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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 English speakers. This tome travels through several of Hagio's most revolutionary and poignant tales that span over the years of her lush career. Bianca (1970, 16 pages) Girl on Porch with Puppy (1971, 12 pages) Autumn Journey (1971, 24 pages) A boy’s pilgrimage to the home of his favorite author has more meaning than either the author or his daughter can imagine. Marié, Ten Years Later (1977, 16 pages) Two estranged friends learn too late how their actions had destroyed the balance of a perfect triad of intimacy. A Drunken Dream (1980, 21 pages) Two scientists—one a hermaphrodite, the other a tribal priest—meet on a space station orbiting Io; but they have met before and are destined to meet again. Hanshin (1984, 16 pages) Conjoined twins Yudy and Yucy are as different as possible. Older Yudy is intelligent but ugly, as her nutrients are used up by her beautiful but simpleminded sister Yucy. Loving and hating so deeply, where does one girl begin and the other end? Angel Mimic (1984, 50 pages) Iguana Girl (1991, 50 pages) A girl who appears to her mother and herself to be a hideous anthropoid iguana struggles to overcome her mother’s rejection and find happiness ... but her mother has a secret. The Child Who Comes Home (1998, 24 pages) The Willow Tree (2007, 20 pages) A woman stands day to day under a growing willow tree and watches the people who pass by... ------------------------ The volume has been nominated for an Eisner Award

Naru Samejima known as "Samejima the Unbeatable", is a Yankee that loves fighting, but the only person he can't stand up to is Toraji, his two years younger brother's childhood friend.He's always saying that one day he'll kick his ass but when Toraji whispers "Naru-chan" in his ear, why does he find it impossible to resist? There's also a story about two obstinate scientists and a student x sensei relationship. Vol 1 - Kemono ni Namida Vol 2 - Kemono ni Mitsu

Always-surrounded-by-friends Ryuunosuke and lone wolf Kagetora are leaders of opposing teams and they have a cat-and-dog relationship. One day, they end up doing erotic things– “This can’t be. I’m sharing a secret with this guy.” There are also plans to move far away, and things get complicated. As these two who cannot seem to grow up consider their friends, hometown, family and their feelings for each other, they take their first clumsy steps into love.This volume also contains the story of adult love between a younger manga artist and his Do-M editor! Even though his body was held captive “for the sake of producing ero manga”, the manga artist discovers a pleasure switch that even he didn’t know about…

Saeki Subaru, a single father, has a duty to pick up his unreasonably loved son, Sora, at Nursery school every day.A man with good looks and potential who is popular with the ladies.. but underneath the surface, he walks down the yakuza path and being a lover of a group’s Wakagashira One day on the way back from picking up his son, he I s called out by an 18-year-old guy, the new nursery teacher, Kousei.At first sight, Kousei caught his heart with his "Puppy-like" smile and the love for his son.While suppressing their lust, two hearts are drawn by a childAs he gets to know Kousei more, he yearns to feel the "cold flame" in Kousei eyes...?

Here we have Mizuki who thinks “Love is kindness,” while Ritsu believes “Love is sex.” So when these two men start going out, they’re in for trouble!! Mizuki wants only to make Ritsu happy, but he’s struggling to keep up with Ritsu’s never diminishing sexual desires?! “You, You want to do what?!”

Hiroharu is having a pretty good life. He has a stable job, and he’s happily in love with his boyfriend, Natsuro. To make things even better, now that it’s the moving season, Natsuro proposes that he and Hiroharu move into a bigger place together. But everything comes to a heart-stopping halt when Hiroharu runs into his ex-boyfriend, Kazuaki. The two of them dated five years ago before Hiroharu broke them up, and after Kazuaki invites him out to eat, the memories come flooding back. Before he knows it, he’s having sex with Kazuaki and craving him all over again. Hiroharu vows it’s only a one-night-stand, but then he finds out Kazuaki is his new neighbor...!

"Wh-why are you putting your fingers in me while I'm inside Aya!?" Ai was recently dumped by his girlfriend, is on the verge of dropping out of college, and lives in a rundown, soon-to-be-demolished apartment building. He's apathetic with no hopes or dreams for the future, wanting to just kick the bucket when he's 30. On top of that, his apartment walls are thin, making the noises of passion coming from the neighbors difficult to ignore...!!! Though shocked to learn the husky voice begging for it on a nightly basis belongs to a man, it isn't long before Aya (the beauty) and Ryo (the man's man) make him the meat in their love sandwich...!! Welcome to a world of immorality! Author Anji Seina's at their best with this dynamic and tantalizing sausage fest!

Kazushi, an elite, met Harutomo, a cleaner whose dream is to become a chef. Because Harutomo has always been treasuring the change in seasons, after falling in love with him, Kazushi started to treasure the changes too. He found his world started to fill with colors and he finally understood the happiness of “giving”. Let Fujitani sensei take you through the seasons with this very lovely story on how this couple work hard towards their future together and how they manage through their long-distance relationship when Kazushi was posted overseas.

Terrible things happening in succession has college student Sora down, leading him to get lost on his way home. When he tries to find his way back, he accidentally stumbles upon a man gazing at the stars. They chat, and a connection between them starts to form.

Arashi falls asleep on the train and wakes up to find out he... drooled all over another passenger?! He never expects to see the older man again, but suddenly he shows up at Arashi's school...