Anthology of fantastical stories published by Shodensha.
 

Volume 1: Gensou Jokyoku (2006/03/06) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno] 
Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi]
 

Volume 2: Gensou Kyousoukyoku (2006/06/07) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno] 
Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi] 
Sekai No Hate No Ido (世界の果ての井戸) [Utata Yoshikawa]
 

Volume 3: Gensou Koukyoku (2006/09/07) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
Tengujin (天狗神) [Sumomo Yumeka] 
Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno] 
Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi]
 

Volume 4: Gensou Enbukyoku (2006/12/07) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno] 
Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi]
 

Volume 5: Gensou Sokkyoukyoku (2007/03/07) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno] 
Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi]
 

Volume 6: Gensou Kumikyoku (2007/06/07) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Yoshinatsu (ヨシナツ) [Sumomo Yumeka] 
2. Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno] 
3. Chihiro ni Saku Hana (千尋に咲く花) [Matsuri Akino] 
4. Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi] 
5. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou]
 

Volume 7: Gensou Sayokyoku (2007/09/07) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Futakumo Shounen-dan (双雲少年談) [Sumomo Yumeka] 
2. Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno] 
3. Chihiro ni Saku Hana (千尋に咲く花) [Matsuri Akino] 
4. Rakuen no Izumi (楽園の泉) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
5. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou]
 

Volume 8: Gensou Yasoukyoku (2007/12/07) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Chihiro ni Saku Hana (千尋に咲く花) [Matsuri Akino] 
2. Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno] 
3. Kon no Ki Konoha (コンノキコノハ) [Sumomo Yumeka] 
4. Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi] 
5. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou]
 

Volume 09: Gensou Hensoukyoku (2008/03/08) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
Tengujin (天狗神) [Sumomo Yumeka]
 
Volume 10: Gensou Kaden - Rain Lily no Yuuwaku (2008/06/07) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou] 
2. Chihiro ni Saku Hana (千尋に咲く花) [Matsuri Akino] 
3. Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi] 
4. Dream Eater (ドリームイーター) [Kimiko Kamata] 
5. Tengujin (天狗神) [Sumomo Yumeka] 
6. Hiou Shirabyoushi Gaiden: Fuyu-Zakura (緋桜白拍子 外伝 冬緋桜) [Meguru Toujou]
 

Volume 11: Gensou Kaden - Midnight Moon no Yume (2008/09/08) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Fuyu no Hana (冬の花) [Sumomo Yumeka] 
2. Hiou Shirabyoushi Gaiden: Fuyu-Zakura (緋桜白拍子 外伝 冬緋桜) [Meguru Toujou] 
3. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou] 
4. Chihiro ni Saku Hana (千尋に咲く花) [Matsuri Akino] 
5. Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi] 
6. Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno]
 

Volume 12: Christmas Rose no Hatsukoi (2008/12/08) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Chihiro ni Saku Hana (千尋に咲く花) [Matsuri Akino] 
2. Hiou Shirabyoushi Gaiden: Fuyu-Zakura (緋桜白拍子 外伝 冬緋桜) [Meguru Toujou] 
3. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou] 
4. Kimi wa Boku no Taiyou (君はボクの太陽) [Sumomo Yumeka] 
5. Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno] 
6. Hakuryuu Tei Kitan (白龍亭奇譚) [Utata Yoshikawa]
 

Volume 13: Gensou Kaden - Casablanca no Junshin (2009/03/09) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Hiou Shirabyoushi Gaiden: Fuyu-Zakura (緋桜白拍子 外伝 冬緋桜) [Meguru Toujou] 
2. Angelic Runes (エンジェリック・ルーン) [Makoto Tateno] 
3. Yubikirihime (ゆびきり姫) [Sumomo Yumeka] 
4. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou] 
5. Dream Eater (ドリームイーター) [Kimiko Kamata] 
6. Kadafuu Raiden (華柁風来伝) [Matsuri Akino] 
7. Caravan Serai (キャラバン サライ) [Utata Yoshikawa]
 

Volume 14: Gensou Kaden - Jasmine to Hanayome (2009/06/08) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Dream Eater (ドリームイーター) [Kimiko Kamata] 
2. Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi] 
3. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou] 
4. Kadafuu Raiden (華柁風来伝) [Matsuri Akino] 
5. Oasis (オアシス) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
6. Hiou Shirabyoushi Gaiden: Fuyu-Zakura (緋桜白拍子 外伝 冬緋桜) [Meguru Toujou]
 

