Cover illustration: Suzuki Tsuta 1. **Paseri to Minitomato** by Ukino Parsley and Mini Tomato are best friends who promised each other that they'd become delicious and get eaten together. The problem is: no one wants to eat Parsley! A sweet love between two food personifications. 2. **Yukiiro Machiboke** by Mikage Tsubaki One fateful night, the doctor Hanabusa saves a dirty street urchin and patches him up, and now this filthy child is determined to thank him. 3. **2-choume no Chiisana Sakana** by Hideki Kawai 4. **Kosha Ura no Natsu** by Sakurabi Hashigo Heartbroken Manabu-kun keeps meeting up with his senpai in the back of the school, who appears to be keeping a secret. 5. **Senaka** by Yuki Tsuda 6. **Aishi Aenai Koi Naraba** by Hikari Kiyomizu 7. **Mura wo Deta Kara Kuri** by Zippo Natsuki 8. **STAKEOUT** by Nozo Itoi 9. **Love in Motion** by Haruko Kumota Super sadistic gay high school student and a kind teacher. 10. **Yasashii Dakeno** by Tsuta Suzuki A terminally ill patient and a mysterious boy. (Related to Konoyo Ibun) 11. **The First Thing I Do in the Morning Is** by Takako Shimura I want you to touch me, I want us to have sex, I want you to like me, I want you to love me, As a brother, and not as a brother.

The story, also adapted into a live-action film, is told from the point of view of 14-year-old Eriko, who is left in charge of her younger brother Daigo, when her parents disappear. Contrary to most manga, in Route 225, the disappearing parents are a major part of the plot. Mum and Dad have somehow been transported to an alternate world, from which they are still somehow able to dial back cryptic messages to Earth mobile phones. The result is a great angle on so many teen manga!

A collection of one-shot stories by Takako Shimura, the author of *Hourou Musuko* (*Wandering Son*) and *Aoi Hana* (*Sweet Blue Flowers*). Originally published between 1997 and 2001, these stories deal with issues relating to gender, romance, ideals of beauty, and relationships with parents. 1. **Boku wa, Onnanoko** (He Said, "I Am a Girl") 2. **Rakuen ni Ikou** (Let's Go to the Paradise) 3. **Shounen no Musume** (Boy's Daughter) 4. **The Theme of Akemi ver. Teruo** 5. **The Theme of Akemi ver. Yoshio** 6. **The Theme of Akemi ver. Haruo** 7. **Hana** (The Flower) 8. **Sweet 16**

Pro wrestler Fuji Kaoru disappeared one day during a match. Now five years later she shows up again at her old gym unnanounced, with her five-year-old daughter in tow. But not everyone is ready to welcome her back with open arms, especially her former best friend Yuri, whose anger and hurt at Kaoru's betrayal are far deeper than Kaoru ever imagined.

1. Poko-chan (ボッコちゃん, Perfect Girl) \[JUN\] 2. Kiniro no Pin (金色のピン, There was a knock/Golden Pin) \[Kawaguchi Madoka\] 3. Tenshikou (天使考, A Study of Angels) \[KIKI\] 4. Koroshiya desu no yo (殺し屋ですのよ, I am an Assassin/I am a Murderer) \[Kazuhashi Tomo\] 5. Ooi! Dete Kooi! (おーい でてこーい, Hey! Come Out!) \[Saba Tamayumi\] 6. Gogo no Kyouryuu (午後の恐竜, Afternoon Dinosaur) \[Shirai Hiroko\] 7. Gendai no Jinsei (現代の人生, Modern Life) \[Arita Kei\] 8. Seikatsu Iji-shou (生活維持省, Living Maintenance) \[Shimura Takako\] 9. Yoru no Jiken (夜の事件, Incident of the Night) \[Oda Hideji\] 10. Hako (箱, Box) \[Oda Hideji\]

The manga centers on a young manzai comedy performer named Tou Komine, who has been performing comedy routines for five years, and whose feelings on it have become lukewarm, except for an older peer named Akira Iida, whose work is the only thing he is passionate for. (Source: Anime News Network)

Harada Takumi is not even in junior high and he's already the best pitcher in the region, although he's frustrated and ready to give up, because he can't find a catcher who is good enough to keep up with how he pitches in this backwater town his family has just moved to. Then along comes a kid named Nagakura Gou…

42 mangaka write short stories about the food they eat.

Collection of one-shots by various authors.

A collection of astrology-themed one-shots inspired by short stories from Yukari Ishii's 3-nen no Hoshi Uranai 2015-2017 series. Cover illustration: Tanikawa Fumiko Illustrations: Shimura Takako, Tanemura Arina 1. **Nagareboshi no Ochita Saki.** (流れ星の落ちた先。) by Yamada Daisy 2. **Hoshi no Youna, Yuki no Youna** (星のような、雪のような, Like the Stars, Like the Snow) by Tanikawa Fumiko 3. **Kowai Hito** (こわいひと) by Hisaka Mika 4. **Madou Hoshi no Yukusaki** (惑う星のゆく未来〈さき〉) by Amano Sakuya 5. **Will** by Umino Tsunami 6. **Tsuki wo Otte** (月を追って) by Chiya Toriko 7. **Sakana to Watashi no Spica** (魚と私のスピカ, Fish and My Spica) by Tanemura Arina 8. **Nandemonai Kinou no Hanashi** (なんでもない昨日の話, My Unexceptional Yesterday) by Itoi Nozo 9. **Iteza no Anata wa** (射手座のあなたは) by Uramoto Yuuko 10. **Himitsu** (秘密, Secret) by Shimura Takako 11. **Sennen no Kodoku** (千年の孤独, Millennium Loneliness) \[Fujiwara Kaoru 12. **Michishirube** (ミチシルベ, Guide) by Tendou Kirin

The manga centers on Akai and Chika, sweethearts who are now married. They should grow even closer and spend days in bliss together, but the shadow of Akai's first love threatens to upend it all. (Source: Anime News Network)

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!