*** THE FINAL DAY!!! *** Early works from the creator of Kare Kano, Castle of Dreams collects two Japanese anthologies—Castle of Dreams and The Room Where an Angel Lives—into a 400-page collection of dark, challenging romantic fantasies.

Tamaki is the heir to a Shinto temple, which gives him strange powers—the power of creating magic shields, of fighting evil spirits and summoning good ones. Asahi is his childhood friend, whose bright, sunny disposition keeps Tamaki sane among the depressing situations he encounters…

Krauser II is the lead singer of the superstar death metal band Detroit Metal City, whose songs are all about rape and murder, and whose lyrics are too explicit to reprint anywhere in the universe. But when he takes off his wig, cape and makeup, his secret is revealed; he’s Soichiro Negishi, a shy 23-year-old virgin who loves romantic movies and dreams of writing sweet pop songs that his mother can listen to!

Chiyako Goto was born with the power to see the “red threads” connecting people with their true love. Then one day she meets three handsome teenagers who explain that there are other kinds of threads; the “five colored threads” are based on the Five Chinese Elements (wood, water, fire, earth and metal), and the three guys—and Chiyako—are magicians, “tyers” who can manipulate these strings of fate.

In an authoritarian alternate Japan, all citizens are injected with a time-delay poison wich will kill one out of 10,000 people, determined randomly, sometime before their 25th birthday…

Unshaven, alcoholic and perpetually frazzled, Akira is a 32-year-old restaurant employee. When Torihara, a 26-year-old gay part-timer, tells Akira that he likes him, Akira’s working life gets even more awkward.

When bisexual teenager Shibutani falls in love with his gay classmate Yoshizumi, their relationship progresses from high school fumbling to young adulthood and big life decisions.

High school girl Koyuki gets her wish for excitement when she mees Kyounosuke, an innocent young boy from the Inugami (”wolf spirit” or “wolf god”) clan, who has come from the boonies to Tokyo in search of his missing brother, who is destined to be the pack’s alpha wolf.