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*"A kiss from my best friend!?"* Rio and Leo have been childhood friends since kindergarten. However, as they start their last year of high school, they're in separate classes for the first time. It's during this first day of the new school year that Leo suddenly confesses to Rio and kisses him... What's going on!? (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)
One day, a fox is ready to pounce on a rabbit, only to receive a confession from its would-be prey. Ignoring the fox's confusion, the rabbit professes, *“I love you.”* As this bold approach takes effect, the fox's hard heart begins, little by little, to soften. Will predator and prey ever be able to coexist…? (Source: Yen Press) *Note: Includes three extra chapters.*
The "Bento Club," formed by the students of Seiwa School, is famous for turning out first-class chefs. One day, Sayoko was suddenly targeted by the members of the club. Impoverished Sayoko is constantly hungry, every day eating the leftover cake from her part-time job for lunch. The handsome boys from the Bento Club see her pitiful eating habits and make their move. Waiting for her was bento (boxed lunch) tasty on the mouth and the eyes!
Six minors (16-17 years) answering to the nicknames of Joe, Mario, Suppon, Baremoto, Heitai, and Kyabetsu are put into a reformatory for offenses such as aggravated assault, swindling, flight, etc. Their stay in hell begins immediately. Accommodated by a doctor pedophile, they are placed under the watch of a despotic and brutal crew. Cellmates with a certain Sakuragi (called Anchan), the tension rises between the band of buddies and their new "friend." A brawl breaks out, and our six prisoners are done rossés by the mysterious young man, thanks to his boxing talent. The story will not only follow the lives of these seven characters surviving in their hellish environment, but also their disillusions due to the rejection by the outside world and by their close relations. This is about the extraodinary and invincible friendships between these young men. *Note: Won the 2005 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general category.*
Even though J no Subete is three volumes long, each volume is a dynamic story in itself covering a particular stage of J's life. Her life is a dark story and it's a very psychological manga. Book one is about all of J's trials and tribulations throughout childhood, during high school as she tries to find her place in the world and when she meets the somber honor student Paul...
Spin-off of SaeKano light novel series focusing on the unlikely relationship between famed author Kasumigaoka Utaha and average otaku Aki Tomoya. Down in a rut and out of lacking creativity, infatuation develops after a fan-signing for 'Love Metronome' and Aki becomes the estranged "assistant" of one of his school's top idols. *Includes 12 side/extra stories and an epilogue.*
Three boys in junior-high who cross-dress because of differing reasons meet each other through a cross-dressing community website, and decide to meet up in real life. "Parou" started cross-dressing because the boy he liked refused to date him unless he dressed up as a girl. "Marika" is transgender and identifies as female. Lastly, "Yui" is an antagonistic boy who adopted the persona of his older sister after her death. In contrast to Parou and Marika, Yui is sorely disappointed at the meeting.
Tamiya Nika is a beautiful, outgoing, popular high school girl. She has just the right look, just the right fashions, and is everyone’s friend. What everyone at school does not know is how hard Nika works to keep up this perfect image, and what she is REALLY like at home. When not at school, Nika is a scary, sloppy, tight-fisted girl who wears glasses, an ugly sweatsuit, and has her hair pulled back into unattractive buns. She lays around playing video games and reading manga. Her attitude is bossy and cranky, and she travels far out of her way to shop where she won’t be recognized. Every day, Nika “Switches On” with a strict regimen of beautification that involves primping and plucking and careful dressing. The only person who knows about Nika’s Switched On/Off modes is her best friend, who is also aware of the reasons behind the changes. However, soon a second person finds about about Nika’s personalities - someone who has his own On/Off switch, but in reverse! His name is Kamiyama Arata, and he is a recent transfer student. He meets Nika when she is in OFF Mode, and then again at school when she is ON. However Nika can see that he has his little secret. At school, Arata wears thick swirly-eyed glasses and messy hair that make some bullies think he is an otaku. However, at home, he ditches the glasses and is downright gorgeous! He is just the opposite of Nika, but why? (Source: MANGAtoshokan) **Included one-shot:** Volume 3: Switch Girl!! (pilot)
Yuu Tomonoga is a genius who was accepted to an American university at the young age of 13 and later accepted into the university's graduate program. Unfortunately, he loses funding for his research, but decides to drop out and continue the research on his own. He travels back to Japan in hopes of getting funding, but he quickly runs out of money for daily living. Luckily, he gets a call from an old friend and accepts his offer to teach at an all-girls school. **Includes bonus chapters:** Volume 1 - Extra Volume 2 - 2x Extra Volume 3 - Extra Volume 4 - 4.5
Goto Nagi has travelled to the southern island of Okitsushima, and ventures out to see Umi no Misaki, a striking cape jutting out into the ocean. But when he arrives, he finds that there is much more to this cape than a wondrous view. There is something peculiar about the cape, and about the island's inhabitants. (Source: Solaris-SVU)
According to Ryuu Yashiro, Tarou Kurume's childhood friend, he is not interested in love. But one day, the ball hit by his classmate, Mei Ebino, directly hit his head rendering him unconscious. When Tarou wakes up, there's a girl "above" him...