"Once I set my sights on something, I can't help but want to possess it."Dressed impeccably in a suit with a dignified expression, Shiba, a company owner who took an instant liking to Sakura, introduced as a business partner. Despite Shiba's attempts to approach him, Sakura seemed to have an impenetrable guard, appearing as difficult to conquer as a fortress. However, by chance, they met again at a bar, and a drunk Sakura invited Shiba into a one-night relationship. Yet, the next day, the cute demeanor from the previous night was nowhere to be found as Sakura acted extremely cold. Despite having desires, Sakura didn't want romance and preferred a rational relationship. Shiba, intrigued by this man who drew an extreme line, proposed a friends-with-benefits arrangement until the business deal was over-?
Hashimoto is your average office worker-young, and prone to being pushed around by his demon boss, Shirase. His only escape is his favorite online game, and the friends he's made within. But when he plans an offline meetup for his party, he gets the surprise of his life...!
When Yukiji is approached by his coworker and best friend, Kaname, with concerns about being stalked, he's ready to jump to his friend's aid. But as Kaname details the stalking incidents, Yukiji is shocked to realize that Kaname's "stalker" is none other than Yukiji and his anonymous gestures of care. Fearing he might ruin their friendship, Yukiji wrestles with the dilemma of coming clean. In fear of another visit from the stalker, Kaname asks Yukiji to stay over for the night, and he reluctantly agrees. But the night takes an unexpected turn when Yukiji awakens to find his own hand grabbing Kaname's crotch! Despite Yukiji's panic, Kaname closes in with an unknown intent... "I put my best friend into this mess against his will!" When a cunning and obsessive stud latches onto an incredibly square and clueless dork, a rom-com full of hilarious misunderstandings begins!
The kiss with the guy of his dreams tasted like coffee milk... Sora is a university student who helps out at his family bathhouse, and there was a regular customer who he found himself interested in. That customer comes every Monday night, and Sora couldn't help but follow his every movement with his eyes. One day, Sora spots him warning male customers who were acting suspiciously in the bathing area...
When a classmate finds out he's secretly a sentai star, Kaido's precious life as a regular high schooler is in danger of being stolen, and so's his heart, in this BL rom-com for fans of Hitorijime My Hero and Sasaki and Miyano! At high school, Kaido seems to be a scary delinquent, but he's leading a second life as the star of a sentai superhero live show! When sentai superfan classmate Honda discovers Kaido's secret, Kaido will stop at nothing to make sure it doesn't get out, but despite himself, the charismatic performer finds himself falling for his biggest fan...
Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are two high school students who share a common hobby: They love to watch movies. After they meet, they become fast friends, until one day, when Chiharu confesses his love for Wataru. Wataru says that Chiharu's confession doesn't bother him, and the boys continue throughout their summer, going to pilgrimages to see film spots from their favorite movies. But the more time he spends with Chiharu, Wataru realizes that he may not only be as unaffected by Chiharu's confession as he claimed to be, but those feelings may also be mutual...
A sad love story between a human and a ghost in a run-down house.
Yushi, a medical student who lost his home in a fire, moved into an extremely cheap house. However, that house ended up being haunted! The ghost keeps trying to take care of Yushi, so despite being scared, Yushi also has mysterious feelings for the ghost. And then Yushi starts to have dreams about the ghost...
A mismatched romance between Kuroda, a guy with a tough appearance, and Yuichi, a nice young man!
"My life is for the hedgehogs!" boasts Tetsu, a guy who adores hedgehogs and works at a hedgehog cafe for a specific desire. Yuichi, a mysterious customer, continuously bothers Tetsu. Yuichi always brings flashy, loud people to the cafe and is constantly annoying Tetsu with overly familiar touches. However, after an unexpected incident, Tetsu ends up having to hold lessons on hedgehogs for Yuichi alone! This romance between a mysterious actor and a tough-looking part-timer starts with hedgehogs! In this same volume is a story about a slightly sexy lesson between a popular voice actor and an actor at a critical moment in his career, as well as a sad love story with a ghost in a run-down house.
