After receiving an interesting phone call from his brother, Tatsuki Hiroshi decides to go for a visit. There he encounters Miura, and as the two get to know each other,they begin dating. It is not supposed to be for anything but fun with no strings attached. So when did Tatsuki become a fool for love? What is he to do?! As he finds out, affairs of the heart are complicated!
Painter Yukari Yohito will soon realize that despite all that he's been through, leaving his umbrella on a train will be the one thing that changes his life. Completely in tune with his paintings, Yukari is a genius at the canvas; however he is completely useless at living life. One day fellow art student Kurosu Keiichiro realizes Yukari has forgotten his umbrella on the train and quickly tries to return it-- having been a huge fan of Yukari's work, he strikes up a friendship. Keiichiro begins coming by to take care of things for the neurotic artist. However, the more he involves himself in Yukari's complex life the deeper Keiichiro's feelings begin to run. It's no longer mere friendship or even admiration that moves him, but just what should he do about it?
Gerun Fortress - a coastal stronghold along the Mediterranean Sea. Here, two-hundred Monastic Knights make their final stand against a league of 20,000 Middle Eastern soldiers led by General Jamal Jan. Called "beardless" by some, "shameless" by others, Jamal soon seizes the castle and its acting commander, Prince Leonard de Limbourg. The general's ideas of how to subjugate the enemy do not conform to the typical rules of warfare, however. In quick order, Prince Leonard finds himself stripped naked and forced to perform in front of his own men. Leonard's h*miliation does not end there; now the general's captive slave, he is brought back to a strange land and presented before His Majesty the Sultan. Will Jamal's deviant attentions lead to certain punishment for both he and Prince Leonard?
When policeman Kyougo Suzaki takes an undercover assignment to support government official Itsuki Kijima, the last thing he expected was to fall for the man he was entrusted with! With the company's urban legend about fated couples nagging at the back of his mind, will he be able to protect Itsuki, or will he find himself in more danger than he could have guessed?
Adorable Iori is off to Tokyo for university and he's got to find a place to live! When he quickly sniffs out a sweet (but strange) deal on an apartment with an older roommate, he can't believe his good luck. But will Iori soon discover that life in the city has plenty of other surprises in store?
Kunio Tokiwa, a spontaneous and gifted pianist, has always been motivated by his desire to please his uncle, a piano tuner.When his uncle dies, Kunio is lost.The night he's about to give up the piano entirely, Kunio is stunned by the sound of a piano tuned and played by the beautiful Yui Hasegawa.Reminded of his beloved uncle, Kunio devotes himself to gaining both Yui's exclusive service and his approval.Not even Yui's cold, mystifying behavior can stop Kunio's efforts, but he keeps hitting sour notes in his clumsy struggles to figure out why Yui's existence is so important to him.When Kunio's words create confusion and hurt, he must find another way to communicate.Can Kunio's Healing Music convince Yui that he's not a replacement for Kunio's uncle and bring them together for an unforgettable, lifelong duet?
With computers being so much a part of people's lives nowabays,we can safely say that this is the era of the nerd. Nerbs rule!Well, not all of them.As the president of a successful I.T. company, Takeo is considered an eligible bachelor.So why hasn't anyone landed him yet?Because ever since high school, he has been pining for best bud Fumi.Problem is... Takeo is a die-hard otaku while Fumi is a passionate anti-moeh otaku hater.Will the two ever get along?
On the day he entered College, Shingo reencounters his childhood friend Kyou. Shingo always desired to meet him once again, ever since the day Kyou mysteriously left home. He is determined to be accepted and move in where Kyou lives: Fresh Breeze Guesthouse, a place full of stories. However, it seems that Kyou is avoiding Shingo...Pure feelings and immoral emotions blending together to form a sociogramatic LOVE.
One evening, a boy named "Air" suddenly appears at Mizuki's window, forcibly transporting him to Neverland. Having grown up most of his life without his own father, Mizuki wants nothing to do with being a surrogate father to Air and the other children, but unfortunately stuck without a way out of Neverland, he has little choice but to stay. As he spends time with Air, however, Mizuki is gradually charmed by his boyish innocence.
Ninamori Tosa, drawn by mystery, left his sickbed to visit Hokage Island, owned by his friend Izumine Masatsugu. Tosa was later found dead. Now his twin siblings Kisa and Mei make their own trip to the desolate island. Their plan - to have Mei seduce the island's owner while they both look for clues behind their brother's death. But a fateful encounter at the island's mansion prompts a slight change of plan...Mourning Dinner Party is a tale of loss, lust, and love. Join the twins as they try to uncover what happened in Tosa's last moments, as well as what lies behind Masatsugu' isolated existence. What really caused Tosa's death? What is this "curse"? And is Kisa falling for the man responsible?
In order to finish his first drama script, Kiyama Sei has been assigned an overseer-Hinatsu Shunya. But beneath their quibbling lies a little bit of romantic history.Misunderstandings, broken trust, and unresolved feelings abound as Kiyama and Hinatsu attempt to deliver high drama both on television and between each other. What happened five years ago that is the cause of Hinatsu's distrust? Are Kiyama's kind words really true? Can Kiyama's budding career-or his reignited relationship- survive some new challenges?
