Hanazono is feared due to his grim reaper-like face. However, college student Suzuki Hiyori confessed to him and they started going out! While Hanazono is... more>> pretty much bewildered about it, seems like Hiyori is the only one who notices his "real face." <<less

While wandering about, Masachika stops by to watch a traveling troupe perform. Captivated by the sight of an oni maiden dancing in a whirl of cherry blossoms, he redeems her and takes her as his traveling companion. He names her Ouka and treats her kindly. She slowly opens up to him; however, having experienced little warmth in her life, she is also unsettled by his kindness. As for her final resolve...... more>>

Other stories in this anthology:

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- Sandglass no Ori

A boy with no memories was taken in by an elderly couple. With no identity and recurring dreams, he lived his life, as what it is.

- Hana no Canon

Flowers, accompanying us from the beginning to the ending. <<less

Masago is an average student. Everything about her is average except for her older brother, Shirou. He’s the president of the student council and everyone... more>> admires him. One day, while walking home with her brother, they get into an accident and her brother dies saving her. After Shirou’s funeral, Masago goes to the house of her brother's best friend, claiming to be her older brother. <<less

Kinoshita Rinko, 20 years old, has been fired after taking the blame of a colleague's mistake during her probation period. The reason behind her action... more>> is, "it is very lonely when you're crying and there is no one to help you." On her way back home, she met a beautiful woman crying and could not leave her by herself. Believing in Rinko's reasoning, the woman asked Rinko to take her place to protect her brother, Shinomiya Ryou. <<less

1) Kaeru no Saiban or Kaeru Saiban... more>>

One day a frog saves the life of a bad witch. The witch promises to grant one of the frog's wishes... Which is to turn into a beautiful girl! Will our Frog-chan fulfill her dream and fall in love?

2) Kimi ni Tenshi no Shukufuku wo!

Does God exist? A runaway boy accused of thievery takes a surprisingly cooperative nun hostage. With her he learns what it means to have faith and courage.

3) Mori to Oshiro

A princess who has everything one could ever ask for hears a bird singing, "What a pitiful princess." Why, she asks, was she so pitiful? The bird answers that it is because she does not know, and if she wants to know, then she must go out of her castle.

4) Gekkou Spice

If you sprinkle your whole body with the moonlight-spice and make a wish, it will come true. What is the wish of the black panther chased through the forest by hooligans when it meets the pure bunny Alice?! <<less

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

Devastated by the loss of her parents, 18-year-old Chouko loses her will to live. After staying with several different relatives, she settles in with a... more>> handsome young writer named Kei and finds solace in tending to the flower garden. Kei's a solitary person who doesn't quite know how to deal with this emotional young woman, but Chouko's dedication eventually leads him to accept her presence. Will their mutual affection grow into something more? (from the CMX website) <<less

1. Nejimaki Mano-san (Wind-up Mano-san)... more>>

New transfer student Mano Shouko just wants to live her life independently without relying on others. When Noda Seiji, the boy who sits beside her in class, catches her messing up the school festival art decorations on camera, she's trapped into accompanying him home every day. She wants nothing more than to change seats to free herself of him, but her feelings may change when she encounters someone from his past…

2. Kakuu Teien (Imaginary Garden)

3. Bara to Zirconia (Rose and Zirconia)

School teacher Satomi-sensei was coming home drunk one day when he sees a girl sleeping among the roses in the park. In his drunken state, he believes the girl is his first love back in middle school. He wakes up the next morning with the girl beside him with the exactly the same face as his first love! Is he still drunk? Or it this some cruel twist of fate? (Source: Aerandria)

4. Toro (Confession)

A love story from the boy's point of view.

5. Sonogo no Mano-san <<less

School teacher Satomi-sensei was coming home drunk one day when he sees a girl sleeping among the roses in the park. In his drunken state,... more>> he believes the girl is his first love back in middle school. He wakes up the next morning with the girl beside him with the exactly the same face as his first love! Is he still drunk? Or it this some cruel twist of fate? <<less

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

A love story from the boy's point of view.

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