"Why don't I take Sou's place?" - That day in the winter of our last year of junior high, the day Sou died, I sealed all my feelings away inside my heart. It was always the three of us - Sou, Keito, and me - but now there's an empty space where Sou used to be. Except, now we've met him: Sou's twin brother, Shun. His face and voice, like perfect copies of Sou's, shake up my heart and weaken the seal. Please, don't stare at me with Sou's eyes. Please, don't call out to me with his voice. Don't say that nonsense about taking his place, and then kiss me just like he used to......
"Every morning, I'll be the one to wake you, Mizu." So her beloved Kairi had promised, until a plane crash 3 months after their wedding took him away from her forever. Now a widow, but unable to accept her husband's death, Mizuki Mizusawa deliberately moves closer to the ocean and starts a job in a brand-new place. That same day, she unexpectedly encounters a college student named Kaoru Suoh, who is the spitting image of a young Kairi. The first time they meet, Kaoru calls her "Mizu," which is just what her husband Kairi used to call her...! Though this enigmatic and handsome college student Kaoru may be playing with her heart, Mizuki finds herself drawn to him... A story of the romance between two people devoted to love despite their heartbreak.
"Don't provoke me too much... What'll you do if I lose control?" says her boyfriend Sudou... But Kaori is desperate to know what would happen then. All alone together in her room, in response to Kaori's innocent provocations... "Sudou... Did you get turned on?" Kaori gazes at Sudou unflinchingly. Just then, Sudou decides to...?! What happens when two top students become a couple of lovebirds...?!
"Your lips are so sweet... I could melt with a single kiss..." Michi is a beautiful and chipper receptionist at a major company, working hard every day at her job. She seems perfect at first glance, but she actually loves to eat, and her insatiable appetite has lost her boyfriend after boyfriend. There's no way she could confess her feelings to Taichi, the heir to one of her company's clients. But then one day, Taichi spots her while she's secretly scarfing down some sweets during her break. And as if that weren't enough, Taichi's got his sights set on her...?! It's the Cinderella story of a receptionist who's hungry for true love!
"What is it, Mr. Amakusa? Don't tell me you're planning to make midnight visits to my bed?" Aki Kurumi, 29 years old, meets Shisui Amakusa at a singles' mixer, and what should he unexpectedly propose but a paper marriage...! And once she starts living with Shisui, who is a touch out of sync with her, it kicks off a string of miscommunications and minor catastrophes! Their life as newlyweds (on paper) gets off to a bumpy start, but it's somehow almost cozy... "I didn't realize I would be so happy... to be needed by someone." They each chose this paper marriage for their own convenience, but could they become a real husband and wife? What is "love"? What is "marriage"? This is a bumbling love story that depicts how men and women coexist.
"This feels good..." That act should have brought me nothing but pain, and yet... I felt pleasure.Three days before her wedding, Saya winds up coming face-to-face with the sight of her fiance cheating on her. "You're such a clean freak, and you're frigid, so..." - these harsh words are thrown at her, and her engagement is called off as well. Still nursing her wounds, Saya turns to a solo trip to Okinawa in hopes of being reborn as a new her. And there, while taking a diving lesson, she meets the man of her destiny... "Even if it's only for the rest of this trip, that's fine. I want you to be my girlfriend." It's the heartrending romance of a frigid office worker and a wealthy heir who has never been in love.
"If one more guy asks you out, we'd be tied... Then how about I do it?" Chikage and Haruto have competed over one thing or another since elementary school. It even went as far as a battle to see who could get asked out more times by their high school graduation?! ...Now, several years later, these two who could hardly cross paths without challenging each other to some sort of battle have grown up: Chikage is a model, Haruto is an actor, and they are each embarking on their own paths in life. And then, just as Chikage gets her first shot at filming a made-for-TV movie, it turns out that Haruto will be her costar... As this clumsy pair is led to and fro by love and work, their romance will have your heart throbbing!
"You act like this is our first time together." We had only just met when my neighbor Kamiya said that to me... - Shii Hayama, 27 years old, is an office worker at an advertisement company. With the intense workload she has, taking the last train home late at night is just part of her routine. One such night, a man she doesn't know wakes Shii up after she drifted asleep on the train. She later discovers that this man was her new neighbor, Azusa Kamiya. Even though they've just met, how is it that he knows her body inside and out?! This Kamiya guy is hiding an astonishing secret...!
"You're stronger than you look, Tsubaki... But you left yourself wide open," he said, as he pinned me down... Just what is he?! - Our protagonist, Tsugumi Tsubaki, wants a romance straight out of a girls' comic. Her heart is set on her upperclassman and fellow literature club member Yamato Tamai, but just when she is about to ask him out, she overhears him say, "If I'm going to date, I'd rather be the one to ask." So, she decides to make him fall for her instead! To do that, she plans to hide the martial arts skills she's gained in her family's dojo, but then a mysterious group of punks sneaks up on Tamai... When Tsugumi steps up to protect him, what will become of her hopes for love...?!
