As part of the Manga Classic Literature (Koten Bungaku) series, Ikeda adapts for manga the tale of the bamboo cutter. This is a Japanese folk-tale dating from the 10th century. One day, an old and childless bamboo cutter discovers a child inside a glowing bamboo plant. The child grows up into a beautiful lady, Kaguya Hime (Princess Kaguya) and the news of her unusual beauty spreads around…

Story 1: Delivery Cupid (Takuhai Cupid) Delivery Cupid is a collection of six short stories. The title story is a romantic comedy about Tsubasa, who is half-human and half-cupid. In order to become a full cupid, he must successfully unite a couple. However, the target is an evil man named Norimasa who shows no love for anyone. When Tsubasa accidentally ends up as Norimasa's match, the trouble begins. Are Tsubasa and Norimasa attracted because of cupid magic, or is it true love? Story 4: Forever With You Story 5: Ice Cream Story 6: Under The Big Night Sky (Ookii na Yozora no Naka de) Ryou is in trouble because he is fired from his part-time job, from the famous La Fee restaurant. What does he to do? He ends up meeting a homeless guy? What? Who is this homeless guy anyway?

Deep within the jungle lies a mysterious building known as the Animal Company. At first glance it is a normal company. Look closer and you'll see that its workers are animals of all shapes and sizes. Mori no Animal Company has us visit a fantasy world of animal salarymen where we witness their comedic capers in love. Mori no Animal Company dj - Anikan Bunny-kun takes a shortcut through the woods and gets trapped by a tiger who decides to "eat him up". But when the creature that comes to his rescue is a lion…

Narumi Detective Agency is where the people of old Japan go to for mysterious and supernatural cases. But Narumi is just the face of the operation and the real hero is Kuzunoha Raido, the devil summoner. As a devil summoner, Raido can call upon many different demons to assist him in solving cases that deal with other demons causing harm in the human world. Lately, there have been a surge of cases and a powerful summoner seems to be behind all the incidents. Is the Narumi-Raido combo strong enough to overcome the demon force more powerful than anything they have experienced before?

1-3: Blue Grey Dream After a failed attempt at eloping with one of his customers, Shiki, a male prostitute, gave up any hope for love… until Ootori-sensei came along. Will Shiki finally find what he had been looking for…!? So what if there's a huge gap in their social standing, what's so wrong about living and loving for the moment? A forbidden love story in the red-light district. 4: Untied Heartbeat Shinobu and Washizaki parted ways in the most terrible of circumstances and after the many years that have passed, Shinobu is still scarred by the incident. When Washizaki returns to Japan and seeks treatment for cancer at Shinobu's hospital, Shinobu must face his past and find a resolution to the difficult feelings he's hidden deep inside. 5: Heartthrob Prince Noriaki, a normal Japanese high school student, befriends a transfer student, Zeid, a prince from overseas. As Zeid accustoms himself to Japan, Noriaki, although frustrated with Zeid's broken Japanese, finds the prince increasingly more charismatic and charming. Can Zeid charm his way into Noriaki's heart, and ultimately, his bed?

The Witch of the Moon and the Witch of the Sun got married.

In the "Japanese-style fantasy battle" story, mechanical sparrows chase after the girl Nerine on a moonlit night, but a boy and a girl save her. The boy is the older brother Akahiko, who is sullen, stingy, and polite to a fault. The girl is the energetic younger sister Yukio, who can manipulate snow. The pair are supernatural problem-solvers for hire, doing anything from intimidation to exorcisms as the Nihonmatsu siblings.

Niina went back to the past and landed in 'Hakkenden's (eight dog warriors) world. There, she met Satomi clan's young master, Satomi Takemasa. According to him, Niina's the reincarnation of one of the Hakkenshi. In order to beat their worst enemy, Tamazusa, they need Niina's power?

When "Nice Guy" Asai Manatsu's marriage proposal gets rejected, he thinks his day can't get any worse, until a Knight in Skull helmet tries to kill him! He's saved by a beautiful, silver-haired swords-woman and told to flee, but his nice guy impulses are too strong and he saves her from an attack, getting himself killed in the process. As he dies he wishes to be reborn in a world where people won't judge him for taking care of others...

