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It's not everyday that a young man falls out of a tree and onto another person. Maybe it was just Akihiko's lucky day. Mei, devastated that he broke Akihiko's precious (and very expensive) glasses during his fall, begins working with Akihiko at the secondhand store to pay him back. As the hardworking and honest new part-timer, Mei quickly earns the affection of Akihiko and their boss, the owner of the secondhand store. Akihiko loves teasing the young and naive Mei, who reacts by retaliating with a sharp tongue and a cat-like hiss. Mei is sure that his older coworker is just getting a kick out of surprising him, but who knew that Akihiko was actually the one constantly getting caught off guard? They both pride themselves on their honesty, but who's really being honest with their feelings here? (Source: Futekiya!)
Nana (no-name in Japanese) has no memory of his childhood before the age of twelve, when a store owner took him in and cruelly named him. The only clues to Nana's past life are the burn scars on his legs and his irrational fear of fire. Enter Mitsuha, a vagabond writer, who crashes Nana's place at the insistence of a mutual friend. At first, Nana loathes Mitsuha's very existence - although he can't sleep alone, Nana doesn't like it when his new roommate climbs into bed with him, either - but eventually, he warms to Mitsuha's insincerity and kindness and finds happiness waking beside him. Can their budding relationship help Nana come to terms with his unknown past? Are Mitsuha's feelings real, or is Nana simply a replacement for someone he lost long ago? Momoko Tenzen, creator of "The Paradise on the Hill", presents two tales of haunted pasts and forbidden loves sure to intrigue and delight! (Source: Renta!)
Meet Setsuna. She’s cute, sexy, and deadly. When she’s not out murdering people as a professional assassin, she’s nesting at home, trying to adjust to a domestic life with her new husband. She skewers ingredients for dinner, draws a knife on unwanted solicitors, and sleeps with one eye open, just in case enemies sneak in. Her lovestruck husband doesn’t ask her a lot of questions about her day job, so this arrangement can work if love conquers all, right? This romantic comedy is dangerously sexy! (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
After two years spent abroad and abstinence of thievery, Gou and Taki return to Japan and are instantly given a new task from the police: they must find a stimulant drug worth 500 million yen. Depending on the success of this mission, they may be able to return to their old life, but...
Kijima teaches at an all girl’s school. While all his friends think his job is pretty “sweet,” dealing with the daily confessions of his adoring students is actually rather annoying. Luckily the new P.E teacher, Ono, has taken the brunt of the girl’s attention away. The poor guy gets attacked by the scheming debutants on a daily basis! When Ono approaches Kijima for advice on how to deal with the bold advances and confessions from his students, Kijima finds himself intrigued by the shy, timid teacher. (Source: DMP)
He was my lover in High school, my upperclassman, beautiful, malicious Shinobu. He was also the one who took away everything, whether it was my first kiss, or my first time. Then, after the graduation ceremony, he completely disappeared. Four years have passed since then, and right when I thought I’d already forgotten all memories about him, he suddenly appeared in front of my eyes, more beautiful and charming than ever… Now, even though he’s willing to open his body for everyone, the only thing he gives me is his cruel words. But no matter what, I still want to be by his side… So I started working a part-time job at the bar where he’s working… Makoto Tateno’s super dry superior beauty capture method. (Source: DokiDoki) *This volume includes the three-part title story as well as the three shorter stories "Let's Forget", "Freedom From Constraint", and "Stirring Technique".*
Kai, who’s lover was murdered, searches for the murderer in the city controlled by Saruto and Maina. He finds a man with the same ring as his dead lover. Steel Ratri… (Source: Manga.Club)
Hiroto, a student at an all-boys' school, listens as his childhood friend, Satoshi, confesses that he is falling in love with Nao, an upperclassman in their school club. But Hiroto is perplexed that the object of Satoshi's affections is Nao - the same Nao with whom Hiroto spent an evening! (Source: June)
When Tomoya Nonami, a smart introverted student, is asked by their class advisor to teach the school's notorious skipper, Katsuaki Higa to prevent the latter from repeating another year for the third time, he is not sure what to expect. To Tomoya, Katsuaki is someone unique and unpredictable and he's not sure what to feel about him. Meanwhile, for Katsuaki, Tomoya is an enigma he can't help being drawn to. Between their complicated emotions and memories of the past, will the two of them be able to realize what they feel for each other? (Source: Futekiya)
Told through two perspectives, this is a tale about a world about to end and a dazzling time of youth— Kusaoka Haruma, a student from a low-end high school, and the angelic underclassman Chigusa Yu. Two people who should not be in the same year level end up meeting as a result of a fateful incident. Abnormal weather, abnormal phenomena, abnormal actions. An ordinary life that falls off the rails little by little, and a bizarre urban legend. According to "The Random Crossroad"—at midnight, if you come to the end of the T-juncture and choose the wrong path, you can never come back. As they chase after a girl whose whereabouts are unknown as a result of these events, could what they find exceed Haruma and Yu's wildest expectations…?! (Source: Fantastic Memes)
From Ponent Mon: Seventeen authors (nine from France or French-speaking countries, eight from Japan) brought together in the same book, a succession of freely created short stories about the same universe: Japan. The French, of course, journeyed to Japan for the occasion. Each cartoonist was sent for two weeks to a different city in the archipelago (Joann Sfar in Tôkyô, Emmanuel Guibert in Kyôto, Nicolas de Crécy in Nagoya, etc.) to bring back an original creation. The Japanese tell us about their district, the city where they live or where they originally come from (Kazuichi Hanawa's story being about the northern island of Hokkaido, Jiro Taniguchi's about the town of Tottori, etc.) The result is often inspired, always surprising: Japan through new eyes. "Japan" will appear simultaneously in French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and English. Along with "A Patch Of Dreams" by Hideji Oda, it is the first step in a series of international creations with left-to-right reading direction, created for us by some of the best European and Japanese comic book artists. List of included short stories: At the Seaside - [TAKAHAMA Kan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4331) The Gateway - David Prudhomme Summer Sky - [TANIGUCHI Jiro](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=714) Now I Can Die! - Aurélia Aurita Osaka 2034 - François Schuiten & Benoît Peeters Shin.Ichi. - Emmanual Guibert The New Gods - Nicolas de Crécy *Kankichi* - [MATSUMOTO Taiyou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=361) The Tokyo of Qualtérou - Joann Sfar The Sunflower - [Little Fish](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=19995) The Song of the Crickets - [ANNO Moyoco](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=152) In Love Alley - [Frédéric Boilet](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=6069) The City of Trees - Fabrice Neaud The Festival of the Bell-Horses - [IGARASHI Daisuke](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2216) In the Deep Forest - [HANAWA Kazuichi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2080) Sapporo Fiction - Étienne Davodeau