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[From ShoujoMagic]: Kahara Hitomi met Nagatsuki Atsuya when she was a child, and they made a promise to see each other again, but Atsuya never showed up. Because of that unkept promise, Hitomi hasn't been able to trust any guy ever since. Although Atsuya broke Hitomi's heart, she can't stop thinking or dreaming about him--even now that she's a college student--and she secretly wants to find her first love again. Then one night at a club, a man named Nagatsuki Atsuya appears before her! But is he the same Nagatsuki Atsuya...?
The first collection of volumized short stories by the author of "For You in Full Blossom" / 『花ざかりの君たちへ』 ("Hanazakari no Kimitachi e"). 1) The Dreaming Leaf (Yume Miru Happa) - Futaba (Two Leaves) departs for Tokyo to attend high school there. In order to relieve the financial burden slightly and achieve independence, she finds a live-in work situation at an old mansion. She becomes (fighting) friends with one of three good-looking fortune-telling employees there, Masato, who attends her same high school and is even in her same class. But then one day, Futaba discovers the secret of the old mansion... which is--!? 2) 17 Romance (17 [Juunana] Romansu) - Natsume, now in high school, was raised like the son her father never had, and so she's determined never to lose out to any man. Homare Misono has been her guy friend for 17 years. Despite their closeness, Natsume always feels the disadvantage her gender places her at. Homare is stronger and better than her at a lot of things. And after saving her from a pervert on the streets, he kisses her...!? 3) The Law of Couples (Futari no Housoku) - The Law of Couples states that all things happen in pairs -- including people. Sakiko seems to have found her missing half in Akio, a boy in her same class who always seems to say exactly what she's thinking. But who is she falling in love with? Akio, or the part of herself that she sees in him...? 4) 3) Heat Fruit (Haato no Kajitsu) - Meron and her best friend, Chiho, both have a crush on Uchiyama! Meron finds out after she's already told Chiho that she has a crush, so she needs to lie about who she likes in order to protect Chiho's feelings. She chooses... Ryou! The scariest, coldest guy in school, rumored to be an underground ring leader! If anyone will reject her love confession, it'll be him! It works, but then Chiho begins to cry for Meron's sake, and Meron turns to mush... she tells Chiho that she'll try harder to win Ryou's love...!? How deep is she going to dig her grave?? But... for some reason, Ryou really doesn't seem that scary to Meron...
Massage Research Society's high expected star Chiaki is a normal, quiet high-schooler. She immediately wants to massage the guy with the beautiful back who she sees on her bus, then coincidentally at her school. But he just happens to be the school's number one good looking guy Yousuke, who doesn't want anybody to massage him. When Yousuke and Chiaki make a bet, what will happen to them!? (From Shojo Beat) The star of her high school's Massage Research Society club, Chiaki Togu is otherwise a normal, quiet girl until she falls in love at first sight with a gorgeous back--a back that happens to belong to Yosuke, the hottest guy at her school! Unfortunately, Chiaki's attraction to Yosuke is thwarted by her own insecurity and the scheming of other girls--especially her twin sister Saya! Although Yosuke seems out of Chiaki's league, she would do anything to give him a massage. The two eventually strike up a deal in which she will be allowed to touch his back if she can make him fall in love with her. What Chiaki doesn't know is the real reason Yosuke wants to hang around her: to avenge his younger brother, who was allegedly deceived and dumped by somebody named Chiaki Togu!
From Aerandria: Kokoro was involved in a traffic accident when she was small, and there was a hero who risked his life to save her. She can't remember anything about him, except for his back, which was scarred from saving her. Now a high school student, she still can't forget the guy from her memories. Suddenly, she was assigned to take care of the new transfer student, Inuyama Kei, who's always quiet and somewhat of a weirdo. He reminds her of her childhood hero, but she wishes her hero was Shun-senpai, the idol of all the girls in school, and who's been very nice to her lately...
El Halcon is a prequel series to Nanatsu no Umi Nanatsu no Sora. Set from 1581 to 1586 with flashbacks further into the past, this is the story of Tyrian Persimmon. Born to a Spanish mother with an English husband in this era of conflict between the two contries, Tyrian favors Spain. His father suspects that Tyrian is not his son because he doesn't look like the man at all, and regularly beats him. His mother's lover is discovered to be a Spanish spy and flees the country. Tyrian is determined to join the navy and eventually rejoin Geraldo. At the age of 19 he begins to make his ruthless way up the ranks of the English navy. (Translated Treasures)
From Shoujo Crusade: Seiji, the younger one, and Ai, two childhood friends, happen to live together. Ai has an omamori* to get a boyfriend. She thinks she wants 'a very loving but cheeky boy.' But when she accidentally witnesses Seiji's date and kiss, her heart starts hurting. Why...? The sparkling story that first drew Cheese!'s attention, Moto Haruka's debut FC, is now out!! *omamori - lucky charm
Because of her fathers job, Aki was raised in England. So when she moved back to Japan she was teased horribly for being "foreign". Now Aki is also a very beautiful young woman, which makes it even harder to make friends and be accepted. After the coolest boy at school starts taking an interest in her, things only get worse. As jealous girls start to harass her, Aki shows a side of herself that even she didn't know about.
From MegKF: A senior high school student, Yi-chen, is a girl's comic lover. She likes to draw girl's comic and share them with her friends who joined the "Comic Association" in the school. Ching-ching, Yi-chan's schoolmate, draws shoujo manga very well, and thinks that "Comic Association" should not necessarily exist because their drawing level is too low. Yi-chan is very angry and bets that she will win Ching-ching in this year's "Manga Competition" otherwise the "Comic Association" will be terminated. At that day, she met a boy, Cheng-yio, who transferred to her class. Although Yi-chan did not agree, Cheng-yo moved in Yi-chan's house by coincidence.
Wataru was picked up by a 100+ year old witch in a certain forest when he was a little boy. Some time later, he began to write about his daily life so that he would never forget those lovely days he spent with her and her cat Hotaru. When he began to have "special feelings" for the witch who raised him as a member of the family, he realised that one day he would surpass her age... A sad love story between a witch and a human that slowly passes through time.
From Viz: Seventeen-year-old Chiyuki Matsuoka was born with heart problems, and her doctors say she won't live to see the next snow. Touya is an 18-year-old vampire who hates blood and refuses to make the traditional partnership with a human, whose life-giving blood would keep them both alive for a thousand years.
Collection of short stories: 1. Yogoto Akuma to Kiss wo Suru It's been half a year since school started, but she still isn't able to get a boyfriend. While she was walking on the streets late at night because she had to work late, she suddenly started wishing that she had a boyfriend. And a devil appeared in front of her eyes!? The guy who jumped in front of her on his skateboard looked like he had black wings...! He had jet black pupils and hair with a handsome face. And without notice he suddenly kissed her...!? - Chibi Manga 2. Kamisama ni wa Naisho 3. Sakura ga Furu Koro 4. Love Hapu 5. Zettai Oshienai (Absolutely Not Telling) Sugiyama Rika is the Chief of Public Moral in her school and dislikes the school's student body President Jinguuji Kasui. She thinks he's incompetent and an expert at lying. One day a rumor broke out about a myth about love in their old school building, suddenly Rika finds herself entangled in the love myth with none other than... Jinguuji Kasui?! - Wataame Shoujo
Manga adaptation of the (in)famous dating bird game.
