When she merges her soul with that man, she will become the Goddess of War! Itsukushima Hinata is a cool high school girl who lives a normal life, but one day, all of a sudden, her life became not so normal anymore. The strange man that suddenly appeared insulted her best friend and enraged her. He’s a mysterious man who has a costume like that of someone who just woke up from a sleep from the ancient times. While Hinata is still confused, that man hugs her out of the blue! And then, she transforms…?!

Six months after the events in Hammer Session!, the genius swindler Otowa Yonko returns with the goal of acquiring more formidable achievements. A chanced encounter with his former partner-in-crime Mizuki sensei however, prompts him to come to Hanazono High School to help solving his fellow students' problems, using his signature Hammer Session.

The foolish living things, the humans, who carry darkness in their hearts, lost the light from their eyes. Deep inside the darkness, they lose sight of the way. Crushed in their despair, the humans one day meet creatures called the hotaru who each carry a faint, warm light. The hotaru provided the humans with the light, and started to live alongside them. But in this ugly and blood-stained world, the hotaru's number started to decrease day by day. Yet, the humans wanted the light and started to hunt the hotaru. For money they would throw away the life of a hotaru. Nemu, a hotaru who has lost her light, makes a contract with a abandoned baby, Haibane. Haibane seeks to find a way to gain back Nemu's light.

As a child Wataru and his grandmother used to pay visits to a shrine in their neighbourhood. While they prayed for each other's happiness, he encountered a snow-white fox named Yuki. Many years later, a sad occasion leads Wataru to pay another visit to the same shrine, but the Yuki who greets him there isn't quite the same one he remembers…

Probably one of the most difficult feats in manga is to tell a compelling short story, and Mitsuru Adachi is a master of the medium. This selection of some of his best short works include two tales in the dangerous life of a pretty private-eye-to-be; a boy's stop-off on the way changes his life's destination; five short-shorts in a quirky cafe; Japan's future ace pitcher can't even throw a ball; when a school play goes bad, the world is a stage for love and karate; a drama of rugby and past lives; two off-beat time-travel tales; and more! Mitsuru Adachi's low-key but high-impact stories are a must read for any manga aficionado. This collection, titled simply Short Program, collected stories by Adachi published between 1985 and now. ||Volume 1: (from Viz) Story 1 - Change Story 2 - Take Off Story 3 - Short Program Story 4 - What's Going On!? (Part 1) Story 5 - What's Going On!? (Part 2) Story 6 - At the Intersection Story 7 - The Current State of Affairs Story 8 - Plus 1 Story 9 - Purple Volume 2: Story 1 - Before Spring Comes Story 2 - Subject - Wakaba Story 3 - A Stop on the Way Story 4 - 5X4P Story 5 - 4 on the Richter Scale Story 6 - Aim At the Ace Story 7 - Spring Call Story 8 - Spring Passes Story 9 - The Road Home Story 10 - Sayonara Game Volume 3: Story 1 - Clogs and Diamond Story 2 - Where the Wind Blows Story 3 - Angel's Hammer Story 4 - Memory Off (part1) Story 5 - Memory Off (part2) Story 6 - White Summer / Shiroi Natsu (written by Buronson) Story 7 - Square Ocean Story 8 - Idol A (part 1) Story 9 - Idol A (part 2) Story 10 - Idol A (part 3) Story 11 - Running God Story 12 - Short Mail Volume 4: Girl's type 1. Short story of a parasite (part 1) 2. Short story of a parasite (part 2) 3. Harsh life of a parasite 4. Love confession 5. Season 6. Two champions||

In company-owned rabbit-hutch apartments live tenants who can't afford to live anywhere else, and the apartment complex in which high-school girl Hatsumi Narita lives is ruled over by the rumor mongering, self-righteous Mrs. Tachibana. Get on Tachibana's bad side, and life becomes hell. When Hatsumi has to buy a pregnancy test because her popular sister Akane's period is late, Mrs. Tachibana's son, Ryoki, who used to bully Hatsumi as a kid, promises not to tell the world about Hatsumi's secret, only if she becomes his slave. Suddenly, Azusa Hatsumi's protector in their youth, reappears to save her again! He's moving back into the neighborhood! Despite the budding romance between Hatsumi and Azusa, Ryoki has control over her through the secret that could ruin the lives of everyone in Hatsumi's family, and he hasn't forgotten who his slave is!

In order to capture the vampire lurking in a high school, Mana, an exorcist, transfers in. However, Okamoto-kun, the vampire in question, is one who has changed with the times, and gets by on blood transfusions. What will our serious-minded exorcist do now, when confronted by this carefree, easy-going vampire?!

Akane is your typical teenage girl…until she swallows the Dragon Jewels, which transport her to the Heian period of ancient Japan! There in the capital city, Akane learns that she has been foreordained to lead the people as the Priestess of the Dragon God!

From Shoujo Manga Maniac: The main character is named Hikaru. She misses her dead brother and speaks to him in her mind as she begins her first day of high school. Here she has many ordinary adventures. She becomes fast friends with a girl named Nene, who lets nothing stand in her way and pushes Hikaru to kiss her new crush, Michiya, who reminds her of her brother. He lets her kiss him, which as it turns out is not a good sign. He seems to be a jerk, whose personality is nothing like Hikaru's brother's. Michiya's best friend Jun warns Hikaru ahead of time. Later, Hikaru finds out the bad side of her new friend Nene. When Hikaru understandably gets upset about this, Nene gets angry at her and tells her to find another friend.

