SLICE OF LIFE

From Tokyopop: Sato Tatsuhiro is a drug-addled "hikikomori" (a Japanese shut-in) who thinks a sinister organization, NHK (Nihon Hikikomori Kyoukai), is the cause of all his problems! He falls in love with a girl, Misaki, who he thinks is trying to assassinate him, but doesn't know how to talk to her or if he can trust her. The more he stays in his house watching anime porn, reading manga, and doing drugs, the harder it is for him to leave. Only Misaki can keep him from rotting away in his own apartment!

Narihira is the second-oldest son in a family descended from werewolves. His tendency to grow wolf ears and a tail when he gets excited is a problem when having sex with normal humans. But, Narihira has so far controlled himself well. He likes feeling good, but doesn't want drama, so he favors one-night stands. On one of those nights, he meets a man called Fujitake. Narihira's ease was short-lived... In bed with Fujitake at point-blank range, Narihira is hit by his intoxicating scent. His entire body becomes sensitive, as if he's taken an aphrodisiac...! The wolf's cool demeanor crumbles before the man's scent that makes him lose control...! This is the third segment in the series, following "A Feast for the Wolf in Heat" and "The Pure Wolf's First Love"!+

Atsuki Komiya is a college student that's living alone. Suddenly, his sister visits and asks for a favor, which is to take care of his niece, Kasane, for two weeks. A story about the awkward relationship of these two, the confused Atsuki and the sullen Kasane, living together. Which direction will this story go?

From BLU:Get ready for hot tea and hotter action in this tale of opposites attracting on the tatami mats. Poor Tokumaru Madoka is just a regular energetic guy that can't seem to go even five minutes without breaking something. One day his hapless sister has had enough, and she forces him to join their high school's Tea Ceremony Club, hoping to instill a little discipline in her hopeless klutz of a brother. Tea Ceremony Club president Hasune Kazuma is Tokumaru's complete opposite. The tall, dark president is the pinnacle of restraint, having been taught from a young age how to uphold his family's traditions. The sophisticated president and his awkward pupil conceal a brewing attraction, but they can't avoid steaming each other up. But even full to the brim with passion, will the two of them be able to bridge their differences and get along with each other?

I HATE (Natsume Kazuki) manga summary: "The only taste you need to know, is mine." A chance reunion after 10 years for Hiro and Kiriya. They were "kiss-friends" only during their last summer of high school. A memory from the past Hiro wants to forget. That, however, even after turning 27, kept binding him to the point he can't date anyone. Kiriya, on the other hand, kept his cool even after the reunion. But

When Donut meets Mew, their encounter turns out to be more than just a coincidence, as their closeness slowly turns into something more intimate. Lily Love is a story between two very different people, who hand and hand, learn to trust each other in order to nurture and protect the love they share regardless of position, distance, or gender. If finding true love already seems next to impossible, how much harder will it be to keep it?

Thank You for the Meal (Minkachan) manga summary: A talented young chef is shocked that his once cheerful and chubby friend who loved his cooking now has anorexia. He is saddened that his friend is underweight and no longer wants to eat the food he makes, so he invites him home in hopes to improve his health with his cooking. However, what will happen when his friend suddenly realises that he can only eat food that is placed atop his sweetly scented skin? Will he offer his body to be feasted upon?

For certain reasons, Kuroe from the computer arts department at Mishima School of Design, has gone to Kishima from the fashion department to commission a costume for cosplay. However, the commission fee is 100,000 yen too expensive, putting Kuroe in a pickle. But Kishima says that he'll waive the fee if Kuroe will become his model. Thinking that it's such a sweet deal, Kuroe unknowingly agrees, but the outfit he is modeling turns out to be a full-body skinsuit. This is the start of a mutually beneficial battle full of faint beatings of the heart.

Yuuki has had an unrequited love for his friend Hiroya ever since high school time. Hiroya always has a girlfriend, and as a man, Yuuki knows himself out of Hiroya's romantic target pool and so he just can't confess. He planned to stay as a good friend forever. One day, he drank with Youichi, the only one who knows about his love, but the next morning he woke up to Hiroya kneeling before him! Apparently they did it under the drink's influence, but Yuuki didn't have any memory at all?

By Exiled Rebels Scans: Trying to find his little sister a tutor for her college exams, Arimura, who has a giant sister complex, enlists the help of a younger classmate whom he use to play baseball with in high school.

