Ichii, who has never experienced true love in his life, is suddenly transferred to the middle of nowhere for work. There, he meets government worker Hirota. At first, Ichii is turned off by Hirota's goody-two-shoes personality, but as they continue to work together, he finds himself falling for Hirota's charms. The more they get to no one another, the more Ichii struggles with finding the courage to confess his feelings for a guy he believes to be straight...(Additional bonus story included with digital release.)
Working as a chef at a restaurant, Tomoharu finds himself in a relationship with former customer, Kyoichi, when he fails to reject his straightforward signs of affection. But no matter how lighthearted Kyoichi may be, Tomoharu struggles with his dream job going sideways. One day, after accidentally lashing out at Kyoichi, Tomoharu decides to visit a special place from his childhood, but soon realizes that the place has shut down due to the owner passing away. Tomoharu becomes devastated, until he's surprised by Kyoichi appearing out of nowhere and suddenly declaring that he'll buy the property for himself.
The way to avoid bad fate is to be with someone who has the opposite fortune as you. ......One day, a university student Fukumoto is predicted by a fortune teller that he will have very bad luck for a year from tomorrow.As the date changes, Fukumoto finds himself in one trouble after another as if it were a lie, and he is convinced that his classmate Yukimura, who saved his life in a pinch at the right time, is his savior.He tries to force his way into a party where Yukimura is present, and somehow manages to get close to him.He thinks Yukimura is good-looking and uncool, but in fact he is easy to talk to and a nice guy, and Fukumoto ends up getting drunk and stoned.When he wakes up, Yukimura takes him into his arms and kisses him. ......?
Somewhere in Japan, there is a paradise where you can experience any pleasures you wish for, known as the "National Feminine Men Federation Headquarters, Merian." This is the only place where you can find specialists who soothe men, called "feminine men". They are men, but they also possess a feminine grace, dedicating themselves to comforting the fatigued minds and bodies of customers from various fields. Mikame (36), a platinum rank feminine man who works at Merian and was tired of dealing with his unavoidable aging and pushy regular customers.One day, just as he had started thinking about quitting, he has a faithful encounter with Harumitsu (26), an honest and earnest doglike office worker. Exposed to Harumitsu's passionate attacks filled with youthfulness and innocence, Mikame tries to act like an adult and brushes him off, while his mature body and dried-up heart start longing for Harumitsu...!!!
Saki Yano, a freelance designer, was hit on by a college student with dazzling red hair named Yu. Saki agrees to date at a smutty movie theater to tease him. His face blushing beet red, Yu invited Saki to do something "afterwards," and Saki ended up lashing out at him with his lustful and somewhat sadistic feelings towards him. The next morning, Yu left behind a note written in beautiful handwriting, and Saki saw him off. Though it seemed to be a one-night stand, in reality they have a much deeper connection...?
Makoto is a poor student who started sugar dating casually after a friend recommended it to him. Through a dating website, he meets a man in his thirties who calls himself Sako. Makoto imagined that he'd get to enjoy the fuzzy feelings of being a lover, but all he was asked to do were chores and errands. Although confused by his expectations, Makoto doesn't give up and tries to have a physical relationship with him. However, Sako had no intention of doing so. After getting scolded, Makoto discovers that Sako was mistaking him for a housekeeper. Makoto wants money, and Sako wants someone to do his housework. With their interests, Makoto ends up being hired as his housekeeper, but gradually, he becomes unable to control his feelings...
I don't like men, but somehow I'm the goddess of a genius horse jockey? I hate it, I can't do it, but I'm trapped by his strong arms and pure, animal-like eyes. I can't refuse him.... I'm not having a good time at all these days. I've been picked up by a lot of guys, and at work I've been transferred to the editorial department of a horse racing magazine that I don't even know much about.... I'm turning 30 soon, and I have no choice but to tough things out at my job...! It was at that moment when I saw him... Watanuki himself, the genius jockey, running with his heroic movements, burley muscles, and well-defined face... No wonder he's so popular amongst the ladies! Nervously awaiting our interview session he suddenly embraced me with a passionate hug! I was surprised when he said, "I've been thinking about you everyday since the other night". In other words, the genius jockey was actually some guy I turned down the other day...
