Nao, a 23-year-old office worker, grew up as the one girl in a household where her three brothers and parents were all obsessed with muscles. Nao managed to find a job and leave her house of meatheads, but is forced to return home when her office is struck by layoffs. However, she gets pissed off and runs out when she discovers that her room has been invaded by her brothers. Her big brother, Subaru, runs into the park to get her, but their argument is broken up by 35-year-old associate university professor Asuka Himori. The two of them end up meeting again at a marriage mixer and they end up hitting it off. Tonight's their first night together... but when Nao sees Asuka's naked chest, she can't help but run away at the sight of his muscles...!! No one said that a serious professor would be that muscular!! And it's not just his body, but his personality, too!?
Chisa manages a small flower shop, spending most of her days working hard and tending to her beloved blossoms... Until one day, a man named Kyoya appears. Kyoya claims to be a non-human entity who was called to the human world by Chisa's own deep-seated desires. Watch as this mysterious creature shows Chisa a side of herself she never knew she had...
Sumire has been assigned to a publishing company as a novice hair and make-up artist. On her first day, she suddenly witnesses a man and woman in the act! Moreover, the man who looked so familiar is Atsuki, a hugely popular model. Knowing she saw him, Atsuki locks his sights on her. He's overbearing and a narcissist, and Sumire think nothing of him at first, but... Huh? He's doing it with the Editor-in-Chief right now!? He calls out to her... "You should come here, too, Sumire!"
Nao's often busy at work and as a result, she's sleep-deprived. Though she's always tired during the day, she just can't close her eyes at night. But tonight, as she's reading manga on her phone again... a mysterious hottie appears next to her bed! He claims to be a sandman, and despite his intense lecture on her waking habits, Nao's not convinced he's real. Frustrated, he says he'll do his job if she sleeps with him. But... what kind of "sleep" does he mean!? Nao is now the target of a devilish sandman, who spoils her physically and emotionally. Their passionate life together has just begun!
On a certain island a territory war has been going on for a long time between four gangs who each control one corner of the land. All four realize that the group that controls the center will be the group that comes out on top. However, what currently stands in the center is an old bathouse that each of the four tries in their own way to take control of! While the four gang leaders are busy with their struggel for territory, the young Akira is just trying to keep the bathhouse he has taken over from his deceased grandfather from going under! Each Boss tries a different technique to get Akira to cave in but there is one among them who seems to look upon Akira fondly as the others try to trick him.
Yui is a humble, cute, and popular salesperson at a department store jewelry shop. There are countless men who have feelings for her, but there are secret rumours that at closing time a "knight" comes to see her off. Her "knight", an elite trading company employee, conceals his love for Yui for some reason, and watches over her as the closest person in her life. However, after the appearance of a certain male customer, this "knight" becomes her controlling, blindly infatuated boyfriend...? "It may be embarrassing, but I want to see all of you, Yui... Will you stay like this, and be mine, and mine alone?? She melts for her childhood friend turned lover... Why? Even though it's a little scary, why is it she wants it even harder...!?
Yuki Wakura has graduated from high school and is now a college freshman. As he sets out to live on his own, he unexpectedly bumps into a former classmate on his moving day. He's stunned to discover that he's moving into an apartment that another young man has also rented. It's Shoma Yuki, a high school friend he had a secret crush on...! Just when Yuki has finally gotten over his old crush and decided to look for someone new... They both have the name "Yuki", and that has confused the elderly landlords...
This is the story of a chance encounter that turns into home, sweet home for two lovebirds!
Hinako, a researcher in a laboratory, doesn't have much luck with men. However, she succeeds in creating something that ends up making her life a whole lot more complicated: a love potion. Although she doesn't plan to use the potion, it accidently finds its way into a cup of tea meant for one of three men she works with, and she doesn't know which one drank it. To investigate, Hinako talks to Ryo - one of the men in the meeting and someone she believes has absolutely no romantic interest in her. But, to her surprise, Ryo turns to Hinako and tells her that he loves her. At a loss for what to do, Hinako decides to take responsibility for making Ryo fall in love with her and gives him what he desires. What was supposed to be a one-off, though, happens again and again, leaving her wanting more. Then, to complicate things further, the other two men claim to love her, too. What's going to happen to Hinako now that everybody wants her for themselves!?
