Ayaka is the idol of the decade. A perfect smile, a flawless image… and nights where anxiety is the only thing that feels real. Keeping the mask they gave her has slowly poisoned her life. Then her agency sends her to Takumi — a low-profile image consultant who lives far from the spotligh...

It’s a Foreign invasion!! Well, at least that’s how our genius 3rd year high school student Akihiro Tani sees it. When a Norwegian exchange student who can’t speak a word of Japanese becomes the first member of his new Languages Club, his carefully crafted plans for his future are upended. Will h...

In a pool of her own blood, a girl bleeds to death. The only company she has with her is the golden statue staring down at her. Will she go to heaven or to hell? She couldn’t help but feel the latter choice to be the truth. The statue smiled smugly as she lay dead beneath its feet. Opening her...

In the kingdom of Velisandria, where the streets at night are roamed by creatures of bloodlust, Elise Whitefield knows nothing beyond obedience: protect the realm, slay the night, and guard the borders of Duskmoore where the dark forest hungers just beyond. Forged in the cold fire of duty, her...

Shy and quiet Mia wishes for a change in her senior high school year. When she sees a shabby-looking boy get his love confession rejected, she decides to help. She offers him a grand makeover, but not without stuttering and fidgeting the whole time. Little does she know that beneath the messy ...

CONTRACTS OF THE HEART ANTHOLOGY #2: Stanley heads to the library to try to pick up girls, but leaves with a silly little romance instead.

Laughing as she said, “I got tickets for a resort hotel,” Yuka invited her along, and Misaki set out on the trip, reluctant though she was. A seaside hotel, white sand beaches, a calm restaurant—. A little luxurious, slightly out of place, and yet, for some reason, time passed in a way that wou...

“Hey, Roland, what’s your favorite, ice-cream flavor?" Asks Riyik “I like,” “Pickled beats and bacon flavor it is,” “I’m not eating that” “would you all pipe down, it’s hard to hear with this thing as it is” says Reiyeka listening to her headset, listening to voices in a nearby building. “We’ll s...

Young, impulsive actor Toma, 22, and his 35-year-old pragmatic politician girlfriend Akari are having a difficult time avoiding the always-annoying media. Will their relationship survive the harsh and always-opinionated public eye?

At the village fair, Max is mocked for claiming he saw a legendary Wolpertinger and is goaded into a cruel bet that puts his pride, and his future, on the line.