"Want to grab some lunch?" an invitation from a white-rabbit loking woman for a special meal.

Makio Kodai (35), a novelist, cannot bear to see her niece Asa (15) being passed around by relatives at the funeral of her sister and her husband, and decides to take her in on the spur of the moment. However, although she took her niece home, she came to her senses the next day and her natural shyness kicked in. Makio had forgotten how unsuitable she was to live with someone. Asa, on the other hand, is not shy and agrees to live with Maki, an "adult who is not like an adult," in an unusual but honest way. This is the story of when two polar opposite worlds awkwardly try to interact.

1. Edge of Her 2. Lightning 3. Satanic Sweet 4. Before the Dawn of the Hunchback 5. Beautiful Movie 6. Mud: *a pure but unusual love story of a girl who ventures into femdom.*

Thanks to her parents' incompetence, Taeko is sent to live with an acquaintance of her father. But when she rings the bell of her new home, she's greeted at the door by her new roommate, a completely and utterly shameless nudist named Masuda. Why exactly is he presenting himself in the buff to an innocent high-school girl…? Of course, their shocking first meeting sends Taeko's 17-year-strong values tumbling to the ground! "Is he for real?!" "Am I going nuts?!" It's too late for tears, so *Don't Cry, Girl* - a hilarious teen comedy ♪!

Two women sitting on a plate of grilled meat. A man daydreams as he eats prosciutto. A woman thinks as she puts her hand into the bran. For those who don't know love, the miracle of sausage is here. An omnibus that celebrates love and appetite, brought to you by the genius Yamashita Tomoko!

Before Minari knew he was gay, he convinced himself he was incapable of falling in love. Having spent the last five years settling for just sex with a friend from high school, he surprises himself by falling in love with and impetuously confessing to an acquaintance, Shinkawa. But will Minari's fragile ego be able to withstand the fear and uncertainty of a real love relationship?

Each of the high school students in the small dance club is there for a different reason. Natsu joined due to her love of hip-hop dance, and Haba Takahiro's presence is all thanks to some relentless bullies. Whatever brought them all to the club, they're now learning about the different styles of social dance from the skillful vice president Kazumi and the hesitant president Hajime. As they learn the joys of dancing, they will also grow closer to each other…

These stories are about love, desire and friendship of women. Told by women.

Decades ago, the tiny town of Hanaizawa was cut off from the rest of the world by an invisible wall, a wall that nothing living can pass through. The younger residents have grown up only knowing the outside world through what they see and hear in the media. These are the stories of their everyday lives, the good and the bad, as they live out their days in a tiny town that no one can enter and no one can leave – a town which, by its isolated nature, is destined to fade away.

Odamaki Hana, 17, female, high schooler. Kine Shougo, 38, male, engineer. One day, they suddenly swap bodies. After living in the other's body for a year, they meet again by chance. The man in the girl's body has refined their look and is now a model; the girl in the man's body lost their job and is treated as an amnesiac. The "self" they now encounter has become an entirely different "self"…

Kazu, the owner of a run-down coffee shop, becomes the inadvertent host to Renji, a young man who sees through Kazu's hunger for the touch of another.

Teshima Hibari is a 14-year-old girl with a body that is more sensual than most girls her age. Her story includes the opinions and reactions of all of the people around her, as well as the actions of her own life. The chapters explore the thoughts and feelings of classmates and adults, men and women. The males often have romantic or sexual feelings for Hibari, while the women sometimes have feelings of inferiority or jealousy. Whether positive or negative, it seems everyone has a reaction to Hibari.

Volume 1 1: Umi to Heavy Smoker – Eda Yuuri & Mineshima Nawako 2: Tora to Tou-chan Saigo no Ichinichi – Aruku 3: Stroboscope – Yamashita Tomoko 4: Erabareru Yoru – Momoka 5: Tooi Hi no Atosaki (The Consequences Of A Faraway Day) – Moto Haruhira 6: Kimi Dake ni Ai wo – Kawai Hideki 7: Kigengire no Hatsukoi – Konohara Narise & Itoi Nozo Volume 2 1: 「BLUE BIRD.」 – Asia Watanabe 2: First Bite 「ファーストバイト」 – Kakine 3: Saigo no Bansan 「最後の晩餐」– Ootsuki Miu 4: Kuroi Megane to Akai Bara 「くろい眼鏡とあかい薔薇」 – Kobato Mebaru 5: 「DEAD WHITE.」 – Billy Balibally 6: 「home sweet home」– Gotou 7: Kimi no Naka ni 「キミの中に」– Homura Jiko 8: Nobetsu Maku Nashi 「のべつ幕なし」– Kawa

Tanuki, a suicidal law consultant, shares an unlikely friendship with Asagi, who is half-immersed in the underworld. But when Asagi's niece, Towako, has a hit put out on her by the yakuza, they get caught up in a game of life and death…! The world-weary men find redemption in their efforts to protect one girl…

This fanbook contains short manga as well as illustrations, an interview, and features about Natsume Isaku's working habits. There are a series short manga starring the characters from all of Natsume Isaku's mangas interacting with each other. Other mangaka also contribute short manga featuring Natsume Isaku's characters. 50 new pages have been drawn especially for this fanbook.

