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Penned by Masaya Hokazono (Inugami, Watashi wa ai) and illustrated by Court Betten (Prince Standard, Harukaze - Bitterpop), Girlfriend features charming and sexy short stories involving romantic relationships between high-schoolers in contemporary Japan.
From Attractive Fascinante: Kijimuna, an Okinawan fairy who lives in a banyan tree. About the same height as a young kid, with reddish skin and hair. They will come down from the tree and do naughty things to humans at night. You’ll get happiness if you nurture it and the fairy will never betray you. Tomohisa bought a potted plant that comes with such a resident, Kite. When feelings gradually develop between them, Tomohisa’s senpai and ex-lover, Kazunori, wants to reconcile with Tomohisa. Will Kite try to stop it from happening or will he let Tomohisa choose his own happiness?
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
From Forbidden Garden: Lingerie shop employee Kazuko longs for some drama to spice up her tedious daily routine. For Satou, a middle school teacher, Kazuko is the ideal woman. What will happen when these two people meet in rather extreme circumstances!? Side Story: Jiro has moved from the countryside to Tokyo along with Haruo, his friend from highschool. He suddenly recieves a letter from their old school friend, Yuriko. But what is it that Yuriko wants and why is Jiro, who is constantly bewildered by women, willing to return to the rural town he deserted to find out?
A male science teacher and a female school nurse at a local school live in the same apartment building. Sometimes she visits his room and they drink together. A situation arises that causes some awkwardness in their relationship. Will they be able to resolve things?
Kou and his lover Ao have been together for years, but that doesn't stop Kou from cheating on his lover whenever he's had a bit too much to drink. Ao, deeply in love and infinitely forgiving, always takes him back... but for how long? Tada Mikuni is totally Kou's type... and it doesn't hurt that he's an amazing chef! But when a case of mistaken identity lands them in the sack for a one-night stand, the two of them find out they hate just about everything about each other and never want to see each other again. Unfortunately, they're forced together again when Mikuni agrees to stand in as the chef on a TV show for Kou's agency. Meanwhile, Ao knows something that neither of them realizes: it seems they've met before...
From NOIR: A rich, spoiled, successful, handsome man finds himself looking for something new in his life. Taking advice from his past lover, he seeks a roomate, an "easy relationship". However, instead of a glamorous, sexy, cute female... a MALE mistakenly shows up at his door..? (In full color)
From JShojo: Aki has always liked her basketball club friend, Mase. However, she can’t seem to gather her courage to confess to him. On the day when she finally decides to tell him, she is confessed to by a guy from a different Junior High!! A horrible accident follows and Aki finds herself not being able to choose between the two – Mase, whom she truly loves, or Koichi, whom she’ll always feel indebted to…
This series is titled class Rep is a boy in drag(Iincho is Otokonoko), it is basically the crazy antics between the class rep and her straight man friend, and their back and forth interactions with one another as she attempts to seduce and he attempts to deflect.
Layers Sequel They have a plan to replace the whole town with a fake one from Layers. Will the special class be able to stop them?
From MangaHelpers: The story opens several years after a devastating war, where incredibly strong 'mechanical dolls' slaughtered many, many people. These robot weapons, which look exactly like humans, are still feared and hated. During a storm, Craw finds one of these 'dolls.' She is nothing like the weapon he would expect, but is instead gentle, cheerful, and very eager to be of use to the people around her. She claims her name is Mayple, and she seems to be programmed as a maid and cook. Soon, Craw has set up a cafe for Mayple to run, where she can cook sweets and tea for everyone in town. It's going to be a rough road ahead of her, as many townspeople hate her on principle and will not shrink from violence against her. But maybe Mayple, who always keeps a sunny attitude, will be able to find a way through the prejudice and make a place for herself in the post-war world. [tethysdust]
Tomoki, a young man with a thing for ecchi stuff, is used to living alone, with his dad traveling all the time. However, he is not prepared for the sudden arrival of his 9-year-old twin sisters, whom he never knew even existed! Toujou Minaho, the big-breasted girl next door, is ready to help out, but these cute little girls are quite a handful.... From Baka-Updates: Kamishiro Tomoki is an Otaku who is studying for college. One day, he received an outrageous "package" from his father: 9 year old blond girls who are his dad's illegitimate children from one of his business trips...... The twins, Selly and Riru are completely spoiled and drives Tomoki crazy. Not only that, the sisters have a "secret" plan to kick out Tomoki and claim the house just for themselves. Will Tomoki manage to make peace with the girls? Read and find out!
