In the distant future, a new immortal and genderless life form called Gems populate the Earth. The 28 Gems must fight against the Moon Dwellers, who attack them regularly to abduct them and to turn them into decorations.

Being only 300 years old, Phosphophyllite is the youngest of the Gems and has no assignment yet. They wants to help to fight the Moon Dwellers, but is too weak and brittle for battle. They find their calling when the master of Gems assigns they the task of creating a natural history encyclopedia.

Collection of oneshots.
V.1 - Mushi to Uta (Insects and Songs)
"The Lover of Stars", a story spelling out the writera€?s feelings for the little sister born from his fingers. "The Hinoshita Siblings", a moving story about the relationship between a highschool baseball player with an injured shoulder and "Hina", who continues to grow. "Violite", which describes the meeting of two people involved in a plane accident. Finally, "Insects and Songs", a shocking work that won the Shikitaishou award. These four stories, painting a picture of a unique setting and the bonds between various lifeforms who live in it, are recorded here. This is the long awaited first volume released by a new author rapidly growing in popularity as each of her sensational stories are published in monthly "Afternoon" magazine!!

V.2 - 25-Ji no Vacances (25-Hour Vacation)
Marine biologist Nishi Otome takes time off and reunites with her brother, Kotaro, for the first time in a while. He sees her at the 25th hour of the night with shellfish taking over her body in a€?25 Hour Vacationa€?. The meeting between the delinquent, Nana, and a strange transfer student to a€?Pandora Womena€?s Collegea€? located on a satellite of Saturn is described in a€?On Pandoraa€?. In a€?The Funeral of the Moona€?, a genius highschooler begins living with a lone man in the deep snows of the north.

Note: Won the Tezuka Osamu New Artist Prize in 2010.