Junichiro Nogi is a serious, stoic yet dull man at work and at home. Satoshi Miyamoto has a beautiful wife, a successful career, yet enjoys his extramarital relationships. Two men, both 40 years old, meet the women of their destinies. Nogi, tired of his job and family, spends time in his friend Asahina's apartment (who is currently away as an expat in a foreign country). He enjoys his alone-time, and manages to decompress there. Suddenly, a beautiful young woman named Ayami Fujimori appears at the apartment and says "Please make me your girlfriend" as she gives him a kiss...!?
The hunger for victory begins! Momotaro High School's Competitive Eating Club was once a forceto be reckoned with. The new coach, Kutaro Moriyama, has come to restore the club to its former glory!
Kiriko is 22 years old. Takuto is 20 years old. The Absolute S girl is secretly an M!! The M Takuto is actually a budding S! We all have both Masochist and Sadist sides. What is the true nature of the complicated relationship between these cousins?
A "kamuro" is a young girl who takes care of and runs various errands for a courtesan, and at the same time studies the art for herself. The way kamuro would refer to their respective courtesans as "big sister" gave rise to the word "oiran", the most elite courtesans in Edo-era Japan. This story takes place in a brothel called Shinkiro in notorious Yoshiwara red-light district, starring an oiran known to many as the "Courtesan from Hell", a super popular sadist specialist named Hashidate. Her personal kamuro, Namiji, narrates the story, and paints a picture of Hashidate that most would never expect. A variety of customers, including townsfolk, samurai, and high-rollers, are in full force as Namiji recounts these fantastic tales!
She's the young, genius scholar of love. The goddess who scientizes love and can solve all of your love problems. To all the men out there not popular enough, not bright enough or who don't have the chance to meet women - Don't give up! For all those little lambs out there lost in love, introducing the ultimate love counseling comic!
"Won't you please... create a manga with me?" The girl I fell in love with at first sight loves horror manga!? How will the love story of these opposite two unfold...?
"Before my generation was born... A pandemic had brought change to our world." In the near future, hiding your mouth behind a mask became a normal part of life. Natsuki, a girl fascinated by the world before the global pandemic; and Hata, his classmate, end up sharing a small secret... The story of their new everyday life, their "new normal" begins here!
With a bouquet, wearing suits and cool...woman!? ---Hikaru Kasuga, a poor student, meets Aya Sumino at his new part time job. A sweet talker who loves suits and wears them just as well; she is a woman with masculine appeal. Although just boss and employee, the unusual closeness they share takes Hikaru for a ride from beginning to end as he is unable to keep up with his heart. It can't be romantic... but she's coming on to me! A classic romantic comedy of unset boundaries that'll keep you on the edge of your seat.
In a world populated by diverse range of tribes, humans have been persecuted nearly to extinction. One day, a forest guardian known as a Golem crosses paths with an abandoned little human girl. This is the story of the bond between a member of the disappearing human species and a guardian of the forest.The anime of this story will premiere this year (2019)!This series has been published in Japan since 2015 which Japanese title name is "Somali to Mori no Kamisama"
You may be eating alone, but you're not really alone. Today's lunch, homemade just for you, feels like a warm hug. - Geeky Haru normally shrugs off the pitying looks of strangers that don't understand her priorities in life, but one day a fluke comment leaves her down in the dumps. That same day, she meets androgynous young Ao. The two of them really hit it off and, on the spur of the moment, decide to become roommates. Except, one of the house rules is a homemade lunchbox exchange...?! Make sure to get a taste of this gentle, heartwarming story of passing messages through edible correspondence!
Note: Chapter 11 is a stand-alone story about Ai's past. Ai Morikawa lives for her work. Pulling overtime and getting home past midnight is business as usual for this Tokyo career woman. She barely has time to catch the last train every night, let alone go chasing after a potential husband. One night, an extraordinarily pretty 16-year-old boy named Nagisa shows up on Ai's doorstep, and she takes him in. Her acquaintance with Nagisa, a boy as eccentric and aloof as a cat, slowly begins to change Ai's routine... This unconventional family drama is guaranteed to soothe your heart!
