So is this what it means to have roommates now?! Office worker Rinko, 24, lives alone and is secretly an otaku. One day, her apartment gets connected to the two neighboring rooms through a "hole" in the wall. In the room on the left is a fresh-faced yet mysterious guy who is overly-sweet to Rinko. The room on the right is occupied by a guy with violent tendences who is similarly mysterious... But wait! "I... I think I know him!" Rinko's only source of solitude, her apartment, has been turned upside down. Now, every day is full of heart-pounding surprises!
"Say hello to our new son!" Ryo Miyano is an architect and a wonderful cook. He likes kids and wants to be married, yet (for his own reasons) is still single in his thirties. One day, his closest friend, Taiga, comes to ask for help when his apartment is now ruined after a fire. Now, the two of them will live together alongside Taiga's nephew, Ritsu, that he's only recently taken custody of. But Ryo gets more than what he bargained for since his new housemate has harbored feelings for him since they were in college. Now he can't even go a day without being drowned in Taiga's advances! A sweet love-comedy about a man and his best friend/secret admirer dipping their toes into fatherhood.
Aya (29) and Shota Shinozaki (31) have been married for two years. Recently, they've hit a rough patch due to a disagreement on when to have children. Aya wants to give it more time to prepare for their child financially. Shota on the other hand, is getting impatient, telling Aya she's just overthinking the situation. Needless to say, she's shocked by his unfounded and irresponsible optimism. And as he continues to pressure her, she only grows more disheartened, and a rift forms between her and Shota...
Content Warning: this title contains material that may be distressing for some readers. Mashiro has been the target of bullying ever since he started high school. He tries his best to deal with the physical and emotional torment, but his days turn even darker when his younger sister, the only family in his life, goes missing. Discovering that the bullies are involved in her disappearance, Mashiro finds a personal revenge service called "Rental Murderers" and seeks their help to get even. However, he is unable to contact them after he pays their fee using all the money he has saved up for his sister's college fund and assumes he has been scammed. Pushed to his breaking point, Mashiro attempts to end his life but is luckily saved by an unknown woman named Kiyoka who suddenly appears. She claims to be an agent sent by Rental Murderers, and...thus begins an epic journey of revenge!
"You're my senior, but it seems you want to do some naughty things with me?" Gahhh... I'm fantasizing about Miki again today...! Toko often fantasizes about a certain underclassman in the same seminar, Miki. Miki's cute, kind, light-hearted and always willing to help Toko with whatever she needs. Is it because of her deep infatuation with Miki that Toko ends up thinking naughty thoughts about him all day? One day when Toko was feeling especially guilty for her thoughts, a turn of events leads Miki to touch Toko's bare skin. Wanting more, Toko comes up with an ingenious plan to satisfy her desires.
The girl with scarlet hair and aurum eyes, branded as a devil who commands beasts, grows up with no name and is mistreated by her parents, as well as the townsfolk. But one day, she is hired as a maid by Mikhael, the angelic second prince, and given the name Iris. Mikhael is kind to her despite her being branded a devil, but believing she will bring misfortune to others, Iris tries to leave his side. However, this causes his whole angelic demeanor to change, and then he....?!
"My smile is specially reserved for you." Kotori Ogata, self-conscious about her plump figure, is inexplicably adored by Soma, a younger coworker known for his frosty demeanor. The reason likely traces back to a rainy day encounter: Kotori finds Soma shivering at a bus stop and, being a meddlesome caretaker, helps him warm up. Since then, Soma has been incredibly affectionate toward Kotori. He defends her from sarcastic comments from her manager, holds her hand claiming he's cold, and even sweetly tells her, "Everything you do is adorable to me." Step into this romance and experience the cute moments between warm-hearted Kotori and her frosty younger coworker, Soma!
One day out of the blue, Takigawa, the guy I am head over heels for, asked me, "What exactly does being 'bad at sex' entail?"!! I could never bring myself to tell him how I feel, so I'm not only flying under his radar, but now he's even asking me stuff like this?! Not knowing what to do, I ended up blurting out, "Would you wanna try it with me...?" What the heck is wrong with me?!?!
"Koharu, you've had a fiance since you were born..." This is what my grandfather confesses to me one day out of the blue. But how could I, a 25-year-old stranger to love, possibly have a fiance? And on top of that, instead of living by myself while my grandfather is in the hospital, I have to live with him instead...?! He's tall, handsome, wealthy, and a CEO... not to mention 12 years my senior! We've got nothing in common! But his kindness and his unexpected naivete touch my heart, and before I know it...?! Between our short-term cohabitation and an marriage pact made by our grandfathers, this is one romance we can't let anyone find out about...
