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Even though I keep telling that I like you, why don't you notice?! Just how stupid are you… 5 years of unrequited love, a Seme with low self esteem impulsively becames sex friends with Hina, a national treasure * level idiot and is a delinquent but isn't scary.

The succubus' target was a second grader!? So begins a seductive comedy with a clumsy succubus and a mature grade schooler!

Ichijou Seiya is a young prodigy who is the manager of the Teiai underground casino and the creator of the diabolical pachinko machine "The Bog." Before his fight to the death with his nemesis, Itou Kaiji, he had a smoldering youth and was unable to make anything of himself. The story is set in Ooyama, Itabashi, Tokyo, a "bog" that has swallowed up all the dreams, hopes, and despairs of young people, and is about the ambitions and difficulties of freelancer Ichijou and his younger colleague Murakami who move into the capital and live in a tiny apartment.

A collection of one-shots done during the 1970s, all regarding some aspect of Tezuka's early life. Includes a reflection of his time at the famous Tokiwa-so. - **Record of the Life of Gachaboy** (がちゃぼい一代記, Gachaboy Ichidaiki, ALT. ENG. - The God of Manga): A reflection on Tezuka's career up to that point. Tezuka encounters the God of Manga right after the war, who nicknames Tezuka "Gachaboy". He is determined to see Tezuka become a great mangaka, no matter what - and restore manga's presence in Japan. - **Paper Fortress** (紙の砦, Kami no Toride): Right at the end of the war, Tezuka is doing manga in private in high school. He meets a girl who fully understands his situation, and they get along well. In a society where manga, dancing, and even informal relationships are forbidden, how will Tezuka, crazy about manga, keep on? - **Hungry Blues** (すきっ腹のブルース, Sukippara no Blues): Directly following *Paper Fortress*, Tezuka is now a hungry, desperate student with little luck on his path in manga. Things change when he comes across a young lady who works for a newspaper, and he manages to land a serial for it. However, in an era rife with turmoil and starvation, Tezuka's own stomach may prove to be a serious intrusion in not just his manga-making career, but his very life. - **Tokiwa-so Monogatari** (トキワ荘物語, ENG. - The Tale of Tokiwa-so): Part of a series recounting memories within the famous apartment complex, Tezuka showcases its history through commentary from the building itself! - **The Letter that Came** (という手紙がきた, Toiu Tegami ga Kita): Tezuka receives an ominous letter that may put him in hot water. - **Animal Tsurezuregusa** (動物つれづれ草, Doubutsu Tsurezuregusa): Two reflections on animals Tezuka had encountered in his early years - the first a horse, the second two tanuki. An excerpt of *Dotsuitare* featuring Tezuka is also included at the end. This excerpt is a compilation of scenes/segments of Tezuka's scenes. --- - **Animal Tsurezuregusa won the 21st Bungeishunju Manga Award in 1975, along with Tezuka's, very famous, Buddha** --- **Volume 274 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**

My beautiful, big-breasted childhood friend, Mikoto, is completely in love with me. It sounds like a dream scenario that anyone would envy — but there’s just one big problem... She’s turned into a clingy, mentally unstable mess with love that's way too heavy!! This is a dark everyday comedy about being at the mercy of Mikoto’s unstable behavior and unintentional sexiness. The long-awaited book release of the hit everyday romcom — the story of a mentally unstable beauty that took X (formerly Twitter) by storm — featuring all-new, never-before-published chapters!!

A few months into his high school life, Renya Nijou has neither friends nor a girlfriend and spends his days living alone. But one day, he witnesses a group of mysterious men dressed in black attempting to kidnap Maya Kamishiro, the most beautiful girl in his class. Apparently, Maya's parents sold her off to pay their debts, so Renya decides to help her with the financial resources he obtained through investments. Maya can't help but want to return the favor, and declares that she will become Renya's maid...?

An almost road accident victim loses his memory after being pushed to a street power line pole to save his life. Not knowing his identity he is compelled to stay at his savior's residence, a gym and boarding house for female wrestlers, until he remembers… During his stay he becomes his savior's manservant and the gym's referee trainee.

A very popular romance novel of the highest purity - long-awaited manga adaptation! Kiho, who has always studied since she was a child, did not have any friends when she entered junior high school. She becomes friends with a classmate who asks her to help him with his studies, but for one reason or another, she is further isolated from the rest of the class. Furthermore, one day after failing the high school entrance exam and entering a high school that she had slipped through the cracks, she loses the meaning of life and decides to end her life, when a fateful encounter occurs. ......!?

