From ANN: What with humans killing, exorcising, and otherwise getting rid of them all the time, monsters and demons have become endangered species. Someone has to look out for them, and that's what Yamada Shintarou is training to do- he's going to become a monster guardian. Armed with a two-by-four and a talking rabbit, he goes out to fight the demon hunters, hoping to defeat enough of them to get his monster guardian license. It is while he is doing this that he meets Nao, a normal (if unusually pretty and violent) high school girl, and instantly falls in love... with her neck. Now Yamada has a new mission in life: to protect Nao, and keep anyone- monster, ghost, demon hunter, or otherwise- from getting in the way of his view of her nape.
Fuka Nanase, a 14-year-old in the 8th grade, falls in love for the first time. But when her heart beats, she becomes a witch!?
A reaper is a low class god . They exist in a different dimension than those of humans and deemed unnecessary they have not any foolish senses that cause anguish. But one of them is different . He wants to be a human but to do so he has to guide 10 000 000 people to hell
Scandal-plagued idol male protagonist, Mu Shangshi, suddenly transforms into a fat man on the day of his concert. To make matters worse, today was the day he was supposed to die, and newbie-death reaper, female protagonist Xing Yue, is sent to collect his soul.
Yotsuba Mitsuru, the day before his 17th birthday, is dumped for the 30th time. Remembering a promise with his best friend, who shared his birthdate, made 10 years before, he goes to the park to meet him, when a flash of light knocks him out just as he thinks he sees his friend. He awakens in the hospital and discovers he's been given a second chance at life... with a few strings attached.
Two stories. The main one spans five chapters. The protagonist is God's beloved puppet who lives in a huge garden. Out of loneliness, the puppet seeks company. God grants that, but with certain conditions... In the second story, an angel is kicked down (literally) to Earth to experience some hardship as said angel has a problem with granting people's wishes and prayers.
From Tokyopop: As punishment for being late to class, Kanata has to ring a bell in an old, deserted church near his high school. When the floor breaks, Kanata falls into a vast room, where he discovers a coffin--and inside, the body of a vampire. The vampire rises, killing Kanata. But Kanata's soul is saved, and when he later meets the vampire, they realize that they are bound to each other through a magic spell: If Kanata dies, the vampire dies, too!
A collection of short stories from Kaneko Atsushi..
“Everything is linked to karma.” Skull priests can hear the voices of the dead and save them. Tokimaru is that kind of priest, and he helps out a princess in clearing her regret. But he claims that he doesn’t save anyone, and that he only listens to skulls to help himself. What’s Tokimaru’s objective? What karma does he bear? (Sapphire Pyro)
"Find the doll maker, and take the puppet!" That was the cryptic message that was sent to Nimiya when her grandfather passed away. Yet the mission is not as straightforward as it seems. Just who is behind the Shikigami insurgence, and what are they after? And will Nimiya and the electrician be able to stop them before it's too late?
Rumours about a werewolf appearing on nights when there is a full moon quickly spread through Bato’s school. Bato suspects that his strange roommate, Kadirael is the werewolf, but Bato gets an even bigger surprise when he confronts Kadirael about his true identity.
"Do not take your mask off, this is not your world." "Once this flower withers, you will be able to go back." This is the yokai festival where you mustn't take off your mask. Three tangentially related short stories that can be read independent of each other.
