Bok-Qi is a stunningly beautiful girl with an unusually pure heart, albeit lacking in savvy. She has had a life-long crush on Gun-Woo, who came... more>> to live with her family when she was a little girl. When Gun-Woo returns to Korea and begins to be involved in Bok-Qi’s life again, her candid love towards him begin to have a ripple effect on people around her. Could Bok-Qi and Gun-Woo’s relationship develop into something more than a pseudo-sibling relationship? It won’t be easy with Gun-Woo’s perfection-seeking girlfriend, So-Hyun, in the picture. <<less

Winning isn't everything in the game of basketball, but who wants to come in second? It takes dedication and discipline to be the best, and the Shohoku High hoops team wants to be just that. They have one last year to make their captain's dream of reaching the finals come true--will they do it? Takehiko Inoue's legendary beloved basketball manga is finally here and the tale of a lifetime is in your hands.... more>>

Hanamichi Sakuragi's got no game with girls—none at all! It doesn't help that he's known for throwing down at a moment's notice and always coming out on top. A hopeless bruiser, he's been rejected by 50 girls in a row! All that changes when he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko, and she's actually not afraid of him! When she introduces him to the game of basketball, his life is changed forever.

To commemorate the 100 Million sales of the series, a one-shot called “10 Days After” was drawn by the author in a classroom at Kanagawa Prefectural Misaki High School in December 2004. This epilogue later published in a special documentary book and Switch magazine in 2005.

Notes: Received the 40th Shogakukan Manga Award for shounen in 1995. <<less

Two neighboring childhood friends. An airheaded girl and the boy who takes care of her like a mother hen. And of course, there is his... more>> family background with a tiny, insignificant supernatural secret. Now that her parents have left the girl in their neighbor's care, will she ever discover her friend's secret? <<less

Whether it's appearance, grades, or social life, Dongtae's at the bottom of the barrel. When popular transfer student Taebin gives him an opportunity to change all of that, Dongtae heads down a path to make things right. This is the world of DICE, where a single roll can change your fate.... more>>

What if you can restart your life with a different setting just like a game? Dong Tae always get bullied by his classmates, but Tae Bin, sits right next to him, is handsome and popular at school; and now, Tae Bin suggests Dong Tae to play a little game. <<less

Koito Yuu just began her first year in high school but still hesitates to respond to a confession she received from her friend during middle school graduation. Unlike the sparkly and bright love she hears in music and reads in books, his confession did not fill her heart with any emotion.... more>>

As Yuu walks to the student council, she stumbles upon Nanami Touko turning down a confession with certainty and kindness. Nanami's confident response that she has no intention of dating anyone sparked Yuu's interest, so she seeks Nanami's advice on how to respond to her own confession. Yuu confides that she already decided to turn him down, explaining how she wanted to fall in love but is unable to as she has never felt what it is like to have someone special.

Nanami comforts Yuu with sympathy for the difficulty of wanting to love but not having someone to fall in love with, and at that moment Yuu's phone rings. Nanami takes Yuu's hand and tells her she only needs to speak from her heart. As Yuu turns down his confession, Nanami's hand still holding hers, a bright new spark was formed. <<less

Unrequited love is a tragic circumstance with no simple resolution. It comes in many forms, yet each one shares the same debilitating feeling of inconceivable longing.... more>>

Hanabi Yasuraoka and Mugi Awaya are two high school students who appear to have the ideal relationship. They are the envy of their classmates, and it is easy to portray them as the classic example of high school sweethearts. Unbeknownst to friends and family, however, there is a side to their love veiled by hidden passions: their true affections lie elsewhere, and they use each other to physically sate their unreciprocated feelings.

Hanabi is in love with Narumi Kanai, her new homeroom teacher who is also her childhood friend. Mugi is in love with Akane Minagawa, who used to be his tutor when he was younger. Now teachers at the same school, Kanai and Minagawa begin to show an interest in one another. As a result, Mugi and Hanabi find solace in each other as victims of the same pain.

With little hope of their feelings being realized, these two students face a challenging predicament: cope with and move on from their lust, or become further entangled in their web of unrequited love.

Included One-shots:

Volume 1: Nyan Nyan Prelude

Volume 2: Nyan Nyan Serenade

Volume 3: Nyan Nyan Oratorio

The lonesome struggles of the only living being on Earth.

Volume 4: Nyan Nyan Cantata

A pet cat looks back on her life with her kind master when she feels that her days are coming to an end.

