Sachi Murakami's Manga List

The son of a liquor store, Mine, and the son of a flower shop, Chiaki. The two of them change from childhood friends to brothers-in-law due to their parents' remarriage. Chiaki, who is younger but cheeky, is a handsome guy who smiles in front of everyone. One day, Mine loses consciousness after drinking too much. The touch of someone's lips remains faintly in his hazy memory. While searching for the one he kissed, his relationship with Chiaki begins to change.

Arima loves Saeki, his wholesome and earnest lover with an enticing pheromone, but Saeki's ex is Arima's neighbor Tanaka. Saeki convinced Arima to dump Tanaka and date him instead. Meanwhile, Saeki still bears scars from the BDSM activities his ex-lover forced on him, and he feels uneasy every time Arima's is tender toward him... The title story and a newly drawn comic describing the love life of the sadistic aggressive Tanaka are included, as well as a short BL story that is a bit sad!

I'm going to quit painting... After Misaki Kurahashi loses an art competition, he becomes fascinated with the work of his fellow student, Ikkei Shibuya. While he's depressed at his own lack of talent, Ikkei encourages him not to quit, and paints a small picture of outer space in the palm of Misaki's hand. "Anyone can create a world, you know," he tells Misaki. The palm Ikkei touched grows hot... Sometimes inspiration comes from the strangest of places and dreams of love really do come true in the sweet palm of your hand.

Izumi likes two things: sweets and a boy in another class at his high school, Ibuki. Ibuki marches to the beat of his own drum, which Izumi admires. However, Izumi is approached by Ibuki's twin, Satsuki! His playboy vibe instantly turns Izumi off, but Satsuki is persistent! Flashforward, and Ibuki thinks Satsuki is dating Izumi... That's when it happens... Ibuki hisses, "I hate gays." Also included is a love story which centers around the two versatile young men, Rio and Etsu, from "Rule Number One".

Azumi Sasakawa is a proud bottom that has a side job as gay bar bartender. Currently, he only has a casual relationship with Kashima, a handsome interior designer but his interest is actually a patron from neighbor design office, Tomoki Konno. Tomoki was always a bit anti-social and would not even take the same elevator with other customers, moreover, his weak posture invokes Azumi's "motherly" instinct. After an unexpected conversation with the little guy, Azumi assumes Tomoki is cold to him because he is homophobic. Until one night, he met with Tomoki again in Kashima's doorstep... What would happen between these three? "Stairway to Love" is another heartwarming mature "Boys Love" by the fluff goddess Sachi Murakami.

After meeting each other at a gay bar, a drunken Minami confesses his feelings to his co-worker Kijima, and they start dating. Unlike Kijima, who is used to being happily in love, Minami is traumatized by his past relationships. Minami inevitably compares himself to Kijima's former lovers and feels inferior to them. Minami's emotional barriers are gradually melted by Kijima, but... In addition to the title story and new illustrations, this volume contains two other stories: the clumsy love between the sadistic Tanaka and Mizusawa, and the disparate love between Kijima's twin brother, Miyuki, and the poor student Tachikawa.