The beautiful mermaid I fell in love with became human.A "male" human.Manato Koganei, a part-time worker on the brink of despair meets a beautiful mermaid shining in the moonlit night (and she's all battered up for some reason)?! She says she wants to "become human and fall in love", and is successfully reborn... but with a "third leg"?!!! A non-human existence? A sex change?? BL??? Say hello to a very odd love comedy~
Yeld, an orc sick of life in his dark-fantasy realm, decides to move to Tokyo and become a manga editor. One day, he's visited by a full-time armored swordswoman, part-time aspiring manga artist-one who gets practically suicidal whenever her work gets rejected! Between her, a tentacle monster summoned as an assistant, and a slime girl with all kinds of "helpful" manga tools, there's never been a stranger pack of creators! It's the most realistic(?) depiction of the manga industry yet!
Nekoya is an ordinary western-style restaurant in Japan. But it has a secret...every Saturday, special customers from another world visit this place!
Dragons, swordsman, explorers, ogres, princesses, knights...they all have their favorite dish to order. No one knows why these secret doors to this restaurant appear in certain places in "Another World" once in a week, but every one of them are looking forward to the day.
It's the year 2050 and Japan has been ruined by desertification, Soshi Sawamura is a soldier in the Saitama Nation's military. One day he meets Nadeko, a girl diagnosed with the modern epidemic which makes her a "Flower Girl." They get acquainted and then get caught in the middle of a guerrilla ambush and are cornered by the enemy. That is when Nadeko asks Sawamura if she can fall in love with him. The moment he agrees to accept her feelings vines and branches sprout out of her body...?! This is a heartful story about the fate of the girls fighting strongly for their love and dreams in battle despite their sad fate.This series has been published in Japan since 2013 which Japanese title name is "Kalyx"
"I thought I was going to marry this person someday..." Chihiro lives with her lover, Takuma. However, because they hadn't had sex in months, and Takuma doesn't seem to be motivated for marriage, she breaks up with him. Chihiro decides to leave the house, but is unable to find suitable lodgings for her to move in. By Takuma's suggestion, she ends up staying until her new home is found. In such a situation, Chihiro's ideal man, Junpei, appears. They become lovers, but Chihiro is troubled since she can't bring herself to tell him that she's still living with her ex-boyfriend. On the other hand, Junpei also has his own set of problems...
A middle-aged man wakes up in a fantasy world and finds himself in the body of a young boy, equipped with the starting skill [Conjure Seasoning]. But despite his seeming combat disadvantage, when a wolf emerges from the trees, in his desperation he unleashes... a [Soy Sauce Beam] attack! Perhaps he'll be able to get by in this new world after all!
Sixteen years after the great hydroseism, nearly the entire world has sunken beneath the seas... but that won't stop Tatsumiya Minato from following her dream of becoming a high school student at the Enoshima Women's Ocean Academy!
Yokai, ghosts, and humans living together in harmony? Yushi Inaba was taken in by his uncle's family after losing his parents in an accident three years ago. Now sixteen and eager to make it on his own, he hopes to move into dorm upon entering high school. But by a cruel twist of fate, the dorm burns to the ground! After searching high and low, Yushi finally manages to find an apartment at the too-good-to-be-true price of 25,000 yen per month! Sure enough, there's one condition: the apartment is haunted! Surrounded by a gaggle of colorful tenants, Yushi's "normal" high school life begins! Waka Miyama delivers an elegant comic based off of the popular novel series by Hinowa Kozuki.
"You wanna get married?" I'm Ito, and my boyfriend Daisuke suddenly proposed to me! We've been together for 8 years and have been living together for 3; finally, it's my turn to walk down the aisle! But it didn't take long for the excitement to wane and my worries to set in. He doesn't rinse the dishes no matter how many times I tell him, he leaves his dirty clothes on the floor, and he's ALWAYS on his phone. Did I mention we never have sex, too? Will I truly be happy marrying him like this? It's hard for me to say what's on my mind to him, but I don't have the energy to start a relationship from scratch with someone new. With these thoughts swirling in my mind, Dai and I go on a long-awaited date and find ourselves at a mysterious shop called Cafe Untye. I drink the tea that's chosen for me and the words, "I don't want to get married!", pop out of me?! What the...?! My mouth just moved on its own...?! Cafe Untye is a peculiar place one can reach only when a "tie" leads you there. This title is a collection of enchanting stories intricately woven through the bonds of individuals who visit the cafe.
