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?
Saku and Azusa have been together. They were even born the same minute. Now that they're off to college, it's finally time for them to separate, and the ever-anxious Saku is feeling lonely while the calm and cool Azusa is as aloof as ever. One day, Saku suddenly hears Azusa in his head! What's more it almost sounds like Azusa is in the middle of pleasuring himself while looking at Saku's photo! Will this newfound power bring the two closer or will it drive them apart?
College student Ichiki can't help but beguile everyone around him with his dazzling smile. But the one person he's head over heels for is... his ultra ordinary manager Mr. Yomura! Homely but hardworking Mr. Yomura stole Ichiki's heart, and after a tireless pursuit Ichiki managed at long last to get his hands on boyfriend status. Now, three months since they started dating... they still haven't made any progress in their relationship?! Even with all the romance tactics popular-guy Ichiki has at his disposal, Mr. Yomura is a formidable conquest...
"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...
Kyoya is a voice actor who exclusively voices tops, Kaoru is a boys' love manga artist, and they've been in love since college. Now, the pair rent basically live together, and every moment is as sweet as pie. Even though Kyoya voices tops in his work, in real life he's a bottom -- and he's got the most coquettish, syrupy moans. A BL between two professionals that's simply overflowing with a love as sugary as honey!
Everyone at the office is a little afraid of the boss, Mr. Mano, probably because he's always scowling and rarely talks. When Akane hits a rough patch and has little choice but to crash at Mr. Mano's place for a while, he spends his days on edge, painfully aware that he's an unwelcome guest... Until one day, in a strange turn of events, Akane finds out Mr. Mano's "dark secret" and can't help but feel a sharp twinge of affection. The guy's got a scary face, but then he'll get all bashful and turn pink, or let out a shy little laugh, or... Hang on, this is just way too cute!! A super lovey-dovey romcom chock full of books that don't match their covers, starring a do-gooder businessman and his grumpy-faced boss.
University student Yoshiyuki and his boyfriend Yuzu have moved in together, and things are going great. Yuzu's not always the most open about his feelings, but natural nurturer Yoshiyuki is happy to coddle him a bit. There's just one problem!! Yuzu is totally new to dating, and even a single kiss leaves him beet-red with embarrassment, so these two aren't getting anywhere in the bedroom... Dreaming of all the hot and heavy fun they could be having, Yoshiyuki makes a deal with Yuzu to make their one-month anniversary their first night together. When the day finally arrives, will Yuzu be up to the task...?
"Say hello to our new son!" Ryo Miyano is an architect and a wonderful cook. He likes kids and wants to be married, yet (for his own reasons) is still single in his thirties. One day, his closest friend, Taiga, comes to ask for help when his apartment is now ruined after a fire. Now, the two of them will live together alongside Taiga's nephew, Ritsu, that he's only recently taken custody of. But Ryo gets more than what he bargained for since his new housemate has harbored feelings for him since they were in college. Now he can't even go a day without being drowned in Taiga's advances! A sweet love-comedy about a man and his best friend/secret admirer dipping their toes into fatherhood.
Yuasa is a capable worker on the fast track to success. He has a nice face to boot, but his personality is a bit of a problem..! As he carries on with his power-harassment toward the new trainee, the amicable Iguchi, it soon comes to light that Iguchi is the CEO's son... In exchange for not telling his dad about said power-harassment, Iguchi offers him a deal...?!
Toma Sugawa is a cool-headed, unsociable businessman. For some reason, he's not in a relationship, and he spends his life watching the days go by. One thing that has become a part of his daily routine is waking up one of the tenants in his grandfather's apartment complex. That tenant is Kaoru Aida. He has countless alarms go off, and still doesn't wake up until Toma comes in to wake him. On top of that, he asks Toma to wake him up the next morning, without a lick of remorse. With an attitude like that, of course Toma is on the verge of snapping. But one day, Toma goes to wake him up as usual, and Kaoru, still sleepy, pushes him down?! Enjoy this clumsy, blooming love story between an inconsiderate guy and a guy still stuck on his ex!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-6 of "The Seduction of the Deep Sleeper"
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...?
On my first day working part-time at a bookstore, the trainer Kai was so mystifyingly handsome that the very next day, I impulsively asked him out!! He was so quick to agree that I couldn't help asking, "Are you sure you understand what I mean?" But he fired back with a heated kiss and said, "You mean this, right?" That blitz attack had me completely head over heels, but then I learned of a rumor about Kai: "He'll hook up with people, but he never lets things get serious." Huh...?!
"I've been in love with him...ever since that day when he cried underneath the fake, starry sky. I didn't initially intend to confess to him. I only wanted us to be closer - to spend more time together... So how did things end up this way...?" Kawai is a member of his high school's Astronomy Club. He grows close to Ohara, his fellow classmate, when Ohara helps him out with his club's exhibit for their last school festival. After the two graduate, their paths begin to diverge, little by little...until one fateful day. So close that they can feel each other's breath, yet so tragically distant. A romantic tale of two men constantly just beyond each other's reach. Chasing after one another, like shooting stars.
I know you, though I doubt you know me...... Five years ago, while keeping his face hidden, he spent one unforgettable day and night with another man. When a total coincidence brings them back together, the long-banked fires of his passion reignite and he finds himself once again desperately yearning for the other man.
"From all appearances, that customer seems to be the type of person who's truly good to the core, and as hard as I tried, I couldn't bring myself to be annoyed at him..." Sachi works at a hostess bar as wait staff and absolutely hates people who most would consider to be "good-natured". He hates one particular male customer above all -- Sasagawa, who is anything but your ordinary "good person." He bumps into Sachi and nearly makes him spill alcohol all over himself. Sasagawa protects Sachi and even goes so far as to try to tip him. Sasagawa's kindness has everyone spellbound. Sachi, however, refuses to be fooled by people like Sasagawa. Why does Sasagawa's kindness give Sachi the sinister urge to screw him over...?
"If I win, I get to do whatever I want to you, right?" Shou spends his days on the receiving end of his very intense father's wrath. Shou lets out his pent-up frustrations at a bar, with a little game. What kind of game, you say? The salacious kind -- the man who outdrinks the rest gets to spend the night with Shou. However, one day, a mysterious man named Ichijo disrupts Shou's game and even goes as far as to lecture him on it! What happens when an irritated Shou tries to give Ichijo a piece of his mind...?! A clumsy love story between an unfriendly hottie and the heir to a traditional inn!