Slice of Life - Page 231

Rika asks Sae to do a portrait of her, so she can give it to the person she likes. Sae knows that Rika's seeing a sempai. As she works on the picture, she starts to realize that she's in love with Rika.

The story follows the daily life of Sayoko Nanami, a 25-year-old woman that loves hot baths and wants to try and visit many different types of baths.

A collection of oneshots about young men who love to party and have a good time.

From Stiletto Heels: Omi Tsukasa, who still holds a flame for his close friend and first love, Su-chan, becomes a new teacher assigned to his old school. There he spots Su-chan's doppelganger, a student named Sugimoto. Upon finding out that Sugimoto is Su-chan's nephew, Omi starts having an interest in him, much to the annoyance of his target of interest.

Around the offices of Tozai News, Shiro Yamaoka has a reputation for being over-blunt, under-ambitious, and generally an all-around slacker. So why has he been given the important job of coming up with the "Ultimate Menu" to celebrate the newspaper's 100th anniversary? Because he possesses qualities his other colleagues don't: an exquisitely discerning palate, an encyclopedic knowledge of food and drink, and a masterful touch in the kitchen. This series received the 1987 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga.

A slapstick romantic comedy featuring the hijinks and romance of Japan's first co-ed high school.Subtitled in its Hakusensha reprint as 'Another Mari and Shingo', as the leads originate as supporting characters in this work.Contains one shot "I'm Fine with Dying" in volume 2: Micole is a young French girl whose cousin, Leon, an up-and-coming painter, lives with her. One of Leon's paintings catches the eye of a wealthy art-loving gentleman, and he gets offered to study in Paris. Leon has always been rather delicate, but for some reason, his health begins to worsen even further once he arrives there...

Issa Kinishi, a young man who worries and concerns himself too much over many different things, and spends his life being harmless and inoffensive. One day he meets a beautiful, tanned enigmatic young woman. This young woman uses a smartphone with a cracked screen, goes into restaurants without caring about their online ratings, and makes curry without caring about the stains she gets on her clothes. She weighs on Issa's mind so much that he accidentally starts stalking her.

Misa and Kaho go on a date to a cat cafe.

The story follows 28-year old Akiyasu Shin, a civil servant chosen to take part in a new bill called the "NEET protection law." This law pairs NEETS with government employees as a means to rehabilitate them and re-introduce them into society. Problem is, his chosen partner, Sawamoto Himari, was signed up without her knowledge! Will Akiyasu Shin end up winning her over? Or will this arranged marriage be a bust?!

The portrait of a girl in 60s -70s in Japan. Maria depicts the chaotic trajectory of a wealthy girl, whose family made a fortune in the after war. New arrival in a school of girls, Maria is independent and indomitable. She sleeps indifferently with girls or boys, and causes confusion among students as well as teachers, attracting fights and disasters. With Maria, the story of a teenager in 70's Japan, master Kazuo Kamimura tackles the taboos of his time. The excellence of its staging, the elegance of its line, serve wonderfully a striking, uncompromising writing. As with "Dosei Jidai", and in the image of the new wave, Kazuo Kamimura upsets the Japanese society and blows a new wind on the manga. Perhaps the most sultry of Kamimura titles.

Naples, 2001. Giorno Giovanna is a small-time crook with one big dream—to become a "Gang-Star." No ordinary thief, Giorno has a connection to the remarkable Joestar bloodline, and possesses a Stand named Gold Experience. His dream starts to become reality when he meets Bruno Bucciarati, a mobster from the gang Passione and a fellow Stand user himself. Realizing that they share similar ideals, and both disagree with the gang's harmful affairs, Giorno reveals his goal to Bruno: with Bruno's help, he will reform Passione by overthrowing the boss. As Giorno becomes a member of Passione, and is inducted into Bruno's squad, he discovers that it is no simple gang; its numbers are teeming with Stand users. Now confronted by other squads of differing loyalties and unpredictable caliber, their goal to change the gang from the inside out will be a tough one. Taking on these adversaries, Giorno attempts to rise through the ranks and inch closer to the boss, a man who is shrouded in mystery.(https://www.viz.com/read/manga/jojo-s-bizarre-adventure-part-5-golden-wind/all)

There's this pub (Izakaya) that was supposed to be in a certain place in Kanto region of Japan called "Gen". After opening the door one day, it was found to be connected to the city of Parisia, the Kingdom of the Eastern Kingdom… Individual residents from a foreign world such as fallen monks, warriors, noble female knight, daughters of noisy famous aristocrats, etc. all visited the peculiar izakaya which they've never seen before, and gradually they'll become fans of the dishes… A foreign world gourmet fantasy has finally started! *From the same author of Isekai Izakaya "Nobu", which takes place in Kyoto.