"Wanna make a bet with me? If I manage to run into you one more time within a week, you'll agree to model for me." With that, up-and-coming photographer Kiwamu Izumi scouts high-schooler Takahito as his model. Assuming he'll never see Kiwamu again, Takahito takes the bet, but then the two meet again at school! Takahito is repelled, yet simultaneously finds himself gradually attracted to Kiwamu...
Kei Fujieda was bored - bored with school, bored with his friends, bored with life. Having been forced to attend an elite high school, Fujieda's days were spent feeling trapped. Only his rebellious, bad-boy attitude gave him a fleeting sense of excitement in his otherwise dreary existence. It wasn't until a school prank went bad that Kei found a reason worth living in Atsushi Sakuraba.Sakuraba was a model student and a teacher's pet; a complete opposite of Fujieda. Calm and cool in every situation, his unexpected encounter with Fujieda gave him a chance to reveal his true nature, sparking an interest in Fujieda that was both confusing and addictive. Suddenly the pair becomes part of each other's lives in more ways than one. Their days, once thought of as quiet and monotonous, are turned upside down as they struggle with unfamiliar feelings and outside circumstances that threaten to end their relationship when it's only just begun.
Nao is a high-school student with a secret he carefully hides from everybody: he's fallen in love with his close friend, Hira. But, Nao is terrified when he suspects Hira might have noticed his feelings.
A new student enrolls in Kosuke's sophomore class in high school. As a perfect foil to Kosuke's short stature, Raku is tall, manly and popular with girls. Although Kosuke initially feels jealous, he soon learns of Raku's secret and is asked to keep it a secret. Raku finds himself taking an interest in Kosuke and they begin to grow closer. This is a high school romantic comedy about an odd couple!
One rainy day, the serious Professor Amamiya comes home and finds a young man named Naruse seeking shelter from the downpour by standing beneath Amamiya's roof. Naruse looks so much like Amamiya's past love that on a whim, the professor invites the young man inside to dry off. Afterwards, Amamiya refuses the young man's contact information out of politeness, but a month later, Naruse reappears. This time, he asks to spend the night...
Kamoi is an upstanding secretary for his political idol in the National Diet. Takagi was supposed to be just a one-night stand - until Kamoi finds out he is a young congressman from the opposing party! Soon, both men experience big shake-ups in their careers, but could these changes possibly bring them together?"Would That Not Be The Case!" brings hot romance straight to the halls of political power. Read on as both men examine their political purposes in-between cross-party warfare and hot, steamy nights. What is Takagi's motivation for being in the Diet? What is it that makes Kamoi's job so painful? And when Takagi falls hard, who can him back to the top?
Best friends Testu and Shige share a love of baseball and Tetsu's cousin Mikako, but with thoughts of graduation looming on the horizon and the news that Mikako might be moving away, it seems those aren't the feelings they have in common. Colored with summery whimsy and nostalgia, this collection of stories from Konno Kita paints the honest difficulties and rewards of friendship and young, confused, brotherly love. All with mysterious powers at work...
Elite businessmen Hosokawa and graduate student Takagi are both in love with cute little Gouda, who they used to go to school with! Gouda, however, is a little thick and only sees the two as good friends. One of them is his beloved childhood friend, and the other is his bosom buddy. But then, one day, Gouda falls in love...
A 2 million dollar ransom-replaced by a pile of some ditz's underwear!When a case of mistaken identity results in her kidnapping, the would-be target is tasked with handing over her own ransom... But one thing leads to another and then everything turns topsy-turvyin this bizarre kidnapping story!
I'm ugly, so I can't refuse my boyfriend's invitation for sex... but, one month after I finally turn him down for the first time, something unexpected happens!
An internet uncle using way too many emoji and cheesy lines to write to a high school girl... This uncle she looked down upon, was actually a real monster...!
Being a real estate agent for luxury apartments, Kazushi Fujimaru has history with an estranged lover, Takamura-Kazushi betrayed and rejected him in the worst possible way! But, lo and behold, Takamura shows up as a client several years later. Despite everything, Kazushi hasn't forgotten him. He doesn't know why Takamura's here, and he can't hide his agitation. And then, as he's leading a tour through the apartment, Takamura angrily shoves him down...on the bed! Find out how this crazy couple reacts after years of misunderstanding and heartbreak.Also included are three one shots: a detective and his mystery man, two roommates hiding their feelings for each other, and a teenager with daddy issues! Watch the warm-hearted, hilarity unfold!
In this passionate gourmet comic, ex-bikie gang leader Yoshitsune Genda faces off with his rivals in the world of ramen. Each encounter brings him closer to ramen mastery. His father, owner and chef of the struggling Gantetsu Ramen, uses his bare hands to lift ramen out of boiling water. For Yoshitsune, the leader of the Salamander Gang, every day is one brawl after another. One day he meets the fiery Remi, who lures him into a contract negotiation to sell his father's ramen shop! What will happen to Yoshitsune!?
