Three works about different forms of love by Noriko Nakayama: 1. **Dekkai Koi no Melody?** (でっかい恋のメロディー?) The OL Keiko just broke up with her no-good boyfriend she's looking for her next "big love"! But real life encounters aren't as easy as she imagined… 2. **Moderate Cantabile** (モデラートカンタービレ) The mother who gave birth to me and gave me up. Both mother and child are "lost children" trying to escape the past. 3. **Shindemo Aishite** (死んでも愛して) A couple who are so in love that they will stay together even if they die!?

The former cabaret, transformed into a guest house, is home to Kikako, a dreamy thirty-something, John, the janitor, Monju, a gay man, Prego, who suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder, and Sensai, a middle-aged single teacher. Each of them lives with their own worries, secrets and frustrations. The mysterious inhabitants of a mysterious guest house. What they hold inside, which sometimes seems foreign to them, is in fact something quite universal. A story of rebirth and acceptance dedicated to all those who are troubled.

Work, marriage, dreams... I don't have time for romance because I have other more important things to do! But the truth is... This is a collection of five stories of romance between adults who can't be honest to themselves! (Source: Fairbell, translated)

Bubbly, energetic, and spirited women overcoming the down times of the Heisei recession! Collection of four stories: 1. **Owarana Koi Demo Shiyou ka** (終わらない恋でもしようか) 2. **Fools on the Heat** 3. **Zurui Yatsu** (ずるい奴) 4. **Zetakuna Onna** (ゼータクな女) (Source: Futabasha, translated)

Collection of three heart-wrenching and slightly mysterious stories: 1. **Me and Jane Doe** (ミーアンドジェーン・ドゥウ) Hitoshi is a successful rock musician. One day, he wakes up to find himself shackled in a strange room. A strange life of confinement begins with a fan who calls herself "Jane Doe." 2. **"Boku wa Usotsukida" to Boku wa iu** (「僕は嘘つきだ」と僕は言う) One day, my girlfriend suddenly turned into a stuffed doll… A love story between a crybaby and a chronic liar. 3. **Utsukushi Kotoba** (美しいコトバ) The mother who lost her happiness and the daughter whose happiness was taken from her. I wish I could see my mother, back when she still loved me…

"Nice guys" are boring while "manly man" just means self-centered! Ayumi is a girl who runs hot and cold, and she tends to attract no-good men around her. Hiroki Nishikaishi, a.k.a. "Megane," is a normal guy who has had a crush on Ayumi for four years. He doesn't have the courage to confess his love to Ayumi, but he secretly watches over her every time she gets hurt in love... This is a love story filled with the realistic emotions of a strong girl who gets hurt and depressed, but will keep fighting to find a happy ending for herself and her lover! (Source: Fairbell, translated)

Model Koyori and acupuncturist Eiju are a lovey-dovey couple who have just started dating…, but Eiju, a sensible man, is constantly being pushed around by the selfish and uninhibited Koyori! (Source: Kodansha, translated)

We fuck when we want to fuck and break up when we want to break up. Direct love that makes you want to fall in love! A woman talking to a man about breaking up with him while scratching her crotch. A man who treats a woman who is breaking up with him like a servant. All those who live straight in love become mites. It is natural that human beings have good and bad qualities. There is no love that can only be made with "goodness." (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)

Taeko Hano. Today is her first day of work as a receptionist for one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies in the area! She has a bad feeling and misses the bus, which has an accident and she ends up being late... My super senses were right again, and she is determined to get back on track! (Source: Booklive, translated)

1. **Rokugatsu no Fu** (六月の賦) 2. **Mori no Koe wo Kiite** (森の声を聴いて) 3. **Kin no Migin no Mi** (金の実銀の実) 4. **Touka** (冬華) 5. **Kage wo Utsu Toki** (影を撃つ時)

1. **Shunshouen** (春宵苑) 2. **Crystal Window** (クリスタル・ウインド) 3. **Midori no Fue** (緑の笛) 4. **Natsu no Sonet** (夏の小曲) 5. **Umi no Anata no Harukeki Kuni e...** (海のあなたの遙けき国へ…)