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Hideo Yamada compiles 18 stories about loneliness. Presented through themes of straggling, futility, insanity, seclusion, and an epilogue. **Rakugo** (落伍): 1. **Chikatetsu wo Orite.......**(地下鉄を降りて……) \[Daijiro Morohoshi\] 2. **Ohenro-san** (おへんろさん) \[Takashi Imashiro\] 3. **Oshiroi Komachi** (白粉小町) \[Youko Kondou\] 4. **Kuroi Chou** (黒い蝶) \[Kakusai Han\] **Muyou** (無用): 5. **Kamen** (仮面) \[Shinji Nagashima\] 6. **Ishi wo Kai ni Kita Onna** (石を買いに来た女) \[Motoyuki Oota\] 7. **Otsuuya no Kyaku** (お通夜の客) \[Yuu Takita\] 8. **Kibishii Shiren (from Pattman X)** (きびしい試練「パットマンＸ」より) \[George Akiyama\] 9. **Nichijou Seikatsu** (日常生活) \[Jun Kagari\] **Fuukyou** (風狂): 10. **Omoide no Occhan** (思い出のおっちゃん) \[Jun Urata\] 11. **Yoru no Semi** (夜の蝉) \[Tadao Tsuge\] 12. **Aburemon** (あぶれもん) \[Kaiji Kawaguchi\] 13. **Hisashiburi** (久しぶり) \[Shinichi Abe\] **Inton** (隠遁): 14. **Shounan (From Musashino)** (沼南「武蔵野」より) \[Junichirou Saitou\] 15. **The Salamander** (山椒魚) \[Yoshiharu Tsuge\] 16. **Shimi** (紙魚) \[Shigeru Mizuki\] **Epilogue** (エピローグ) 17. **Sorekara** (それから) \[Hozumi\] 18. **Hitotsu no Hi** (ひとつの火 カシワイ) \[Kashiwai, original story: Niimi Nankichi\]
Tomoharu, the owner of a gay bar, accidentally helps Matsuo, an otaku who was mistaken for a shoplifter. Matsuo is deeply moved by Tomoharu’s manly outburst! Later, when Matsuo begs him to help him become more manly, Tomoharu agrees to date him while hiding his true identity as a flamboyant gay man... (Source: Libre Shuppan, translated) *Note: The third installment in the Don't Worry Mama series.*
https://mechacomic.jp/books/276421
"I will never love you," her husband said, but something is wrong. Sierra of the ducal family has been continuously exploited by her greedy father and scorned as a "sacrificial lady." Despite this, she has worked tirelessly for the people in her father's place, but is finally ordered to marry Julian, a military officer rumored to be ruthless. In their cold newlywed life, Sierra learns that he, too, did not truly want to marry her. She then proposes divorce, but this marriage is backed by the royal family and cannot be easily dissolved. The two conspire to achieve divorce. As they continue their temporary marriage, Julian protects her many times, and Sierra experiences for the first time the security of having someone to rely on. Meanwhile, his attitude also slowly begins to change…
A sweet anthology depicting a wide variety of [doting love]! I was supposed to be just "me," but I was reincarnated into another world as a villainess!? And for some reason, everyone loves me, which is a problem!? A sweet anthology depicting a wide variety of [doting love]!