Chihiro is the heir to Tsurumaruya, an old, well-established Japanese confectionary. He is secretly in love with Katsumi, a childhood friend, who is also the manager of the store. His feelings for the over-protective Katsumi keep growing, but Katsumi wants to fulfill the last wish of the previous owner and live his life as the manager. With the two of them unable to connect their feelings, Chihiro is asked to go to Tokyo by an important customer. The lives of the master and manager are bound by family tradition. In addition to this popular series is a story about a nephew who suddenly ends up living with President Mori and two new stories. (Source: DMP)
It was once a land in which the peace was protected by a king who ruled from the center of the empire. The singers who lived in the villages of the land supported the king with their song. However, they lived as if in captivity and her destiny was to sing constantly. The strength of the singers has been transmitted only from mother to daughter. The singers were closed by order of the king in towers and should always sing lullabies. If a village lost his song, it was faced with ruin. The siblings Kain and Maria have a singer as mother. When Kain finds out that the village uses the singers, he protects his sister Maria to preserve her from such a destiny... *Note: Includes the one shot Darika (ダリカ).*
Before Minari knew he was gay, he convinced himself he was incapable of falling in love. Having spent the last five years settling for just sex with a friend from high school, he surprises himself by falling in love with and impetuously confessing to an acquaintance, Shinkawa. But will Minari's fragile ego be able to withstand the fear and uncertainty of a real love relationship?
Lonely Mitamura may be a teacher at the exclusive Sheol Soul School – an academy dedicated to the afterlife – but he has a lot to learn about human emotions and helping others. In fact, his star pupil Tsuru thinks she’ll teach him a little lesson by running off during a field trip in the living world. Now, Mitamura has only seven days to track Tsuru down with the help of a brand-new (deceased) sidekick. Will the clock run out before they find her? (Source: DMP) **Included one-shot:** Volume 1: Susukaburi
Matsuda moves to Tokyo to experience student's life for the first time. Already at the first day he meets his neighbour, who lives with a small girl who calls him Yo-chan. Why are they living together and where's the mother of little girl, and also why Matsuda is so interested in their affairs... (Source: Wasurenagusa)
This is a heart-warming collections of short stories following a group of individuals who are bound by the red string of fate and are searching for love, in any one of its countless forms. Will any of these men find what they're so desperately searching for? Hino and Takechi are co-workers hurled into the unknown when they're suddenly abandoned during a company drinking party. Was it all just a drunken mistake? Tetsu is a nursery school teacher who is enamored by Natsume, his student's older brother. Is age really the only problem here? Yoshiya and Hisaya are siblings whose family was torn apart by failure. Can they mend their family's broken bond? Asahi travels to his hometown for his high school reunion, is delayed enough to miss it, and then bumps into Kanji, the only person he wanted to see. Is fate cruel or kind? (Source: DMP)
Rikuro has been in love with his best friend, Yasutaka, for ten long years. Convinced that he never had a chance, he hid his feelings and moved to Tokyo, dreading the day that Yasutaka would get married and start a family. All that changes at a party one night when Yasutaka admits that he gave in to a desperate co-worker and slept with him. With a renewed sense of determination, Rikuro decides it's time to finally make his move, but his gamble may mean losing his best friend! (Source: DMG)
One volume of dark supernatural short stories. Living spirits, oni, death and reincarnation are some themes in these creepy tales. (Source: Storm in Heaven) 1. Greeting 2. Burial 3. Fallen 4. Invitation Also includes the (non-horror) one-shot, "The East of the Sun, The West of the Moon".
One evening while hanging out, Oku confesses to his friend and neighbor, Kanbayashi, that he is not attracted to women at all and thinks that he might be gay. One thing leads to another, and the two find themselves between the sheets sharing a night of passion. From that day on, though, the pair act as if nothing at all happened. Kan goes on to date a string of women while Oku begins seeing several different men. Three years on, things come to a head during Christmas break, with secrets laid bare between them. Where will things go from there? Two university students explore love, sexuality and friendship in this gentle coming of age tale. (Source: DMP)
1) Dazzling College student Keisuke often picks up his younger brother from elementary school, and talks with handsome Murakami sensei. As they gradually become closer Keisuke finds himself thinking about Murakami in more than friendly terms. 2) The Flow of String Yamazaki sensei finds himself paying special attention to archery club student Yagi. At first Yagi is just his cute student, but as his body matures Yamazaki's feelings for the boy begin to change as well. 3) A Cracked Pot with a Battered Lip Super-pervert Haruto started his relationship with Masumi by asking him weird questions, and later graduated to kinky sex play. But suddenly Haruto starts asking other people his questions, is Masumi going to be dumped? 4) The Shadows Under the Tree When Takuma's father remarried he acquired an older brother as well. But three years later his stepmother has passed away and Takuma is well on his way to becoming a deliquent. Something dark and disturbing is happening in his home... 5) Lending and Borrowing Doctor Miyabi isn't that great with kids and trouble communicating with his young patients, however pediatrician Toyama is great with children, not that Miyabi would ever ask for his help! Former classmates they were always compared to each other and Miyabi always felt he came up short. But is that the only reason for Miyabi's hostility? 6) Deception of the Fingers After breaking up with his girlfriend, Mita threw away all the things she bought for him. He met a salesperson, Ootani, when he was buying new ties. When Ootani was putting on a tie for Mita to try, Ootani’s beautiful fingers attracted him. He invited Ootani for dinner to thank him. Will this relationship progress any further?
On Emperor Shion’s first venture to the red-light district, he encountered a caged male prostitute named Moegi ready to be sold to the highest bidder. Shion was immediately smitten by Moegi and paid off his contract. However, could this seemly incidental rescue turn out to be a conspiracy…? (from Fantasy Shrine)
Yamato met a pretty man, Onodera, on the night of his father’s funeral. Onodera told him, “Are you sensei’s son? You really look like him.” It bothered Yamato a lot when Onodera kissed him when they met later to tidy his late father’s works. Was Yamato a substitute for his late father? (Source: Attractive Fascinante)
