Explore a new take on the world in these stories of youth and first love in the not-so-distant future.
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Yukari is dull. He doesn't even stand out enough to be bullied - he's just a generally lower-middle-class kid. He's in love with Misaki, the most popular girl in school. There's just one problem: He's 15, one year away from receiving his government-assigned marriage partner. He normally wouldn't have the courage to defy the law, but his sickly classmate Ririna still believes in love, and won't stop goading him into confessing his feelings!
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"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!
Guaranteed to give you all the feels! ♡
When in doubt, go for the tried-and-true high school romance.
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"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!
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Kurumi lives under one roof with her father and her overprotective brother, Ataka. One day, she reunites with Nagio, her childhood friend. Now a young man, Nagio doesn't hesitate making advances-much to Kurumi's dismay-kissing her out of nowhere and telling her how he has always liked her, in the process totally wrapping her around his finger. And while Kurumi is put off at first, she eventually finds herself head-over-heels for Nagio ... This childhood-friend romance starring a black-hearted-yet-loving (?) boy is filled with sweet and passionate kisses!
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Kako gets tangled up when she lies about her age in order to attend a company-mixer party for singles and ends up totally infatuated with her young local policeman! And it looks like it's mutual with Kota... until he finds out Kako's still in high school. Read on to see if straight-arrow Kota manages to find a way to do the right thing as our story unfolds in the first volume of this upbeat new romantic comedy from Maki Miyoshi!
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"I demand absolute obedience from you." Yu Akabane has worked hard to reinvent herself for high school, and there's only one step left in her plan to leave her plain Jane days behind: asking out her idol, the "White Prince" Shirakawa-kun. When circumstances lead to Yu moving into the school dorm where Shirakawa-kun boards, she thinks she's found her lucky break. But unluckily for Yu, "Black Devil" Kurosaki-kun, the boy everyone at school (including the teachers!) is afraid of, lives there too-and when Yu defies him, he's all too eager to punish her...
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STARSTRUCK At school, Hinana is an honors student, respected by all her classmates. She's totally above things as juvenile as crushes and dating. Secretly, though, she has but one wish: To have a fairy-tale romance. One day, a super-hot celebrity named Kaede shows up at Hinana's high school to shoot a movie, and it becomes difficult to keep up her act. By pure chance-or y'know, fate!-Kaede reveals his own ridiculous personality to Hinana, and her ordinary life turns breathtakingly romantic! Or just really, really...weird?!