*"Hey, wanna try going out with me?"* Rei has feelings for Ami, a girl in her class who's always been kind to her. So when she confesses to Ami, she fully expects to get turned down... until Ami says she likes her back! But now that they're officially a couple, Ami seems a little off. While Rei is head over heels for her, Ami is a player who isn't even sure how to love just one person. Rei is crushed by Ami's seemingly careless approach to their relationship, but even so, she won't give up. Will Rei's earnest but cumbersome feelings for Ami win out in the end? Or is the girl she loves simply too far out of reach? (Source: Yen Press)

Toritsuki Hiyori works at a very common Yokai garden. Under the guidance of Mutsu Goro, a yokai doctor, Toritsuki takes on the task of raising yokai...? (Source: INKR)

Tae-U and Yun-Sol have always been an unlikely pair. As childhood best friends, both are too afraid of losing the other to admit their feelings. But when Yun-Sol's soul becomes a part of her doll after a messy accident, things get even more complicated. Will the two be able to find a way for Yun-Sol to become human again... and find love on the way? (Source: Manta, edited) *Note: Includes one extra chapter.*

Yoshitoshi Heion, 15 years old, average guy, finally begin his high school life. He hadn't been part of any club activities during all his school life. But he meets Rina Fujimoto at his new school and she seems to want to be part of the wind orchestra. Problem: It has been disbanded last year. How will it turn out ?

Claire Martino has a fairy-tale life anyone would envy, with a noble upbringing, a crown prince for a fiancé, and a promising future ahead of her as Noston’s most powerful mage. That is, until everything crashes down around her when all of the family magical talent goes to her half sister, Charlotte, instead. With her engagement broken and reputation tarnished, Claire flees the only life she’s ever known and sets off on an adventure to find the freedom she’s craved all along. It’s anything but easy, but fortunately for a girl with dignity, talent, and a whole lot of bravery, nothing is impossible...even turning out to be a video game character! Much to her surprise, Claire finds herself periodically teleported to modern-day Tokyo where Claire Martino is no more than a side character in the classic dating sim game Upstart: Eternal Love. Yet even that won’t stop Claire from saving the day so she can unlock the good ending of her own route. (Source: J-Novel Club)

Kisa, who works hard at the family business, is a country girl that has never once been in love. One day, Amane, a young CEO who is the descendant of an old noble family, visits her family home on business and suddenly proposes to her. "I'd like to marry you." When Kisa asks why, he confuses her even more by simply stating, "I can just feel it." Eventually, his straightforward words win over her heart, and she agrees to live together with the premise of marriage. Despite his cool and collected exterior, his sweet and gentle actions bring them closer, but their new life together may encounter more trouble than expected...?! (Source: MangaPlaza)

When everyone turns 12 years old, they are granted a Mystic Arms by God. The hero-admiring Rust dreams that he'll get a powerful one of his own one day. As his fellow villagers began receiving high rank Mystic Arms one after another, Rust nervously prayed to God. Then, before him appeared a Mystic Arms of the lowest rank, a Rusty Sword. A tale of becoming "zeros to heroes" with the weakest boy and the lowliest weapon! (Source: Manga UP!)

Jurei, a royal concubine nicknamed "Snow White Sow," was banished to the red-light district after being falsely accused of a crime. Four years pass, and she’s kidnapped and makes a return to the harem. Getting recognized will only spell out death for her! But because of her slimmed down figure and the newfound shining determination in her eyes, she gives off the air of a completely different, astounding beauty! Her attempts at escaping backfire, and the skills she developed in the red-light district prove so useful that she ends up becoming a consort candidate to the emperor. Can Jurei escape the harem without anyone discovering her true identity?! (Source: Manga UP!)

A surrealist tale by the creator of neo manga, the critically-acclaimed Yuichi Yokoyama. His frenetic visual style contrasts with the taciturn pace of the story and dialogue as a group of friends wander the high-latitude areas of the strange icy Far North looking for someone. Readers of Yokoyama's other stories may even recognize some characters. (Source: Retrofit Comics)

Shizuku has no interest in romance, as her work and hobbies are enough to make her life fulfilling. Her mother wants her to marry, though, and at her insistence, Shizuku concedes to meeting Takaharu, a handsome and elite researcher, just to see if they might be a good match. Then, at their very first meeting, Takaharu pops the question out of nowhere...! He also gives a very well-reasoned pitch on how the arrangement would benefit them both, which Shizuku finds so persuasive that she accepts his proposal on the spot. Despite starting on such a mercenary note, their newlywed life sees Shizuku developing deeper feelings for the calm and gentle Takaharu. At the same time, though, the way he always maintains a polite distance and never even tries to touch her leaves Shizuku full of doubt...!! Meanwhile, Takaharu is closely guarding certain hidden feelings of his own... Letting the right moment for a wedding night slip past them was just the start of the hectic, heart-pounding romance for this adorably unfortunate fledgling couple. (Source: MangaPlaza)

The story is set between the Bugs 2 and Annex I missions, in the jungles of Latin America where Bugs Procedure experiments were done.

One of Hayashi's early contributions to the alternative manga magazine Garo, Flowering Harbour is a love story filtered through the aesthetics of enka music, known informally as "Japanese blues".