In order to protect the world from Monsters, magic users form contracts with each other through a magical lamp known as the "Lamp of Torn... more>> Flames" to increase their powers. Corze Letta is one of the newest candidates from the race called 'Halves', ready to find her partner of the Lamp, a person from the race known as 'Genies'. However, Rau Laaran, the Genie Corze finds herself paired with, seems to be a lot more difficult than she expected... <<less

In a small alleyway in Higashiyama, Kyoto, there are two boarding houses, and in the alley these form, dubbed "outcast alleyway," there are only two... more>> tenants. So one of them, the daughter of the current landlord, pesters the other tenant into helping her gather more residents, specifically other outcasts. <<less

Nanase Hina is a girl with an androphobia. She's very happy that she's finally able to enroll in Seika Girls Academy and even became roommates with Yukino Kaede, whom she thinks is the ideal girl; beautiful, refined, and perfect. Except... Kaede is actually not a girl.... more>>

Except for the first chapter, the story is mostly from Kaede's point of view. The author herself said Kaede is the real protagonist. <<less

Kotoha is a female slave held captive waiting to be auctioned off. One day, seeing her fellow cellmate succumbed to hunger and exhaustion, she ran... more>> away deep into the forest to get her life taken by the deity of the death. The deity not only didn't accept her request but he also saved her from the hunting of those slave traders and fed her. Not willing to give up, she kept searching for him to convince him to grant her wish. What will be the fate of Kotoha...? <<less

Behind Student Council Vice President Yuuko's cool facade lies a secret that she is desperate to keep from flamboyant President Hasumi. But how long can... more>> she go before her mask cracks on Christmas Eve and she's exposed? <<less

Anise can't believe her luck when she finds herself in the same high school as famous former child star Siva. Although the cool and handsome... more>> Siva seems unapproachable, Anise manages to become his friend. But her happiness turns to surprise when she discovers Siva's secret: for years, he's been switching identities with his twin brother, Cipher! <<less

Maomei manages to acquire a job taking care of the Shikyou that were sealed into powerless human forms and confined 2000 years ago.

Narinomiya Aoi, the daughter of a distinguished family, has a secret. Thanks to her grandfather's debts, she's now the "pet" of Katsuragi Kei, a rebellious... more>> new student at their prestigious academy. How will she escape the burden of the debts and what exactly is Kei actually after? <<less

Aiboshi Akari wants to be a witch, but she might get executed?!

"Exactly, what am I?" A human-made robot that is used for battles meets a blind girl, Lilina, while running away. He is slowly captivated by Lilina as she doesn't see him as a robot, but suddenly someone who targets the both of them appears? Moreover, Lilina also has a secret of her own? ... more>>

Also included:

1. Monlight Romance

Desert fantasy of a king and a dancer girl.

2. Red Thread

A forbidden love between an elder sister and a younger brother. <<less

About a robot, Jack, who appears frequently in Shimizu's SF stories. He's a robot with very human-like psyche and he once believed that he was... more>> human and he can even consume food, unlike many of the other robots of those times. However, a cruel incident opened his eyes to the truth and he decided to perform bounty-hunting duties on a strange planet. That's where he meets Ruby, who turns into an innocent-looking youngster and a beautiful and seducing woman at night... she's a Photuris - a human tribe that preys on other humans in order to survive... <<less

Kotoko finds a strange wounded boy, collapsed on the ground. She saves him and asks in return that he spend her birthday with her. She... more>> lives alone because her father had passed away... How can she still smile? And what is so unnatural in this boy she saved? It appears he can see more than human beings... What will happen to him? Will he be saved? And will he agree to spend the day with her or stay a stray and be lonely as he's been from the day he was born...? <<less

To help pay for her sick mother's medicine, Lydia accepts a job with Lord Evert Drake. While there, she encounters a mysterious, mute girl.

1) Yume no Tsuzuki... more>>

Ailey, the selfish daughter of a multibillionaire, "buys" Marty - her favorite rockstar - in an intergalatical society and essentially forbids him from leaving her private planet, no matter how much he tries to leave. But as time goes on, Marty continues to resist, and she must either kill him or let him go.

