In the country of Goldland, it is prohibited to have a princess succeed the throne. When the queen has a daughter, she decides to raise her as a boy, and have her identity be a secret. However, Sapphire would occasionally don girl's clothes.One day, disguised as a girl, Sapphire meets Franz Charming, a prince from another country. Not knowing the truth of her identity, they fall in love. However, Duke Duralumin, a distant relative to Goldland's king, is plotting to overthrow him... Note: Different from the 1963 version that was serialized in Nakayoshi. This version is shorter and does not include characters like Captain Blood.---**Volumes 85 and 86 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
Lulu Himeji moves house and transfers schools from Sparkle Academy to a school with a very different... "vibe".Waiting for her there is her childhood friend, Zen Gokurakuji. But is he the same as she remembers...?
From Within Silence Scans: Mia was just an average girl.. thinking that she has lived a normal life. That all changes one day when she meets a strange child with yellow hair, yellow eyes, and cat ears. Hearing the name "Laika," she wonders at the strange name and brings the child home. Will she ever regain the dark memories that she had lost?
From StarryHeaven: The story about a girl named Chieri (nicknamed “Cherry”) who began ice skating ever since she saw the handsome ice skating champion Tsuzuki Masanori skate. She pursues her dream of being Tsuzki’s partner, all the while facing her rival, ‘Princess’ Canty. With the help of her friends, and her own courage, can Cherry win the heart of the boy she loves so much…?
Yumiko Kawahara's disturbing short stories explore the strange and codependent world of dolls and the people who own them. These cautionary tales must come from some desire to teach people a lesson, for in each one there is a horrible outcome when the doll enters their homes. Volume 1 Milk at Mealtimes: A man spoils his Plant Doll, and it matures into a "woman". Potpourri Doll: A mentally unbalanced man buys his daughter a Plant Doll, and starts to obsess over the "nauseating scent" coming from it. Snow White, Part I: A jeweller tries to obtain Tears of Heaven from a Plant Doll named Snow White. Snow White, Part II: A poor man takes in a Plant Doll and dies from the exhaustion of taking care of it. In the end the doll cries. Rainy Moon: An artist with a supernatural reputation does a portrait of a Plant Doll named Rainy Moon. Lucky Doll: A man's Plant Doll, named Otohime, grants him good luck, yet his girlfriend is somewhat skeptical. The Distant Sound of Water: A man wanders the city trying to regain his memory. A Spell to Unbind Spring: A man returns to a secluded manor with a legend of a girl who drowned in a nearby lake. Volume 2 Blue Doll: A man working for a collection agency takes in a Plant Doll left behind by former clients. The Garden in the Sky: A maid gets entangled in a plot involving a fortune depending on the words spoken by a Plant Doll. The Missing Doll: A woman tries to find the Plant Doll once owned by her dead grandmother. Princess Jewel: When a boy's sister dies, his father buys a Plant Doll to help his mother deal with it. The Role of an Angel: After getting divorced, a young model buys a Plant Doll. Forbidden Fruit: Olympia is a special kind of Plant Doll, one who sings. But there is a sinister secret about this certain Plant Doll. A Voice in the Night: A woman wanders the city only to stumble upon her corpse. Volume 3 The Garden of Arcadia: A young man who is mysteriously transforming into a tree is taken to a research institute where he is comforted by many plant dolls. Circle: A group pools their money together to buy a plant doll, which they will all take care of. However, when most of the members begin to see the joy in breaking the rules of plant doll care, one member must take charge of her. Honeymoon: A young girl finds that her previously adoring father has bought a doll that is identical to her in her childhood. Dreams of Flying High in the Sky: A lonely novelist buys a plant doll to impress his editor. When she leaves to marry her sweetheart, he must raise the doll by himself. The problem is, the doll doesn't respond to him and he has never taken care of her! Emerald: A rich woman's young lover wishes to possess a plant doll. As he yearns after the doll his mistress begins to lose interest in him. The Storm: A young woman who is kept in a gilded cage attempts to escape to live life to its fullest. Volume 4 Quicksand: When a sick young boy dreams of a beautiful plant doll with aqua blue eyes, his parents are quick to purchase her when he sees it in the shop. As the boy spends more time with the doll his health begins to improve. A Gift: In the midst of refuse an angel waits to awaken. When she is woken before her time, will she ever bloom into a proper angel plant doll? Coral: A father brings home a mysterious ball of coral with a tiny plant doll inside. As the doll spends more time in the sun, the bigger she grows. The Tiara of Melancholy: A brother and sister team is hired to grow the fabled Tiara of Melancholy for a rich man. What they soon find out is that as the tiara grows it draws its energy from the doll itself.
A collection of stories portraying the cruel and twisted nature of love, lust and desire -- and the misery it brings to all those involved. This is volume 1 of Hanlu's Portfolio of Stories. Volume 2: 瞳深水 (Eyeball Deep Swag)
What would you do if you discovered that the world you live in is only a representation of reality? Do you surrender to despair? Or do you fight the adversities?Chess Time follows the story of several pieces on the board of the struggling eternity. These games decide the events in the world we live in, but with living pieces.
(from ebookjapan):"Sally the Witch" is a princess who came from a magical land to make friends with humans. Sally built a house in the human world and started going to school there, but her father, the emperor, did not like it and tried hard to bring her back to the magical land. And even a mischievous little cub comes along...? This is a landmark work that was adapted into the first TV anime for girls.
A strange silver-hair man, Ameya, helps a young boy, Norio. But no-one seems to see this weird man... A murder takes place in a locked room, with only one clue: a piece of paper filled with an incomprehensible warning: « Within three days I will steal the equivalent value of the life of the person who will be in this room» Two inspectors working for Sircam insurance, Isa et Senjo, think that the culprit is "Paper Cut". But who is this enigmatic murderer?
A collection of surreal one-shots with a garden theme.<br><br>Story 1: Mansion Aquarium: A sick boy finds himself in an unusual situation. <br>Story 2: Eureka Garden: A girl with a wild imagination is enchanted by a garden. <br>Story 3: The Garden of Me: A young wife copes with a troubled marriage. <br>Story 4: Two Guys in a Garden. <br>Story 5: A Gardener’s Day Off.
A long time ago, a pair of twins were born. Back then, however, multiple births were considered unlucky, so one of the twins, a girl, was... crushed to death with a millstone, buried under the shade of a large mulberry tree. The girl's soul, lacking a fully grown spirit, could not reincarnate, and as such was forced to wander the world. Only after collecting 108 individual sources of human misery/worldly desire could she move onto the next world.
The day to day life of the Momonoki sisters.