"You're so gorgeous." His unreserved love melts my closed heart... If he loves me with his entire body and soul, I don't think I can be myself anymore...!
"When you feel good, all your worries disappear." A good-for-nothing guy satisfies both physically and mentally... after letting him in, it was impossible to get away.
"The only man suitable for you is me." A man and woman alone in the president's office. Business suits find their way to the floor. A steamy night of passion begins...
Tomoe has an inferiority complex because of his father, who is the CEO of a large corporation, and his outstanding older brother, Wataru. He lives together with his caretaker, Nagumo, away from his family.Suppressing his feelings toward Nagumo, he has lived his life pretending like it was nothing, until one day, when Nagumo told him that he is in love with him.Nagumo and Tomoe's two opposite ways of love will complicate their relationship.
Chihiro, twenty-five-old, is madly in love with her colleague, Nakaba. He's cool, clever and handsome. They go for a drink almost every day, so she knows that he likes her too. However, she can't ask him to go out with her, since part of her thinks she's happy the way they are. One day, her good friend tells her that she should tell Nakaba right away that she loves him, or else he'll be some other girl's boyfriend. Chihiro decides to tell him, but she's got a big project to handle in front of her... Can they become lovers?
Clove and Zerah travel around the world to find heretics, someone who came from another world. They will affect the order of the world...though ordinary people aren't aware that they are different. Zerah gives them trial, then Clove uses his needles to kill them. The invincible buddy one day saves a beautiful boy from a heretic who thought he was a girl. The two decided to take the boy along, but he had a secret...
Chinatsu, who was transferred to a small company, meets a friendly guy who sits next to her. However, soon she finds out that he is a ghost...who only she and her boss can see. Her boss was an exorcist, and her department was in charge of haunted properties!
Checking properties with rumors of ghosts is not easy...and she also has to do something with her feeling to ghost sitting next to her! Can she fall in love with a ghost!?
When a man visits a rural village to look for a missing girl, her aunt tells him that she was chosen as a priestess for a special ceremony. Until the ceremony ends, she has to spend days in a small hut and purify herself, the aunt says. The man decides to wait until the ceremony ends, for he was sure that the girl still loves him as well. Then Nanaki comes to the village in search of old rituals for his new horror novel. He tells the man that there is something creepy about this village...that there was murder last summer and it was concealed completely. They never knew...that they were about to witness the gruesome, terrifying ritual... Creepy Japanese horror story with a big twist!
Mayuri, twenty-six-year-old, is a sales worker at one of the leading advertisement companies in Japan. She is beautiful, sociable, and clever. However, there is something she is troubled by...her stalker. This someone follows her no matter how many times she moves. One night, she spots a suspicious man fumbling in her trash. She realizes that he is Ryo, her classmate from high school. He must be the stalker! Mayuri, feeling pure rage, suddenly comes up with a plan...let him think she is in love with him, then dump him! A love story full of suspense!
Kokoro started working at a pastry shop owned by a famous "patissier" Haremichi. One day, she accidentally falls off from stairs...the next moment, found herself on a street that looks strange. She has traveled time--to the EDO era! She meets a man struggling to make a new type of sweets for Shogun Tsunayoshi's wife and helps him. The sweet was highly praised, and she gets a job at inner palace as a pastry chef. She didn't know there were other people who traveled time to this era... A time-travelling love story!
Noelle runs a bakery and cafe, Le Blanc after she lost her father half an year ago. However the lord of manor is giving pressure to her to sell the place. All the customers are afraid of the lord and no one comes to eat at her place. Then one day, a man comes to eat at the cafe. He is dressed in an old-fashioned armor and yells "I missed you so much, Ange!" "Sir, Ange is the name of my ancestor." He was the "fallen knight" Lancelot from three hundred years ago! And he had sweet teeth.
