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.


A collection of rather gothic short stories by Hagio in her early career days. The title story is about Lucas, who seems like any ordinary boy except for the fact that he has not accepted the death of his twin brother, Alois. Little by little, Alois's dark personality is developing a presence of its own and taking over Lucas' consciousness. (Source: Prisms) 
Contains: 
1. Alois (アロイス) 
2. Onshitsu (温室) 
3. Maudlin (モードリン) 
4. Senpon me no Pin (千本目のピン) 
5. Pussycat Pussycat (プシキャット・プシキャット) 
6. Hallo! England (ハロー！イングランド)

A collection of one shots: 
1) Marmalade-chan 
2) Cabagge Hata no Isansouzokunin 
3) Oh my Que sera sera 
4) Howard-san no Shinbun Koukoku 
5) Unicorn no Yume 
6) Onshitsu 
7) Hello! England

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.

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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