SLICE OF LIFE

From Stage Storm:Miss Marilla Cuthbert and Mr. Matthew Cuthbert, middle-aged siblings who live together at Green Gables, a farm in Avonlea, on Prince Edward Island, decide to adopt an orphan boy from the asylum as a helper on their farm. Through a series of mishaps, what ends up under their roof is a precocious girl of eleven named Anne Shirley. Anne is bright and quick, eager to please but dissatisfied with her name, her pale countenance dotted with freckles, and with her long braids of red hair. Being a child of imagination, however, Anne takes much joy in life, and adapts quickly, thriving in the environment of Prince Edward Island.

Pochi and Tama are finally moving in together after six years of dating. Their real names are not Pochi (dog name) and Tama (cat name), but they have been calling each other that ever since they met. And that's how Tama starts recollecting their past and wondering how things are going to work from now on.

A regular school boy, Hikaru Shindo stumbles upon an old GO board while looking through his grandpa's old storage room for something worth money. From inside the board came an old spirit named Sai who once dedicated his life to GO. Together, Sai continues to search for the move people call "The god's hand" while Hikaru slowly began interest in this ancient game and walks down the road of GO. Hikaru no GO received the Shogakukan Manga Award in 2000 and creators received Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2003 for the series.

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?

.Ao, born as a rare ? with only 10% ? traits rather than a normal 100% ?, was thought to be a ? by the public as his slight heat would disappear during his estrus periods by taking light heat suppressants. He vowed to live his life without being bound and controlled by an ?, but one day, Ao experienced a lot of change in his life after he helped a crouching man on the street, Reiji, an Alpha...

27 year-old Yano Saki is a freelance designer who's somewhat popular and he has been spending his days sleeping around with random people. That is until one day when an innocent-looking boy tried hitting on him. Despite how obvious it was that the boy isn't used to this sort of thing, Yano still brought the boy home and they ended up spending the night together.It seems that this red-haired boy with beautiful handwriting has actually been hiding feelings for Yano...+

1) Love & TrapAfter being bullied at elementary school, Mochida 'Maki' Masaki learns to use his own body to enchant and trap the most powerful person at school to protect him from potential bullies. However, a chance train encounter sparks a complicated friendship with notorious classmate, Aihara Ryuuji, which soon changes Maki's life and ultimately his view of love.2) Love & HoneyMaki begins to question the point of his relationship with Aihara.3) Love & WhipMaki discovers that Aihara's cousin, Aihara Kaede, has a thing for Aihara and a bit of contempt for Maki.4) Love BloodSawaguchi Mirai takes a train to the countryside to get away from his own life, and unexpectedly finds love.5) Us, BloomingNow working at a flower shop, Murakami Takashi is very set on winning the heart of Sakurai Ryui, the beautiful object of his secret and burning love, but his pervy manager, Fujimori Haruhiko, keeps getting in his way.Extra) Let's Visit the Aihara House!A short, comedic tale of Maki's reluctant visit to Aihara's home.

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

.A high school student, Sumito, who had just been playing with his friends, is currently absorbed in the coffee shop's notebook. While perusing the notebook, he replies to a comment written out in beautiful characters. From that day on, the interaction between him and his favorite "girlfriend" at the old coffee shop continued without any direct contact, and Sumito's love grew day by day. One day, Sumito learned that the "person from the notebook" would come to the store, and he eagerly visited the store, but what was waiting for him wasn't the pretty girl that Sumito had dreamed of, but someone 190cm tall... It was a giant man, Koguma!

Natsume fell in love at first sight with Rui, a very handsome boy she saw near the school gate. That was the first day of the new school term, when she became the second year of her high school. Nearly at the same time she got herself a new friend, Chiyako, a very beautiful transferred student who turned out to be Rui's older sister. For some reason Chiyako was determined to be Natsume's best friend, and naturally there's no way Natsume would refuse Rui's sister--and the easiest method to get to know Rui.Natsume soon learned (mostly from Chiyako) that besides being younger than herself and actually her kouhai, Rui was also a real, professional model, an extremely moody one. He's a spoilt person that often showed a very nasty attitude. To top it all he HATED summer thoroughly and completely. But nothing of these could kill Natsume's love for Rui. How would Natsume, the simple and plain summer girl win Rui's heart? A funny, cheerful and romantic shoujo manga from Yachi Emiko-sensei.

