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Tomboy Biane's wish for a nice, rich father is realised, and she tries very hard to act a lovely daughter for her new stepfather. However, she has to swallow her anger at her sullen stepbrother Gona, while Gona tolerates his kiss-up stepsister for his ideal stepmother. How can they get along together? Meanwhile, Shion, the boy who has a crush on Biane, burns with jealousy when he mistakenly suspects that Biane and Gona are dating.
I was reincarnated into a world where you learn to use magic by reading grimoires. And these magic grimoires' contents are.. You wouldn’t believe it, but they look like manga. The people in this world would normally take about a year to finish reading one grimoire. But for me, it's like reading a manga, which would take me less than an hour. Interpreting and understanding all kinds of grimoires allowed the six-year old me to quickly became the world’s strongest mage. That was also when I met my bride-to-be, also six years old, and we started living a carefree life! (Source: GA Bunko, translated)
Atsushi Hiruta, who works at Tatsumi Piano Tuning, is an extremely skilled piano tuner. No matter the piano, in Hiruta's hands, it produces beautiful melodies once again. However, his personality is a bit difficult... Noble yet poisonous, welcome to the world of piano tuning. (Source: Houbunsha, translated)
1-2. **Zigzag Heartbeat** (ジグザグ・ハートビート) 3-5. **Shuwashuwa, Kirari** (しゅわしゅわ、きらり) On the summer vacation of their third year high school, Kei went to visit Koai island to meet his friend, Kou, who he have been exchanging letters with. They reunited for the first time in 12 years, Kou has plenty of friends, a complete opposite from Kei. At first, Kei is bewildered that Kou in person actually wasn’t as approachable as he was in his letters but as they share their memories together, little by little, they open up to each other. The friendship they fostered in peace changes its shape by a kiss from mere curiosity. 6. **Enkyori Renai** (遠距離恋愛)
Momoi Kampachi, as a child, loved the manga Ashita no Joe and followed his dream to become a professional boxer, but at the age of 24, he was diagnosed with a career ending injury. As hard as it was to turn away from the one thing that he worked his entire life for by sacrificing everything else, it was inevitable. His longtime friend, Oume Hiromichi, who works as an editor at a manga publisher, gets him a job. Kampachi has to restart his life and needs to learn everything from scratch but he brings the same passion he had for boxing to being an editor and fights his way through the corporate world, round by round.
A new government project is starting, where former convicts are relocated to towns without the knowledge of the citizens who live there. The trial city is Uoboka, a small town that was once a busy seaport. Now, 11 former violent criminals are being relocated to the town, and the only ones who know are the mayor and his friends. What could go wrong? (Source: MangaHelpers) *Won 2014 (18th) Japan Media Arts Festival Excellence Award.* **Includes the following short story novels:** Hamabe (浜辺), Mokei (模型), Kiyomi (キヨミ)
Chigusa is frustrated with her inability to protect her friend Arisa.
Mizuka met a strange boy when she was 13. He was her first love. But when the summer ended, even if they promised to see each other again, Mizuka never saw him again. Twelve years later, Mizuka meet the same boy again. She's so happy until she found out that he has a twin brother... (Source: Sound of Jewels)
One night, young Gen Minahiro escapes from a reformatory with only one witness: the moon. Years earlier Gen, now nicknamed Don-chan, spends his days with Tetsuya. The two are inseparable and enjoy themselves playing with Don-chan's ability to guess people's thoughts and portray them through drawings. Then comes the day when they meet their mysterious foreign neighbour Mr Coldman, and his sickly daughter Emi. They quickly become friends and, beneath a benevolent moon, Don-chan promises to portray her every year for her birthday. Years later, a terrible event radically changes their lives...