Hiro and Tsukasa discover a man-made fissure in their shrine's nodule in the countryside. A spark of curiosity takes their normal lives away from them. Their existences are erased from the world while doppelgangers take their place. The story of 5 childhood friends as they attempt to take back what was theirs.

A series of biographical oneshots by various mangaka, published in 2009-2010 by Asahi Shimbun. Each issue focuses on a different notable figure from Japanese history. Collection of all titles released under Asahi Publications can be found on their Official Website - [Link](https://publications.asahi.com/ecs/backnumber/?id=116) Title and Author details for each issue can be found at [MangaSeek (JP)](https://mangaseek.net/magazine/1701.html)

Clockworkers- mechanical men, created during the war as a weapon to kill as many as possible. That war may be long over, but rogue Clockworkers are still roaming about, spreading fear and death wherever they go. Machina's a member of the CWA, an organization dedicated to the destruction of these rogue robots. Along with Deus, her Clockworker partner, she travels the country in pursuit of these dangerous robots…

Mikami is only in high school, but he is a game designer genius. He has created many popular games ranging from RPGs to Action titles, even puzzle games. At his classmate’s request, he decides his next project will be a romance game, so he begins to gather research material that will help him make another hit game. But when Mikami gets home, he finds a game called Not Alive that he doesn’t remember buying. When he tries to play the game, the CD seems to go inside him, and he awakens in a part of town that seems frozen in time.