A virgin? Why would you fall in love with a virgin? This is a pure love story between two youths by Youki Fukai.
One day, Renji Sakasegawa came home from his college classes only to save Ganji Hirosue, who had collapsed in front of Renji's apartment building. As Renji listened to Ganji's story about how he came to this apartment with the help of one of his cousins, sexy moaning suddenly came from the next room. Both of them started getting in the mood, so they ended up helping each other out! Ganji adorably looked up at Renji with sparkly eyes, calling him a senpai in life. That made Renji's heart flutter. Could it be his first love? But Renji is not only a virgin but also a guy! He's completely unexperienced in both love and sex... What will happen in this romance between two inexperienced men?
Secret lessons between a popular voice actor and an actor in a critical time of his career!
Yuki, an actor who still hasn't gotten popular for his work, receives a work offer for a gay voice drama CD. He wasn't used to doing that kind of work, so it was paused in the middle of the recording and he asked Uchiura, the man playing his partner, for advice. However, Uchiura's lessons included hands-on experience for both the kiss and love scenes!
On his way home from work one day, Shiota, a hard-working businessman, stumbles upon a stranger who's about to pass out from hunger. Surprisingly, the man happens to be a co-worker from a previous part-time job, Suzuya! Unable to leave his acquaintance be, Shiota puts his years of cooking for himself to good use and whips up a few dishes to share. Although Suzuya leaves satisfied that night, he starts to make a habit of showing up at Shiota's place whenever he's in search of a good meal.
Shiota should hate having to feed Suzuya whenever he shows up, but he's actually finding himself getting quite attached to this stray cat that has entered his life...
This volume also contains the age-gap romance stories "Slate Blue" and "The Sky and Gray Blue"!
From the creator of My Summer of You comes a high school romance about two friends who've always been in the same class, but when a new school year separates them, they realize that their feelings for each other might run deeper than friendship... From their first year of middle school to their second year of high school, Kai and Ren have not only always been in the same class-they've also always sat next to each other. But in their last year of high school, the boys are assigned to two separate classes, and with each passing day, Kai feels as if he's slipping further and further away from Ren... One day, when Kai finds Ren sleeping in a classroom after school, he whispers the feelings that he can't bring himself to say out loud... and Ren hears him. Will Kai's confession draw them further and further apart, or will it be the spark that brings them back to each other once more?
High schooler Eito Tachibana has always hated his name, including all of the jokes and puns about the number 8 that have come along with it. It's as if the number has haunted him like a ghost ever since he was a child. One day, he meets a classmate named Tomoya Hatta, aka Hachi-the Japanese word for "8." What begins as casual greetings and small talk in the hallway soon becomes something much deeper, and Eito realizes that it's more than just a similar nickname that draws him to Hachi. Could the number that Eito resented for so long finally bring him something he'll love-and is that someone Hachi?
Is it ever too late to make up for a lie? Or can the opportunity be swept away, like white clouds across a blue summer sky?
It's been seven years since Hozumi left the island town he grew up on, leaving behind not only the seaside, but also Mishima-his close friend and first love from high school. The two haven't spoken since Hozumi turned Mishima down when he rejected him and lied about his own feelings, so when Hozumi returns for his high school reunion, he wants nothing more than to make amends with Mishima-a task easier said than done. In their years apart, Mishima has distanced himself from not only Hozumi, but everyone in the entire town, choosing to live alone in the lighthouse his grandfather used to tend to. Will Hozumi finally be able to break down Mishima's walls, clear the air between them, and finally confess his true feelings, or are the two fated to be separated from one another?
Nagare Otokawa was an otaku loser obsessed with breasts. He tragically died never knowing the feel of the sweet, sweet bosoms he'd craved all his life. Little does he know, his wish is about to be granted in a way he never would have expected.
Nagare gets reincarnated as a handsome guy and quickly realizes that he's living in a (BL) world full of sexy (male) beauties. Even so, he sets out to find and squeeze the bust of his dreams. He does, in fact, end up with his face planted deeply in some luscious cleavage, but to his dismay, it's the magnificent pecs of the super-muscular class delinquent, Ryuji Onizuka! Now Nagare must try to dodge his way past the barrage of BL scenarios that hurtle into his path. Will he persevere and get the busty girlfriend of his dreams, or will he end up falling for the all-man-yet temptingly bodacious-Ryuji?
