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Hatsumi is a straight-laced office lady who is devoted to science and has nothing to do with fashion or play. One day, she obtains a patent for her work and receives 17,830 yen in pocket money every month. Hatsumi tries a little luxury for the first time according to her heart's desire, but every day is new.
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Shigeru is a smooth-talking 2nd-year student at Tsunekusu Gakuen, which prides itself on offering an enjoyable school life for all students. To this end, there is a shop that almost every student knows about, selling everything from exam cheat sheets, scouting reports for upcoming matches, photos of girls, and even things that look like love potions. In the past, good luck charms for attaining love were also sold there and were quite popular. This shop is known as ‘gakuen seikatsu sougojo kenkyuukai’ (research society for helping each others’ school lives), shortened as ‘gojoken’. Shigeru went to check it out of curiosity and instead found the school idol Yukino there as a replacement sales person for the leader. Irritated at her awkward service, he decided to help himself, but ended up being mistaken for a salesperson by the other students. One day, Yukino called him up to the rooftop and gave him a stapler. She told him that it was a stapler of eternal bonds.
It was a time when idols brought hope to people. Their radiance reaches even the youngest of boys. A traumatized boy, Setsuna Sakura, happened to see an idol's live performance and was touched by the brilliance. Longing to be an idol who is adored by others, Setsuna decided to audition for an idol agency to make his dream come true. This is the story for those of us who want to shine as much as we can in our limited time. (Source: Ura Sunday, translated) *Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.*
The manga centers on Nagisa Hinata, a woman around 30 years old who is despairing after her job isn't going well and she finds out that her boyfriend is cheating on her. She meets a high school boy named Itsuki Seno, who saves Nagisa from someone trying to pick her up while she's feeling down. (Source: Anime News Network)
At just nine years old, Kiri leaves his sleepy village in the countryside and sets out to make a living for himself. With the help of a traveling merchant, Kiri reaches a bustling seaside town—where he’s betrayed and almost sold into slavery. He manages to escape, but now he’s all alone in the strange town with neither a roof over his head nor a coin in his pocket. The streets lead him to the Raging Kelpie’s Tail, a guild of adventurers. Its colorful characters take Kiri under their wing and watch over the earnest boy as he overcomes challenges and grows both in height and spirit. (Source: J-Novel Club)
