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"My body is female, but inside I am male." High school student Ryuu, while struggling with dysphoria and acceptance, meets Jin, a man who loves clothes, and his life starts to change. Demolish clothes that are "obvious" and "discomforting"!! A rugged style fashion story!
Story 1: A high school girl is runs away from someone and stumbles into a room with a strange man who calls himself a “cleaner.” She learns a lesson from him about friendship and cellphones. This “cleaner” takes any job if given suitable compensation and the high school girl who is running away from the mafia teams up with him to solve a dangerous and exciting case! Story 2: A famous fashion clothing chain’s president's health is in critical condition and his son is kidnapped! The vice president is working hard to cover up the truth about the president’s son, but who hired the “cleaner” to kidnap the son? Story 3: A popular artist dies in a car accident after burning all but one of his paintings of his wife and meets a death god. The daughter of the artist sets out to find her father’s last painting and meets a friend of his. This friend wants to teach her how to paint, but the death god reappears and warns her not to go see the friend.
Tonight, Natsuo loses his virginity. His partner? Her name is Rui and he just met her today after school. She's the one that brought up this whole situation, stating that she wanted to simply gain the knowledge about sex. She does not want to start a relationship, nor does she care about Natsuo. Afterwards, Natsuo feels guilty for losing his virginity to a girl he doesn't even particularly like. Mostly, it makes him feel like he betrayed his crush to his high school teacher: Hina. A quirky love triangle story unfolds as Natsuo, Rui, and Hina all end up becoming part of the same family!
From MangaHelpers: Tsutsui Hikari is an otaku, and he mostly avoids social life. Hikari has only one friend at school, who is also a social misfit, and he is mocked brutally by most of his classmates for being creepy and weird. One day, he ends up having to clean the school pool with Igarashi Iroha, who appears to be pretty much everything he hates in real-life girls. She skips school, has a blunt manner, doesn't have female friends, and seems the sort to be promiscuous. However, she is friendly to Hikari, and even stands up to the people who make fun of him. Hikari's bitterness and trust issues lead him to say pretty harsh things to Iroha, but she never dismisses him as creepy. After a while, it starts to look like Iroha may become his first real-life, 3D girlfriend! Will he be able to handle it?
From Tokyopop: Shima and Kaori are two teenage detectives who have their own odd-jobs agency, Anything Inc. If they take your case, you know your satisfaction will be guaranteed! Shima is a smart kid with a knack for solving other people’s problems. He’s recently lost his parents to an arson’s fire. Now the sight of fire makes him cringe, often reducing the super sleuth into a pool of tears. Kaori, a supermodel, seems an unlikely partner for Shima, but they’ve been best friends since Kaori hired the junior Sherlock to rid him of a troublesome stalker. For some reason, Shima is comfortable mourning in front of the handsome Kaori; on his end, Kaori trusts Shima to help him suppress his over-aggressive modeling persona, Kyo.
A miracle happened for Christmas…
Hanazono is feared due to his grim reaper-like face. However, college student Suzuka Hiyori confessed to him and they started going out! While Hanazono is pretty much bewildered about it, seems like Hiyori is the only one who notices his "real face."
In the Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 (SHIGUMA Tarou) series: 1) Aoi Kikou 2) Aoi Kizuna
The story is set after the fall of civilization on earth due to resource scarcity. It follows the tale of Noru, a boy who shares resources with the people still left on earth. But Noru is not a savior. His goal is to record the fall of civilization on earth, to leave a record for the future generation.
Yuu, during his high school years, experiences a sense of isolation, yet remains an enthusiastic fan of Spider-Man. He struggles with unfulfilled aspirations until a fortuitous encounter with the superhero's outfit in a nondescript alley alters the course of his life. What lies ahead for this determined adolescent?
Asuka Masamune is a young man whose love for all things cute, fluffy, sweet, and sparkly brings nothing but disappointment and horror to his mother. Following a family incident that led to his father leaving, Asuka was pressured to give up his hobbies and focus on sports like kendo, judo, and karate to embody masculinity. He eventually became the highly ranked captain of his high school's kendo team, accepting a life of manliness, but his interest in feminine things is rekindled when he meets transfer student Ryo Miyakozuka and falls in love. Unlike Asuka, Ryo has zero interest in traditionally feminine activities like cooking and sewing. She's tough, with a fierce kick and an equally strong personality. Asuka's friend, Juta Tachibana, encourages him to befriend Ryo to use her as inspiration for the shoujo manga he secretly publishes. As their relationship develops, Asuka begins to embrace his true nature as an "otomen." Additional stories include Glass no Otomen, where Otomen Sen no Kamen wo Motsu discovers his love for glassblowing, and Love-Tic in Volume 11.