Maki Kurasawa is just a regular girl who works in a P.R. department. After a particularly bad day at work, she feels too sick to go home, and a tall beauty with long black hair helps her out. The gorgeous girl's name is Kiyomi, and she's so stunning, she turns heads wherever she goes. But, unbeknownst to Maki, Kiyomi's name is actually Takeru... and he works at her company. "I've fallen in love with you..." he says, and Maki starts to have feelings for him, too. But, Takeru has another big secret he hasn't shared with Maki yet...
It's the 1900s, during the Taisho Era, and Ranko Hanamiya is 24 and working as a server at the posh cafe, Cassiopeia. Her parents tell her they're ashamed of having an unwed daughter, but Ranko herself couldn't care less about it. Then, one day, a ravishing college student she's never met before gives her a present while she's working. Her coworkers are ecstatic, but the rational Ranko doesn't know what to make of it. At home, she's met with another surprise. Apparently, someone from the Chonabashi family wants to marry Ranko! It seems as though their grandfathers made a pact to have their grandchildren marry each other one day. Ranko declines, as she enjoys working and isn't interested in marriage, but her parents won't have it. She rather unwillingly goes to the Chonabashi residence to please her parents and protect their egos. When she gets there, who does she see but Yoichiro, the unfriendly young man who gave her that present at the cafe!
Lanokuma is a town outside of the peaceful royal capital. Lucy is a doctor that just started working in the order of knighthood. Even though she should be working exclusively for those within the subdivision, since she is not extremely busy, so she also takes time to interact and take care of the townspeople.
One day at work, Lucy hears that the new king will come and observe them, and everyone is hyped-up. Then, on her way back home, she comes across an unknown injured man! Considering that he's hurt, she can't just leave him, so she takes him back to her own home. His name turns out to be Harold, and he's a good-looking man with purple eyes, but is that all there is to him...?
28-year-old Ayako goes about her work quietly in the college cafeteria. In her apron and hair-covering, she passes as a "Cafeteria Lady, " but upon closer inspection, she's beautiful. One day she reveals her real self to Yuki, a well-known playboy, who takes an interest in her...
Itsumi Shimizu worked hard to change her image from ugly ducking to swan after being bullied in high school. After being cheated on by her boyfriend, she realizes that losing weight isn't a guarantee for happiness after all. Her self-confidence is wavering when she meets Yutaka Masuda, a new hire at her company. At first, she only sees him as a nice, albeit slightly annoying coworker, but she finds her heart opening to his gentlemanly charm...
Nanami is an unemployed girl whose dream is to one day work at the famous company "Goggles". While searching for a job at the unemployment center "Hello Work", she hears a man's voice call out to her, "Are you willing to participate in training after working hours?" This "training" is a special lesson that takes place in the middle of the night. He hints that if she is willing to participate there could be a possibility of working for Goggles...Though she is suspicious of him, she decides to go but she is suddenly pushed down by the man!? His persistent caressing makes her wet until she reaches her limits! Gradually these lessons become training for the body. Will she finally get to work at Goggles?
Shiori's a heartbroken woman working as a live-in chef for a boys' dormitory at a college of physical education. One night, Rin, a boy who's taken a liking to her, shows up at her door... and although Shiori didn't plan it, they end up in bed together. Rin's earnest feelings for her and impressive body barely give Shiori a moment to breathe, and their love is so intense that she can't help but enjoy it. Later on, while she considers just how much trouble she'd be in if they were found out, Rin's friends Haru and Itsuki confess that they're in love with her, too... Why she's popular with men so young and vibrant at this point in her life is a mystery. How should she respond to their sincere love for her!?
Fuka's dream has always been to become a flight attendant, so she applies for a job at an airline company that has a lot of hot male pilots. She makes a lot of mistakes during training, though, so eventually she's told that the only way to keep going with this job is to become a "special" flight attendant... one who does sexual work in order to relieve pilots' stress! And so, after getting trained by her instructors, she begins her first flight, where she runs into Sho, a pilot who she was secretly in love with! For some reason, he wants to have her all to himself, and violently penetrates her! And the more sadistic he gets, the more she likes it?!
Iori has trouble dating men. She can't stand men's kissing face, so she ends up breaking up before the relationship goes any further. One day, her senior from work takes her to a bar where she is reunited with "Mana, " a childhood friend. She hugs her saying "I wanted to see you so much, " but the way she touches her is weird. Mana actually has a secret...
