Takahide and Amano are the top students at their school-much to Takahide's frustration. No matter how hard she works, she just can't seem to outshine the effortlessly brilliant (and maddeningly aloof) Amano. But when a small confrontation leads Amano to mistakenly believe Takahide has a crush on him, things take an unexpected turn. His curiosity turns to affection, and suddenly, Takahide sees a new angle: if she plays along, maybe she can finally come out on top. But even the best-laid plans can't account for matters of the heart...
During the first thirty hours of the Russian invasion, he got six air victories in the sky over the capital! Forty enemy targets under his belt! Horror for Russian aviation! He holds the sky above us!
Well-known Japanese manga author Matsuda HI was inspired by the events of February 2022, when the skies over Kyiv were heroically defended by Ukrainian pilots of the Tactical Aviation Brigade, giving rise to the urban legend of the Ghost of Kyiv, MiG-29 pilot who won six air victories in the sky over the capital.
Ryo, my husband of six months, has become distant lately. Every time I speak to him, he seems irritated and responds with sharp words. Our strained relationship has taken a significant mental toll on me, but thankfully, I can lean on my best friend Miku. She's someone truly precious whom I trust and can confide in about anything. One day,I decide to surprise Miku with a visit, only to find my husband's car parked outside her apartment. He'd told me he was heading out for golf with his boss early that morning, but it turns out he was lying. The truth? He's been sleeping with my best friend behind my back! And as if that weren't enough,he showers her with affection he never shows me while also trash-talking me. As I grapple with my disbelief, a dark resolve forms within me, urging me to get rid of both my husband and best friend.
"Did you know? Even I get a turn to make my move." Temp worker Rino Amano, 27 years old, used to have a lover. His name was Haruo Higashiyama and he worked full-time at the same company as the manager of the planning department. He was 32 years old, married, and had a two-year-old daughter. While 99% of her knew that this was an unforgivable love that would never amount to anything, the other 1% was clutching her phone, spending her days waiting for him to reach out. One day he suddenly demands to break it off, throwing the feelings she had for him in the trash. This devastating blow leaves Rino distraught. Even at work she is unable to suppress her feelings, and she searches for an empty room to hide her tears. In doing so she catches Haruo secretly making out with another coworker much younger than herself. At that moment something inside her breaks and awakens something inside.
"It might be you who gets full, first." Chief Togawa, most admired businessman in history, is possessed by an incubus?! Utsuse, a humble salesman, works vigilantly hoping to someday reach an inch closer to the ace of the company, Chief Togawa. However, the Chief suddenly transforms into an extreme sadist, possessed by an incubus. To save the Chief's life, "You must have sex" orders the incubus with the exact same attire of Chief Togawa. Sadist incubus persona, and the kind Chief Togawa entangles Utsuse between bed sheets... at the office, or anywhere, before the magic wears out to eat Chief Togawa alive. A BL romance with a black magic twist.
*This volume compiles ch. 1-6 of "Tell Me When You're Full!"
Toma Sugawa is a cool-headed, unsociable businessman. For some reason, he's not in a relationship, and he spends his life watching the days go by. One thing that has become a part of his daily routine is waking up one of the tenants in his grandfather's apartment complex. That tenant is Kaoru Aida. He has countless alarms go off, and still doesn't wake up until Toma comes in to wake him. On top of that, he asks Toma to wake him up the next morning, without a lick of remorse. With an attitude like that, of course Toma is on the verge of snapping. But one day, Toma goes to wake him up as usual, and Kaoru, still sleepy, pushes him down?! Enjoy this clumsy, blooming love story between an inconsiderate guy and a guy still stuck on his ex!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-6 of "The Seduction of the Deep Sleeper"
When an annoying guy at work mocks her lack of femininity, Shoko gets dead drunk and begs for help from Jun, a boy at the bar whose beauty could outshine any girl, until she's talked him into coaching her on how to power up her feminine side. But Jun gives her two conditions: she has to live with him, and he gets to touch her breasts... This beautiful younger man's super erotic touchy-feely coaching is steadily training my body!
