From Summer Rain Momoko is a girl who likes learning about the trivia of life, and begins wondering about Haishima-kun who sits next to her in class and always dozes off. One day, they have a small exchange as they were asked to mark each other's quizzes, and she learns that Haishima isn't as scary as expected...?

This is a story about two friends, from nearly the beginning to almost the end of their lives, who happen to love each other. Tatsuya and Junichi are in 5th grade and their music teacher is a pedophile. One day the music teacher has a request for Yumi, a girl who uses him to get expensive gifts. He wants her to get Tatsuya into the music room so he can be with him. Junichi recently confessed his feelings for Yumi and she decides to use him as bait to get Tatsuya to go to the music room. Junichi and Tatsuya's future does not look good... Note: Only chapter 1 of volume 1 and chapter 7 of volume 2 is shotacon. Reading chapter 1 is almost necessary for the story and is not very explicit but chapter 7 of volume 2 is an extra/one-shot and can be skipped over completely for those who dislike shota.

Meet the Urumas, a slightly dysfunctional family of four sorcerers. Mom, being the most powerful sorceress around, works away from home keeping the world safe. Dad picks up the slack and takes care of the family. Except when he's out, which is when the older brother Jin finds himself in the unenviable position of keeping tabs on his sister Ran. And Ran, the youngest, is a willful girl with too much power and too little wisdom. Let's take a look at Ran's everyday misadventures, shall we?

Youichi's life at university is going just fine. He isn't having any trouble with his classes, he has plenty of friends, and even a cute girlfriend named Minami. Then the day comes where he meets Misaki. Misaki is a reserved, stand offish fellow but for some reason, Youichi can't seem to get him out of his mind. In fact, he can't seem to stay away. When he lands a job working in the lab with Misaki, it seems more than just the flowers are about to bloom. But will they recognise their emotions for what they are, and have the courage to accept it?

“I have something I don’t want to lose— So much so that these terrible feelings have grown.” A pianist who attempted suicide 3 times, Juri, is taken to help her aunt at a prison where murderers who killed indiscriminately are sentenced to death. There, she meets a man named Yuu who took the lives of 3 people. A mother's antagonism--a brother's death... Together they embrace the violent rebellion in their hearts caused by the large, deep scars they carry. However, before long, they both embrace an earnest hope in their hearts. "I want to live"... An adaptation of a novel by South Korea's most popular female novelist, Gong Ji-Young.

Haruhi is a poor tomboyish student at a school for the ultra-wealthy, and is able to attend because of a scholarship, but is unable to even afford a uniform. One day, she stumbles across the peculiar but very popular Ouran Host Club. She tries to leave, but accidentally breaks a vase, and is unable to pay for it. She's told that she'll have to stay and do odd jobs. That is, until they decide she would be more valuable as a club member. Not realizing she's female due to her appearance, they fix her up and give her a male uniform. She's an instant hit, so they decide to have her keep up the charade even after they find out the truth. Haruhi, being common almost to a fault, doesn't know what to make of the unconventional activities of the Host Club (or of the even more unconventional members), but having little choice, she plays along. Before long, real bonds are formed, friends made, and Haruhi finds herself accepted in a way she could never have been otherwise in this affluent school. Other manga:

Behold the the struggle of the adorable little cockroach Gokicha-chan as she struggles to make friends with humans after moving to frigid Hokkaido to escape the unfortunate reputation her species enjoys in the Kanto region.

Nao Yoshikawa stays behind to live by herself when her parents leave to inherit her grandpa's farm in the country. On the day she moves into her new apartment she soon discovers that it was rented also to Hisashi Uehara--a cute, super-cool, popular guy from her school. Not only did their housing agency unexpectedly close down, the landlord of the apartment tells them that they had to pay more for their aparment then they had expected. With no money and no home to return to, Nao and Hisashi decide to live together as flatmates. *Contains a oneshot called Kare to Kanojo ni Hanataba wo (His and Her Fortune Bouquet) in vol. 1: Harumi has been tricked by good looking guys before, but what if Kazuya is different?

