Amelia is a typical bookworm librarian. But she has a secret. At night, she works as a provocatively dressed waitress named Amber. One night as she's working as usual, she spots Tyler, the town's most sexy man, and the guy Amelia has been admiring for sometime. As soon as he sees her, he approaches her, not realizing that she is, in fact, Amelia...!
Curious about tasting a renowned artisanal beer? Kyoto-based advertising agency staff member, Kenzaki Nana, felt she wasn't being treated fairly by her colleagues. However, a stroke of luck resulted in her meeting shop owner Nonami Ryuichi and photographer Ashikari Tetsuo whilst dining at "Shiro Kuma" izakaya, and trying their craft beer changed her perspective completely. The splendid brews feature in the "Kyoto Craft Beer Story", and are authentic creations.
*An ensemble drama about Hanayama Ame (30); by the winner of the 26th Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize *What do we know about Ame...?That she suddenly moved to a small, old, one-story house in the suburbs. That she keeps cooking the same dishes whens she starts to get picky. And that Ame never falls in love. She's a little different from everyone else, but they're just strange as her.
A collection of two one-shots. - Ame ni niteiru: A beautiful, sweet yet sad shounen-ai story. - And my heart becomes warm: An interesting story about a boy with a possible curse in his family: all males die young.
Eshikawa is a man who has lost sight of his life and stumbles through it, with no clear meaning or purpose. One day, he is informed that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide, which sets his brain on retrospect mode. He goes on a journey of self-revelation and contemplates upon the myriad of human emotions, the joys and sorrows of normalcy.
雨の魔女と灰公爵 ~白薔薇が咲かないグラウオール邸の秘密~ / The Rain Witch and the Ash Duke / Ame no Majo to Hai Koushaku 魔女はね、恋を知って一人前になるのよ――。 100年前、初代国王を4人の魔女が支えて建国されたアストリット王国。《雨の魔女》リルは育ての親でもある先代《雨の魔女アレクシア》を亡くし、一人ぼっちで過ごしていた。そんなリルの前にある日、『灰公爵』ことレオラートが現れて…!? 過去と現在を紡ぐ、魔女の秘密と恋の物語。
From Kodansha: <br> If it looks like a dog and acts like a dog and insists it's a dog, it's a dog? Probably? She adopted it anyway, and her life with this "dog" will never be boring!
One week after Otosaka Ame starts high school, he happens to glance down the hallway and spots a familiar face—Karakisaki Umi, a classmate from the same middle school who had mysteriously stopped showing up right after the school year began. Even when she does come to school, she avoids eye contact, forces a polite smile, and keeps her head down. Concerned, Ame decides to reach out to her...
In this romantic Boys’ Love manga, sparks fly when a salaryman who’s given up on love reunites with his crush from high school. Kanade feels like he’s living under a constant storm cloud with his unfulfilled life. Stuck working a typical office job and keeping himself closeted, he’s convinced there will be no sunny days ahead. But those monotonous days are suddenly interrupted when he reunites with Mashiro, an old classmate he harbored hidden feelings for! Finally, Kanade has found a bit of sunshine in his gray, dreary life with Mashiro’s arrival. With a chance to get to know each other again, could this be Kanade’s second chance to find love with the one who got away?
Set at a shop called The Amber Teahouse, this is a very heartwarming story that focuses on Seriho, the proprietor of the teahouse, and Sarasa, the high school student who works there part-time. It'll set your heart aflutter!
From Nakama: A change in the stakeout team throws Onoe, reporter for a weekly magazine, together with his contemporary, Kaburagi, a photographer. Onoe secretly considers Kaburagi his rival, and Kaburagi's haphazard way of doing things goes against Onoe's strong sense of ethics--there's nothing but conflict between them. But, in joint pursuit of a scandal, the two of them begin to care about each other...? Introducing the main fighting couple! Series includes a crossover extra featuring the main couple from Doushiyoumo Nai Keredo