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Destination is a state of mind. A tale of one girl and her bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes, her unusual, anthropomorphic motorcycle, only staying in each country for three days. During their adventures, they find happiness, sadness, pain, decadence, violence, beauty, and wisdom. But through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom. They discover that because of the world's imperfections, it is actually a thing of beauty. "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." ___ [Alt Official English (Kodansha USA)](https://kodansha.us/series/kinos-journey/)
"Ryouichi did anything I told him to." Cousins and childhood friends, Issei and Ryouichi. Between bossy heir of a company president Issei and gloomy, always obedient Ryouichi arose a warped master-slave relationship. Letting the adored Issei conquer him, young Ryouichi gave his body over to pleasure. However, a few years later, with these two working at the same company, has their relationship begun to change?
"I fell in love with you… But you're the only person who has ever hurt me." Haruki and Hikaru are step-brothers. While the older brother wants to deepen his bond with his new brother, the younger one begins to develop feelings which send them both down a dark and twisted relationship…
One day, Park Su-jin receives a call from her closest friend revealing that she has killed her own boyfriend. Su-jin, a former judo athlete, and Baek Seo-jeong, who has a habit of dating only handsome men, suddenly find themselves bound together as accomplices in a murder. Both try their absolute best to carry on and live normal, intact lives in their own respective ways, but staying ordinary proves far more difficult than expected. All it took was meeting the wrong person for life to completely unravel.
“Are you… sweet too?”Maki, a model afflicted with the mysterious “Hanatsuki Disease,” collapses from overwork during a shoot and hides in an empty studio, where he is discovered by Yusei, a cheerful, puppy-like college student who works part-time at a flower shop. Acting as if he already knows Maki’s condition, Yusei begins eating the flowers that bloom from Maki’s body—something Maki should despise, yet each time it happens, he feels a dark, unsettling thrill.A twisted and dramatic love story between a bright, affectionate student and a sharp-tongued, beautiful model burdened by a strange illness. +
Kazuma Kuzuhara, a high school student who doesn't want to work, spent his days having huge amounts of money contributed to him by his childhood friend idols, Yukina and Arisa. However, the excessive love of the two gradually began to harbor madness...? A youth dark love-comedy about living off the contributions of others!
This women's drama depicts the love and growth of Nobuko Mori, a boyish girl who struggles with her relationship with her mother. Nobuko Mori arrives in a seaside town and meets Sano, an older woman who lives nearby, when the water supply in a park she tries to drink at is broken. Sano, a designer of children's clothing, invites her to an exhibition, and on the train on the way home Mori confides in Sano that she has trouble wearing skirts.......?
The setting is a yakuza-run casino. Part-timer Kikuchi is a hoodlum and a dealer. He's being punished for getting Shintani involved in an embezzlement scheme. The one who ordered the punishment is the boss's "woman," Sudou. The order is "Rape Kikuchi on video." Shintani steadfastly refuses this arbitrary command, but with the promise of Sudou taking him in his mouth, he might see his way to raping a sobbing Kikuchi… Raise the curtain and jump into the middle of a messy, underworld, three-way relationship!
The two were very close when they were young, but now their relationship has become so distant that they seem like complete strangers.However, whenever they are alone together, Haruki becomes affectionate and clingy again, just like in the old days. Taichi, meanwhile, continues to be suspicious of this behavior.Eventually, Taichi reaches the limit of his patience and tries to push Haruki away, but... that's the basic premise of the story.
Benjamin Barker, a special agent at the CBI, attempts to apprehend Ian Basti, the boss of a major crime syndicate, only to be overpowered and captured. As Ian's prisoner, Benjamin is subjected to countless forms of sexual torture and even abandoned by his fellow agents. Despite this, he decides to stay by Ian's side to learn more about the inner workings of the organization and their drug operations. Will Benjamin survive this ordeal, or will the mob boss's grasp suffocate his escape plans?
Kang Yesol, who was transferred to the region of his alma mater, meets Jeong Hanlim, the owner of a bar named Splitter. Yesol, who had been drinking heavily at the bar, wakes up the next morning at Hanlim's house and runs away in shock upon realizing that he slept with a man. After realizing he lost an important USB drive, Yesol had no choice but to return to Hanlim. There, he suddenly recognizes that Hanlim is a junior from the baseball team. Yesol, who has completely forgotten his high school memories, does not think much of Hanlim, who is hostile toward him, but he gradually begins to recall the past that he had once forgotten. "Sunbae, People like you should just die."
A collection of very short and mostly atmospheric stories dealing with urban legends, ghosts, and superstitions all organized around a specific theme (school, visitors, etc.). Some are just two pages long.