Seto is special, not only because she has silver white hair but also because she is concealing a secret - she is dying. Within her final days, she experienced the most miraculous things in the world - friendship and love - as she encounters a boyish girl from class, Chiho. The story sets readers on an emotional journey about what life truly entails and what death can leave behind for one's beloved.

The daily lives of a gamer and her girlfriend.

About a woman who meets with her first love again to see that she is pregnant and married.

In the gritty backstreets of Paris, Jin ekes out a living as an informant while his buddy, Mari, does business as a hitman. Theyve been friends since they were brats, but Jin's demanding behavior has Mari growing increasingly resentful. Even so, Mari can't seem to cut his ties to Jin.Has their friendship lasted so long it's become impossible to break? What will happen when Jin's new live-in boyfriend ignores Mari's warning about Jin's carefree lifestyle?Prequel: Koujitsusei no Tobira

Compilation of 7 short stories1)Love affair in the afternoonCollege student takes over a tutoring job for the friend he has a crush on.2) I don't mind it if you are a manCollege students/neighbors are (only?) sex friends.3)Love's worriesEx-lovers from their student days are reunited.4)Kana and patienceDivorced man cheats on his new lover.5)Why there is no ice beerYounger co-worker always hangs out at his sempai's house.6)Bring me to the edge of the worldAn odd 17-year-old electrician puts in an air conditioner for sexy businessman.7)Spinning worldSequel to bring me to the edge of the world.

By day a respected executive, He Yao spends her nights acting cutesy and baby-talking her gaming laogong (husband) only to find that "laogong" is an office worker in her own company!

Just another story of youth, love, life, and death. From the author of Ping Pong Club and Himizu, though less comedic than the former and less soul-crushingly depressing than the latter. From Mangascreener: The latest completed story from Minoru Furuya, the author of Inachuu Ping Pong Club, Himizu, Boku to Issho and Green Hill. Furuya's work has always featured a lot of pinpoint comedy and pathos, and while Ciguatera does not stray from this format, it is a lot more rounded and mature in its presentation.

Cinema Next Door manga summary: The walls are thin, and it's hard not to know what your neighbor is up to, especially when they cry loudly every time they watch a movie.

I have a 10-year-old distant sister. I'm glad you yearn for me as before, but I feel like I'm coming to my heart more recently than my older sister! ?

From Eclipse ScansHwee Kang is in a band with all his friends and is recruited by a well known company called JBL because they all have the looks of stars. However, there are high expectations. During the audition, what surprise will they give everyone, and what will Hwee Kang do?

An infamous delinquent is told that he would die soon unless he dates this girl from another school.From Chibi Manga:If you don't date her, you'll die! That was the prediction made to that delinquent boy, but what will be his destiny...?Read the rest as this manga is under a different name: Inochi Mijikashi, Koi seyo Furyou Shounen!

It seems like there's something about the guy from the head office?With the rumors preading around, Shiina had to be transferred to the local office's General Affairs department. Everyday, he commutes by bus early in the morning to avoid crowds that trigger his trauma. One rainy day, he decides to go home by car with Niwa from the Development department. However, he couldn't stand it, and ended up getting a panic attack. Even so, Niwa reached out to him without hesitation. "Whenever you feel uneasy, I'll be right beside you to help."From the next morning onwards, Niwa started to take the same bus.+

Mori and Ayumu are a gay couple in college in a happy relationship. However, after Ayumu prays at a shrine for them to always be together, the shrine's deity intervenes by turning him into a girl, and now everyone except for them think Ayumu has always been a girl.

