1) Don't Show Such a Sweet Face The morning after a drinking party, Okishima Naoki awakes in a strange bed, in a strange apartment, with a strange woman and a senior co-worker! In addition to that, he can't remember anything that happened...
A collection of stories set amongst the oiran (high-rank courtesans before the time of geisha) in (mostly) the Yoshiwara district of Edo, a famous historical 'red-light district.' 1. Kagerou no Shou When Kagerou was a child, her parents sold her to be trained as an oiran in Yoshiwara. On her way there, she fell in love with the man who transported her, Ryuuji, and insisted that he be her first sexual customer when she grew up. Now, she is approaching the time when she will lose her virginity, but will Ryuuji be able to be her first? 2. Inazuma no Shou Wakana works in Yoshiwara, but she plans to one day buy her own way out. She seduces presents out of the men who buy her, in order to save money for her future. But one man, Mitsunori, is not like all the others. Will the skilled seductress Wakana be able to cope with real emotion? 3. Mizu no Tsuki no Shou Suigetsu is approaching the time when she's meant to lose her virginity. One day, she miraculously meets with a relative who knows her by her real name: Saya. Is it possible for her to be rescued from this life? 4. Nagasaki Bojou Suigetsu, an oiran-in-training in Nagasaki, is slated to lose her virginity. However, she's been told she's going to have a Dutch man as a partner! She's frightened of sleeping with a foreigner who may not even speak her language! However, the man in question is nothing like she feared...
From Taruby: A short series from the early to mid 80s about a middle-school girl and her super aging pills.
Filgaia’s been going to hell in a handbasket (?) lately, and young Maxi keeps finding himself smack-dab in the middle of it all… And like it or not, he’s bringing the rest of the town down with him! Joined by Guy, an enigmatic florist, and Jechika, a girl with one-too-many talents, Maxi sets out on a non stop, trouble filled adventure!
Once upon a time, there was the hardworking Ant and the playful Grasshopper. While the serious Ant had his moments of being manipulated by Grasshopper's actions, always seeing Grasshoppers's face of enjoyment somehow made him feel like he was having fun too... What are those two doing now, you say? That's... (From Lacy)
If loving you was a sin...then that sin already began 200 years ago. I've suffered all this time to meet you, to love you. The lustful vampire Jin WooYoung, and the human girl that he loves, Kwon BoMyoung! When I look at you, the ice cold blood in my body burns like flames.
Yui, a girl who loves panties, gets wrapped up in battles using powerful underwear. Yui receives special striped underpants that give her powers.
Sadao, a graduate of a low class college, finds himself surprised that he was moved to a different department in a high level office building, located on level B2 (basement level), of the building. Upon entering his new office, he encounters a miko, and is told by his superior to follow her. He follows her and finds a man about to rape a woman, but the miko, named Ichiko, enters the scene and purges the man. A spirit exits the man, and things are back to normal. According to Ichiko, the number of sexual harassment and rape cases have multiplied by 20 times over the past 3 years! In order to do so, Ichiko is to reduce the number of such cases and prevent chaos from occurring by purging these souls that affect the minds of humans. Sadao was believed to have potential to fight against these souls, which is why he was moved to that department. So what's the secret to her powers? Read and find out!
From Shoujo Crusade: "I wanted to create a summery, sparkling youth." - And so the theme is "yosakoi*"!! For the sake of medical treatment for her younger sister, Natsume ending up moving from her home to Shikoku. In a place where no one knows her, she'll make her high school debut as a "cool beauty"! ...This determined Natsume is approached by the wild child-like Yudai saying, "enter my team"?? Eeh!!? What do you mean by team!!? *For more info on Yosakoi go here.
God appears among us once every 90 days…And those who issued oracles from God, as the family of God, are taken away by Him, The people call the family of god, “Sun” and send them forth with shouts of encouragement “Suns” are truly human vessels envied by all for having received the greatest glory… However, There was never the slightest hint of joy in the expressions of those......taken by God.
Due to continuing death of people close to him, Han Haje is called the demon possessed child. Then one day, his estranged ex-girlfriend, Ari, returns... Webtoon from Naver Please address this as Manhwa (Korean word for cartoons)
From Lililicious: "Footprints in the Snow," by Takahashi Mako, is about fate.
From Yanime: A boy named Yuuto Seo moves from Hokkaido, where he's lived all his life, to Tokyo. He first fears he must give up speed skating, his hobby, but he soon finds places to skate and people to skate with. The second series by Hotta Yumi (creator of Hikaru no Go).
A squirrel tries to persuade a girl into becoming her pet
From Mangascreener: The only common feature running through these stories is a grown-up protagonist somehow coming face-to-face with his childhood past, in a testament to the loss of youth, the disillusionment of growing old, and nostalgia for better times. In the Adachi pantheon, this is a rare diametric view of his eternal theme of "youth," in this case youth as seen through the lens of the past. It's a powerful statement from Adachi that might even be an acknowledgment of his steadily-creeping age. What is impressive about these stories is not the plots or characters themselves, but the absolutely perfect way he tells them, another facet of experience that comes with age. Most of the stories may require multiple readings to fully appreciate the airtightness of the plot and visual motifs."
Once upon a time when gods' world is so close to the Earth. There are four god families symbolize East - West - South - North called Seiryuu, Byakko, Suzaku and Genbu. Kira is original god of Kouryuu - the central god family which is the most powerful. Someday, while travelling with his brother, Kira met with an accident which made him lose power and felt to the Earth. Later, while looking for the way to return Heaven, Kira met Shana and Senju. Shana is a boy who has a half of his body immortal, whose sister is kidnapped and he is on the way hunting his enemy. Senju is a female disciple of Sara - a predictor who has a half blood of god. After Sara was kidnapped by Seiryuu King, all of three persons also find the way come to Heaven so that save her and wipe out their enemies.