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Behind every beautiful young man out there, there's always a bad experience in love that they've gone through and want to hide. So what kind of stories do they have?
From JanimeS: The series begins as a guest visits a temple where Myo-Un and Ryu-Sang are living along with many other orphan children. This guest turns out to be an assassin who came to kill a certain someone who is the last child of a powerful family in Su country. The assassin's employer, who remains anonymous, wants to clean up every root of possible problems. The assassin calls for reinforcements and attacks the lady of the temple, revealing that the lady of the temple is also another last descendent of another powerful family that was drawn out of Su country. Myo-Un, Ryu-Sang, and others are forced to flee the temple. Thus, Myo-Un & Ryu-Sang's journey begins, and the assassin is still after them. Note: Nabi: The Prototype is divided into six stories. Stories three to six features Myo-un and Ryu-Sang days in the temple before the story in Nabi began.
A collection of many short stories... [From ShoujoMagic]: [VOL. 01: STORY 01] (English Title) Like a Lamb, Like a Wolf (Japanese Title) 羊のように狼のように Straight-laced magazine editor Shizutani Miyako, age 25, has taken every precaution to ensure a steady and predictable life. No surprise is a good one...until she meets Takamura Shuuichi, a photographer with a talent for bringing out the sexual beauty of a woman. Now Miyako is fighting to keep her hard exterior from crumbling (and her nose from bleeding!) over something as flighty as... love? [VOL. 01: STORY 02] (English Title) I Want to Lose Myself (Japanese Title) お・ぼ・れ・た・い Office lady Mayumi passionately loves...her supervisor's work ethic? Her friends think it's weird that Mayumi isn't physically attracted to Kuroiwa, but she's just never thought of him that way...until now that it's been mentioned. One night after that, the two of them are working overtime alone when Kuroiwa accidentally falls asleep, and Mayumi decides to take off his shirt...and then his pants! And the only reason she stops there is because Kuroiwa wakes up! Mayumi's never had the hots like this before! What's an inexperienced girl to do? [VOL. 01: STORY 03] (English Title) Please Punish Me (Japanese Title) おしおきしてね [VOL. 02: STORY 01] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You (Japanese Title) あなたと千夜一夜 Ooizumi Sonoka is a hard-working OL (office lady) who single-handedly carries the workload of three, so she doesn't have time for love. After being slighted at a subordinate's wedding, though, she gets uncharacteristically drunk. When she wakes up, Sonoko is in bed with a strange man! She's so flustered that she even runs off wearing his pants by mistake! But she can't help feeling that she'd like to see him again... Then, the very next day, her new section chief turns out to be Houjou, the man she slept with!? In an attempt to prove to him that she's not just some lazy, drunken slut--she tries to show him how hard she can work...?? Chapters 1-3. [VOL. 02: STORY 02] (English Title) He's 100% SILK (Japanese Title) 彼はＳＩＬＫ１００％ [VOL. 03] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You Chapters 4-8. [VOL. 04] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You Chapters 9-13. [VOL. 05: STORY 01] (English Title) 1001 Nights with You Chapters 14-16 (end). [VOL. 05: STORY 02] (English Title) After Black Tea (Japanese Title) 紅茶のあとに [VOL. 06: STORY 01] (English Title) Honey Moon (Japanese Title) 蜜の月 The continued adventures of Sonoko and Houjou. [VOL. 06: STORY 02] (English Title) Though Thou Canst Smell the Colors (Japanese Title) 色は匂へど dropped by ShoujoMagic on 10-15-07
Satoru spends his days listlessly in a factory town. The old man Segawa, a former Yakuza, lives in the room next to his cheap apartment. One day, Segawa tells Satoru, "I'll give you 5 million yen to put me out of my misery." Satoru hesitates, and Segawa sees through to the madness eating away inside him and begins to have a change of heart, and yet...!? A story of the filth of society and the dark path that Satoru takes -- on the edge of sanity -- with a gun and 5 million yen.
One who rises with money, will fall with money! In the near future, new powerful devices called relics were found. Their powers were out of this world... and so earth was destroyed. But even in this devastated state, there were three things that survived; cockroaches, scammers, and government officials! The second son of an elite family, Hong You Tae, is smart and intelligent with great social skills. He's also a candidate worthy of joining the relic management department!
"Would you like to try it?“ Inhyuk, Suwon, and Yubin are living together after 10 years of friendship. Inhyuk witnesses Yubin trying to kiss Suwon while he is sleeping. In the process of trying to overcome this, Yubin, who wanted to sleep with Suwon, gets caught up in the scheme of three?
For Tanpopo Yamazaki, life at the elitist academy in Tokyo seems way out of her league. The children of wealthy families snub her, other students make light of the fact that she actually tested into Meio, instead of relying on family connections, and the cute boy she saw tending a dandelion the day before wouldn't even acknowledge her existence. Hoping to make friends and have some fun, Tanpopo starts up a gardening committee, but will this help her survive in a school where superficiality and money reign supreme?
From ShoujoMagic: Suzuki Saya, age 21, is an office lady who's never been able to forget about the guy she liked in middle school. She carries on each day now getting reprimanded by her accomplished supervisor, Tsuge Susumu, and she's not interested in having any romantic relationships... Until out of the blue, Tsuge confesses love to Saya, and brings a new prediction of love for her!?
Meet Eikichi Onizuka, a 22-year-old ex-biker. He's crude, foul-mouthed, and has a split-second temper. His unlikely goal: to be the Greatest High School Teacher in the World! Of course, the only reason he wants to be a teacher is so he can try to score with the hot students... Before he can become a full instructor, he's got to work as a student teacher to earn his credentials. Onizuka may think he's the toughest guy on campus, but when he meets his class full of bullies, blackmailers, and scheming sadists, he'll have to prove it. Won the 22nd Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shounen Manga
13-year old Rachel awakens to find herself trapped in the basement of an abandoned building. Without any memories, or even a clue as to where she could be, she wanders the building, lost and dizzy. In her search, she comes across a man covered in badges. He introduces himself as Zack and he wields a grim-reaper like sickle. A strange bond is struck between them, strengthened by strange, crazy promises… These two, trapped in this strange building, don’t know why fate has placed them there. But they will work together desperately to find a way out…
From 801 Media: Tamiya meets Tohdou at Teinou Universtiy, a school for kids from well-off families. Tamiya is shocked at the different values that Tohdou and his friends have, but begins a curious friendship with them. As graduation nears, the two friends strike up a fledgling love. From the cover: The serious and well-bred Tamiya, after enrolling at Mikado-nen University among the scions of celebrities and VIPs, meets the wild, rich kid, Toudou. Somehow they seem to always bump into each other; as graduation approaches, subtle changes occur in their relationship.
From Tokyopop: K is a wizard who can grant wishes--all he asks in return is that which is most precious to the wisher... Mourning from a horrific loss, Jin Ryu wants K to bring back her parents and brother from the dead. But when K tells her that a wish such as this can only lead to greater tragedy, he agrees to take her on as an apprentice. Now Jin observes K with his various and sundry clients: A father who wants to put a stop to his son's relationship... A young woman who longs for her lover to remember... A boy who will do anything to be accepted...