Yutaka came back to live with his family after working at a different location for three years. He was excited--looking forward to live with two kittens! His wife has been sending him pictures of them after she found them on a street and decided to take them home. They were adorable...! Yutaka has been dreaming of playing with them, sleeping with them and enjoy their fluffy furs. However...the kittens won't show up even when he calls their names. They seem to avoid him...WHY!?
Fiola, seventeen years old, likes to stay at her room writing novels. And she has a secret identity...she is Riethe Rasteau, author of the best-selling novel "Clash of Angels". When she attends a party at the Palace, she accidentally finds out that the cool and handsome prince is one of the biggest fans of her works. She becomes friends with him, hiding that she is Rasteau. Then one day, Fiola's family gets in a big trouble...she must find the culprit of the serial murder case by herself. Now she needs to use her identity as Rasteau and ask help from the prince! A love comedy with suspense.
Ito, who loves to watch Anime all alone, has a twin sister, Oto, who is an actress known all over Japan. One day, Oto disappears...and Ito has to take her place! Oto is married to a famous actor Manato, and Ito needs to live with him...someone who reminds Ito of her favorite character in the Anime! Soon Ito finds out that their marriage is fake, but Manato seems to have a secret... When Ito falls in love with him, he starts to change...what is his intention? An awkward love story.
After graduating from high school in the United States, Eric finally returns to Japan to see his childhood friend, Nao. It has been 13 years since he left. Nao is growing up and must be beautiful now. Eric has been secretly longs for her. But when he calls at Nao's house, the person who answers the door is a bearded, frowning man who is wearing nothing but a pair of underpants. To Eric's astonishment, he is Nao! Nao is a man! Eric was so young at the time that he thought Nao was a girl and he has been mistaken for such a long time. But same as before, Nao is very kind and Eric still feels that he likes him. Nao suggests to Eric that he stays in his house instead of using hotels during his whole stay in Japan. Eric is happy to stay but in the middle of the night, woken by noises, he finds Nao is taking a male customer and having sex! Eric is so shocked and next morning, he offers Nao a credit card and says, "Just don't have sex with strangers anymore" ...
While hiding out in a dark car for a stake-out, things start to get serious for the sake of the scoop: from kiss to caress to climax... In order to fool our target, we have to play the part of lovers...!?
I know I shouldn't be falling in love, but I just can't help it.
Chikako, who had dreamt of going on a luxurious world cruise since she was a child, finally makes her dream come true. During her trip she is rescued from an accident by Masato, the CEO of the cruise company. She ends up staying in his suite and getting taken care of. Masato is the perfect gentleman, teaching her how to dance and showing her kindness, and Chikako's heart can't help but be drawn to him. However, out of the blue, he says, "I'd like to make a business transaction with you."
After her engagement to the crown prince was called off, she was assigned to marry an unsociable duke.
"You're my wife, aren't you? You can't reject me." Minerva is the daughter of a marquis and the crown prince's fiancee, but her engagement is suddenly called off one day. Shortly after that, though, she is assigned a new fiance: Duke Mars, the younger brother of the current king. His beauty and position are unrivaled, so any young lady would normally be delighted to marry him. However, he's famous for being unsociable and hardly ever showing up at social occasions or even smiling in public. Minerva is unsure that she can be happy marrying him, but what Mars shows her during their bridal night is an incredibly sweet, devoted side of him, peppered with intense, possessive caresses!
Jun, the sucessor of a rich family from Tokyo visits Okinawa in the middle of summer to attend a wedding ceremony. However, his father who was supposed to be waiting for him at the venue abandons him, leaving him a letter that says "Work hard at this inn"...!! As Jun is wandering about under the blazing sun, Natsumi, a handsome guy, offers to take him to the inn. As it turns out, he actually works there. Jun's heart starts racing when he hears that that they're going to live under the same roof and work together. "Well, you had this longing expression", Natsumi says after his hot tongue found its way inside his mouth.
"Let me touch you even deeper." His sweet whispers make my heart race... I want to marry him, even though I've decided to know my place in this world and lead a steady life...!
"I can't live without your love!" Theodore is a knight by day, but a male prostitute by night. However, he's hiding a deep dark secret. Can his highest paying client, Master Arlo, finally confess his love to his favorite Theocat? Meow.