Alexandra Benno can instantly summon parallel-dimension versions of herself. But these duplicates are always super-idealized: smart, fast, tough, and often the most beautiful girls in their world -- while Alex herself is a clumsy, frizzy-haired wallflower. So when the government recruits Alex for top-secret espionage work, it's always her alternate who gets the action, and, consequently, receives all the credit. Sick of being her own sidekick, will Alex be able to crack to Vosarak Code and complete her latest mission...or is she destined to live in her own shadow?
Albert is a gargoyle who was made to obey the demon king's commands. But now the demon king is dead and the magic that subjected Albert to his will is gone! He might have lost his wings in battle but he still has an optimistic view of the future. Now that he finally has his freedom, he is free to life his new life as he pleases!
"I thought this would be the only love of my life." Lacheria, the daughter of a marquis of the Gazel kingdom, becomes one of the candidates for princess consort of Prince Bradford, her childhood friend. However, he falls in love with Alamoana, a daughter of a marquis who he suddenly meets one day. Bradford's feelings for Alamoana are so deep that he forgets his position and doesn't notice Lacheria's bittersweet feelings, as she had loved him ever since they were children. Where does this story about Lacheria's faithful love and sacrifice lead?
A Kindhearted Innocent Queen x A Cold-Hearted Prince of a Rival Nation From a marriage of convenience begins a life overflowing with love-
"Do you feel it? Sleeping with the man who hates you..." He embraced me to get revenge, but my body drowned in sweet pleasure. Alexia suddenly became queen at the young age of 19, succeeding her brother who died suddenly. Leon, the prince of a neighboring country and her first love, is sent to be her partner in an arranged marriage from a hostile ally as a condition for peace. She fell in love with him but was separated from him three years ago. It was a fateful reunion... but he mistakenly thought that Alexia had betrayed him and hated her. Leon embraced his wife out of obligation with a cold gaze. He knew there was no love in his actions, but he couldn't suppress his feelings for his beloved...
"C'mon... please... make me your girlfriend!" To think an orphaned high schooler would find himself adopted by a family of seven women! Yusuke, who grew up in an orphanage, has been adopted many times before, only to be sent back time and time again with the foster parents saying, "He's too good for us!" Then one day, the Onagawas, all of whom are female, express interest in taking him in. Their single condition for adopting Yusuke is simple-No romance within the family. Yusuke accepts this, thinking there is no way he can develop romantic feelings for a family member, but contrary to his expectations, he is fiercely approached by all five daughters!
"I'm going to be in a relationship with my step-sister!" Wait, who decided that?! There was no way he was going to fall in love. Since that traumatic event from 2 years ago, he avoids love like the plague--When his dad gets remarried! Now he has 2 sisters?! This must be some joke!! Even though Aoba wants nothing to do with the sisters, they always find themselves in sticky situations. Can they open his "door" to love? The beginning of a juicy story bound to make life a home a very ending love battle!"
"What did I just 'feel'...?" The daughter of a baron, Melvy Renoir, has a peculiar constitution that impedes her ability to feel anything. Derided and oppressed by her family as an unsettling "defective product," she is ordered to marry Duke Gerald Valrier, feared as "The Bride-Slaying Duke." Feeling her life in danger, she reluctantly visits the duke's mansion. Upon meeting him, Gerald declares, "If you don't lose consciousness when I touch you, I will make you my wife." The moment his fingertips touched Melvy, her body, which should not feel anything, is overcome by a sweet, numbing "pleasure"... That encounter would come to serve as the prologue to a story in which two "flawed people" learn about love...
In the sleepy countryside of Mythos, young Chloe trains as a priestess by day and secretly wins big money at cards by night. Her success captures the attention of Erald, a paladin of renowned looks and wealth, and he is convinced she has a magical gift that may be key to solving a murder from two years prior. While Chloe insists on being ordinary, the promise of riches beyond her imagination has her racing headlong into a tangled web of political intrigue...