Haruka is a totally average high school girl, but she has a secret. A certain tacky four-eyes from her class, Souta Sano, is actually her childood friend and neighbor. What's more, that frumpy look is a disguise, and he's really a popular male model. "He's been there beside me since forever, but now..."Your true face that I've known since childhood, and the face you wear as a popular model - the more I see of you, the stronger this feeling of love grows, yet why do you feel so far away...?The pure love of this high school girl and her childhood friend turned model is sure to make your heart pound.
"Why don't I show you what being a woman's all about? Physically..." Mayu Minagawa, marketing whiz at a major foods company, is a virgin who has zero aptitude when it comes to cleaning. One day, she learns that her senior colleague (and one-sided crush) Yanagi's ideal woman is one who can do housework. But when she arrives at home still in shock, there's a man in an apron standing in a neat-and-tidy room!! And on top of that, this man, Shin, confronts her with a harsh truth: "I don't think men want to be with women who can't clean"! To bring herself in line with Yanagi's ideal, Mayu begs Shin for cleaning lessons. But then Shin suddenly tries to plant a kiss on her lips?!
"If it gets you to love me, then I can do anything...!" Koh Saginuma. Age: 31. Profession: university associate professor. When his mother remarries, he becomes stepsiblings with Fuka, an 18-year-old college freshman. But suddenly they find themselves living together on their own?! Koh, who is awkward around women, is blindsided by Fuka, who excels at both housework and her studies. And for some reason, she's just a little too friendly with him...?! It's a breezy love-comedy between a man who scores (almost) zero on the romance curve, and a college girl with zero love experience and love stories on the brain!
"Who will be my prince?" At just barely 26, Akane Koyama is a capable business consultant. An outspoken beauty who doesn't suffer others' foolishness, she tends to be seen as "manly" both inside the company and out. Actually, though, she's a young maiden who dreams of a romance with her prince. One day, the CEO of a client company leaves Akane in charge of running a share house. And who should be living there, but three princely, handsome men?! And on top of that, Koh, one of the three, was actually Akane's "first"?! It's an all-out bout between a "manly" woman who dreams of love and her three prettyboy housemates!
A boyfriend whose love is so strong it becomes smothering - "Sena, look only at me." - an impudently wicked underclassman - "You should just break up with that boyfriend of yours." - and the girl wavering between them on a seesaw of love! Since Sena struggles to speak her mind, her boyfriend Minoru worries and has been taking extra care to watch over her. Then one day, Sena decides to attend her school club's drinking party after Hayato, an underclassman in the same club, asks for her help.She's always turned down the parties before to avoid worrying Minoru, and the moment she tells him she's going to one, his whole demeanor suddenly changes... While she's tossed about like a ship in a storm, which man will Sena choose in the end...?!
"You make me wanna mess up that cool, indifferent face of yours," says Ritsuki to Sumire in the gym storeroom. So begins the game between Ritsuki, the most popular boy at school, and his friends. His objective: to make Sumire, a cold, aloof girl who's rumored to sleep with anyone, his new conquest. As Ritsuki gets closer to Sumire, however, he starts to see her true face, which is far different from what her normally stoic demeanor would suggest. It's a hurt-filled lovestory of two hearts nursing deep wounds.
Ace student Kuwahara, who has just transferred into prestigious Eikoh High School, dreams of having a best friend. But doing this is harder than it seems - maybe even harder than getting a girlfriend! "I want to get advice from a best friend, not some psychologist or philosopher..." Kuwahara may have high hopes at his new school, but what awaits him there is a den of knuckleheads: musical performances breaking out in the middle of class, doing P.E. at inappropriate times, and who knows what else?! Between Kuwahara the model student, the handsome blond Yusa, and a classful of screwballs, it's a comedy of love (?) and friendship he won't soon forget!
"Starting today, I'm your husband." The man I've admired from afar for so long is suddenly my husband?! I, Honoka Takatsuki (age 22), have had a crush on the same man since high school. He's my father's subordinate, the aloof and handsome but secretly gentle Nagakura Kosuke. Then one day, out of the blue, Kosuke became my husband...! - "Honoka, darling..." Kosuke whispers into a bewildered Honoka's ear, and...?
College student Kaho has been smitten with up-and-coming novelist Tomoki, who is also her adoptive brother, for as long as she can remember. But, not wanting to ruin her existing relationship with him, she kept her feelings hidden and moved out to live alone. However, due to an unexpected mishap, she ends up moving back in with Tomoki at home - and realizes being at his side as a "sister" isn't enough. Kaho has just reaffirmed her love, but then it turns out another person is already staying at the house! And not only does this Atsufumi notice how she feels about Tomoki, but his condition to keep her secret is: "be my girlfriend"?! Adoptive siblings + the brother's friend - it's an evergrowing chain of unrequited love in this housemate love triangle!
"Alice, you smell kind of sweet." After saying that, Nekoya leaned in to lick my neck...!! - When she rescues a boy named Nekoya who'd collapsed beside the road, Arisa finds herself helping run the school's mysterious "Tea Party" which only the chosen few may attend. Cheerful Arisa has never let her worries weigh her down, but as she interacts with Nekoya and the other tea party organizers, she will start to face emotions she's never felt before. Even with freely affectionate Nekoya making her poor heart run wild, Arisa will grow up through first love and new encounters in this bittersweet story of youthful romance!