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.

"Until death do us apart? What a load of crap!" "Hoping you are happy in the next life? Don't make me laugh." Satoshi Tanaka a husband in his 40s, finally rekindled his lost fire. But the cruel wheel of fate turned his life around and tossed him to a new unfamiliar world. He gave up on Go...

One day, a young man is confronted by a peculiar burglar at his house. This event will lead him to meet his neighbor for the first time and share most of their days together. There is just one slight problem. She only answers with “No!”. Will he be able to bond with her and finally break her shel...

In the distant future, mankind has colonized space and achieved utopia as a civilization. Volunteers work 25-year shifts at the edge of the explored galaxy to gather resources for the peaceful world of Earth. These workers live in makeshift colonies on the asteroids and moons where they labor. In...

Seiji Yoshino is the protagonist in a story of supernatural beings called "eidolons" and how he learns about them and how to be a "swordsman" -- the brave people that protect the world from the dangerous threats of eidolons. One night changes his life forever as he is from then on intro...

In a universe where magic overrides technology, in the heart of a kingdom where conspiracies multiply, where valiant heroes are needed but nowhere to be found... Aurora is bored. No matter how good she is at her darkest work—revenge on victims and getting rid of scumbags—none of it satisfies her....

Junichiro Kurotaki and Kana Shirahama are widely renowned as the two rising stars of the Japanese film industry. On screen, they have flawless chemistry that makes them stand out even among the multitudes of other talented actors. Off screen, however, they can barely stand to be in the same room ...

There's a thousand of us. Yesterday, we were just online gamers. Nobodies. Today, we're inside the game, but in an unknown land. There is no clue how we got here, and how can we leave. No tooltips, no interface. We have powers, but they are difficult to use. Most of us can't handle them. Some...

When two young teachers move into the same apartment for convenience, they never expect to become the subject of whispers in the teachers' lounge—or their own hearts. Aya Kurozawa, the cool and confident PE teacher, is admired by everyone: the girls gush about her charm, the boys call her “Coa...

As humanity trades flesh for digital eternity, Lena stands apart by being resolutely human. In fact, that was part of her charm: to emulate perfection as closely as she could. Or at least, it used to be. As one of the few remaining human Idols on the Net—a cutthroat, virtual entertainment ...