Men Ke, a regular office drone, used to spend her life living boring days. However, an unexpected event put her in a situation where being... more>> bored would cause her to die. The female lead faces death every day but still needs to go to work, and the male lead enthusiastically wants to save her but is not quite capable. Let's observe how they manage to live "fulfilling lives". <<less

A weakly ill boy, after knowing that he had cancer, faced a zombie outbreak. His normal life became hell, his family and crush were attacked... more>> by the zombies, but shockingly, after the boy was infected, a miraculous change occurred... <<less

What do you spend the time left of your life when it's measured in heartbeats? This is the story of Hato Iijima and Hatsu Takagi,... more>> connected to each other by a rare disease called "Tempocardy". <<less

Moriyama Rin was born with an incurable disease. Despite her best efforts to live a normal high school life, Shimehara Satoshi was the one who ruined it at the very end.... more>>

'I wish I didn't say I liked her.'

Satoshi, full of regrets, experiences a time leap and meets Rin for the second time.

'If I don't involve myself with her, Rin will be able to spend her short time left and end it with a smile...' <<less

Hazuki falls in love at first sight with a flower shop owner named Rokka and decides to get closer to her by applying as a part-time employee.... more>>

A going-away party soon brings him to her doorstep, and Hazuki is elated. But what happens when he discovers that residing in her apartment is the spirit of the man she can never forget? <<less

The beautiful Seto is told she has six months to live. At the school she attends, she meets a tomboyish girl who wants to leave... more>> her boyish past behind and debut as a shoujo heroinesque high schooler. It's like a high-school debut except the person is a dying pretty girl. <<less

Sixteen-year old Kaoru, who cannot be exposed to sunlight, can only experience “life” at night, when she’s in front of the train station, singing. There... more>> begins a love that has blossomed for the first time in her life. <<less

Takeda is diagnosed with cancer and feels that he has nothing to live for. His wife had died of cancer and his only daughter has been missing for fourteen years.... more>>

One day, when he is about to attempt suicide, the phone rings. It’s the police, and they inform him that the dead body of his long lost daughter has been found, that it appears to have been a homicide. Takeda is crushed but resolves then and there to spend the remaining days of his life hunting down his daughter’s killer.

The time left for Takeda to live equals the time left to put the murderer behind bars. Life is a heart-wrenching story about a father’s willpower and his search for the truth. <<less

Aizawa Minami is a girl who has never cried in her life. She's awkward with her feelings, and she carries a camcorder to film everything she likes. Because of her quirks, she's labeled as a freak and alienated by her classmates.... more>>

Satoru is her classmate and a recently retired teen actor who understands her. They quickly become friends, but what Minami doesn't know is that Satoru is hiding his secret from the world...

The included oneshots: "Kira-fuwa Kiss" and "Kira-fuwa Xmas" have not been translated.

*The oneshot Blue Wings from HAL takes place before this. In that story, Satoru's first name is different because the translations were done by different groups and 暁 can be read as Akira or Satoru. <<less

Let’s get into a time machine and return to that time. ... more>>

Where it was always fun and you were always laughing, to that time...

"I only have three more months to live"

Yui who just transferred to a new school in the countryside becomes Ryo’s classmate. Yui who is suffering from an illness has a "wish" that she can’t tell anyone, but Ryo wants to grant her that wish but…

After death, reality hits Ryo and Yui.

This is the story of the eternal promise that was made by the two of them. <<less

There once was a man called the most brilliant intellectual. And a woman with everything standing at the death's door. Their hearts were so completely... more>> frozen solid that nothing could melt them. What kind of light was it that could melt their hearts? ...Love...? If the answer was love, isn't it beyond absurdity? <<less

During the winter, Yuichi was hospitalized due to hepatitis. Randomly he would try to escape from the hospital but would get beat up by the... more>> nurse. One day, he happened to meet Rika, a girl of his age, in the next building. He was fascinated by her beauty, but she was very selfish girl. Although she led him by the nose, he began to be attracted by her. However, when Rika told him about her illness, he knew why she acted so selfish; she didn't have long to live. <<less

Follow the final moments of a shinsengumi first squadron captain, Okita Soji, as the author tells his version of the story.

1) The Day I Become a Butterfly... more>>

There is a rumor going around school that Mikami can “hear” when one’s death is near. Uka has just turned fifteen, but doesn’t know how much longer he’ll live… Will the budding love between Mikami and Uka have a happy ending?

2) You At the End (Hate Ni Aru Kimi)

A short story about a guy sick of this world and the silent, unlikely boy who anchors him to it.

3) The Lonely War

Can men and women have platonic friendships? Suzu is determined to try.

4) Blue Cat's Tunnel

A story about one girl's hope to find a way out of her life...

5) Tokyo Alien Yulala

A young student's trouble understanding his classmate makes him think the boy may be an alien.

6) Planet Yours

An abused boy has trouble relying on his friends.

