Manga written by Mangaka Ikuemi Ryou:

Torch Song Ecology

The story follows Kiyotake, a man with no aim or accomplishments in life. He’s an actor who lands extra roles at best, works multiple part-time jobs to barely support himself, and has few personal attachments. His best friend Shun died when he was 19 in an accident and he now has a few casual friends. This expands when an old acquaintance moves in next door…

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Chapter 17

8 months ago
Drama Slice of Life Tragedy
Itoshi no Niina

One afternoon, Atsushi's best friend from childhood, Masa, informs him, "I kidnapped Niina Aota." Niina, whose popular nickname is "Nina", is the girl Masa fell in love with at first sight on the train attending school. Atsushi found it unexpected and hard to believe, until he heads over to Masa's apartment and discovers that Nina has really been kidnapped….

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Chapter 29

1 year ago
Psychological Romance Comedy Drama
Childrens Garden

Saho, in her opinion's, lived a pretty happy life up until now with her mangaka father and a grandmother she lovingly calls "Granny." Sure, they don't have the luxuries of more wealthy families, and she hates how her father has NO care for his fashion sense when he lounges around in sweats all day, but when it comes right down to it, she couldn't love her home more. However, their peaceful life's disrupted one day when they receive a phone call saying that Saho's mother, who had left her father years ago taking Saho's older brother with her, had passed away. This leads to Mugi, a brother she hadn't seen in ten years, coming to live with them. She has a hard time adjusting to life with the brother she'd only known from faded family photographs–and his selfish and egocentric nature's not helping matters! Will they ever learn to get along? -Also includes "P.S. I LOVE HER" which is a sequel to her 5-volume series "I LOVE HER" (<https://mangadex.org/title/1ea1df64-f6d0-4685-9f3a-4a456e9a49b0/i-love-her>)

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Chapter 7.1

1 year ago
Romance Drama Slice of Life
Kuramochi Book

Tribute book for the 45th anniversary of Kuramochi Fusako as an artist.

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Chapter 19

3 years ago
Principal

Shima, who is an outcast at her school and unable to get along with her mother’s third husband, decides to move out to Sapporo and live with her father. There she meets Wao and Gen, the most popular and idolized boys in her class. Even though she knows she would be shunned by every girl in school for hanging out with them, she still does it anyway, because she has fallen in love, and she just can’t help it.

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Romance Comedy Drama Slice of Life
Kiyoku Yawaku

Yuma is having trouble warding off perverts every morning on her way to school. Her classmate Suwa starts going to school with her, in order to protect her, and the two become a couple. However, Yuma is also interested in her biology teacher who rides the same train as her every morning, and… The work depicts each character's growth and daily love life, particularly high school girls, in an omnibus format with several complete episodes. Content: ACT 1: Yuma-hen ACT 2: Kanna-hen ACT 3: Mizuki-hen ACT 4: Ai-hen ACT 5: Kazue-hen ACT 6: Roku-hen ACT 7: Momoka-hen. ACT 8: Nene-hen ACT 9: Asami-hen ACT 10: Final chapter: Kanna-hen --- - **Won the 33rd Kodansha Manga Award for Shojo in 2009**

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Chapter 5b

3 years ago
Romance Drama Slice of Life
POPS

Kusuko has a secret crush on the resident class playboy, Mishima. But with his constant rotation of ever changing girls on his arm, she keeps a safe distance. Mishima takes her stand-off-ish attitude for coldness and confronts her about it; however, they manage to overcome the misunderstandings and even begin dating! The more she gets to know him, the harder she finds herself falling, but one day, she overhears him talking to another girl on the phone…

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Chapter 8

3 years ago
School Life Romance Drama
A Rose-Colored Tomorrow

- I Can Hear the Ghostly Drum-Beating The first guy Rika ever falls for turns out to be her older sister's fiancé. However, her sister's dream since she was a child was to be a bride, and ever since her engagement to another guy didn't work out a few years earlier due to her not being able to conceive, Rika swore to do everything in her power to help her sister fulfill her dream. Does that include helping her marry the guy that she's in love with?! - Like Snow Falling on Harbor Yori runs into Kurita, a girl he knew from basketball club back in high school. Back then, she was a quiet girl who had a quirky oddness to her. When he runs into her out of coincidence two years later, however, he finds that she's become an out-going (if not slightly high-strung) girl. A few weeks after their chance meeting, he receives a phone call from the hospital saying she had tried to kill herself, and he finds out the true reason for the drastic change. Includes other stories. This manga won the Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo in 2000. Related: - [Osusume Boyfriend](https://mangadex.org/title/f201268f-fdbd-4dd3-9725-d15a56f894ed/osusume-boyfriend) (Contains a sequel to "Like Snow Falling on Harbor")

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Chapter 12

4 years ago
Romance Drama Slice of Life
Cousin

18 year old Tsubomi has a bit of a weight complex. After graduation from high school, she takes up a part-time job at a video rental store where she is introduced to another male employee, 19 year old Shiro, whose shifts always seem to coincide with hers. Shiro casually mentions that she reminds him of someone familiar. A few days later, while on duty, she bumps into a customer in one of the aisles. He leaves, but not without dropping his membership card, and Tsubomi finds out that his name is Nasukawa, and that he is an acquaintance of Shiro's. Meanwhile, after a song for a commercial comes on, Shiro realizes that Tsubomi reminds him of a famous model in a commercial (her "eyes", at least), who turns out to be none other than Tsubomi's cousin…?!

