Critics generally enjoyed "Kaine" for its rock-music-inspired storyline, while the other three stories were seen as interesting for their status as works from the beginning of her career.

Shinogu comes to suspect that his twin was murdered, and with the help of Kaine's guitarist and high-school friend Die, he discovers that the band's success came not from hard work or talent, but a high induced in listeners by a secret message encoded in the CD, which eventually leads to suicide.

The pair takes Oda to task over this revelation, and Shinogu agrees to one final concert for his brother's memory.

Unable to cope with his destructive upbringing and the demands of fame, he conspired to switch places with his twin, whom he envied for his carefree and innocent nature.

"Magical Mystery Tour" centers on Saya Morikawa, a teenager who wins a trip to Los Angeles, California.

They eventually bond over shared memories of their pasts, and later on, Guy embraces Jam, wishing to break the two of them apart; in doing so, he is photographed by a paparazzo.

"Tokyo Top," the sequel short story of "Orange Time Bomb," follows Guy as he acts along with Satsuki, a headstrong singer, on the set of a science-fiction film.

Due to page limitations and deadlines, manga artist Kaori Yuki was unable to flesh out some of the characters, something she regretted in the afterword.

She also noted how the page limitations affected the scenes where Kaine escapes being murdered by Oda or when he sings at the concert in the climax.

It was not until she wrote a "dark, scary" miniseries with increasingly favorable reader responses that her editor told her to pursue similar stories.

Her success with the next manga she wrote, The Cain Saga, convinced her that "dark" stories and the Gothic genre were most suitable for her style and potential.

[8] Critics generally singled out "Kaine" as the highlight of the collection, citing the intriguing narrative centered around rock music.

"[9] Planete BD's Faustine Lillaz enjoyed the story's premise, art, and character designs, but wrote that the resulting plot was unnecessarily convoluted and would have benefited from more pages to fully flesh the events out.