Handsome, kind Toma and Towa are high school lovers. Together they live a happy and blissful life...but one day Toma contracts an incurable disease! He loses all movement in his lower body, and becomes unable to even walk let alone have sex with the woman he loves! Frustrated, the unthinkable comes out of his mouth as he tells her... "Let me watch you have sex with another man". lurking in the closet and watching intently, Toma becomes aroused as Towa sleeps with another man. Will doing the unthinkable help them to regain the relationship they once had...!?
What's a girl to do when there are no jobs? Once Mikuri Moriyama got out of grad school, all she could find was a temp job, and they just laid her off! Worried about his daughter, her dad helps her get a job doing housekeeping for this guy he used to work with named Tsuzaki. Just when things are starting to go well, though, Mikuri's parents decide it's time to move out to the countryside. She'll likely be unemployed for the rest of her life if she goes with them, but she doesn't make enough money to rent her own place. That's when Mikuri, always the daydreamer, comes up with a solution out of left field...
With an IQ of 500, Prince Hatsuyuki Ichimonji has the bloodline of kings and more oil companies and titles than he can count! Even with everything at his fingertips, this extraordinary prince has his life thrown completely off-balance by one absolutely plain and plebian girl, Koume Yoshida! But she's unsure if she wants anything to do with him! Will the prince manage to wedge his way into her heart through sheer persistence? The love story begins with The Prince's Romance Gambit volume one!
Suehiro is a quiet girl, who prefers the excitment of her books to the real-life anxieties of friends. She'd been perfectly happy in her own little world until ultra-popular guy Takasago asked her out as part of a punishment game right in front of the class, bringing Suehiro front and center. Mortified, she tries everything to get away...but he persists, and insists he's serious! How will she deal with such an interruption to her previously quiet life?
Midori drops her wallet on her first day of high school, but her new classmate Ichijo swoops in to help. She wants to thank him, but he's part of a tight-knit trio and none of them are ever in class! Rumor has it that they all got expelled for acting up, and studious Midori's actually at risk of expulsion, too... In order to help support her family, she has a part-time job, which is against the school rules. When the chairman of the school board catches her leaving work, he says he'll let it go-but only if she's up to the task of bringing the three boys back to school. Well, why not? It'll be a piece of cake...right?
Watching the news, Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his girlfriend from way back in middle school, Hinata Tachibana, has died. The only girlfriend he ever had was just killed by a villainous group known as the Tokyo Manji Gang. He lives in a crappy apartment with thin walls, and his six-years-younger boss treats him like an idiot. Plus, he's a complete and total virgin... At the height of his rock-bottom life, he suddenly time-leaps 12 years back to his middle school days!! To save Hinata, and change the life he spent running away, hopeless part-timer Takemichi must aim for the top of Kanto's most sinister delinquent gang!!
For Mito, being the thrall of a vampire is the least of her worries. Mito's lived life on the streets since she graduated from middle school, dressing as a boy to stay safe. She's managed to eke out a grungy, friendless existence, but when a handsome vampire, Ruka, rescues her from sure-death, he makes her an offer that sounds too good to be true: become his subservient thrall from which he can feed whenever he wants, and she can live with him-in the boys' dorm. Because her very existence depends on her secret not being found out, every day is a new danger-to say nothing of what living with a vampire could mean! Ruka, not knowing Mito's a girl, dotes on her night and day in an attempt to ripen her "disgusting male blood," but the closer he gets to her, the more likely her secret could get out...and the closer she gets to having her new, wonderful life come crashing down around her... A heart-pounding, (blood)-thirsty new romance from the award-winning Ema Toyama (Missions of Love, Aoba-kun's Confessions)!
Narumi Momose has had it rough: Every boyfriend she's had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she's gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: Why doesn't she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points.
Sanagi loves nothing more than money-not even love. After all, it's what keeps her small family going. But when a chance encounter with a stranger leads her to push away his offer of riches, she wonders if she's gone crazy...and starts to believe she really has when he reveals that he's a Sheikh, and proposes to her! She rejects him, but soon finds out that a marriage with him might be the only way to keep her family safe...!