Jun is a member of the boy band Primula, the son of his agency's CEO, and the songwriter for his group. Little do they know that this is a fabrication created by the CEO. Straight off the back of their band's debut, Jun is shocked to discover that Isshin, a member of the group, is the person whose credit he has been taking. Hoping that it will help vent his anger, Jun lets Isshin have sex with him, and from that day forward places himself completely at the other man's mercy. Jun does everything he's told without complaint, saddened by Isshin's hatred for him. Soon after that, Isshin has full control over his training regimen, clothing, and even his meals. But even then, Jun fails to notice the unusual fixation Isshin has on him... the messy, muddled love story of a genius pop star and a performer with no way out!
Aiji Ubukata is a highly qualified government ambassador who has almost no relationship experience. After finally being freed from the celibate lifestyle of an extended overseas position in Saudi Arabia, he realizes that even a glimpse of a woman's skin arouses him. Crammed into a crowded train on his return from the airport, he saves a beautiful man, Akira Shimizu, from a m*lester. As Akira turns to thank him, he spies Aiji's raging hard-on from their close contact...!! "I'm used to this kind of thing. Just leave everything to me..." When Akira brings Aiji to a hotel and makes him cum instantly with a blowjob, Aiji can't help but fall in love with him. However, Akira has lived his whole life pursuing purely casual relationships without opening himself up to anyone, so the idea of a relaxed date with Aiji doesn't exactly appeal to him. When Aiji asks Akira to think about a serious relationship, he dodges the subject and asks him to another hotel instead!
Naoki Kujo is an average, run-of-the-mill office worker who can't get any dates. Every time he hears stories about his coworkers' marriages and kids, he can't help but curse his own bad fortune. Bemoaning his lack of girlfriend, he signs up for a popular dating app. After painstakingly creating a new account, he almost immediately receives a new message from someone named Yuki. The two of them exchange texts almost daily, and soon decide to meet in real life. Fantasizing about the busty but dainty Yuki of his dreams, Naoki arrives at the hotel they decided on. He's so excited, he can hardly stand it...! But behind the door is not a girl at all, but the world-renowned popular, drop-dead handsome actor, Yuki Nikaido! Is it some kind of mistake?! They're both guys!! Naoki is confused by the situation, but one thing leads to another, and they end up getting physical... This is a lovey-dovey romance BL between a celebrity and an office worker!
Ino, an expressionless and unsociable office worker, lives with a younger man who is in love with him like a dog with its master. Even though the two of them barely know each other, Taichiro suddenly volunteers himself when Ino and his colleagues put out a drunken call for candidates to be Ino's partner. Ino turns Taichiro down, but because Taichiro has no home to go back to, Ino offers to let him live with him. Taichiro is patient, and although he sometimes can be touchy and steadfast about his love for Ino, he makes sure never to do anything that Ino won't like. One day, after starting to come to terms with his own feelings for Taichiro and his boundless devotion, Ino falls into a suspiciously deep puddle and somehow enters a parallel world. He finds Taichiro there, but in this world, the two of them are complete strangers, and Taichiro's cold demeanor seems to be almost the complete opposite of the man Ino knows and loves...
When Susumu, an unpopular manga author, is dropped from the magazine of his dreams, his ex-editor suggests he write boys' love manga instead. Minoru, who works with Susumu at a restaurant and secretly has feelings for him, congratulates Susumu, saying it's amazing that he received an offer to write manga. However, Susumu himself doesn't feel right about it, since he doesn't know anything about boys' love. He even begins to think about quitting drawing and going back to live with his parents. Minoru has always supported Susumu, even cooking for him regularly, but as the risk of being separated looms closer, he suggests Susumu date him to do "hands-on research" for his manga. Susumu thinks it's a fake relationship purely for the sake of research, but he's gradually affected by Minoru's honest attitude...!