Otona no Iroha began guest serialization in the February 2012 issue of Manga Home under the title Ayano-san no Osumitsuki (あやのさんのお墨つき). The earlier work was published three times before taking up the new title in the May issue of the magazine.
Nishimi Kaoru has moved from city to city and school to school because of his father’s job. So the first day at his new school was just routine for him. Being intellectual and the new transfer student, he has always been seen as an outcast and all Kaoru had to do was bear it until the next time he moved. But things were slightly different this time. First, he started to get close to the class president, Mukae Ritsuko, and, secondly, unlikely as it seemed, grew closer to Kawabuchi Sentaro. Sentaro was infamous for getting into fights, skipping class and was an overall bad boy. Strangely enough, the three of them find common ground in music, namely jazz, and Kaoru finds himself actually enjoying the new town. *Notes: Includes 8 extra chapters. Won the 57th Shogakukan Manga Award for general manga.*
Once again, we join Sentarou, Kaoru and their friends in a short jam session of friendship, music and love. 1. Junichi and Yurika, after Junichi's move to Tokyo 2. A short story about Kouta, Ritsuko and the guy who answered the phone when Kaoru called Ritsuko 3. Tsutomu Murae (Ritsuko's dad) and how he finds his way into Jazz 4. Sentarou Kawabuchi and how he discovers his new resolve 5. After story...
In a small provincial town filled with a spirit of preservation for a traditional performance art called, "Owara," arrives Hotaruko, a transfer student from Tokyo. When a local boy named Hikaru catches her in an awkward stance in - what was supposed to be - an empty classroom, they form a strange bond. What's more, their bond makes way for an unexpected development?
Aoko is a young woman who works in a pottery workshop in the town of Hasami. Rather jovial by nature, she gets along very well with her colleagues, except for Tatsuki, the newcomer who doesn't seem to want to fit in. Despite their differences, Aoko and Tatsuki will have to learn to work together. But even though Tatsuki's gradually opening up, Aoko feels there's something he wants to keep secret... *Note: Chapter count includes two bonus chapters.*
College student Yoichi helps a swan stuck on a bridge, only to be visited later in the night by Miwa, a beautiful woman claiming to have been the same swan Yoichi rescued. Miwa stays with Yoichi to pay back her debt, but Yoichi harbors doubts about Miwa really being a swan. With his uneasiness, is there hope for a relationship between Yoichi and Miwa?
A collection of stories that revolves around Chiisako and the humans around them. - **Garden 1**: A little girl's unexpected meeting in the secret garden of their new house. \- **Garden 2**: A romance novelist and an editor's mountain trip together. \- **Garden 3**: A withdrawn teenage boy saves a girl from a crow. \- **Garden 4**: The tipping point of the relationship between a young wife and her older husband. \- **Garden 5**: An author's precious memory involving a prince. (Source: Japanese Publisher, translated)
Tsutomu is a boy with excellent grades, but his secret hobby is fishing for sexy photos on social networking sites. One day, he happens to help out Marika, the prettiest girl in class, and he notices the similarities between her and RIKA, his favorite girl on social. He tries to mention it to her casually and confirms...... that they really are the same person! "The two of us are the only two people in the world who know this secret? Just the two of us." The two will keep it a secret because of their mutual interest, but as they get to know each other, they realize that they have perfect chemistry with each other. Because they are both horny and dirty-minded.......? A pure love-comedy that is daring online but wholesome in person is about to begin! (Source: HJ Bunko, translated)
Cover Illustration by: Fujita Ch.2 : **Egao wo Misete** / *Smile For Me* by [TORIYA Kou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=47271258297) Ch.3 : **Haru Ichiban** / *Spring's First Breeze* by Rito Ch.11 : **Mebaero Seishun** / *Bloom, Youth* by [Yusen Atsuko](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=26657348733) Ch 12. **Gozen Ichiji no Senkyaku** / *The Previous Customer at 1 AM* by [Yu Chitose](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=74884872720) Ch.13 : **Ashita mo Mata Issho ni Kaeru Futari** / *Tomorrow, we'll go home together too* by [Fujita](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=10506813709)
It is said that deep in the city there is a mysterious scientist in a black lab coat. His name is Kolisch. No matter how strange or mysterious the occurrence he will uncover the truth through his "Absolute Science". Unknown to all, a battle of scientific experiments begins now!
Naria is a big fan of the healing-style streamer “Uyu-sama”, until “Uyu-sama” suddenly retired! Ria is shocked and devastated, until she found out that the new transfer student Yutaka is the real person behind “Uyu-sama”! However, his real life personality is kinda sleazy, totally different from the streamer who acts so kindly online.... (Source: Ribon, translated) *Note: Includes five extra chapters.*

