An independent collection of short stories — Ultramarine Schooldays highlights the color that evokes faithful memories, tenderness, and melancholy. These stories take place in Japan and in the West, in the past and in the present. They may involve a romance in the city, an energizing walk in the forest, the daily mundane life of a waitress working in a café, or a medieval intrigue; but what connects these stories are the powerful messages they deliver. Volume 1: • Tale of tail / Window to the spirit world • Princess prisoner • Teacher and I • Flower's cavalier • Pink chocolate • Forest of wonder • White fire (three parts) • Albertina Volume 2: • Ninon's love • Time-bell • The Ten Swords of the North / Xenia and Reuther (five parts) • His Music • Pink chocolate, second act Volume 3: • Red-roofed house • Pink chocolate, third act • Twilight (two parts) • Merry garden • Oenothera princess (three parts) • Snowfall night Volume 4: • Over the Bridge (two parts) • Rainbow (three parts) • Spy and Spy • Pink chocolate, acts four and five • Old Elm • Farewell to Gunjyo SchooldaysMore...