A 30-something woman enjoys her carefree life with her husband. But time is ticking, pressure growing. Might be too late soon for kids.

One day, a man calling himself a prophet appears in front of the Dadakusa girls' basketball team and proclaims, "the earth will perish if you don't win the prefectural tournament."... more>>

Find out the fate of the earth, basketball, and love by reading Toriaezu Chikyuu ga Horobiru Mae Ni. <<less

Tamako doesn't have any confidence, sex appeal, or romantic experience. Caught off-guard while job-hunting, she is hired to work for an office full of suspicious... more>> people who specialize in designing for pachinko parlors. Thus, her days of agony begin to unfold. <<less

"I want to believe in my first love. ... more>>

But then we met."

25-year-old Miku, who moved back to the house she grew up in two months ago, is studying to succeed her grandfather's Chinese medicine store, "Kusuriya Kyubee." Everyday she and her grandfather respond to the troubles of the customers who visit the store, prepare herbal medicine for them, or simply chat with them.

On the other hand, Miku is unable to forget her first love, but she meets an ultra-shy boy named Kanae who likes plants. Perhaps she is beginning to care about him little by little. <<less

Collection of stories:... more>>

1) Borderline (NEMU Youko) (also found in )

2) Akatsuki no Stallion (SHINOHARA Chie)

3) Ashita no Nyaata (NISHI Keiko)

4) Hibi Kore Neko Jitsu (HATSU Akiko)

5) Bokura Shinbun (OUSAKA Mieko)

6) Sorekara (Hozumi) (also found in )

7) Neko ni Umare Kawatta Boku wa (SAKURAWA Asuka)

8) Kyou wa Shuppatsu no Hi (OOUCHI Eiko)

9) 04992 (Est Em) <<less

Twenty-nine-year-old Haruko's world collapses when her fiance suddenly tells her he's leaving her. Although encouraged by family and friends, who are kindly consoling, she still... more>> feels suffocated. Sensing her need to get away, Asano, a classmate in Tokyo suggests that she "Come to Tokyo!" Life for Haruko, who had hit rock-bottom, is about to restart! <<less

The manga starts with Kazuki, a university student in Tokyo, visiting her family during spring break. At first, her parents were pleased by her visit,... more>> but Kazuki doesn’t return to Tokyo even after a few days. And then one day, she just tells her parents that she left university. She has no aspirations and so starts the story with her; she is being lazy at home as a "bonkura musume" (Note: Bonkura is an absent-minded, slow or dull person). <<less