Love is something that is fresh...like salads. Days when people experience love are days that will never be forgotten... These precious memories are "salad days".... more>>

Salad Days is a collection of one-shots about people and their first love, or finding new love. <<less

Shi-Hyun is a girl who has nothing but bad luck - at least, that's what everyone believes. In some ways, Shi-Hyun herself believes this and... more>> tries to stay away from the people she loves the most. As a result, she has developed an outer shell, making her look tough and indifferent even with the constantly bullying. But when she transfers to a different high school, a fresh start brings unfamiliar characters - and new challenges - into her life. <<less

Shimeru Futaba is a normal high schooler living a normal life, active in his school's wrestling club and slowly getting closer to his awkward love... more>> interest, Misaki. This fails to last, as he discovers his family's hereditary genetic defect that becomes active at adolescence. Although it will eventually become controllable, excitement and stress now make Futaba switch sex. Hilarity ensues. <<less

Asuka is a typical high-school girl with two big loves in her life: Judo, and Kujyo-senpai. One day, Asuka finally gathers up her nerve to... more>> confess her feelings to Kujyo-senpai. But before she can do so, a boy from her past transfers to her school and challenges Asuka to a judo match--if he wins, Asuka will have to be his girlfriend for three months. Who is this boy? Will Asuka ever get a chance to confess to Kujyo-senpai? Who will win this match? <<less

The twins Maria and Noel have always lived together and are very closely linked. When Maria decides to enter Morinomiya School because of the beautiful... more>> eyes of its basketball coach, Noel, who refuses to be separated from his sister, decides to enter the same establishment. Unfortunately, there are no spots left for boys. He thus decides to pass himself off as a girl! But school life is not easy when one must constantly play in a comedy! Especially when Noel rapidly falls in love with Miyu, a fellow classmate, while he himself is courted by another student. <<less

An anthology of stories about ordinary high school guys and their relationships...or lack thereof. Boys Be...takes a look at the trials of love and loss... more>> from a refreshing point of view and often adds interesting insight into what a relationship is like from an average guys point of view! <<less

Miharu Tsuji is a 15 year old tomboy who finds out that her best friend likes her. Now, she must deal with the different emotions... more>> and find out what she truly feels in this all-so-strange situation. <<less

A story of love and loss. Nae and Ryou have been going out for almost three years, but then something changes...

Kou and Yukako have been friends since elementary school but over the years Kou has fallen in love with his childhood friend and when he found out that she was moving as a result of her family mounting debts he was devastated at the prospect of losing his best friend and the woman he loved.... more>>

That was back in junior high. A few years after their separation, Kou and Yukako meet again. Kou is happy to see her after so many years apart but at the same time shocked at how frail and thin she has become. The strong genki little girl he knew was gone and in her place stood a half-starved homeless girl forced to steal to eat.

Included oneshots:

Vol. 1: Mukigen no Shiawase (Published in Ribon Original in '92)

Vol. 2: Sonna Romance (Published in Ribon Bessatsu Furoku in '92) <<less

1) Poor Chikako, who’s always changing schools, has fallen in love with her classmate Abe. In three days, Chikako will have to face changing schools again, but what about her love for Abe…... more>>

2) - Weather Forecast, Sunny -

Hikaru loves rainy days because that’s when she gets walk to school with Takehiko, but the end of the rainy season heralds changes more disturbing to Hikaru than just the weather.

3) The Wind Plan -

Kurinama Sho comes up with the perfect plan to get close to his ideal girl, Student Council President Sakatsumu Nakano. The plan works, but his idol is not quite the girl he thinks she is…

4) The Kingdom of Fairytales -

He’s a prince–well, more like a playboy. She’s his destined lover–along with the 58 other girls he’s used that line on. Can this unlikely pair make their fairytale end happily ever after?

5) Candy Romance -

A bittersweet story of the joy and pain of first love. <<less

As a boy, Teppei once tried to elope with his first love. Now 16 years old, Teppei meets his first love again, but that little... more>> boy from his childhood has become a perverted king of harassment! Worse yet, they are now "brothers," after their parents' remarriage to each other. Living under one roof, what is in store for Teppei's love and innocence? <<less

Story 1) Having grown up together in the same apartment building, Hasumi and Souichirou are like brother and sister. But one day, Souichirou suddenly confesses to Hatsumi! They start going out, but their story is filled with the confusion of first love.... more>>

Story 2) Rainy Day Children: Rumi is a very bored 3rd grade girl. What can one do when all it does is rain, rain, rain? The answer, of course, is to go outside, enjoy the rain–and just maybe, find an interesting new friend.

