A collection of stories that revolve around letters.
Story 1, Strawberry and Anemone: Tsuzuru does want to kiss his girlfriend, Ichiko. He can’t, though, for a reason more biological than psychological...
Story 2, The White Messenger: Delivering a letter is a simple enough mission, but not when the intended recipient is a disowned royal.
Story 3, Periparus ater: When a wanted criminal saves a blind boy, neither expects the bond they will forge.
Story 4, Schrödinger’s Sweetheart: Eight women gather at an auction, united by their initial—H—and by their late paramour, E. Grosvenor.
Story 5, Stellar Ship and Ship of the Moon: A spaceship captain is meeting with her old classmates ten years after their last reunion.
Tegami Monogatari has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: 手紙物語, Ichigo to Anemone, Shiroki Shisha, Higara, Schrodinger no Koibito, Hoshi no Hayashi ni Tsuki no Fune
Genres: Science Fiction , Fantasy , Slice of Life , Romance , Historical , Mystery , Josei
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5. Tsuki to Layka to Nosferatu
In an alternate version of the 1960s, two global superpowers have emerged after a savage war: the Zirnitra Union and the United Kingdom of Arnack. East and West are locked in a fierce race to send the first crewed flight into outer space, leading the Union to develop a secret agenda: the Nosferatu Project, which aims to use vampires as spaceflight test subjects. Similar to humans but feared and reviled, vampires are assumed to make the perfect “guinea pigs” for such a dangerous task. Lev Leps, a Union soldier and aspiring cosmonaut, is tasked with overseeing vampire Irina Luminesk aka N44, who has been chosen for the operation–and he can’t quite detach his feelings from the vampire girl as planned. Faced with pressure and peril, will either of them manage to fly into the cosmos?
Irina: The Vampire Cosmonaut has finished publishing and it has 58 Chapters. It is also Known as: 月とライカと吸血姫〈ノスフェラトゥ〉, Tsuki to Raika to kyuketsu hime
4. Ryuu no Gakkou wa Yama no Ue
A collection of fantasy stories that take a somewhat realistic focus. A few of the first look into what happens after the defeat of an evil magical overlord, both for the people left behind and for the vanquishing hero. Others involve a schoolgirl angel, and working centaurs.
The Dragon's School is on The Top of The Mountain has finished publishing and it has 9 Chapters. It is also Known as: 竜の学校は山の上 九井諒子作品集, Kui Ryoko Sakuhinshuu, The Dragon's School Is on Top of the Mountain, Kikyou, Maou, Maoujou Mondai, Shihai, Daikonsan no Yome Sagashi, Gendai Shinwa, Shingaku Tenshi, Kuzu
3. Nijiiro Tougarashi
The story is set in a place very similar in appearance to Earth in the Edo period. However, Adachi (the mangaka) regularly reminds the reader all throughout the series that the setting is another planet in the distant future which just happens to look like Earth.
After the death of his mother, Shichimi sets out to join his step-brothers and -sister who live together in Karakuri Tenement, a place provided by the father they have never met. He finds out that each of them had different mothers (all of whom have died), but were fathered by the same man. Not long after Shichimi's arrival, the siblings decide to journey to visit the graves of each of their mothers. On this journey, they encounter many dangers.
Nijiiro Tougarashi has finished publishing and it has 109 Chapters. It is also Known as: 虹色とうがらし, Niji-Iro Togarashi
2. Melancholia
An omnibus collection of short stories.
Melancholia has finished publishing and it has 26 Chapters. It is also Known as: メランコリア, Melancholia
1. Hi no Tori (1967)
"All things are born and all things die. That is the law of heaven." According to legend, the Bird of Fire called the Phoenix is the eternal spirit of life, death and rebirth. She oversees the cycle of reincarnation and the rising and falling of civilizations and species. Those who can obtain her blood will be granted eternal life, while to others she can grant infinite wisdom, or eternal suffering. Throughout history, from the dawn of civilization to the extinction of the human race, those human souls touched by the Phoenix have hunted her over and over in multiple reincarnations, and their actions in one life determine or reflect the sins and sufferings of other lifetimes.
Note: This is an incomplete series due to Tezuka's death.
Phoenix has finished publishing and it has 19 Chapters. It is also Known as: 火の鳥, Hi no Tori: Reimei-hen, Phoneix: Dawn
