My little sister and I looked up at a high-rise apartment-building, touching the clouds like a castle would. Even if there was a princess living... more>> in there, it doesn't have anything to do with us, merely an unreachable existence---Or so we thought. With a pure chance meeting, I ran into Shindou Rei, and realized. The Rei in front of me wasn't a princess, or the untouchable idol at school, but just a cute girl you could find anywhere. <<less

Everyone on the Clockwork Planet considers Naoto Miura a machinery nut. Every moment of every day, he has his mind on gears and his hands... more>> tinkering with delicate mechanical motors, but nobody understands how he can hear and feel gears in operation, even from a long distance away. Then one day, a clockwork maiden falls from the sky, presaging events that would shake the whole world. <<less

Ochiai, a salaryman working at a black company, is on his way home, on the verge of mental breakdown. He wants to die. But he... more>> doesn't want to die hungry! He passes by a ramen cart run by a young girl named Keira, with the sign "Shinigami Ramen." Keira calls herself a "Shinigami" (god of death) and offers Ochiai a bowl of ramen that's so good that it will allow him to die in peace if he eats it. Will he be able to enjoy the ramen and pass on, or not? Even if he doesn't die, the cute loli-reaper will give him hope for life! <<less