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After a very public (and humiliating) break-up with her last boyfriend, things couldn't get any worse for 18 year old Emiko. Things start looking up however, when a good-looking guy stops her in the middle of the street to offer her tickets to an upcoming rock concert. As it turns out, he's just one of three brothers from the Kanita family: Gaku - 16, Youji - 19, and Masaki - 22. A chance encounter with his older brother, Youji, leads to a whirlwind romance. He's impulsive, hot-headed, and even a bit self-centered, but she finds his frankness, though brutal at times, refreshing and she ends up falling for him....HARD. An unexpected turn comes her way however when it's revealed that Youji and Yuri, a close friend of hers from back in middle school, knew each other long before she met Youji. They don't seem to get along at all----what happened between them?
Oneshot manga with six short tales of fantasy and friendship by Shimizu Aki. -The NEET Woman and the Second Grader: A 19-year-old NEET and near-hikikomori named Tsuda Yasue encounters a crying second grade girl outside her apartment and tries to figure out how to handle her. -Flow My Tears, the Onion Said: A girl suddenly is spoken to by an onion she is preparing to cook. -The Young Lady and the Gardener: A young, wealthy lady who lost her sight after her father died sits at her window and makes grandiose requests while a gardener that works outside her window tries to fulfill them. -The Ouroboros-drome: An Alice-in-Wonderland like tale. -The Secret of the Pair: Two history fangirls meet, and one of them reveals a secret that leads to the other playing out a very familiar situation. -Advice on Love: A five-years-later continuation of the NEET Woman and the Second Grader.
Toki wa… is a manga about two guys who travel back in time and visit Tokiwa Manor in the 1950′s. Tokiwa Manor is an apartment building where Osamu Tezuka, the father of modern manga / anime, and many other early influential mangaka once lived.
While celebrating an upcoming promotion, Ikeda Mitsuko gets drunk with one of her coworkers. The next day she wakes up and finds out she entered a contract with the global wife allocation bureau. This is her story.
Gin no Spoon manga's story centers around Ritsu, a high school boy who, along with his younger brother Shirabe and sister Kanade, were raised by their single mother Kyoko. When their mother is hospitalized due to sickness, Ritsu begins to take care of his younger siblings and cook food for them, slowly entering the world of cooking. Things become more complicated when Ritsu finds out a shocking fact: that he is an adopted child. (Source: Anime News Network)
Onii-san has turned into a crocodile! How is his sister, who has a brother complex, going to use love to overcome this forbidden interspecies obstacle?
Humans are a despicable lot, committing sin after sin, filling the endless boundaries of the underworld with tortured souls. Now, it would seem, Hell isn't so endless after all, and it has become dangerously close to filling, and then overflowing into the human realm. Princess Lucuha sees this imminent disaster and has a plan: save Hell by making humans decent again. Of course, the Angels can't simply allow Demons to roam freely on Earth, and they do their best to stop Lucu and her dastardly plans. Nominated for the 12th Annual Osamu Tezuka Culture Award.
Story 1: Tsuki to Mizuumi From Shogakukan: Kazuna's late grandfather was a writer, and his unpublished novel depicting his private life was found among the articles left by him. He had written down his affection to his lover, while he was a devoted husband. Kazuna felt perplexed, and went to see his grandfather's lover. Hinako Ashihara depicts sweet, painful love in this collection of her long-piece love stories. Story 2: Nora in December from tohukyo: Dressed in frilly clothes like a princess, Nacchan lived next door in a house made of sweets. Nacchan says she doesn't like it because it is all her mother's own dream world. To help Nacchan, I decided we should go out on an adventure like Nora the cat. It was such a fun day and the best part is we actually met Nora! But Nacchan's mother was so upset that she didn't let Nacchan and I be friends anymore. Then one day, Nacchan's house of sweets next door was suddenly enveloped in flames. Nacchan was never found again...
A model who is afraid of women surrounds himself with an all male staff, but a newcomer may prove to be dangerous to the model's peace of mind.
A collection of stories: - Datsu-Eva! A man finds himself in a place he doesn't remember, nor does he remember who he himself is. There, he runs into a girl. - Hitomi to Goku (Hitomi and Goku)
From Fried Squid Scans: 32-year-old Bushido-sama considers himself to be a modern-day Samurai. When his wife passed away due to illness, he promised to raise their daughter into a fine woman. But, for an adult male, raising a child is not an easy task. The tasks range from teaching proper table etiquette to sex education... Welcome to the life of a Samurai father.
Kippei Katakura is a 17-year-old playboy who spends his time chasing girls, careless of their feelings. But when his 5-year-old cousin Yuzuyu comes to live with his family after her mother's sudden disappearance, Kippei is put in charge of taking care of her. As Kippei gets to know Yuzuyu and starts to understand how she feels, he also begins to realize that all girls were like Yuzuyu once...
