From Baka-Update: Russian bodyguard Alexis is given the task of hunting down famous art thief Shiro, but is intrigued by art researcher Kairi. In a world of lies, intrigues, and espionage, love can be a deadly illusion...
Spoiled by his family, Kazuomi can't stand the feeling of someone clinging onto him and thus just can't seem to have attachment to any person - even his lover bothers him. But can he really dump his lover without feeling nothing at all?
Toshi is your regular senior high student, except in the evenings when he's a bartender at a joint frequented by American servicemen, where he deals drugs, pimps, and even cross-dresses a little on the side. And his best friend Miyuki just happens to be the son of a loan shark with gay tendencies. If this sounds like the hardboiled world of Yoshida's later and most well-known work Banana Fish, it's balanced by Toshi's madcap adventures at his all-male school (where his mates jerk off to everything in sight, and scenes from shoujo manga are performed in all their histrionic glory), as well as the unexpected delicacy of his relationships with the women in his life. This episodic drama is bursting with all the frustration, the tenderness, the audacity, the horniness and the hilarity that comes with being young and male. All the tough, silly, dirty, and sweet things boys get up to in the locker room and out of it never brought a bigger smile to your face. Bunko ver released in 1994. summary from Baka-Updates Manga
A young man comes to live on a small island in the south seas, and resides in a hotel that is far from ordinary – which matches the guests and staff…
summary by Divine Sanctuary Asahi is a 7th grade student who's very bad at sports. She joined the volleyball club when she entered junior high school, only to quit it one month later because she couldn't keep up with practice. Feeling discouraged from all kinds of sports, Asahi was reluctent to join the badminton club, will she just be the laughing stock of the class again, or will she find some new hidden talent? Read on to find out!
Slice of life manga about a group of clothing designers.
This oneshot involves the Drama Club's President Yuki-chan and her best-friend Saori-chan. A very energetic Saori, reminds Yuki why she became the Drama Club's President in the first place.
A boy with female features is chosen by his drama club member to act as a fake girlfriend for their club, so they can practice on him before they actually get themselves girlfriends. This is series that started as a one shot and after a 1 1/2 year hiatus was given its very own series.
From Entropy: This is a set of one-shot stories of working people drawn from the viewpoint of Matsukata Hiroko, who is a 28-year-old single woman and is an editor of Weekly Magazine, JIDAI. She’s often at odds with Tanaka Kunio, a novice editor. Her work already stresses her out and he’s unapologetic about his own mistakes! Everyone refers to Hiroko as a masculine woman for how seriously she takes her work. She smokes too much, works too much, and never has sex. However, when it’s time to get a story done, she switches into “Working Man” mode where her testosterone in her blood increases, she works three times her normal speed, and all thoughts of life’s necessities disappear.
From MangaHelpers: After high-schooler Nanatsu Io is crushed by disappointment in love, she finds herself pulled into a strange cafe, "Cafe Acheron," by pretty male workers, Kiba and Resato. Io decides to change herself by getting a job there as a waitress. In order to do so, she makes a contract with the cafe owner, Kiba, who tells her she must keep her stuffed bear (now conscious and referring to itself as "Father") with her. It's only after this contract is formed that Io begins to learn the truth! Cafe Acheron connects the demon world and the human world, and it's there that many deals between demons and humans are made. In fact, Kiba and Lesath are demons themselves, and Io is already bound to them by contract! Her strange new life is just beginning! [tethysdust]
By Backlash67: Breakout actor, Izumi Hayato, is charismatic and energetic in front of the camera but once the cameras are off Izumi becomes an expressionless antisocial person. Because of his introverted personality, Izumi's manager, Miyano Souta always have a hard time dealing with him. Unbeknownst to others, Izumi's icy personality isn't intentional. But despite his cold personality, costar Saotome Hijiri still attempts to get close to Izumi. Soon the cheerful Saotome's personality start to have an effect on Izumi but not one that he expects or one Saotome's manager wants. Can Izumi overcome his ineptness in communicating long enough to express his love to Saotome and win Saotome's heart?
"I am Kikyou! I'm working part-time in this cute little flower shop called "Tsumikabatsu". My boss, Baramon-san, is extremely popular with girls and he's a master at flower arrangements! He's a well-respected person. But, WHY does he have to stand so close to me... Aah, Boss, wait! Stop that!" I'm trying to introduce the story here, DON'T TAKE OFF MY PANTS!!!........So, so it's like that, please read this "the beautiful boy working hard in the flower shop, "Tsumikabatsu"!
From Dazzling Scans: The super shy Kashiwagi Makoto from the student council has never been in love before. Although she thinks the popular new student Yanase Yutaka-kun is quite unapproachable, she comes in direct contact with him one day as a part of her student council duties…
From Manga-Koekje: This is a shounen manga about a senior named Taketo Iwase and a dog named Salsa. As they set off early on to resolve a problem with a criminal that Toshifumi (Taketo's brother) is having, Taketo sees that there is more to the dog (that can communicate in the human language) than meets the eye. Together they solve a number of troubles and also meet other different species (cat girls, dogs, birds, etc). The author clearly shows that she is capable of drawing dynamic illustrations, especially in the fighting scenes although it make look somewhat shoujo at times. Wild Half has some very funny gag lines, some moving plots, helpful morals, in short, a little bit of everything packaged into one. (Shortened review written by Si)
From Chibi Manga The guy I like is always alone after the swimming class. That faint fragrance is the scent of love!?
From Echochi Scans: Iwai Arata was recommended by his professor to work part-time under a rather eccentric mycologist, Murota. The mycologist seemed hard to approach at first. But slowly as he got used to Iwai's presence, he became friendlier in his own way, showing Iwai a whole new world and giving him guidance with life. Though every day was fun and exciting, a sense of unease began to creep into Iwai's heart
From Aerandria Scans: Evilice and Sin are shadowy but attractive characters who have lived for their collections. Evilice collects items that are cursed, and Sin collects ones that were used for murder. Though they compete for the same items most of the time, they have the opposite feelings towards only one item: an old doll. It is a cursed woman who Evilice loved and ruined, and who Sin is jealous of. With stories of sinister items, their secrets spread!
Volume 1 : The Laughing Vampire. While a young boy, just resurrected as a vampire, commits acts of awful ferocity, the city around him shows all its perversion. The adults abuse of their power, the boys degenerate and use all the available means to achieve their goal to give vent to their low instincts. Whoever can't understand and make opposition is doomed to change or becoming crazy. So which is the real horror? The vampire who kills in order to feed himself or the crawling disease hidden in the society that slowly corrupts without being noticed? Volume 2 : Paradise. Following the events narrated in the first volume, Luna and Konosuke are now living together with the old woman vampire as fellows, as lovers, in a diabolic innocence, killing to quench their thirst for blood, joining death and love under the dream of the eternal youth. Meanwhile a young boy, named Makoto, is looking for his lost sister Miko, who disappeared years ago under mysterious circumstances. But what has really happened to that girl who liked eating grubs and dreamed to become on of them? And is someone really hiding a terrible secret? The paths of all the characters will dramatically collide, bringing unexpected consequences after the things are gradually revealed. A story suspended between weirdness and decadence, showing a clear nostalgia for the German cinematography and Federico Fellini, where the blood is used to trace a great and only apparent amoral story.
