Slice of Life - Page 284

Ai Morikawa is a hard-working career woman at her job in Tokyo. After a long night at work, she returned home on the last train to find a handsome boy at her door. The 16-year old Nagisa is her sister's stepson, suddenly sent to live with Ai when his parents left for an overseas job. Wary like cats, these two loners 10 years apart in age will have to make a new life together.

Ayano-san is a beautiful housewife with a son, Yuusei, who doesn't seem to approve of her carefree ways. Always smiling and well-meaning, Ayano-san still finds a way to make herself an object of curiosity and appreciation by passing people. "Bimajyo" (literally beautiful witch) is a term apparently used in Japan to describe a woman older than 35 or so who has retained her great beauty, almost as if by magic. So it doesn't mean she's a witch or the series will pivot to that genre in the future.

Gaku Kitada is a prodigy in Mathematics and a scholarship holder at Wels Private Academy, a renowned institution with a long history in the International Mathematical Olympiad. After a series of unfortunate events, he meets Kai Asakura, a culinarian prodigy with his own catering business. What does the future hold for these two geniuses, and how do their paths intertwine with each other's?

While loitering in the park, Shimana Kameko, who intended to run away from home and skipped school, meets a suspicious man in a kimono. This man, who had been locked out of his house, offers Shimana a place to stay. However, he requests she fulfill three conditions in exchange for her tenancy!?

A quirky children's book by one of the most famous Swedish contemporary authors of children's litterature, Eva Lindström.From the cover:I saw him on a nature show on the TV. Then we met outside the supermarket.His bag was broken.I got to help him home with his things.For a while he worked with drilling holes but it didn’t interest him so he quit.Lage is his name. We are friends.The book was made into an animated movie by the same name in 2015, and was followed by the book "By the Long Wide Foot of the Mountain", which focus on side character Janne.

Hyakka is the guardian diety of the newly developed Ayasaki village. She’s a freeloader who lives in the village’s only cafe, Warabi. Like Ayasaki itself, her powers are still developing. As such, she has to draft the son of Warabi’s owner, Akira, into helping her with her daily efforts.On a certain morning a metabolic 35 year old salary man was suddenly transported to another world. Without knowledge, without the ability to communicate, and I am especially not confident about my physical capabilities. I have no idea what to do. However my current goal is to figure out how to keep living using the skills granted to me from the existence known as the interface. Hero? Demon King? I know nothing about that. I am just a salary man.

31 year old Takehiko Nakamaru has trained all his life to never be disturbed by anything that the world throws at him, no matter what comes at him, he will remain unfazed. He had conquered "life" and was living in perfect harmony. But when he realizes that his existence in the house inhibits his sister from getting married, his peaceful life is thrown off balance. In his panicked state, he leave the house for Tokyo in his journey to slay the monster that is called "life".

Three girls on the verge of finishing high school, each contemplating their childhood dreams and aspirations. As they face this time, samples of embroidery from different places and times echo with the dreams and lives of the girls who once created them. The stories, past and present, intertwine as if woven by thread.A 1-volume series.

From Fujoshi Bitches: A shriek was heard as a sailor uniform skirt fluttered, and Meguru thought himself a lucky perv till he caught a glimpse of... a guy's boxer shorts? "Quit staring, old fart!" By chance, he ended up inviting the high school boy in girl's uniform, Keiichi, to his place with the mystery of why he wears that uniform still unsolved. Unwittingly, however, Meguru discovered the reason behind Keiichi's uniform... Two hearts entwined and a tale of first love, to reach out to get closer to your heart. "That uniform, are you wearing it 'cause you really want to?"

Natsumi just lost her younger sister, Haru to chemotherapy. As her sister's coffin finally closes for the last time she whispers "wait for me until I join you", but Haru's finace, Tougo has other plans which might mend both their hearts.

The romantic comedy manga centers on Kōta Nakamichi, who ever since he was a kid he has had female spirits obsessed with him. Kōta is searching for a job and he has a final interview, but the scantily-clad spirits surrounding him make the interview a total failure. However, his interviewer, the company president Karen Suguri, has a secret of her own.

Hida Kizuna possesses the HHG (Heart Hybrid Gear) ability, but it is not strong enough to make him particularly important. His older sister calls him to transfer to a strategic defense school, where many of the students (many of which are large-breasted girls) use their HHG abilities to fight invaders from another world while wearing extremely skimpy pilot outfits. Kizuna's fighting ability doesn't measure up, but his sister has another plan-- apparently having erotic experiences with Kizuna will allow the girls to replenish their energy or power-up. It looks like his new school life is going to be full of embarrassment.