Story 3) Love Machine: Natsuki has a crush on a boy a year younger than she is. She thinks she can find the courage to confess, if only he would see her as a girl instead of just his senpai.

Story 4) The Sun Adventurers: Legend has it that beyond the two mountains in the west where the dark forests ended, there was a place that could make wishes come true… People called it: Sunlight. Tulip, a young female of the Persian tribe, has a very important wish…

Story 5) Fly into the Blue Sky: A young girl learns to fly–but not too high.

Story 6) Awful Boy: Miwa knew Takumi already had a girlfriend. He feels friendship for Miwa, while she feels the pain of unrequited love. But sometimes, the pain is worth it. <<less

Collection of short stories:... more>>

• Koi ni Ochita Oujisama (The Prince Who Fell In Love)

"Just thinking about it makes me want to cry. Do you know the kind of love I'm talking about?" Shiho lives next door to a prince. Toshiki-sama is the heir of a Noh music master. They shouldn't have been anything more than childhood friends, but...

• Cinderella no Tegami (Cinderella's Letter)

Mashita has always been annoyed by one particular guy, in all her years of going to one school, and it just so happens he's the only person she knows in her new class.

• Busu (The Ugly One)

Maki got a little arrogant, thanks to her looks when she was a child, and her confidence takes a downhill ride when Hideo-kun, her crush, calls her ugly due to peer pressure.

• Iroha ni Hoheto (Old Way of Reading the Japanese Alphabet)

Kiyomi goes to her childhood friend; Atsushi, for love advice; whose face she says she's gotten sick of.

• Pizzicato

A girl who has no talent, Miki, has a crush on an up and coming violinist who attends her school, and thinks it's a waste of time to tell him her feelings, since she might be moving soon. <<less

Wataru and Makoto are friends from their early childhood. They are recognized as the gay couple in the school, and while Makoto appears to be... more>> ok with it, Wataru is greatly troubled by it and by Makoto's attitude. Since Wataru will not permit anything more than a kiss, the anxious Makoto visits his prep school teacher and tries to consult him about his problem. However, he's not aware of the danger that awaits him! <<less

A hopeless geek, a beautiful woman, and a fast connection--could the Internet be his ticket onto the express train to romance?... more>>

A real-life thread on an Internet forum sparks a nationwide phenomenon! A nerdy otaku meets a girl on a train and posts an urgent query on the Web--How the heck do you talk to girls? What should he wear on their date? Where should they go? The forum's response was overwhelming, and the thread continued to grow along with their relationship. <<less

1) Honey Pie Debut... more>>

Two good friends know they have loved each other and become a couple. But being tired from accommodating one to another, they return to being good friends again...

2) Melody Melody

Two students who enjoy singing in the street: one student, a lyric writer, suffers from one-way love; the other student, a composer, comforts him and asks him to love him instead.

3) Kirei Kirei

Our hero has longed for dormitory life, but his very beautiful roommate can't clean up his room...

4) Water Drop Sacramento

A mysterious student is rumored to have killed and buried a woman under a cherry tree. But our hero finds out he buries the hero's favorite things which he wrote about on graduation...

5) Dizzy Boys Fruits Milk

A students love triangle around the son of a public bathhouse owner.

6) Donut Letter

Watching video, two boys feel sexual desire. On the next day, one student puts the blame on another and makes him misunderstand. <<less

All Midori wants to do is set out on his own and study overseas. Unfortunately, his crafty cousin (and math teacher) Hanabusa lectures him day... more>> and night about his decisions, and his spazzy best friend Kanoh is freaking out about everything! In order to balance this equation of the heart, Midori is going to have to stay truly focused. But will he factor in the unexpected variable of first love? <<less

Drawn into the exciting world of kabuki theatre, young Akari spends her time after school assisting the famous actor, Shonosuke Ichimura. In the real world,... more>> however, this prince of kabuki is actually a high school cutie named Ryusei. The pair's relationship gets off on the wrong foot but eventually, with the help of a cat known as Mr. Ken, the two teenagers fall in love. <<less