Yasuhisa Nobo, a junior in college. Rumors are flying around that Nobo's living with a girl. However, the existence of this "girl" is nothing short of mystery itself!! The curtain rises on the extraordinary-ordinary tale that is their life together.
Taking a down and out restaurant on the verge of closing it's doors, retraining the staff, and rebuilding it into a booming business, this hot blooded gourmet comic tells the story of the legendary chef Toshizo Kitakata. Son of the owner of Mitsubachi, an unpopular restaurant, Shoichi goes hat in hand to plead for Kitakata's help and he is taken to an unexpected place for training...!!
Sota Kitaoka, 20 years old, working at Ginza's fmaous "Tomikyu" under a strict but passionare boss, struggling and aiming to be a chef. One day he will make food that reaches peoples hearts...
Lone wolf Soji met cheerful and sociable Mika on the school rooftop when they were 16. At first glance, the two seem like polar opposites, but they soon discover that they are in fact birds of a feather, both coming from an unhappy family, carrying all kinds of burdens deep in their hearts. They feel drawn to each other like moths to a flame, trying to compensate what they have lacked in life through a person they can finally feel at ease with. From teens to adults, their relationship and feelings slowly grow into something else...
Amano is a human who works at a small, strange inn on the edge of civilization that serves as a refuge for the Others-immortal visitors from the everlasting world, which exists parallel to the transient world of mankind. When Tsukuyomi, the king of the world of the deathless, pays a visit to the inn, it's up to Amano to tend to his every need. But to his shock, the haughty, beautiful king is the spitting image of his old childhood friend who disappeared under mysterious circumstances long ago! Tsukuyomi's world may be far, far removed from Amano's own...but in a moment of passion, Amano vows to always stay by the king's side.With over 40 new pages of additional content, this book includes the definitive version of The King of the Full Moon. It also features 31 new pages of The Colors of Zhen, another sensual Yayohi Monzen work!
Saya plans to become a chef so that she can someday take over her family's restaurant. Then, one fateful day, she gets into an accident...... When she opens her eyes again, it's as a pretty young girl with blond hair and blue eyes - she's been reborn as "Princess Viola"! As if that wasn't enough to cope with, this Viola has it hard. Her stepmother is out for her life, and she's been chosen to go to the empire as a political hostage. In the empire, Viola begins searching out the best way to increase her chances of survival, and that's when Crown Prince Richard approaches her. Seeing promise in her discerning palate, he asks Viola to do some cooking for him. Where will this lead...?! One young girl will set out into a new life and a new world in this fantasy cooking adventure!
"Don't tell me you love me so much you chased after me?" Momo has never been able to forget Hiiro, the boy who lived next door to her in her childhood. Right when she'd decided to turn a new leaf and find another great love story in high school, Momo reunites with Hiiro on her first day of high school. Hiiro had always been good-looking and a bit of a meanie, but now he was completely cruel, and a womanizer, at that! To make matters even more confusing for poor Momo, Hiiro suddenly kisses her...! Momo's first love is the school scoundrel, and yet the irresistably dreamy Hiiro -- how will this indulgent yet complicated love story turn out...?
"You look so sweet, I could eat you up."When Chiko returns to her classroom to pick up the notebook she left behind, she notices a sweet smell. Following the scent to a seemingly empty room, she comes across the handsome, but aloof Mikoto Yukino, asleep. When he wakes up and catches her staring, Chiko finds herself on the receiving end of some very affectionate advances, and becomes completely overwhelmed, yielding to his rhythm. As Chiko and the chocolatey-sweet Mikoto continue meeting at this new secret spot of theirs, a cavity-inducing story of high school love slowly begins to unwrap!
"You're wet. Did you just get excited?" His beloved warmth, tracing tongue, and intense caress... My ex-boyfriend makes me cum again and again with his hands...!
His saliva contains her only salvation. Their tongues intertwine as they share a fierce, passionate kiss, igniting a sweet fire inside of her and robbing her of her senses...
At 35 years old, Mariko Kimoto is a single woman working hard as a freelance writer. After a long dry spell, she hits it off one night with the head chef of a little restaurant and spends a passionate night with him. Naturally, she felt she had no energy to put into a potential romance with a man she just met in passing. She had every intention of making it a one-night stand, but fate seems to bring them together again when he winds up being the interview subject of her next assignment. So much for 35 years old being too late for love...!
At 27 years old, insurance broker Mio Sahara is the perfect age for marriage. Traumatized after a sexual encounter with a man, she's developed an intense phobia of being seen in a sexual light. One day, when she's put on a team of elite brokers, she meets a new boss who teaches her what it means to feel untameable passion. Emboldened by this encounter, Mio resolves to face her true sexual self that she had locked away in her heart, but it won't be easy...
Chinatsu, a career woman with a hidden past, meets Daiki, the popular former captain of her company's rugby team. Since she's the complete package, Daiki falls for her, but for some reason, she turns down every man who asks her out...
My friend decided to run off and leave me with her debt. I'd been working three jobs and living at an internet cafe... I was so exhausted, I almost collapsed... but this super hot chef saved me just before I did!