Via Baka-Updates Manga: Endou's the quiet guy with the messy hair and glasses who never talks to anyone. Tsuda's the tall, indifferent guy who sits behind him in class. It's only when Tsuda's friend, an aspiring hairstylist, begins to rave about how much he wants to give Endou a haircut that Tsuda bothers to even look at the guy. But he soon realizes that he just can't stop looking, and that he may never be able to look away from that expressionless face again...

. Daddy with a child and a childhood friend. "Let's be a family."Tomoya has been bullied since he was little. The only one who protected him was a good-looking and gentle childhood friend, Kohei.But now Kohei has became a daddy...!? Tomoya couldn't hide his shock as he sees his friend struggling to raise a child with only one parent.Parenting x romance between two men...!?

"A man is a very small and ephemeral being, whose life would be summarized into a fifty-to-sixty page long short story. But I want more people to appreciate how fantastic their lives as short stories are. Short stories are indeed short, but they are full of interesting things once you read them. Even if your life is not an epic saga, it is still enough to touch others."Shinonome Yuuko is a book-loving librarian girl who has a secret identity...

Have you ever lost anything that was so precious to you, that if it were gone you wouldn't know what to do? For Otokawa Natsuru, that item is a keychain. Hearing from Kazama Miori, a fellow student with renowned psychic powers, that taking something precious can help with relationships, Natsuru takes her keychain on a date with childhood friend Yanagi Eitaro. But somewhere along the date, her precious keychain is lost...

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?

Extra:Publishers:Comic Dengeki Daioh "g" (magazine)

The sweets shop owner Tanihara goes to for love advice with a stern, scary looking pediatrician. Though the doctor has one majime looking face but deep within he's a gentle soul. Not to mention he isn't afraid of showing his love or the fact that he's gay. The game of "trick-or-love" between the happy-go-lucky father and the scary but popular pediatrician! Normally the paths of a shrewd man and a stoic man would never cross

A new school year is often synonymous with new class and getting to know your peers. It is an opportunity to meet new people & making new friends. And sometimes it doesn't take much to bring two people together, who at first seems to have nothing in common, just like Tomoyuki and Aoi. Nothing seems to predestinate them to be more than just classmates, and yet the simple fact of sharing the same surname seems to make Aoi consider Tomoyuki his future best friend.Even though Tomoyuki is reluctant at first, he is gradually tamed by this exuberant boy. Until the day he realizes a new overwhelming feeling, but it's already too late to go back...

Reuniting with your first love in a "ladyboys s** chat"?An obsessed doggie-like top x a tyrant "princess" with a twisted temperament!"There's no way I can be wrong! Sei-chan was my first love."Sei-chan was my hero when I was little, but he suddenly disappeared from my life.In the spring when I became a university student, I meet him again after 10 years.But he has changed, and one day we somehow ended up becoming s** buddies...!Then, I found a naughty ladyboy online who looked a lot like Sei-chan...?!+

A life description about the mangaka Aito Yuuki and his assistant Ashisu Sahoto. Aito-san doesn't understand the feelings of the characters in his stories. So he asks Ashisu to help him. Ashisu would do everything for the work. She would even grope her own breast so he will know how it feels like?! The Habit?! The Pervert?! Can we understand them? That's the comedy of a mangaka life.

[From MangaScreener]:Shigeo is a high strung elementary school student living with his mother. His only concern is getting ahead in life by doing well in school. He despises his father Hanao (who is separated from them), who's an idealistic free spirit and kid at heart infatuated with the sport of baseball. Shigeo's mother forces Shigeo to take time to visit his father and so begins Shigeo's lessons that there's more to life than excelling academically (courtesy of his very childish father).

Due to his scary face, Shougo has been alone since entering university. But unexpected events lead him to become close with Hina, from the same university. Shougo, elated at the fact he's become friends with the cool and kind Hina, finds out that Hina breaks out into hives when people treat him with affection - a "love allergy"?!

