Yuji and Eucie were twin sisters whose bodies were joined together by a divine twist of fate. Yuji was the smart sister, while Eucie was the beautiful one. One day, at the age of 13, Yuji decided to have surgery to separate from Eucie in order to live life on her own. A collection of 10 masterpiece stories, including the title story. "Ragini," about a dreamy love song spun by a computer. "Manatsu no Yoru no Wakusei" is a one-act play between four men and four women on the lush garden planet Oberon.
 
(Source: Shogakukan, translated)
 
Collected stories: 
1. Hanshin (半神, Hanshin: Half-God) 
2. Ragini (ラーギニー) 
3. Slow Down (スロー・ダウン) 
4. Suimu (酔夢, A Drunken Dream) 
5. Herbal Beauty (ハーバル・ビューティ) 
6. Nise Ou (偽王) 
7. Onshitsu (温室) 
8. Hidari Kiki no Ethan (左ききのイザン) 
9. Manatsu no Yoru no Wakusei (真夏の夜の惑星) 
10. Kinyou no Yoru no Shuukai (金曜の夜の集会) 
 
Notes: 
 The one-shots "Hanshin" and "Suimu" were published in English in the manga anthology A Drunken Dream and Other Short Stories by Fantagraphics on September 27, 2010.

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?
 
Note: Published in English as a part of the "A Drunken Dream and Other Stories" manga anthology by Fantagraphics.

A collection of short stories:
 
1. Hanshin (半神, Hanshin: Half-God) 
2. Ragini (ラーギニー) 
3. Slow Down (スロー・ダウン) 
4. Suimu (酔夢, A Drunken Dream) 
5. Hanauzumi (花埋み) 
6. Koucha no Hanashi (紅茶の話) 
7. Tsuioku (追憶) 
8. Paris Tayori (パリ便り) 
9. Herbal Beauty (ハーバル・ビューティ) 
10. Asobi-dama (あそび玉) 
11. Marine (マリーン)
 
Note: The one-shots "Hanshin" and "Suimu" were published in English in the manga anthology A Drunken Dream and Other Short Stories by Fantagraphics on September 27, 2010.

A young man volunteers to participate in a sensory deprivation experiment.  Despite its apparent success, the experiment does leave him with some psychological aftereffects.  

Two scientists—one intersex, the other a tribal priest—meet on a space station orbiting Io; but they have met before and are destined to meet again.
 
Notes: First published in the artbook "Kingin Sagan (金銀砂岸)" in 1980 
Published in English as a part of the "A Drunken Dream and Other Stories" manga anthology by Fantagraphics.

A short manga with highly enigmatic atmospheres, suspended between Indian mythology and science fiction. 
(source: smo-project)

Jose is a student of a boarding school. His father gets remarried and Lange, a pretty blond boy, becomes his stepbrother.They stay in a second house in the countryside in summer while their parents are in their honeymoon trip. There's a strange green house full of withered rose plants near the river... Jose falls in love with Lange, but there is a spirit in the greenhouse who wants Lange all for himself.


Two friends, Marmo and Doug, can't wait to see Lowell Powell Comet. However, the adults in the town have other plans for that Friday night, and ask the kids to to stay home as they leave for a town meeting. Is this a coincidence? Will the boys get to see their long-awaited comet? Read to find out. 

1. Hanshin (半神) 
2. Iguana no Musume (イグアナの娘) 
3. Tenshi no Gitai (天使の擬態) 
4. Gakkou e Iku Kusuri (学校へ行くクスリ) 
5. Gogo no Hizashi (午後の日射し) 
6. Niseou (偽王) 
7. Onshitsu (温室) 
8. Marine (マリーン) 
9. Catharsis (カタルシス) 
10. Kaette Kuru Ko (帰ってくる子) 
11. Sayo no Nuu Yukata (小夜の縫うゆかた) 
12. Yuujin K (友人Ｋ)

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