No idea which artbook this was from but this is incomplete and only a partial of the original book.
A happy-go-lucky girl named Silva wielding a scythe and claiming to be part of an evil organization transfers into a normal high school. She befriends her classmates, skirmishes with the heroes of justice, and helps to recruit new members into her organization. It's a comedy full of good and evil, dubious magical girls, hopeless adults, and pudding.
from Fantasy Shrine:] Blessed with looks and brains, Tsubasa is cool with everyone except the devil-may-care Tokimaru, whom he refuses to open his heart to, in fear of Tokimaru's safety. As fate would have it, they are both dragged into another dimension when an unknown entity attacks them and tries to snatch the "secret" from Tsubasa. For 2 months, these two venture in the wonderland where pirates and wizards roam! What in the world is the "secret"? And who is the blond pirate, Silver, who seems to be helping them?
Kyoutaro is an up-and-coming photographer who is given the opportunity of a lifetime to shoot an ad campaign with his idol. But when one of his models calls out sick, it looks like he'll lose his chance. But who's that stunning guy arranging the flowers?
This is a compilation of short stories from all over the time line. It's got stuff from just after Recca ended, some things from the MAR days, and then some of his debut projects as well.
From MangaHelpers: Shibata Youichi is an ordinary highschooler, but one day he runs into a mysterious heroine! The cute girl knows his name, and (as in a stereotypical anime) she's an alien who needs him to help save her people! Soon enough, Youichi finds out that this situation was too good to be true... The girl, named Kyara, does represent aliens, but her people are actually interested in Japanese manga/anime/game culture. They want to use his home as a base and his brain as a measuring tool of the level of appeal of their heroines! [tethysdust]
A prequel to the (then) soon-to-release Devil May Cry 3. Dante is a demon slayer and bounty hunter with a demon heritage of his own that haunts his past. He's currently unemployed–and bored to death. Opportunity knocks in the form of a missing-child case, which his friend and manager, Enzo, offers him. But a four-million-dollar reward, an unexpected demon attack and a little girl named Alice all conspire to send Dante through the looking glass on a nightmarish adventure beyond his wildest imagination.
Shiro Masakatsu is a boy people can't stand touching. One day, while walking, a floating bra falls around on his face. Wanting to find the owner, he looks around and gets splashed with water, thinking some big boobed girl was naked somewhere and playing with water, he rushes to find her, but instead he finds a bra-less girl, with water coming from a katana finishing a fight with someone, so naturally, he ran away. Later he meets the same girl at school, and another katana-wielder picking a fight with her. these are cursed katanas called youtou. Youtou cannot be used if the condition of the curse is not met, like with the girl's katana the katana of perversion, the youtou ganari, the katana that can only be used when feeling perverted.....hehe how dirty right ^.^
From Memory For You: Kunimi and Hideaki are childhood friends. But lately, Hideaki is behaving coldly towards Kunimi. Why?
Asahi and her friend Yamato went together to an exclusive event as test players for a new game from the cellphone-game company "Sky Nova." The test players were a diverse lot of all ages, from ordinary teens like Asahi to popular idols. The company took all of them on a cruise to explain the rules of this island-based, treasure-hunting survival game. Suddenly, during the presentation, all of the participants lost consciousness. They woke up on an actual island wearing a strange watch with the words "Game Start." Now they are all stuck in this survival game, which has become all too real and deadly!
Description of the oneshot Kikai Tonchi Banashi Hanasaka Ikkyuu One-shot published in Weekly Shounen Jump. Long, long ago, there lived an eccentric spirit. One who ate the souls of humans and loved "riddles". He would ask anyone who crossed his path sadistic "questions", and if they returned a "stupid answer", they would have their souls eaten without a moment's delay. On the other hand, if they answered with "wit", the spirit would grant a single wish, regardless of what it was. There was a bald, witty genius of a boy who responded magnificently to the spirit's "question". His wish was for the spirit to possess him for the rest of his life! Description of the serialization Kikai Banashi Hanasaka Ikkyuu: There once was an ayakashi called Karma who challenged his victims to a battle of wits. If the subject succeeded, the ayakashi would grant them one wish, but if they lost, he would devour their soul. At the same time, there was a young monk called Hanasaku Ikkyuu, who was famed for his cleverness. He used to eagerly sharpen his mind, solving challenging riddles sent to him, until his mother fell ill. When he found that his cleverness was of no use in helping her, he gave it up. Karma seeks out Ikkyuu, eager to best him in a battle of wits and consume his soul. One day, Ikkyuu rescued a young beggar boy, only to see him fall ill with a mysterious illness. That same day, Karma finally finds Ikkyuu and offers him his dangerous bargain. Thanks to Karma, will Ikkyuu finally have a way to use his cleverness to help the people around him?
