A salaryman overwhelmed by his work ends up in an unspeakable relationship with his subordinate?! Kurobashi is who the company goes to for all the issues the company is having. His only reprieve is his mobile phone social dating game. Having ascended to the ranks of chief, the overwhelming nature of his job leads him to spend all of his income on the game he's addicted to. To make some extra change, Kurobashi starts a secret side hustle: work as a male ear cleaning "maid." His first client ever turns out to be his real-life subordinate, Yashirogi?! Plus, things escalate from ear cleaning to another type of "hand" service...?! So begins this BL salaryman rom-com.
Deep in the mountains lies a land of people who live in harmony with wolves. Among them, those who are born with white hair are called "white deer," said to have descended from the white deer of their legends. Sara, a white deer raised to marry into the royal family, has always been infatuated with Prince Alaxy, well aware that the two will become "mates." However, it seems that the one Prince Alaxy has always loved is his twin brother, Nara. Sara tells himself that he does not mind being his twin's substitute. This is but one of multiple stories taking place in the world of this mystical kingdom.
Software engineer Chiaki Yanagishima is dating the owner of the club "Butterfly Kiss", Masatsugu Shibanushi. Known as "Osho" or "King", Masatsugu is constantly surrounded by women. As he continues his relationships with numerous other women, Chiaki's heart and body begin to wear thin. Every time he tries to complain, Masatsugu takes him roughly, and Chiaki just can't refuse... However, when talk of a transfer comes his way, Chiaki finally decides to break things off with Masatsugu... but will he let him?
Masachika has been reunited with his childhood friend, and what's more, he's a model! Kiwa suddenly moves in next door, but he can't take care of himself, so Masachika often looks after him. During one drunken night, Kiwa makes his move on Masachika and to his surprise, he relents?! Can they keep their relationship a secret or will they have even bigger problems to worry about?
1945, Tokushima. Yodono's a cameraman visiting the base to photograph the special unit pilots. He's photographing them with only one motif in mind: "Young and admirable soldiers." During his time seeking to photograph that, one soldier in particular catches his eye. Shizuma Tanaka, flight petty officer first class, always smiles when looking through the lens. One night, Shizuma comes to talk with Yodono. Conversations progress beyond the camera, and Shizuma directly asks, "Would you try doing this to me?" The two know that they can't be doing this, but continue to feel themselves draw closer to one another in this first chapter to a series of various characters in various places, navigating the complicated space of the military during World War 2.
Amane has taken a complete U-turn in his life, moving from Tokyo City back to the countryside after his grandmother left him her house. The night after moving in he decides to kill time by jerking off when two attractive and completely naked men suddenly appear before him! They turn out to be spirits that were sealed away in the house and are extremely curious when it comes to humans. And now they're both licking Amane all over...?! This is a love story of two doting spirits and a gullible idiot as they learn how to live together.
Sakura is a Millennial who's already been divorced. Despite being the chief of the sales department, he struggles to build a working relationship with Aoi, a new Gen Z employee. One day, while working late, Sakura decides to relieve some stress in private, only to be caught in the act by Aoi! The next day, as Sakura considers quitting out of embarrassment, Aoi surprises him by doing the same thing in front of him to stop him from leaving! Discover how a clueless Millennial and an earnest Gen Zer bridge their generational gap in this heartwarming office romance!
"When you can't forget someone, don't you think alcohol and sex are the best remedies?" Asuma met his soulmate in college, but for the past ten years, he's been heartbroken and unable to fall in love again. Now a doctor, his lingering feelings refuse to fade. After discovering that his soulmate has had a child, Asuma drowns his sorrows in alcohol. That's when Homare, a stranger resembling his soulmate, approaches him. Caught up in his heartbreak and drunkenness, they spend the night together. The next day, Asuma is shocked to run into Homare at the hospital cafe! Recently dumped by his alpha ex-boyfriend, Homare is heartbroken himself. He suddenly asks Asuma, "Why don't we become friends with benefits?" As they seek comfort in each other, can their relationship evolve into something deeper, or are they destined to remain each other's emotional bandages?
"We can't show this to our guests, can we?" Mashiro is the number one host at Blanc. But then Blanc and Noir, the sister company, merge, causing Mashiro to lose his spot to Noir's number one, Reiya. He's good at pulling in the money, but he's got a nasty and arrogant attitude. This really put a bad taste in Mashiro's mouth, since he's working hard to pay off his family's debt. However, one day Mashiro makes the decision to break the rules and sleep with a customer. But before he can go through with it, Reiya catches him outside the hotel. Mashiro prepares to get fired, but Reiya gives him a wad of cash and tells him, "If you're going to sell your body, sell it to me."
