TOP MANGA OF THE MONTH

From Loveless: The protectors of a certain fox deity shrine happen to be Unka, an overly-serious red fox with a low social status, and Aura, a delinquent, pure-bred white fox. Can Unka, who is unable to express himself honestly, and Aura, who always goes all-out to get what he wants, really fall in love!? For another adult animal-eared series, check out the postscript at the end...

1) 34 pages chapter about how Takumi came to live in the derelict apartment building. Not scanlated. 2-5) Takumi Kusunose is a man who loves the company of others and simply cannot abide being by himself. When he took responsibility for his company's losses by paying out of his own pocket, it nearly broke him. As a result, he was forced to move into a cheap apartment, but what happens when the sexy blonde guy next door begins making sexual advances at Takumi...?! And what happens when Takumi's former secretary shows up, turning Takumi and his neighbor's potential relationship into a love triangle?!

Kai, who receives the "virtual-dream," a machine allowing one to dive into a virtual reality of multiple worlds and times, meets a man in the virtual world. This man introduces Kai to out-of-this-world sex within virtual reality. Unable to forget him, Kair dives again into the virtual world in search of him. Is this feeling lust? Or is it love? Note: This manga series has been dropped by the mangaka.

From Blissful Sin: Whatever he does, it always backfires, a salaryman who always fails, Saeki Katsuya. Facing restructing, a guy appeared before him when he wanted to give up. "From the moment you put these on, your life will alter drastically.” The glasses which were handed to him, seemed to be a forbidden item that will change its wearer into a dominant brute... Having obtained the glasses and on the road to being a beast, will Katsuya obtain real love?

1) Unfinished Perfection Shinohara Yuu is in love with his boss (Yae Gashi from Yojouhan Sweet Home), but his boss already has a boyfriend. So Kakinuma Daishi, his childhood friend, agrees to take the place of Shinohara's boss and sleep with him. 2) Present It's Daishi birthday, however Shinohara completely forgot about it. But don't worry - Daishi will find a way to take a suitable present from Shinohara. 3) The Assistant's Love Sonata Daishi is writing a scenario about the lives of secretaries. He uses Shinohara's office as reference material. 4) The River of Honeymoon Daishi takes Shinohara on a trip into the mountains. 5) To Climb Love's High Mountain Ushiie Shintarou, beloved sempai to Hokari Kei, was killed three years ago in an avalanche. Since then, Kei has returned every year to the mountain. This year he is accompanied by Kabashima, an underclassman who really likes Kei. Can Kei's heart experience love again after such a tragic loss? 6) The Smiling Assassin Editor Michihara grows frustrated with his assistant - Tamaki - for making too many mistakes, but Tamaki always apologizes with a charming smile that irritates Michihara.

A boy at a mysterious school has been splashed with a 'reducing potion' and he's searching for a way to cure himself.

[From: Mangaupdates] A continuation of the oneshot Kaizoku Game in Ousama Game that features the rest of Kuuron's pirate crew. 1) Yuuki's older brother got caught at his pirate lover and was imprisoned on the ship. In the time he is being supervised by a cook. All the meals prepared are untouched and the cook got angry since all the crew recognized his talent... And the problems all start when some people don't like the relation between them... what will happen... till they have a good ending? 2) Rika, the first mate of Kuron, has been in love with Kuron for 8 long years. Even so, he never confessed his feelings and so he relieves his "other love" off the pirate ship. But one of this sex friends joined the crew... and decided to help Rika... but all that made Rika have other thoughts... what will he do? Accept the help...??!!

Akira has just ran away from home; Lying face-down on the floor, out in the pouring rain. By chance, a guy walked by and accidentally stepped on Akira's hand. The guy took Akira to his apartment, and they end up sleeping with each other. But after dropping akira off, he announces he wants nothing to do with Akira. What will akira do after this? Also to add, Akira's over-worrying friend Takumi who also likes Akira, and a teacher who'd threatened to do something to Akira's friend if akira doesn't give him what he wants...

Spin-off of "Koufuku no Susume" : the romance between Mizumo and Minori. Mizumo Hiraga is providing sex for money to bring up his brothers. The Otunari family have always been tender for the Hiraga's, like parents. Minori Otunari finds out Mizumo's dirty business and offers to pay in order to have sex with Mizumo. Their distorted physical relationship starts in this way, but Minori begins to love Mizumo seriously...

