TOP MANGA OF THE WEEK

Sae Akino, who works at an apparel company, Lila, has a younger assistant, Kamiyama. Kamiyama works hard even though Sae is rough on him. He is someone Sae can count on, but he also tells her: "You're my type, Ms. Akino." One day, Sae gets fired suddenly unreasonably. Kamiyama tells Sae, who is very depressed, "If you'd be my maid, I can get your job back at Lila." He calls Sae by her first name and gets her into bed as if his personality has changed all of a sudden. Why does Kamiyama obsess over Sae so much? He also seems to have known her for a long time...

The ace of the arts department, Izumi, goes by a different alias on the internet: Iz. Together with the composer Kanon, they make music videos. Izumi admires Kanon as a woman greatly, and the two chat with each other every day. One day, Sagami transfers to the music department of the school and Sagami and Izumi dislike each other very much. But Sagami's true identity is Kanon!He realizes that Iz=Izumi, but Izumi doesn't know and acts very coldly towards him...!?

Saijou Kiki is a model and child star, but with the release of her new commercial, her popularity skyrockets. At school, she harbours feelings for Takumi-kun... but she somehow ends up kissing Teppei, his friend?! And what's more, they've switched bodies due to some sort of old legend?!

A young chef gets hired by a mysterious group!

Featured in this collection are: A yakuza/cop couple with a painful way of showing their love for each other, a guy who films AV's and his subject, a butler and his master, and an art student pining away for his senpai.

Ken is a super fan of the the idol group Planet, or to be precise, a hardcore idol otaku. One day, while pre-ordering the latest idol goods, he notices the salesperson to be a really flashy guy. But that guy turns out to be a student at the school where Ken works! "Please keep quiet about my hobbies," begs the desperate Ken, and his devilish student agrees, but on the condition, "From today on, be my dog."

“Falna…as long as a Ragtonia lives, the Necromancer will feed off of their life force. He took too much from you. He killed you. But I can give your life back to you, if you’ll choose to start living as a Liesian again & fight the Necromancer. When the Necromancer attacked this country, several thousand people were killed. Several thousand more had parts of their bodies stolen. They all became Ragtonia. Kill the Necromancer, release the Ragtonia and free this country from horror & destruction.”

Nonokawa was reunited with his former best friend, Kouya, when he returned to his hometown after it sunk under the dam 12 years ago. It was also 12 years ago when he suddenly started lusting after his best friend... Will the feelings buried deep in his heart be exposed once again?

During her 1st year of high school at Christmas time, Mimi met two handsome boys with really bad personalities. After advancing to 2nd year, all three of them ended up in the same class where they became the class representatives.

A light hearted story about a little accident that brings a high school student to develop a closer relationship with his “good-for-nothing”, older, second cousin.

This is Ishiko's first BL manga. Akimoto is the owner of a small variety shop. One day, an unsociable picture book author called Laurence shows up at his doorstep. Laurence came to japan due to work, and Akimoto's friend asks him to look after him. He's the author of Anneli, a book Akimoto holds dear.

“Use me as much as you want as if you’re doing it by yourself…” Mutou, a university student, just started to live alone for the first time. In his new place, he met his next door neighbor, Uematsu, a translator living in a really old house haunted by the past. In a time where flowers are in full bloom in spring, Mutou begin to feel happiness and attraction from spending time together with Uematsu on his porch. However, Mutou came to hear that Uematsu had someone important that he can't forget...Will Uematsu be able to open up to Mutou at the end?A slow brewing sweet romance begins now!

On a cold winter day, a man visits Inose Azuma and his sick mother. Matsuoka Sueji used to work for the Inose family and now works as a lender. He then offers much needed assistance to Azuma and his mother. At first, Azuma is suspicious of Matsuoka, but Matsuoka confesses that he is there to return a favor. After seeing that, Azuma slowly becomes attracted to Matsuoka. However, where will Matsuoka draw the line? For two individuals born and raised under different conditions, winter, spring, summer and fall pass between these two.