From Half-Baked Scanlations:1) Koi wo Shimashou (Let's make Love)Management consultant Kobayashi uses his work to pick up younger men who catch his eye. Unfortunately, on his latest project he finds himself stuck with morose middle-aged manager Chief Araki. Kobayashi's initial horror develops into a professional respect that inspires him to use his easygoing charm to strike up an unlikely friendship.2) Koi wo Kanjite3) DirtCaught up in a bank robbery, middle-aged branch manager Nishio is engaged in a battle of wills with lead robber Kazuya: a laidback macho thug who knows his personal details and has a weakness for older men.4) Ano Koro ni Modorenai5) Mune Ippai no (Wholehearted)Section Chief Shingo's stress at work is spilling over into his private life. A cheerful security guard enters his life, but even he finds Shingo's violent mood swings too much to handle.6 Tsurete Itte Kure7) Memorial Day8) Manga Lesson

Daegun Gal is a salaryman currently suffering from long night shifts and little pay. Then, one night, a devil appeared and claims to know him personally?! This is the story of a man and the devil that swept him off his feet.+

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...

From Lililicious:Aqua Blue Cinema is about an actress and a girl she meets through unusual circumstances.

Rinosuke's useless and vagrant father is now dead. Now, at the age of 16, he is completely alone and will have to quit school to make ends meet. On the night his father dies, a naked woman with large breasts falls from the sky and lands on top of him. She introduces herself as Sakamoto Marina, the future wife of the future Rinosuke. She states that she used a time machine to come back to the past, and start a new life with the younger Rinosuke. Rinosuke's new life with his future(?) wife begins.

ontinuation of Paul and Jonathan's romance from Usotsuki wa Shinshi no Hajimari.

Five years ago, the talented designer An Zhisu was framed and became a suspect. Five years later, can she recover from scratch and stand back to the star-stud stage that belongs to her own starlight?

From Vices and Devices:Bright and early one Monday morning, Shino Yuzuru asks Seryou Touji out on a lark when they run into each other at the school gate. Seryou, who's immensely popular, has the odd habit of going out with anyone who asks him out first at the beginning of the week, then promptly dumping them at the end of it. "Anyone" apparently includes male upperclassmen like Shino, and as a boyfriend, Seryou is perfect--unfailingly thoughtful and kind. Shino, obviously, has no intention of being in a serious relationship with Seryou. It's not like it's actually love or anything like that. ...Right?

Even though I keep telling that I like you, why don't you notice?! Just how stupid are you... After 5 years, two best friends become sex friends. But Nanase has always been secretly in love with Hina, a national treasure level idiot who's a delinquent but isn't scary.+

From Fantagraphics Books:Fifth grade. The threshold of puberty, and the beginning of the end of childhood innocence. Nitori Shuichi and his new friend Takatsuki Yoshino enjoy happy homes and loving families, and are well-liked by their classmates. But they share a secret that further complicates a time of life that is awkward for anyone: Shuichi is a boy who wants to be a girl, and Yoshino is a girl who wants to be a boy...Written and illustrated by Shimura Takako, acclaimed for her sensitive take on LGBT topics, Wandering Son portrays Shuichi and Yoshino's very private journey with affection, sensitivity and gentle humor.

Kawamura Kazuya had dreamt of being a pilot when he was young. Thus when he heard that there's an aviation school five hours from where he stayed, Kawamura enrolled without giving much thought. He was placed in the same room with two other room mates. One of them, Itou, dropped out when he couldn't stand the tough life. This left Kawamura with Yoshitake, a tall, quiet and non-responsive guy.

From Dragon Voice:A rather humorous and light-hearted look at high school life as we follow the protagonist, Saejima Midori. Interesting manga with likable characters. Highly recommended!

Does the cat with the bell say meow? Found sick on the side of the road, when they first met he was like a stray cat. Nao and Suzu begin their journey with each other in a way, unlike others. Follow this cute, fluffy story as their life and past slowly combines.