Meet Natsu and Hana, the two young women who are the managers of a beat up apartment building, as they try to find tenants, upkeep the place, and generally have a good time.
When the housekeeping robot Caret shows up unannounced at his front door, college student Ikeda learns he has been randomly selected to participate in her creator's "Life Improvement Project." Although he agrees to let Caret live with him based on her appearance alone, he quickly learns the truth—she can't be bothered to do any housework at all! This is the daily life of a stubborn robot who can't do chores and her pervert roommate. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Falma, the daughter of Count Helqvist, whose family has for generations commonly acquired the skill of summoning spirits, disappoints her parents when she acquires the skill of using insects at the age of 10 and is confined. Afterward, having regained her memories of her previous life as a Japanese farmer's wife, she uses her memories and the knowledge gained from her books to escape from her home. She starts growing vegetables to save money, but...? A love fantasy of a count's former daughter who abandons her home and aims to become independent in order to find happiness! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
"Miyazaki can't speak, so she has to use a sketchbook to talk" is the one fact most of her classmates know about her. Without being bullied for it nor having people approach her because of it, she spends her time by herself both during class and lunch break. Caught by the rain on the way home, she finds shelter under the same roof as another person; Shimazaki Ao, one of her classmates. After an unsuccessful attempt to idle talk with her to pass time, he has the impression his presence is making her feel uncomfortable, seeing as she is trembling and avoiding eye contact. The sound of marker writing on paper and her clumsy smile as she shows him the words on her sketchbook marks the beginning of their first conversation...
I am a single office worker who is a big fan of the pure and innocent idol Aimi Momoka. One day, a magazine published a story about her "alleged romance." "Wait, that's me......?" The magazine had a photo of me with that girl from that other day, after I helped pick up her purse! (Source: Sneaker Bunko, translated)
‘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.