Join 11-year-old Yuzu at her animal hospital and meet her new fluffy friends! In an engaging and cutely-drawn comic, watch Yuzu navigate issues like bullying, animal care, and understanding illness and deaths of pets and family. For an 11-year-old, Yuzu has a lot on her plate. When her mom gets sick and has to be hospitalized, Yuzu goes to live with her uncle who runs the local animal hospital. Yuzu's always been scared of animals, but she tries to help out. The resident Chihuahua is tiny and adorable, but acts up whenever Yuzu comes near. The fluffy cats that see her a hiss. Yuzu just wants some peace and quiet, but what can she do?! Then an encounter with a boy and his dog turns fear into a desire to learn ... And as Yuzu works hard to understand her fuzzy friends, they begin to feel comfortable around each other. Through all the tough moments in her life, from her mother's illness to bullying at school, Yuzu realizes that she can help make things all right with a little help from her animal pals, peers, and kind grown-ups. Every new patient is a furry friend in the making! Perfect for aspiring pet vets of all ages!
Very, very hot fingertips are carving my back. Ikkoku, a deputy leader of the Yajima syndicate, has vowed to devote his life to Genran, the leader of the syndicate.
One day, Ikkoku makes a mistake, and in order to protect Genran's reputation, he has to get a tattoo from a tattoo artist, Zhu Chunyan. Chunyan greets Ikkoku with a warm welcome, but a suspicious desire is wavering in the depths of his eyes...
Using her status as a fallen aristocrat as the reason, female student Haru falls into a slump after being turned down by all of her suitors one after another. Her final suitor happens to be an officer in the army. In order to rebuild her childhood home, she is determined to ensure he doesn't turn her down. Just as she strengthens her resolve, Warrant Officer Narihira appears on the scene riding on horseback. As he approaches, he asks her, "Will you marry me?" The instantly dismayed Haru delays her response, asking him to give her more time to consider. Passionate about her studies, the serious Haru is more than a little off-put by the warmongering soldier. Narihira continues to approach her ardently, which begins to sway Haru's heart. Just as this is happening, as Narihira is escorting her home, he suddenly steals a kiss on her lips! Usually ever the gentleman, he gazes at Haru like a predator looks at its prey...
"We're now in a world... where it's acceptable for dudes to fool around together, right?" A certain occurrence brings a college student Tatsuya to wander into a parallel universe along with his rival and inseparable (want it or not) friend Wataru. What a place! It was a world mirroring an academy-setting of a BL game! In order to return to his home world, the protagonist, Tatsuya, needs to land a happy ending with one of the main characters(sex!?). But to top it all off, Wataru is also thrown into the mix! Hearing moaning from the adjacent room at the dorm, Wataru catches Tatsuya in quite the arousing predicament. "They say it feels good if you rub them together," Wataru says, reaching out a hand. Stroking in unison, Tatsuya is faced with immense pleasure for the first time! Furthermore, other main characters approach Wataru one after another. Who will join him in his happy ending...? And, will he ever find his way back home!?
An ordinary high school boy that you could find anywhere, Rio, had his ordinary life suddenly turned upside down one day. As he was skipping class like usual to take a nap at the infirmary, the tight-laced math teacher, Mr. Shiramine, came in together with Shusei, a plain but beautiful male student. They then started having wild sex on the bed right next to him. The incredibly unusual, indecent scene unfolding right before his eyes made Rio both confused and aroused at the same time. Unable to get rid of the adult toy they had left behind, he ends up taking it home, wondering what to do with it. While the experience was something crazy enough to happen in a porn video, the whole thing left him feeling very flustered, when Shusei then called out to him, "Give that back!"
A love battle set in the Japan Air Self-Defense Force between an officer and an enlisted soldier!
Mamoru Yaotome discovered that the upperclassman in high school that he had always had a crush on, Shingo Akutagawa, had become an elite pilot after graduating from a military academy. Yaotome decided to follow in his footsteps by joining the Japan Air Self-Defense Force as a cadet and trained to be a mechanic. Even when they appeared on a matchmaking show on TV that was meant to promote the JASDF, he only had eyes for Akutagawa and paid no notice to the women around them. Despite the passionate gazes of love that Yaotome was constantly looking at him with, Akutagawa declared that he would never be able to return his feelings. Yaotome still wasn't discouraged, but he noticed a change in Akutagawa's behavior! However, there was a reason that Akutagawa could never accept his own feelings. This is a battle of love set in the Japan Air Self-Defence Force between a hot-and-cold officer and a puppy-like soldier!
