A group of playground friends meet a strange new kid who fears being bullied by everyone, and do their best to try to include him.
School, hope and delusions, the future and the past, scars, chlorine and boredom. Taste of degraded caiten, roar of cicadas, cloud cover. The encounter of boys. A summer jubilee begins.
Two short stories by Kaneko Aru 1. Himitsu to Mitsumete: “I will treasure this forever” — classmates Hina and Mitsuki are secretly dating. Hina wants to have the popular Mitsuki all to herself, as a present, she gave Mitsuki and herself matching key straps. When Mitsuki touched the key strap, she felt something hard within it. This is... a wiretap!? 2. Kawarukoto: Months and years pass by and various things change between them. But, some things didn't change. A story of two students who are childhood friends.
Developed by “God’s Domain Technologies”, virtual reality has taken the world by storm. The virtual world “Eden’s Paradise” is described as a mysterious and flawless universe, and has become the place that every gamer dreams of. Those in reality feel disappointment towards the real world, or want to escape from it, or are possessed by greed, or have dreams, or simply feel boredom - people with all these reasons challenge the trials to enter Eden’s Paradise one after the other.
Young Hoon, a nerd guy who always fail in love. He have problem in understanding woman's feeling, that's what make him always getting dumped by his girlfriend. But one day a mystery guy appear and give him a special glasses, the glasses that will change his life forever.
From Chibi Manga: A Love story between a group of 4 people: Akari, Yuna, Kazuomi, and Rio who have contrasting love stances is starting... ---------------------------------------- The story centers around Yuna and Akari who have two very different views of love: Yuna is someone who sees love as a dream and Akari is someone who is very realistic about her romance choices. Meanwhile, there are two boys, Kazuomi and Rio, who also have different views of love: Kazuomi’s an airhead and doesn't understand the concept of love while Rio grabs the opportunity when confessed to as long as the girl looks cute.
Kashiwada Naoki was determined to lead his high school life without anyone knowing that he’s an Otaku. However, his classmate Bishoujo, Koigasaki Momo, who was rumored among the girls to be a bitch, found him out!? Before the despairing Kashiwada, she said something undoubtedly surprising. “Aren’t you an Otaku? Then, make me into an Otaku!” The love story of two individuals bounded by an agreement of Otaku and Riajuu starts!!
A person who has the power to control people bodies uses it to make them commit suicide, and one day encounters a special target.
A Girl enters a dormitory founded by a researcher where you receive 100 million yen by forming a couple with someone in a year.
From MangaHelpers: One day, Serizawa fell asleep at work and had a dream about a past love that he wronged when he was in middle school. On the way home, he was involved in an accident, and a woman who knew him called for an ambulance. Now the woman has his phone number, but he doesn't know her identity. Serizawa thinks back over the women he has loved in the past, trying to determine who this woman is that has re-entered his life. [tethysdust]
From Rainy Sunday: "Everyday, no matter what, we tell some sort of lie." Shirose Sayo has always been mildly interested in Saeki Aoi, mainly because he's different from the other guys in her class. However, upon graduating middle school, Sayo's image of Saeki is destroyed and she finds he is not the mature young man she thought he was. A year later, they meet again by chance through a group blind date. They clear up their misunderstanding and become friends... but there's one uncomfortable issue. Saeki is in love with Mina, the girlfriend of Daichi, Sayo's older brother!
Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby. They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends until one day, their relationship takes a sudden twist. What does it mean to love someone? What can you really do about it? Follow the story of their adolescence and relationship as it unfolds through a brilliant summer.