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*"Until I met this guy, I had wished this dreamless life would end."* Hiyori, a failing student, on a whim helps his wheelchair-bound classmate, Mukai, who is being harassed by delinquents. Mukai is the top student in their grade. Despite his poor academic performance, Hiyori is appointed to look after Mukai at school. This is a youthful tale of two mismatched individuals: Hiyori, the delinquent, and Mukai, the wheelchair-bound honor student, both living with a sense of oppression. (Source: Fusion Product, translated) *Note: Includes the one-shot "Ani no Soushiki (兄の葬式)" and one extra chapter.*
Our heroine is girl named Hina-chan. She is in her 20s. Hina has a handsome boyfriend now, but she will always remember her first love, a boy named Itsuki. When other kids would tease Hina, calling her ugly, Itsuki would defend her, and try to cheer her up and make her feel better. He and some of his family eventually moved away, leaving Hina heartbroken. But the memory of her first love will always make Hina feel nostalgic and happy inside. Itsuki’s grandmother still lives next door to Hina, so she still has a connection to him, somehow. One day, Hina has a dream of Itsuki, and she is feeling especially nostalgic about him. She is just mentioning her dream to his grandmother, when they are interrupted by the arrival of a stranger. It is a tall, beautiful woman. Wait a minute… it’s Itsuki! Itsuki is not joking, either. He claims that he is really a woman on the inside, and now he is dressing that way on the outside. And yes, even though Itsuki now lives as a woman, Hina finds herself falling in love all over again, regardless of how Itsuki dresses. But Itsuki sees herself as a woman, and she only loves men. Will Hina end up heartbroken all over again?
A collection of five spooky stories: 1. **Tenchi Shinmei!** (天地神鳴!) Asuna Shio is a teenage girl with a very strong perception of the spirit world and has a shrineless god as a companion. One day, Shio's classmate is seen vanishing into a mirror. She reappears afterward, but seems changed for the worse in terms of personality. What has happened to her? 2. **Gekkouchou: Hyaku-nen no Koi** (月光蝶~百年の恋~) A two-tailed tiger-striped cat is taken in by a girl called Mitsu and given the name Torakichi. Torakichi is no ordinary cat, and the love and tragedy between them may be strong enough to transcend a simple lifetime. 3. **Friend Doll** (FRIEND DOLL) Mizuno Sachi spends almost all of her time studying, thanks to her demanding parents, and she doesn't really have friends. There's a boy she likes at school, but it seems impossible to get close to him. Suddenly, her stuffed bunny, Mimi, starts showing up in her dreams to advise her through her teenage life. But what is Mimi's motivation for all this help? 4. **Tonari no Yomi-san** (隣のヨミさん) There's an urban legend about a girl who killed herself as a teenager, "Yomi-san," due to her insecurity over her appearance. Supposedly, her father stuffed her body, and, in her quest to become beautiful, the body seeks to take parts from pretty girls. At one school, several pretty girls have been mysteriously injured. Could the culprit be the dead girl, Yomi-san? 5. **Oni no Sumu Shima** (鬼の棲む島) Saki moves out to a rural area, where she has no friends. In her loneliness, she goes out to an uninhabited island, where she meets a new possible friend. He's a demon, but as Saki gets to know him, she finds him less and less frightening...
He seems cold and unfriendly. But whenever I need help, he's there for me. Who are you… really? Living together, with the most handsome boy at the former all-boys school! (Source: Cheese!, translated)
[A possessive top who lured his partner into a casual relationship] × [A lonely bottom who’s given up on love] When my straight best friend became my casual partner, he turned into the sweetest man in the world— A BL story that crosses the boundaries of friendship, melting hearts with its warmth I’m a closeted gay man who’s never managed to keep a proper relationship going. I’ve spent my lonely nights with people I don’t even know. One such night, when I was fleeing from a dodgy hook-up, it was my best friend, Issei, who came to my rescue. Still reeling, I came out to him, only for him to say, with a straight face, ‘If a one-night stand is fine, then I’ll do.’ —How did it come to this? That’s what I thought, yet I went with the flow, and before I knew it, I was in Issei’s arms. What’s more, the sex… honestly, it was amazing. That fact is the worst part. I tried to forget it because it was so awkward, but Issei just carried on as if nothing had happened, casually asking, ‘Let’s do it again,’ and to top it all off, he even said, ‘Why don’t we go out?’ …You’re joking, right? We’re friends, aren’t we? So why on earth are you looking at me like that? ‘I’m just a sex toy. Call me whenever you fancy a shag,’ he says, sounding almost angry. Why on earth would he say that――.
Akane and her elder brother Akira have been close ever since they were children, despite their age gap. Akane is now in high school, while Akira has given up his career as a police officer to pursue his dreams in music while living in a shared house with his friends. When Akira fails to turn up to see Akane, a visit to his shared house reveals that he has gone missing - and while the police refuse to investigate, Akane discovers a note from Akira hidden in his room that tells her to get out of the house as soon as possible - his four mysterious house mates are dangerous, and if she stays any longer, she'll end up dead...
The manga will center on an angel who descends to earth to a middle school in a rural area, and becomes an amazingly beautiful national actress. [ANN]
Ageha, an orphan, lives with her childhood friend Hotaka and works as a hostess to make her dreams come true. One day, she gets into trouble at work and is reunited with a "certain person" she was separated from as a child... The forbidden love triangle story begins. (Source: Flower Comics, translated)
Regular high school girl Aoba Wakana's crush is the good looking, tall, athletic, and clever Asahina-kun. But what that guy loves more than anything else are Japan's national male idols, "Jokers"! He's a "J-Ota Guy"! Wakana summons the courage to confess her love, but Asahina mistakes her for just a "J-Ota friend"...!? *Note: Chapter count includes 2 extras.*
An anthology by various mangaka.
A tender and heartbreaking coming-of-age story about boys. Hanaoka Kazuki, a member of the light music club, and Hasegawa Nozomi, the ace of the soccer team and the most popular guy in school. They were in the same class but had no connection, until one day, a song played on Kazuki's phone was by a band Nozomi also liked. This incident brought the two closer together. Eventually, Nozomi confessed to Kazuki, "I actually want to be in a band more than soccer." Hearing this, Kazuki immediately invites Nozomi to join the band, but... This encounter, brought about by music, will greatly change the destinies of these two. (Translated from Kadokawa) Official Manga - [Kadokawa (Print)](https://www.kadokawa.co.jp/product/322407000069/) , [Bookwalker (Digital)](https://bookwalker.jp/de16ef026d-f6fb-456a-9092-e8fdf5498d77/)
