Ohno Fumi is a poor 2nd year high school student. Because of her father's debts, she's kicked out of her own home and has to... more>> rely on her own connections to survive. Thus begins her life as a live-in housekeeper for a reclusive writer. <<less

Misaki is perhaps the most innocent and most sincere young lady there ever was. It’s almost inconceivable that she could be a vampire. With her powers as a vampire, she could easily entice any human to do her bidding but she chooses not to. Especially when it comes to Kuroe, a young author who has a deep running past with vampires, and the man she is in love with.... more>>

Note: Adapted from a set of Doujinshi by the same mangaka. <<less

Gong Yoo-Il is an aspiring writer on the hunt for a job and a die-hard fan of the idol, Ryu-Min. Tak Moo-Yi is a top... more>> actor with legions of fans. Add a mysterious stalker, and chaos ensues. This is the story of a one-of-a-kind romance! <<less

The male protagonist Utsumi Shinichi is a well known established 31-year old author but has lost his inspiration and is currently living as a shut-in... more>> at his grandmother's house in the countryside all alone without barely taking care of himself. Then one day a 10-year-old girl named Haruka stops by and asks Shinichi for permission to take care of a stray cat in his garden. This young girl causes an unexpected reaction in him and he agrees. Shinichi learns that Haruka is an aloof and introverted girl whose parents are barely home: her father travels a lot and her mother is sick in the hospital. After meeting Haruka, Shinichi's editor Oogaki convinces him to use her as inspiration for a new romance novel. Shinichi isn't interested in Haruka in a romantic way, but he pities her because she reminds him of his tragic child self and his lonely childhood. Eventually, they develop an awkward friendship, and somehow they can't leave each other alone. What is in store for them? Why does the laidback Shinichi react this way to this young girl? <<less

The daily lives of a 15-year-old orphan and the 35-year-old lady novelist she ends up living with, and what happens when two polar opposite worlds try to -awkwardly- interact.... more>>

Nominated for the 2020 Manga Taisho Award. <<less

It was a life changing incident... ... more>>

Kinaho lived by herself until the day her boyfriend, Akito, suddenly brought home two young boys. The brothers were Akito's relatives and had just lost their parents in a tragic accident. A very serious 2nd year middle schooler called Touma, his 5-year-old brother Haruhi, and Akito start their life together in Kinaho's house. A series of confusing days gives way to the beginning of their new relationship—. <<less

Shiratori Ryuji wants to become a picture book writer, and he moves to an apartment, Narutaki-So, in order to go to an art school in Tokyo. The Narutaki-so is an old Japanese style one-story house which doesn’t fit in with the urban scenery. It's owned by the cousin of his mother, but the manager of the apartment is Aoba Kozue. She is his second cousin, and they met with each other when they were children although he doesn’t remember her much. She is in the second year of a high school attached to Aoba Junior Collage. ... more>>

There are five people living in Narutaki-So. First, Chanohata Tamami is living in the room #1. She is a best friend of Kozue. Then, the resident of the room #3 is Momono Megumi. She is a kind of person who goes her own way. In the room #5, Kurosaki Sayoko and her daughter Asami are living. Asami is in the first year of a junior high. Finally, in the room #6, Haibara Yukio is living with his puppet, "Johnny".

They are all characteristic and eccentric people. However, in fact, the most eccentric person is Kozue. She has a secret; when she is shocked at something, she changes her personality. Not knowing this, Shiratori moves to Narutaki-So to realize his dream. What kind of a new life will be waiting for him? <<less

A collection of four short stories by Fuyumi Souryou.... more>>

The Rainbow Fish is a story about a painter and her problems dealing with a culture that doesn't leave too much space for artistic inspiration. From a little girl to adulthood, Sari struggles to show how she sees life through her eyes. This story is something of an autobiography.

Damned Sun is about a cynical girl who isn't very enthusiastic about most things teenagers like. She meets a man, a funny, interesting gangster. They get along very well from the beginning, understanding each other without too many words... But it only lasts one day, since what shakes Maki from her apathy can't last long...

Strange Trait asks the question: Are human beings are like groceries? Do they really have a certain durability? A writer thinks so, and she bases her novel on the idea.

A Strange Gene is about Ayano Yoshimusa; a superb worker, efficient, accurate, and cold. Saegusa, her colleague, is her opposite: messy, chaotic and warm. He admires his boss, whenever he talks to her he realises what a perfect creature she is… But as always, not everything is what it seems. When a sixteen years old appears and tells him she lives with Ayano, Saegusa seems to perceive that something might be hidden under the perfect appearance of this beautiful woman… <<less

This is a world where androids operate virtually indistinguishable from humans. In this world, assistant android Hinageshi has fallen in love with high school novelist... more>> Kaede. However, if anyone were to find out, she’ll end up being processed. The debut of a rival, her first friend, a mysterious phone call and the sweetness of youth. A story with many twists and turns! <<less

"I," an aspiring novelist who can’t land a hit, a normal college student. Kai Shouko, a female college student writer who produced a string of... more>> hits. During the welcoming party of our university, a naked idiot suddenly barges into my life. <<less

Our MC is attacked by a ghost while sitting at his computer. The story does not follow normal convention however: she (the ghost) doesn't kill... more>> him instead teases him with his computer, mostly because she is stuck in the wall and can only reach his computer. For comedy... <<less

When Yaichi falls onto a trash heap dead drunk, he expects to be thrown out. But then a man comes to his rescue, and Yaichi... more>> breaks his video camera. He feels so bad about it he decides to work off the debt. But Yaichi is pretty useless. Can he really help out? <<less

Collection of short stories:... more>>

Nanairo Contrast

Sweet Bitter Room

Shiroi Kaname, a second year in high school, my parents have been deployed to work overseas. I was going to stay alone in a single room in a shared house but...

