Each volume depicts a different heroine.... more>>

Vol. 01 tells the story of Tsubomi Tachibana, a fifth grader dealing with issues such as her mother's pregnancy, her first period, and the strange feelings she has started to get when she has been around boys.

Vol. 02 tells the story of Tsubomi Kusakabe, a fifth grader, who encounters an alien wanting to do research of earth. It turns out he has picked Tsubomi to be his research subject.

Vol. 03: Shiina Tsubomi (椎名つぼみ)

Vol. 04: Katanashi Tsubomi (小鳥遊 つぼみ)

Vol. 05: Aizaki Tsubomi (相崎 つぼみ)

Vol. 06: Nike Tsubomi (仁家 つぼみ)

Vol. 07: Yagi Tsubomi (八木 つぼみ)

Vol. 08: Honda Tsubomi (本田 つぼみ)

Note: Won the Shogakukan Manga Award for children's manga in 2009. <<less

We follow the life of Kawai Yuuko beginning in junior high. Throughout the passing years, we see her grow up and sort out her life... more>> with her friends, her parents and her love. <<less

Maachi is a 15 year-old girl who loves her brother Riichi. Actually, the two of them are not related by blood, but due to their... more>> parents work situation they are forced to live alone together. Riichi, whose looks, personality, and grades are top-class, is the idol around school. But he has a huge secret that only Maachi knows about. Riichi is actually an otaku! <<less

Akira is a cute jr. high school boy who has a great singing voice that his sister is always raving about. She thinks his voice sounds like an angel's and in a truly sister-like fashion, she plots to get her younger brother into a dress and wig so she can see him look like an angel while he sings too. So at home one day after school, she gets Akira to sing karaoke, and then dresses him up in a frilly dress and a wig of long hair!... more>>

Nearby, a talent scout hears a beautiful clear voice. He follows the sound and can hear Akira's singing coming out of Akira's house. He is thrilled to see the voice belongs to the girl in the cute dress. But Akira tears the wig off and insists that he is a boy. After a moment of thought, the talent scout begs to recruit Akira to be the next new FEMALE idol singing sensation! Akira refuses at first, but finally relents when he realizes he may get the chance to meet Ruri, a currently popular female idol singer. And thus "Mizuki" is born, the angelic new GIRL idol singer! Watch the fun as Akira attempts to be a female idol, and is surrounded by girls who like him or hate him in his various identities!

Each volume is a separate story about a different boy becoming a female idol. <<less

Airu is a clumsy and scatter brained girl. She was looking forward to a flowery middle school life, but due to her being from a... more>> 'family of witches,' she was admitted instead to Mahoraba Academy. In a strange school without any friends, the lonely Airu encounters strange people who use a special power called Maho...!? A magical school life begins! <<less

There's a jinx at Haruru's school - if a couple sees the blue train at 6 am together, they'll be together forever! But if a couple sees the blue train at 10 pm together, they'll break up!... more>>

Haruru is going out with Nagi, a boy who goes to another school, and their love is just starting to blossom. But what happens when Haruru happens to see the 6 am blue train with someone else?! <<less

1) Chiko's Wish... more>>

Chiko is a young female sparrow in love with a human boy named Shuu. One day, the Grim Reaper suddenly shows up at Shuu's house and shocks Chiko by announcing that he's come to collect Shuu's soul. What can one little sparrow do to save a human life...?

2) Crybaby Yukimushi

3) Reverse Storm Warning

4) The Rainbow's Fugue

5) Spring Game

6) A Half-Bitter Present <<less

When an old friend from kindergarten moves in next door, Anzu struggles to remember having a childhood friend named Ichigo. However, she soon comes to... more>> realize that appearances can be deceiving, because this beautiful girl is not actually a girl at all! <<less

Miruku gets the shock of her life when she finds a strange person in her bed one morning. Ruu claims to be an angel who... more>> has cast a spell on Miruku's family and schoolmates. In return for silence about her identity, Ruu agrees to help Miruku any way she can. One day, a student quarrels with the rest of the class. Ruu tries to put things right with a spell, but it doesn't seem to work on that student... <<less

Collection of short stories:... more>>

1) Crescendo

Kazune, Yuzuru and Yanna loved the band "Crescent" and were inseperable. Then Yanna reveals she loves Yuzuru and Kazune cheers her on. Kazune discovers her family is moving away. And Yuzuru calls Kazune to ask if she'd like to go with him to a "Crescent" concert...

2) Mousou Reijou

Nene has inhired a special gift to turn the "beautiful" scenes in her head into reality. Only the one she loves with all her heart can help her control it. One day she gets dropped in front of Tatsumis house, the boy she loves. He has to take care of her from now on...

3) Kokoro Prism

Haircut, makeup and contact lenses. The new me. Nahi uses her day off from cram school to go to the beach as a different person. Her classmates don't recognize her. Beach bums try to pick her up. She's saved by a mysterious boy named Yoh who says, "Don't I know you from somewhere...?"

4) Link - Kimi no Tenohira

Miyuu was devastated when she saw her boyfriend kiss another girl. When she slaps her hands against the mirror in her room, it changes scene and she's staring into the face of a strange boy...

5) Synchronized Night

Like the other girls in her class Remu relies on her dreams to predict her future. Her latest dream predicts success in love--and classmate Mamoru blurts out he had the same dream! In eerie succession his dreams match hers. But then her dreams have her pursued by a dark figure. Is it Mamoru? Does he have the same dream? <<less

Collection of 5 short stories by Yabuuchi Yuu.... more>>

1. Kimi ga Mai Orite Kita (Your Came Floating Down)

2. Sakura Sensation

3. Ima Iro Asenai Youni (So We Won't Fade Today)

4. Hitoribocchi no Cosmos (Lonely Cosmos)

5. Shiritsu Fushigi no Youenchi (Mysterious Kindergarten) <<less