Back
Amano Hinata, a high-school boy, lives a quiet life in the country. One day, a light-haired transfer student, Kazama Ayato, arrives from Tokyo. In such a small town, it's not long before Hinata runs into the laid-back, absent-minded Ayato, along with his lively younger siblings: Hayato, Ikuto, and Chiyoko. It's going to be quite a challenge for the Kazama family to assimilate into their new community out in the country!
The Onishi family doesn't have a father anymore. They don't have much money. They don't even have a shower. Tenohira Size presents eight stories of a mother and her three children's day-to-day lives in the aftermath of divorce.
From ANN: An autobiographical work in which Hideo Azuma tells the story of his inability to cope with the pressures of his job as a mangaka and of his exeriences with alcoholism. The work is split into three sections, each of which details one of Azuma's breakdowns. The first section (Walking At Night) is set in 1989 when Azuma suddenly walked out on both his job and his family and became homeless for the first time. Much of this section is given over to describing the practicalities of eating, sleeping, and killing time whilst homeless. The second section (Walking Around Town) covers a similar set of events in 1992 but this time Azuma managed to find labouring work as a gas pipe layer after a period of living rough. This section also looks back over Azuma's career and describes the pressures he worked under in the 1970s and 80s. The third section (Alcoholic Ward) covers the author's descent into full-blown alcoholism and his experiences of being committed to a hospital rehab programme in 1998.
From Sarang Syrup: A high school girl named Shin Dong Sun comes back from America to Korea, and she is short, fat, and ugly. She gets picked on by her fellow classmates, gets rejected from her love, and is even picked on by her childhood friend, Jeh Suh. Tired of her intolerable life, she attempts to hang herself, but fails because the rope could not handle her weight. After the fall, she discovers a box filled with medicine, and one particular bottle says that if she takes it she can become and look however she likes...
A girl reads a shoujo manga and is left unsatisfied by the ending.
Katou has money problems, loans and he hasn’t paid his rent for 5 months now. When his realtor Yui suggest that, if Katou does a job for him, he will give him 3 more weeks to pay the rent (before kicking him out or worse), Katou happily agrees… From 'Sweet Tale' collection of short stories/oneshots: Story 1. Boy Next Door Story 2. One Heart Story 3. Otoshimono Story 4. Long Way Home
Extremely negative Fujiwara-kun and overly positive Tachibana-kun are... a couple. While eating lunch hand-in-hand, they have their dates. In the midst of a bustling routine, this duo's carefree tale of love occurs--a small part of which is shared in this book.
A young man comes to Tokyo to become a poet (he actually composes a lot through the book!). But one can not support himself with poetry, so the hero works for a half-legal firm running all possible errands. In the process he meets a lot of people, both men and women, who are strangely interested not in his rhymes, but in his ...body! Absolutely lovely tragicomedy. ~by DaRyu Aida Rendou, ex-student and would-be poet, struggles to earn a living in the big city. As a talent scout for the adult video firm, M+ Productions, he hunts for potential actresses but it's not enough to pay the rent. So boss Nanazuka offers him extra cash to use his body to seduce men and women alike. Michiru, a spoilt young woman with Yakuza connections, comes up with what appears to be a perfect solution: she'll be Rendou's patron in return for him working as her full-time host. Will Rendou finally be able to write his poetry? Or will he end up corrupted by the amoral dog-eat-dog world around him? ~by Lyrebird (Half-Baked)
Hanamoto Mika is a shy, self-conscious 17-year-old-girl who wants very much to love and be loved. Hopelessly superstitious and unhappy with her current self, Mika tries to find answers and guidance to her life through fortune-telling and romance magazines. She decides to go on a group date with her friends and meets Takada. It’s love at first sight; at least on her end. Soon after, she encounters Takada coincidentally on the subway, but Mika trips and falls at his feet, then runs away in mortification before he could say a word. They meet again on a second group date, but to Mika’s humiliation, he has no recollection of her from the first date! But he does remember her embarrassing moment on the train. He apologizes for not remembering her and then explains that he had lost his contacts and couldn’t see clearly on that first date. Emboldened by his confession, she shocks him and herself by asking him out on a date! This is the story of unlikely relationships, and the trials and tribulations that await Mika and Takada - and their friends- in their search for love.
Summary from Watase's Sorai: Basically a really cute short story about being happy with the life you have. From Baka-Updates: Kaoru, a single woman in her thirties, meets a magical frog that gives her the chance to live as a housewife. A really cute short story about being happy with the life you have.
Series of oneshots, some of which feature recurring characters. 1) Theory of Monopoly Sakura and Tachihana have been sharing an apartment and the only bed (platonically) for the past two years. Now as graduation day approaches, is it time for Tachihana to move out? Is there some miscommunication going on? Why have they lived together for 2 years? Will they work it out before Tachihana moves and they never see each other again? 2) Rules of Falling in Love Wakamiya has liked Takao's face for the past 3 years. Now an assistant sensei has come to their college whose face Wakamiya also likes. Sensei shares a love of sweets with Wakamiya, but when he invites them both to his office, it might be Takao he really wants to see. How does Takao feel about all this? 3) Rules of Engagement Continuation of the couple from chapter two. 4) Special Extra School scenes of couples 1, 2, and the sensei. 5) Smile for You Businessman Hirose is always being helped by his coworker, Nagakura. Nagakura even ties his tie for him! Where is all this closeness leading? 6) Thank You for Taking Care of Me Miyoshi is spoiled by his lover and coworker Matsunaga. Miyoshi is always venting his frustrations on Matsunaga, but will he go too far? 7) Afterword
Set a couple of years after the ending of Breakfast Club: Hiroki and Miki have settled down in their respective career paths - now a successful programmer and a researcher - when Hiroki suddenly decides that he wants to open a detective agency woth the help of Matsumoto and Iizuka. How will this self-proclaimed family business go?