"I'll never forget those seven days for the rest of my life."Young actor, Fujimaru Ren's one flaw is that he is "not good with children." So in order to overcome this particular weakness, his manager proposes that he spend a week living with his co-star and child actor, Yuu. On their first day of living together, Yuu's manager, Kei, shows up at his door and it's none other than the former child actor that inspired Ren to start acting?!A lot of things can change for a person in one short week of living together. +

From Nakama:1) Amai Kimi ga SukiKawakami is a top student with a penchant for donuts. Kaji is a troublemaker who fell deeply in love with Kawakami. Although they ignore each other at school, when they're all alone... they eat, kiss and... play. "You're so annoying!" is Kawakami's favorite line, but there's much more than meets the eye. A cute story of an unusual first love!2) Rising from the Ashes, Kaji-kunAmai Kimi ga Suki extra3) Dangan Baby4) Let's go wild, BabyDangan Baby extra5) The Kitten and the Prince6) Telephone!7) Beautiful Thing8) Your Favorite Song9) After

Taisei, a college student who runs the gourmet food club, falls in love at first sight with Hanaoka, the beautiful shopkeeper of a side dish shop, and the rice he cooks.

Asano Minato is hiding in plain sight. She's tall, but she's very quiet, and very withdrawn. She keeps her hair over her face and her head down. It's not hard to see that she's avoiding being seen. While eating lunch alone in her secret spot, she hears what is obviously an instrument. She immediately wonders why, since this high school doesn't have a band. She knows thatbecause that's why she transferred here.

From Kotonoha:Koume Sato and Kosuke Isobe are two teenagers living in a sleepy seaside town. After getting used and dumped by her crush, the emotionally damaged Koume decides to start a sexual relationship with Kosuke, without any emotions involved. However, they both soon discover that sex with no strings attached do lead to unexpected complications, not just for themselves but also the people surrounding them.

"You were the only one I didn't want to find out about this desire" 10 years have past since Takumu lost touch with his good friend Yuki, who left for Italy to become a Cellist. Now working as a home aid, Takumu is shocked to find his next patient is none other than Yuki himself. Yuki, who is now semi-blind after an accident left him injured and his eyes trapped behind bandages until his surgery. Due to mixed feelings about their reunion, Takumu keeps his identity a secret as he tends to the injured Yuki. But how will he react when he learns that his friend was in love with someone when they were kids and still holds a torch for that person even now? A Cellist who has kept his feelings hidden in the recesses of his heart and his childhood friendthe music of their clumsy yet pure love begins to play (by sylphalchemist)

Sequel to Kimi wa Natsu no Naka

Like you've never been hurt / Does love really last forever? College student Izzy Noh thinks her loving relationship with her boyfriend Minsu will last forever until he cheats on her. To make things worse, they are not only in the same school, but in the same Game Developer Club. Izzy must now navigate handling the breakup, dealing with her feelings, and possibly opening up to another shot at love. Will Izzy and her friends from the Game Developer Club find true campus love?

In 10 days, the world will be destroyed by a meteor. To spend his remaining time as comfortably as possible, bad-luck magnet Masumi decides to visit the library of his alma mater and read as much as he wants until the end comes. But in this hellish world, he meets a devil there: the one man from his past that he never wanted to see again, Ritsu. And if things weren't bad enough, Ritsu has a favor to ask, a favor that Masumi could never have expected----Marukido Maki weaves an eccentric tale of human connection in a world on the brink of destruction in this emotional journey that will take its readers on a wild ride.+

.I, Anan Naoyoshi, joined Last Boss Korin, Co. in pursuit of Nobu-san, the game planner I've long admired. Things, however, are sour between us.Our strained relationship aside, the two of us went on an overseas business trip. But then whyyyyy are we on a desert island?! And as if that wasn't bad enough, he now tells me we're stuck in a game of his own creation. Wait[i]we're in a whaaaaat?![/i]

Daisuke is a 23 year-old new schoolteacher. He ends up being put in charge of a 3rd grade elementary school class since the previous teacher quit, and in that class there's a girl who's quite a troublemaker--Rin Kokonoe. You could call her a masegaki (used to describe a kid that acts more like an adult in some ways), and she's also part tsundere (though more dere than tsun).

