"How about we become 'hug buddies'?" One day on her day off, Chisa coincidentally runs into her boyfriend...holding hands with another woman?! Worse yet, the notorious playboy from her school, Izumi Toudou, also witnesses her crying after the incident. The following day, he keeps pestering her to get her attention, but she ignores his attempts to do so. However, when he moves close to her ear and says, "Should I help you forget about your Ex?" and proposes being "hug buddies," she's unsure how she should react! "You're actually feeling lonely, right?" Chisa tries to act strong, but Toudou's gentle hugs and kindness slowly seeps into her heart. Check out this sweet and heart-throbbing romance that begins through an unusual relationship!
"A wicked boyfriend gets love all twisted up." High school girl, Nonoka and her childhood friend, heir to a large corporation, Kyoichi. Nonoka was used to being treated like a little sister by Kyoichi, her sweet childhood friend. However, this same Kyoichi is infatuated with Nonoka to the point that he'll do anything --- devise ways to keep men away from Nonoka, enact elaborate plans to sleep with Nonoka and even blur the lines of their friendship with the occasional hickie or bite to mark Nonoka as his. Is this dose of blind infatuation too much or just what the doctor prescribed?
I'll do whatever you want, Mikami. Kiri Mikami is a high school girl who's known as "little miss perfect" by everyone else at school. However, she actually has an obsession with innocent and inexperienced boys. She really is a normal (?) high school girl, even if she fantasizes about shy boys! One day, Kasugai, the biggest playboy in school, directly asks Kiri out. Although uninterested, Kiri is very interested in Kasugai's stories of his first dating experiences. In exchange for hearing his stories... she has to kiss him. From that day on, the two of them begin a less than innocent relationship trying to recreate the scenarios from the books she reads about shy boys...? Little Miss Perfect (atually a huge p*rvert) and Mr. Playboy (who's actually a really shy boy when it comes to romance) begin their sweet and intense love story!
"My Childhood Friend Who Loves With Me Is So Adorable It's Frustrating"Since her parents left home, Hana is stuck living under the same roof as her childhood friend, Kou. To everyone else, he's the perfect and handsome goodie-two-shoes that can do no wrong, but when it comes to her, he's completely cruel and heartless. Having to live under a situation like that is pretty unsettling for Hana, but as it turns out, Kou has always had a huge crush on her?! In fact, he finds her so cute and adorable that it's hard to speak honestly around her. As frustrating as this situation might be, at the end of the day, Kou will do anything for Hana by any means necessary. This is a sweetly flavored love story about blossoming emotions between two childhood friends.
"I'm sure I'll have to pay for this one day." When Mitsu was a junior high school student, a fortuneteller told her, "You should marry the person you love the second most." Now all grown up, she works at a clinic. One fateful night she runs into her first love, Arishima, and they start having an intimate relationship. But Mitsu is already married to a man who is a wonderful and kind husband?! Mitsu and her husband, Arishima and his wife. Four point of views, two married lives, only one way this can end... right?
"My life has totally fallen apart..." Haruko was 29, with both her 30s and a blissful marriage right on the horizon, when her fiance dropped a bomb that tore that happiness to shreds. Her friends and family do their best to cheer her up afterward, but she just can't shake the suffocating feeling that plagues her days. If only, she wishes, there were someplace where it would be easier to breathe... And that's when her old classmate Asano invites her to come join him in bustling big-city Tokyo! She went from the top of the world to rock bottom so fast, she didn't even see the precipice she'd been standing on, but now Haruko is taking the reins and starting over from square one!!
After taking some time away from relationships and love, it's been 10 years... "How can I find a girlfriend?" Mukai is a man in his 30's living at home with his family. He realized it's been 10 years since he's had a girlfriend. He told his last girlfriend, Miwako, that he wanted to "protect her". He was then told "what does that even mean?" and their relationship eventually fell apart. Ever since then, Mukai has felt things like "love" and "marriage" were distant concepts. However, he starts to find interest in the new person in the office, Nakatani...? Now begins Mukai's new search for love, stuck between new encounters and memories of his past!
Miho is a 28-year-old office worker who is uprooting her whole life and moving to the countryside from Tokyo in order to change who she is. The night before she leaves, she meets Osamu, falling for him instantly, and they spend the night together. A few months after she has started her new job, her company asks her to become the executive secretary to the new managing director, who turns out to be no other that Osamu himself! Miho has left her flashy and luxurious ways behind and looks completely different from when they first met in Tokyo, and she is desperate to keep her identity a secret from him. To top it off, she has put in place a strict NO DATING rule, so she is doing everything she can to squash down any feelings she might have towards him... Meanwhile, unaware of her secret efforts, Osamu continues to chase after her with his "Have we met before?" accusations!
Ellie is a girl who unconsciously retained some memories from her past life as an office worker in a cosmetics company. She is suddenly appointed to be the maid to the crown princess of the kingdom, Lady Arianne. However, upon their first meeting, Ellie is completely shocked with Arianne's appearance! Hives on her skin, a veil covering her pale face, this princess has kept herself locked up in the manor! It seems this all started when her father remarried, and trouble began to brew between her new mother and sister. Ellie decides to help by taking advantage of her memories of cosmetics, working to improve the mood and livelihood of the crown princess... but what will come from these efforts?!
Under her father the margrave's command, Lewis Ballantine is enlisted in the Monastery Knights to perfect her swordsmanship skills. While it's common knowledge to most of the swordsmen that Lewis is indeed a woman, crown prince and heir to the Flamelance throne, Gerald, is blind to this fact. The night of the ball for knights, Gerald appears suddenly in Lewis's room. While surprise visits are commonplace, Gerald is overtaken by this figure of Lewis he's seen for the first time?!