Volume 15: Gensou Kaden - Strawberry Candle (2009/09/08) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Hiou Shirabyoushi Gaiden: Fuyu-Zakura (緋桜白拍子 外伝 冬緋桜) [Meguru Toujou] 
2. Dream Eater (ドリームイーター) [Kimiko Kamata] 
3. Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi] 
4. Kadafuu Raiden (華柁風来伝) [Matsuri Akino] 
5. Tuz to Sahar (トゥズとサーハル) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
6. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou]
 

Volume 16: Gensou Kaden - Peppermint Magic (2009/12/08) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi] 
2. Dream Eater (ドリームイーター) [Kimiko Kamata] 
3. Hiou Shirabyoushi Gaiden: Fuyu-Zakura (緋桜白拍子 外伝 冬緋桜) [Meguru Toujou] 
4. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou] 
5. Karez (カレーズ) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
6. Kadafuu Raiden (華柁風来伝) [Matsuri Akino]
 

Volume 17: Gensou Kaden - Cattail Dance (2010/03/08) 
Cover Illustration: Sumomo Yumeka 
1. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
2. Dream Eater (ドリームイーター) [Kimiko Kamata] 
3. Kyoutei no Umi (胸底の海) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
4. Hiou Shirabyoushi Gaiden: Fuyu-Zakura (緋桜白拍子 外伝 冬緋桜) [Meguru Toujou] 
5. Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de (午後のお茶は妖精の国で) [Toshiko Endou] 
6. Kadafuu Raiden (華柁風来伝) [Matsuri Akino]
 

Volume 18: Gensou Ikai - Kujaku-ten (2010/06/08) 
Cover Illustration: Matsuri Akino 
1. Babylonia no Shishi (バビロニアの獅子) [You Higuri] 
2. Kadafuu Raiden (華柁風来伝) [Matsuri Akino] 
3. Dream Eater (ドリームイーター) [Kimiko Kamata] 
4. Ohime-sama no Jikan (お姫さまの時間) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
5. Mahoutsukai no Uchideshi: Gogo no Ocha wa Yousei no Kuni de Bangai-hen (魔法使いの内弟子～午後のお茶は妖精の国で 番外編～) [Toshiko Endou] 
6. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
7. Hiou Shirabyoushi Gaiden: Fuyu-Zakura (緋桜白拍子 外伝 冬緋桜) [Meguru Toujou]
 

Volume 19: Gensou Ikai - Isis Saga (2010/09/08) 
Cover Illustration: Aki 
1. Allyl (アリル) [Toshiko Endou] 
2. Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi] 
3. Kadafuu Raiden (華柁風来伝) [Matsuri Akino] 
4. Ame Yorokobi (雨喜び) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
5. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
6. Elhanburg no Tenshi (エルハンブルグの天使) [Aki] 
7. Dream Eater (ドリームイーター) [Kimiko Kamata] 
8. Babylonia no Shishi (バビロニアの獅子) [You Higuri]
 

Volume 20: Gensou Ikai - Suzaku-miya (2010/12/08) 
Cover Illustration: Shinohara Udou 
1. Dream Eater (ドリームイーター) [Kimiko Kamata] 
2. Kadafuu Raiden (華柁風来伝) [Matsuri Akino] 
3. Kodomotachi no Jikan (子どもたちの時間) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
4. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
5. Babylonia no Shishi (バビロニアの獅子) [You Higuri] 
6. Yousei no Ishi (妖精の石) [Toshiko Endou]
 

Volume 21: Gensou Ikai - Solomon no Seiyaku (2011/03/08) 
Cover Illustration: You Higuri 
1. Meikoku no Kanon (冥黒の奏音) [Matsuri Akino] 
2. Dream Eater (ドリームイーター) [Kimiko Kamata] 
3. Babylonia no Shishi (バビロニアの獅子) [You Higuri] 
4. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
5. Kodomotachi no Jikan (子どもたちの時間) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
6. Story (ストーリー) [Toshiko Endou]
 