Volume 5: Nyan Nyan Andante

An abandoned cat grows fond of her new owner but she starts to feel insecure when the kind-hearted owner adopts another stray creature. <<less

Rei, Kazuma and Banri are close childhood friends. Rei, who's better than any guy, the cool and smart Kazuma and Banri who's mischievous and bright... more>> have the perfect balance. It's normal for the three of them to be together all the time and without thinking of themselves as men and woman they're just together. But something happens after which Rei starts to think of Banri as a "man", so the relation of the three changes...?! <<less

Mizuki gets confessed to by a boy in front of a special Mirror. Legend has it, that if you confess to someone you like in front of that mirror your wish comes true.... more>>

There is a slight Problem in this Equation: Mizuki is just a very feminine looking boy.

Also it seems that he caught the Attention of the Norse Trickster God Loki while glancing into the Mirror. Loki decides out of boredom to mess with Mizuki and turns him into a real Girl. <<less

One-shot manga anthologies featuring traps called Josou Shounen (Cross-dressing Boys) since July 2010. There have been 17 volumes published to date. Each volume carries a subtitle. They are:... more>>

1. White Group (Shiro-gumi)

2. Peach Group (Momo-gumi)

3. Princess Group (Hime-gumi)

4. Blue Group (Ao-gumi)

5. Red Group (Aka-gumi)

6. Cherry Blossom Group (Sakura-gumi)

7. Plum Group (Sumomo-gumi)

8. Melon Group (Melon-gumi)

9. Apple Group (Ringo-gumi)

10. Satsuma Group (Mikan-gumi)

11. Grape Group (Budou-gumi)

12. Banana Group (Banana-gumi)

13. Plum Group (Plum-gumi)

14. Watermelon Group (Suika-gumi)

15. Ribbon Group (Ribon-gumi)

16. Princess Strawberry Group (Hime Ichigo-gumi)

17. Princess Apple Group (Hime Ringo-gumi)

A summary of the one-shots can be seen . <<less

Mayu and Nobu have been best friends ever since they were kids, always the best buddies. But the friendship does not only include these two boys, along them is the other childhood friend, the introverted Yuiko who always has been some sort of damsel who the boys have always helped. Upon entering high school the trio meets the grandchild of the chairman, the student council president nicknamed "The Rooftop Princess" and who is considered a perfect girl in every sense.... more>>

Yuiko gets into trouble with a skirt chaser and the Rooftop Princess helps her out without asking anything in return, Yuiko quickly develops a strong admiration for the princess and from that point on Mayu will also admire the Princess but in a completely different way than Yuiko.

These four people will be the center of a lovely high-school romance drama with hints of a tragic past. <<less

Collection of short stories:... more>>

1) Butterfly Cloud

Best friends Kiyo, Kanta, and Goma live in a small, depopulated island in the Seto Inland Sea. One day, a transfer student from Tokyo arrives. Before long Ritsuka, a cute and fair-skinned girl, started hanging out with the three best friends, but what happens after?

This story was released as a oneshot in the anthology volume.

2) Middle School First Year - Less Than Love

Koizumi Kana is in love. And her love for Fujimoto made her imagine him as a total different person and do all sort of silly things, even as far as to steal a pencil lead. What will happen when suddenly Fujimoto asks her out and she finds out that he is not the person she imagined?

3) Middle School Second Year - Man Hater

Mitsuki Abe is always being sexually harassed which lead to her aversion for men. Torii after being falsely accused for groping Abe decides to catch the real culprit. What will happen when Torii betrays her by accidently kissing her. Will Abe ever trust any other men? Will Torii catch the real culprit and be the exception for Abe's hatred?

4) Middle School Third Year - The Cherry Blossoms Scatter <<less

Jun Andou is a high school boy who spends his days hiding that he's homosexual.... more>>

One day, Jun witnesses his classmate, Miura Sae, buying a BL book at a bookstore. That encounter forces their relationship towards a new direction―

I want to like the opposite sex, even have my own child. I want to have my very own family. I desire to have that "ordinary" happiness.

―The problem is, I can't get it up to women. <<less

From birth, Cesare Borgia is surrounded by shadows. Damned by his own father, hated by his closest brother, separated from the sister who loves him, and driven by the demons of Hell itself, his quest for power threatens to set the world of Renaissance Italy ablaze -- unless one innocent person can drive away the poisonous shadows ravaging him!... more>>

Enter the world of the Borgias. A world of unspeakable conspiracies and forbidden desires. A family whose murderous intrigues would make them infamous throughout history. A history written in blood…and a poison called Cantarella. <<less

Somewhere along the way, life for high school teen Shima seemed to take a wrong turn. A fall-out with a friend in her all-girl's school... more>> led to nasty rumors, etching her name onto the school's blacklist. Things at home aren't looking any better. Her mother seems to be in love with the idea of being in love, and has a string of husbands to prove it. Shima has been silently putting up with her mother's latest arm-candy, but with her friendships going down the drain, the pressure to escape and start anew has her craving for the bears and Yezo sika deers of her biological father's hometown in Sapporo. <<less

