The Lucky Cat Shopping District has been really lively lately. The constant arrival of new aliens has made it really hard to study! My brother Yasushi hasn't been much help either. All of the new toys he's invented have cluttered up the house, making it impossible to move from one room to another and just as we're cleaning up he's distracted by an old photo album! Why am I not in any of the photographs and what's this bizarre toy in all the pictures with my brother?

The bitter-cold winter of Hokkaido meets the warmth of the human heart, as six women suffer through their own tragic love stories before fate brings them all together. We begin with Atsuko, whose arranged marriage collapses in the face of a love triangle.

The stuff of dreams is a cloudy haze - that is, until one comes true. Take a trip up north for a series of stories from six women and their trials of love, loss and life in Hokkaido. Kyoko is an aspiring young filmmaker. To create compelling stories and capture them in an engaging way has become her only goal in life. It is her passion - and she will stop at nothing to make it happen.

Nothing sends chills down the spine like a wish finally realized. Shoko runs a local radio program where she discusses with listeners their relationships and offers guidance as to how they can keep the fires burning. Her show is successful, her fans love her - she couldn't ask for a better job. The problem: she is having an affair with a married man.

The follow-up series to Divergence Eve. For a hapless young cadet, boot camp is no picnic, and Misaki is as hapless as they get. With the help of friends Luxandra, Kiri, and Suzanna, however, she advances in her training. Pretty normal, right? Wrong. Luxandra should be dead. Suzanna should be discharged. Misaki herself should have vanished in the exodus from the Watcher's Nest outpost. And the mysterious life form known as the Ghoul still keeps popping up.

A glimpse into her father's past triggers something in Misaki, sending shockwaves through time and space. Behind the temporal barrier, the Earth suddenly phases out as Watcher's Nest phases in! The time: shortly before the exodus. The remaining Seraphim pilots are called to investigate, which flings Suzanna head-on into a jarring encounter with reality.

Deep in the quantum core, a tearful reunion provides Misaki with the answers she has been seeking all her life. Unfortunately, the path through which Misaki arrived at her goal has left LeBlanc a means to take complete control of Watcher's Nest and its Residential Ring. In a bold move, Lieutenant Commander Lyar von Ertiana severs all links across the temporal barrier to prevent this takeover.

Mika Suzuki wants to be the best teacher in the world, but standing at under five feet tall with a baby face and a tendency to cry, her students just can't take her seriously. She may be an adult, but she seems more like a little kid! With a class is full of "energetic" kids - from the jock to the narcissist to the resident otaku - can Mika control the chaos in her classroom?

Fall arrives, but pint-sized Ms. Mika and her students can't seem to get the lazy days of summer out of their systems. But soon the class turns their attention to casting the play for the cultural festival. When Christmas finally arrives there are so many parties and gift exchanges that Ms. Mika is filled to the brim with excitement.

The end of the school year is near! Mika-Sensei must overcome her fear of public speaking in order to emcee graduation. During a class trip to Kyoto, rumors fly that Seki and Iincho have eloped. Later, the school is buzzing upon the arrival of a beautiful student teacher. While all the boys fantasize about her, she seems to have a mysterious past with - Suetake?!

Summer vacation is for relaxing fun in the sun, right? Wrong! An American exchange student arrives and he's just as obsessed with anime and manga as Watabe. Of course the otaku hit it off and before they know it they're transported to an alternate manga world.