A collection of short stories: 1. Pink Colored Love To say you're going out isn't the end of love, but merely the beginning. How far and fast must you run towards one another in order to make things work out? 2. Say I'm Cute Needless to say, the cute one always wins... right? Or could it be something more than that? A story about love from the heart, rather than from makeup. 3. So Close, I Feel the Warmth of Your Body When the culture fest comes around, it seems that Maki and Ken can finally make a first memory for the both of them after three months of dating. But then something comes between them that threatens this first precious memory? 4. The Winter Sun Itsuki has always dreamt of being apart of baseball, but when something causes him to lose sight of his dream, he realizes that some one's been there, encouraging his dream from the very beginning...
Chapters 1-3 -- 2 Shuukan no Adventure Chapter 4 -- Himeko-chan Chapter 5 -- His Left Eye, a story detailing an encounter between Gerry and Eugene from Barairo no Hoo no Koro, as adults. Chapter 6 -- Belgian Waffle
1-3) Your Story I Have Known High-school student Matsumoto Haato has fallen in love with his abusive mother's ex-boyfriend, yakuza Shibusawa, who was nice to him in the past. When he has nowhere left to go he turns to the gruff but kind older man. A three chapter love story that details the changing relationship between the two men over the years. 4) Sauté d'oignon When two people are together, the sweetness and the spiciness of love are the greatest flavors. High school student Negi and Tama have been together since elementary school, and now Negi is ready to move their relationship to a new level, but Tama's still unsure... 5) Koe ga Todoku no Nara (If the Voice Reaches) Shouta is constantly getting in fights, but despite that, he's a nice guy. One day, while saving someone from some bullies, a weirdo samurai guy shows up and tells him he's haunting him. Now Shouta must deal with this constant spiritual companion... and all the emotions that come with him! 6) Kami-sama no me wo nusunde Narasaki still vividly remembers the day in high school when his friend confessed to him, and his heartless response. Years later when he is confessed to by another guy, he's determined to give Wakatsuki the chance he didn't give his friend. But is he seeing the man in front of him, or just reliving the past?
Sara Kinsale is stunned to be thrown together with a prince of the desert, and even more so to find herself unbelievably attracted to the elusive Sheikh Kahrun bak Samin.... Especially as she's indebted to the sheikh and it's only a matter of time before he demands to be repaid! Kahrun soon names his price -- marriage! He needs a trophy wife, and Sara is already living under his roof. But will she be the sheikh's bride in name only -- or will her marriage duties be a little more intimate...?
The young tenor singer Dimitri miraculously escaped with his life after a severe accident. But soon after that, strange cases of group-suicides started to happen all around him… A vampire tale of love and survival!
When Yaichi falls onto a trash heap dead drunk, he expects to be thrown out. But then a man comes to his rescue, and Yaichi breaks his video camera. He feels so bad about it he decides to work off the debt. -Bakaupdates
From HaruHime: Story 1: Use our rental to get yourself a boyfriend. You don’t have to return him, so you can have him for as long as you want. Story 2: She accidentally calls her ex-boyfriend instead. Nostalgia's overwhelming her ... could she still have feelings for the guy she broke up with?
It's about two best friends, Tamio and Takashi. The development of a friendship to something more as they grow up. Living his life in rural Japan, Tamio is immediately intrigued by Takashi, the blond haired city boy who transfers into his elementary school. But Takashi is actually half Japanese, and despite his appearance he doesn't even know English and loves eating Japanese food even Tamio can't abide. Tamio and Takashi become friends, and despite his perplexity with Takashi's foreign appearance, Tamio quickly develops a strong attachment to the other boy. Tamio earnestly hopes that he and Takashi can stay friends forever. But Takashi remains dissatisfied with life out in the boonies, insisting that someday he's going to leave all this behind. Yet Tamio continues to hope and to do anything he can to ensure that Takashi will stay with him--or take him along--no matter where he goes in life, with an intense, endearing, wistful sincerity perhaps telling of sentiments more complicated than Tamio might think.
From Delish Scans: Come and get them! Ice pops to cool down your blazing cheeks.
While most people avoid the suffocating pollution covering the world…Deliverymen press on, so the citizens can get the packages they desperately need. They are known… as the Delivery Knights!
From Bakeneko Scanlations: The president of the student council, Tsujioka is suddenly invited by Kurata, who he has a huge crush on, to have sex with him, which infuriates him! Tsujioka’s condition is “If you let me hold you, then okâ€, but then Tsujioka gets out a camera that looks like one used in AV, but will they have sex while the camera is rolling….?! Other stories include a sadistic subordinate and a love triangle between three childhood friends.
Rather more representative of the Nishioka siblings' writing style than Kami no Kodomo, this is a collection of one-shots that explore the thoughts and feelings of ordinary people in an odd, surrealistic manner replete with atypical and symbolic illustrations. More than one reading may be required if you are to completely grasp the core message behind each of these stories.
A woman wants to find out more about a woman she sees on the train.
Oda Nobunaga will one day be known as the "Demon King," and go on to become the first of the "Three Great Unifiers." But in 1548, he's still the carefree heir of the Owari Province. His companions are Toyotomi Hideyoshi, and the young child-hostage Tokugawa Ieyasu. Meanwhile, Japan is steeped in war and intrigue. This series is about three of Japan's most famous historical figures...when they were teenagers. Mr. Zipangu is a fresh and humourous retelling of Nobunaga's life: read and see!
1) The Cause of my Teacher (Sensei no Jijou) A student who is fond of eye glasses tells his tender teacher of his feeling. The teacher kisses him but he is a little unsatisfied because the teacher takes the eye glasses off when they kiss 2) At the Guidance Room The hero, a strange student, loves a teacher, a blunder that students make light of. Bad students try to annoy the teacher by using a porn video but the teacher thinks the hero brought it 3) A Person, Held Captive The hero enters the company with his friend whom he has loved since his childhood. Knowing their supervisor aims at his friend, hero finally tie the friend up after an alcoholic party 4) The Reckelness of Youth (sequel to "Shinobu Kokoro wa"). Hiiragi did not fully accept his orders, and acts separately from his chief, Asagi. He is thrown into jail 5) I'm Sorry, Young Master! The son of a lord, who feels his guard and martial arts teacher took a sexual joke too far, challenges him at his own peril 6) Child of the Palace in the Sea A scholar teacher of the Mountain palace country escorts back a spy boy of the Sea palace country (which dominates the Mountain palace country) who is bullied. The Cause of my Teacher (Sensei no Jijou) extra.
On Pomello Island, a wayward genius named Enji has finally decoded the Encyclopedia of Summoning and with it the knowledge to summon and control the dreaded Yellow Dragon. The power of the Yellow Dragon is to command all the animals of the world; and with it Enji plans to at last gain fame, respect, and the affections of his beloved Moegi-san. The conditions are right, the huge egg opens, and out walks... a little girl? Enji's plans for world domination and winning the love of Moegi-san just fell apart. Or have they...
Ryou Nakamura moves in to his new life and apartment and spots two men kissing and he's too intrigued to look away. After getting into college, Ryou is finally learning to discover who he really is and who he really likes. We begin Miyamoto Kano's Flowers, filled with love triangles and coming-of-age tales today. From Hochuuami Also contains extra story "MIssing" From Baka-Updates: When Ryou moves into a new apartment block, his neighbour Makoto makes no secret of the fact that he likes men, and Ryou is forced to confront the secret doubts he's always had about his own sexuality. Things get complicated when Makoto's history with the other resident of the building, Nanno, results in jealousy, tension, and love triangles all around.