Princess of Goldwyn, Lutecia, has had feelings for Lord Valery, emperor of friendly nation, Reynald, since she was a young girl. Never having forgotten the promise his Lord Valery made to her 10 years ago, Lutecia, on her 17th birthday, devises a certain plan to put an end to her unrequired love. But...?
Rose Marie has spent most of her life in the royal harem of Glenfil, as the first concubine of Crown Prince Ulysses, until one day she realizes that she can't bear to stay there any longer. But no sooner has she made that decision than she gets the order to complete the "Rite of Consummation"...! Though she's technically the most senior member of the harem after her ten years of residence, due to her age she hasn't yet been recognized as an official concubine. Once she completes this rite, though, she really will be stuck in the harem forever. Rose Marie is now scrambling around trying to find a way to get out of this duty, but Prince Ulysses won't let that happen...?!
Kasuga enters high school with one goal in mind -- to get himself a girlfriend! His plans do get pushed back due to a minor car accident, but no worries...! The day he returns to school, he catches sight of Morikawa, a first-year, and it's love at first sight. Learning that she prefers the calm and stoic type, he takes drastic measures and forces a "cool guy" act. To his surprise, things seem to work in his favor. That is, until...
"This is my revenge..." The world is now in a violent era. In this world, there are twelve beings born with "Celestial Beasts" that dwell within their souls. Lyla is a young girl who has been living in a small village. She and the people of her village know that she is one of the twelve beings, a "Celestial", but her celestial beast has not yet awakened. To help awaken the celestial beast, she begins training with another of the twelve, a boy named Soju. As Lyla turns 15, an evil consort from the Shuka Kingdom reaches out to the village, with the intent of using Lyla's powers for their own nefarious purpose... From this, Lyla's destiny takes a turn for the worst in ways no one could have expected.
"Stop talking and sit down. Then, I'll teach you how to have them falling head over heels for you." Dumped after turning thirty and left on read by the guy she met at a mixer, Miho has fallen into despair as she struggles with her love life. One day she stops by a bar and meets a mysterious woman named Beniko who is surrounded by handsome men, even though she doesn't have what society would normally consider "good" looks. From that day forth, Beniko takes the clumsy in love Miho under her wing, and begins teaching her "how to be a loved woman." Every chapter includes a "Make Your Love Come True Q&A" by popular relationship columnist, and author of this manga, Yusuke Asada. Check them out for tips & tricks on how to gain confidence in yourself & improve your love life!
Sayaka Narimiya is 28 year-old, single, and works at an advertisement agency. But as luck would have it, she's been fired from her job. As an in-between, she picks up a nude modeling part-time job. While naked in front of the student artists, none other than Renji Hasumi, Sayaka's high school heartbreaker appears---. Completely flustered upon learning of Hasumi's position as associate professor, Sayaka somehow manages to finish the job and head home. It is then when Hasumi stops Sayaka for what is to be a reunion? Or maybe something else?
"You wanna get married?" I'm Ito, and my boyfriend Daisuke suddenly proposed to me! We've been together for 8 years and have been living together for 3; finally, it's my turn to walk down the aisle! But it didn't take long for the excitement to wane and my worries to set in. He doesn't rinse the dishes no matter how many times I tell him, he leaves his dirty clothes on the floor, and he's ALWAYS on his phone. Did I mention we never have sex, too? Will I truly be happy marrying him like this? It's hard for me to say what's on my mind to him, but I don't have the energy to start a relationship from scratch with someone new. With these thoughts swirling in my mind, Dai and I go on a long-awaited date and find ourselves at a mysterious shop called Cafe Untye. I drink the tea that's chosen for me and the words, "I don't want to get married!", pop out of me?! What the...?! My mouth just moved on its own...?! Cafe Untye is a peculiar place one can reach only when a "tie" leads you there. This title is a collection of enchanting stories intricately woven through the bonds of individuals who visit the cafe.
"Even rational people have their limits." I want him to wrap me in those big, strong arms... Do I really deserve this though? Kotoe and Itsuki are both 36 and met at a matchmaking party. With both thinking seriously about marriage, they agree on some rules for marriage in the form of a "prenup". But there's even a section about "Nightly Affairs"...?! To ensure there will be no problems, they decide to move in together and do a trial run. A love comedy following two adults who want to look before they leap (into marriage)!
Nanoha Kido works as a programmer in an IT company... and has a powerful enemy. That enemy's name is Mr. Haba! He's a boss who always has a cold and calculated expression, impossible to read, and is constantly putting more and more work on her desk. After getting through some extra work Mr. Haba left for her, Kido comes across the old live venue she would go to. At the show there, she finds the band she was a fan of for the longest time, with some unexpected people alongside them...!
I, Yuka Takanashi (16), am in love with my math teacher, Mr. Saeki...! He's sweet, smart, handsome... I want to get to know Mr. Saeki better. It turns out Mr. Saeki is engaged...! If I'm going to give up on him, I need to at least tell him how I feel... "Mr. Saeki... I... like you..." "Hm. Fine. I'll go out with you... if you're okay with being second." "I don't really like girls like you." Mr. Saeki... is actually more of the rough type?! There's no way I can love a guy like that...! That's what I thought at least... but why can't I keep myself from going back to him... bittersweet... a true forbidden love comedy about a teacher and his student!