"I'm comfortable, yet I feel uneasy. I want to stay away from him, yet I want to touch him." "Love is just an annoyance." Shintaro, who is apathetic about others, meets Kippei, who becomes his mentor at the design company he enters. Shintaro first thinks of Kippei as just another coworker, but as the caring and friendly Kippei easily breaks down the walls around him, Shintaro begins to have interest in him. One day, Shintaro ends up crashing at Kippei's place after going out for dinner. Being drunk, Shintaro tells him that he's gay, and kisses him...! *Chapter 5: "Your Home" is a one-shot written by this author, and is not related to the main story.
In a world where humans and non-humans with animal forms fall in love regardless of gender or species, college student Kayu was an outlier: he could only fall in love with plants. Yet, for some reason, his heart would start racing around Chin, the panda who owns the flower cafe where Kayu works part-time. After learning this, Chin asked if he wanted to try dating platonically on a trial basis. He may not feel desire for his kind-of boyfriend, but Kayu is enjoying the warm, peaceful days they share... except that whenever he sleeps over at Chin's apartment, he has this weird dream about countless vines and tentacles crawling all over his body and having their way with him...!
Beginning Chapter 11 is a spin-off focusing on Amamiya, the guy who was trying to get between Haruhisa and Io, and a new character, Komatora!
Kitazono Haruhisa has always been popular with the ladies! But then underclassman Io appears, and all the girls including Haru's girlfriend leave him to fawn over Io. An annoyance at first, Io is soon smitten with Haru thanks to a certain incident. He's good-looking enough to get more girls than Haru, but this dang pretty boy Io just trails after Haru like a loyal pet and gazes at him so passionately... That's nothing to feel good about!! These past ten years, Haru has let Io's affection go to his head, but now...?
"That does it; my life is over now, for sure...!" -- Though he's good at his job, due to a stubborn streak and an overly serious attitude, office worker Sakura tends to take on too much. But he has a secret - after sunset on the weekends, he becomes "someone else." However, his junior coworker Arima sees him in this other form, and Sakura even gets stuck sharing his secret with the guy...!! Can straight-laced, earnest, bespectacled Sakura handle the onslaught from his blank-faced, pushy junior on top of all the rest of his stress?!
Playboy Yamada and earnest Takahashi. Oddly comfortable around each other despite being complete opposites, these two were always together. They took it for granted that those days they shared would go on forever, and yet... Even after going their separate ways, they often overhear gossip about each other. The passage of these two years has only deepened and complicated their feelings. They cross paths again, and in that moment, what course of action do they take...?
"If I went to Tokyo, maybe I could get a boyfriend!! Maybe I could fall in love!!" Or so he had always dreamed. But when college student Shota finally makes his first visit to Tokyo's gay district, Ni-chome, he strikes out big time. While despairing that he's just not cut out for dating, Shota comes across a foul-mouthed but kind donut shop owner and the delicious donuts he makes, which both help him start to get back in high spirits. However, when Shota accidentally catches sight of a new, more R-rated side of the donut shop owner... What will happen to this airheaded college student, and his dreams of true love, at the hands of this "adult" donut shop owner?!
"I've missed you, Shota…" "Tohru... Me, too...!" I still can't get used to it no matter how many times we do it, so sometimes it hurts a little... But it feels so good... When Shota returns to Tokyo after visiting home, he and Tohru enjoy a long-awaited reunion. He brings back happy news - he's come out to his family and told them that he's dating a man - and the pair's love starts heating up from there! But in the midst of that happiness, Shota starts to worry that he isn't the right match for this handsome older man and is only a burden on Tohru, and misunderstandings begin to grow between the two of them...
After splitting up with his friend with benefits, he's just been building up stress with no outlet, and so police officer Ritsu spends every day working at the neighborhood police station bursting with irritation. When a chance encounter brings him to Naoya - a man who's got Ritsu's ideal "package" - his irritated mood does a complete one-eighty. His skin is glowing, his spirits are high, and everything's coming up roses... or so he thought?!
Sumito Kayashima, a wealthy man from a long-esteemed family, passes his days in solitude. It is hard to say what our Mr. Kayashima was thinking when he suddenly visited his gardener's home... and confessed that he was in love. Angered by this high-handed and unilateral attempt at courtship, the gardener made Mr. Kayashima a cruel demand...
The wealthy Mr. Kayashima has a fine pedigree and a vast family fortune, with which he leads a solitary and idle life. Having wanted for nothing until now, our Mr. Kayashima has found an object of desire for the first time - an arrogant gardener with neither status nor fortune!
Born to a family of high standing and in possession of extraordinary wealth, Mr. Kayashima is a man of great means. He is indifferent to the ways of the world outside his mansion and rarely given to passionate emotion. And yet, our Mr. Kayashima has suddenly barged in on a visit home taken by the gardener with whom he is having a secret love affair...! In this volume: after sneaking along to the gardener's family home, a night of summer fireworks; the sweet ache of mistaken intentions in autumn; and a joyful Christmas spent in a wintry garden...