Carefree Asahi's school is divided into two curriculums: one for ace students who devote their lives to serious study, and one for ... shall we say, students who care more about enjoying life than having good grades (like Asahi herself!). When Asahi's dorm suddenly burns down, her options are to live with her aunt far, far away (leaving no time for hanging out after school), or accept the class presidents' generous offer for her to move in to the smart kids' dorm, where she must pretend to be a stick-in-the-mud studier or lose her housing. But her first night there she helps a mysterious boy back into the dorm after he breaks curfew ... and she must decide if her crush is worth breaking the smart kids' rules.
Can a poem save your life? Words are powerful. Insults and rumors can derail a career; a bit of encouragement can give someone the strength to pursue their dreams. When a high school boy skipping class to sketch shoe designs and a taciturn woman drinking a morning beer meet in a Tokyo park, they say little but the woman bids farewell with an ancient tanka poem. Will the boy figure out the poem's meaning before it's too late?
It was the final summer of college - the final summer before becoming a working member of society...Miharu is a senior in college whose dream is to be a high school teacher. She's overjoyed when she receives her results from her certification exam. Amidst her excitement though, her friend and fellow aspiring teacher Yuichi, confesses to her! Unfortunately, Miharu is conflicted. Despite having the same feelings for Yuichi, she finds herself unable to say 'Yes'. It all goes back to 2 years ago, when her close high school friend and crush, Hinata suddenly passed away.Even in a world without Hinata, Miharu can't seem to let go of him. On her annual visit to his grave and the beach where they used to spend their school days together, she continues to contemplate. trying to sort out her feelings. But right when she decides to head home, she has a shocking encounter!
Life was good for Sumire Iwaya... until the day she discovers her boyfriend is cheating on her, she gets demoted at work, and her life spirals toward the dumps. Things take a turn for the better when she crosses paths with Momo, a homeless guy with a colorful past who puts a bounce in her step and a shake in her hips. It takes two to tango, but when Sumire's first love reappears in her life, will this be the last waltz?
Mikako Nagamine is recruited as a pilot to fight in the interstellar war against a force of alien invaders, leaving behind her one true love. Mikako's only connection to Noboru Terao, who continues living the life of an ordinary student, is through cell phone text messages. As Mikako travels light years away, it takes longer and longer for Noboru to receive her messages, until finally one arrives eight years and seven months after she sent it...
"If you want a boyfriend that bad, I'll go out with you." Growing up next-door neighbors, Reita Kikuchi and Makoto Sakurai's parents are friends, and the two of them have known each other forever. But one day Makoto is suddenly thrown into a relationship with that narcissistic and self-absorbed playboy, Reita-her old childhood friend! Follow Makoto's adventures as she navigates the ups and downs of dating the egotistical boy-next-door in the first installment of this romantic comedy!
Emi Machida has led a hard life, but she's learned to be an optimist...even if her first housekeeping job is at a dilapidated house. Which, that would be one thing, but the home's resident happens to be Akihito Fukase, a popular novelist of an erotic mystery series...and quite the erotic himself. Emi puts her foot down when he tries to use her to help him get material for his books, but when her house suddenly burns down and he offers her a place to stay...somehow, she can't resist!
There are so many things she wants, but she still hasn't found out what she's looking for ... That's Fu Arisugawa, an office worker too busy with her shopping spoils and whose motto is "Shopping is Living". Meanwhile, for reasons she doesn't understand yet, she's interested in her cool-tempered and reserved boss. And there are her friends, too. Rio, who keeps her feelings towards Fu a secret; Mizuho, who always ends up dating losers; and Enjoji, who keeps interviewing University of Tokyo grads for an arranged marriage ... Each are lost in their own way while searching for happiness. These four Alices wander through their lives of love ... and shopping!!
Never ending murders and accidents... People around her have turned up dead since she was a little girl... One day, the girl who attracts death is saved by a young man with cold eyes...
More than a boss, but not quite a lover.The current worry of Moe Amamiya, who works at a medium-sized lingerie company, is that her sex life with her husband is practically nonexistent. Whatever she does, whether it's dropping subtle hints here and there or trying to seduce him outright, nothing resonates with him... But then, on the day she and her husband hit a new record in the number of days without sex, Moe gets called over by her boss and colleague, Shinozaki. The two of them share a "little secret" that's going on in a secluded fitting room area..."If you keep this up, I'm going to cheat on you."
Art model Mai is totally misunderstood. Since she poses in the buff, people expect her to be some kind of deviant. She's basically resigned herself to mediocrity when a chance encounter with Takashi, an artist, changes her perspective.
I'm 24, never had a boyfriend, and the furthest thing away from "pretty." I don't get how "cute girls" can be so touchy-feely and puppy-eyed... Out of the blue, Nakahara, a new employee at work asked me out! We were about to kiss, but it was a prank set up by the other guys at work... I wonder if I'll ever be popular with the guys. While I was mumbling at the family altar, the Onono Komachi appeared in front of me! And she's my ancestor!? And she's gonna give me tips on how to be get male attention!?
"I did tell you not to underestimate youngsters' sex drive, didn't I?" His face is closing in, my body's heating up... sometimes, my body just won't listen to me anymore...
One day, I will show him every part of me... A girl and an art teacher, both hurt by the loss of their precious... They get close to heal each other's hearts...
My younger boyfriend has been stolen by the only woman I trust in the office...!? I'm not going down until I win him back! I'll definitely reconcile with him!
Their bodies pressed together under the sheets, close enough to feel each other's body heat... Sayo was by herself in the nurse's office when the guy who is the reason for her to be there showed up...
"Do you really call that a True Love?" 10 seconds after they met, Aki and Haruto started dating. This is a story of the two in search of what "Love" is.