A series of four stories following the characters Karen, Charlotte, Sophie and Jasmin.
Following their early lives and the decisions they had to make, whether to follow their heart or their head and how that impacts their lives.
Baldr Force (Standard Edition)
As a hacker of the renowned hacking group “Steppenwolf”, Tooru Souma and his partners earn their living by hacking into servers and selling the information they steal.
As the last hacking before disbanding their group, they hacked into a military server, but soon they find this is a setup by the military to lure terrorists, and they were drawn into battle between two factions. At the end, one of Tooru Souma’s friends was killed by an unknown Simulacrum, while most of other group members have been arrested. To investigate and avenge his friend’s death, Tooru Souma accepted the offer to join the military. Read more »
Love’s Sweet Garnish
My new home is my grandmother’s house that also functions as a café. Due to my grandmother’s recent illness and hospitalization, however, she was forced to close the café until further notice. When I heard about my grandmother’s situation from Chisato Komada (a childhood friend who is like an older sister to me), I looked around the desolate café and my heart was filled with a sense of loneliness. It was then I immediately thought:
“I want to bring the shop back to life again and show it to grandmother…!!!”
We renovated the inside of the shop and gave it a new name. We prepared a new menu and café uniforms and began the hiring process to find new, part-time staff. Right away two girls, Niwasaka Rira and Shionomiya Rishie, came into the cafe.
「“Um… would it be ok if we worked here?”」
An unusually strong breeze blew cherry blossom petals inside the shop and they fluttered and danced around the cafe, myself, and the girls around me. This could only be a premonition of the bittersweet tale that would soon follow… Read more »
Island
Urashima is a small island, far from mainland Japan. It’s a true utopia, blessed with rich natural beauty. But the island harbors a difficult past, and it’s about to be erased, silently, from history.
Soot blight syndrome, an endemic disease, has brought about a rift between the island and the mainland. An offshore platform intended for marine research has long been left abandoned; five years ago, three separate incidents brought the once influential Three Families of Urashima to near ruin. Rumors about children being spirited away have become part of the local folklore, alongside another legend, one that has been repeated on the island since time immemorial…
“Let me tell you the legend of this island: it’s a story of tragic love…” Read more »
Sweet Switch
Sometimes people just can’t help the way they’re born. Some have looks that are stuck in an angry glare, winning them fear from their compatriots despite their best intentions. Some have bodies that secretly grow excited under a powerful gaze. Put them together and hijinks ensure! Sick of the constant affect Ryuuichi has on her, Sara Lafarge coerces him into the council to build up her resistance, but can she really withstand such a powerfully arousing glare even further up close? Or will the council room gain all new uses in Sweet Switch ~When Our Eyes Meet, My Body Melts~? Read more »