Beginning of 16th century – Alexandra was captured by slave traders from Ukraine during one of their many raids. When the traders arrived in Greece to sell the female slaves, a young handsome man named Mateus bought her and promised to give her true freedom. He hired countless teachers, scholars, and palace ladies to train her into the most perfect woman of her time. Mateus's kindness has caused Alexandra to deeply fall in love with him, and she secretly wishes to be his concubine. But Mateus has already promised her to his best friend... Suleiman the Great, Emperor of the Ottoman Empire! What does freedom mean when you are in another man's harem and can only look at the one you love from afar? Not willing to endure agony, Alexandra promises herself that one day she will free both of them from their bird cages... but Mateus is the Grand Vizier, power only second to the Emperor himself. So Alexandra must become the most influential concubine in order to have any hope which also means, bearing Suleiman's son. However, Suleiman already has a son by another concubine, and this woman is determined to keep her son as the only prince.

Volume 1 1. Kootta Natsu no Hi It was also published in Kootta Natsu no Hi and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 4. 2. Yasashii Satsujinsha (Kind Killer). It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 1. 3. Houmonsha wa Mayonaka ni… (Someone in the Dark…) A Midnight Visitor: Masami finished summer camp and returned home. However, her mother and brother are nowhere to be seen. Only a mysterious shadow follows Masami…?! It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 1. 4. Mokugekisha ni Sayounara It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 2. 5. Weekend no Joutaijou It was also published in Kootta Natsu no Hi and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 3. 6. Nemuru Machi It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 2. Volume 2 1. Jisatsushitsu Room Number 404 It was also published in Kootta Natsu no Hi and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 3. 2. Soshite 5-kai no Suzu ga Naru (The Bell Rings 5 Times - When the Bell Rings) It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga Naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 3. 3. Crystal Doll It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga Naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 2. 4. Fuyu no Hana wa Chinkonka It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga Naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 2. 5. Akai Densetsu It was also published in Soshite Gokai no Suzu ga Naru and Shinohara Chie Kessakushuu 2.

Nobody knows where it is, but it's a place that offers shelter to those who hate their lives or are trapped in the labyrinth of their own hearts… a mysterious hotel. Even now, those who are tired of their lives come to stay in the "Kiri no Mori" Hotel…

Collection of mysterious stories by Chie Shinohara, a great artist of suspense manga. Story 01 Part 01 & 02: Umi ni Ochiru Tsubame - Swallow Falling into the Sea Masako Minase, a scriptwriter, was murdered by Shiki Morimura, her rival in the same profession. Shiki was sure that she had destroyed evidence completely. However, someone who knew the truth appeared, and tried to get Shiki in his power. Is it a mysterious spot or unhappy desire that lurks in her mind? Story 02: Kioku no Ashioto - The Footsteps of Memory) This is the story about Shouko and the almost tragic moment that changed her life and emotions … Story 03: Shikeidai no 72-jikan - 72 hours of death stand Five young people receives a letter saying that they murdered someone and they must go to the address in the letter if they don't want other people to found out. They all find themselves in a old European house, where a crazy lady tells them that one of them is a murderer and if that murderer don't confess in 72 hours, they will all die.

Ryouko Midorikawa is a girl in her first year of high school. One day the cat she had raised and loved for 15 years suddenly dies. Although Pow hated water, he died drowning. Ryouko is lost in questions about the cause of his death. But from that night on, terrible things start happening everywhere around her!

It happened in the blink of an eye. Rikka's world turned upside down when her school field trip bus flipped and plummeted into a lake. Everyone inside that bus drowned… except for Rikka, but she wasn't saved by anything as simple as luck. When she was released from the hospital, Rikka was then attacked repeatedly in a series of bizarre incidents all involving water… and a sadistic aquatic beauty whose name is – Rikka!? What does our heroine have that the sadistic Rikka wants back? What was it that saved her from drowning, and who gave it to her and why…?

Twin sisters contracted a mysterious bacteria from a trip and suddenly gained enormous power. One psycho sister began trying to kill the other because they both loved the same man, while the other sister and her boyfriend began to flee as everyone else became innocent victims…

Yuri, a modern day teenager who had just received her first kiss, is suddenly whisked away to ancient Anatolia, where an evil queen needs her for a blood sacrifice. Thankfully the timely intervention of Prince Kail saves Yuri from the queen's grasp. For now. Kail promises to send Yuri back to her home, but the queen's persistent schemes to kill them both, plus their growing interest in each other, keep those plans delayed. **Winner of 2001 Shogakukan Manga Award for Shōjo** Note: Final 28th volume contains a side story called Orontes Renka, set in the same historical period. The Hittite empire is about to become an Egyptian territory through marriage between the Hittite princess and the Egyptian king. A traveler from Egypt, Maripas, visits Anatolia at that time but gets robbed of all his belongings while playing good samaritan. He's thankfully offered shelter by an unusually well-educated Hittite woman named Yuri. But this seemingly innocent meeting soon turns into a thrilling romantic adventure – cases of mistaken identity and runaway royals are about to complicate international relations!

A story about a mirror princess/demon. It seems that a new condo building was built on a certain location where this princess was housed and worshiped with a stone monument but it was moved due to the new construction. One room in particular seems to have a direct link to the princess who calls herself the owner of the pool of time. Beware when mirrors are placed opposite of each other because you may just be drawn in her world and powers.

Rinko is an ordinary girl who was born with a mysterious birthmark on her left arm. But when that mark starts to get darker, strange accidents begin to happen everywhere around her, involving even the people she cares about. What will the powerful magic awakening inside Rinko bring her? In 1987, Purple Eyes in the Dark was awarded the Shogakukan Manga Award for the shoujo manga category.

Soko starts feeling sick soon after moving to a new city, apparently for no reason. As beautiful as she is, a lot of guys start to bother her, especially Kashi. While trying to rape her, Kashi disappears and after a few days another guy shows up pretending to be Kashi. And everyone but Soko believes him! He tells her he is Akira the Byakko, from the family of the West. Because she is the reincarnation of Souryo, the queen of the Oni from the family of the East, a monster that eats humans to stay alive, he must destroy her and erase her genes from Earth. He is the only one who can kill her and the one that must do so. Soko is desperate. Is she really a monster? Why does she have human memories? Why does she have to die? Will she be able to change her destiny and stay alive? from SIH