Summary from Sumie: Unable to bring himself to touch the girl he loves, a boy spends each day with her in agony and joy. He is too afraid to exchange the comforts of friendship for something much more— something possibly much stronger, yet more fragile. Subconsciously, he tries to distance himself, but will that destroy the one thing he wishes to protect?
Sumire Sangatsu is a high school girl with no confidence and she can't confess her feelings to a boy she's in love with. One day, she finds Nanami, who just overflows with confidence, and decides to be his apprentice. Everyone has their way, but is it all right?!
Sweet but troubled Takagi escapes the ups and downs of his life by hiding his true feelings. But what will he do when shy, awkward Kumoi suddenly appears and seems to read his every thought? When a mysterious drawing surfaces and raises even more questions about the past, the two boys are faced with a crucial decision: do they stick together, or retreat to the safety of their secret fantasies?<br><br>When the Heavens Smile serves up seven stories full of sweet, fumbling romance and the day-to-day surprises of true friendship! Whether it's in a noisy, nerve-wracking classroom or the book-lined rows of the library, each of these boys must come to terms with budding feelings and brand-new crushes. Which of these pairs destined to put aside their fears and stay together after the final school bell rings?
The story begins when a suspicious cult called the "Confusion Cult" enter the town. The god they worship is in fact a baby. The red-haired protagonist of the manga named Anne attends the school that the cult founded, and even though she is not popular, she is still loved by her friends. As she continues to rebel against the cult, the door to a mysterious world opens.(Anime News Network)
After his father died, Naruse Akira retreated into video games, and his mother retreated into alcohol. Naruse plays games almost all the time, getting him in trouble at his private school and worrying his childhood friend Hoju. He's incredibly good at war games because he is good at reading his opponents. One day, he ends up downloading a strange game called "Revolt" onto his phone. It's a game that has him orchestrate a revolution, and the graphics seem incredibly life-like. At the end, he learns that he was actually giving real-world orders, and that the game was part of a scouting process for a company that helps to run revolutions. Now they want him to be their commander and help them save the world.
At her high school entrance ceremony, Hibino Yuika meets the pretty Hoshizawa Nabi who... looks like a novelist?
A short Web Comic about the author, Hidekazu Himaruya, and his life while he was going to Parsons School of Design in New York, and the many people he had met while there.Many of the characters in his later Web Comic/Manga series "Axis Powers Hetalia" are based off of his family, as well as his friends that he had met while in New York.
Kasuga Arata lived a normal life in a small town, together with childhood friend and his cousin, Hijiri Kasuga. However, everything changed on the day of the Black Sun. The Breakdown Phenomenon which ruined the town where he took Hijiri away and resides was caused by the Black Sun. As Hijiri begins evaporating, she hangs a grimoire to his neck, requesting it to protect Kasuga. On losing all of his other friends as well as family and Hijiri distressed, Kasuga asks for his planet to be great again, which contributes to the grimoire artificially re-building his regular life, and making him forget the destruction of the town and Hijiri's disappearance. Lilith Asami, a mage, is sent to investigate the ruins and she finds the powerful spell within their stead. She makes Kasuga recall the specific events and hence the enchantment is broken, not without the grimoire telling him that Hijiri is not dead. Kasuga decides that his only alternative will be to become a magus himself therefore Hijiri could be rescued by him and he therefore joins a secret school for mages that copes with magic dilemmas all over the world, the Royal Biblia Academy. There he is introduced together with the Trinity Seven, seven powerful female mages who are at the top of the respective disciplines (Lilith being one of them) who will aid him in his aim to become a strong wizard and discover the truth about Hijiri along with the Black Sun. He soon discovers that another of the Trinity Seven, Arin, looks almost exactly like his lost cousin although she shows a wholly different character.
We've been best friends for years and vowed to be so forever more, but he suddenly said, "I don't want to be your friend any more!" I said, "Does that mean we can't be together forever?" To which he replied, "Well, there is another way..." But what is this other way? "I don't get it, but as long as he stays by my side, it's all good!" Or so I naively thought...
A collection of mildly ecchi stories focusing on crossdressing high-school boys and the boys who like them, mostly from the boys-in-skirts (otokonoko) magazine Oto☆Nyan. • Raising Decoy 1-3 A boy helps his classmate go undercover in drag to catch subway gropers, and finds that he looks disturbingly good in a dress.... • Ato no Matsuri (retitled Spilled Milk in the English edition) A group of male students, having failed to get girlfriends, are becoming desperate; what will these "innocent" boys resort to? • Tenshi no Houbutsusen (Parabola) Baseball-themed romance short. • Actress A boy joins his high school's film club to meet the actress from their amateur film, but gets a surprise... • Shishiza no Boku to Natsu no Yozora (retitled Leo and the Night Sky of Summer in the English edition) The president of the school astronomy club wants to catch UFOs.. maybe some "sexy female alien" costumes will help?
I don’t think real love is only sweet...
Shiori Michishige has always dreamed about meeting her "fated lover." During the spring break preceding her first year of high school, Shiori starts dating Itsuki Karusawa. Although she thought she had finally met her destined soulmate, Itsuki cheats on Shiori and the two break up. Shiori then makes her high school debut with every intention of finally finding her true destined lover and take revenge on her cheating ex-boyfriend... but Itsuki happens to be in the same class!?