Tomo, who's tired of the unfaithfulness of his step-mother, makes friends with Yuuichi, who lives next door to him. An incident happened over the summer and Tomo believes that he will never fall in love with anyone and that it's meaningless. Yuuichi comforted Tomo by telling him that he will definitely fall in love with someone one day. And ten years later, Tomo didn't expect to serve as the spirit of a first love... The cause of all misfortune is the curse of the first love. (Source: Digital Manga Guild)
When his love stricken brother commits suicide in his youth, the footsteps left behind lead him to a detective. Because of the unusual scent of the cigarette the neighbor smokes, a maze of suspicion and doubt are created that reach the courts. A story of a painter living in isolation on the outskirts a town, and a young man who becomes entranced with a secret painting by his grandfather. Know at the end you cannot turn back when the enigma that is love calls. (Source: Tokuma Shoten, translated) *Note: Includes two extra chapters.*
A manga essay about Sakae Kusama's work mixed with a classical BL office romance.
Quirky romantic tales of Mizusawa twin brothers and their loves. 1. Kiss, Syrup 1 2. Kiss, Syrup 2 Mizusawa Ryou's story. Ryouji is constantly being mistaken for his brother by his brother's current boyfriend and consequently get into fistfights. The neighbor Kishida underneath the Mizusawa twins' apartment is sick and tired of hearing the loud banging noises coming from upstairs, so he goes up to confront them... 3. Carnivorous Animal's Table Manners Andou is intrigued by Mizusawa Satoshi, a seemingly elegant yet cold senpai, but he's someone to avoid. Yet somehow he finds himself in a restaurant with Mizusawa at his side. He soon discovers Mizusawa stopped eating meat a long time ago ... why? 4. Just Between You and Me (part 1) Ookouchi is a graphic designer who constantly gets hit on by female colleagues... unfortunately for them, he's a "bona-fide gay". While stopping by the office one day, he meets Mita, a straight forward guy who he starts to fall for. Maybe Mita is interested in him as well? .... or perhaps, the way Mita acts is not because he is gay as well, but for a completely different reason! 5. Just Between You and Me (part 2) Ookouchi and Mita must work out their feelings, for each other and for other romantic interests. 6. Spring Fingertips A story of two childhood friends - one who is very kind but slightly dense, and the one who is in love with the other. When the second finally decides to confess, how will things work out?
An electrician called to a remote job deep in the mountains discovers the startling reasons behind the behavior of the house's lone occupant, an eccentric young sculptor. (Source: SuBLime)
Collection of stories: \-Haru mo Yoiyoi (Hot springs) by SHIMIZU Yuki \-Genma to Chikkoi no (Genma and the tiny one) by KANE Hikaru \-NAKAYOSHI Four Men by NATSUME Isaku \-Genma-san no Sainan (Genma's Misfortune) by KITAZAWA Kyou \-Hajimete no XXX (First XXX) by FUSAMA Sakae \-Bokura no ano ko kawaii ko by FUJIKAWA Touko \-Doitsumo Koitsumo by HASHIMOTO Aoi \-Imadoki no Renai Kousatsu by KOBATO Mebaru \-Kotodama-sama Petit by KITAKAMI Ren \-Kotoha-chan by MONCHI Kaori \-Orusuban by OGURA Muku
For a captain and a subordinate, pure love is born out of an unfeeling time of war, strict rules and order, and a superior-subordinate relationship. Settled in the southern front, a subordinate, Hayakawa, is often punished for causing minor problems by the strict captain, Takeuchi. However there is a secret between the two of them… (Source: Nakama)
Misawa, a police officer who feels somewhat cold and disillusioned toward romance, one night encounters a woman who is a victim of stalking along with Tomoeda Naoyuki, the man she has hired as her "rental boyfriend." At first glance, Tomoeda looks highly suspicious. With his droopy eyes and a sweet, handsome face, he seems like a gentle pretty boy, but he’s aloof, hard to pin down, extremely pushy, and completely does things at his own pace. Starting from the very next day after their meeting, he begins seducing Misawa with lines like, “Why don’t we have a ‘no-strings-attached’ relationship?” — words whose true intentions are impossible to read. Though bewildered, Misawa finds himself overwhelmed by Tomoeda’s persistence and ends up allowing a kiss…!?
I'm a sorcerer's apprentice. The sorcerer, Sentarou-san, was the one who kidnapped me from my family and told me to live with him. But Sentarou-san has probably killed people before. Depicting the cool and gentle daily life of a useless adult and a lonely child.
Takashi comes from Tokyo to a mountainous village, and his eyes light up with the superstitions and customs unique to the countryside. Yashichi, a mysterious boy who attracted Takashi's heart outstandingly, did not fit in with his surroundings and was clothed in loneliness. Could he be a disguised fox? Or maybe it's a tengu...? From the recuperating mother to the gossipy villagers, no one will tell you the important truth...
A two-volume compilation of the popular one-page series in FEEL YOUNG magazine, where various mangaka share their food-related memories or current favorite meals!