・Summary Hiroto fell in love at first sight with Shu, his older brother's friend. By the time he was finally honest with himself about his feelings, he no longer had a way to contact Shu. When he went to his brother's place hoping to get to Shu through him, the very person he longed for was right there.
About to start her first year of high school, Sakurako Kawawa settles into her new lodgings. But when she meets her new roommate - the stunningly beautiful Kasumi Yamabuki, who lives life at her own pace - everything changes! From day one, responsible and level-headed Sakurako and lazy, easygoing Kasumi find themselves at odds with one another... but with their matching mugs and one bed to share, Sakurako and Kasumi's friendship is just beginning!
This four-panel-style comic follows the everyday life of two high school roommates as they go to class together, tackle the mundane necessities of laundry and grocery shopping for two, and learn more about one another in a cute and heartwarming series of short stories.
Hoshina dreams of making it big with his band-but writing love songs has never come easy.
That is, until he meets Seto, a sweet and disarming part-timer who shines a little too brightly in Hoshina's jaded world.
When a rainy night leads to an unexpected encounter, Hoshina finds himself drawn to Seto's honesty and warmth. But discovering Seto is still in his final year of high school leaves Hoshina spiraling with guilt...
As Hoshina tries to distance himself, Seto only steps closer-determined to love, and be loved, even if he's still figuring out how to be a grown-up.
Maybe love doesn't have to be perfect to be real... Maybe it just needs a good melody!-CWs: age gap
Nezumi was raised by the yakuza to be a killer. It's all she's ever known. Love is something she's never experienced or even contemplated...until she meets an ordinary, hapless young man named Ao in an arcade during a hit. Suddenly thrust into the simple bliss of shared dinners, video games, and bashful intimacy, Nezumi is happy for the first time in her life. But her masters were never going to allow the dream to last forever. Now Nezumi has to make a terrible choice to save Ao's life-and her own. How far will this killing machine go to assert her humanity...?
Amidst the dark glamor of host club Velvet Kiss, Juri-also called Juliet-commands a vice-like grip on the number one position. Impressed by this poker-faced beauty's supreme reign, newbie and number-two host Akatsuki decides he must learn Juliet's secrets-and shoot him down from the top of the pack. But Akatsuki's first up-close taste of Juliet's intoxicating charm leaves him craving more than he'd expected. And as he may soon learn, some secrets are better left in their bottles, and the bullet that shoots through one heart might take out more than it bargained for...
Noel Wraith the assassin is the only party member with dark affinity in the Hero of Light's party. While his party members initially claimed this doesn't bother them, he finds himself kicked out as soon as a replacement for him is found. Left alone in a world where dark affinity is shunned he comes across Rococo, a little girl who also has dark affinity powers. He decides to take her under his wing and together they start their own party to show the world what dark affinity classes are really capable of!
Gator has just never seemed to fit in with the other neighborhood pets...probably because he has a nasty habit of eating the other neighborhood pets. Flushed down the toilet as just a little snapper, Gator spends his days alone in the sewers...
On the streets above, little Gabby has never seemed to fit in with the other kids in town. She'd rather collect bottles and practice her tuba than gossip with the girls down at the pool, but it does get lonely being the only vegetarian on the block...
When Gabby and Gator meet, their fun and adventures prove that the best friends are those who accept you as you are, teeth and all!
Delve deeper into Kirito's and Asuna's pasts in this collection of three short stories adapted to manga for the first time! From their newlywed life in SAO to Asuna's time in ALO, revisit events from throughout the series as they originally appeared in the novels!
The word in town is that the broth at the local noodle house is to die for. The secret? The people who run the shop were on the brink of death! They call themselves COUNTERS and have partnered with ghosts from the afterlife to hunt down rogue spirits. When ordinary high schooler Mun is invited to join them, his whole life flips upside down. Can his new job of fighting evil and chopping noodles give him the answers to his parents' mysterious deaths all those years ago?
