A Drunken Dream is a collection of literary short stories by Hagio falling into multiple genres, created between 1971-2007. The stories were selected by translator Matt Thorn to be an introduction to Hagio for...

Beware the red snake! Told from the perspective of a young boy, The Red Snake is a story of the above boy, the house he inhabits, and the forest around his house that stretches on and on. The characters in the...

On the day of her 17th birthday, Meg Raspberry was told by her teacher, Faust, about the curse placed on her. Meg is destined to die in one year. However, there is a way to lift the curse. If Meg can collect...

To this day "The Tale of Genji," a story written as a picture scroll in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), is regarded as the most important work in ancient Japanese literature. A shining baby boy is born to the...

Compilation of Takeda Touryuumon's oneshots, include the author's early and acclaimed work "Daisuki na Tsumadatta".Content list: Sono Toki ga Kitara10-bu Go ni Keisatsu wa KitaShoya wa Tsutsu ga nakuYokatta...

In her previous life, she was betrayed and died. After transmigrating, her lonely soul fell upon the body of Xiliang Mo who suffered the same fate. She vowed to make those who harmed her pay, one step at a time...

Includes the following stories: Bakuhatsu GaishaBell to Mike no OhanshiCool CatPorch de Shoujo ga Koinu toSutekina MahouYuki no KoLulu to Mimi Volume 1 of Hagio Moto Works: BiankaTou no Aru IeCake Cake CakeSara...

In a small country on the border where the scars of war have yet to heal, Princess Yato, who is called a "shinigami" (a goddess of death), has been married to the feudal lord. A Buddhist image maker named Obito...

Dongbaek’s life takes an unexpected turn when a mysterious crow pulls her from the modern world into ancient China. Trapped in the Three Kingdoms era, she must disguise herself as a man and gather allies from...

Sorry, I know you must've been lonely. Don't worry. I won't keep you waiting long." Maruyama, Nagasaki's pleasure district — where the music of shamisens mingles with the language of foreign lands. From artist...

What will nursing be like in the future? Yukie Sakai, a home care giver, is a specialist for nursing patients under the serious condition. The patients are, for example, "Reddleman," the hero who used to...

When young adventurer Laios and his company are attacked and soundly thrashed by a dragon deep in a dungeon, the party loses all its money and provisions and a member. They're eager to go back and save her, but...

Calling upon his former governess, William Jones, gentleman, is startled when his knock is answered by an uncommonly beautiful servant, the soft-spoken Emma. Throughout his visit, William's eyes drift to the...

Hikaru Genji (literally "Shining One of the Minamoto Clan" ) is the illegitimate son of Emperor Kiritsubo of Japan, and considered too handsome for his own good. After Genji's mother dies, his father...

Henrietta barely survived a brutal attack that killed her family. 'Rescued' by the Social Welfare Agency, her injuries were repaired with robotic components and she was brainwashed. Lost with the memory of her...

Imagine if your grandparents magically became 17 years old again...That they had a second chance to relive their youth and possibly fall in love again, or actually for the first time. It’s the beginning of a...

The world is in constant turmoil, with constant wars breaking out between Heroes and Villains. Gifted with supernatural abilities, one lone girl sets out on a bloody path for revenge against the injustices of...

Yamato lost his dear childhood friend Shiki, who was sacrificed during a ritual. His unrequited love became an obsession; he refused to believe that Shiki was dead, and many years later he finally managed to...

The corpse of a man and a dog are discovered inside a decaying car. An autopsy reveals the man died one year ago, while the dog died only three months earlier. What is this significance of this gap in time? The...

After falling into an old well and into ancient Japan, Kagome discovers that her destiny is linked to the dog-like half-demon called Inuyasha! As Kagome learns more about her connection to the past and to...

A sweet tale starring a gigantic cat who's summoned to a fantasy world by a lonely, elderly witch. In her youth, Jeanne was a powerful witch who vanquished the evil Demon King and saved the world--but over time...

Ruka's dad and the other adults who work at the aquarium are only distantly aware of what the children are experiencing as they get caught up in the mystery of the worldwide disappearance of the oceans' fish...

An anthology of ten short stories, all done in the Nouvelle Manga style. Each story stands alone, the only things linking them all being the low-key slice-of-life settings and the fact that they all have a...

Maomao, a young woman trained in the art of herbal medicine, is forced to work as a lowly servant in the inner palace. Though she yearns for life outside its perfumed halls, she doesn’t long for a life of...

From J-Novel Club: In the East is a land ruled by an emperor, whose consorts and serving women live in a sprawling complex known as the hougong, the rear palace. Maomao, an unassuming girl raised in an...