From the City That Never Sleeps

Divided into four chapters entitled respectively 1970, 1974, 1976 and 1980, the story focuses on a young couple, Keiko and Kosuke. They meet during high school and soon become friends. Koisuke aspires to become a famous movie director and Keiko helps him with his project in a competition. The outcome is brilliant but not much later Keiko sees him kissing another girl. During the next years they will meet again, but will they be able to overcome their misunderstandings? (from MU)

10 years ago, Nakahara Asami's parents died in a car accident, leaving her an orphan. Ever since then, a mysterious guardian named "Ashinaga Ojisan" ("Daddy Long-Legs") has taken care of her education and finances on the condition that she work hard at school to become a doctor like her parents and that she never ask about his identity. This year, she is starting her first year at medical school. While adjusting to her new and separate life from her boyfriend Katsumi, she meets classmate Moritsugu Shun and a handsome new professor named Hayasaka Tasuku, who both seem to have secrets of their own. What experiences await her and will she ever find out who her Ashinaga Ojisan is?

From Ivyscan The story of Mitsuko who was born with a 'star' on her palm. It's believed that those who are born with this mark will live to fly high, holding the stars within their grip. However she is just the third daughter of the Aoyama family who own an antique store. Her life will change forever after meeting Heinrich, an Austrian count visiting Japan.

In 1875, after the death of her parents, Uno goes to live in the Kanou household as a companion to Mariko, who is her same age. The two girls become very close and attend Cimons private school. This great romance tells the story of the loves and dreams of two girls growing up during the westernization of Japan in the Meiji era.

Sanako is a 10-year-old girl who lives with her father in Tokyo. Inside the gray building which is their home, they have created a sky garden full of huge, green potted plants. In this city oasis, kindhearted people meet…