Satoko Tawada is an office worker. She's almost 30 years old, but she still hasn't been able to find happiness in her life. Fate brings her with Mashuu Hayami, a beautiful 12-year-old boy whom she finds practicing soccer all by himself in the park. Out of a whim, she decides to help Mashuu with his practice, with her knowledge of soccer at her disposal. As they practice together on an everyday routine, the two eventually develop an emotional bond. When Satoko's ex-boyfriend deceives her, Mashuu gladly comforts her. And when Satoko learns of Mashuu's mostly absent parents, she starts to concern herself with his personal life. The two lonely souls find common ground and develop an emotional bond that transcends their age difference and circumstances. With this newfound bond, new feelings start to sprout within Satoko. Are these feelings that of maternity? Or is it something else?
[From Tokyopop]: Drawing on CLAMP's own personal experiences, The One I Love provides insight both into the creators' own lives, and into the oft-elusive concept of Love itself. This intimate collection of short stories and essays doesn't skirt issues at the heart of the matter such as insecurity, honesty, distance, independence, age, and - of course - marriage. This one-volume anthology comprises 12 individual stories, each of which consists of seven pages of manga and two pages of prose.
[from cotton candy scans] Rize, who’s a university student, met Kairi at her part-time job at the supermarket. While lending her shoulder to Kairi who has trouble sleeping, she is reminded of her older brother who left her when she was young, and Rize starts to feel affection towards him. However, she was shocked when she saw Kairi’s diary in his apartment saying that he had killed someone. What is the truth behind the person she likes? As the truth slowly comes to light, Rize starts chasing after her love for Kairi! This is Morie Satoshi’s rollercoaster work that has crime, mystery and love!!
Hime is a girl who has developed her cuteness as a deliberate act with the plan of marrying a billionaire. One day, she is more or less forced to work as a replacement for a girl injured by bumping into her in the street. The place of work is a concept cafe where the waitresses put on a show as though the cafe were run by the yuri cliche ojousama school. There's a large contrast between the performances and the off-duty staff.
The manga follows Ruki during her university studies and her discovery of her sexuality and romantic attractions and the daily life with friends of (mostly) the same orientation.
A touching story of a young woman on the verge of adulthood who reminisces about a certain bakery she visited many times during her youth as she is on her way to visit it once more.
The only man she interacts with is her editor... Ito Omura, a 26-year-old manga artist with zero dating experience (her age = years without a boyfriend). In order to succeed, she decides: \"I need to graduate from being a virgin!\" Penetrate the Hymen! Break the Chastity! The comedy of a clumsy and perverted heroine’s sexual growth begins!
"Tears" connect people who have never met before. This is the story of an honour student and a delinquent who are connected through these tears.
.Hitomi is unable to forget her ex-boyfriend, Enokida. He plagues her desires; either as nightly illusions of passion or haunting her dreams. One day, after a night of self-pleasure, she finds herself at her office, face to face with the man whose heart she broke six years ago.
"Handsome Prodigy" Nanao's heart thumping royal love story starts! I didn't think that I would want to tame something unmanageable... That Konoka has been given the task to tame the young prodigy, Kairi. The secret that they share...
\"If you really can make me the center of the group... I\'ll marry you.\" Mizuki Natsuno is the least popular member of the idol group \"Melty Strawberry.\" Koichi Okuda is the only person in the world who continues to support Mizuki. Two people who should never be connected, end up in a cooperative relationship under one roof, working her way up from the bottom of the ranks to become the leader of the group. A story about the \"Japanese Dream\" begins, as they work together as a team to reach stardom in the entertainment world!
On the first day of high school Nohara Tama - who is just a plain, ordinary girl - gets herself involved in a heated argument between two baseball fans. As a result, Saitama White Cats fan Nishitake Reona and Fukuoka Falcons fan Daiei Haruko drag her to the baseball stadium. How will the fate of Tama - who doesn't know the first thing about baseball - play out!?