Ousawa Miko loves bread. So, after seeing an article for a bread shop called St. Molly's in a magazine she decides to work there. When Miko sees an employee exiting a shop she begs the boy to let her work there. The boy, Morishita Natsu, decides to hire her.
Shuka, princess of the kingdom of Kouka, was raised in a very sheltered environment in an inner palace. As her fifteenth birthday approaches, her father and brothers die one by one because of a sudden epidemic, and the kingdom has to find a new king (or queen)...! Supported by Zen, a military officer who serves as her retainer, Shuka must face the challenge of a role she knows little about...
The typical Kochikame plot involves Ryo-san coming up with a money-making scheme by inventing a new gadget or capitalizing on a fad, achieving great success, calling on Nakagawa's help as things turn sour, and finally losing it all as the fad runs out of steam or out of control. While the plots are gag-driven, much of the humor comes from the juxtaposition of mundane characters with the bizarrely incongruous (Nakagawa's wealth, Maria's appeal, everyone's lack of actual police work), most of which is never explained or rationalized in the slightest. Kochikame has a broad audience, ranging from adolescent boys to middle-aged salarymen. Much like Homer Simpson, Ryo-san's antics appeal to children who can laugh at an old buffoon and to men fearing that they are becoming old buffoons themselves. The stories are generally innocent in content, and what little violence appears is comical, while the occasional risqué subjects are included strictly for laughs rather than to titillate. In another parallel to The Simpsons, Kochikame's immense popularity has lead to guest appearances in the strip by Japanese celebrities such as Tetsuya Komuro. (From Wikipedia)
A girl that loves to paint left her home and for some reason lives with two polar bears. This is the story of a girl suffering from loneliness and anxiety until she finds the place she belongs.
Alien who thought that it would be better if Earth was just destroyed due to its civilization being at a far lower level than hers reconsiders it after seeing cute things. (Source: Shueisha, translated)
From Attractive Fascinante: ch 1-2) A return flower Masatsugu, a calligraphy sensei, liked his student, Sumiya, for a very long time. His feelings got stronger and he started to avoid eye contact with Sumiya. Sumiya sensed Masatsugu’s awkwardness and confronted him. They eventually did it and Sumiya didn’t look for Masatsugu anymore after that. Then one day, Masatsugu came home to find Sumiya at his doorstep… ch 3) Next Door ch 4) Let's try it ch 5) Lost Article extra) Have you got everything?
In an ancient kingdom, a vicious warlord is on the hunt for a magical sword. Forced to escape his soldiers, the young girl who guards the sword is hunted until she receives some unexpected help from a pair of odd strangers.
The story centres on Suu-chan, a girl who works part-time at a pasta restaurant named "Lamp." She witnesses mysterious events while riding her moped in the night, such as the past of a person or place. She can only experience these visions five minutes at a time. A loose sequel to PositioN.
At the beginning of the 20th century American Doctor, Duncan MacDonald, engaged in a series of unethical experiments. Those experiments concluded that should one suffer a death not ordained by fate the human body lightened by an average of 30 grams, the weight of a man's soul stone. Today, two men, Sakarai and Amano, are in the hunt to find people who are about to die before their time and either prevent their unnatural death or recover these stones, "Livingstones."
The plot centers on the titular Tsubaki Kunoichi, the best student in her school, and a curiosity that she cannot reveal.
Alza lives alone on a desolate snowy plain. One day, Leah, a sorcerer from the magical city collapses near his house. Alza forbids Leah from using magic in his presence and shows her how beautiful life can be outside of the magical world. But, why does Alza hate magic, how did Leah get outside the magical city, and what will happen when Leah returns home?
A collection of historic short stories, each associated with a karuta card. The stories revolve around the red-light district of Yoshiwara, in Edo. 1) Kimori Okuma is a good-natured, sweet girl, but she is unable to find a husband due to her weight. One day, a samurai defends her from being publicly mocked. Is this samurai her chance to find happiness? 2) Kanrobai After her father ritually commits suicide, Asagi finds herself in much reduced circumstances. Some of the girls who work with Asagi bully her, and the high-class airs she puts on don't help the situation. All she wants is a way to get back to the lifestyle to which she was accustomed, but all she has is mistreatment and the company of a strange man trapped under a barrel... 3) Maigoishi Tama is a lost child, and she's taken in temporarily by a family who already has a son, Shirou. Tama can't wait to find her beloved father again. However, finding the place where she belongs may not be so simple for little Tama. 4) Akaishinyo Seiichi is the only one left to protect his princess, Miya. He wants what's best for her, regardless of their feelings for one another. But can he really tell what that might be?