Note: stories 1, 2, 5 & 6 are shounen-ai, stories 3 & 4 are shoujo. <<less

Harumi has been in the hospital practically her whole life. She has a life-threatening disease, and is kept inside at all times. Her life is... more>> incredibly mundane until she meets Masato, a new patient. He isn’t the best influence, being a heavy smoker and drinker, but since they’ve both got nothing better to do, they become friends. This humorous story follows their meeting and the night they spend together, talking about what it means to die early. <<less

Weekend Betsuender:... more>>

A collection of 5 short stories:

1. Natsu no Kakera

When Miyuki goes off to the countryside to visit her grandfather in the hospital, she accidentally enters Madoka’s room instead. Although she finds him rude at first, they end up seeing each other every day and get closer. But, Miyuki only has a limited amount of time in the countryside. As the summer passes, how will things turn out for them?

2. Yuki no Kakera

Aya usually has the library to herself after school - that is, until she witnesses an incident that leads to her discovery of Tono’s feelings for her fellow librarian, Konno. The three end up spending time together, and Aya finds it odd that she can’t stop watching them. As winter goes on, the snow falls and builds up like the fragments of Tono’s emotions - fragments that slowly find their way into Aya’s heart.

3. Koi no Kakera

What was initially sheer admiration for the club president, Kondo, spurred Konno into joining the Home Economics Club. Little did she know that these feelings of admiration would eventually grow into something bigger and she decides to knit him a scarf as an expression for her feelings. However, life is hard when the target of her affections is the harshest handicraft critic around. Would a scarf knitted with the her fragments of her emotions be enough to convey her feelings?

4. Harumichi Soushi

On the third anniversary of her author father's death, Hinata gets swept into a manuscript he left in his library-- literally!

5. Akiiro Kimiiro

Kanako had always dreamed of falling in love; and when she finally does, things don’t exactly go according to plan. Ihara is cold, aloof and rude – but despite that, she is relentless and refuses to give up. Vibrantly coloured by all the moments they had together, it was the autumn their lives changed forever. <<less

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When a boy she doesn't know confesses to her, Yoshinaga finds herself the victim of bullying at the hands of his girlfriend and her female classmates. She resolves to endure it alone, until a classmate stands up to the bullies and sweeps her off her feet (literally!). The closer they get, the more she comes to care for him... but little does she know, her hero is hiding a sad secret of his own.... more>>

The included oneshots "Kimi no Kira-Kira ni Naritai" and "Engi nanka ja, Nai!!" have yet to be scanlated. <<less

Contains 4 oneshots:... more>>

1. Itsuka no Tsuki de Aimashou

When Riha goes to hospital to go see her father, who was just in an accident, she meets a boy, Nozomu-kun, who helps her find her way through the hospital so she can visit her father. After that day, they become great friends and possibly more…

2. Tsuki no Waltz

Asakura Nariko is the daughter of a wealthy family in the Showa era. As the successor of the family, she is very strictly educated to become a proper lady, and her teacher is Sawa Keiichirou, the son of her family's butler. To Nariko, Keiichirou is like a brother, or maybe even more than that, but it is her duty to marry the leader of another prominent family someday...

3. Once a Blue Moon

4. Petit Lesson

Sequel to <<less

The narration of a man who is diagnosed with stomach cancer and undergoing chemotherapy.

A middle-school girl had a terminal illness and left a letter for a certain someone. Her older sis chased after him, who ran away, further... more>> and further, with the letter in hand. <<less

A love story between two souls separated by their stations in life, in the form of a tattoo.... more>>

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"Even if we stopped seeing each other, my soul would always be with you."

A man visits a certain tatoo artist. A vivid love story of surreptitious, yet intense longing of two souls. <<less

There's a witch that makes your wildest dreams come true. She can make any wish of yours come true, in exchange for something precious. These are the stories about five different wishes.... more>>

Includes the stories:

• Kuroneko Renai Kumikyoku

Have you heard of the world where a witch and her black cat live happily together? It's a paradise where nothing bad happens and no one gets sad. But then, the witch dies and the cat is left alone. Somehow, she [the cat] appears to become human. What is the fate of the black cat who searches for her witch in the human world?

• Kioku no Mori (Forest of Memories)

Tomori Asabika awakens in a strangely empty house. Then a boy dressed in black appears at her front door and helps her awaken memories--memories she doesn't want to recall...

• Manatsu no Gin no Yume (Misdummer's Silver Dream)

• Koori no Netsudo (The Ice's Temperature)

• Tokiiro Meikyuu (Labyrinth of Time and Color) <<less

Kei and Mizuki's quiet lives together in the countryside are shattered when Mizuki collapses and a parasitic plant-like organism is discovered spreading its roots through... more>> her body, leeching away her life. How will Kei and Mizuki spend their last days together? <<less

"Just how many more times can this girl's heart beat?"... more>>

Kokokudou Yuuga, a sick boy with 5 days left to live, meets Kurotani Rimu, a sick girl with 1 month left to live. They become fast friends due to their similar circumstances, but can their relationship blossom when it has a time limit on it?

(Source: Batoto) <<less