In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch...until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she's never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody "knows" might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...
"Fortune and Misfortune are two sides of the same coin?! Reverse any adversary and cease redemption!!" Siegbert is reborn after an unfortunate accident in his previous life. His new family is warm and welcoming... so much so it seems as though he may no longer be an unlucky person. In this world, he can finally live a quiet, peaceful life... or so he thought. It seems that he actually holds an insanely high luck stat in this new world...? "Every chance is a manifestation of good fortune. If you can cease the chances, your wishes shall be granted..." Conquering each "chance" granted by his good fortune, will he now cease redemption on the generational legacy this family has yet to fulfill?!
Meet Sasaki, an overworked, middle-aged office worker. His days are marked only by the passing of more unrewarding corporate drudgery. Smoking helps take the edge off, but other than that, the only bright spot of his day is when he goes to the nearby supermarket and sees Yamada's smiling face. So, one evening after yet another exhausting day, he heads to the supermarket to find he missed Yamada's shift. Dejected, he decides to go find a smoking area but discovers there isn't one to be found. Just as he's about to leave, a girl in a biker jacket named Tayama asks him to join her at a secret smoking area!
Please note that this work is a fictional portrayal and does not endorse or encourage smoking in any way.
A colored illustration collection featuring a close-knit group of five girls from Ao High! This volume is full of teens in swim suits. Enjoy a thrilling vibe similiar to peeping at the swim team as you watch them brush their hair back with their hand and emerge from the pool. The volume is packed with beautiful illustrations of radiant and pure-hearted girls. The character introduction pages might reveal their relationships! Enjoy these ultimate situational illustrations to the fullest♪
There has always been 16 heroes. Among them is the Darkness Hero, Shion, the strongest hero in history. Shion has only one thing he believes in--his party members. However, those girls he believed in cruelly betrayed him. Is there a way for Shion to overcome his deep pain and keep on living?
Ken'ichi, a single man who's almost 40, is suddenly transferred to another world. As he navigates his way through the dangerous forests of that world, he realizes that he can use a huge online shopping site. Ken'ichi aims to use his cheat ability to live a slow life in another world!
Zalmen is an adventurer who's finally decided to throw in the towel. Putting an end to this chapter in his reincarnated life, he's decided to take all the money he's made up until this point and blow it on the fanciest brothel in town. It's a once-in-a-lifetime chance to be with an expensive woman AND lose his virginity! However, the moment he finishes something rings in his ear, "Fertilization complete. Level up!" What?!!
Known as the Weakest Hunter of All Mankind, E-rank hunter Jinwoo Sung's contribution to raids amounts to trying not to get killed. Unfortunately, between his mother's hospital bills, his sister's tuition, and his own lack of job prospects, he has no choice but to continue to put his life on the line. So when an opportunity arises for a bigger payout, he takes it...only to come face-to-face with a being whose power outranks anything he's ever seen! With the party leader missing an arm and the only healer a quivering mess, can Jinwoo somehow find them a way out?
Discover the manga adaptation of Darren Shan's Cirque Du Freak, now back in a new omnibus form! Darren Shan was an average kid until destiny brought him to the Cirque du Freak. Now Darren's been immersed into a shadowy world inhabited by vampires, werewolves, and strange creatures the likes of which he's never imagined, and his life will be changed forever!
In a world where an endless variety of humanoid species coexist, there's an equally endless variety of sexy shops for all your nightlife needs! Join Stunk, Zel, and Crim on their erotic adventures as they sample the many deviant delights that the world of succubus joints has to offer!
