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The story is about a young boy named Arashi Ishino who is obsessed with video games. He would spend all his time trying to beat the games and conquer the local arcades. He would meet competitors like Satoru Daimonji and Ishii, who would try to out match him with higher scores. At a certain point in each episode, he would display his special skill of unleashing a top which will spin so fast that both the top and his hands would catch on fire. On release, the spin would land on or near the cabinet panels, turning the ordinary button into a turbo button thus giving him a major advantage. His appearance is known for being bucktoothed, and he always wears a hat labeled "Arashi" with a picture of a sprited alien. Game Center Arashi was the first animation with a gamer as the lead character and have the plot revolve around life with competitive gaming. Some of the games featured in the show include Space Invaders, Breakout, Galaxian, though they were not explicitly named. Some of Arashi's gaming techniques even have special names like "Blazed Top", "Vacuum Hurricane Shot", "Fish Stance". (Source: wikipedia)
"I want to break up with you." In the winter of his first year of high school, Yuta Miyamoto, who always tries to be "a nice guy," was dumped by his girlfriend, Yumi Asakawa. Yumi, a popular model, had chosen a young actor over her childhood friend Yuta. And now, even though the wounds of a broken heart have not yet healed, Akane Kurosaki, a junior girl who was supposed to be his friend, keeps teasing him, "That's why you still can't get a girlfriend." Meanwhile, Ruri, his favorite girl at the maid café, treats him "like a slave." It feels like everyone is always taking advantage and making fun of him for trying to be nice. Yuta, disgusted with himself, declares that he will no longer be friends with his ex, his junior, or his bias anymore. But after so much teasing and bullying from them, their reaction to his declaration is totally different from what he expected! This is the start of a new era of "suck-up" romantic comedy popularized on Syosetu! (Source: Lanove, translated)
A collection of oneshots by 6 shoujo authors. 1. **Jitensha Dorobou** (自転車泥棒) \[Machiko Sakurai\] 2. **Shissou Biyori** (失踪日和) \[George Asakura\] 3. **ROOM1/4: Junjou Egoism** (ROOM1/4 ―純情エゴイズム―) \[Kayoko Shimotsuki\] 4. **Hikouki Kumo** (ひこうき雲) \[Kiyo Kumagaya\] 5. **Nichiyoubi no Soda** (日よう日のソーダ) \[Akane Torikai\] 6. **Watashi to Kimi to Kimi** (私と君と君) \[Ayahito Katsuma\]
From [Lilac Scans](https://www.mangaupdates.com/groups.html?id=14245): Haru, a girl that is scared of boys, encountered a beautiful girl that took her breath away. Who would have thought that she would meet her again in her new high school. But she is a he? What will Haru do when he confesses to her?
Collection of short stories: • Koishite Mascara (恋してますから) • Love Domino (らぶドミノ) • Secchu Kaika (雪中開花) • Lovers' Intro (LOVERS'イントロ) • Yume ni Negai wo (夢に願いを☆)
Mark Stuart had realized something terrifying: he had been reincarnated as the mid-boss in a game! In the original game, he was fated to be condemned by his daughter, Forsina, who was known as the “Ice Princess.” Reflecting on his past coldness toward her, he resolves to change his fate by earning her affection. Through his thoughtfulness and his actions as a duke, his daughter begins to regain her love and trust in her father, but he ends up going too far, and her love slowly becomes overwhelmingly heavy!?
An anthology comic of Love Live! by various mangaka.
27 year old Shindo Nanao lives in a rundown apartment in the metropolitan Tokyo area. In a strange twist of fate, she gave her neighbors tonjiru and white rice, but unexpectedly her neighbor's place ended up being a hangout for people in the yakuza business. These ill-bred starving school-children... rather, this yakuza bunch who were starving for the taste of home cooking somehow ended up getting attached to Nanao. So, in the end she somehow became their kitchenmaid... until that day. One day she entered their apartment as usual in order to cook their meal and was met by an unfamiliar man in an expensive suit. 'Eh, it can’t be, this guy is a big shot?' "No, I am a mere kitchenmaid, so don’t pay me any mind. Hohoho, really don’t mind meeee!!!" What will be of Nanao’s fate where a yakuza has gotten fixated on her under unusual circumstances?
Wim Abel, the court magician of the Cyrus Empire, is falsely accused of treason by the imperial high command, who fear his mighty power, and he is imprisoned in a dungeon with a strong ward that is considered impossible to break. To pass the time, Wim tries to break out of the dungeon with his overwhelming power, and in the process, he obtains the power of immortality. One year after his imprisonment, Wim finds a slight fissure in the ward and succeeds in escaping to the surface. He gives up on the empire that imprisoned him, and sets out for the Kingdom of Leoria, which is known for its "perfect meritocracy." (Source: Bunkasha, translated)