17-year-old Yuzuhara Kohane has no interest in skincare and make up. However, she dislikes being called ugly by the beautiful Iori who just happens to... more>> be the genius of makeup and son of a famous cosmetic company. One day, Yuzuwara asks Iori to make her beautiful and receives a makeover! She begins to take an interest in it little by little and it becomes a beautiful opportunity for love. Makeup Cinderella love story! <<less

Comical sidestories from within the main series' timeline and featuring some new characters.... more>>

Collected in Volume 28 of the main series. <<less

The "self bully" Ban has a normal enough life, and where divorced parents aren't that uncommon, her life becomes shadowed in mystery when her mother,... more>> Eun-Joo, suddenly brings their "distant relative" Jin-Whan home to live with them. Ban’s mother would always avoid the topic of her family, so who is this strange boy? Are they really relatives? What torturous secrets does her mother's past hold? And what do the sudden strange happens that follow in Jin-Whan's wake mean? Would a better question not be who is he, but what? <<less

A devil whispers sweetly into Sumida's ear...

Once Koharu's favorite actress told her that a good woman never gets dumped. Ever since then, Koharu has lived a life where she neither failed in her confessions nor she got dumped. Koharu is extremely proud of the life she has led so far. Not her friends though. They are tired of this farce since they know all too well that she has only ever confessed to the boys who wouldn't be able to turn her down. Annoyed at her charade, they finally snap and challenge her to confess to Kanzaki, a second year heartthrob in their school, who has turned down every single confession with a smile and thereby earning a nickname—'the smiling guillotine.'... more>> style="line-height: 40px;"> Prideful Koharu decides to take up the challenge and confesses to Kanzaki only to be turned down even before she gets to complete her sentence. This cannot and shall not be accepted! Koharu refuses to back down and decides to keep on confessing until she gets an OK from him! <<less

Sumi is in love with Mitsuru, but he doesn't seem to be interested in her as a woman. Determined to look more sexy and mature, Sumi takes an experimental growth hormone that her scientist father has been developing.... more>>

However, the medicine backfires. Instead of changing into a buxom femme fatale, Sumi changes into a beautiful young man. She--he--is so gorgeous and so cool that even Mitsuru begins to take notice. Although the new situation with Mitsuru is imperfect, Sumi discovers that she can be closer to her crush: they can talk man-to-man. Yet, being Mitsuru's friend also has a downside, particularly when he reveals that he is in love with a girl in his grade.

Included is a side story called "Chef-sama, Help!" <<less

Kayako Kirishima is almost ready to go off to college but is lonely and unsure of her future. Masami Endo is a girl who has... more>> been ostracized and made a social outcast for having an abortion. The two girls meet each other in class one day and become good friends. Gradually Kirishima falls in love with Endo and the relationship becomes more personal. <<less

When you pine for another person while in a relationship with another, which road should you take to find the destined one?

The wanting... ... more>>

When Molly transformed herself into a striking redhead, the entire male population of Sydney stood up and took notice! But her new look was for Liam Delaney's benefit alone; she loved him and she wished he felt the same about her.

However it was passion that Molly inspired in Liam! And the fact that he thought she had another male admirer only made him desire her more. Though Molly had never rushed into a physical relationship with any man, perhaps the time had come for seduction? Madeover Molly might be, but deep down inside there was just an inexperienced virgin... <<less

Risa Koizumi is the tallest girl in class, and the last thing she wants is the humiliation of standing next to Atsushi Otani, the shortest guy. Fate and the whole school have other ideas, and the two find themselves cast as the unwilling stars of a bizarre romantic comedy duo.... more>>

Lovely Complex Plus is Vol 17 with the final chapter called Love Com Final.

Contains a side story called Hoshi ni Natte mo Aishiteru (Even When I Become A Star, I'll Still Love You) in Vol 12: Reina wakes up surprisingly in her boyfriend's room. But it seems that she passed away three days ago.

Note: In 2004 Lovely Complex received the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo. <<less

From school crushes to awkward dating sites to finding a community, this collection of stories recounts the author's “firsts” as a young gay man searching... more>> for love. Dating isn't ever easy, but that goes doubly so for Ryousuke, whose journey is full of unrequited love and many speed bumps. But perseverance and time heals all wounds, even those of the heart. This moving memoir by gay activist Ryousuke Nanasaki, following his historic life story, was originally released in Japan in a novel of collected essays and in a beautiful manga adaptation--now both will be available in English for the first time. <<less