Have you ever cried while looking in the mirror...? "With this face, if I talked about fashion or went out to buy cosmetics, I'd be a total joke." Living with such thoughts, pitifully ugly office worker Tachibana Rin passed the days miserable and taunted by fate since she shares a first name with the most beautiful woman at her company, Kaizuka Rin. But that's just how it had to be. After all, for ugly girls, life's over before it begins... Then one day, Rin wins 11,910,000 yen in the lottery!! "Life's over for ugly girls, but for me this is just the beginning."
She finds her boyfriend cheating, and at the same spot her ex shows up out of nowhere!! Her harmonious lovey-dovey life with a popular photographer is suddenly overturned, and she's knocked down to her lowest rock bottom ever - what will become of Mahiru now!? Truth and lies become entangled as this complicated four-way affair begins...
Such filthy things... At school, I carry out my work as a teacher with painstaking care, and others gossip that I'm "uptight" or "not interested in sexy stuff"... But night after night, I go home and touch myself to naughty thoughts of the school nurse Mr. Shirahane. Today, it's Mr. Shirahane with his hand under the desk, his fingers brushing over that sensitive spot as he says "You love being teased like this, don't you?" - caught in that fantasy, I came. Ugh, I'm such a p*rvert...!!
Suddenly told she was going to inherit all her grandmother's kimonos, Hotori needs to learn kimono dressing in a hurry. But with her intense stranger anxiety, there's no way she can go take a class for it! Just then, a man named Ichigo - who runs a kimono shop - helps her in the street and offers to teach her kimono dressing if she'll work part-time at his shop. At first she declines, but Ichigo's gentlemanly manners put her at ease so finally she takes the job. And no sooner does he say, "Well, let's get you undressed" - could there be a devil's face hiding behind that kindly mask?!
Beginning Chapter 11 is a spin-off focusing on Amamiya, the guy who was trying to get between Haruhisa and Io, and a new character, Komatora!
Kitazono Haruhisa has always been popular with the ladies! But then underclassman Io appears, and all the girls including Haru's girlfriend leave him to fawn over Io. An annoyance at first, Io is soon smitten with Haru thanks to a certain incident. He's good-looking enough to get more girls than Haru, but this dang pretty boy Io just trails after Haru like a loyal pet and gazes at him so passionately... That's nothing to feel good about!! These past ten years, Haru has let Io's affection go to his head, but now...?
"Will you be taking a bath, dinner, or...?" The man uttering that cliched line was the middle-aged male housekeeper I suddenly ended up hiring! A man in the home of a radiant young (okay, twentysomething) maiden?! And on top of that, he's way older than me! What gives?! The curtain rises on a heartfelt tale of the odd-couple antics between Mei, a woman devoted to her career, and Nagisa, a man overflowing with maternal(?) warmth.
High school sweethearts Akiharu and Teru were as happy as could be. However, those happy days did not last for very long. Teru, who was aiming to become a professional soccer player, had an unexpected accident one day... After losing out on his soccer career, Teru began to grow sullen and mean, almost like he'd become another person, and finally the damage spread to Akiharu, too... "I'm telling you to go sleep with another guy!" Following that order from his beloved boyfriend Teru, Akiharu smothered the pain in his heart and set out for a gay bar...
I, Haruka Shinozuka, am 27 years old and still a virgin (never had a boyfriend, even). One day, the division chief, Okubo, sees me despairing over being turned down after the confession I had to work up the courage to make. And if that weren't bad enough, he steals my first kiss in the name of "shutting up that pathetic wailing"! Division Chief, who do you think you are? Do you think you can get away with anything just because you're handsome...? But his next words really throw me for a loop: "If you're still single when you turn 28, I'll take you." ...What? Was that just... a proposal?! Division Chief, are you serious?! Before I know it, the two of us are at a hotel, and engaged in some serious premarital relations...
Homurako Yoshii, a country girl born and raised, transfers into an elite girls' school in the heart of Tokyo. There, she meets Sasara Takamura, admired by those around her for her brains and her beauty... but she's actually a he?! The two of them, polar opposites in both status and personality, are drawn to each other....
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.
"Mizui, this spot of yours....is so soft...and sweet..." He's eating me out like a thirsty beast down there, but I've never felt this good before... On Christmas day, I finished work early and excitedly headed to my fiance's place only to discover that he was cheating on me with my best friend! Utterly devastated by the situation, I went to a river to rid myself of the engagement ring but ended up slipping as a result. Just as I was about to become one with the frigid winter river, Aiba, my colleague came to save the day. One thing led to another and we...