Summary from Fantasyshrine: Kokoro is a young bureaucrat from a family of pedigree. To better prepare himself of becoming a politician, he decides to travel abroad with his father’s secretary, Maki. Will Kokoro reach his destination with Maki…!? A 45 bonus pages included!

From Nakama: Without worries about girls or money, halfheartedly living Nishizaki meets the love of his life on campus. A lover who bites his lips when happy... Araya is always troublesome, gloomy, and without desire. Thinking of him, Nishizaki’s teeth always hurt...

[From DMP]: Toru is a shy and quiet student who has developed a special crush on his close friend Ryoji, the most popular member of the high school swim team. In front of Ryoji, Toru hides his feelings and acts as if he is just one of Ryoji's good friends, but in a moment out of the blue his world will be turned upside down as Ryoji will confess a secret desire for Toru. Dazzled, Toru can barely hide his excitement for Ryoji and quickly accepts his offer. As time passes, Toru's happiness begins to fade knowing that his affair with Ryoji was just a fling based out of Ryoji's sexual curiosity. Toru, adamant about his feelings for Ryoji, confides in another one of his close friend, Kashiwazaki, about his dilemma. The two set off to devise a plan to test Ryoji's true intentions by faking a romantic relationship. Soon after, a frustrated and jealous Ryoji attempts to pry Toru out of the arms of Kashiwazaki. Is it just as they planned? Yeah! That is of course until Toru realizes Kashiwazaki wasn't really faking! How could he not have seen it coming? Both Toru and Ryoji have hidden their feelings from each other in the past, but now they have discovered that they were not the only ones. Will Toru and Ryoji be reunited or will their true feelings for each other go unfulfilled?

Matthias, a child abused continuously by his mother, having committed her murder finds refuge in a church where he meets a seemingly helpful, young priest and Hans, a fellow resident. Not much time passes, however, until Matthias realizes that there's something suspicious going on behind the facade of a peaceful shelter... [summary taken from Aarinfantasy's website]

Tomoki is a playboy who thinks only about sex. But Kazuyuki, who's supposed to be his sex partner, confesses his love to Tomoki. Even though he thinks of this as a bother, it starts to develop into a love game! It's a bittersweet love story.

Yosemine Takumi is a difficult student to handle. He's used to get what he wants by using his family's strength in school. The new Infirmary Nurse, Tsutsui, is determined to change all that. He's not going to let himself be bullied by Yosemine, or anyone else, after all these years. But Yosemine has fallen head-over-heels in love with Tsutsui-sensei and set the goal on owning the nurse for himself!

Series of oneshots 1- Atelier- Art student Ritsu takes on Tagami, a teacher with a bad attitude. 2- Mad Dog Breeder- Kusugawa want to discover what his coworker Oka means when he says he get "desperate" when he drinks. 3- Longing for the Houseguest- Haruka and Jun are roommates and novelists. But after Jun's sloppy housekeeping makes Haruka injure his hands, guilty Jun needs to help Haruka any way he can. 4)- White Snow, Black Wings- ex-prostitute Mizuki and mafia assassin Katsuhiko are on the run from their former bosses. But Katsuhiko is sick. 5)Milk- A young man has a guy who wanders in and out of his life like a cat. 6)Twilight Amusement Park- Sensei is dating his student, Yoshii, who wants to quit school and work in an amusement park. But Yoshii's family wants him to study abroad. 7)Haruhi- His young patient dying of a mysterious illness, a doctor takes him on a trip to the sea.

In the Fuhoni! (Unwilling!) series: V.1 - Fuhoni! Hikawa Chihiro had always been a flirt until he met his match, Jyounouchi Haruhisa. Being the older one, he wanted to change the fact that he was the one being held. While having internal conflict, the appearance of a new younger rival, Koide, made Hikawa realized he had to be honest with himself or to risk losing Jyounouchi. What would he do? V.2 - Ran The continuation of Hikawa and Jyounouchi. What happened when Jyounouchi nii-san tried to break them up? When Hikawa found that Jyounouchi's new neighbor, Toba Kouhei, was his ex-classmate, he refused to go to Jyounouchi's place again. Toba asked Hikawa to join him as his business partner. What would Hikawa do? V.3 - Goku

Kouda’s job in Tokyo didn’t go well and now he lives as a cafeteria worker back in the country side. One day, he meets Nojima, who moves into the neighborhood, and becomes close with him, but finds out he’s the leader of the notorious Nojima group! But contrary to his reputation, Nojima asks Kouda to eat with him every day, and he can’t seem to sleep by himself because of the rumors that ghosts might appear in his house.

