is a one-shot Japanese

manga Manga ( Japanese: 漫画 ) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, and the form has a long prehistory in earlier Japanese art. The term ''manga'' is use ...

written and illustrated by

Fumi Yoshinaga is a Japanese manga artist known for her shōjo and boys' love works. Life Fumi Yoshinaga was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1971. She discovered amateur manga, doujinshi, in junior high school, when a friend showed her a doujinshi depicting a roman ...

. The series is licensed and published in English in North America by

Digital Manga Publishing Digital Manga is a California-based publishing company that licenses and releases Japanese manga, anime, and related merchandise in the English language. Digital Manga also owns and operates eManga, a digital publishing site for manga and ...

under its June imprint.

Manga

Ohta Publishing is a Japanese publishing company. With a number of controversial books that disturbed the Japanese society and its erotic manga comics, the company has established itself like a source of provocative "subculture" items. History Ohta Publishing ...

released the manga on January 24, 2004.

, under its June imprint, released the manga on July 25, 2007.

Reception

Holly Ellingwood at Active Anime commends the manga for its "diversity, beautiful artwork, and imaginative romances of various kinds". Pop Culture Shock's Erin F. comments on the increasing "weirder and more depressing" shorts stories as the book progresses. Mania.com's Danielle Van Gorder commends the manga's art and panel layout which are "overall very minimalist, with sparse backgrounds where they are included at all, and fairly simple screentones, but it's a style that is used to great effect".

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* 2004 manga Comedy-drama anime and manga Digital Manga Publishing titles Fumi Yoshinaga Josei manga Romance anime and manga Yaoi anime and manga Ohta Publishing manga {{manga-stub