TOP MANGA OF THE WEEK

Satoki Houma is an imaginative girl who enjoys shoujo manga. She has long comes to terms with the fact she will never be the type of girl that is the heroine of a manga — purely because she isn’t pretty, and she has decided she prefers to watch events unfold rather that get involved in any case. However, in the perfect shoujo manga twist, one day she gets dragged to an alternate world where the people have summoned a Holy Maiden to save them…!Except so did her classmate, Haruka Toudou, who fits the exact model of a Shoujo Protagonist. Naturally, Satoki is overlooked for Haruka… except it’s not Haruka who has the powers of the Holy Maiden they wished for. What will Satoki do!?

1/100 000 – A story about a destiny between the lines of cruelty and joy2nd year high school student Rino Sakuragi has been in love with Ren Kiritani, a member of her friends-circle since junior high.Rino, who cannot love either her character nor body, is incredibly shy towards the popular Kiritani.“Being friends suits me just fine. After all, I don’t want to be hated once he gets to know the real me…”Even though she’s resigned herself to that, she cannot help but stay in love with Kiritani as he keeps on dropping suggestive lines like “Cute.” or “What do you think about me?”…“I want the person I love to really get to know the real me.But because it’s the person I love, I need more courage!!”1/100 000 – A story about a destiny between the lines of cruelty and joy by the master of pure love romance Kaho Miyasaka. [English translation of Japanese description done by Akilovescookies (Cookie Revolution Scans)]

A love-comedy story of a shikigami finally start!

Azusa, a normal high school girl, fell down the stairs while visiting her grandmother in the hospital two months ago. When she awoke, she was surrounded by people speaking of "The Priestess of the Dragon God," "The Imperial Capital," and "The Taisho (Era)."The legend starts again with this work, commemorating the 15th anniversary of the Haruka series!

The story of a former idol (now an office worker), and a super elite businessman (with a potentially dark past). Miyu Tachibana is a former idol. Since her days of stardom, she has put on weight , cut her long, silky hair, and hidden herself behind a pair of black, thick-rimmed glasses. What's more, the screw manufacturer she now works for is struggling to stay in business. One day, Miyu encounters a new potential client representative by the name of Mr. Shiga. An elite businessman, Shiga seems calm and collected at first, but his angry stare and odd conduct seem to suggest there might be more to him. When another client representative discovers Miyu's former identity, he tries coercing her into the bedroom. His plans are dashed, however, when Shiga steps in to protect Miyu. But then, shortly after saving her, he pushes her down on the bed and says "If you can do it with a guy like that, then surely you can do it with me!" Could it be that Shiga has a hidden past of his own...!?

Ah-chan and Ryouko, childhood friends eight years apart, are now teacher and student. Though Ryouko wants to rush into things, Ah-chan can’t take one step beyond her role as a teacher. After receiving a matching cellphone charm as a present, Ah-chan buys paired rings for a return gift, only to realise that she’s lost the charm…!?The distance between them shrinks away in “STEP UP”; a girl in love with Ryouko appears in “STEP FORWARD”; and then “step by step” calls for tears of joy with wedding dress x wedding dress… The road to love between Ryouko and Ah-chan is bountiful.Also included are “Leave hickey?”, about the radiant proof of love school girl Kimu carves into the body of the art teacher Miyano-sensei; and “secret love”, not previously published in a commercial magazine!

Chiyoko's heart is broken by the news of her best friend's engagement. All she has left is her skill as a pâtissière, yet it's that same skill that brings the cheerful young Mikan into her life.In addition to “chocolate orange,” there are more slightly bitter stories that range from adult love to tragic love in this collection of heartrendingly sweet girls’ love.(Collected series of Takemiya Jin doujinshi).

A high school girl is in love with her good friend, but he already has a girlfriend. She decided to hide her feelings and go about her normal day. But when she gets set up by a friend to go to karaoke, a sempai takes interest in her. How will things turn out for our heroine?Source: silverflame9

Spring of 1921 in the Taisho era, Ichijou Maria had lost her parents and entrusted herself to a friend's family. She leaves the house when the father became physical with her. Maria wanders the town and collapses in front of her old house. She is saved by a young doctorm Toudou Sei. There, she learns the house is currently being used as a dorm by the doctors of Imperial Maria Hospital. Remembering her fathers' words, "I was tricked by Toudou!" she works there as a maid under a fake alias in order to find the truth...(Source: Decadence)

Voice actor otaku Suzuna meets a boy with the ideal handsome voice, Tachibana Waku.She wants to get friendly with him but Waku is acting cold..."So heart melting you can't help but smile!" A younger tsundere boy and a girl obsessed with him scenes o’ plenty! Whispering sweet nothings, tin-can phones, handsome voices, loaded with moe situations! Settled firmly in the first position of comico novel category, continuously receiving good reviews and high praises from its readers. Now it’s time to raise the curtain on this youthful love started with a voice!

Assistant Manager Yumihara is known for her perfectionist side and strict attitude among all her coworkers. But behind that, she likes to stop by to a certain coffee shop to play at some old machine games. Suddenly, one of her coworker happened to stop by at the same coffee shop. What will happen next? Will she be found out? A rom-com that is fun, fresh, and fitted for you who loves games.

