Kazuo is a hikikomori who finds a respite from his self-imposed isolation each Spring during the Hanami season, signing up for tourist trips to have fleeting relationships with foreign women. But upon meeting 'Sumire,' a gloomy writer seeking to escape her life, Kazuo is strangely confused about ...

It's impossible to forget one's first love. Years... Decades could go by and the memory would still linger, occupying a special place in one's heart for better or for worse. Even worse so if you never got a chance to explore those feelings... But what if you had another chance? A young man rekin...

Yuri is an unemployed university dropout who wastes his days rotting away in his room, in the small apartment of a bustling city. Until his parents argue over what to do about their summer countryside house, and Yuri volunteers to live there during the summer, hoping it would help him move on in ...

"Wealthless Utopia" unfolds in a world where the protagonist, Wuntuma, once believed that acquiring immense wealth could remedy societal problem. Guided by this ambition, he worked hard to become the richest individual, only to discover that money itself is the root of many problems. Realizing th...

A collection (or anthology), of short stories that vary in genre. Everyone likes different things, and writing shorter stuff is good practice to write different genres. Of course, though, the main reason as to the creation of this collection is to have fun.

A man who has lost hope finds his attention drawn to a painting.

Death or Life. Thanatos or Eros. Following a serious case of several couples finding the concept of the afterlife tempting, those words became the highlight of the living. They were becoming entranced by the idea of being attracted and called by the gods. Once their calling was heard, people wo...

A brilliant daughter of an upper-class family, Veni, is on her rebellious night stroll when she comes across a street musician, Nao, playing her guitar in the moonlight. Shortly after, Nao introduces Veni to a bar deep in the city's dangerous neighbourhood where she will eventually become a patro...

Sonoshita Mahiro tired from club activities trying his best to go home. Amidst his train ride, he found his self sleeping in a girl's lap?! Fortunately, the girl didn't payed that much attention. Will this going to be an another boring day for Mahiro or a rendezvous that will forever change his ...

"What is life about?" I'm sure everyone has different answers to that one question. After graduating from university, I encounter the first yet arguably the most difficult trouble anyone in their early adulthood has encountered: job hunting. On my 15th interview, I met a woman who is messy all...