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Middle-aged salaryman Uematsu was surprised to learn that the restaurant part time-worker Asahikawa knows about his food habits. When Uematsu got promoted to department head, he thought his life would be smooth sailing from then on but very soon his wife left him. After reaching his forties, he feels like his stamina, energy, everything has been depleted, so he tries to avoid anything troublesome. But strangely, he feels a sense of ease whenever he is with Asahikawa and starts warming up to him, but it feels like Asahikawa wants to get closer to him more than he could have ever imagined... (Source: MU)

Reika has it all—she's a model-tall cool beauty with a high-powered job at her sweets company. But it's precisely because of all that that she's never had a boyfriend...men find her too unapproachable, or beg her to be their mistress, in the S&M sort of way. But when she meets a young coworker, Hasegawa-kun, she happens to find out that they have more in common than just their job, including secrets... (Source: Kodansha USA) Included one-shots: Volume 3: Hoshifuru Yoru ni Escape Volume 4: Tenshi ga Niji wo Tsuretekuru (Angels Bring Rainbows)

1. Positive Cooking 2. Toshigai mo Naku (How Ridiculous at that Age) 3. Unmei no Tori (Birds of Fate) 4. Shiawase List (Happiness List) 5. Rinka no Nayami (Trouble with the Neighbors) 6. Jiken no Genba (Scene of the Crime)

Scriptwriter Akaneya is feeling troubled. He's not sure how to develop a love relationship in a romantic drama. So he heads to a hot spring for inspiration and there he meets the blind masseur Takehisa. Though he's disabled, he is still cheery and adorable. Add an abandoned dog, Yuuzou, into the story and will love blossom!? The courage required to speak out and convey an emotion that "cannot be seen by the naked eye" can be felt in this heartwarming BL story. Included one-shot: Seishun Kakumo Aoku (Youth, So Blue)

Nozomu, a third-year in junior high, goes out cross-dressing for the first time and is saved from a molester on a train by Shuuji, a college student. (Source: MU)

1-2. Chocolate Christmas 3-5. Wink Rain

While working as a monitor in the all-but-abandoned school library, first year Mei finds herself captivated by a mysterious boy with hair the colour of the setting sun. Never expecting to see him again, she's surprised when he shows up the next day, only to fall asleep and end up rushing out of the library suddenly and without a word... Who is he, and where does he go at the same time each day? (Source: Shoujo-Sense)

Kouichi Asakura is a young designer working at an ad agency. He works hard every day to become a famous designer.

High school girls' surreal everyday life.

Hibino Ayumi is a 27-year-old single average office lady. But in her free time, she is a solo climber. Armed with plenty of delicious ingredients, she eats her way through the mountain trails, one by one. (Source: MU)

After the reunion party, Uichirou woke up in the morning and found a stranger, Makoto, on his bed. He thought this stranger would never come back but one day, Makoto asked Uichirou to be his (sex) friend. (Source: bl-gyaru)

Sarasa, a newly graduated state alchemist, has been gifted a shop of her very own by her master. The catch is...it's an abandoned building on the frontier! She sets out on the journey there, dreaming of the elegant life that awaits her as a shop owner, but she's quickly disappointed to learn just how much of a fixer-upper the place really is. Still, even if she's not thrilled with the rustic location, she's got a shop to run or she won't be able to make a living! Surrounded by cute part-timers and kindly villagers, Sarasa is determined to stand on her own as an alchemist. This laid-back story of a magical work life is now open for business! (Source: J-Novel Club)

A worthless husband and his carefree wife. 54 short stories of their heartwarming, funny, and sad life. Winner of the Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize and Japan Media Arts Festival grand prize Kono Fumiyo gives us this heartfelt short comedy. (Source: JManga)

This series follows the adventures of two main characters as one of the characters goes through a series of episodes in discovering his female identity as a trap. This is a series in which each adventure is a self encapsulated one shot not dependent on previous one shots for a coherent understanding of a story to occur. (Source: MU)

"I have to keep moving forward!" Nonomiya Akane, 17 years old, second year in high school and the eldest daughter of the owner of Yaohachi Greengrocer, lives her life according to that motto. So when her crush for the past seven years, Nakai Sachio, announces that he was going out with childhood friend, Nishii Kayomi, Akane decides to just forget and move forward. Whether she fights with Yamato, her childhood friend, or suffers a heartbreak, she doesn't falter and keeps working hard to achieve her dreams. So what kind of miracles will Akane be given? (Source: Ochibichan) Included one-shot: Volume 3: Dinner Madonna

Shouta Tanaka's father recently remarried, and to take advantage of their honeymoon, he leaves his son in the hands of his new wife's daughter, Kaoru. Then begins a new cohabitation between the young Shouta and the impassive Kaoru whom he particularly likes. (Source: MU)

Six short tales of fantasy and friendship by Shimizu Aki. The NEET Woman and the Second Grader: A 19-year-old NEET and near-hikikomori named Tsuda Yasue encounters a crying second grade girl outside her apartment and tries to figure out how to handle her. Flow My Tears, the Onion Said: A girl suddenly is spoken to by an onion she is preparing to cook. The Young Lady and the Gardener: A young, wealthy lady who lost her sight after her father died sits at her window and makes grandiose requests while a gardener that works outside her window tries to fulfill them. The Ouroboros-drome: An Alice-in-Wonderland like tale. The Secret of the Pair: Two history buff girls meet, and one of them reveals a secret that leads to the other playing out a very familiar situation. Advice on Love: A continuation of the NEET Woman and the Second Grader. Takes place a few years later.