Uminari is a collection of four short, unrelated stories featuring a variety of adult men in relationships. 1. *The Sound of the Sea* Shougo is your average high school student living in a humble seaside port town. His world is flipped upside down when the new art teacher, Asano-sensei, moves into Shougo's house! During Asono's stay, Shougo grows a strange yet strong longing for him. Emotions unstable as the waves in a storm, the characters' feelings are almost dangerous. 2. *Moon on the 16th Night* Shuu is a well-aged man settling down in life. Kazui, on the other hand, is a young man partying his life away. Shuu and Kazui are lovers. All seems well until newcomer Kohei squeezes into the story and Shuu suspects ill will between this Kohei and his beloved. Maintaining their relationship reveals struggling to solidify honesty as well as trust. 3. *Shared Key* Arisawa and Yuki thought that by living together they can do much "more" things. It's easier said and done when their stressful jobs and wonky schedules adds bricks to the wall between them! 4. *Last Kiss* Two matured fathers, Kouichi and Mamoru, go for a trip to the beach with their families. What first seems to be a simple fun-in-the-sun plot twists to the reminiscences between the lives of the two men. Having first met as new neighbors during their grade school years, Kouichi and Mamoru have been the best of friends for over thirty-five years. The retreat questions their relationships between their families... and themselves. 5. *3:00 AM* A short ending to the first story. (Source: Alipio)

“Satou-san, I’m your lowly servant!!” “You freak…” PPC Publications salesman, Takahashi Kazuya, is in love with his aloof, beautiful client, Satou Sho, manager of a large bookstore. How does Takahashi approach Satou for business and love? Can a humble salesman capture the princely heart of a client? (Source: Fantasyshrine)

Ch 1-3 & 7 -- The Scent of Temptation: Shina works part-time at a coffee as well as a flower shop. Most days a Kanae, a salaryman and the brother of the flower shop owner, comes to have his coffee at the shop. One day a man is with him, and Shina realizes from watching their interaction that Kanae must be gay, which comes as quite a shock. Ch 2 -- When I Grow Up: When Tokiwa-san met Hiroto, he took to him because he looked so much like his dead lover. They become friends, but is that all Hiroto is to him, a substitute? And what role does Satoru, Hiroto's "friend with benefits", play in all of this? Ch 5-6 -- The Fields in Which We Live: Takamori took in Nagisa when he was hurt, but that wasn't the end of Nagisa's troubles. His boyfriend abuses him, and Takamori just found a gay porn video in which he's acting. Takamori isn't gay, but he worries about Nagisa and can't get him out of his head.

Taiki agrees to see his college friends Ruma and Hoshioka to celebrate their wedding. But during dinner, Hoshioka is shot and Ruma loses his memory. Why was she killed? And will Ruma ever remember what happened? Three friends re-unite after not seeing each other after college. The occasion is the wedding between the two. However, on this fateful day, the newly-wed woman was shot, and consequently died. The newly-wed man, because of the shock, loses his memories of the woman and his marriage to her, among other things. However, he remembers his best friend (the other guy with them), and that best friend helps him to put his life together again and discover the truth behind the death of his wife.

1-3) Saikkyou Lover - Strongest Worst Lover: Saji's roommate and coworker Ryousuke is really his type. But Ryousuke doesn't seem to be interested in him... 4) Saikkyou Lover 3.5 - Never a Dull Night 5) Hot Spot - The Inn Where Love Begins- Five years ago Hinata's parents died and his friend Yumiji Munehisa, nine years his senior, helped him out financially. About a year ago they started having sex, but what does Munehisa really feel for Hinata? 6) The Beginning of Love (Koi no Hajimaru): Suyama has always protected his friend Tomoi from perverts, but Kouki may be the biggest pervert of them all, and his condition for staying away from Tomoi is ...Suyama! Mangafox

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