Slice of Life - Page 168

From Fried Squid Scans: 32-year-old Bushido-sama considers himself to be a modern-day Samurai. When his wife passed away due to illness, he promised to raise their daughter into a fine woman. But, for an adult male, raising a child is not an easy task. The tasks range from teaching proper table etiquette to sex education... Welcome to the life of a Samurai father.

"This is our competition!"

Nanase Haruka is a sixth-grade elementary school student who loves connecting with the water and feeling the water as he swims, and he attends a local swim club together with his childhood best friend Tachibana Makoto and Hazuki Nagisa, one year younger than the both of them. Then, one winter’s day as graduation draws near, Matsuoka Rin transfers into Haruka and the others’ school from another swim club. Through swimming, Haruka strengthens his bonds with Makoto and Nagisa, as well as with Rin–at which point Rin, with his passion for the medley relay, suggests they form a team together and enter a tournament. This is the novel that the anime Free! is based on in manga form at last! (September Scans)

Zut alors! Minette has lost her precious cat Noir! Her parents are busy, so she must find him on her own!

Ten is a high school girl moving into a boarding house. There she meets tenants which are quite out of the norm or so she thought. The feeling of excitement is about to start.

What is love? After their father passed away in an accident, the only ray of light to the Zheng family’s three sisters is their brother Zhinian. The family’s ongoing misfortunes quietly bury the seeds of growth in the three sisters - Yihua, Erye and Sanguo, and their future takes an unexpected turn. This story is all about love and the the bonds between family, friends and lovers.

I'm Seiko. I'm childhood friends with Yoshi-kun, and we always hang out together. But these strange new feelings I have for him leave me stumped... I'm Yoshito. Is Sei-chan just my childhood friend, or...? This is Shiroi Mado no Mukougawa, the story of a budding romance between Seiko and Yoshito, of their fluttering hearts, and of their hearts brought together.

Yotsuba is a strange little girl with a big personality. Even in the most trivial, unremarkable encounters, Yotsuba’s curiosity and enthusiasm quickly turn the everyday into the extraordinary! Note: Won an Excellence Award for Manga at the 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival. Was nominated in 2008 for the 12th Osamu Tezuka Culture Award, the Eisner Award "Best Publication for Kids" category and was runner-up for the first annual Manga Taishō award in 2008. Was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.

The happiness that we visited only a little on usual everyday life. That ... ... I was able to call a small cat! Play with your fingers, sleep in your palm, a small age full of happiness, a new era pet cartoon!

The return of Class 4-2's Sadomi the sadist and friends! Laughter! Tears! Edutainment! All this and more! Let the nostalgia of your school days wash over you like a tidal wave of blood!

(From StarryHeaven) There's the affectionless father and the overly affectionate mother, and then there's the beautiful 18 year old high schooler Rina. "Friends are just meant to be used," is what Rina says when she is caught having sex with one of her friends' boyfriends. Rina has such a low opinion of friends, but when she is hospitalized her classmate from elementary school, Maki, appears before her, wanting to continue their free-of-charge friendship from long ago. In this day and age, just what is the meaning of friendship? A tale of friendship based on a true story, as retold by Yoshi (the same author as Deep Love).

From Shinnen: Isesaki, a second year from Kamiyama Boy's High, has had his heart captured by a girl he saw in the window of the neighbouring girls' school. A school route madonna!! After 2 months, it's time for her to graduate...!? It's a 17-year-old's summer starting from spring, chockful of idiocy and friendship enough to make you cry.