A collection of short one-shot stories by Nakamura Ching filled with intensity.
15-year-old country girl, Suzume Yosano, has to move to Tokyo to live with her uncle due to her father's transfer. She bumps into a mysterious man who ends up taking her to her uncle's place after she gets lost. Turns out, Suzume will be seeing him a lot more often once she starts school because... he's her homeroom teacher!? Included in the manga is a oneshot story called Tsuyu Kaoru (A Love Story in Moist Rainy Days) in volume six: A romantic and melancholic love story behind a red umbrella.
Manga artist WATANUKI Shinobu resolves to become a full-time housewife on the occasion of moving, but decides to write manga anew when her past works are digitized and become hits. At 40, she tackles her dreams, her work, and her love for the handsome young 22-year old TACHIBANA Chiaki. In Shinobu, a wife and mother living with her husband and son, the author depicts the worries, conflicts, and anxieties of women the same age. (Japan Media Arts Festival Archive)
In his childhood, Ameya had a cat that was more like a sibling than a pet to him. Their bond grew stronger with time, but after the cat passed away Ameya shut himself in. One day, Ameya finds a drenched stray in the park, and his life takes an unexpected turn!
25-year-old Moriyama Mikuri has an advanced degree, but has had no luck finding a permanent position. She's been living with her parents and doing temp work, and her latest job is doing housework for a single salaryman, Tsuzaki. Mikuri longs to start a career in her field, and her Aunt Yuri, who has had success in her professional life and who regrets never marrying, also wants Mikuri to find love.When Mikuri learns that her parents are planning to move to the country, she realizes her time is running out. She still has had no luck starting her career, so it seems she will have no option but to move to the country with her parents. She finds another option in moving in with Tsuzaki, who doesn't want to lose his housekeeper. To deal with the scandal of their living together, they get married--though just on paper. Now Mikuri starts her unusual new life, as a woman looking to start her career and as a new 'wife'!Note: Won the Kodansha award for best shoujo manga in 2015.
Marriage of teacher Ojiro and high schooler Fumino, whose parents have passed away. Includes a total of five stories following their wedding day.
Shiori is an office worker who has been feeling terrible ever since her breakup with her boyfriend. She's been trying to forget him but she found herself unable to move forward just yet and now she urgently needs some healing! That's when a palm-sized high school boy named Akira appeared before her. And he seems to be at a loss about his mysterious condition too. He's like a small animal and he doesn't give off the vibe of a boy... How great! and that's how they started living together but even though Akira-kun is small, he's still a boy so...!?
"This is our competition!"
The unique and talented artists depict their own Liebe Girls' Academy.
A Great Elder Alchemist becomes a little girl by failing Alchemy.
"Let's have fun together in the Railway Club!"<br>Tenman Sora has fallen in an unrequited love for the Railway Club's Mahiro-sensei!<br>"No matter how thorny the trains may be, if it's for Sensei, just bring it on..."<br>The pinnacle of heart-throbbing excitement☆ We sincerely invite you on a tingly girls-exclusive railway journey!
Coming back to the childhood town, an unexpected meeting with a childhood friend who has grown up... Unfamiliar.