Shinba has no talent, no job, no money...he's a complete loser. However, he has a girlfriend, Hizumi who is beautiful, smart, good at her work. He has no idea why she says she likes him. He's almost scared, but loves Hizumi so much...he asks Hizumi, "Why do you want to date with someone like me?" She answers..."You always oversleep, talk about some video games I don't even know about, sing lame songs no one knows at karaoke, gave me a toy ring as a gift. Your face is always gloomy as hell. But...looking at such face makes me happy, Shinba. I love you, ha ha." Is she telling the truth? Hizumi must have some kind of a secret, Shinba thinks. He wants to find out...but maybe he shouldn't.
A high-school boy Sandai, who liked to spend his time alone, accidentally helped the most beautiful girl in his class, Shino, when she fell into a ditch near his home. He let her use shower at his home, and lend her some clothes, although he had never talked with her before. From that day, she started to act like his friend. In fact, she seems to like him...but that can't be! She's the most popular babe in his high school! But what he didn't know was, Shino had never went out with a guy. She was not very good with guys, and Sandai was the first guy she could talk naturally with. As they spend time together, Sandai can't help himself to have special feelings for Shino. A story of a boy whose life was completely changed by a cute babe!
Yoshida earns a living solely through dubious part-time jobs. And the reason? He gets paid an exorbitant amount. For one such job, Yoshida's asked to live in a house with a history. As the story goes, the previous family of three who lived there committed a group suicide. What could have possibly sent the family over the edge? When Yoshida discovers the daughter's picture diary, inexplicable facts come to light... Follow Yoshida and his fellow forum denizens as they search for answers in these pulse-pounding tales. Just one question, will they solve the mystery first, or will you beat them to the punch?
This spin-off of the bestselling Haruhi Suzumiya series takes place in the world of the "Disappearance" arc of the original novels, focusing on the high school life (and romance!) of a tentative and bashful Yuki Nagato quite unlike the one you've come to know and love through the usual exploits of the SOS Brigade...but no less charming!
"I am no woman. I am a Samurai." It was the Sengoku Era in Japan. Ginko Tsukitsubata, a sword genius, fought in the Battle of Sekigahara. She wanted to slay as many enemies as she could and fight to the death for her belief, which she called a brilliant death. However, she survived--found herself among the corpses of her fellow warriors. The era of the battle of Samurais had ended. Since then, she wandered across Japan to find a swordsman who was stronger than her, who could kill her. She was looking for a place to die. She fought and fought and fought...but it seemed like there was no one left who was stronger than her. When she was in despair, she was transferred to another world! Are goblins, ogres, dragons...stronger than her!?
Confessing to my childhood friend Marika was impossible for someone as unpopular as me. So, I did what any desperate boy would do-I wished upon a shooting star! When I woke up, that dream had come true?! I could see a love meter for people, just like in a love simulation game. Once I realized this was real and not a dream I went straight to see Marika. Her love meter was so low it had broken and practically fallen all the way to hell! If she hated me so much why was she so nice?! Is this how she really felt or...?!
Poison and venom are harmful to life... and my girlfriend is highly venomous. She was perfect - her personality, her hobbies, our physical chemistry; everything about her made her my ideal partner. But no one is truly perfect. I found out she was hiding a dead body in her bathroom... and I didn't have time to think. I covered it up to protect her. That's all. I mean, who wouldn't do something like that for the love of their life? Isn't it only natural to do whatever it takes for someone you care about? But what I didn't realize back then... was that her venom was slowly consuming me and everyone around me.
Wade didn't have a mother, and had to get rid of his alchoholic father...that's why he decided to become an adventurer and find what kind of magic he can use. He applied for an adventurer school, went through hard trainings, scored the top. However, on the day all students find out what magic they can use, Wade's magic turned out to be "Gravity Magic"...which no one knew how to use it. Then he remembered his previous life as a company slave in Japan. Now he knows about gravity, more than anyone in this world. If he can make good use of this, he can be the strongest! Wade starts his training using his gravity magic. Ais, a shy girl with ice magic as his partner, Wade aims to be the richest and greatest adventurer in the world!
The charismatic owner of the super popular ramen chain Tenshukaku passes away suddenly in an accident! His wife is left to try and hold the business together with the four branch managers of the chain. In this situation, a new employee enters the picture. A man called Shinsuke Hyodo! Will he succeed, or will he be eaten alive...?! The stage is set for a battle of ambitions!