A timid girl who would rather stay quiet than challenge her peers. A popular boy who tries his hardest to live up to other people’s expectations. A strange boy who is content to stay in his little bubble. And the summer that will change their lives.

Akio Fujisawa was a quiet loner—obviously the total opposite of the sociable and confident Tingyu, a Chinese exchange student who joined his class. But when Tingyu revealed the insecurities behind that confident exterior, a friendship started to blossom. Fast-forward to years after graduation, and that friendship is still going strong. Tingyu’s frequent visits to Japan keep their connection alive, all while Akio harbours some more-than-friendly feelings...

When Aoko was four, a meteorite struck her town. It then rained for twenty days straight, and the crater became what’s now known as the Twenty Day Lake. Two decades later, Aoko can’t remember the day the meteorite fell, or anything of her life in the town beforehand. And so she dives deep into the lake, searching for that something in her memories that she can’t let go of…

Susumu lives in a small town. One day, when it snows, he meets Yuki, a beautiful woman appeared from nowhere. They move together and get married. Perfect wife, perfect life, until one day he saw another man spying her...

No matter how many times she sleeps with Arai, Negishi realizes that neither her nor Arai's feelings were being conveyed. Their sex felt "like" love, but only feeling "like" something wasn’t the same thing as having it. What is Negishi supposed to do in order to get Arai to understand her true feelings?

This is a complicated yet innocent love story that started from a reunion!!! Soetani Udzuki, whose pet theory is that "All handsome men have a hidden dark side", is a contract worker who lives a modest yet peaceful life with her pet cat, Jujumaru. Recently, to better protect her life with Jujumaru, Udzuki accepted her company's offer to make her a permanent employee. But the workload turned out to be harder than she imagined and one day, Jujumaru even fell sick. When she had to choose between her job and her cat, that's when the man next door called out to her. He turned out to be Yamada Aki, the man she couldn't forget even if she wanted to. Since then, Aki has constantly tried to concern himself with her but Udzuki has sworn to herself to not involve herself with him... *Note: Total chapter count based on Mecha Comic priority release, which breaks each story chapter into two parts.*

A collection of stories featuring young adults navigating the workforce and trying to understand romantic relations as their lives are intertwine in unexpected ways. 1. **It's nice to be young.** \[Originally published in the magazine as Dare Datte Skylark (誰だってスカイラーク)\]. Kishi works in the anime industry but doesn't really like his job. During one of his regular disappearances, he runs into a rather mischievous cat who follows him home and begins stalking him wherever he goes! 2. **Mahou ga Tsukaenakutemo** (魔法が使えなくても) 3. **Paradise!** (パラダイス!) Mayu and Kiki are two middle school girls from Hokkaido who came to Harajuku as part of their school trip. Kiki ends up going to an Idol concert with her otaku friend Mayu. Will the happy-go-lucky Mayu and the left out Kiki be able to take a picture with her idol? 4. **Suginami ku Nite** (すぎなみくにて) Kishi, who had no hopes or dreams, suddenly quit his job at an anime company. Chiyo, the girl he was interested in, worked there. 5. **Sweet Side A** 6. **Sweet Side B** 7. **Sweet Side C**

Chihiro and Chiaki are twins with a special ability; Chihiro sees strange visions triggered by the things around him, but it's Chiaki who, without actually seeing them, knows what the visions mean. The trouble Chiaki has caused by blurting out the truth behind the visions has caused Chihiro to shut himself away to keep the visions from coming. But then, one day, his brother asks him to step outside...

A collection of Mitsukazu Mihara's newest ten one-shots from various magazines. Some are printed in two colors. The stories vary greatly in mood and tension, but are nonetheless a perfect example of the artist's distinctive style. Contains: 1. **Two Sweets xxx** 2. **Canaria** (カナリヤ) 3. **A Paradox of a Lion** 4. **NATURAL BORN SCISSORS** 1 5. **NATURAL BORN SCISSORS** 2 6. **NATURAL BORN SCISSORS** 3 7. **Rikon Shiki** (離婚式) 8. **What a Wonderful World** 9. **Tengoku to Jigoku** (天国と地獄) 10. **Chijou 10 Meter no Ori kara** (地上10メートルの檻から)

Scarred by domestic violence and the sudden departure of her mother and her younger brother, Satsuki doesn't know how to trust people. *Renai Anagram* is the story of a young woman's struggles to overcome her past and learn how to accept and value herself. (Source: One Snowshoe)

Kogure-sou is a crumbling old apartment building of just six rooms where four people live. On the first floor are the owner, a very old man who wants to have sex before he dies, and a girl in university who pines in a sad and complicated love. On the second floor are a salary man who finds meaning to his life in spying on the university girl below him, and Mayu whose boyfriend disappeared three years ago. Also involved are the florist from the nearby shop who worries over her husband’s infidelity and Mine who is still troubled by a crime committed a long time ago. What all of them strive for is love, but they all find nothing but pain and bitter disappointments. Do they realize that what heals them is actually the run-down little apartment building and the real human warmth that they share with each other? (Source: Aerandria)

Meno Yuko just starting as a ceremony assistant in a funeral home. Every day, she tends to fall asleep during the funerals. Her boss, Meme always scolds her with an 'I'll kill you'. Holding on the the memories of her dead brother, Yuko tries to work as best as she can while constantly being reminded of his death.