Sanbika

A collection of one shots:

In a far country ruled by a beautiful Duke who seems to have formed a peculiar relationship with his right hand, Lord Yuri, there are cases of unexplained deaths... they would involve a vampire according to the spreading rumour.

Satoshi returns to his sister Sunako's house after hearing of her passing. There he finds the mysterious Fumio, who seems to have had some sort of relationship with his sister...

Koreya Takane, a famous scientist, had enough of the constant obligations required by his position when all he really wants is to be left alone with his work. That's how, in order to satisfy his taste for solitude, he build up a mechanical clone of himself... But what if it becomes impossible to distinguish the replica from the original man in the end?

A kind prince with strange red eyes who had been locked up by his uncle decides to end his misery... without knowing the grief it'll cause to his brother. He suddenly reappears 13 years after but what if he really has become the “Prince of Monster” as he used to be called?

Afterword:

Short blurbs by the author on each of the works published in the collection.

A youth decides to leave home once he was able to. What is he running away from? Or is he just pacing in circles?

Set during the period nearing the end of WWII, youths are still being educated to place their country above their own lives. In their solitude, they question the value of losing their lives for a war that they are losing.

Gang wars are rife amongst the high schoolers, but a deeper struggle is brewing underneath all that false bravado.

Author's Interview:

Short Q & A with Motoni Modoru.

In a future filled with despotic rulers, alternative science and questionable morals a young man named butterfly faces off with his ruler. Both are ruthless, cruel and more then a little uncaring of any other human life. Who will win in this oncoming showdown?

The king is on his death bed and his only wish is to see his beloved brother once again. And with a flash of light, an ethereal being appears... Alas! Whilst beautiful, it was not the face he knows.

Note: The first 5 works were first published in Kaibutsu Ouji.