The series follows 4 hostesses at Club Rose and their relationships. It’s directed more towards an adult audience but manages to sneak in just enough cute to make it fun as well. (Source: Kawaii Scans)

Amushasu, of the Alaturca Alagun performing troupe, believes in magic created by talent and hard work to reach the hearts of his audience. He does not have any respect for the magic of genies, though he does happen to own a very dissatisfied one named Mayu. His faith in his ability to sway a crowd is threatened, however, when he comes across a beautiful young lady whose heart appears to be untouchable.

Adventure of Link (Zelda II) adaptation by Daisuke Shigoto.

Despite her family's protests, Aoi Sakuraba decides that she is going to marry Kaoru Hanabishi, her love of eighteen years. Once he realizes that her intentions are genuine - and that she's not just trying to get him to reconcile with his estranged (and domineering) family - he begins to definitely warm up to the idea, too. What obstacles must the two overcome in order to be together? See [AnimeNewsNetwork](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=833) for the anime.

In the middle of an escape, Lilith, the head of a group of thieves, is injured. She is rescued by the young aristocrat Jean Rhode, but in exchange for being nursed back to health, he demands that she pay him with kisses! Also includes the oneshot "Nil no Koi☆Mahoujin": Nil, a 5th grader in an academy of magic falls in love with Kowloon, her scary-looking upperclassman. Will she be able to pluck up the courage to ask him to the academy’s dance party? She might need magic to give her a helping hand…

Hatsune is a useless, devious girl. One day, Hatsune's father decides to make her live with a fastidious boy! Kaede-kun, being fed up with how unladylike Hatsune is, decides to become her tutor.

What will happen to a lovely princess when she is blinded after an accident? This story was first collected in 1978 in a manga volume with the same title. It contains Oujo Alexandra 1977, Fuyu no Himawari 1975, Manatsu no Yo no Yume 1972. It was afterwards reprinted for Suzue Miuchi's best works, volume 5 1996.

The uncommon fortune-teller Grand is the one who rules Dene, a big country. Tia, an assassin, was sent there to assassinate him! Already lost the will to live and failed her mission as an assassin, Tia was saved by Riis, the head of Grand’s guards. Gradually, Tia starts to regain her will to live, however…?!

Maria is #1 in every guy's heart and lots of guys want her to be their girlfriend. Even though she is very popular, she actually got dumped by her fellow idol Katsumi. Although wanting a simple love life, she is constantly being watched as an idol, and everyday Maria is chased by crazy fans. It was under these circumstances that she met a boy. Not only did he steal Maria's first kiss, he also doesn't seem to know that Maria is a super famous starlet!?

"Does the attractive force make me attracted to you ?" Sonoko is leading a life of high school girl idly, and one day at after school she "accidentally" kissed her friend's boyfriend in the science room. But Ito, a super A-student, saw the scene!! Although Sonoko hurriedly fled? Compilation of three oneshot stories: Harenchi, Denpa and Kuri Muso Da.

Kitazono Meiko falls asleep in the library one day, only to be awakened by a kiss! She is unsure of who it was that kissed her, however, since there are multiple boys still in the library. Could it be the popular boy Shinoda-senpai? Or the super-cool Mikoshiba-senpai? The boy-next-door type Mogami? Or the cute underclassman Hachiya? Who could it be? They're all possible candidates, but which one does Meiko like the best…? Volume 1 Extras/Oneshot: - Soprano Volume 2 Extras/Oneshots: - Anna no Kami ga Nagai Ryuu - Hakka Drops

1. Sensei no Omocha (The Teachers Toy): "I hate it, but my body doesn't act the way I want." Haibara is a chemistry teacher who hides his handsome face behind a pair of glasses and conducts research on suspicious medicine. What will happen to Mayuko, who accidentally drinks Haibara's special aphrodisiac that can't be cured without having sex? These two's secret starts to unfold after school in the laboratory… 2. Pretty Jewel: Juri is a model for a teen magazine, who suddenly gets replaced as the cover model and loses her father as her manager in one go. What would she do now, especially when she is assigned a new manager whom she doesn't like, but who slowly gains her attention? 3. Kinren ~Yajuu no takara mono~ Continuation of chapter 2 4. Devil or Angel?- Moena is housekeeper for Kei and Shou, the twin brothers and hit idols of the band Devil or Angel. Older brother Kei is sweet and charming, while younger brother Shou is childish and bullying. Moena's adores Kei, but finds herself thinking more and more about Shou… 5. Ura Sensei no Omocha- Mayuko delves into Haibara's cabinet in an attempt to turn the tables on her devilish teacher.

Tomoko, who goes to an all-girls school that's well-known for being full of the not-so-smarts and the easies, falls for Kaoru, who attends a neighboring top-level school. When she gathers up the courage to tell him that she liked him, he suddenly kisses her! She's elated because she thought he liked her too, but as it turns out, he's actually a cold-hearted guy who kissed her because he wanted her to leave him alone!! Also includes the one-shots "I Want to Gazing at You Forever and Ever" and "Puchi de Boo" - I Want to Gazing at You Forever and Ever Umemi, a plain person who wears glasses, fantasizes about a younger man she sees while riding the train. - Puchi de Boo Hikari loves to eat and doesn't care about sex appeal. She managed to get a boyfriend. In order to fit into a dress for an upcoming date, she decides to finally lose weight.

In the spring of her second year in high school, Asuka sees Masami playing Japanese drums in a festival, and she falls in love with him. However, Masami is deaf, and he has locked his heart in a world without sound. And thus, the two's melancholic love miracle quietly begins. This is a pure love story in the middle of summer that will make your heart ache.

School teacher Satomi-sensei was coming home drunk one day when he sees a girl sleeping among the roses in the park. In his drunken state, he believes the girl is his first love back in middle school. He wakes up the next morning with the girl beside him with the exactly the same face as his first love! Is he still drunk? Or it this some cruel twist of fate?