"Everyone should just be 'saba saba' like me!" Nami Amihama (age 28) works in the editorial department for a women's fashion magazine. Nami constantly uses being saba saba (aka blunt) as an excuse for her biased assertions and has been ostracized by her coworkers because of it. One day, when Nami was being her usual arrogant self, she is confronted by her antithesis, Mai Honda (age 26). Mai is beautiful and feminine, and Nami can't hide her irritation. The battle between the self-proclaimed saba saba woman vs. the true saba saba woman begins!
What would you do if you discovered someone at your work was having an affair? Perhaps you'd choose to leave the matter alone because it's not really any of your business. However, if left unchecked, that may all change in an instant.
Has an affair at your workplace gotten out of hand? Is it hindering your job and making the work environment suffocating? If so, that may be a job for Rei Saegusa, the cool and sophisticated breakup specialist at Affair Enders. Who will be Rei's target next?
Miki Kobayashi is a housewife living with her husband, Kazuya, and their two daughters. To outsiders, their family appears happy, but recently Kazuya has turned his contempt toward Miki. He belittles her work as a housewife, and the strain is beginning to take a toll on her. One day, while shopping with her daughters, Miki unexpectedly runs into Kazuya's former boss, who reluctantly suggests that Kazuya may not be faithful. Determined to protect her family's future, Miki resolves to take action.
Saki Sugita (26) is a hardworking woman with no friends and no boyfriend. She is doing well at work, but she is very awkward in her private life. She is in love with Nishimoto, her boss at work, but he's married. Just when she was about to give up, Nishimoto confides in her that he's divorced...? The relationship is gradually deepening, and perhaps marriage is on the horizon! Saki is at the peak of her happiness, but she gradually learns of Nishimoto's true nature hidden behind the happiness, through the social media account of Nishimoto's wife, with whom he is supposed to be divorced...!
While secretly practicing piano in an empty music room, Mikoto Moriwaki is suddenly kissed by a mysterious, handsome stranger. Flustered, she flees... only to encounter Kanade Sakuranomiya, the former pianist she's long admired. Kanade kindly offers her a place to stay and formal piano lessons, but her unexpected kissing partner, Keito - also a brilliant pianist and Kanade's brother - strongly objects...! A spicy, sensual tale, now in manga format!
The daughter to a family that owns a development company, Ruka Kosaka, is reunited with her childhood friend, Mikage Mizuki, after 13 years... for an arranged marriage. The two know they are getting into a loveless marriage, but if just something can help start their relationship off on the right foot... or so Ruka thought, but Mizuki seems to be distant and uninterested in anything. Looks like it's not worth getting hopes up. However, the first chance Ruka gets to look deeply into Mizuki's eyes, it seems like there's far more feeling, passion even, than what she's been led to believe.
Keito, an office worker in her late twenties, has been feeling uncertain of her gender identity as of late. Nevertheless, she's getting ready to be married as a woman.
Aya, a housewife in her fifties, has been playing the role of a dutiful wife even though her relationship with her husband has gone cold.
As one feels saddled with the gender she was assigned at birth and the other with a role she felt obligated to perform, both begin to think...
"I wonder if there was another path I could have taken?"
This is a story about two "queer" people who feel uncomfortable in their "normal" labels and seek to rediscover their true selves.
Suddenly, her life was turned upside-down.... Kinaho lived alone until one day, her boyfriend Akito brought with him two young relatives: a pair of brothers who had just lost their parents. All at once, Kinaho finds herself living under one roof with not just Akito, but serious-to-a-fault eighth grader Toma and innocent five-year-old Haruhi. As the days pass in confusion, this group starts to forge a new relationship: a family... or something like it.
One year ago, high schooler Hana Odamaki (age 17) and auto factory worker Shogo Kine (age 38) suddenly switched places in body and mind. Now, after a year in each other's shoes, the two run into each other again. The man who found himself as a young maiden has brushed up his vessel's femininity and become an amateur model, while the girl in the body of a middle-aged man was treated as an amnesia case and lost any steady employment. They may have been reunited with "themselves", but what should they do when they can scarcely recognize the person they once were...?
To all the yokai, I am here to make sure you live peacefully together with the humans.Our world and the yokai world is connected by the Flower Demon Door. We of the Sakaimeya profession are summoned to teach those yokai that want to live in the human world how to, even though things don't always go according to plan. Teaching Yokai how to feel humanity leads to a heart-warming story.
At the age of 19, Ayano makes the fateful decision to set foot into the adult film industry. Alienated from her family and feeling she lacks a place in the world, she wields what "assets" she has -- her body -- and finds success in her newfound calling. This is the story, at turns delicately nuanced and starkly graphic, of a "porn star's" journey: everyday struggles, what happens when family finds out, and even love. The novel by a real-life adult-film actress is brought to life in manga form!
Mami has tried marriage once and failed, so now she's looking for something else. Even if her peers won't get it, she wants what she wants: not marriage, not romance, just a man to spend time with when she needs some company! Sure enough, when she brings this up at her junior high class reunion, her friends all gang up against her. However, a handsome former classmate she'd almost never spoken to before--Nakamura--does empathize with her! When Mami learns that Nakamura is also once-divorced and, just like her, is looking not for a wife or a girlfriend but just a woman to spend time with, she makes a life-changing decision. She's given up on living her life according to what's "normal." After spending thirty-some years toiling under the crushing weight of societal expectations, one woman finds herself a partner in crime and a new lease on life in this modern-day survival story.
