The Secret Stairs is a supernatural story set at a girls' boarding school. It focuses on friendship between girls.
8 stories. Title story: A boy calling himself a "cat lender" draws forth deep feelings his clients have forgotten.
From FORTE ATROX: Mao lives a complex life, she attracts spirits and she constantly has to keep her father from losing his soul! One day she meets a man who says he is a ‘guide’ for souls that are lost and turns out he had come for her father! Being motherless, losing her father would mean that Mao would be sent to live with her relatives, but when all hope seems lost the ‘guide’ proposes a deal that will allow Mao to keep her father temporarily…
[From Lililicious]:
Nowhere to Go is another girls' boarding school story, but the deviousness of one of the main characters is what makes it memorable. It has a sequel called In the Afternoon....
From Bliss:
Haruka and Saya spend their days living peacefully with their father in a small town. However, when a new neighbor moves in, unusual events suddenly start taking place. Strangely enough, they all seem to be related to Haruka and Saya's mother who passed away some time ago...
Wizards are never a single entity. That is, they are composed of a partnership of the "holder" and "caretaker" of the stone.
Celeste is the "holder" of the stone, and she's in a hurry to become an independent wizard. But her partner, Chris, is not the easiest person to work with...
"In the Afternoon..." is the sequel to Konno Kita's earlier work "Nowhere to Go". Moriya's antics continue, and Miwa comes down with a cold. (from Lililicious)
One rainy day, the young woman Natsuki encounters a high school student in the street. Acting on an impulse, she gives the girl her umbrella and walks away. It turns out later that the girl, Michiko, is the younger sister of Natsuki’s sister’s newly-married husband. Even though Michiko has a difficult personality and doesn’t open herself to others easily, she seems to be attracted to Natsuki. Thus begins an unusual friendship between two unlikely characters who need each other more than they first realize…
The main story (Cotton) was released as four chapters. There are also four additional stories:
Story 2: Creature
Story 3: Asa no Kodomo
Story 4: Tegami (Letter)
Story 5: Zange
[From Lililicious]:
Under the Rose is a love story between two sisters who meet years after their birth.