Keiichi Morisato is a good-natured, yet hapless and girlfriend-less college sophomore who is often imposed upon by his elder dorm-mates and brow-beaten into taking phone messages and doing other chores for them. One day, while alone in his dorm, he accidentally calls the Goddess Technical Help Line and a beautiful goddess named Belldandy materializes in his room. She tells him that her agency has received a system request from him, so she has been sent to grant him a single wish. Skeptical and thinking someone is playing a practical joke on him, he wishes that she stay with him forever. To his surprise, his wish is granted. Belldandy must stay with him, but as his dormitory is strictly male-only, they are both forced onto the street. They set off on his motorcycle to find alternative shelter, eventually seeking cover in an old Buddhist temple. In the morning, they are greeted by the temple's sole inhabitant, a young monk, who welcomes them and gives them permission to stay until they can find permanent lodging. He immediately puts them to work maintaining the temple grounds, but when he sees Belldandy use her powers to save Keiichi from injury, he begins to fear that she may be a demon or sorceress. He is eventually convinced of Belldandy's intrinsic goodness when he witnesses her solicitous care of the temple premises and her perfect meditation ritual. When he decides to go on a pilgrimage to India, the priest gives the couple permission to remain in the temple so long as they continue to maintain it.

From Project Shueiguo: After getting drunk, Chiroru gets married to a complete stranger. Unbeknownst to her, the stranger is one of the Three Hot Takasou Brothers from the neighbourhood bath house. Thus begins her crazy life with the Takasou family...

Yukimaru Hana is just starting her high school life, when on the way to class she finds what appears to be a corpse beneath a sakura tree! The 'corpse' is the strange executive office president Asukata Ume. Follow Hana as she gets used to her new school with her new friends, the students from the executive office. [4-koma format]

One contemplates his relationship with his lover while the latter’s taking a long bath. Wonder where that’ll lead to?Part of Canna’s volume 11 short project, The Onsen Boys Short Project.

At first glance, Mari Kumakura is a rather plain, ordinary looking girl who's grades are at the top of her class. She has very few friends, is normally rather shy, and eats lunch by herself. One day, she is approached by the super cute, super popular Akko Oohashi, who claims she wants to be friends. Mari is at first very suspicious of her true intentions, but eventually comes to realize she's not a bad person. After a hair cut and some fashion tips, Akko quickly transforms Mari into one of the cutest girls in the school. In no time, Mari and Akko are best friends, but unbeknownst to Akko, Mari starts to develop feelings that are more than just "friends." From Baka-Updates: Mari is a shy, studious girl who has neither a boyfriend nor any friends. One day, Akiko - one of the most fashion-conscious and sociable girls in the class - strikes up a conversation with her out of the blue! As the days go by the two become inseparable, with Akiko often cheerily remarking on how they became best friends so easily. Mari has a lot of fun with Akiko and her group, slowly becoming more outgoing despite still being timid and awkward. But she knows, deep down inside, that she doesn't want them to stay just friends forever...

From Antebellum Scanlations: Momoko, who dreams of becoming an illustrator, finds employment in an ultra fast-paced office that specializes in designing pachinko parlors!! With the office running a yazuka-like business and employing a designer, who has a habit of suddenly stripping in the middle of the night, Momoko believes that the company employees are a bit... no, definitely eccentric!! She continues pulling all-nighters, unable even to return home... And in the midst of cigarette-filled fumes, where women's authority takes a step back, she asks herself, "Why am I here?"

Honda is a pharmacist who is overworked due to the hospitalization of his co-worker (who he's secretly in love with). Luckily, one of his customers, Sasashi, turns out to be a doctor who is looking for a job. Honda immediately hires him, but then learns that not only was he fired from his previous job for embezzling, but he's a notorious playboy too.

