When 30-year-old Kenta meets stoic graphic designer Chihiro, he sears her cool exterior with his passion for barbecue! Now, after a flash of a courtship,... more>> they're newlyweds! Though their jobs keep them apart, they still have weekends together to grill, and fine meat isn't the only thing heating up in this sizzling relationship! <<less

Eiji, Naohiko and Izumi have been friends since middle school. Naohiko started going out with Izumi later on. Meanwhile, Eiji seemed to easily find his crushes one after the other, more often his seniors than not, yet maintained a laid back attitude when it came to being really serious about romance.... more>>

Now in their high school, it has been a while since Izumi has left the city and is in a long distance relationship with Naohiko. Eiji, still a single, wonders if he has been missing something in his life. Maybe it's just his poor grades but for the time being, he wants to avoid Ikezawa, his strict, serious and diligent classmate, as much as possible. Furthermore, he is aware of Taichi, a boy from a different class, who has a crush on Ikezawa.

The romantic story involving six boys and girls is about to unfold as they don't know love yet. <<less

Yuzuki Eba has mysteriously decided to go to high school in the countryside. But despite Haruto Kirishima's objections, she is living in his home. Now he has to put up with a freeloading city girl and even worse, make sure Nanami Kanzaki, the girl he likes, doesn't get the wrong idea!... more>>

The story's setting is based on author Seo Kouji's hometown. <<less

In the spring of her second year in high school, Asuka sees Masami playing Japanese drums in a festival, and she falls in love with... more>> him. However, Masami is deaf, and he has locked his heart in a world without sound. And thus, the two’s melancholic love miracle quietly begins. This is a pure love story in the middle of summer that will make your heart ache. <<less

To what distance would you go for your one true love?... more>>

In a future filled with a boundless potential for interstellar peace and prosperity, Mikako joins a research team to explore the recent contact between humans and alien races. She ventures out into space, leaving behind Noboru, the one young man she loves. As she travels deeper into this new frontier, her only connection with her boyfriend is through cell-phone text messages. But the years pass, and Mikako barely ages in the timelessness of space--while Noboru grows older and considers moving on with his life.

In this timeless romance between star-crossed lovers in the most tragic of settings, there are some places man may not be ready to go. <<less

Sequel to Koukou Debut, this one-shot takes place 11 months after the end of Koukou Debut and tells what happens during the Golden Week after Yoh left for college in Tokyo. ... more>>

It's been some time since Yoh left and Haruna has started another part-time job to pay for all those phone calls and plane tickets. In addition, her new manager is a total jerk who keeps her reminding that her long-distance relationship won't last long. What will happen to Haruna's insecurities in her Long-Distance Love Debut? <<less

Akio and Yoshino believed all there was left for them was to graduate. But life had different plans for them.... more>>

Yoshino moves on while Akio stays behind, and something between them begins to change.

The story of their youth continues. <<less

Note: "please do not put up covers which spoil the series!"... more>>

After her parents divorce, Anna Uekusa and her mother move from Tokyo to rural Shimane. Used to the anonymity of city living, An can't get used to the almost overbearing kindness of the people in her mother's hometown. But when personal tragedy strikes, An discovers how much she needs that kindness.

Note: Won the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga in 2005 and was adapted into a movie in 2008. <<less

Marriage of teacher Ojiro and high schooler Fumino, whose parents have passed away. Includes a total of 5 story's following their wedding day... more>>

Side Story: June's Lily Bravado <<less

Based on Makoto Shinkai's film, Byousoku 5 Centimeter follows the life of Tohno Takaki, Shinozaki Akari, and Sumida Kanae. The manga follows the three and... more>> their different view points as they chronicle their way through life. <<less

Can a relationship survive after an affair? Azu is 30-year-old stay at home mom and she runs a nail salon in her apartment. While carrying... more>> the frustration of thinking that her husband Junpei (32) doesn't love her as a woman anymore, she raises the child they were blessed with and continues through the motions of everyday life. One day, while Azu is running her salon, a customer asks to borrow her cellphone, and shows her something dangerously entrancing. A few days afterward, she receives a notification from an unknown man, sending Junpei and Azu's relationship into the deep-end. From Yukari Koyama of the TV drama "Rose-Colored Crusade" comes a challenging original work. You are invited to the story of 4 married people that could take place anywhere, filled with temptation, betrayal and broken hearts. <<less

Let’s get into a time machine and return to that time. ... more>>

Where it was always fun and you were always laughing, to that time...

"I only have three more months to live"

Yui who just transferred to a new school in the countryside becomes Ryo’s classmate. Yui who is suffering from an illness has a "wish" that she can’t tell anyone, but Ryo wants to grant her that wish but…

After death, reality hits Ryo and Yui.

This is the story of the eternal promise that was made by the two of them. <<less

1. Mada Amanogawa ni Ikenai - Still can't reach the Milky way... more>>

Like Orihime and Hikoboshi, Kira and Yuriha can only meet once a year when Kira visits Japan. Can feelings grow under such circumstances?

2. Juunen no Ame - 10-year rain

Sakura's childhood friend Kashiwaze has grown up to a popular guy, and to keep from being ostracized by the girls she hides their friendship and ignores him.