[From ShoujoMagic]:This is a very dark and angsty work, much more so than Miyasaka's other works. Saeki Chise has no recollection of the summer of three years ago. Whenever she feels as though her memories might be returning, her head begins to ache and Chise stops trying to remember. That's when Tamiya appears before her. He has a familiar face and photographs from the traumatic time that Chise's mind has suppressed. He uses the photos to blackmail her into becoming his woman...but then Chise is saved from Tamiya by Katsuragi Kaoru, the biggest delinquent in class! Chise begins to fall for Kaoru, but his role in this situation is not as innocent as Chise at first believes...

This is an autobiography of the author, whose real name is Akiko Hayashi, which begins while she's in her third year of high school. Through her friend Futami, Akiko starts going to an art class led by Kenzou Hidaka, an intimidating teacher who spends much of his time yelling at his students and keeping them focused on drawing with the use of a bamboo sword. Akiko is initially confused by the behavior of the teacher and her fellow students in the class, but she keeps going regardless, eventually becoming the manga author she is today.

From Summer Rain:Natsume, who works at a game company, learns of his new step-sister the day of his mother's wedding. Just as he starts interacting with the game loving girl, he finds out the feelings the other siblings hold towards this girl

Uru is a very short girl and is constantly mistaken for an elementary school kid, but despite that, she is ridiculously strong and decides to live by herself after her mother gets remarried. She ends up working at a small cafe with two rather unique co-workers, Shindou(demon king), who acts gruff and intimidating, but who is really a nice guy who loves to make cakes and pies and the like, and Ichirou(weirdo), who is really good-looking but who instantly falls asleep when he gets hungry and doesn't wake up again until he's given something to eat. What will the future bring to them?*Also includes the following short stories in:Vol. 2) Suitei Seinen ShoujoVol. 4) Hana to Ageha, NatsuVol. 7) Number One DXVol. 9) Sora no Namae

Anthology from various doujin artists about Nagatoro and Senpai keeping to the theme of Nagatoro teasing Senpai and sometimes it backfiring on her.Russian / Spoiler " , -".

After finding out her boyfriend has been cheating with her boss, Hana loses her menial desk job of 5 years. Countless rejections later, she finally lands an interview at a small art gallery. Hana jumps at the chance to leave the drama of the past few months behind. But her high school friend (and worst enemy) Jiyeon is the gallery owner? Their most peculiar romance is about to begin or not?!Source: TappyToon

While aware he's attracted to the same sex, Takase has been living and lying because of his pride. One day, he gets to know Ito, who is always waiting for his male lover at a cafe. Takase, who was interested in how Ito always gave his true feelings to his lover, is strongly shaken by the unrelenting Ito whose tears are pure with the betrayal. However, even though he wishes to be more than friends, he can not say that he's gay.

A story about two youthful boys--one named Yu Xiao Guang, the other named Lin Xiang--who have to deal with the problems forced upon them by reality and their families.Through their tough teenage years, how will they console each other? What will be the true nature of their friendship? And what does the future hold for them?

Kirishima Naoto is handsome, hardworking, and popular with his female coworkers, except for the extreme brother complex he has for his younger brother, Hokuto. Swearing off love for his brother's sake, Naoto only really hangs out with his friend from college, Toudou. Though he knows Toudou is gay, he has never held it against him. One day, he sees Toudou texting his brother Hokuto and declares that he will change places with his little brother since "any man would do" for Toudou!

A boy met a boy. They were in the flush of youth. They were in love that felt like a dream, like a sparkling soda pop.

From honyakusha: When Takiya Kippei, the brother of two older sisters, realises that he desperately needs money to buy a birthday present for his lover, he decides to live and work onsite at a ryokan (a traditional japanese inn). There, he meets the well-educated Honjou Masumi, a man who is neither too strict nor too lenient, and who has a charm which embodies the word mature'. "This is the first time I've met someone like Honjou-san" - as Takiya continues working at the ryokan, he starts to become interested in Honjou

One day, a strange transfer student appears before Tsubaki. Urabe Mikoto is an antisocial girl, whose hobby is just sleeping during class-breaks. One day, Tsubaki goes to wake her up and accidentally tastes her drool... And gets hooked on that! After that, he starts going out with her and gets to know her better. Her second hobby, as it turns out, is carrying around scissors in her panties and cutting paper into flowers...

