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When a Tokyo teenager botches a suicide attempt, he finds himself recovering in a hospital where most of the patients are more than twice his age. Rejecting his mother's visits, he spends his time counting the hours between meals and blood-tests until a run-in with another teenage patient leaves him with an unlikely new friend.
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Shouichirou Tsurugi is the master of an well-established, upscale miso shop. He's a noted "prodigal son" and an eccentric "Jack of all trades, master of none." He's also the patron of a suspicious male geisha, Yosaburou, who will do anything for money and has no talent, except for telling ghost stories. It may or may not be true that the young master is making amorous advances toward Yosaburou! Every night, the parlor of a restaurant in the red light district called Ghost Moon Tower showcases mysterious tales that interweave "strange things" and people's other desires.
Full color manga drawn for the purpose of "expressing the beauty of Japan". It is a collection of several slice-of-life stories of girls living in various locations in Japan, set against beautiful man-made and natural scenery that surrounds them.
This is one of Hoshisato's first series, a romantic comedy about a youthful, energetic, and reluctant transforming high school girl hero named Saiko. A passing alien sees her courageously defending someone in a fight and is impressed with her sense of justice. He gives her a small handheld device which allows her to change into "Lady Tail", a futuristic superhero sporting a ponytail. However, she had just recently cut her hair after her boyfriend berated her for fighting too much. When she transforms into Lady Tail, her ponytail comes back, which causes her to initially refuse the alien device. Eventually her sense of justice comes through and she begins using the device to transform into Lady Tail and assist those in need of protection.
Because of an unaccepted mariage, Norika has only had his parents for family. Unfortunately after his mother had passed away, he had to grow up on his own and to take care of his ill father. Yet, after 15 years of silence, here comes the brother of his mother asking Norika to come and sign in a school located on an island while he would be staying with his father. But the drawback of this school is that it is divided into two parts : wealthy people and not wealthy people. Hence the strong rivalry that has been born and ruled by the president of the students : Norika's cousin, Yuusuke. Norika is part of the "not wealthy" people and being close to the popular and very wealthy president of the students, he will be lusted after by both sides in this war.
Higurashi Yuuto gets picked up on the street but it turns out that the good-looking man is Oohataya Masakazu, a schoolmate from his junior school and a shinto priest at the Azuma Shrine. How is Yuuto going to react since he's Masakazu's first and second love? The side story involves Yuuto's superior, Uekusa, and Yokoi, Uekusa's former subordinate. *Note: \- Includes two side stories.*
Takasugi Gen deeply regrets the day he killed his adoptive father. So when he dies at the age of 46, only to find himself transported back in time to several years before the murder, he decides to make a fresh start as a high school student. Trapped in a world between heaven and hell that nonetheless feels like paradise, Takasugi's fight to regain his family and friends begins!
Oogami might look like a tough guy. Tall, well-muscled and a bit wild-looking, it's only natural that Oogami would be scouted by the school volleyball team, right?! But in reality, he sucks at sports and is a bit of a wuss. But his crappy serve is about to be the least of Oogami's worries. You see, his family has a secret...
After his sister got hitched, Umeo has been living on his own for the first time. He really wants to make his own meals everyday no matter how busy he is, but it's difficult since he's always stuck at work until the last train. That's when he encounters a new lifestyle where one prepares the whole week's worth of meals in advance! *Note: Includes 3 extra chapters.*
Just as the new semester begins, a sophomore named Yosuke Yamada from Sakurazawa High School is feeling bummed out—he got his license suspended after helping a girl on a motorcycle who was being chased by a patrol car. Now, Yosuke has gotten a call from the head of the Sakurazawa High School Biker Gang. What could the boss of this group of delinquent girls, Takami Icon, want with him?! After talking, it seems they're looking for a new sub-leader for the group, and they want to play a little game to see if he can survive a bike race without any light in the middle of the night. It seems Yosuke couldn't help but be worried...