Michizure Policy Shinohara, who liked to take care of others like a mother, and Nishioka, who loved sweet things just like a kid (with big build), were good friends. Shinohara loved Nishioka, but was totally a coward when it comes to love. He always thought that “this love is impossible” and continued to be Nishioka’s good friend when he blurted out his feelings unintentionally. To Shinohara’s surprise, Nishioka accepted him and they started to go out. But Shinohara was having doubts and wouldn’t want to believe in Nishioka. What should Nishioka do? Uten Kekkou Rule College finals have kept Takao and Wakamiya apart, but now, even with the bad weather, Wakamiya rushes over to Takao's apartment for... some hot love. Takao, however, does not seem to be in the mood since he is the one that does everything. Tonight, Takao wants to be the one that is made to be "in the mood". But will Wakamiya still be in the mood after beng thrown into the shower with a "7 minute erection"?

A collection of short stories: 1) Onozomi no Mama ni Kaname has inherited an apartment for an elite from his rich but now deceased grandfather. The apartment comes along with a handsome butler, Hidaka . But there are influential people who want to separate them. 2,3,4) A Season For Three 5) The Imitation Lovers - "Would you be my pretend lover?" This unexpected question is posed to the person who has a one-sided love for the inquirer. - From Sweet Lunacy 6) Onozomi no Mama ni extra

Keeping their promise, Koga meet Iku-sempai up in Highschool after a short separation. Now, closer than before, Iku starts realizing a hidden feeling of his and struggle to keep it there, hidden. Koga on the other hand aim to prove that he adores Iku to the point of strong love. In the mist of love confusion, Iku treats Koga very meanly, this is because Iku want his feelings to be hidden from Koga, yet at the same time annoyed with the fact that Koga has yet to realize his feelings. Oh my, this is really a tough journey for Koga to Capture the Prince!

Sui is a brand new student at a boarding school. His dorm master is a sexy, studly college student called Daira, aka "King". Sui develops a crush on Daira which slowly deepens into mad love, only to be reciprocated by harsh words and a cold shoulder... Out of the blue, Daira forces himself on Sui! Hurt and confused, Sui turns to his childhood friend, Sosuke for comfort.

Collection of short stories: • Yume ni Tobu Tori (A Bird in a Dream) Soichiro has a heart attack and is hit by a car on Yuuga's birthday right after a huge fight, but gets a second chance when he wakes up two days before his accident. • Iku Michi, Yobu Tsuki Cutting through a dangerous park one night, Otsuji is attacked by hoodlums and thrown into a lake. There he meets the demon of the lake, and can't leave. • Moment Atsushi is slowy recovering after being dumped by his last lover. His sister and brother-in-law, concerned that he is becoming a recluse, invite him out for a drink at their bar. While at the bar he sees a beautiful college student, Kizaki, and is smitten. But because he has no fashion sense, Atsushi gets a makeover from his sister before he approaches his crush. Things go even better than he expected, but after their tryst, Atsushi has to work overtime for a week. When he finally makes it back to the bar, he sees Kizaki kissing someone else. Will Atsushi be forced to give up on his dream of love? • Hana mo Arashi mo The beginning of the love story between 2 childhood friends, Takerou (a student) and Kouta (a florist). The story looks like shota but actually the little uke (Kouta) is already 25. • Mayonaka Taiyou (Midnight Sun) Kakeru, Shouichi-san, and little Rurika are back in a sequel to Hinata. The unexpected visit of Shouichi's dead wife's sister convinces Kakeru that he's only a bother to the Konomi household. With Shouichi (and Ruri) allow him to simply leave their family?

The story happens in feudal era when with samurai and they love stories. Asato lives with Koume, his housekeeper, in a huge house due to familiar reasons, till the day Asato finds Kichiza badly injured due to some assassins. How come Asato starts his love for Kichuza and how it will go end while Asato is being in constant danger?