I'm having my first time with my boyfriend but... he is possessed?! Even though I didn't want my first time to happen like this, I can't stop cumming again and again!
My brain won't work because of his hot and gentle tongue on me! Just when I was happy to have found a dependable boyfriend, I find him in the class I've been assigned to... No way, I can't believe that he's my student!
Erina loves cats more than anything, even though she looks like the haughty-princess type who could have any guy she wants. But even with his cat-like name, she can't stand her aloof classmate, Nekoyama-kun. But when she rescues a hurt kitty in her yard and gives it a perfect, snuggly kiss...she suddenly finds a very human Nekoyama-kun in her room? What gives?!
Nico Sorano is in the dictionary under "free-spirited"...which makes her an instant celebrity at her art university. But one professor, the career making-or-breaking Kageiwa-sensei, has only a limited tolerance for her aggressively good-natured optimism. Unsurprisingly, Nico isn't fazed...it just means she's going to have to make her own way to stardom, with the help of her friend Mitsuki and the inscrutable, notorious Soichiro Togo. No matter what, it'll be an interesting college debut!
Akari Sayo works at a TV station, and was on the job when she just happened to see her boyfriend-who just happened to be cheating on her. Before she can resolve anything, she's asked to manage a documentary about a musician, Chizuru Kobuchi...but when he tries to shut her out, she barges in, determined to do her job right! But moments later, when he learns her name...he asks her to be his lover? Akari's having a long day, and it looks like it isn't over yet!
"Farewell, my last and final lover." Naoki is forty years old, single, male, and a temp worker. But in the world of VR, he takes on the form of a lovely young girl. There, he meets his first love- the cheerful and beautiful Honami. Real life, for Naoki, was a failure. The VR world where he escapes to is coming to an end, too. But in those final moments, he finds her...
Yukinojo doesn't know his past, but he knows his future-a marriage to Asahi, heir to an apple farm in Aomori. But what should have been a quiet, pastoral life is interrupted one snowy day...and what should have laid dormant was awoken by his naive hands...
JAPAN'S "QUEEN OF HORROR MANGA" RETURNS! The six hair-raising stories selected for this collection feature an array of unnerving characters and scenarios brought to life in Inuki's signature art style, in the tradition of Junji Ito, Kazuo Umezu, Shintaro Kago, and Junko Mizuno.
Fifteen years ago, indiscriminate supernatural attacks rocked Japan-prompting the government to create the T actical R aveling Unit in the First Counter-Psychotrauma Division of the Special Measures Agency...or TR1M , for short. Their purpose? To deal with the monstrous manifestations called the Unraveled. And they're good, too... so when TR1M agent, Raveler Second Class Nika Ago, is shipped to a far-off backwater, she knows her poor performance is to blame...but what she doesn't expect is to find a hotbed of Unraveled activity, and a boy with a secret who just might be her way back into TR1M's good graces!
SURVIVE, THEY SAID. HAVE HOPE, THEY SAID. The world is no longer what it used to be. Shojo-ferocious, ape-like creatures who feed on humans-roam the land, and anyone who's bitten becomes infected with the same mysterious virus. Humanity has resisted by building aerial cities and forming special units called Guards to fight back. Among them, a young man with a blank stare battles without regard for his life-Minami. People call him a messiah, but their only hope has a constant death wish and defends them day in and day out simply because he still breathes... A dark post-apocalyptic fantasy from the creator of Devils' Line, Ryo Hanada!
One year after losing her leg, 16-year-old Rin is tired-tired of the painful physical therapy, tired of being treated differently, and tired of her stupid, heavy, awkward prosthetic leg. All that changes when she encounters the Blade Runners, a group of one-legged athletes who run with "blades"-carbon fiber prosthetics specialized for competitive running-made by their gifted prosthetist, Kazami. The blades are light, flexible, and formidably difficult to control-Rin can barely walk with one, much less sprint. But as she tumbles to the ground again and again, she rediscovers many of the things that she'd forgotten, and finds a new goal: to compete in the Paralympics.