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‘Iwai! Dekichatta kekkon’, which roughly translates into 'Let's celebrate! Shotgun marriage', is a semi-educational manga drawn by Unita Yumi (Usagi Drop etc.). The title basically gives the whole story away: Yuki (25, office worker) finds out that she is pregnant, breaks the news to her happy-go-lucky boyfriend, Raita (25, eternal part-timer), and the two start planning their future together. From then on, on the first level of story, we are following the everyday adventures (apartment hunting, planning the wedding, choosing a hospital) and hardships (mainly money problems) the young couple must overcome. On the second level, as the manga foretells us in the Preface, this romantic comedy has another ‘motive’ besides the entertainment of the reader: it wants to teach those who are in the same situation and those who might get into one in the future (so all of us, readers). Thus, the author frequently comments on the current events, gives thoroughly precise, almost medical-level explanations (at other times just within the boundary of common sense) of the terms mentioned in the conversations, and presents the reader with the results of a short survey on the topic at the end of each chapter. The latter attributes to the lack of drama (parents are pretty understanding); however, this manga is a good read: a heartwarming and lighthearted story.
Nicola Migras, the daughter of a viscount, is handsome and popular with women as the "handsome nobleman." However, Nicola is also a marriageable young lady. While searching for a husband for her family, her handsomeness has aroused the jealousy of men, and she has yet to find a husband. Then, a letter arrives from the royal castle...!? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
We are in the States - Michelle is a prostitute with a child picks clients every day on the streets, while Chris, her teenager husband and the father of the baby, babysits. This is the story of their aimless days. A masterpiece about the joys and sorrows of love.
The day of her mother's funeral service, Minato Ootani, a 21 years old university student, meet Natsuki and Fuyuki, two lost children... The story of a college student thrown away by her mother and two lost children looking for their parents.
A two-volume compilation of the popular one-page series in FEEL YOUNG magazine, where various mangaka share their food-related memories or current favorite meals!
From [MangaHelpers](https://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=1011): "Iwashimizu" is the name of a cheap, but good, eatery that's quite popular. One of the main reasons it's popular is because of the sweet, sexy owner, Iwashimizu Ruriko. She has amazingly large breasts and a great butt, which all the customers enjoy due to her tight shirts and short skirts. Her daughter, Mari, also has enormous breasts. Her loyal customers think very highly of her beauty and sweetness, and are shocked when she begins to get closer to a young man who comes in one day attempting to collect a debt. There are many daily good and bad happenings in the eatery with Ruriko, Mari, and the customers, most of which eventually involve some kind of nudity or near-nudity on Ruriko's part.
The manga centers on Shuntarō, a man who has to relocate from Tokyo to Mie due to his job. There, he and his family live together in the same house with his wife's extended family, with four generations and more than 10 heads under one roof.
A collection of two one-shots: 1. Odoru Kyoushitsu (Dancing Classroom) A few students are being kept hostage in school by terrorists. 2. Bokura no Mura ni wa Mizuumi ga Atta (Lake in Our Small Village) A few children of a little town are keeping an endangered animal as their 'pet'. They want to keep it a secret forever, but that may not be possible. The characters are all either students or children, but the stories deals with rather mature and serious issues, thoughts, and situations.