2) 8 Gatsu no Nagai Yoru

3) Robot Kou (Gitai) <<less

In these super ordinary days something unexpected happened?... more>>

Mirutsuki is shocked when Fujiyama suddenly approaches her with an unusual request: The smartest, most popular guy wants to observe her, the most average girl? What could be the reason for his strange behavior? <<less

Seven years ago, Yura found Nao washed up from the sea. No one knows who he is or where he came from. Her parents took... more>> him in, and he's been living as her "little brother" for seven years, but now that is going to change...? <<less

On a rainy Friday, Yayoi makes an effort to go to the store to get a new pair of glasses. With her poor eye sight she ends up bumping into a guy who is soaking wet and this guy ends up helping her get to the store. He runs off quickly and Yayoi is unable to thank him. From that day onwards she labels him as Mr. Friday and has him constantly on her mind. Now her life is filled with wonder and questions as she fumbles to try and find the truth about who Mr. Friday might really be. Can it really be someone from her school?... more>>

Also includes a short story, P.M. Dream, about a teenage girl who is considered to be very much like a cool guy. She is the daughter of the owner of a boarding house, in which the bearded Kuma-san boards. <<less

Haru, a boy who hates snow, is (for various reasons) transferred to a village which is surrounded by snow due to being also inhabited by... more>> yuki-onna. <<less

A nightmare-devouring tapir becomes stuck in Akane's dreams until she can feed him a proper nightmare.

Yamato is the son of a human and the most powerful snow woman. One day a young snow woman named Hiori came to take him back to the village of the snow women. It is said that the kiss of a snow woman could freeze a man's heart. That's what Hiori intends to do to take Yamato back to the village. But how will Hiori accomplish her mission when Yamato, who isn't mesmerized by the usual enchantment of a snow woman, doesn't let Hiori come near him?... more>>

Note: Original language image is unavailable without a watermark. <<less

1) Sunny Spots Typhoon... more>>

Kusakabe Kaoru is the prince of the school that all the girls want. But he has a secret that he doesn't want any one to know: Since his mom's death, he's been house-bound taking care of his three younger siblings and father.

2) Dawn in Eden

During the summer, Hibiya Madoka, Azuma Tatsuki, Mizuse Miwa and Nakayama Kotaro must go to cram school. Knowing that Miwa and Tatsuki both have mutual love, Madoka liking Tatsuki (but they are only partners) and Madoka and Tatsuki both hating Kotarou. How will they manage to survive on an inhabited island that they just have been stranded on?

3) Empty Boy

A boy called Ao, who hates humans, has one secret. When he touches someone’s naked skin, he can wipe out all memories of himself. But then he becomes close with his classmate Akane and gradually starts to want to touch her...?!

4) Pinocchio Dreams

Fubuki's dog, Chloe, gets hit by a car. Kio spots her and tells her to come with him to save Chloe. After Toba Daisuke, who is famous to weirdo, saves Chloe, Fubuki finds out Kio is a robot! She is shocked and creeped out but they eventually become friends. <<less

Umi used to be a very sickly girl when she was young. One time, she was on the verge of death after contracting a high... more>> fever, but then her fever magically disappeared, leaving behind a star-shape mark on her forehead with the color of the ocean. Now a sixteen-year-old girl, Umi dreams of finding love and having a boyfriend like many other girls her age. There's one guy at school whom she's really interested in, but things don't really go the way she wants them to, with another guy showing up out of nowhere... Not to mention, that guy isn't just your average guy... <<less

What happens when an overly trusting prince and a super paranoid witch go in search of the powerful witch Garbera in a whole jungle of... more>> suspicious creatures and powerful magical traps, all for the cause of fulfilling each of their wishes? <<less

Mouri has been dragged to a goukon (blind group date) by her best friend; but Mouri neither wants a boyfriend nor is afraid of showing... more>> her true self, as crude as her personality may be. But when she catches the eye of a guy just as relentless and creepy as her, how will she react? <<less

A boy she always knew from afar is about to be crushed by the train before her very eyes, but not before he looks directly at her, causing Maomi to drift and land... 2000 years into the past! ... more>>

The man she runs into is on a mission to fight war against the ancient country... Who exactly is he, and will he be able to help Maomi get home?

A 51-paged oneshot by Kaoru Ichinose that references . <<less