"Sword & Magic Online", a VRMMO consisting of 255 floors to clear, harbors a horrible secret: Everything from floor two onwards hasn't been implemented yet. And all the devs ran away. Also, there is no magic in this world of swords and magic, the gold value has inflated indefinitely due to a dupe glitch, this kusoge (fixed term for a shitty game) is going down the toilet. And yet, there are friends enjoying this kind of game. For that reason and to avoid this world's destruction (end of service), a youth named "Sasaraki" continues developing this kusoge world together with the mysterious girl Alice who dwells in the debugging room, and...?

A collection of stories by various mangaka, centered around the hit series The Rising of the Shield Hero. --- **Volume 1 - Raphtalia to Issho** **Cover**: [Aiya Kyu](https://mangadex.org/author/7f432ca1-ae38-4280-8bbb-c1a9cff65528) **Author list**: 1. Aiya Kyu 2. Mito 3. Itohana 4. Ishimari Yuuya 5. Karakuchi Muusu 6. Nojii 7. Mori Airi 8. Akagashi 9. Satou Yuuko 10. Tanimura Marika Includes Side Story by Aneko Yusagi ([Translation](https://tanookime.wordpress.com/2020/06/07/the-rising-of-the-shield-hero-anthology-together-with-raphtalia/)). --- **Volume 2 - Filo to Issho** **Cover**: [Aiya Kyu](https://mangadex.org/author/7f432ca1-ae38-4280-8bbb-c1a9cff65528) **Author list**: 1. Aiya Kyu 2. Neet 3. Mito 4. Karakuchi Muusu 5. Akano Amamichi 6. Itohana 7. Yoshino Sora 8. Araragi Ayune 9. Futaba Masumi 10. Sanshoku Amido. 11. Nojii Includes Side Story by Aneko Yusagi.

The villainess, Mystia, remembered her past life on her 10th birthday and has unwittingly turned the characters in the otome game "Kyun Kyun Love School" into yanderes! In order to avoid becoming the love rival of the "heroine" who will lead her to her downfall, she starts making every effort to break off her engagement with her "prince-like classmate!" That's was what supposed to happen... But, because of her kind personality, her favorability increased instead! She also resolved the traumas of the "self-indulgent noble" and the "innocent yakuza teacher" causing them to hold warped affection for her. Furthermore, there was an exclusive maid she didn't remember seeing in the game... With all these abnormalities, can she change her situation by the time the heroine enters school? An unstoppable and heart-thumping number of complicated misunderstandings! A suspenseful school romantic comedy that will paint you a picture of Hell!Mistia Erlaine is the daughter of a noble family who just started at high school. She's surrounded by a group of adoring classmates and her charming fiancé. Everything seems perfect. Except that this world is actually a dating sim called "Kyun Love", and she's destined to become the main character's evil rival! Mistia is determined to do everything she can to avoid her fate but it’s not as easy as it sounds. Especially when all the boys keep falling in love with her!

"Hirosee… Let's make babies…" Why is an omega here in this school?! Hirose, who's attending an elite, Alpha prep school can't stop his heart racing and can't stop sweating just looking at the transfer student Misono Yuu. (Even though he's an Alpha…?). His first impressions of him were a hard and strict personality. In the meanwhile, when he checked on Yuu who seemed ill, his head gets mesmerized by a sweet fragrance floats in the air. Yuu was dripping wet as he got into heat. Tense pheromones made his reason collapse… Aah, I want to penetrate him, make a mess out of him, I want to make him mine and impregnate him… An instinct love story between an ordinary Alpha x a pretending Omega

"Aren't you always thinking about that guy?!" An arrogant Bakeneko (cat monster), named Kuro, is taken in by ordinary honor student Noeru. Kuro however leaves Noeru alone in a classroom after turning him into an erotic beauty with his powerful ero-magic. Things get complicated when he ends up sleeping with cool guy Shouei, the person he's secretly in love with! The dutiful honor student becomes a lusty boy… Erotically sweet and troubled high school days ensue!

