As a transfer student to a rough, run-down school populate by delinquents, Shindou tries his best to make friends. When he meets the ill-mannered Yousuke,... more>> heartbeats and tempers start to fly! It seems Yousuke is a "tsundere"--his gruff exterior hides a shy, sensitive side--and Shindou immediately finds himself dizzy over his combative new crush. Can Yousuke accept a relationship that goes against his tough-guy image? Or will his tendency to lash out at everyone around him drive even the earnest Shindou away for good? <<less

Shousuke always takes the role to comfort his best friend, Tomoki, who tends to fall in love and then gets dumped several times. One day,... more>> Shousuke was drinking with Tomoki and was listening to his whining as usual. Tomoki cracked some jokes and confessed to Shousuke telling him “I love you~” since Shousuke has always listened to him, but Shousuke let his true feelings out and asked Tomoki “Which one do you love more, me or your ex?” Tomoki answered he can’t choose and started crying. Shousuke got shaken up and kissed Tomoki without thinking…!? The day when an airhead, cry-baby man who easily falls in love, and a normal guy who has negative connotations about love became more than friends! <<less

Pastry chef Ishikawa is the object of affection for fellow employee Hashimoto. However, Hashimoto can't seem to find the courage to confess - and Ishikawa... more>> has a problem of his own. <<less

Jun Shiraishi has longed for years to be friends with another girl, something she tells a guy who tries to ask her out one day.... more>> Spurred on by his feelings for her, he grants her wish by cross-dressing and making friends with her as "Nai". <<less

Nogi is the fearless and respected karate black-belt who beats up bullies without breaking a sweat. But to Fujiwara, he's just "Kei-chan", best friend and... more>> object of his secret affections. Can their friendship survive? Or develop into something more? <<less

In a society where money is king, the young men known as "flowers" hold a special role. In exchange for the financial support of those who have the means to patronize them, they serve their flower masters as symbols of taste, status, and wealth. Bought and sold at the whim of their masters, theirs is a precarious existence - save for the few who are lucky enough to have masters who can see the person behind the flower.... more>>

Note - Despite the magazines it was published in, there is no actual shounen-ai in Hanamatsuri. The relationships between the male characters are more along the lines of heavy subtext.

[ Translated from Aki's comments on the book: "And yet, I'm really sorry that this isn't very BL at all! In my heart it was super-gay! Huh? (Haha)" ] <<less

It’s hard to be in high school, especially when you live in the shadow of your stunningly attractive older brother. It only gets worse when the really cute guy from the class next to yours starts hanging around your house, presumably to catch a glimpse of said older brother. ... more>>

But things are not always as they seem! Kotori is often teased for being superficial, and with a brother like Kujaku, you can’t really blame him for thinking that looks are everything. However, once Akaiwa steps into his life, Kotori is heading for a lesson in deep trust and abiding love.

There’s a lot more under the surface that he’s finally going to get a chance to see!

Also contain the following oneshots:

V.1

• Skip

• Poem of the Red Poppy

V.2

• Flower Light

• Flower Storm

V.3

• Endless Gaze (Gyoshi no Hate)

• Muddy Stream <<less

Vowing never to separate from his childhood friend Hisame, Itsuki travels on the Tokaido with him in search of new adventures. Exterminating youkai along the... more>> way, they depend on each other to finish the job. What adventures lie in wait for our two protagonists? <<less

The Song Princess possesses the power to protect the kingdom with her song. Though the role is passed down from mother to daughter, the current Song Princess, Cain, is actually a man, singing in his dead sister's place. The only one who knows of this secret is Thomas, the head of the village where they live. One day, they come across an unconscious woman who is being chased by the Royal Guard. Why did she run away? And why did she come to see Cain?... more>>

Volume 1 included a one-shot called Darika. <<less

Thanks to her parents' incompetence, Taeko is sent to live with an acquaintance of her father. But when she rings the bell of her new home, she's greeted at the door by her new roommate, a completely and utterly shameless nudist named Masuda. Why exactly is he presenting himself in the buff to an innocent high-school girl...? Of course, their shocking first meeting sends Taeko's 17-year-strong values tumbling to the ground! "Is he for real?!" "Am I going nuts?!" It's too late for tears, so Don't Cry, Girl - a hilarious teen comedy ♪!... more>>

It also includes a second story called 3322.