Volume 22: Gensou Ikai - Pixie Red (2011/06/08) 
Cover Illustration: Toshiko Endou 
1. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
2. Meikoku no Kanon (冥黒の奏音) [Matsuri Akino] 
3. Babylonia no Shishi (バビロニアの獅子) [You Higuri] 
4. Gekkou Hotel (月光ホテル) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
5. Elhanburg no Tenshi (エルハンブルグの天使) [Aki] 
6. Planet (プラネット) [Toshiko Endou]
 

Volume 23: Gensou Ikai - Eclipse (2011/09/08) 
Cover Illustration: Matsuri Akino 
1. Planet (プラネット) [Toshiko Endou] 
2. Babylonia no Shishi (バビロニアの獅子) [You Higuri] 
3. tu casa: Koko wa Kimi no Ie (tu casa　ここは君の家) [Kimiko Kamata] 
4. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
5. Gekkou Hotel (月光ホテル) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
6. Meikoku no Kanon (冥黒の奏音) [Matsuri Akino]
 

Volume 24: Gensou Ikai - Undine (2011/12/08) 
Cover Illustration: Aki 
1. Babylonia no Shishi (バビロニアの獅子) [You Higuri] 
2. Meikoku no Kanon (冥黒の奏音) [Matsuri Akino] 
3. Planet (プラネット) [Toshiko Endou] 
4. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
5. Elhanburg no Tenshi (エルハンブルグの天使) [Aki] 
6. tu casa: Koko wa Kimi no Ie (tu casa ここは君の家) [Kimiko Kamata] 
7. Gekkou Hotel (月光ホテル) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
8. Ragtonia (ラグトニア) [Chika Shiomi]
 

Volume 25: Gensou Ikai - Uguisu-Kagura (2012/03/08) 
Cover Illustration: Udou Shinohara 
1. Meikoku no Kanon (冥黒の奏音) [Matsuri Akino] 
2. tu casa: Koko wa Kimi no Ie (tu casa ここは君の家) [Kimiko Kamata] 
3. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
4. Planet (プラネット) [Toshiko Endou] 
5. Babylonia no Shishi (バビロニアの獅子) [You Higuri] 
6. Gekkou Hotel (月光ホテル) [Utata Yoshikawa]
 

Volume 26: Gensou Ikai - Fairy-tale (2012/06/12) 
Cover Illustration: Toshiko Endou 
1. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
2. tu casa: Koko wa Kimi no Ie (tu casa ここは君の家) [Kimiko Kamata] 
3. Gekkou Hotel (月光ホテル) [Utata Yoshikawa] 
4. Meikoku no Kanon (冥黒の奏音) [Matsuri Akino] 
5. Planet (プラネット) [Toshiko Endou] 
6. Elhanburg no Tenshi (エルハンブルグの天使) [Aki]
 

Volume 27: Gensou Ikai - Hoshizukiyo (2012/09/11) 
Cover Illustration: Pinku Aomata 
1. Chikyuu wa Boku ga Mawasu (地球は僕が回す) [Nawo Inoue] 
2. Shourui Aware Manteau Hossu (生類憐マント欲ス) [Udou Shinohara] 
3. tu casa: Koko wa Kimi no Ie (tu casa ここは君の家) [Kimiko Kamata] 
4. Meikoku no Kanon (冥黒の奏音) [Matsuri Akino] 
5. Seimon no Hotaru (星紋の蛍) [Pinku Aomata] 
6. Babylonia no Shishi (バビロニアの獅子) [You Higuri] 
7. Planet (プラネット) [Toshiko Endou]

Pinky promise. If you lie then you have to swallow a thousand needles and your finger will be chopped off. Kiriko is a little girl who makes pinky promises with various people who expect her to pay for them, looking forward the day they run out of fingers to make promises with or break their promise. An adorable yet creepy 8 page oneshot. 
(Source: Psycho Pandas)

A traveler in search of his father chances upon a pair of twins about to be buried by their village. The villagers claim the two are cursed but he rescues them. He soon finds out what makes the villagers fear them: the siblings can hear the devils and angels speak. But he has his own secrets as well...

