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In order to get the sacred magic found in the human world, androgynous wizard master July leaves the forest he governs, and moves towards the palace in search for the magic...
From Shinnen: The Hachiouji family hunts demons in the darkness. The heiress of the Hachiouji family, Takamichi, lost her older brother at a very young age. She isolates herself, but, one evening, two werewolf pups are given to her. After just a few years, they have grown quickly, and they even go to the same senior high school that she does!
From VIZ: In company-owned rabbit-hutch apartments live tenants who can't afford to live anywhere else, and the apartment complex in which high-school girl Hatsumi Narita lives is ruled over by the rumor mongering, self-righteous Mrs. Tachibana. Get on Tachibana's bad side, and life becomes hell. When Hatsumi has to buy a pregnancy test because her popular sister Akane's period is late, Mrs. Tachibana's son, Ryoki, who used to bully Hatsumi as a kid, promises not to tell the world about Hatsumi's secret, only if she becomes his slave. Suddenly, Azusa Hatsumi's protector in their youth, reappears to save her again! He's moving back into the neighborhood! Despite the budding romance between Hatsumi and Azusa, Ryoki has control over her through the secret that could ruin the lives of everyone in Hatsumi's family, and he hasn't forgotten who his slave is!
Compilation of short stories: • Subarashii Shitsuren (Marevelous Heartbreak) Salaryman Naitou’s love life and work life are both going downhill. He sleeps with woman after woman, but none of them really does it for him. On top of that, he has a major crush on his boss, who only chides him for coming in late after his wild nights of unsatisfying sex and generally treats him as an errand boy. Then, one evening, a stranger accosts him at his apartment door. • Ore no Shachou Boku no Hisho • Kairaku no Chi • Kou Mono (The Supplicant) A husband and brother deal with the fallout of a life cut short. • Ichiban no Ai (The Greatest Love) Former Section Chief Masaki considers it an honor to do his best in his temporary assignment as secretary to President Shirasaki. The problem is that Masaki has fallen in love with the company president, and he has no hope of that love ever being returned, as the President clearly worships his wife. Resigning himself to an unrequited love, Masaki contents himself with anonymous assignations at the local gay porn theater. Until one day when the President discovers Masaki's sexual preference and his pastime. - From The Moon in a Box • Koi no Katachi
Tomoki had always been in love with his sempai, but had never been able to tell him how he feels. On the sempai’s wedding day (which Tomoki reluctantly attends), a heartbroken Tomoki meets up with the sempai’s younger brother, Atsuya, who had now grown into a handsome young man from the last time Tomoki saw him. Atsuya had always known how Tomoki felt about his brother, having witnessed Tomoki masturbating to the smell of his brother’s shirt once. Ashamed and embarrassed, Tomoki tries to put the incident behind him, but the cruel Atsuya would have none of it. He meets up with Tomoki in the wedding reception bar and reminds him of his past misgivings. When Tomoki tries to escape, Atsuya ties him up and rapes him…What will happen to Tomoki and Atsuya now? Can Atsuya change Tomoki’s heart, or will Tomoki forever regard him as a substitute, a replica, for his older brother? ************* Taken from Fushichou: Tomoki is in love with his sempai, Sawaki. One day while at Sawaki's house, Sawaki's brother Atsuya, caught him jerking off while smelling Sawaki's shirt and afraid Atsuya would let the secret out, Tomoki avoids his sempai. Four years later, Sawaki is getting married and Tomoki is invited to the party and while his 'love' for Sawaki is still as strong as ever, another person has their eyes on Tomoki. It's Atsuya, the younger brother of Sawaki who wants to conquer Tomoki's heart... will he have success?
Kirishima, is a popular teenage boy and a star athlete at his school. For some unknown reason, he seems to have vanished off the face of the earth after quitting the volleyball team. His disappearance eventually became pivotal to the collection of stories about various individuals who are connected to him in some way, with each having a unique point of view about connections, relationships, social boundaries, and the similar events that revolve around them. This story is based on the omnibus novel "Kirishima, Bukatsu Yamerutteyo" by Asai Ryou which was first published in February 2010.
From SCX-Scans Dousei Recipe is done by the same mangaka as Mel Kano. It tells the story of a couple, both very innocent and in love with each other, who are now living together! Takeshi is a pure-hearted college student who is enticed by his girlfriend that has run away to live with him. Temptations ensue.
In a gallery where fakes are sold a man experiences an interesting reunion. Also includes the gallery owner story.
From StarryHeaven The Leopard and the Faithful Manservant: 1) After getting dumped the most spectacular way at the start of a new year, she calls up her childhood friend for some emotional unloading. And when she thinks things can't get any worst, she gets her wrist broken by the car accident caused by her friend. She then commands him to be her slave until her wrist is healed. A Fiery Kiss on a Rooftop: 2) With the party girl's hands forced by her parents to either get a teaching license or have her allowance cut off, she caves. Begrudgingly, she sets off for her practicum at a high school. His Feverish Glance: 3) With her wedding nine months away and a comfortable life seemingly in her lap, she helps a handsome stranger out when he was being pursued. The House Touched by a Spirit: 4) A trip with her married co-worker to Hokkaido ends disastrously after he chickens out after his wife contacts him. The girl tries to hitch a ride to town from a passing stranger but he brings her home instead.
Marie is trapped in a horrible situation. She's being constantly tormented by her classmates and regularly molested by her teacher. With nowhere else to turn, she finds herself asking for supernatural help from one of the seven demons of the seven mysteries of her school. All she desires is the death of her cruel classmates and teacher. How far will Marie be willing to go in order to achieve the murders that would free her from her living hell? Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni takes place in an unnamed school setting and is composed of numerous self-contained short stories, each told from the perspective of a student or staff member from the school. These stories feature bullying as a major overlying theme, as each story's protagonist is depicted as being either a victim of bullying or a bully themselves. Higanbana revolves around a series of urban legends caused by supernatural beings called y?kai, each of which claims ownership of a particular "mystery" and kills anyone who tries to investigate it. There are a total of seven "mysteries" at the start of the series, with numerous y?kai fighting each other in an ongoing turf war for ownership of these mysteries, which is granted to the seven y?kai who emerge victorious in the conflict. The stories' protagonists interact with at least one of the school's resident y?kai, who force the protagonists to deal with the consequences of their actions regarding bullying.
Ai was just a normal girl minding her own business when she met this guy. The guy was so poor and down on his luck that he couldn't even pay for his own meal. Ai took pity on the guy and decided to treat him out for lunch. What should have been a fairly innocent meeting with the guy turns rather weird when she decides to take him home and give him a place to sleep. That should have been all since the guy left very early in the morning and nothing untoward happened...but...is it possible? After how long, has she met the guy again?
