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Slight retelling of the 2001-2002 Mazinkaiser OVA series. Included in this vokume is a short story called Mazin Kaiser: Shin Majin Densetsu (Mazin Kaiser: Legend of a New Demon God).

[From Anime-Source]:Taking a break from her popular, brilliant, Fullmetal Alchemist; Arakawa-sensei drew up a one-chapter humorous Shounen story about a Frankenstein tournament, for mangazine GX to commerate their 5th year anniversary.

A One shot. As children, Kaoru and Kentarou witnessed the beautiful miracle of the blooming sakura tree. Their bond is deep, but Kentarou has been traumaticized by his unhappy home life. Can Kaoru, and the memories she and Kentarou share, help him endure?

A comet passing close to the Earth flooded it with cosmic radiation. The radiation mutated male genitalia and sperm, killing approximately 70% of the males on Earth. Finding that there would be long term damage on females, they take 200 fertile women, and

Alan Barnes, a young billionaire, is entangled in many rumors about sexual scandals and mental illness. He seeks out Wu Bang/Vick Wu, a young doctor, as a friend. Ken Brooks, a colleague of Wu Bang, is very hostile to Alan. He tries to find more evidence about Alan to convince Bang.

English teacher Kijima-sensei and his six years younger colleague , PE teacher Ono-sensei are working in an all-girls school on a hill. After Kijima overhears a girl confessing to the PE teacher, Ono asks him for advice. The two get closer bit by bit and in a conversation Ono confesses that he has a one-sided love. Who is the person Ono has one-sided feelings for and how will Kijima handle the matter...

1-2) Chill OutTakafui manages a gay dance club, and when the owner introduces new hire Tomoya, it's love at first sight for Takafui. Unfortunately, he can't even get Tomoya to look at him, let alone talk to him or see him outside of work. Will Takafui's drinking buddy, Yukihiko, acting as Cupid, be able to bring them together?3-4) Strawberries and ChocolateHaruhiko has been in love with his best friend Jyunya for a long time. It becomes harder and harder for him to sit through the details of Jyunya's sexual exploits. Unable to sit and watch from the sidelines, he bribes his younger brother into seducing Jyunya's latest boyfriend away from him. How can his plan possibly go wrong?5-6) Abortive FlowerUchida thinks that he likes his art teacher, Yoshino-sensei. He struggles with the uncertainty of knowing how deep his "like" really runs, and how he can communicate his feelings to his teacher.7) Apartment ZeroAndou left his hometown following an unsettling "kiss" incident with his best friend Nei-chan. Now, two years later, he finds himself broke and homeless, and breaks into an apparently abandoned apartment building for a place to stay. But he wakes up to find the irate true tenant of the apartment, his old friend Nei-chan, who also fled their hometown about the same time. When will the two friends face the incident that caused their estrangement?8) Pretty in PinkWatabe was dumped by his boyfriend because they had few interests in common. Luckly for Watabe, his dad was transferred about that time, and moving saved him the humiliation of having to run into his former boyfriend every day. All he wanted was someone to share his tastes in designer clothes, trance music and art films. Strangely, the clerk at the video store in his new neighborhood seems to share his tastes in a lot of things, and is just Watabe's type in looks too. So why is Watabe running as fast as he can in the opposite direction?9) Abortive Flower?A short trailer which features a conversation between friends on the permanancy/ impermanancy of gay partnerships.

The young Yamato Yousuke searches for a way to follow in the steps of his father, a detective who passed away in mission trying to save a little kid who got kidnapped. Finally, an opportunity to become a detective himself has arisen, but in the middle of carrying out his first assignment, a test to see if he would be a good detective, Yousuke suddenly gets hired, apparently for no reason. There must be a secret behind all this...

CH.1 - YUNI-SAN: Kaoru is a boy with a tough home life and almost no one to care for him. While wandering the streets alone one night he happens to meet a man -- a foreigner named Yuni, who shows Kaoru that friendship and love do exist.CH.2 - KAERU-KUN: In middle school, a new student, Nagare KAE, nicknamed "Kaeru-kun" against his will, feels like an outcast because of his name. Kae skips school in favor of video games; however, at the arcade he meets his classmate Kaoru, whom he unwittingly befriends.CH.3 - SHUU Part 1: Now in high school, Kaoru's friend Yuu insists on bringing him to his house near every day. Kaoru meets Shuu, Yuu's older brother, who intrigues him. Curious from the things Yuu's said about his brother, Kaoru confronts Shuu about relationships...

Third-year student Bai is the beautiful prefect with an angelic smile - that allures the students into obeying his orders. However, his kouhai Chiaki always defies Bai and the latter has no idea why Chiaki hates him. Nor does Chiaki understand why Bai hates him so much that he never reprimands him for his sloppiness. Each secretly wishes to know what's on the other's mind... but how will they go about it?

Plot: Yochi seems to give all his attention to his willful and high-spirited new pet. But his boyfriend Tsujimura isn't worried. Who ever heard of a dog as a love rival?

The planet had died once before... On the day of Despaira, a god appeared in the sky and saved the world; his name was King Shishioh. But now with the throne of the king empty, a vicious battle between two brothers is unfolding. Who will ascend the throne

1) Yurusarenai Otoko2) Aishiatteru Futari3) Seigi no Mikata no Koi no Yukue (Love & Battle)Seigo, who grew up in a village, moved to Tokyo to find a job and to fight crime (apparently he has some strange superpowers), since not much happens in his village. One day his childhood friend Touma visits him and challenges him to remind him of his mission. At least that's Touma's claim...4) Kanoko's StoryNote: Chapters 1-3 are shounen-ai stories while chapter 4 is shoujo.

From Sumie:A love story between two souls separated by their stations in life, in the form of a tattoo.

Tsubaki Beniko, is 16 years old. After being rescued by the handsome and cool Prince of the Kendo club, Shirotae Shiki, she falls in love with him! After becoming a couple, she finds that he is distant from her while she wants him to be more like a boyfriend should be! Moreover he displays no feelings of jealousy! Not even when Beniko's childhood friend, Kurosu Yui, comes back, and makes proclamations like "I was Beni's first love and boyfriend" does Shirotae seem to care, or does he?! --translated by Shoujo Manga Maniac

Hojo wins three wishes from a ticket and makes some choices that affect his senpai in odd ways...

Karou, the male twin to the female super-model, Tsubaki, hates his face for its feminine beauty. Disgusted by the men drawn to him by his similarity to his sister, he has grown to hate any kind of contact with men. Then why is he conflicted by the attenti

From Art of Life:When Taichi passes out in the rain one day, the manager and landlord of an apartment complex, Shiratori Hiro, decides to bring the youth back to his place. Written on the nameplate of the room is the name, "Takaki Shirou" ... Hiro asks

In the not so distant future, Earth is invaded by aliens. The United Nations instates a draft, and all humans on Earth are eligible to become soldiers. Kurando Nieno is a rather scrawny high school student, scoring the lowest scores possible on the prelim

Dissatisfied with life, Sei, a cynical boy, decides to commit suicide and leave Earth with a bang. To his surprise, instead of dying, he is transported to another world and meets Sakura, a girl with wings. On that planet he is labeled as the god of destru

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Sana Tsukimori is a 10 year old horror star but she can't grab the attention of her older brother.

From Fifay.net:Naoto is a stressed-out college student doing his best to juggle the eccentricities of his divorced parents with his own burgeoning romance. His stress deepens after his gay father proposes to the handsome and elegant male lover. This is

Story of two best friends of opposite sex, each searching for love....

Akagi's one-shot drawn by CLAMP