"Falna...as long as a Ragtonia lives, the Necromancer will feed off of their life force. He took too much from you. He killed you. But I can give your life back to you, if you'll choose to start living as a Liesian again &amp; fight the Necromancer. When the Necromancer attacked this country, several thousand people were killed. Several thousand more had parts of their bodies stolen. They all became Ragtonia. Kill the Necromancer, release the Ragtonia and free this country from horror &amp; destruction." 
(Source: Aurora Publishing)

Carava Serai follows the unusual adventures of two young men, Tuz and Sahar, as they travel to different cities in the desert.
 
Other stories included in the first volume: 
Sekai No Hate No Ido (世界の果ての井戸); Mugen Anthology Vol. 2 [2006-06-07] 
A princess is ordered by her mother to find a fountain who's water is said to grant a person happiness, and bring her back the water in... A wicker basket? 
Rakuen no Izumi (楽園の泉); Mugen Anthology Vol. 7 [2007-09-07] 
Kaze No Ya and Yukka live in the fifth world which consists of seven total worlds, and it believed that the soul will travel to sixth world when one dies. Kaze No Ya sets out to find Yukka after she disappears mysteriously one night from her family's tent. 
Hakuryuu Tei Kitan (白龍亭奇譚); Mugen Anthology Vol. 12 [2008-12-08] 
A young man stops over at the White Dragon Inn while traveling in the mountains where it is said a dragon god resides, and there is an unusual abundance of various animals. After getting up to get a drink of water the young man sees something very surprising as well as worrying...

In order to restore the Great Dream Tree of Elfland to life, Kiki, a mare, has to eat bad dreams that plague people&rsquo;s hearts and foster good dreams so that they sleep well. Aided by Gilly, the tree guardian, and the garden elves, she wanders the human world. However, the world is a dangerous place...


Tengujin is a story about two twin brothers who live in a slightly futuristic Japan where the Eastern and Western regions are splitting apart and have formed two warring nations. When Gods of the world, mainly tengu, seek to influence the start and end of the events that lead to war, the younger twin, Mozuku, desires to end the idiotic war and meets with the God of the West, Sai, with his older brother, Shinonome. 
 "Zanouka," the second story in Tengujin, is about the former incarnations of Mozuku and Shinonome. 
(Source: Aurora Publishing)

Yoshinatsu is a one-shot about a friend that will not be forgotten. 
(Source: sumomoyumeka.livejournal.com)

Healing sicknesses and exterminating ghosts are his specialties! The story of the renowned doctor who has alighted to the earth, Hua Tuo’s great accomplishments! The setting is in China during the period of the Three Kingdoms!
 
The one who manages to cure ailments, and even perform exorcisms and exterminate monsters with ease is the great doctor Hua Tuo. And he asks not for monetary payment, but for a recital of the prayer, “Namuamidahba.” What could the true goal of Hua Tuo be as he travels with his two mysterious companions, Ri Yao and Yue Jing, who are constantly trying to keep him in check…? 
 
(Source: Shodensha, translated)

Only in autumn when the dead leaves flutter about can Akino meet the mysterious boy who lives inside the deep blue tree.


A short one-shot about someone who is taken in from the cold by the only person to notice him, a young man named Taiyou.
 
Published in Mugen Anthology Vol. 12:Christmas Rose no Hatsukoi (2008-12-08)

The flower in Itadori will bloom in the summer, taking his life as it took his sister's but giving others longer lives, but how can he leave his childhood friend Rakka behind...? 
(Source: Psycho Pandas)

Shin and Leona are childhood friends &ndash; she has always been fascinated with the mysteries of the ancient Near East, and he has always been fascinated with her, to the point where he is ready to follow her thousands of years in the past, to the days of the Kingdom of Babylonia, where she has a very special part to play&hellip;


By all appearances, the ties that bind High King Madeth and the knight Lalvan, his childhood friend, are made of the sternest stuff. But in truth, their friendship has always struck a most delicate balance. With the arrival of Lady Prima and the birth of her son, Perseus, not long after, the precarious harmony between Madeth and Lalvan crumbles. And when the young Perseus, harboring questions about his lineage, seeks out Lalvan, will the repercussions be much greater than a friendship lost? A lone angel, its eyes replete with sadness, looks on as the tragedy unfolds...
 (Source: Yen Press)

Shuhei Kurata is stuck. Going to a new school where he doesn’t fit in, standing still as his old friends leave him behind. Watching silently as the woman he loves slips further and further away. He feels detached and out of place, as if maybe it all might be a dream. Perhaps it is…


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