"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've known each other ever since we were in diapers. I thought I knew everything there was to know about him."
Natsuo attends the same college as his childhood friend Misaki. Campus life for the two has been going swimmingly. And because of their overwhelmingly good looks, these two never have a shortage of girls lined up after them. At a drinking party one night, Natsuo learns that Misaki acts surprisingly cute and spoiled with his girlfriend, a stark contrast to his usual aloofness. Shock soon transforms into obsession, as Natsuo begins thinking about Misaki every waking moment...! When it comes to Misaki, he has to see it all! His cute side, his body...
Mizuho is a gay man who struggles to communicate effectively, and on top of that, the company he worked hard to join has suddenly gone bankrupt. To relieve his stress, he turns to none other than Minei, a face-less masturbation porn creator. Mizuho dreams of one day getting pounded by that big ol' dick of his, too! It's just then that Mizuho would get an eviction notice from his apartment manager.... One day, Shungo, a gay video creator, scouts Mizuho, and he ends up living with Shungo in his home office, filming porn together. Shungo instructs him to hold the camera so the audience can see it sliding in and out, which was initially embarrassing, but stimulating at the same time. Could it be that this very dick is... Minei's?!
Toma, a popular member of the trending princely idol group Mellow Crown... Akito, the arrogant bad boy member of the wild idol group Dishy... After a big scandal Akito's being made to put on his best behavior, throwing the whole group out of whack. He seems uninterested in everything and even a bit boring! Toma's been his biggest fan for the longest time and can't stop craving to see that angry, arrogant attitude come back. Time to take things into his own hands! "You were so boring it was hard to watch." Akito, furious over the harsh comments, gives Toma the opening he's always wanted: devise a secret plan to bring Akito back as the best bad-boy idol out there. However, Akito might have misinterpreted the "secret" part of the plan... since when did "secret" mean "sexy favors"?!
"I don't want anyone else to see how cute you are." After his father's death, Toki worked hard to support his four younger brothers and mother. After his mother remarries, her deepest wish is for Toki to live for his own sake. As his family wishes, Toki enrolled in a correspondence high school at 27. There, he meets his younger brother's friend and actor, Takara. The overly touchy but caring Takara wants Toki to be his friend, rather than an "older brother." It was at that moment that Toki's budding feelings began. A touching and heartwarming story of first love as they search for happiness.
Hayato Fujii is a closeted gay man. To live a peaceful life, he keeps his sexuality a secret due to the trauma he experienced in high school. That is, until one day, an openly gay coworker, Yusuke Kai, blackmails him with a photo of him kissing another man. Kai promises not to expose him as long as Fujii sleeps with him just once. Fujii reluctantly agrees, but when the moment arrives, Kai seems inexperienced...? A wonderful, bittersweet love story between two men from different worlds and with completely different personalities that will pull at your heartstrings!
Naoya has always been the top dog in school. The son of a CEO, he excels in both his studies and sports. Conversely, Takaaki has always been at the bottom of the totem pole, an introvert and Naoya's errand boy, obedient to his every command. So much so that he even licked Naoya's feet when ordered. Years later, their positions are reversed: Naoya has failed at running his company and is now unemployed, while Takaaki has become the president of a successful startup. Yet upon their reunion, Takaaki continues to serve Naoya with the same blind devotion?!
Who would've thought an idol's love could be this heavy?! Mao Fukiyama is fresh out of a scandal, and currently not allowed to do much while his agency is getting things under control. The timing couldn't have been more perfect, as Taiga Endo, another talent from the same agency working as one of the top boy band idols, invites Mao to live in his apartment while things blow over. Things seem simple enough when out of nowhere Taiga offers to spice things up after the two have some drinks...!
"It might be you who gets full, first." Chief Togawa, most admired businessman in history, is possessed by an incubus?! Utsuse, a humble salesman, works vigilantly hoping to someday reach an inch closer to the ace of the company, Chief Togawa. However, the Chief suddenly transforms into an extreme sadist, possessed by an incubus. To save the Chief's life, "You must have sex" orders the incubus with the exact same attire of Chief Togawa. Sadist incubus persona, and the kind Chief Togawa entangles Utsuse between bed sheets... at the office, or anywhere, before the magic wears out to eat Chief Togawa alive. A BL romance with a black magic twist.
*This volume compiles ch. 1-6 of "Tell Me When You're Full!"
"Recently, I've been having the same nightmare every night."
Yashiro has been struggling with insomnia ever since starting his new job. The reason? His new boss, Isshiki, is an old classmate who once witnessed the most traumatic moment in his life. To cope with his sleepless nights, Yashiro turns to one-night stands whenever he can't sleep. But one night, when things take a turn for the worse, Isshiki unexpectedly comes to his rescue, and somehow, they end up sleeping beside each other?!
That night, Isshiki appears in Yashiro's dream as Yashiro's favorite character, the demon lord, Toma. Unlike the real Isshiki, this dream version is sweet, tender, and showers him with affection. Surprisingly, Yashiro wakes up feeling strangely refreshed... Could this be the cure for his insomnia?
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...!
"I want many more people to recognize your talent and appeal." - Orihara takes pride in Narikawa, the actor whom he manages. Narikawa is wary of strangers and distrustful of other people, but he has a pure heart, and his incredible acting skills set him apart from other young actors. While supporting him closely as a manager, Orihara begins to grow fond of him; finally, he agrees to help relieve certain physical urges for Narikawa. From then on, Narikawa's attachment to Orihara grows deeper day by day, until...? A quiet, but intense romance between a clumsy actor and his older manager.
Takakura and Yatsuka, who attend the same university, are such close friends that they live together. However, when Takakura told him "I have feelings for you," Yatsuka started rushing things forward without stopping to think it over?! I like you... But now's not the time!! It's a love affair that twists itself into knots while these two guys impatiently race around and around only to get nowhere.
"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?!
One day, my older brother came home with a young coworker, and I'd never seen someone so innocently, earnestly, uselessly in love as this guy was. What does he mean, just looking is enough for him? Getting off is obviously the better option here. His attitude was a novelty to me, as a notorious slut (and card-carrying bottom to boot). So at first it was out of curiosity, plain and simple, that I laid hands on him without a second thought (figured I'd let him show me the sexual side he can't show to the one he so virtuously loves). That was the idea, at least...
High school sweethearts Akiharu and Teru were as happy as could be. However, those happy days did not last for very long. Teru, who was aiming to become a professional soccer player, had an unexpected accident one day... After losing out on his soccer career, Teru began to grow sullen and mean, almost like he'd become another person, and finally the damage spread to Akiharu, too... "I'm telling you to go sleep with another guy!" Following that order from his beloved boyfriend Teru, Akiharu smothered the pain in his heart and set out for a gay bar...
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?!