FWB? What’s that?Suuna is a gloomy high school student with a huge problem: She has no friends! Hoping to remedy that, she leaves home to live in her school’s dorm. But when she nervously enters her new room, she finds her roommate, Ruka…feeling up another girl?! Is that what friends do?! Though inexperienced, Suuna’s ready to take her first steps toward getting to know her scary roommate and, at the very least, becoming something like semi-friends—with “benefits”!

Innocent, timid Suuna thinks it’s swell that she’s got an agreement to be her roommate, Ruka’s so-called FWB (Friend Who’s a Backup, clearly). Little does she realize that Ruka has fallen hard for her! Is it time for Ruka to make her feelings crystal clear to this oblivious girl?

Clouds blacken the sky and sheets of rain turn the mountain forest into a treacherous maze…A landslide crushes a razor wire fence and buries a “NO TRESPASSING” sign…As two young siblings venture into a dark world to which they do not belong, a long, horrid shadow rears up to meet them, and—“Look, I’m a malevolent deity, okay?! Aren’t you kids gonna freak out about my monstrous visage?!”Anyway, so that’s how we met Dara-san! She might look kinda scary, but just wait until you get to know he...

Full of beating hearts and fluttering feelings, this anthology of girls' love stories will leave you breathless. With contributors like Canno (Kiss and White Lily for My Dearest Girl), Sakuya Amano (Gosick), and Nio Nakatani (Bloom into You), this collection is sure to satisfy the desire for a sweet love story (or sixteen!).

Born during the sunrise-an auspicious beginning-the Azumas' newborn son is named Hikaru, which means "light". But during one play date, his mother notices that her son is slightly different from the other children. In the alternately heartwarming and bittersweet tale, a young mother tries to cope with both the overwhelming discovery of her child's autism and the trials of raising him while keeping her family together. This is a story that resonates not only for those whose families have be...

Two young children stand before the veil of life and death, and a many-armed terror opens a breach, stretches wide its many-fanged maw…and invites them in for a sleepover! And that’s not all, folks! Dara-san’s gonna have some fun in the sun at summer festivals, try toy-model making, and more! Somehow, an unknowable horror from beyond the black woods of untold history has ended up as the straight man in this silly spookfest!

Sachiko and Masato Azuma have overcome numerous obstacles in dealing with their firstborn son Hikaru's autism. Having saved their marriage from ending in ruins, the young couple has welcomed a healthy baby girl, Kanon, into their tight-knit family. But with the obvious differences between Hikaru's and Kanon's developmental abilities, it becomes apparent that social prejudices against Hikaru's disability are never far away. As Hikaru moves into fourth grade, Sachiko encounters a new student...

No matter how much time we spend together, I’ll never become special to you.Childhood best friends. Two halves of a whole. The cool, smart one who’s good at almost everything, and his average, dorky friend who struggles to do anything right-Yamato and Kakeru. Always by the other’s side, but not together in the way they truly want to be. No matter how hard they try, their hearts cannot reach each other…

These children have inherited the burden of their lineage—a duty to pacify a malevolent deity, horrible beyond all mortal reckoning. And as they grow, they shall come to know how that terror’s influence has shaped the life of their own mother…But who cares about that—good ole Dara-san’s nice enough these days!I mean, look, she’s busy trying to come up with a way to pay the kids back for all the offerings they’ve been bringing her!

Can you see the island in the sky...?Most people think it's just a metaphor or some weird hoax, but for those rare students actually capable of spotting the island floating in the sky, they are afforded the opportunity to enroll in Naraka High School. Graduation promises a cushy government job and a life of wealth and prosperity. It almost sounds too good to be true...Momiji Rokudou is a first-year who spotted the island and enrolled with dreams of the dazzling life that aw...

…I fall in love with her…For those who devote themselves to their careers, love sometimes has to take a back seat. Yet, it can strike when you least expect it, whether it’s with a coworker or a kindred soul at the bar after hours. What will tomorrow bring? Whether it’s romance, loss, regret, or just another day at the office, these are the stories of women who find love as they follow their dreams.

W E L C O M E T O T H E N E X T W O R L D Seventeen years ago, Takafumi’s uncle fell into a coma, but now he’s back like a man risen from his grave. Soon, Takafumi discovers two bizarre things: His uncle treasures video games above all else, and, while comatose, he was actually transported to another world as some heroic guardian! Now, not only does Takafumi have to room with an uncle who is literally magical, he also has to catch the guy up on two decades of history-smartphones, high-spee...