Nominated for the 4th Manga Taisho in 2011. <<less

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,... more>> thinking the other is competition. One day, out of the blue, they find themselves in bed together... and that's when their denial begins! <<less

A dramatic collection of stories linking four men and their "half-baked" lovers. Follow the merry-go-around of inter-linked men and their relationships as they come full... more>> circle during Advent season. <<less

Nekoya Ai is a cute teenager who turns into a cat uncontrollably when he is under emotional distress. After being cornered by delinquents he gets... more>> help from a scary looking guy who turns out to be a real cat lover and his classmate to top it off. Will Ai be able to keep his shape shifting condition a secret? <<less

N/A

Yukimura is famous for being ”beautiful.” It’s true that he’s both terribly beautiful and capable… However, he’s also somewhat ferocious. Although Kei is treated coldly by him, he continues to stay over at sensei’s place for spiritual nourishment. (laugh) Kei keeps getting stunned by sensei’s sweet love-struck side, but yet the atmosphere around him freezes when he finds out about sensei's ex-boyfriend. Will he be able to make such a charming person fall in love with him?!... more>>

Also includes “Strangler Fig”, a story about half-brothers which left a deep impression on readers when it was first serialized in a magazine <<less

The fourth son of the famous Caluanthes family is, well, quite infamous. Mockingly referred to as a bird of paradise, Force dresses gaudily, spends money... more>> like water, and has turned the trip he's been sent on to learn more about the world into his own personal gourmet dining tour. His behavior makes the rest of high society whisper about him behind his back. The only exception is Eiri Lawrence, who finds Force and his entourage intriguing rather than laughable - and who is everything that Force is not. Theirs is the world of high society, where truth and falsehood, and dark and light, intertwine. <<less

1) Imaginary Lovers... more>>

A man reunites with his college love after three years only to find out that his thoroughly male love interest has apparently conceived, given birth to and raised a son in the three years since they parted. That this is anatomically possible doesn't even occur to our slightly dopey seme, who's just overjoyed at the prospect of getting back "the one that got away" plus a rather adorable half-sized extra.

2) Brothers

Two very different boys learn to co-exist when they suddenly find themselves living together and expected to act like brothers.

3) Supreme Logic Study

Two college students bask in domestic bliss after ten years of friendship, totally unaware of their true feelings for each other.

4) Twin

When Wataru dies in a traffic accident, he thinks he has no lingering attachments to the living world... if that's so, then why can't he pass on to his next incarnation? And what's keeping the sad-eyed boy who shares his lonely rooftop?

5) Bet

A bet turns into something much more infuriating...

6) D.H

A boy is enlisted to write love letters for his less-than-literate best friend... unfortunately, the object of his friend's affection is his own secret crush. <<less

1-4) Ai ga Love Shite You nanosa... more>>

Oono is unable to properly do his uniform check job because his adoration of Takeuchi distracts him, and Takeuchi mistakes this for Oono hating him and is sad at the idea of being disliked by the model student. Thus, Takeuchi is relieved and willing to reciprocate when he finds out that it isn’t hate but instead love that makes Oono so very awkward around Takeuchi.

5) Shiritsu Koukou Hetarebu

6) Nare Somehen <<less

After the passing of the Equal Opportunity Employment Act, everyone has equal rights in the workplace. Unfortunately, there are still many logistical difficulties to be... more>> overcome: like, how's a centaur supposed to fit in an elevator made for humans, anyway? <<less

A story with Mochimune Kantoku Director of some movies where Iwaki and Kato works (characteres from & series).... more>>

Is a dream or a reality ?, Is the past or the future?

The wise man has crossed the bright colors of life travel <<less

Takato's younger sister Utako has always been a frail child - constantly shut up inside the house and not even allowed to venture outside into the sun. But she's cheerful and affectionate, and Takato can't bring himself to be dissatisfied with the situation at home.... more>>

But when he returns to his village after a semester away at his new boarding school, Takato begins to notice changes, not just in Utako but also in his two childhood friends, who seem to know more than they're letting on. And what does all this have to do with an old but infamous folk tale in the village? <<less

When one childhood friend passed away, the two who were left behind reminisce the love from the past and the present.

The dedicated student council secretary is being hit on by a half-Japanese underclassman.... more>>

Iyogi is too kind for his own good to refuse helping others. Even today, he ended up looking after a new transfer student tasked by the student council president, Akira. Enzou, the said transfer student, was raised in France: foreign-like features and gestures, stylish appearance—he’s really attractive.

For the xenophobic Iyogi, however, it was the worst thing that could happen.

Not to mention that love helplessly blossomed for Enzou...?! <<less

Glasses Cafe GLASS is...... more>>

A cafe where all the garcons wear glasses. For the sake of women who like glasses, the garcons are all beauties that wear glasses. It's a specialty cafe. From the start, the owner hired exceptional men as garcons.

And then at that time a puzzling event occurred...!?

This cafe of boundless peril is the astray Kotaro's fate!

Chapter 3 focuses on Shiro~

When Onda's voice goes out from a cold, who can take his place in the skit with Tsukishima!? <<less

Touma heard a voice calling to him that day - a voice calling out to him in a dream. That day, Sousuke forsook his family,... more>> escaping with the sword that they had guarded for generations. Touma's dreams weren't supposed to mean anything once he woke up; Sousuke's family wasn't supposed to find him or the sword ever again. But once they meet, fate binds them together - and fate has a funny way of sending all such plans awry. <<less