Genre - Seinen

Morohoshi Daijirou's take on the Grimm Fairy Tales. Some are relatively straight adaptations while others have a sci-fi, horror, comedy, or mystery-twist.

Something strange is going on in "Soil New Town." The sudden disappearance of a seemingly normal family leads the two detectives Yokoi and Onoda to the idyllic town in the middle of nowhere. What looks like a routine case at first quickly turns into a complex and deadly riddle where nothing is what it seems to be. Will the two disparate investigators manage to solve the mystery before it's too late?

After graduating from college, Meiko went straight to work as an office lady, but she can't help feeling there should be something more to life. Determined to find a worthier goal, she quits work, but can she actually make her neubulous dreams come true- and how will her sudden decision affect her relationship with her boyfriend Taneda?

This is a jail where each and every detainee is housed, a certain confine, which has developed to the size of being considered a "city". Brought up around there and cold city, a little youngster lives alone with her child sibling. What will be their destiny… ? Their account of expectation and battle starts here.

The world is managed by spirits, trolls and all way of bizarre animals. People are mistreated, to the very purpose of termination. At some point, a golem and a solitary human young lady meet. This is a record of the pair; one an individual from a destroyed race, the other a gatekeeper of the backwoods. It recounts their movements together, and of the bond among father and little girl.

Eight short stories.

Itsuki Kana, whose parents died in an accident, was able to continue her studies in wine fermentation thanks to the help of a charitable man. What will be the turning point in Kana’s destiny?

Chang An in the Tang Dynasty of China (618-907): The demon star is passing through the sky, calamity is about to befall the Tang Dynasty - because of a woman. Skilled in martial arts and war tactics, Princess Li Cheng Ge sets out to avenge her family and take back the throne.

Damaged by a youth episode with a companion who protested his adoration for customary dolls, doll-craftsman confident Wakana Gojou spends his days as a maverick, finding comfort in the home ec room at his secondary school. Wakana thinks that pretty Marin Kitagawa, a trendy girl who always has a lot of friends, is like an alien from another planet. But when jovial Marin, who is never shy, sees Wakana sewing one day after school, she rushes in to get her quiet classmate to join her secret hobby: Cosplay! Will Wakana's wounded heart be able to withstand the sexy alien invasion?

Alma, the third son of an aristocratic family, is banished from his parents' home because he is viewed as incompetent and was unable to acquire the "gift" of talent that God should have given him. In actuality, though, Alma received a unique "gift"—she "reincarnated" as the world's strongest wizard, regaining the skills of her former existence! Alma uses the magic from his first life to pursue a "happy second life" after dedicating his entire first life to the pursuit of magic!

NEETs are usually people who have chosen not to be part of society due to personal problems or just straight out laziness... This story centers on a certain special girl that would have become a NEET right after high school without even realizing it. It is not that she doesn`t want to get any job, but it seems that there is not a job out there that can fulfill her very special job criteria... At least her mother understands her. Welcome to a very special 4` comedy.

Haro Ogawa, a self-taught oil painter in high school, is attempting to create the ideal nude painting. Following a run-in with a "witch," he decides to apply to art school. The ultimate "beauty"—the mystery that exists within the human body—is depicted on canvas! A coming-of-age drama that is skin-colored.

From Fairgame: Story is based on three childhood friends. A girl who lost her memory, Miyuki. A girl who is a currently a super idol, Fumika. And Shuuichi, a childhood friend of Miyuki and Fumika, who likes to take photographs. Two years ago, Miyuki lost her memory by an accident and she kept a distance from people but somehow she begins to open her heart to Shuuichi. Their relationship seems like more than just friends but less than lovers, but in five years, Fumika came back from Tokyo to see Shuuuichi. Their feelings overlap and their childhood times slowly begin to move.

Clumsy Arashiyama is a girl with a love for mysteries and a knack for getting into trouble. She works for an old lady’s lackluster maid café in a small shopping district. The cafe is largely unsuccessful in attracting customers aside from Sanada, a regular and one of Arashiyama's classmates (who has a secret crush on her). One day Arashiyama’s clever friend Tatsuno is invited to the café, and, upon seeing the miserable state of things (and Sanada, whom she has a secret crush on), decides to work there. Don’t miss the crazy antics of Arashiyama and friends, mismatched love stories, and all the hilarity that is created as a result, in Sore Machi.