Yusei Matsui, creator of Assassination Classroom and Neuro: Supernatural Detective, is back! Set in feudal Japan in between the Kamakura and Muromachi periods, our hero Hojo Tokiyuki is a boy on the run that history all but forgot! When the Kamakura shogunate is overthrown by Ashikaga Takauji, Tokiyuki's family and standing are visciously taken away from him, and he must flee to the far reaches of the land to survive and seek out his revenge!

Mayumi lost her fiancee to the only person she called a friend. Throwing everything away, running from it all, and starting a new life in the countryside was her plan, but what awaits her is a blonde yankee, Rin (the manager of the housing complex Seagull Villa), that she doesn't deal well with. A story about the daily lives and the relationship between these two women as well as the people in this seaside town!

Office lady Haru frequents the arcade daily to distract from her discontent with her company. There she easily crushes a delinquent high school boy in a game and somehow, he becomes attached to her. From acquaintances who just met at the arcade to gaming buddy, and beyond that, their relationship is...!?

A warm, tender, and sad story about Nene, who loved to eat.

*The princess of the moon, who became a wizard in search of love rather than eternity. What she sought was a world of happiness. The Sun King, in his quest to win the love of the moon princess, proclaimed dominion over the world, all for the sake of a single proof.* Do you want eternal life? Red eyes, white skin, golden hair... Luna, our protagonist, is an apprentice magician who was bought by Khan, a shabby old magician. Luna is a prideful girl who spends her days learning magic in order to impress Khan, who has no interest in anything other than the study of magic. Then, the previous king dies of illness, and rebellions erupt in various parts of the country. The kingdom is on the brink of destruction, but an army of undead attacks the rebels and puts them down. Who in the world has used the forbidden necromancy? ___ **Additional Links:** - **Buy Individual Chapters:** [Amazon](https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B0DJF8FSHC), [BOOK☆WALKER](https://bookwalker.jp/series/489040/), [ebookjapan](https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/853023/) - [Official X](https://x.com/mon29_4ryo)

The first of two early works one-shot compilations by Kimura, this collects works from her latter half of high school through college, with one one-shot from her 20's at the end. Common themes include waiting, loneliness, and the psychology of children. - **Rain** (雨, Ame) - A boy is falsely accused of tearing a classmate's photo, but things don't seem to favor his truth. This boy is no stranger to lies and falsehoods, however... - **Tommy** (トミィ) - Tommy is a boy whose father perished during the war. Though the truth is hidden from him, Tommy begins to notice something is off.... - **Balloon** (風船, Fuusen) - A largely silent one-shot about a girl who longs for the embodiment of joy: balloons. - **Tunnel** (トンネル) - A recollection of one's time when he was a young boy, and a tunnel that only he felt fear toward. - **Carrot** (にんじん, Ninjin) - A reflection on one's dislike for carrots when he was a young boy, and a certain incident regarding that. - **Mamoru-kun is Dead** (まもる君が死んだ, Mamoru-kun ga Shinda) - A whole town investigates what happened to one young boy, while also reflecting upon the wrongs done to him. - **A Joyful Tale** (こうふくな話, Koufuku na Hanashi) - Kimura reflects upon the aspects of her younger self that she has now lost. The only one-shot not in a shojo magazine, instead serialized in *COM*. - **The Wingless Bird** (翼のない鳥, Tsubasa no nai Tori) - The tale of Joey, a country boy who has always wished to fly since he was very young. Joey departs from home, wanting to find out a way in which he can fly, but he discovers much more in the wide world he explores.

Cheng Huan, the female lead, unexpectedly runs into Liao Jia, her senior from high school who works at the same company, on her way home. Taking the opportunity to hitch a ride from him, the number of times they start to meet each other begin to increase wildly. For some reason, Cheng Huan is always able to get a ride from her senior. Unconsciously, they start to realize each other's feelings, with every ride together becoming yet another opportunity for them to grow even closer.

