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As an impulsive and spirited adolescent, Akagi Gunma sets out to leave his farming roots behind and chase his aspiration of Formula One racing in the metropolis. The tale chronicles his journey from a humble countryside lad to a determined city dweller on a quest to make his racing dreams a reality.
In his first year of middle school, Inaba Yuushi's parents passed away and he had to move in with his relatives. Despite their care, he felt like a burden and longed to escape to a high school dormitory. Unfortunately, the dormitory burned down before he could relocate. Penniless and unwilling to live with his relatives any longer, Yuushi searched for a place to live as an orphaned student. Eventually, he stumbled upon an elegant old building that fit his budget perfectly. Yet, it turned out to be a Monster House, where supernatural beings coexisted with humans. Yuushi met Akine, a fellow high school student who wasn't afraid of the creatures and could even exorcise malevolent spirits. Overwhelmed by the strange elements of his new life, Yuushi realized that high school had become much more bizarre than he ever anticipated.
Shizuku Kanzaki is the only son of world-renowned wine critic Yutaka Kanzaki. From a young age, Shizuku has been subjected to strange education from his father all for the sake of wine. From learning to gracefully decant a drink to intently remembering the smell of leather belts and pencils, the training causes him to grow resentful of everything related to wine. Discontent with his father, he leaves home to become an average sales representative for a beer company, refusing to ever touch wine again. When his father suddenly passes away, Shizuku finds himself being dragged back into the world he hates so much. As part of his father's will, the one who will inherit his prized wine collection and estate will go to the person who can correctly identify the "12 Apostles" of wines as well as the legendary "Drops of God." In order to inherit the assets, Shizuku has one year to complete the task, but he finds the proposition ridiculous when he is the only living relative of Yutaka. What Yutaka failed to tell his son before his death was that he had adopted Issei Tomine into the family a week prior to his passing. Issei is a famous veteran wine critic competing against Shizuku to claim the estate for himself. With no formal training in wine tasting, Shizuku stands no chance against "The Prince of Wine" and is at risk of losing everything in this competition. Will he be able to correctly identify the elusive "Drops of God" before he runs out of time?
Pharm is a skittish but friendly young man who is excited to start his new life as a college student. He'll make friends, join a club... and maybe figure out why he's always sensed that there's a certain someone he's fated to meet. The moment he locks eyes with Dean, the captain of the swimming club, he's attracted to him in a way he's never experienced before. Is this who he's been looking for all this time? Does Dean feel the same way about him? Perhaps the answers lie in past lives they have yet to remember...
Kako, a 16-year-old high school girl, goes to a mixer pretending to be 22. While there, she meets Kouta who at first has a very intimidating aura. But once he saves her from an awkward situation, she wants to know more about him as does he. That is until he finds out she isn't 22. The next day Kako runs into him again, but this time he's working as a police officer. Kako still wants to get closer to Kouta, but he isn't interested...or is he? Included one-shots: Volume 2: Watashi wa Kesshite Fukou dewa Nai Volume 9: Ookami Shoujo Shounen
The very thoughtful chairman and his pleasant, beautiful wife. However, I… am currently denying embezzlement. Because of my weakness, I ended up sleeping with the chairman’s wife, whom I admired and who had no connection at all to my doctor… “Would he… like this…?”
William Shakespeare is reputed to be the foremost playwright and poet of all time, credited with composing literary masterpieces such as Romeo and Juliet, Hamlet, and Macbeth. However, the question remains: who exactly was he?
After a dispute with his friend Senichi Aoyama, high school student Yasuto Akashi decided to skip class. But upon his return, he discovered the school was locked up. To his horror, he witnessed a giant cat head burst through a window, with Aoyama dressed as a rat and covered in blood. That day, only three students managed to survive, and similar incidents occurred around the world. Akashi's peace was short-lived, as he was chosen to participate in a deadly game for those who missed school on that fateful day.
Miko Sonoda, a high school student, is compelled to reside in her uncle's boarding house due to familial circumstances. However, on her maiden attempt to locate the place, she discovers a disconcerting occurrence - she feels someone is tailing her. Her uncle comes to her aid and exposes the alleged stalker as one of his tenants, which left Miko feeling self-conscious on her debut day. Miko quickly learns that she will be residing with five other peculiar individuals, including Jun Matsunaga, the person she accused of stalking her, a quick tempered 27-year-old designer. Regardless of her mortification, Miko soon realizes that cohabiting with grown-ups is not as formidable as she first assumed, and she may even kindle romance at the boarding house.
While seeking inspiration for his upcoming film, Hajime Tsukiyoda, a high school student, found himself caught in a real-life horror story in Shibuya. Unforeseen circumstances led to Hajime becoming a character in the plot. He was taken aback to witness a swarm of goldfish invading the busy streets, attacking and terrorizing onlookers. With no escape in sight, a terrified Hajime and a few fellow survivors took refuge, hoping for a rescue that seemed increasingly unlikely. As they huddled together, the grotesque sight of the fish feeding frenzy played out before them, further deepening their horror.
Asumi Kamogawa, a petite 14-year-old, possesses an unbridled adoration for the cosmos, particularly the twinkling stars. Under the tutelage of an affable ghost who wears a colossal lion head and goes by the nickname "Lion-san," she has been studying space since infancy. Despite an unsteady home life, Asumi resolves to join the Tokyo Space School. In no time, Asumi befriends a cadre of classmates, including her childhood friend Shinnosuke Fuchuuya, who sports spectacles and harbors a staunch brutal honesty, Kei Oumi, a cordial young woman who drew inspiration from Neil Armstrong's photos of the moon landing, Marika Ukita, an enigmatic and stunningly gorgeous girl with a few secrets of her own, and Shuu Suzuki, a bold and bright boy who maintains a laidback approach. The setting of Futatsu no Spica is an alternative future in which Japan's maiden human-crafted spacecraft crashed in 2010, and it follows the growth of these high schoolers as they travel toward the stars.
You’re great just the way you are. Even though Miku is 25 years old, she hasn’t learned a thing about how to do her own makeup -- but her boyfriend, Haru, tells her that he prefers her that way. Miku and Haru live together, after all, and they might get married, in which case she’ll just quit her job anyway, so it’s probably fine never to learn... At least, that’s what she tells herself. One day, a boy with a special love for makeup suddenly appears in her life. The beautiful stranger does Miku up gorgeously and Haru’s reaction to her new look is almost unbelievable--? A story of starting anew and taking one’s life back through makeup! [Manga Plaza]
