柏家族 In the underworld of Ibaraki, Osaka, where loyalty is currency and betrayal means death, one name stands firm like an ancient oak: Kashiwa. The Kashiwa Family embodies deep roots of tradition, strength, and blood-bound loyalty. For the men and women of Kashiwa, to bear their name is to i...

I never meant to wander so deep into the winter forest. One wrong turn in a snowstorm and suddenly the world became nothing but white, silence, and fear. I was freezing, exhausted and sure I wouldn’t last the night, until I heard a wounded animal crying somewhere between the trees I should’ve ...

Cheated on, discarded, physically and mentally abused, third-year model student Tsuruhashi Kazuya had been thrown to the side after a scandal he took no part in. He lost his childhood friend and lover, Kurosawa Minori, to the Machiavellian martial arts club president Hamamoto Takeshi. Day by d...

After eating a strange mushroom, a young depressed man finds himself thrust into another world. Now, he must use his new powers as a fungal spirit to save the sacred forest!

When Takuwa Kano learns that her closest friend Amane Saki has begun dating Asakura Joma, a renowned stageplay actor whom she once introduced Saki to, one secret will test how much of herself she’s willing to lose to keep someone else’s love alive — all the while juggling with due assignments.

Arisa Roy disposes of her celebrity merchandise collection after a nasty fight with her overprotective sister. However, one night, her friend informs her that there is one ticket left for The Rockstar Brigade’s concert. Arisa decides to attend, after all. At one point, a masked woman tries to st...

I have always been alone. No friends, no siblings, just me, and the sound of machines filling the silence of a house too large for one, yet too quiet for two. Technology was my light. I won competitions, built things that could talk, but I never learned how to talk to people. When I turne...

Nick Young is F1's newest rookie, a confident and smooth driver who the world thinks is the next champion-level driver. However, during a promotional event in Seoul, he runs into Lee Areum, his childhood friend and now one of Korea's most beloved and talented idols. Nick soon finds out that, desp...

Japanese tradition is dying, and the power of the old nobility fades. Now only 2 clans, who share a bitter rivalry, maintain any relevance: The Taira clan, who train in Kabuki and Noh theatrics, and the Minamoto clan, who train geisha. Takuya, a 17 year old high school boy, gets wrapped up in ...

What Stayed Behind is a quiet series of short stories, each beginning with something small—something forgotten, unused, or left behind. The first volume tells a longer, meditative tale: when a young woman finds a pair of unopened dog nail clippers, it awakens memories of her late companion and...