The story takes place in Los Angeles in the 1960s. A pair known as "Lady and Oldman" roam the streets of the city, sometimes getting caught up with mysteries and sometimes finding solutions. (Source: Anime News Network, edited) *Note: Chapter count includes two extras chapters.*
The short story collection released by Akatsuki Natsume after volume 17 featuring a set of eight brand new short stories.
My neighbor is a delinquent high school girl? Yamada Hiroyuki is 26 years old, with a stable job and an otaku hoby. He felt overwhelmed by his family's criticism about his marriage prospects and his childish hobbies. So he decides to move out and live in an apartment on his own, but the happy bachelor life he had in mind when he moved into his new apartment was destroyed when he learned that his neighbor is a yankee schoolgirl. However he soon discovers her real personalty is actually quite kind and a little clumsy. Will these two get along for the better? *Note: Chapter count includes 17 additional special chapters.*
What happens when you take a good, long look and realize that your boyfriend is prettier that you? And what happens when you go to a high school with so few girls that you're considered a goddess? But then again, your pretty boyfriend is also attending the same school...
Sugita is a handsome, skilled, newcomer at a company who gets along with everyone…. everyone except for the petite assistant manager, Yumihara, who tend to be very strict on him. One day during his lunch break, Sugita finds a small, secluded, coffee shop named "Dead Copy" which features special tables dedicated for playing retro games. To his surprise, he also spots Yumihara completely immersed in her game like a child; opposite of the strict attitude she shows back at the office. The story follows Sugita and Yumihara's daily encounters at the arcade cafe, and how the two's relationship develop through their various interactions. *Note: Includes three bonus chapters.*
Overnight, following her father’s death, Judith found herself transformed into a baroness in debt. She realized she had been reincarnated into the very novel she had read in her past life. Determined to use the plot of the novel to pay off her debts, Judith enters the duke’s mansion as a contract daughter-in-law, where they need a fake wife for their missing son. She’ll pay off her debts and enjoy luxuries she’d never have in a lifetime. Let’s make the most of it, even if it’s just for a few months! But then— Her husband, who never returned in the novel, has come back? *“So you’re my wife. And you’re pregnant with my child.”* (Source: KakaoPage, translated)
1-3 - Natsuiro Danshi (Summer-colored Boys) 4 - Hachimitsu (Honey) 5 - Oh, My Love Life 6 - We're Happy
A young boy, Gawain, lives in a mountainous, rural area with an incredible love for baseball and making the ball really fly. One day he runs into a visitor to the small area and she introduces him to a sport that can really make a ball take to flight: golf! It just takes one shot and Gawain is hooked. With his grandpa's approval he sets off to Tokyo with this mysterious woman to learn all he can about golf, encountering many colorful characters and obstacles along the way.
Koiko has lived her life under an overly-attached mother and a distant, neglectful sister. While she dislikes the idea of drowning in it, Koiko still wants to be in love, so she settles for being an average high schooler with an average boyfriend and an average relationship. One day, the most popular boy in school, Tsurugi, sends her a message: "Your boyfriend is cheating on you." This is where our story begins! (Source: ShoujoHearts)
In a world where "today" is repeated over and over again, only "I" remembered each day. The events of "today" can be whimsical, and when "today" was over, everything will be reset, and the “today” that comes tomorrow will rarely be the same. Ayaka Aizawa lived with such a curse, until one day. "Your name is Ayaka Aizawa? My name is Michiru Inaba, nice to meet you." After that, Misuzu will continue to connect with her on the next “today.” For the first time in her life, in the repeated “today”, she could have a relationship with a friend. While being perplexed by the distance shrinking little by little, the feeling of "I" was quietly changing... Around the time Ayaka became aware of her uncontrollable emotions, something happening between she and her "girl friend." A slightly fantastical story about the clumsy feelings between "I" and "girl friend", unsure whether it's love or friendship. (Source: MangaUP!, translated)
The story follows a girl named Loletta who has promised to marry a rich man and in return, the living expenses of her family that raised her will be paid for. As a tradition on the island, brides are to spend 1 week in isolation from others before they get married. But during the isolation time an unknown man appears before her. *Note: Published in LaLa 2013-02*
Three years ago, Katsumi Yu headed to Africa for a volunteer project as a doctor. However, soon after, a civil war erupted and he was captured by a guerilla group who was desperate for a doctor to treat the injured. He kept doing what he came to do, help people in need, and he does this for several years. But with the regime change in the country, the guerilla group was hunted down and Yu was forced into a situation of kill or be killed. He quits being a doctor soon thereafter and gets a tattoo of Lucifer on his right arm as a reminder of his past crimes. Although Yu returns to Japan, he spends his days drinking. After a night of drunken brawls, he wakes up in a clinic run by Dr. Minatono. This shady looking clinic takes in all patients, even those without insurance and those who can’t pay at all, but still maintains state of the art equipment. It turns out Dr. Minatono deals with clients, such as the mob, who are unable to go to regular hospitals due to legal reasons and in exchange receives exorbitant amounts of money to help keep the clinic up and running. At first, Yu rejects the job offer from Dr. Minatono, but situations keep coming up that keep him busy in the surgery room.