"I will never draw comics again... so please forgive me, mother." Megumi is a girl who received a sponsorship award for her manga comic at only 16 years old. However, it caused such a great distress amongst her family that it forced her out of her home. Now. 15 years later, she's living with her partner Tamaki while working as an assistant in various jobs. Out of nowhere, a famous manga artist by the name of Unsui Genda appears, putting into motion something in Megumi's life that has been at a standstill for too long.
"Let's keep this between you and I. We'll play til sunrise." With her parents gone, all the support Chiriko had in life came from her older sister. Soon, the two of them will start living together with her sister's husband's family! Chiriko is fully supportive of her sister's happiness, so going out and hooking up anywhere near the house is out of the question. The night before deciding to lead such a peaceful and quiet life, Chiriko runs into a guy who's totally her type. Their chemistry was just right, so they found themselves together getting down all night. The next day, the same guy shows up at the house Chiriko and her sister are moving into. Turns out he's son of Chiriko's sister's husband?!
Kotoka is the only daughter of the Hoshou family, a prestigious family that has only produced female heirs for generations. From a young age she was told that she would take a "mukoyoshi," a centuries-old Japanese tradition of a man being adopted into his wife's family as the heir to continue the family line. Before she knew it, she was already in her mid-twenties, and her mother arranges for Kotoka to meet her potential suitor. But it turns out to be that man from work?! The one her coworkers say is "the last man on earth I'd want to marry"?! Although his attitude and choice of words when they first meet is concerning, she decides to go along with it for a little while, confident that she can turn him down anytime. To her surprise, they get along well and thus their life trying to live together before marriage begins!
Everyone in the office may think the "Uncompromising Keisuke Jinpo" is a heart-throbbing lady killer, but I certainly don't think so! I mean, yes he is easy on the eyes, but we don't get along, he's strict, and he's always yelling at me which makes me seriously consider quitting my job... For some reason, just because I was made party host, I got roped into inviting Jinpo to our drinking party, and he even told me he expects that I look out for him at the event (omg, where's your self-responsibility!). As expected, Jinpo gets drunk, I take him home, and that's where things get interesting! He was way different than he's ever been and came at me with a pretty passionate kiss!! I lied... We kissed but I was feeling it a whole lot downstairs too if you know I mean. It felt... so good... What am I getting myself into...?!
Sayo was born to be the next protector of her village, but her lack of spiritual powers earned her the nickname "worthless shrine maiden." One night, she is attacked by yokai when the demon god Akatsuki, who is worshiped by the village, comes to her rescue. Nanase, her younger sister who became the shrine maiden in her place, hears of this and demands that Sayo be sacrificed as the "Bride of the Demon God." The sacrificial ceremony begins, and Sayo, dressed in the bridal kimono, makes a desperate attempt to escape when in her moment of need, a familiar figure appears...
It's the late Taisho era, and the main character, Suzu, works as a waitress at a cafe for the general public. The kind-hearted Suzu endures the harsh treatment of her employer so that she can take care of the poor orphaned children who live in the shadows of the glamorous town. Her dream is to earn enough funds to build a free diner where the children can eat until they're full. One fateful day, a breathtakingly handsome noble comes to the cafe and hits her with a life-changing proposal...!
Chihiro finds out that her hand in marriage is promised to a young yakuza leader. Although conflicted, as she attempts to live in hiding cross-dressed as a man, she's slowly attracted to the young leader. However Chihiro's identity is discovered... in the bath?! Just two innocent lovebirds in a wild setting.
A day before my 40th birthday, it dawns to me that my most accomplished trait is that I've been working in the same office for 18 years. Struggling with an angry customer during an event for a new department, a charismatic salesman comes to the rescue; twelve years younger Kohei Nakajima. On the way home, tears fall as anxiety kicks in, realizing I had turned 40 years old. Suddenly out of nowhere, Kohei appears and confesses his love for me?! I had lost hope... At this age, is it too late to welcome spring into my life?
Tae has been practically inseparable from her best friend Kiyo since college. And while Kiyo may be loose with women, Tae can always count on him for support - like whenever she crashes at his place to drown her sorrows over being dumped yet again. But what lies ahead in the morning after another night spent drinking together till dawn?! They're not quite lovers and not quite friends... but a revelation threatens to change all that. Can they move past mixed messages and misunderstandings to become something more? Or are they stuck as "best friends forever"?
In order to shake off the hurt of being cheated on by her now ex-boyfriend, Hana goes on a trip with her best friend Mizuki. At their destination, the two meet a pair of guys, but just as they've started to get to know each other, it dawns on Hana that her troubles are the result of her own too-sweet personality. Now determined to better herself, Hana sets out to change her pushover ways...?! This is the hapless love story of a clumsy quartet: Hana, who's always sacrificing herself for others; Mizuki, who only wants to be loved; Narita, who earns others' ire when he tells them blunt truths; and Ayumu, who is kind, but also something of a playboy. Can the four of them get their acts together long enough to avoid stumbling over themselves?
