actually manages to snag Ryuusei as her boyfriend! Ageha is left with no one, but thanks to the strange new school counselor, and some unexpected allies, Ageha decides to do her best to get Ryuusei back.

A lone tengu witnesses how a student is getting mugged by a delinquent, but instead of helping, he asks the delinquent to teach him how to be like him. Sunao has always been criticized for being too kind for a tengu, so he decided to search for a human delinquent who could teach him about the ways of evil. Touya tries to refuse at first, but after seeing how naive Sunao is, he can't bring himself to ignore him.

Himeno lives in Moonlight Tokyo City, a world different from ours; one in which there are illusionists, those who can conjure up things. One day, Himeno accidentally conjures up a human from our world!! How will they react to meeting someone so different from their own kind?

Hanuma Kyou gets visit by the god Karma-chan. Karma-chan's mission is to solve the declining birthrate in Japan. How can Kyou help her with that?

Tamaki Otoya is the last in a line of ancient summoners tasked to battle evil forces that threaten mankind. Burdened by his duty as a summoner, Tamaki has always found strength from his childhood friend, Asahi, with whom he has a deep, emotional bond. So when Asahi's friend is found out to be possessed by a demon, he awakens–as the one destined to exorcise demons out of tortured human souls.

'Pika Ichi' is the story of two painfully shy teens who love yakuza movies. An incident at school pushes them over the edge, and they decide to drop their mousiness in order to dispense some 'justice'.