Itai Shiori (26) is an office lady who has gone through her entire life boyfriendless. She might look apathetic, but she still wants to be loved as much as anyone. Never letting a hot tip go to waste, constantly challenging herself. However, her natural awkwardness and cringeyness tend to lead to unfortunate results... An unfortunate but lovable OL's daily life!
Collection of 23 stories about love in the everyday life of the Japanese. Contains: • Holiday Part 2 A girl reads a shoujo manga and is left unsatisfied by the ending. • At the Park Two best friends, one of them whose name is Yoko, spends time with each other as they set of fireworks at the park, but there is a meaning behind the get together. What is the reason for it? • Painfully from the Heart Showing the connection between pain and love • Heavy and Pop (?) A prostitute thinks about the concept of love. • Sweet A girl reflects herself cheating on her boyfriend.
By Junji Ito, renowned horror author, comes a slice of life about life with a dog
Three girls on the verge of finishing high school: each contemplating their childhood dreams and aspirations. As they face this time of emotional turmoil and self-doubt, samples of embroidery from different places and times echo with the life stories of those who created them. These girls' stories, past and present, intertwine as if woven by thread...
***A heart-pounding new life together with my \"big sis cousin\"!?*** Masato Ooizumi just entered high school and he finds himself staying with a relative. Living there is his \"big sister cousin\" who\'s being way too close with him!? A slightly naughty, living together romcom begins under one roof!! (Source: Ultra Jump) --- Serialization published in Ultra Jump starting in the June 2024 issue, released on May 17th, 2024.
Meet Yutaka Hanagasaki is 20-year-old gardener at the theme park Fuegaoka. Meet Merun-chan, the mascot of Fuegaoka, with lots of popularity. Hanagasaki just so happens to secretly like her, but can never work up the courage to even talk to her, always admiring her from afar like a flower. A sweet story of how Hanagasaki works up the courage and becomes closer to Merun!
The happy daily life of Muco, a not-too-bright Akita dog, and his owner Komatsu-san the glass-blower.
Horror manga author Mr. J moves into his new house with his fiancée A-ko. Much to his chagrin, she brings two guests with her.
A collection of 8 series of short stories, mostly about romance with appropriate dashes of humour. 1) Itou-san Numerous brief comics about the life of a single 28-year old known to readers only as Itou-san, and her day-to-day interactions with a colleague whom she later dates. 2) Sensei+ An ordinary 25-year old schoolteacher meets a man who claims he can use magic, and goes on to ask her to return the magic she's borrowed from him, although she has no memory of such a thing. But when she uses magic, she turns into a magical girl instead?! 3) Hajimari Masakazu meets his new step-sister for the first time. She's his age, and what's more, she's really cute. He's not really sure how he should handle this new addition in his life... 4) High & High Being a tall girl is problematic in so many ways. This is a short comic about a tall girl who laments her height. But with her even taller boyfriend now, she wonders if his height is the only reason she's dating him. 5) Doukei no Ie About a couple living in a ninja mansion. It would be the most awesome house if not for the fact that it is crawling with all sorts of booby traps and secret passageways - a pain to live in. What will come of the quarrel between the two over the decision to buy over and live in the mansion? 6) Chocolate Cake What does it mean when your husband suddenly buys a chocolate cake home on any other ordinary day? 7) Futari no Deai no Hanashi Kouhei fondly recalls how his love with Saitou started out - the awkward silences, nervous waiting, embarrassed smiles, and what it all finally led to. Based on a true story. 8) Bluff Harada is well known for her big mouth in rattling off all the faults of her seniors in the girls' volleyball club. But is there more than meets the eye? And how will the tension between Harada and the senior girls finally be resolved?
Kanmori mizuki is a young boy who lives in the countryside. On his 16th birthday, his grandma tells him that they promised the water goddess Suika to give her a boy as a tribute after he turned 16.This story is about the daily life of Mizuki and Suika.
From Evil Flowers: They say the world is going to end in five days. Now what to do until then? Follow Fuji, Touko and Nitaka on their last school days preparing for the end of the world. Meanwhile, Niino, a clumsy devil, announces that she’s going to destroy the world in five days from now. The hilarious chaos is complete now.
From Blue Flor: In the countryside, there is a middle school substitute art teacher called Itsuya Tsuruda. She has a fantastical power she must keep a secret... After a student named Toki witnesses her power, she takes advantage of him and he gets teased daily. However...