3. Koi ni Ichiban Chikai Shima

4. Senaka Watte Koi (w)o Suru

5. Senaka Watte Koi (w)o Suru Bangaihen <<less

Because of a frightening experience three years ago, the boy Sata Senda became a compulsive cleanliness freak. As he has anti-bacterial spray and mask as... more>> standard equipment and doesn’t allow any form of close contact, he has no friends… Thus came the summer of sixth grade. Sata, who has been half forced to participate in the school trip, arrives to the meeting place completely wrapped in a protective suit?! <<less

When a teenage country girl learns that a boy her age will be temporarily working on her family farm, love blossoms like a ripe tomato... more>> at the end of summer. <<less

Two elementary school pupils, a girl named Marin and a boy named Satoru, fall in love and are blessed with a rather unorthodox child which... more>> happens to be a robot. This robot is called Shingo and the story recounts how its mind develops and how it travels the world in pursuit of its ‘parents’ whom it has never had a chance to meet. <<less

A volume of cute and romantic short stories:... more>>

• Caramel Milk Tea

Nozomi, a high school student, did not believe in love at first sight. But it happens that she is in love with a cafe clerk. Immediately she declares love to him. But because he gives her the cold shoulder, she is disappointed in love. Now she begins to work part-time for the cafe where he is working.

• Futari no Jikan (Two People's Time)

Eri hangs out with her childhood friend, who she hasn't seen in four years. They've changed over the years, but certain feeling have stayed the same.

• Kirakira no Kimochi (A Sparkling Mood)

Narumi tries to make the most of her time before she moves on Christmas Day, but falls unexpectedly in love.

• No. 1 Girl

Saiko must choose between her career or her love.

contains Happy Words, a prequel of No. 1 Girl. <<less

Love Allergy is about a girl whose name is Hitoe. Her father is an extremely famous artist and Hitoe has the same passion as her... more>> father as well. She has God's skill when it comes to drawing and painting, but Hitoe herself decides to quit drawing. It is because her heart is broken. Hitoe's teacher who is also a famous artist and a friend of her father is going to get married, and she loved him more than anyone. Considering the fact that Hitoe is at a very sensitive age, she decides to give up drawing which attracts her teacher, Nakada. <<less

Recently, An's boyfriend, Kurosawa, has been acting strangely. Did he just cancel their date for Sunday? It turns out that he's helping his best friend, Kouta, who is in love with this other girl. But does he have to do this in spite of An's feelings!?... more>>

Includes other short stories: Onaji Sora no Shita, Niji no Ame, Scratch Go-go <<less

Minako entered in the same high school as her nephew Shuu. And then she figured out that one of her classmate is the guy she loves: Takuma. She will have to make a choice between love and friendship.... more>>

Included in this manga is a two chapter short story called Sakura no Kioku in vol. 2:

Her graduation ceremony is approaching. Because she wanted something else, she decided to break up with her boyfriend, but... <<less

Tamako, a high school girl, comes to play at the beach with her friends. She gets drunk, and when she awakes next morning, she sees... more>> Tomio lying beside her. Now she's in a panic. <<less

1-3. Goshimei desu! ... more>>

Renjouji Kiriya holds the coveted position of the number 1 ranked host at a high-class host club "Chateau du Amour" in Tokyo. The Chateau du Amour specializes in providing the company of beautiful, cultured men to female customers. Few people know that the popular Kiriya is actually Yamada Kotarou, a boy from Nagasaki who came to Tokyo to find a way to repay his parent's debt.

Some of the other hosts, jealous of his position, are determined to get past his perfect facade to discredit him. Kiriya will have a hard time stopping them, especially after a former customer dumps an adorable 5-year-old girl on him, claiming he is the father. The only thing that could make this situation more difficult would be the arrival of his Nagasaki girlfriend Miharu, who knows nothing of his career as a host...

4. Apple!

A kind-hearted guy who grows up eating cakes and whose parents own an tartlet cafe, wants to be the ultimate gang leader. A villainous girl who was brought up in a family of gangsters wants to be the owner of a tartlet shop! How will the pair cross one another's path with their dreams of the opposite party? <<less

Oshaberi na Jikanwari is based on Mizusawa Megumi-sensei's own love story. It is the story of how she had a crush on a boy since primary school and the events that took place while she goes from primary school through junior high to senior high.... more>>

Includes a side story about one of the main character's friend, Satsuki Goto, and several oneshots by the author:

The Message

Akari has been keeping a secret from her friend and crush, Wataru. In the spring of 10th grade, she found a tape of Wataru confessing his love to Yayoi, and even after knowing Yayoi had feelings for Wataru, she still hid the tape! Now, two years later, the Akari and Wataru pleasantly bump into Yayoi again...

Landscape of the Second Year

Soko, a second year college art student, is still secretly struggling with her past breakup, but with the help of Kando, overcomes it. <<less

Collection of 5 one shots:... more>>

- Anata e no Tsuki (Moon for You)

Mei's boyfriend, Hikaru, transferred schools 4 months ago. Now that summer break has started, they can meet again, but circumstances changed and Hikaru has to return earlier than they planned. Mei sends him with a smile, but deep down...

- Kataomoi no Sono Saki (Beyond A One-Sided Love)

It's almost Valentine's Day, and Yuka is determined to give her chocolates to the popular Hazuki-kun. Last year, Hazuki-kun didn't accept anyone's chocolates. Can Yuka figure out his secret?

- 7-ho-me no Mirai

- Kare ga Kanojo ni Nozomu Mono (What He Expects of Her)

- Spring. <<less

The prequel, Vienna Concerto, is about the relationship Takemiya Keiko has with a talented Japanese boy who attends in the Vienna the music school and... more>> writes her letters about his studies and his life. <<less