Blue and Other Short Pieces

My Dress-Up Darling

Wakana Gojou is a high school student training to become a traditional doll artisan. A childhood incident left him deeply hurt when a friend rejected his passion for dolls, so he now keeps to himself and avoids sharing his interests with others. He spends his afternoons alone in the home economics room, practicing his sewing skills. His quiet routine changes when Marin Kitagawa, a popular and outgoing classmate, discovers him working on doll clothes. Marin has a secret hobby of her own: cosplaying characters from video games and anime. She can design and imagine costumes, but she cannot sew them herself. Marin asks Wakana to make her cosplay outfits, and he reluctantly agrees. As they work

Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro

Naoto Hachiouji is a shy, introverted second-year high school student who spends his afternoons drawing in the art club room. His quiet routine is shattered when a group of girls discovers his manga pages and mocks him openly. One of them, the first-year Hayase Nagatoro, lingers behind and begins teasing him relentlessly until he cries. From that day on, Nagatoro makes a habit of visiting Naoto and dragging him into whatever catches her interest, especially if it makes him uncomfortable. Her friends join in, but Nagatoro is particularly merciless when they are alone and gets annoyed if anyone else goes too far with him. As the daily teasing continues, Naoto realizes he does not actually di

Gantz

Kei Kurono is a cynical high school student who keeps to himself, tired of the cruelty people are capable of. One day at the subway station, his classmate Masaru Katou jumps onto the tracks to save a drunk man who has fallen. On impulse, Kei follows him. They manage to pull the man to safety, but both boys are struck and killed by the oncoming train. Instead of dying, Kei and Masaru wake up in an apartment full of strangers, all of whom have recently died. In the center of the room is a large black sphere called Gantz. It gives them high-tech suits and strange weapons, then sends them out to hunt and kill bizarre alien creatures hidden on Earth. Each mission is brutal and often deadly. Sur

Rent-A-Girlfriend

Kazuya Kinoshita is a college student reeling from a painful breakup. Desperate to fill the emotional void, he turns to a rental girlfriend app and books a date with Chizuru Mizuhara, a beautiful and seemingly perfect girl with a kind, caring demeanor. After their first date, Kazuya feels that Chizuru's sweetness is just an act and leaves her a negative review. This provokes her true personality: sassy, sharp-tongued, and far from the gentle image she presents to clients. Their conflict is interrupted when Kazuya learns his grandmother has collapsed, and he rushes to the hospital with Chizuru in tow. His grandmother is overjoyed, believing Chizuru is his real girlfriend. Unable to tell her

Fairy Tail

In the Kingdom of Fiore, magic is woven into everyday life. To keep dark forces at bay, magical guilds take on jobs and protect the peace. Among them, Fairy Tail stands out for its strength and its unruly spirit. Lucy Heartfilia, a young celestial wizard, dreams of joining Fairy Tail. A chance encounter with Natsu Dragneel, a reckless fire mage searching for his dragon foster father, pulls her into the guild. Alongside Natsu, his talking cat Happy, and fellow wizards Gray Fullbuster and Erza Scarlet, Lucy begins a new life. Together, this motley crew takes on dangerous missions, gaining loyal allies and powerful enemies as they face threats that test the bonds of their guild.

GTO: Great Teacher Onizuka

Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-biker and former juvenile delinquent, decides to become a high school teacher. His goal is simple: to be the greatest teacher in the world. Crude, foul-mouthed, and with a short temper, he brings his own unorthodox methods to the classroom. His first challenge is Class 3-4, a group of cunning students determined to drive him out of the school. Onizuka must use his street smarts and brash attitude to win them over, while also dealing with a distrustful administration and his own questionable teaching style.