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Chapter 30.5

4 years ago
Romance Slice of Life
Whether the People or the Moon

This is a manga about the various family members of the Hagami residence. Meet the oldest son Aki, the eldest daughter Hirono, the second daughter Honoka, the parents, the grandparents, the dog Komaru and the cat Poseidon. The first chapter is about Hirono and a peculiar ghost experience.

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Chapter 3

5 years ago
Romance Comedy Drama Slice of Life
Honey Bunny!

A story of unrequited love and alien possession! Chiyo, a homely high school girl, hates the handsome Tsubaki for his cruel ways, but she can't help but have a crush on him at the same time. Pushed to the breaking point, she prays for him to go away, and that's just what happens. But where does alien possession fit into all of this? Read and find out. This is a shoujo manga like no other!

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Chapter 7

6 years ago
Romance Comedy
Ketchup Mayonnaise

- Ketchup Mayonnaise Atsushi's bar-tending mom remarries to a rich, strait-laced (if not slightly old) salaryman. They move into their new house, and he can now sleep in a bed fit for a Prince! With the union, they've become one big happy family with him, his mom, his new step-dad, his step-dad's kids Peter and Kurara, and the ghost of his ex-wife….wait, what?! - The Spring of Water Maki should be on cloud nine—she's snagged the boyfriend of her dreams after finally confessing her love for him on the train platform, with a little help from her friend Fumika. They've even passed the half year mark in dating when everyone around them predicted they wouldn't last a month. Why is it then that she's starting to get the feeling that this was all a mistake? - Chocolate Ice Cream Sakura's been in love with Niiya ever since she wound up in the same class as him back in elementary school. Niiya, however, doesn't seem to be as enthusiastic about her. So of course, when God gives her the chance to change her face to one he'd madly fall for, she readily agrees! Who does she become? And does she finally get her man after 14 years of unrequited love?

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Chapter 3

7 years ago
Romance Comedy Drama Slice of Life
Its Ok if There Is Love

Mizutani Yoshiki is a 21 year old working as an assistant director for TV shows. His friends from back in high school are all jealous because they think that he's able to rub elbows with celebrities but in reality, he's so far down the TV industry hierarchy that he's more the resident lap dog relegated to doing everyone else's dirty work. One day, he gets assigned to help out with filming for the latest "it" drama. The lead female actress turns out to be none other than Fujiidera Mitsuko, the girl he had a crush on back in high school who's now become one of the hottest rising stars in the acting world. As he quickly finds out though, she's nothing like the shy, quiet girl he knew from back in high school. What happened to her for her to have changed so much? Includes another story ・「My dear B・F」 Ever since the car accident that ended her dreams of becoming a short track athlete, Yumi's been struggling to pick up the pieces and move on. One day, a mysterious boy who calls himself "Jiro" crashes into her in the school hallway. They quickly build up a close friendship—but there's something strange about him that she just can't put her finger on. Who is he really?

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Chapter 8

7 years ago
Romance Drama Slice of Life
I Love Her

Hana, a 16 year old who's a bit of a tomboy, is dumped by her boyfriend when she moves to Sapporo after her parent's divorce. On her first night there, she comes across a young guy who is seemingly too ill to walk. He ends up collapsing on her and is quickly rushed to the hospital. As it turns out, he's Hiroto, her next door neighbor. The next day, when she goes to her new school for the first time, she finds out that he's actually a teacher and that he's the teacher of her class! With his out-going personality and friendly demeanor, he gets along with everyone, but she notices there's something a little different going on between him and Nishiwaki, a classmate of hers who the others write off as a "cold-hearted beauty." Hana always runs into him on her way to school, and as she gets to know him more, she finds herself falling for him! Things get even more messy when her boyfriend who broke up with her comes to Sapporo saying that he wants to give their relationship another shot!

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Chapter 22

7 years ago
School Life Romance Comedy
I Want To Keep Gazing At You

Machiko should be floating on cloud nine. She's snagged the most popular guy in her grade and she's finally been able to form a close friendship with someone in her class for the first time in her life. But things aren't so simple - the other girls in the class are quick to accuse her of not being serious about her new boyfriend, and bad rumors are starting to spread around the school about her. So when she meets Takaya, a rebellious teenager who's in the same grade as her younger sister, she can't help but be drawn to him, and he seems equally attracted to her. Who will she choose?