After getting away from her hometown - and her delinquent brother who basically ran the place - Yui is living it up at university. There, she falls for a cool, handsome (same difference!) Prince Charming in glasses who is the total opposite of her idiot brother, but unexpectedly her prince's friend is a delinquent!? On top of that, he's always getting in her way!! Just as she thinks it's all over for her, in more ways than one, she discovers that her prince in glasses lives in the apartment next door!?
"I want many more people to recognize your talent and appeal." - Orihara takes pride in Narikawa, the actor whom he manages. Narikawa is wary of strangers and distrustful of other people, but he has a pure heart, and his incredible acting skills set him apart from other young actors. While supporting him closely as a manager, Orihara begins to grow fond of him; finally, he agrees to help relieve certain physical urges for Narikawa. From then on, Narikawa's attachment to Orihara grows deeper day by day, until...? A quiet, but intense romance between a clumsy actor and his older manager.
My work at a clothing store keeps me busy every day, and my only hobby is playing erotic dating sims. While I was leading that lonely life, my friend's ultra cute younger brother appeared before my eyes. When he unexpectedly had to drop me off at home, I couldn't resist his masculine features and without thinking it through...we became friends with benefits! I know we shouldn't keep this up, but what can I do? My body can't help but yearn for him...!
"So it would be fine if I'd taken my hand out with my fingers dripping like this?" A quiet night at an internet cafe; a man and woman sharing a two-person booth... Under the blanket covering our laps, his fingers run wild stirring up my most private place... But, I can't let my voice out at a time like this...!! In real life, I (Nomiya) am an office worker whose presence barely leaves an impression, but online, I adventure as a lady warrior and chat every day with my close in-game friend Yurin. I also happen to be secretly in love with the dashing hottie at work, Kajimura, but... There's no way someone as plain as a starter avatar (me) could get close to a guy as popular as him...! Until one day, Yurin asks me to meet up IRL, and when I go to the meeting place, the person waiting is-?!
"Just quit already, you idiot!" "I'm sorry, sir!!"Today again, producer Hata roars insults at clumsy assistant director Igarashi for making a mistake, his shouts ringing through theTV Station. From the outside they seem like a monster boss and an employee in over his head on the boss' bad side. But Igarashi knows Hata's weakness, and he uses that to flip the script to his advantage once night falls!!
That flirtatious manner... Those sweet nothings... She's had enough of playing around with men who are more concerned with themselves than a potential partner! But if she's going to have something sweet, she might as well get her fill...!! Eri Hosokawa, a thirtyish office worker in Tokyo, is beautiful and popular with men, but terminally unlucky in finding a lasting love. Nagata, a senior colleague, is reliable and well-liked around the office, but he's the same sort of no-good, full-of-himself perpetual bachelor she swore she wouldn't fall for... and yet, when she sees Nagata lamenting his lack of prospects, even she can't help but feel bad for him. But how did she end up staying at his apartment?!
Personality, education, status, money... Everything about him was perfect! Ayako Makuuchi, an up-and-coming office worker in Tokyo, has put her shameful past behind her and now struggles to become one of life's "winners". She's set her sights on Nagata, a senior colleague and her ideal man, and as the distance between them decreases day by day, she seems well on the way to a blissful wedded life... or so she thinks. Enter her childhood friend Eiji, who knows her dark secret and somehow ends up crashing at her place in the city...?!
Takakura and Yatsuka, who attend the same university, are such close friends that they live together. However, when Takakura told him "I have feelings for you," Yatsuka started rushing things forward without stopping to think it over?! I like you... But now's not the time!! It's a love affair that twists itself into knots while these two guys impatiently race around and around only to get nowhere.
"That does it; my life is over now, for sure...!" -- Though he's good at his job, due to a stubborn streak and an overly serious attitude, office worker Sakura tends to take on too much. But he has a secret - after sunset on the weekends, he becomes "someone else." However, his junior coworker Arima sees him in this other form, and Sakura even gets stuck sharing his secret with the guy...!! Can straight-laced, earnest, bespectacled Sakura handle the onslaught from his blank-faced, pushy junior on top of all the rest of his stress?!
A coworker who keeps chasing after teen idols despite her age; a useless boss; and a completely unsociable new hire. Ann, a fortyish woman who looks down on those around her and blames everything on others, dreams only of marriage with the boyfriend who won't sleep with her. But then one day, when she learns that one of the colleagues she looked down on is getting married, she reveals her hidden nasty side right in front of the newbie. From that day on, she is visited by one misfortune after another....