The title character, Maruko, is a nine-year-old third-grade student. She is lazy, disorganized and usually late for school, in strong contrast with her neat and tidy older sister who must share her room with her. Maruko, like many kids, tries to avoid homework and chores, takes advantage of her doting grandfather and squabbles with her sister. Nevertheless, she is a well-meaning child who tries to do good. Other characters include Maruko's classmate and best friend Tama-chan. A fan favorite is Maruko's kind but absent-minded grandfather. Naive and easily tricked, he keeps a pet turtle and loves watching TV with Maruko. When feeling distressed or nostalgic, he spontaneously retreats to a surreal inner world for a few seconds to improvise a sad yet comical haiku about his state of mind.

Although only 19 years old, using his good looks and his body as a weapon, Kanzaki Nao is a natural gigolo. Being stabbed after a breakup, he is saved by a refined and dangerous man who is a Yakuza — Murou Ryouichi, boss of the Ichinose-group. Stopping Nao from leaving the city after his wounds have healed, Murou brings him to his apartment and offers him a deal in order to pay for Nao’s treatment.Even though Murou tells him that he’s “not interested in brats”, he’s contradicting his words when he starts kissing Nao like a lover. What will happen to Nao who swears by himself that he definitely won’t fall in love…..?

Collection of 4 oneshots• Nostradamus to Sakaki-kun A girl meets a boy who can see the future — what will happen?• Himitsu Mittsu • Tonari no Kanata• Keep a Diary

Tsuzuki hasn't seen his older brother, his only blood relative, in about ten years. Living this family-free lifestyle, he falls in with some bad acquaintances. But in these circumstances, his older brother Hajime suddenly shows up?! From a new and brilliant artist with the passionate support of Canna's army of authors, a mind-blowing debut work!

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"Your smile is as cute as that of an angel's...!" Fast food part-timer, Tachibana Souta, receives a love confession over the counter from one of the regulars, a salaryman named Kanzaku Tooru. Because he was causing a scene over the register, Souta relents and gives him his email. After that, he gets messages from him every single day. He thought nothing of them at first, but they've been coming in persistently and Souta slowly came to anticipate these messages. But one time, when Souta rejects Kanzaki as per usual, the man tells him, "I won't come see you anymore." Before he knew it, he had fallen for him. An outrageous and reckless love development!

Yutaka gets his yearly letter from his beloved older brother, but this summer something is different about it...

fter trying and failing to confess to his crush Amekawa-kun in middle school, shy and introverted Iishima thinks that if only he were cute like a girl, he too would be able to express his love to the guy he likes. Flashforward several years and Iishima's working part-time as a crossdresser, something that's both enjoyable and empowering for him. But then he finds out that Rina-san, his crossdressing colleague, is none other than Amekawa-kun!

When a certain man is released from prison, he knows exactly where he's heading first. After falling in love with a traditional comic storyteller's rendition of the story called "Shinigami," he is determined to become his apprentice. The performer, Yakumo, has never taken an apprentice before, but to everyone's surprise, he accepts the eager ex-prisoner, nicknaming him "Yotaro." As Yotaro happily begins his new life, he meets others in Yakumo's life, including Yakumo's ward Konatsu. Konatsu was the daughter of a famous storyteller, and Yakumo took her in after her father's tragic death. Konatsu loved her father's storytelling, and would love to become a performer in her own right--but that path is not available for women. [tethysdust]

“Taku-chan is my hero.” The cheerful and caring Takumasa and the quiet Ken, there’s a deep reason why these two started exchanging diary although it seems childish. They’ve been doing it for 5 years and now it has become their special daily routine which connects them to each other. That’s why they should’ve known everything about each other… but Takumasa is surprised hearing from his classmate that Ken’s in love!! Aside from the main story, there are also other 2 super cute one-shots ❤

It’s not that she tries to keep to herself, exactly: It’s just that everyone seems to look right through her! Naturally, Sakuya Tohno has a complex about it. She says she’s just like air: ever present, but never seen. All she wants is a friend, but building relationships isn’t exactly easy for someone who is, for all intents and purposes, invisible. But then she hears a legend about the “Thousand-Year Sakura” and how, if one makes a wish beneath its perpetually-blossoming boughs, it’s sure to come true. So in a moment of desperation, she races to the tree, only to find four very attractive boys waiting for her… And at that moment, beneath the cherry blossoms of the ever-blooming Thousand-Year Sakura, something incredible happens!