Jiyoo is a beautiful girl, who has yet to have her first kiss. Handsome guys, who Jiyoo only saw as friends, are now competing for... more>> the fair maiden’s love. Who will win over Jiyoo’s chaste heart? <<less

Ian and Rin used to just see spirits. Now Ian is one. Using the Fairy Cube, Ian must figure out how to stop the lizard-spirit Tokage from taking over his life and destroying any chance he has of resurrection.... more>>

V.3 contains an unrelated short story called

• Psycho Knocker

Ashina Tomo is your average school girl who somehow constantly has terrible images of a train accident. One day, on her crush’s birthday, her best friend brings her to an isolated print club machine which is rumored to allow prayers to come true. What would happen when your prayers come true, but not the way you want them to be? By a cursed print club machine nonetheless. <<less

As part of her grandmother's scheme, twenty-year-old Jae-Gyu is sent from her secluded country village to the big city. Completely out of her element and... more>> out of money, Jae-Gyu manages to get into trouble as soon as she gets off the bus. She expected the move would be rough, but she never thought she’d meet the last person she ever wanted to see again — Hee-Do, a boy from grade school whom she bullied mercilessly. Even though he’s a big-time rock star now, he still remembers his childhood tormentor. Is he out for revenge? Or is it something quite different…? <<less

Collection of oneshots:... more>>

1. Same Cell Organism

Nakagawa and Yokota are two boys very much in love with each other. Yokota is more open with his feelings, but Nakagawa is easily embarrassed of public displays of affection. Though they may be outwardly different, their feelings for each other are the same...their connection is such that they liken themselves to same-cell oganisms.

2. I Love You (sequel to Same Cell Organism)

3. Lullaby in My Hand (another sequel to Same Cell Organism & I Love You)

4. The Letter in the Attic (Yare Ura Yuubin Monogatari)

Two lonely boys visit a favourite spot.

5. To Make Angel (Tenshi wo Tsukuru)

An angel follows a young boy throughout his life.

6. To Make Angel (Tenshi wo Tsukuru) (sequel)

7. We Selfish Two

Sora is in love with Kindergarten Teacher Midori. <<less

On top of being bad at studying, Misato - a grade 9 student - has bad luck with her love life as well. This is a story about this girl"™s fresh first love.... more>>

Side Story 1: Cast Your Magic (Mahou wo Kakete)

Natsumi is the president of her class but she feels as if her classmates only view her as a nerd and so she distances herself from them. Well, until the boy she hates, Sawada, suddenly declares that they were to go shopping together. Sawada is everything that she is not; energetic, always having fun and is very friendly. What will happen to our introverted president? A story about a caterpillar emerging from its lonely cocoon!

Side Story 2: Whipering Softly in My Heart (Kokoro ni Sotto Sasayaite)

Suzuna is the basketball manager and an ordinary high school girl. But you wouldn’t guess at it because she’s short and has a cute baby face like an elementary student. Which doesn’t sound so bad until she hears that her crush, Yuuji-senpai, only looks at her as a little sister because of her cute appearance. How will she be able to make Yuuji-senpai look at her not as a sister? <<less

A collection of three stories of love and the supernatural:... more>>

I. Desert Storm: It's four years after the Chechnya revolt against Russian rule. Eimi finds a mysterious boy who speaks Japanese, just like her father. Because he can't recall who he is she calls him "Yuuji." And Yuuji's strange powers tell Eimi her first crush is still alive...

*Related to

II. The Garden of Wild Roses: Garden designer Shindo Chika is surrounded by mystery. One by one people she knows are injured or suddenly die. The only clue she has is a boy with a scarred face--whom she fears is a shinigami.

*Related to

III. Sunset Encounter: Ryuugi dreams each year on his birthday of a girl named Fumika who he loved as a boy name Sou, and another boy named Keishi, who kills him. But when the people from his dreams keep appearing and he starts dreaming events that take place while he dreams, then he begins to wonder what exactly is happening. <<less

Kokoro was involved in a traffic accident when she was small, and there was a hero who risked his life to save her. She can’t... more>> remember anything about him, except for his back, which was scarred from saving her. Now a high school student, she still can’t forget the guy from her memories. Suddenly, she was assigned to take care of the new transfer student, Inuyama Kei, who’s always quiet and somewhat of a weirdo. He reminds her of her childhood hero, but she wishes her hero was Shun-senpai, the idol of all the girls in school, and who’s been very nice to her lately... <<less