From Fateful Encounters: Four years ago, Prince Lulnavul fell into an eternal sleep due to an unknown curse. The king then made a proclamation: whoever wakes the prince will receive any reward they choose...but up until now, not one has achieved it. Now, Witch Sayla, scorned by the outside for being a witch, attempts this task as the 99th contender, not for the sake of the prince's hand in marriage like the princesses before her, but solely for the king's national treasure, the Sapphire of Illusions. Can a witch, who is hated even in fairy tales, be the heroine of this one? Follow Sayla as she goes to meet this sleeping prince inside his dreams.
Tsunagi's a high school girl who admires the famous, beautiful and distant imperial prince: Koji Ninomiya. Tsunagi's life takes a new light with a new classmate, Haruhi, who amazingly - and suspiciously - looks exactly like the famous prince...
Unlucky Himari Kawashiro, a shy and awkward high school student, only wants to be accepted by her peers. While trying to organize her school cultural festival without much luck, she accidentally stumbles upon a serious-looking cat eating cookies in an empty classroom. While fangirling over how cute it is, it transforms into her (now naked) classmate, Sennojou Shionji. He recruits her to be his sugar-toting assistant...and thus begins their odd partnership.
From Ochibichan. A collection of 4 short stories: 1. Youth Survival Summer camping trips are supposed to be filled with joy and laughter, but why is Kiriko so unlucky~~? At first it was that weakling four eyes, Kazuo and cutesy Hana-chan destroying the pork soup, but then they never came back after asking them to go pick up some wild herbs! Of fine! So she and Satoru had went up the mountains to get them, but who knew they’d get lost too?! 2. Liar Love Letters When Ritsu's boyfriend asks to break up, she complies - only to find that he's angry about it. To make her pay for dumping him so easily, he puts on a bet. Trick Ritsu into falling in love, and win a good amount of money. When she overhears this, Ritsu is determined to shoot down all the boys out to trick her. But what happens when she comes across someone whose lies capture her heart? 3. Sword and Heart Dangerous Relationship Oogami Shizuru, is a girl with a average secret. She knows ninja techniques and carries a shinobi´s linage blood on her veins, within her ninja family. Because of it, she often solve easily every-day-problems. Something that always distract her, is Kotarou, her first love and childhood friend that used to train with when kids. Now, her family its being attacked´couse of an important item that THEY HAVE!. In order to protect her daughter and son while he´s gone, her father contracts a beautiful guy, that certainly.... resembles Kotaru!! What will she do? 4. Never Dying Crow…! (Otokomae! Beads Club side story)
Ryuuji and his little brother were raised by a woman after their Yakuza parents were killed by a rival Yakuza gang. One day, he comes home and finds that his adopted mother too was also killed by that same gang. In rage and despair, he kills two Yakuza gang members who were still at the house and gets sent to jail. Once in jail, the inevitable happens and he becomes the plaything of fellow inmates; especially peaking the interest of one dangerous convict. After spending time in jail, when everything seems lost, he meets a man by the name of Araki, who claims to be the brother of his deceased adopted mother. A special bond develops between the two; but what will happen once Ryuuji learns that the man, Araki, is the only surviving member of the Kazama gang – the gang that his father used to belong to? Will Araki-san, the dragon, be able to keep Ryuuji safe, or will his enemies the members from the rival gang, use the young man as a pawn against him?
From MangaHelpers: There is a magic love app that supposedly helps people's dreams of love come true. The first story of this love app follows Tetta and Ginko, friends who have bickered since grade school. Tetta looks up the magic app on a whim, and ends up with an application that is connected to Ginko. When he manipulates the "Ginko" on the app, it affects the real girl. He's embarrassed to have it in the first place, but he can't uninstall it without inputting Ginko's measurements. Whether he actually likes Ginko romantically or not, it seems that this app could only make the situation worse! [tethysdust]