Kawanishi Wataru and Higashino Shuzou have known each other for 10 years. They both work at the same company, and they both hate each other, thinking the other is competition. One day, out of the blue, they find themselves in bed together... and that's when their denial begins! [from BAA]

These are stories that deal with being an underage mother and how the characters dealt with the situation. by Forbidden Garden: a series of oneshots: We are merely 17 years old and in love. And then I suddenly got pregnant, although he proposed to me straight away, my parents were against this, but I don't want to get an abortion, I want to be a mommy. No one can help us... which path is there for us to take? Little Life Growing Inside - Falling in love, and then getting pregnant, is that a sin? Just because we're still in high school? Spanning the Lost Life - Getting an abortion during the age of 15, and then being betrayed by the lover. I won't love anyone ever again, definitely... I Will Become a Strong Mother - I'm a single mother, I have a crush on someone, is having this type of feeling a burden? Believing the Feelings of Love

Another tender love story which fails to run smoothly from the master of such works Yukari Kawachi! This is a one volume "novel" type manga. Rui will be a model, and Tougo will be a painter - the two young childhood friends dream about their future. When Rui's father dies when she is 17, she goes to Tokyo, to fulfill her dreams - and meets a handsome make-up artist and ...! ~Hidoi~! Translators

From Boys On Boys Love: 1-2. 2-dome no Koi no Hajimari wa After being harshly dumped by his lover, Kousaka Yuuki, a shop manager at a restaurant, swore that he would never love again. One day, he meets his ex again when he unexpectedly shows up at Kousaka's shop. It was then completely exposed to Matsuoka, a kouhai at work, that he dated a guy. Kousaka was shaken that his past was known to Matsuoka, and worried that he would look down upon him, but Matsuoka forcibly kisses him and says "I love you" to Kousaka...!? 3. Gekiai Honey Sasaki Ryoutarou, a part-timer at a restaurant leading an ordinary life, suddenly met his old classmate, Mio. Mio was once a gloomy guy ignored by all, but is now a cheerful, completely changed guy. He claims to have been searching for Ryoutarou to be his lover because he couldn't forget about him, even after being rejected a long time ago. Mio changed his style because he had heard that Ryoutarou's type is a cheerful person. Ryoutarou refuses to go out with him, to which Mio responds: "go out with me for a month, if you don't fall in love with me then I'll go back"... 4-5. Honey Trap You is in love with his best friend Shinji. Afraid of ruining his friendship with Shinji, he doesn't confess, and breaks off all contact with him. Three years later, running away from some stalker, he enters a building and asks for help. However, it turns out that the man living there is his ex-friend Shiniji, who is now a detective... But what will happen when Shinji suddenly asks You to be his lover? 6. Bokura no Koi no Hajimari wa - Extras Is a small continuation about the first story.

In "24, 25," the main character reminisces about a girl she knew in high school. (from Lililicious)

When Sun-Hyuk Cho became an orphan at a young age he was taken in by his maternal grandfather, an extremly wealthy and notorius businessman. However his grandfather has just died leaving teenage Sun-Hyuk Cho his fortune under the condition he finish his education. In Sun-Hyuk Cho's video journal he reveals the difficulties he's having dealing with this death. He is not helped by the eccentric employees his grandfather has left behind or by his own eccentricities.

From [ RC-SCANS ]: Han Summer (Yeuh-Reum) and Hyun Moo-Heum are very different from one another. While Moo-Heum is a brilliant, yet stunning son of a CEO of one of the most influential and extensive companies in the world, Summer, on the other hand, is a mediocre-looking girl - a plain Jane, who is just under an inescapable debt of 70 million! And to whom? It is none other than Hyun Moo-Heum! In the midst of this dilemma, a mysterious figure enters and intervenes with their lives. Could he be of any help to Summer or is he destined to make her life more complicated than it already is?

When Motomi Utsuki moves in his grandfather's apartment, he meets a girl named Acony who claims to be a dead person. Eventually, he gets to know that this place and the people living in the building are not normal. From Baka-Updates: "I am, in fact, one of the dead." So says Acony, a rather mischievous girl, upon her first meeting with protagonist Motomi. Newly moved into an ancient apartment, how will Motomi handle Acony and all the bizarre residents?

A graveyard in contemporary Israel has an unlikely visitor. The elderly gentleman from Japan, a former news correspondent, lays a bouquet of flowers at the tomb of one Adolf Kamil. For he remembers the tale of three Adolfs: Kamil, a Jew who grew up in Kobe, Japan, the son of a baker; Kaufmann, only child of a German consul stationed at that port city and his Japanese wife; and the Fuhrer with whom the Far Eastern nation made common cause. ---- **Won the 10th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 1986, shared with Makoto Kobayashi's What's Michael?**---**Volumes 372-376 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**