28-year-old Kiwako meets a man who smoking on the balcony one day. Her next door neighbour, Nuihara, a lazy, 52-year-old college professor. As Kiwako is considering abandoning her career as a ballet dancer, he gives her some sincere advice. Until now, Kiwako had given up on love, but his words have stirred up a passion within her.

HER is a series of character portraits, loosely strung together by everyday circumstances. The story begins with a woman who wants to be loveable - and loved - and who has a fixation on shoes. Her hairdresser's fear of the future is the subject of the second chapter. A schoolgirl whose hair she cuts sees her older female neighbor kissing her female lover goodbye. In the past, the neighbor had a difficult relationship with her mother. The neighbor's lover was rejected by her first love. The couple sitting next to them at the cafe have their own issues.

1: The Turquoise Morning A well known photographer named Jed Knox acquires a one-sided love from his time in a foreign country. Because the target of his crush, Sahab, said he would never love another since his wife died, Jed would never tell of his feelings. Oh, but how Jed wished Sahab would love him even a little bit and that he could have Sahab's soul in his hands. Although ifrits (genies, etc) are magical wish givers in story, what could happen if they were real? 2: It's Time For Goodbye It is the morning after and the student finally notices that the lover's room is exceptionally sparse. 3: Love-ing A guy tells his friend that he's gay and in love with him, but his friend is surprised and leaves. 4: Playboy! He has had it. His lover won't make love to him and refuses to stop seeing other women. 5: The Eyes Of The Rose Are Bombs The prince-like Hansumi has an effect on everyone around him, except Mitsuda. 6: Aah Boyfriend Suzuki can't stop fantasizing about his friend. 7: Garden Of Despair Isuka is still trying to come to terms with his feelings for his friend.

A collection of short stories. 1) Love Dancing Beneath My Eyelids College student Numakami has known for a long time that his classmate Mahara is in love with him. But Mahara is pure, innocent - and still a virgin. For some inexplicable reason, this makes Numakami feel annoyed at being the object of his affections. 2) She's Missing Yanagi is in love with Kobayashi, who can't seem to stop talking about Adachi - a girl in their class. What will become of these three teenagers and their complex relationship? 3) Minun Musiikki A quiet pianist and an obnoxious, outspoken cellist often find themselves alone in the music room together… 4) Yes It's Me, (5) Yes It's You, (8) Yes That's It The story revolves around Toma, who is head-over-heels in love…with himself! However, so is everyone else around him; and he knows that his business partner and old friend Enoki is no exception. Toma doesn't blame him – after all, he is only the most brilliant, beautiful, and all-around perfect person to ever walk the face of the Earth! Who wouldn't fall for him? Weirdly enough, Enoki is convinced that Toma returns his feelings. But they should both know by now that there's no one he loves more than himself…right!? 6) Loathe! "I love you. And I know exactly what you love and what you hate. But regardless of how much I love you or how much time we spend in each other's company, there are things I loathe about you as well…" 7) Dreams Unfold at Night A serious story about transsexuality and gender issues.

Seven years ago, Touda and Oshikiri crossed the friendship line once. Right after that incident however, they chose to pretend nothing had happened just so they could go on being best friends. But life is never so simple and seven years later, they begin to see the strains in their relationship show.

The short stories of Tomoko Yamashita. First girl: There was a girl in the middle of the gruesome incidents. ‘I thought that I was invincible.’ Second girl: A recollection of ‘a girl’ who didn’t love an excellent boy, ‘me’. Third girl: The future where you are cursed when you are born. The only girl who wasn’t cursed is nervous about her undecided future. ‘She is pitiful for not being cursed!’

Mine the translator and Anjo the bus driver are friends. Mine is awkward and hard working, while Anjo is friendly and has a girlfriend. They're very different from each other, but they quickly become friends despite a strange sense of distance between them.

Twenty-nine-year-old Mikita Ryuuji has been hiding his love for his friend Koya for so long that he can't take it anymore. At his wit's end, he spends one night with Sudo, a man he met at a bar. It was supposed to be a one-night stand, an event he'd forget about the next day with someone he'd never see again. But when Sudo does show up again, this time determined to stay for good, Mikita's life starts to fall apart… The volume also contains several unrelated short stories.