1) A Devil In School Sugita is your average high school professor, but one of his students, Toudou has been going out of his way to hate him or is it something else… 2) Home Tutors Cannot Fall In Love After a shocking confession from Natsuki, desperate Akimasa sets the condition, "If you score full marks on your next exam, then I'll go out with you!" 3) Masturbating Together Nao is a student that gets horny on trains, so does his friend Shinichi so they decide to help each other. 4) Fondling Together Sequel to Masturbating Together 5) Super-sized Juliet He misses being short and cute, being taken care of like a princess… He misses the attention he used to receive when Mashiba used to protect him… 6) My Lover In Heat Kiyoharu, friendless and without a family, owns a single dog, Jirou. The dog, which miraculously turned into a human six months ago, went into heat and ravaged his master~ "Jiro, I love you very much - but it troubles me to have you make love to me so deeply." As Kiyoharu becomes deeply troubled, Jirou goes into heat yet again! 7) The Real Man One night Yuusuke decides to drown his sorrows and gets drunk because he can't find a good guy, when suddenly his cat Chuck transforms into a human and decides to train Yuusuke… 8) The Weekend Of A Man Without A Boyfriend A boy is home alone and decides to masturbate when Kurosuke, his dog comes in and he starts fantasizing about having sex with Kurosuke as a human. 9) Bride Of The Red Dragon He has everything he needs to be content, a good job, a nice fiance… Yet, he can't help but be drawn to this beautiful ruby ring and the stranger who offers it to him.

Sequel to "5 Seconds Before a Witch Falls in Love".

The main character is Carol, a blonde-haired, blue-eyed American teenager from a wealthy family with an interest in Egyptology studying in Cairo. When her mentor discovers the tomb of a young pharaoh, a curse is put on the excavation team and Carol. The curse sends her back in time to ancient Egypt, where she becomes embroiled in the affairs of Egypt and other ancient countries such as Assyria and Babylonia. Carol meets Memphis, a handsome young pharaoh whose tomb she excavated in modern times. Despite his headstrong, at first violent nature, they fall deeply in love. This angers Memphis's half-sister, the Priestess Isis, who has longed to marry him. Carol, due to her exotic looks and curious ability to tell the future, becomes a major player in ancient history. ___ - **Won the 36th Shogakukan Manga Award for Shojo in 1991** ___ **Links:** * Alternative Official Raw: [Bunko version](https://www.akitashoten.co.jp/series/6709)

Kamiya Yuiko, a girl who can see ayakashi and is unable die. Because of this, she spends her days alone, drifting apart from family and friends. Her life changes when she meets the so called "Demon Club", a number of boys possessing mysterious powers. A town that is protected by demons; a story of a fantasy school life begins to unfold.

A young man , Kaneda, is inflicted with trauma-induced amnesia after discovering the body of his classmate and friend, Hiwako Shima. After being picked up from the hospital by a mysterious benefactor, he resumes school, and tries to piece together his memories of the incident. To make matters more confusing, his buried memories have manifested in the form of a surreal being, whose head is shaped like a crescent moon. Together, they set off to solve the mystery of Hiwako's murder.

"Do Your Best, Chrono-kun!" is a short manga that was included with the Japanese game guide. In full-color glory, this manga recreates the beginning of the game, where Chrono meets Marle during the Millenium Fair. The art style is a fair imitation of Akira Toriyama's, a plus for those who are so inclined.

A Hamefura anthology focused on the series' female cast, published through Comic Yuri Hime.

Hello, let's met with Airu, an airhead, cheerful girl who finds a mysterious cube device while cleaning her club's room. Suddenly she's sent to another world with her merrymaking friends. With this cube, these four will be adventuring in another world while living a peaceful daily life on earth.

Even though he should be able to die like a normal human, Kiyonosuke has been living for thousands of years, all because he accidentally "married" a merman. But Kiyonosuke can't give up on his humanity and has been looking for a cure to immortality.