One night, Kaito Hazama, the leader of the Yashiro Group, encounters a mysterious young man at a familiar bar. The young man, who immediately heads to the restroom without taking even a sip of bourbon, exhibits suspicious behavior and holds a small knife in his hand, its blade pointed at Kaito. He is a hitman sent by a rival gang to eliminate him. After leading him outside as if to care for him, Kaito starts questioning him in the neon-lit alley. "I like that you won't betray your boss," says Kaito. Kaito then confines the young man and subjects him to sweet yet cruel acts of pleasure...
A passionate and intense love story intertwines with the world of yakuza, where lives are at stake. This beloved and devoted yakuza tale is finally being adapted into a manga!
Division Head × Employee The closeted division head has a one-sided crush on his straight subordinate.
Haruto Momoyama, 28 years old, arrived at the insurance company's public relations department after being transferred to its magazine division run by Jouji Sakura, 35 years old. Having recently broken up with his boyfriend, Sakura is hesitant about love, but he finds himself drawn to Haruto's smile and honesty. However, it's clear that Haruto is straight. Sakura begins to give up on his unrequited love, but Haruto starts getting oddly close, leaving him confused. He leans in closer, helps with overtime work when they're alone, and even comes to visit Sakura's house saying he wants to see the cat. These innocent actions are simply Haruto's lack of understanding of personal boundaries. Will the hearts of these middle-aged salarymen find their way in this tale of love?
"Reacting like that just makes me want to do more, you know?" - Lilly, a servant, became the look-alike substitute for the princess she serves and is married off to the seventh prince of the neighboring country, The Kingdom of Platanus. The prince, Gray, is feared as "The Ice Reaper" for having killed his own brothers. However, Gray, who saved Lilly from the hands of the eighth prince during a welcoming party, looks at her with gentle eyes. When they are alone, Gray softly kisses Lilly, saying, 'I've been waiting for this.' His fingers crawl over her body, and he tells her, 'You're quite sensitive,' as a hot sensation surges through her...
In the midst of a swirling court filled with conspiracies, Lilly's love goes down an uncertain path.
Welcome to BAR California, a place for you to reveal your true self People of different genders, propensities, and sexual orientations gather at a certain chic bar that's hidden from the public eye. While some come in search of themselves, others step into the establishment looking for sex and love. There are as many sexualities as there are people, and the patrons' stories intertwine as they struggle to find happiness. A bisexual trans woman who's been hurt by the voices of others wishes she had a "normal" relationship; a married, middle-aged salaryman secretly expresses his female side; and a pansexual cis guy is on the lookout for true love.
When the charming young boy who moves next door turns out to be a psychopath who murders her little sister, Itsuki vows to fight the injustice that allowed him a second chance at life while her sister lies dead. Blaming herself for what happened, she becomes a stone-cold cop who fears nothing to prevent others from living through a similar tragedy. But six years later, on the very same day the killer is finally set free, she finds a chilling letter in her mailbox threatening to once again steal what's most important to her. And though she wants nothing more than to make him pay for her sister's life that he stole, she'll have to watch her back now that there's a killer on the loose. Warning: This volume contains depictions of suicide, suicide attempts and/or suicidal ideation. If you are experiencing suicidal thoughts or feelings, you are not alone, and there is help. In the United States, call the Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by dialing 988 or go to 988lifeline.org. Otherwise, visit findahelpline.com to find support.
There are two sides to every coin...light vs. dark, good vs. evil, love vs. hate. Sometimes the line between the two grows thin...and it's so, so easy to cross. So it's no surprise that Fudo Aikawa, A.K.A. Red Gelato of the Gelato Five and hero to all people, just may have happened to fall for the villainess and member of the shadow organization Gekko, Desumi Magahara! But when opposites like these attract, there's more than a few obstacles to their love...! What's a pair like this to do?
CLAMP's masterwork Magic Knight Rayearth-now in a new translation! This update of the manga classic forms the centerpiece to any CLAMP collection and is also a fantastic introduction to girl-powered adventure manga-perfect for fans of Sailor Moon and She-Ra. While on a field trip to Tokyo Tower, three teenage girls cross a magical portal and are transported to another world called Cefiro. There they are summoned through the last remaining strength of the Princess Emeraude, who believes the trio will become the magic knights who will save her, as prophesied by legend.