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Persistent mediocrity hasn't dissuaded Fukutsu Toshi, captain of a lame high school baseball team, from his love of the game. But when the principal, dissatisfied with their losing performances, threatens to take away their playing field, Toshis is forced into action to turn things around with all out efforts. But facing him at every turn is endless adversity. Nothing is ever easy for him, but luckily, Toshi has the determination to beat it all. (Source: MangaNews)
Sakurako lives a life far away from falling in love, and by the time she realizes it, she is already 25... One day, she finds out that her cousin Daisuke, also her long-time unrequited love interest, has inherited his grandfather’s Japanese confectionery legacy. She quits her job to join him in his new venture but finds herself in a pinch when she starts managing the business! Among other things, there was a random handsome guy who collapses in front of Sakurako’s home! He said, "That smells good... can I eat it?" and when he opens his eyes he finds himself lip-locked with Sakurako...?! And exciting love comedy about an almost 30-year-old woman and a younger man who is like a cat! (Source: Kodansha, translated)
I want to get closer, to touch that person, and I want to become an "Adult". An omnibus of romance, love, and the throbbing of hearts collected in five stories from Nakayoshi authors Haruka Fukushima, Mizukami Wataru, Seizuki Madoka, Moro Orie, and Kotobuki Ebisu.
In 1661, Yasui Santetsu is a member of the Yasui House of the Four Houses of Go. However, he's beginning to doubt that Go is his true calling. Outside of the Go house, he goes by the name Shibukawa Harumi, and he's fascinated by mathematical and astronomical problems. Specifically, Harumi is pouring all of his energy into creating a new Japanese calender. The story is based on the actual astronomer and calender-reformer Shibukawa Harumi (1639-1715). In Harumi's time, the Japanese used the Chinese lunar-solar Xuan-ming calendar, which had not been updated in nearly 800 years. At that point, there was already a two-day delay in the winter solstice. He reformed the calendar based on his careful astronomical observations.
