"Kuramochi... I... I don't want to go home... "Suzushiro, a cool and capable businessman, is secretly in love with his charming, handsome, and reliable boss, Kuramochi. One day, after successfully closing a business deal together, Kuramochi invites him to a bar. Despite being a nondrinker, Suzushiro accidentally drinks alcohol, causing him to spill out his feelings of love and adoration for Kuramochi. They even go to a hotel and have sex...! Meanwhile, Kuramochi is also aroused by Suzushiro's unexpected charm and cuteness, unable to control his lust. An office romance between two elite businessmen!
Hojo, a motorcycle courier, picks up a delivery order and goes to an apartment, where he meets Aranami, a popular novelist. Hojo happens to witness Aranami's male partner, and realizes that Aranami is gay. Hojo thinks he will never see Aranami again. But a few days later, he receives another mail order. Feeling a bit embarrassed about seeing Aranami again, Hojo discovers that Aranami loves cats and when he asks Hojo to set a cat meowing as his ringtone, Hojo thinks Aranami is cute. A certain casual remark by Hojo unsettles Aranami. The words Hojo says remind Aranami of his past... When they meet by chance at a yakitori bar, in the flow of the conversation, Hojo tells him that he is also gay. Aranami suggests, "if you are willing, would you keep me company tonight?" It is simply a comprehensive decision for Aranami, but the world around them starts to change color... A heart-melting BL story.
The boy with the secret social media account can't resist his innocent classmate's advances...! This is a story of (surprisingly naughty) puppy love between an honor student who's starved for affection and a popular guy who likes taking care of people!
Aito, the top student in his year, has a secret. That is, he's secretly popular on social media, with 100,000 followers. Every night, he uploads racy pictures of himself and fills the void in his heart with likes from strangers.
In the new school semester, he ends up in the same class as Kyosuke, who's very popular. The pair strike up a friendship, and before they know it, they're having dinner together every day. As he spends time with the warm and sincere Kyosuke, Aito starts to discover thrills his secret account could never provide. Eventually, he's taking photos for his account one night when he starts imagining Kyosuke touching him...!
"I'm not a woman-you don't have to be gentle with me."
Kobayashi is headstrong and set in his ways, constantly clashing with his boss at work. He opens up about his pent-up frustrations to Ishihara-a former colleague who is everything Kobayashi is not: calm and collected.
But Kobayashi has an ulterior motive. Knowing that Ishihara has feelings for him, he uses that affection to maneuver Ishihara into taking him to bed. And yet...?
In addition to the title story, which paints a portrait of adult romance in all its complicated, unglamorous reality, this collection includes the "God" series-a heartwarming yet bittersweet tale of love centered around a god with mysterious powers-as well as a push-and-pull love story between an uncle and his nephew, where the real battle is over who gets to take the lead.
Akito is having a great time in college, going from one party to another. On the eve of his 20th birthday, he was looking forward to spending a fun night with a pretty girl, but he wakes up to realize he's in a bed he doesn't recognize! And, who does he see but his childhood friend, Izumi, approaching him! Akito is even more puzzled when Izumi tells him that they're in their new home. A love story between a straight, happy-go-lucky flirt and his childhood friend who's had feelings for him since preschool!
Shusuke Kinoshita is 31 years old. After being dumped by his younger boyfriend of five years, he drowns his sorrows by drinking alone in a park. Unbeknownst to him, the park is known as a hookup spot for guys, and it's not long before a young, attractive man named Eito invites Shusuke to join him at a motel. Uncharacteristically for him, Shusuke decides to accept his invitation. With the hopes of changing himself and forgetting about his ex, Shusuke spends the night with Eito...!
After falling ill during a disastrous company dinner, Nagisa is rescued by Yuma, a tattoo artist with a kind heart. Overwhelmed by his kindness, Nagisa starts crying but at the same time, his body unexpectedly reacts to Yuma's presence. Seeing his distress, Yuma reaches out to help, leading to a messy, less-than-perfect first intimate encounter. Despite the awkward start, the two begin dating. Nagisa slowly finds himself drawn to Yuma's comforting warmth and genuine care?but just as he begins to fall in love, an unexpected twist threatens their fragile bond...
Eiji Honami is a dependable manga editor-and the unwilling emotional support human for his bestselling author and childhood friend, Kaede Mishima.
Mishima can't possibly finish a manuscript unless Honami visits three times a week. Deadlines, breakups, existential crises-somehow, they all require Honami's presence (and snacks).
But Mishima's attachment runs deeper than Honami realizes, and every now and then while Honami sleeps, Mishima indulges in some very questionable... "inspiration."
Honami remains blissfully unaware of just how deep his author's obsession runs... until the day Mishima decides to make his feelings known.-Content Warnings:Explicit sexual content, dubious consent, sexual assault
Eli's boy band Vinks has just debuted! People assume success comes naturally to him since he's an alpha, but actually, as the youngest member, he has to work twice as hard. His exceptional dancing lands him a solo session with Lee Suyoung, a top idol from an all-alpha group called a-code. The piece they're dancing to is a nostalgic hit that started a "soulmate" craze. The lyrics-"You spark my heart, I need you right now"-always felt like a faraway dream to Eli. So why does Suyoung smell so sweet? Can it be that this celebrity isn't so "all-alpha" after all?!
Ryuji Matsuura is a gym teacher at an all-girls high school. As a former delinquent, he didn't mesh well with the other staff when he first started teaching. The only teacher who treated him kindly and without judgment was Hiromi Sanada, a Japanese Literature teacher. Ryuji fell head over heels, but Hiromi seemed to shy away from his advances. But then, one day, he confesses the reason why he had kept his feelings for Ryuji private. What's his big secret!?
"Please fuck me so hard I die...!" Mizuho is your average, burnt-out employee working at a horrible, soul-sucking company. Just as he's about to take his life on account of the stress, he remembers that if he kicks the bucket now, he'll die a total virgin. To die in such a manner is completely unforgivable, so he decides that he absolutely has to get laid beforehand. However, his attempts at finding someone on a dating app aren't working, leaving him even more upset than before. It's then that a grade-A hunk finds him down on his luck and offers to "take good care of him". Invigorated with the spirit of life once again, what fate awaits Mizuho? A BL love comedy featuring the blinded-by-love Mizuho and the hunky savior who appears out of nowhere to save him from his despair!
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...?
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...
"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...