Ten years of unrequited love. And yet "I love you" are the only words he can't bring himself to say. The story of two childhood friends who happen to be friends with benefits as well as boss and subordinate. Despite being one of the founding members, the department head, Genki, is rumored to be on bad terms with the CEO, Wataru. However, the two are actually childhood friends who grew up as neighbors. In fact, their relationship isn't far from that of lovers...
When the boss of a notorious gang tells you to do something, you do it, and you do it well, even if that something changes from finding his ideal woman to BECOMING his ideal woman. Yasu, Boss Ginji's right-hand man, has only three words to say: You got it...
And just like that, Yasu learns how to hypnotize Ginji to view him as Ginji's ideal type: strong, protective, gorgeous.
The Boss falls in love at first sight. In his eyes, she (Yasu) is his very definition of perfect... in his eyes...
Cafe Waikiki is so empty that owner-chef Yori swears he's been hearing voices. Why isn't he getting any customers? His cooking can't be that bad, and it's not like he's in the wrong location, so what other reason could there be for this to happen?
Motoharu Kano never really thought about anything so seriously in his life, but one day he hears something truly unexpected from an unassuming nerd and can't stop thinking about it. Could someone as quiet and defenseless as honor student Katagiri ever say something so harsh?
When they were classmates, Makito dreamed of being an idol, and Junpei painted his heart out. They'd only spoken to each other once, but little do they know the profound impact they'd had on each other, even back then. After meeting again in their hometown as adults chasing different dreams, can their story together have a chance to begin?
One rainy day while Motoi and his friend, Reiichi were on their way home, they encountered a young girl who looked like a foreigner who then led them to a shop by a hill slope. There, they meet the shop owner, an old man named Shouten, who deals with exotic wildlife - both ordinary and unordinary: demon beasts. Fascinated by the mysterious beasts the shop holds, Motoi agrees to work and raise a demon. Motoi's journey of encountering different demon beasts begins.
There is a small maid cafe that nearly nobody goes to - Maid Cafe Seaside, quiet enough for Sanada to do his homework in. His airheaded classmate and childhood friend Arashiyama works as the cafe's only maid, and though she looks just like a cute maid waitress, she sure doesn't act like one. What happens when her friends stop by for a visit?
When he was young, Akio, an aspiring violinist, was late to watch his Uncle's orchestra rehearsal when he encountered a girl conducting in front of pigeons. Arriving at the rehearsal by break time, he is surprised to see the girl again. Her name is Hibiki Sonari, the orchestra conductor's daughter, who proceeds to substitute for her father in conducting the orchestra with amazing results. Deeply moved by Hibiki's sound, Akio seeks to replicate it. But as years go by, he finds himself slowly losing his passion for music. Despite that, he enters college as a violinist and is surprised to know that Hibiki entered the same college as an aspiring conductor. Will Hibiki be able to help Akio find what's lacking in his music?
Fuuta Okeya's dad said second-year middle school students are unstoppable, and Fuuta's inclined to agree. He's determined to make the most out of his ordinary student life, but everything changes when the mysterious Kouko Ishigami transfers into his class. Not just because Fuuta thinks she's pretty and likes her - but because she thinks Fuuta is her rival from a past life!
One winter day, Turner, a shoemaker in modern-day England, comes across Benny, a seemingly homeless young man barefoot and shivering on a park bench. Concerned about this stranger who claims to be a former angel, Turner decides to invite him into his home to avoid the bitter English winter. As the two get closer, Turner decides that he wants to make shoes for Benny, who's putting his all into learning about the human realm. Benny ends up living with Turner during the months-long shoemaking process, but will their arrangement come to an end when the shoes are complete?
Delinquent Ken goes to Korea to follow the girl he loves and to become a police officer by her side. His dropout status and nationality don't do him any favors. Still, after protecting a roadside vendor one night, he gets an offer from the opposite side of the law - join this guy's "geondal," a Korean mafia group, as its new boss!
Thanks to his parents' job transfer, Usa has to live on his own. The problem is, his new place is full of weird people, and the upperclassman he admires is one of them...? A teenage romance comedy that's heavier on the humor, not so much on the romance!