From A Willful Muse & Alice Dreams “Wanna book a room with me?” It was only meant to be some harmless teasing! Aoi’s never even had a first love but now a mysterious boy has accepted her joking offer seriously. From a misunderstanding, Aoi and the boy start a passionate relationship. It’s only physical, right? Or has Aoi unconsciously started to fall in love with him? Tengoku No Tsuki - At an all girls school, Yuuri is the idolized, boyish and tall, upperclassman. With rumors of the "Perverted Hand" flying about the school, what will Yuuri do when her best friend is the next victim? (Chapter 3 continues Tengoku No Tsuki) Protecting Eien's secret and granting his happiness is Yuuri's main focus of her beloved. But how will Eien react to the Priest getting too close to Yuuri during the school play Vampire Lover - Saku Mikuriya's parents divorced and she was left to live with her headmistress grandmother. As she cried of how she was unwanted, a man with golden hair and golden eyes appeared before her. "Then do you want to leave with me?" he offered, they made a promise when the flower blooms, he would come and take her away. 10 years have passed and the flower only buds, but what happens when a mysterious transfer student arrives and he looks exactly like the man she met 10 years ago? Nana is ordinary, plain, doesn't stand out, and totally in love with Shu Aiba, a model and her classmate. What happens when Shu picks her to be his "girlfriend" for his "Tropical Island Vacation with My Girlfriend" shoot?
Collection of inter-linked stories. 1. Kikyo After losing her job, a woman in der mid-twenties returns to her hometown in the countryside and has an unexpected encounter. 2. Large Small World A junior high school girl, who has a cram school teacher for her boyfriend and a delinquent girl for her best friend, keeps skipping class, but still does her homework. What could be her reasoning? 3. Mother Ship The truant girl's mother tells the story of her youth, her love and her life. 4. Sandwich Blues A 32-year-old middle-school teacher leads the same lonesome life she had during her elementary school days. When her cousin from the countryside annouces her marriage, she starts to ponder... 5. Go Slow (continuation of Mother Ship) 6. Manimani
If you want to keep it secret, can you listen to me?” Rio Rio Tomono (27). Five years after working at a real estate company, there was a secret that no one can tell the ordinary office worker, Rio who seems to be everywhere. At the company, Rio has been hiding her true face, but ace Kaneko of the sales department knows the secret because of a strange thing. Kaneko is a person who speaks well and speaks well, and as a bonus, he is called the "perfect prince". Suddenly he should keep it secret... suddenly his attitude changed! I was forced to say, "Please pretend to be a lover as an exchange condition." Although I was confused at the beginning, I was thrilled by the kindness and sweet words that I occasionally show even if it is mean. A fake lover contract with Ms. Prince Higashiguro is difficult in the future --!? )
Sumire, who grew up being abused by her own mother and sister, was not allowed to go on to higher education, and all the money she earns from holding down jobs is taken away by the two spendthrifts. When she returned home, she was worked hard without a moment's rest, and the only solace she had was time to read books.Then one day, a yakuza gangster, claiming to be a young leader of the Shizuki clan, comes to collect on a debt his sister has incurred!Sumire, who was abandoned by her family, and Kiriya, who lives a life of a gangster - the clumsy duo interweave to create an exquisite Cinderella romance starts now!
"I want to believe in my first love. But then we met." 25-year-old Miku, who moved back to the house she grew up in two months ago, is studying to succeed her grandfather's Chinese medicine store, "Kusuriya Kyubee." Everyday she and her grandfather respond to the troubles of the customers who visit the store, prepare herbal medicine for them, or simply chat with them. On the other hand, Miku is unable to forget her first love, but she meets an ultra-shy boy named Kanae who likes plants. Perhaps she is beginning to care about him little by little.
It is okay for us to have illicit relationships, right? Even though I detest this flirtatious teacher, I can't resist his hot, piercing gaze.
From An Endless Story: Tsubomi Shirakawa, 18 years old, has graduated from high school, but while her circle of friends have already found jobs or started college, she has decided to become a "Freeter," and begins part-timing at a local rental video store. Meanwhile, she finds out that her cousin Noni, whom she has not met from as long as she can remember, has debuted in show business. Tsubomi may have a chubby figure but was uninterested in beauty of figure or form. However, that is about to change when a coworker, Shiro, brings her to visit a bar where she falls in love with the owner, Nasukawa.
"The main story involves Asahi and Keita, a couple who have kept their relationship a secret since it started. For six years, they have not expressed their love in public. They only act like real lovers when they confine themselves in Asahi's apartment. Will this secret relationship last forever? Will Keita, the one who confessed, grow tired of keeping their relationship a secret?This and four other stories in Secret of My Uniform."
Your first ever girlfriend, the teacher you loved back in school, your friend’s mother whom you’ve always looked up to, the colleague at work that somehow interests you etc... People like us who just started loving someone else, lead such strong, beautiful and refreshing lives. The scenery which you vividly remember will be changed with your aspirations. Drawn by Nikaido Ko, it’s been 2 years since their last release! An omnibus of precious short stories. ☆ 7 compiled works “Next to You ~side ogre~” “I love my Teacher” “Next to You ~side human~” “Jade Coloured Eyes” “Run!” “Four Donuts” “Love Swing-by”
The Zero-Sum Original Anthology Series features themed oneshots from various mangaka that publish in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum and Ward magazines. Volume 10 theme: Conflict and Secret Societies. 1. Ranpo-sensei Laughs Like This by Takayama Shinobu 2. Secret Mission by Saeki Yashiro 3. Fang by Kawazoe Mariko & Nakamura Sachiko 4. Black Swastika Army by Katagiri Ikumi 5. Mushroom and Kappa - A Fierce Conflict of Honourable Men by Magami Guriko 6. Boys’ Cavalry by Kayase Shiki 7. Rindou by Asada Yasuka 8. Hideout by Sekka 9. Un Orso by Mizuhara Kenta 10. Be Enthusiastic, Father! by Inui Miku 11. A Promise by Seno Tatsune & Takamiya Aya 12. Let’s Meet at the Secret Society by Kinoshita Sakura 13. Will O' the Wisp by Kouzuki Leo 14. The Village of the Secret Agreement by Ueda Shinshu 15. At the End of an Endless Desire by Akai Higasa 16. Demon King Time by Kanou Ruri 17. Messenger of Justice ★ Moonlight Organisation by Usaki Hitomi
"It's a woman's body, but why does yours look so delicious?" I'm courted relentlessly by a gay, who should've been my enemy. "No! Why did he get hard because of me...!?"