Kono Kekkon ni wa "Suki" ga Nai (There Is No Love in This Marriage)

Right before the wedding ceremony... something happens to the groom?! Would you love someone who has changed?

Tomoka and her boyfriend You are going to be married! As they exchange their vows, You proclaims "I don't". Surprised, Tomoka just found out that You doesn't remember her at all! What will Tomoka do? Will You ever remember her?

Fushigi no Heya no Ouji-sama

A lonely girl lends her umbrella to a dog on a rainy day. The next day a boy comes to return the favour. Is this boy the dog from yesterday?

Koakuma no Jikku! (Koakumagic!)

Himari is a beautiful model that is a little too honest, and therefore making her friendless. She only wishes that she had friends that can like her for who she is. One day she meets a cute boy and as per usual, became a bit too honest with him. Himari was surprised that he seems to not mind her blunt opinion of him. She is even more surprised when she sees him while she is in a photoshoot... <<less

The story follows Kiyozumi Kurokawa, a novice editor who is assigned to the editorial department of S ("Sandal"😉 Bunko, which publishes light novels. Kiyozumi is... more>> determined to publish a million-selling hit series, but this task is easier said than done when his writers include a genius high school girl and an office lady whose last two series tanked. <<less

After his happy-go-lucky lovestruck parents suddenly decide to go on an amorous traveling adventure, Yuki is shuffled off to live with one of his dad's old friends. He knows very little about his new living circumstances, save that his dad's friend is an author with three children.... more>>

Something seems a little off about the girl who's sent to meet him, the fidgety and overly anxious Aya, but he doesn't fully understand what's going on until he arrives at the house. Yuki, who has had very little to do with women thus far in his life, is now set to live in a house with four of them. The head of the house is actually an author of erotic novels, and she habitually forces her three daughters into embarrassing sexual situations. How will Yuki cope with his new life? <<less

The love story between a blind girl who lives in fairytales and a hard boiled boy who no longer believes.... more>>

After the accident, Ai Rin is no longer too sure. She cannot see, and she isn't even sure if her 'family' is her real one. She doesn't remember if she had any sisters or even an angry mother. While Lee Su's family was completely destroyed. His father is now drunk, and he doesn't have any money to pay for the surgery his little sister needs. He stopped believing in magic and fairytales long ago. But the two meet by chance, Ai Rin, a fairytale writer, and Lee Su, a hat seller. <<less

Sennoki Kentaro thinks of himself as a would-be novelist but is actually a NEET living at an old house belonging to his family in Tokyo.... more>> By refusing to visit his grandparents' village to participate in a festival he angers a certain Shinto deity. <<less

A few thousand years has passed since an alchemist created Winter. He is now living with Jane learning what it means to be alive as... more>> a human. <<less

Yukari, at the tender age of 17, is a renown Edo period novelist who claims visions of Yoshihara during the Edo period gush from his... more>> heart. After meeting Mahoro, a girl he swears he knows and has met before, Yukari finds himself falling asleep and waking up in the Edo period as an Oiran. The past and present collide in this time traveling romance. <<less

It is a very dark night. Under a heavy rain, a determined man sets out to track his terrified victim. The decision of Kirishima Seiichi is clear: Tonight, he will kill his wife.... more>>

A year ago, he was a happy man - a successful writer, a contented husband, and a father of a young boy... at that time, everything seemed going well for him. But such happiness had to end. The day his editor put an end to their collaboration, darkness seeped into his life faster than a bullet. A terrifying descent into hell commences, page by page of what it seems to be his last novel... <<less

The lead character is a naive boy who's fallen in love with an older girl who everyone considers a genius writer. He's so in love in fact, that he has forgotten for the last 2 months about his secret hobby. For the past 10 years he has been writing the "character profile" of a single girl. Her birth date, personality, hobbies, conversations, etc.... is all recorded in a large pile of notebooks. All this time this fictional girl has been his friend and lover, but now that he is in love with a real girl he decided to throw them all away. ... more>>

In order to "purify" the notebooks, he decided to burn them at a nearby shrine. To his surprise, the senpai he's in love with was also there. It starts to rain and as they talk the girl confesses she's having trouble writing her novel due to inexperience. As the storm gets even stronger, the lead character believes that since she confessed her "weakness" to him it is OK for him to show her his own "secret". Filled with courage, the boy opens the bag where he brought all the notebooks... except that instead of notebooks, the bag now contains the girl (naked of course) he's been creating for the past 10 years!! <<less

Sakura had lived with her grandma ever since her parents died in a car accident when she was three. When she turned fourteen, her grandma also passed away, leaving her alone. Just when she was about to give up hope having a family, out of nowhere, four guys claim to be her older half-brothers.... more>>

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- Himitsu no Tobira no Kugurikata (Vol. 4)

Chika Terashima is a 10th grader that wants a prince like in shoujo manga. One day, Chika and her twin brother Shohei switched bodies. Since they both go to a school with only 1 gender, they both have chance to find their true love. <<less

The "mysterious school comedy" centers on the unusual members of a high-school literary club. Touko Amano, a high-school senior who calls herself the "literary girl"... more>> 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 penname 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 into an introverted recluse. <<less

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The protagonist, an author, tells the story of his encounter with a certain young girl ten years ago. During his college days, he once bore... more>> witness to a traffic accident wherein an elementary school student was hit by a truck. Strangely, the girl's friend, who was nearby, only went over to check on her after carefully saving the game she'd been playing just before. Soon afterwards, the protagonist found himself captured and confined by this girl. <<less