Newly-instated detective Ishida Tomohiro returns home one day to find a naked man in his house. He asks Tomohiro to identify himself, only to vanish into thin air before the startled young man can come up with a response.Soon afterwards, Tomohiro becomes tangled up in an odd situation involving a killer sword that can possess people. Then the same guy shows up again: this time fully clothed and actually physically present. "Kyousuke" is a member of the supernatural task force affiliated with the police, and Tomohiro ends up being transferred there. Now he'll have to handle all sorts of bizarre and out-of-this-world situations alongside his extremely quirky new colleagues!

One day Taku and his sister Tamaki find themselves on a foreign planet called Slaffleaze. The planet is ruled by the more intelligent creatures, who are led by Zolba (in the name of the king). Zolba plots to invade the world they know as Capricorn (the Earth) to obtain more power. Taku and Tamaki have to stop him before Zolba opens the way to the Earth. In order to do so, they have to gain the trust of Mona, the last remaining member of the Yappi clan, who is the ancestral guardian of Slaffleaze.

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While Aida Kiyoka is working at her part-time cleaning job, she suddenly trips to a parallel universe. A kind lady takes her in and she begins her new life there. However she faces one big problem, normal households in this world do not have bathtubs! As a person who has an unusual love for cleanliness and loves taking baths, for Kiyoka this is an utterly unbearable situation. However, one day, she hears that the King is recruiting a side consort. She thinks, ‘If I become a consort, won’t I be able to have baths every day?’ and immediately applies. A unique trip fantasy, about a girl who loves to clean and her road to her dreamed bath.http://www.alphapolis.co.jp/manga/viewOpening/330000160/

A young coffee shop worker dreams of finding love.

A collection of stories:• Hiragana Sen, Aiu Eki Yori (From Aiu Station on the Hiragana Line)Asaki has her life all planned out: she is going to win a beauty contest, become a newscaster, and marry into wealth. One day she is helped by a delinquent-looking girl named Tsune on the train and her plans begin to change...• Shoujo Planetarium (Girls' Planetarium)Suzuki and Satou are classmates but barely interact due to their different personalities. One day Suzuki sees Satou getting picked up by an older woman and when noticed gets dragged along by her to Satou’s chagrin.- Yuri Project• Isshun no Asterism (Ephemeral Asterism)• Eien ni Shoujo (Forever Girls)A ghost named Mizuki returns to her old home to discover a family she does not know. There, she meets a child named Misao who is the only person who can see or interact with her. This is the story of their relationship as Misao grows up.• Otona no Kaidan no Shita (At the Bottom of the Stairway to Adulthood)Natsu has never had a good relationship with her older sister, Aki, or her friends she always brings home. One day Aki brings home a girl that is quite a bit different than all the others and Natsu immediately likes her. When she overhears Aki and her friends talking about the new girl behind her back Natsu thinks, "If only she was my friend instead..."• Shoujo Seizu (Girls Star Map)-----

It takes all of Yuusuke's courage to approach super cool and brash classmate Mukogawa. But with a casual, "Ok.", Mukogawa agrees, and suddenly Yuusuke is being pulled along at Mukogawa's pace.-------Alternative story to another oneshot by the same author:Otona no Manaa (Alternate Story)

When his love stricken brother commits suicide in his youth, the footsteps left behind lead him to a detective. Because of the unusual scent of the cigarette the neighbor smokes, a maze of suspicion and doubt are created that reach the courts. A story of a painter living in isolation on the outskirts of a town, and a young man who becomes entranced with a secret painting by his grandfather. Know at the end you cannot turn back when the enigma that is love calls.Three thrilling love stories.

Himoto Sora is a transfer student with a sense of justice and dreams of becoming a knight. Upon arriving at Utopia Gakuen, she learns of a virtual reality-like game played by the male students in which they use girls as weapons in battles for status and treat them as commodities. Seeing one of these girls being abused she steps in and through some sort of error unwittingly becomes the first female participant of the game.

From Hoshikuzuu Scans:Susume is a total and utter masochistic bottom. He blows his nights having fun with guys, no strings attached. His crazy lifestyle then catches the attention of his childhood friend, Momo. Susume knows this and also the fact that Momo likes him, but he pretends to be oblivious. But one day, Momo tells him that he's always loved him. And Susume's response to that was, "Let's try going out once", but...

A collection of short stories.This volume is the second half of a bunkoban also collecting the previously scanlated Man-Eater.

Iwakura Kazumi is currently down on his luck after his company goes down. While trying to rebuild his business and in need of a place to stay, he takes up the caretaker position at the Maneki Neko Jinja, a small shrine built by his great-grandmother in honor of cats. But he soon finds out that he has to share the space with someone–or something: three bakeneko who have been living there for a long time, and who seem to know his great-grandmother. Now he has to learn how to deal not only with the three cats, but also with the people who come and go to the shrine.

Ginga begins his freshman year in high school by living alone in order to escape his stern father and begin a new life. However, his new life seems to be full of the unexpected...?!