A girl that loves to paint left her home and for some reason lives with two polar bears. This is the story of a girl suffering from loneliness and anxiety until she finds the place she belongs.
Kentarou is a plain, nondescript college student who has never had a girlfriend or any friends. After getting hit on the head by a wayward ball, he begins to notice that there are increasingly long periods of time in which he cannot remember what he was doing. One afternoon, he regains consciousness in an apartment he'd never been to before - and sitting next to him is a young man who then tells him "You're being possessed by the spirit of my dead girlfriend"...
Kei is a young, not-so-successful screenwriter. One day, she finds an unexpected visitor at the door of her apartment. A little girl named Niko, a secret child of a famous actress Mifuyu Shibano. Niko is sent to Kei because she is the only person who knows this secret, since she used to work for Mifuyu when she was not so famous. As she begins to live with Niko, she finds the girl is very self-contained. She tries an 'exchange diary' to communicate with her.
Yamanaka Suguru always thinks of "a first" as a kind of trial he must overcome. But can he overcome this "first" trial that unexpectedly comes before him!?
This city is awfully big. Although we may not know each other, we may have brushed past each other on the road at some point. Perhaps we share a love of reading the same book and listening to the same song, or perhaps we’ll talk about love with an expiration date of one day. But on this day, we saw each other’s true selves, and that will forever be engraved on our lives.
Sawako Kuronuma - dubbed Sadako by her classmates for her likeness to the character from The Ring - misunderstood and has been feared due to her look; gossips around school report that she is able to see execration individuals and ghosts. Yet, in spite of her look that is menacing, she's really a shy and sweet girl who just longs in order to make friends and be enjoyed by everyone. When the most popular son Kazehaya, her idol, starts speaking with her, everything changes. She sees herself in a fresh world, talking to various folks and making new friends, and she can not thank for giving her these chances Kazehaya enough. But certainly, a sweet love blossoms between the two as they beat challenges and conditions that stand in their way. Characters Her likeness to the horror movie character Sadako Yamamura makes this hard, although Sawako is a self-conscious yet sincere girl in search of camaraderie. Her timid and humble nature prevents her from correcting people's misconceptions, to the stage that all the school considers her name is, actually, "Sadako." She's quite short - a feature inherited from her dad, who's just 160 cm tall - but during a football match in the sports festival of the school's, it's shown that she's not astonishingly slow, to the point that a number of folks consider she's teleporting. A running gag is the fact that she takes everything folks say quite seriously, and tends to over-assess a scenario. Her peers frequently terrifie when she's deep in thought. Sawako has consistently wanted buddies and recognition, and thanks to the kindness of Kazehaya, speak to various individuals and she slowly starts to open up to her classmates. Eternally meek and unassuming, Sawako is really small towards her newfound camaraderie that Yoshida really needs to tell her point blank: "Did you understand? She weeps and declares that she really wants to be with him, and inquires if he's still in love along with her when she catches his jacket after Shota turns away. In her shock, her 4 times are kissed by Shota.
The story is set on one day during summer vacation. It follows a group of boys who try to view a fireworks display from the town lighthouse to see if they look round or flat when viewed from the side. Meanwhile, one of the boys, Norimichi, receives an invitation from his crush Nazuna to run away with her.
Sara is a student in a women-only school and has been raised protected and covered from everything. Until one day she crossed paths with a boy as beautiful as dangerous...
A boy who is bullied gets saved by his... Force Field Girl! Original Webcomic
From Viz: After her parents divorce, Anna Uekusa and her mother move from Tokyo to rural Shimane. Used to the anonymity of city living, An can't get used to the almost overbearing kindness of the people in her mother's hometown. But when personal tragedy strikes, An discovers how much she needs that kindness. In 2005 Sand Chronicles was awarded the 50th Shogakukan Manga Award for shōjo manga.
From MangaHelpers: The boy who sits next to Yokoi in class, Seki-kun, is always up to something at his desk. He manages to somehow play very elaborate games without attracting the teacher's attention. From dominos, to shogi, to go, to mecha models, to playing with cats and more, he always has something new to do. Yokoi often finds herself getting reluctantly interested in his games, even though they always seem to end up getting HER in trouble with the teacher! [tethysdust]
Asahi Sonorama (2000): 1. Kinpatsu no Sougen : Meet NIPPORI Ayumu, an 80 year-old man, who, due to a serious heart condition, has spent sixty years of his life confined to his house. One morning, he wakes up believing himself to be twenty again. In his mind, he has become the youthful young man that he once was. However, reality fails to keep up with his illusion, and everything around him seems to be quite different from what he is used to. So, he decides that he is simply dreaming. As his reality becomes his dream, his unhappy world turns into a life enriched with happiness and expectations for the future. Ayumu is now enjoying his life to the full again. Enter KODAI Narisu, an 18 year-old home-care worker who is newly assigned to look after Ayumu. To his great surprise, Narisu looks exactly like the girl he had fallen for when he was twenty and he immediately mistakes Narisu for her. Narisu, on the other hand, is trying to deal with her own secret love. She is living amidst the uncertainties of youth, struggling to find her way. Ayumu's happy dream. Narisu's fragile and sometimes painful reality. The story takes place in an old house, where these two contradicting worlds intertwine with each other through their words and exchanges. Ayumu gradually begins to realize what is real, until one day, he decides to find out whether what he believes to be his life is in fact a dream. 2. Yumemushi Hitsujigusa 3. Mizumakura Hanemakura 4. Ama no kaguyama 5. Non Regaato 6. Dahlia no Obi Less...