The "mysterious school comedy" centers on the unusual members of a high school literary club. Tooko Amano, a high school senior who calls herself the "literary girl" as the club president, is actually a supernatural creature (youkai) that devours stories, she tears pages from books to munch on them. Her club subordinate is Konoha Inoue, a second-year high school boy who writes stories every day for Amano to eat. He once wrote an award-winning novel, but he wrote it under the pen name Miu Inoue so readers thought the author was a mysterious 14-year-old bishoujo novelist. The stress from the novel's fame and its movie and television drama plans turned Inoue in an introverted recluse. Adapted from the "Bungaku Shoujo" series of light novels

The romantic comedy centers on a high school boy who is wasting his youth.

Noa Kuroda worships Ibuki, a member of the super popular idol group ILY, as a god. After ILY's concert, Noa happens to run into Ibuki at a convenience store. When Noa learns that Ibuki is stressed out from being worshiped as a "god" and "charismatic" by his fans, she unconsciously hides the fact that she is an otaku, but...?! (Source: SeishunScans)

A spin-off oneshot from "Can't Defy The Lonely Girl" that was serialized in Comic Yurihime. The story is about couple Wakana Morinaga and Yuina Minami, who appeared as side-characters in the main series, while they attend college.

From midnight until the farewell ceremony, when all the street lights have gone out. A person dubbed "the Listener" will hear the stories of those who lost their loved ones. Sentences that have yet to be voiced, feelings that have yet to be shown. Tonight he listens to it all, lends a hand to them all, becomes their only companion. Listen about the dead, for the sake of the living. A drama full of tears for those who stay behind.

Kinu-san, a girl who's come to the Fujidana family as a bride, thinks of her husband as a man who lazes around everyday, but as she gets to know him she starts to think "My Husband has a bigger heart than I thought"

A very ordinary and serious high school student, Kamou-kun. Though his days are filled with diligent study, his concern lies in his childhood friend, Katabami-san, who interferes with his studies every day. And to make matters more complicated, Katabami-san's true identity is… a fox spirit!? ___ **Alt Official Raw:** [niconico Manga](https://manga.nicovideo.jp/comic/66393)

For the first 14 years of his life, Yukio Tanaka has been one heck of a boring guy. He has no hobbies, weak taste in music, and only a small vestige of a personality. He yearns for an exciting life as a musician, but his shy and somewhat neurotic personality makes him his own worst enemy by hampering his musical dreams. Little does he know that his life will be forever changed when he meets Ryuusuke Minami, a wild and unpredictable 16-year old fresh from America who happens to be in a rock-and-roll band named after his Frankenstein-like patched dog, Beck. **Award:** Won the 26th Kodansha Manga Award for Shonen in 2002, shared with *Cromartie High School* ___ **Official English Volumes:** [Kodansha USA](https://kodansha.us/series/beck/)

Narita, a family restaurant employee in his late twenties who is always busy with work, is feeling down about the results of his job interview, while he is having dinner, he is absentmindedly watching a video recommended to him on a video site. The video shows Sasa Yoruzaki, an artist with an overwhelming sense of fashion and singing ability, despite her cool and slightly cheeky responses. Later, when he goes to an old laundromat to deal with some laundry problems, he suddenly notices a woman and feels something is off about her. The woman seems familiar, but it is Sasa himself, the one he had just seen in the video.

Warm my heart, you baka.

With a dream to become the ultimate Chinese cuisine chef, our protagonist finds himself inexplicably transported to the Song Dynasty in China! However, upon awakening, he discovers that he possesses no martial arts skills whatsoever. All that remains are the culinary techniques he mastered in his previous life. Surprisingly, these dishes… receive an overwhelmingly positive response! Can he, with a single bowl of Jjajangmyeon, truly conquer the martial world? Will he be able to captivate the Central Plains with his Jjajangmyeon and lead a successful second life in this era?

While at the get-together party, Cheng Jiahong recalled getting acquainted with his close friend, Qi Wenrui. Due to his grades being in the last rank and having to repeat the same grade again, it was arranged that Cheng Jiahong be seatmates with the class committee member Qi Wenrui. The two became familiar with each other as they spent their days together. "A life under the pressure of both specialized and literacy classes is very tiring, but, thankfully I'm not alone."

This is a story about two middle school boys of the same age, Tetsu and Yuki, who went to an autumn festival. On the way to the festival at a nearby shrine, Tetsu, wearing a mask for some reason, is in a sulky mood. A Hyottoko mask, a railroad crossing, an unseasonable yukata, and mini-cakes. "A Leisurely 15 Minutes on Foot" to the festival grounds, it's an extraordinary autumn night that closes the distance between two friends.