After saving the girl he loves, Sahu incidentally turns to a zombie. And now he's trying to survive in a stone jungle, believing that one day he will sing for the world.Webtoon from Daum

Do-hee Woo and Hae-Gyung Kim are both young and single, each with a history of broken relationships in their past. They meet one day while trying to dine alone at the same restaurant and they soon become friends who eat together every week. But with each meal, their friendship grows deeper as they help each other heal from the heartbreak they have suffered and soon they must redefine what they mean to each other.

This story lets us look into the relationship of Matsuda Otome (a home schooled girl) and Nakagawa Minato (a high school teacher). Otome has went through a difficult past and is now under the care of Minato sensei. Otome becomes suspicious of Minato's day-to-day routines and investigates. What will Minato tell Otome when she confronts her?

Kuroko is a member from the legendary middle school basketball team known as "The Generation of Miracles ", and while nobody seems to know about him, the main 5 players of the team all admit that he is a better player. When he joins the high school basketball team, everyone is surprised to find out that he is small, weak, and easy to miss. What is the secret that makes him so strong, and how will he help his high school team?-Nins Leprechaun{Correction from Silvermagic}

From Girls' Generation Scanlations:Nakano, a worker at a giant Toy company, finally got to meet with his old friend from high school, Tasuda, because of a business contract. In truth, before graduating high school, Nakano realized he had feelings for Tasuda while Tasuda was dating another girl. Nakano has been trying to avoid him ever since, but that was 10 years ago. Will they be able to work together...?From Sublime:Volume 1:Although they were best friends in high school, Nakano and Tsuda haven+

At first glance this looks like the female version of GTO. However Kumiko is the daughter of a Yakuza boss and must hide her background so she doesn't get fired from her first teaching job. Comparisons aside, Gokusen stands in it own right with its witty humour and dialogue.From Baka-Updates:Fresh out of college, Kumiko "Yankumi" Yamaguchi becomes a math teacher at an all-boys high school. Unfortunately for her, she's assigned by the school board as the homeroom teacher for class 2-D, which happens to be the class of delinquent students. When the class attempts to make a living hell out of Yankumi's career, they fail as her persistence and aggression gain their respect. However, little does anyone in the school know that Yankumi is actually heir to the Kuroda Group - one of Tokyo's most powerful yakuza clans.-ANN

A boy is training to become a trap as condition for him to learn how to be a mangaka since his favorite author will not train him as an assistant without following the conditions

From Shinmakoku Scanlations:Oosawa had known Yoshioka for a long time... As his customer, Yoshioka came in and out of the shop with different boyfriends all the time. He thought he knew fully well what kind of man Yoshioka was. But when tragedy hit Chizu, his one and only daughter... and his capability as a single father was questioned... Yoshioka came out of nowhere and offered help. Slowly but sure, Oosawa learned that the man he despised was very different than what he appeared to be!

.The unspeakable secrets between a handsome dentist and his patient's classmate.

Michi Yomogihara, a petite girl with slender legs and a running pace that puts motorcycles to shame. After spending most of her life abroad, she returns to Japan to pursue her passion and her idol. Upon coming face to face with said idol, however, it becomes apparent that things won't go as smoothly as she had hoped.

Includes stories about two different couples:1) "Hitotsu no Koi no Hajimari" (Beginning of love)2-3) "Hitotsu no Koi no Ikisaki"4-6) "Gohoubi wo Ageyou"7) "Hitotsu no Koi no Nichijou"

Lonely high school student Youhei doesn't belong to anywhere, be it his home or his school. That time, he ran into Ryou, a classmate who is also an ace in soccer club. The two were gradually drawn to each other, but After an accident, their relationship was changed significantly. That was the beginning of a distorted pure love that would last for several years later+

Liquor, cigarettes, and a grapefruit-scented shampoo.

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After her political father is disgraced in scandal, Haruna Aizawa transfers to a new school... Haruna Aizawa thinks that school life is just like a monkey mountain - all the monkeys form cliques, get into fights, and get back together again. The school that she just transferred to is no exception. There's even a boy called Macharu(baby monkey) Yamashita [ actually named Masaru Yamashita ] who reminds her of a baby monkey! It's hard enough fitting in at a new school while dealing with family problems.... Will Haruna remain jaded and distance herself from everyone around her? Or will Macharu win her over with his monkey magic? -- Shojo Beat Manga