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Chapter 6

7 years ago
School Life Romance Slice of Life
Osusume Boyfriend

At the start of high school, Takae fell in love with Araki. However, Araki just happens to be indifferent to love. Against her better judgement, she begins dating someone else, but that relationship turned out to be a big mistake…What will become of Takae's love!? Includes an extra story: "Yori-chan has a Love That'll Never be Requited" (Sequel to "Like Snow Falling on Harbor" from [A Rose-Colored Tomorrow](https://mangadex.org/title/6382e96a-2416-499c-8c05-48e123531afb/barairo-no-ashita) ) It's been over five years since Yori watched the car that his best friend and Kurita, the girl he was in love with, were riding crash into another car, leaving Kurita in a coma that she hasn't come out of since. His best friend, who had also been in love with Kurita then, has already moved on and found himself a new girlfriend. For Yori though, time stopped that horrific day many years ago. Can his distant cousin, a spunky teenage girl who harbors a huge crush towards him, make him realize that it's time to let go?

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Chapter 3

7 years ago
Romance Drama
Whether Im Here or Not

Shouko's life is a mess. Her boyfriend's a cheater, a steady job is a phrase that isn't in her vocabulary, and at home, things aren't any better with her mom being so focused on her older brother that she might as well be nonexistant. However, her life takes a sudden turn when she bumps into an old friend from middle school. Her friend, Maki is now a popular mangaka, and when she's asked to help her out part-time as an assistant, she readily agrees. It is there at Maki's house, that she meets Hajime, a budding mangaka/assistant who also happens to be Maki's boyfriend. There's something about him that inextricably draws her to him…

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Chapter 12

7 years ago
Romance Drama Slice of Life
A Song for You

After a very public (and humiliating) break-up with her last boyfriend, things couldn't get any worse for 18 year old Emiko. Things start looking up however, when a good-looking guy stops her in the middle of the street to offer her tickets to an upcoming rock concert. As it turns out, he's just one of three brothers from the Kanita family: Gaku - 18, Youji - 19, and Masaki - 23. A chance encounter with his older brother, Youji, leads to a whirlwind romance. He's impulsive, hot-headed, and even a bit self-centered, but she finds his frankness, though brutal at times, refreshing and she ends up falling for him….HARD. An unexpected turn comes her way however when it's revealed that Youji and Yuri, a close friend of hers from back in middle school, knew each other before she met Youji. They don't seem to get along at all—-what happened between them? Also contains one-shot: "I'm Going to Become That Star" Sanshiro, a happy-go-lucky 17 year old, gets a serious head injury that lands him in a coma after he jumps into the road to save a girl from an oncoming car! During his comatose state, he's told by a mysterious being (aka his pet turtle that died ages ago) that the girl he saved is actually the reincarnated form of the lover he had to part with in his previous life! Well, that's great and all, but the reincarnated form of his lover turns out to be…a 9 year old girl?!

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Chapter 11.5

7 years ago
Romance Drama Slice of Life
Baby Blue

Harumi's your typical grade 9 girl. Sure, she still sleeps with her stuffed animal that she dubbed "Umetaro," and her ability to sense snow before it falls is labelled as just plain "weird" by her friends, but otherwise, she's your average girl just like any other. When her mother accidentally ruins her stuffed animal though by accidentally spilling coffee all over it, it sets the ball rolling for a series of events that changes her outlook on life. She even meets a young guy working at a local knick knacks shop who reminds her of her beloved Umetaro! As she gets to know him more, she begins to realize that there is someone out there in the world who'll accept her for who she is. Also contains an extra story: ・10 Nen mo 20 Nen mo (10, 20 Years from Now) Konashi is a hard-working swimming buff who's focused on becoming good enough to land himself a spot in the upcoming summer swim competition. One day while heading to the pool to swim as always, he spots a guy he's never seen before standing on the jumping board with his clothes and shoes still on. As it turns out—he's Eguchi, the resident class "mystery" who's only ever attended one of his classes. As they get talking, Konashi realizes he's nothing like the rumours made him out to be—and so began a quirky brief friendship that leaves a strong impression on him even years later.

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Chapter 3

8 years ago
School Life Romance Drama Slice of Life
Anata no Koto wa Sorehodo

A fortuneteller once told her, "Marry the second man you fall in love with." Medical clerk Miyoshi did just that. However, upon leaving a drinking party, she bumps into her first love, Arishima. Feelings reignite between the two, yet Arishima is married and Miyoshi already has an amicable husband…

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Chapter 4

8 years ago
Romance Drama
Every Time the Sun Rises

Hiraku's a slightly moody college student who's been having a hard time getting used to his new big-city life. A flamboyantly gay guy's latched onto him like a leech and follows him around wherever he goes, and a girl who he had a one-night stand with comes up to him telling him that she's pregnant and demands money from him so that she can go and get an abortion. Amidst all this chaos, one glaring question crystallizes in the minds of all those around him —who is it that he really loves?

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Chapter 3

8 years ago
Comedy Drama Slice of Life