Sayaka Shimada, 36 and single, loves three things: her job, her favorite singer, and her mother, who lives with her. Even with her junior coworker Sugaya tossing thoughtless comments her way, she'd poured herself into her work, and when she paused to look up she found herself on the cusp of her late 30s. Partly at her mother's suggestion, Sayaka visits a matchmaking service. The man she's introduced to is sweet and earnest, and things start moving smoothly toward marriage. Though it hasn't all sunk in yet, she is well on her way to a happy future--and that's when a sudden injury leaves her mother hospitalized. The injury is nothing too serious and Sayaka is settling her nerves, until she notices something off about her mother... A poignant and much-acclaimed depiction of the struggles of caretaking and building a future, issues faced by countless people every day!
Juggling work, raising her daughter, and taking care of the house, every day is a struggle just to survive for wife and mother, Yuri. Despite this, the only thing her husband Yuto does to help out is pick their daughter up from the nursery. Although Yuri isn't entirely happy with the status quo, they live a relatively happy life together. But one day, she discovers a familiar sweet scent and a long, black hair on her husband's shirt when doing the laundry. Suspicious, she takes a peek at her husband's texts and finds an intimate conversation between him and their daughter's favorite homeroom teacher at the nursery, Miss Moe!
Sawako Saito's been married for five years, with a kid nowhere in sight. Her mother-in-law pressures her about giving her a grandchild, but her husband constantly turns her down in the bedroom. Sure, he has ED, but can't take it anymore. One day, Hasegawa, the hottest guy at her office, invites her for a little fun behind her husband's back. In her confusion, her mind starts to wander and entertain the thought of an affair with Hasegawa. When she gets home, her husband surprises her with a cake. Turns out she had forgotten it was their fifth wedding anniversary. Ashamed for even slightly being tempted by Hasegawa's invitation, Sawako vows to make things work out with her husband. However, her resolve is short-lived as she discovers some shocking photos on her husband's computer. Why are they mixed in with the couple's photo albums? And more importantly, who exactly did Sawako marry...?
"But don't you know, Masaki? Pottery will never be the same once it's broken." One day, Manami's husband, Masaki, suddenly suggests to move back to the countryside where his parents live. Manami hesitates at first. When she met his parents for the first time, she remembers the town's old-fashioned customs and how they look down on women. In the end, she decides to go with Masaki, hoping that once they settle down, it would bring sex back into their relationship. But even after returning to the countryside, Masaki goes out drinking with his friends until late at night. And to top it all off, he's starting to look down on Manami, just like his father and brother. He even broke a special plate that Manami made as a child with her mom and sister. And just when Manami thought she could overcome her sexless marriage, after countless attempts of trying to get intimate, Masaki hits her with, "We can have sex when we want to have a kid". Soon after, Manami sees a message from another woman on Masaki's phone...
Mami is in the seventh year of her marriage with Haruki, and three years ago, she gave birth to their son Harunosuke. She thought they had a happy future ahead of them. But boy was she wrong..! Present day. She's fed up with her husband's lack of manners at home. Cutting the cheese during meals, walking around their home naked, you name it! She's worried about him being a bad influence on their son, not that he cares. In fact, her nagging only brings him stress. One day, when doing the laundry, something falls from Haruki's pants' pocket... A love hotel membership card, with recent dates written on it, no less...! Haruki better watch out, because Mami is out for revenge!
"Are you still playing that game...?" Harumi juggles housework and caring for her 8-month-old daughter, Miyu, while her husband, Takashi, spends all his free time glued to his games. Insensitive to Harumi's struggles, he brushes off her concerns. "You're sick? Don't give it to me. I have to go to work, you know." When Takashi prioritizes his game over her declining health, Harumi reaches her breaking point. Though he loves their daughter, he remains oblivious to the effort it takes to raise her. Frustrated and with nowhere else to turn, Harumi confides in a friend, who recommends a "legendary babysitter" with a reputation for solving even the most complicated problems mothers face. On a whim, Harumi hires him, only to be completely taken aback when he arrives. He's nothing like what she imagined.
Izumi, an office worker who lost her mother at a young age, spends her days off helping at her family's bento shop. One day, she discovers that her father has been swindled by some shady contractors during the shop's renovation. Just as her frustration peaks, her unexpected savior, Kiriyama, appears. He's a yakuza prince, and he's determined to make her his...! A spicy tale of dangerous love, now in manga format!
Content Warning: this title contains material that may be distressing for some readers. "Do you really wanna kill me that badly?" His lips and his breath get closer as he says those words... Ever since her parents died, there's been a man Mayumi wants to kill. That man is the Kurose clan's young head, Yuya Kurose. One day, she sees him at the lounge she works at, and comes up with a plan to kill him. However, Yuya sees right through her. He takes the only keepsake she has of her parents and tells her, "Come with me quietly and I'll give it back to you." He takes her to the Kurose clan's estate. "You can kill me when winter comes around. Until then, be my 'soulmate'." What will Mayumi do? A suspenseful love story intertwined with hate and passion begins!