Life Within the Box - House Is Wonderland

Manga written and illustrated by Nemu Youko after she'd given birth to her daughter in 2018, published eight months later. It reflects on her own experience of pregnancy through lives of fictional couple Kiri and Muchan, two people in their 30's with already established routines, careers, and comfortable everyday dynamic, who after years of half-hearted discussions and tiptoeing around the subject find themselves expecting a child. Complimented by a conversation with another mother working editorial in the manga industry, published online. "This book is for pregnant women, those who were pregnant, those who will soon become pregnant, those who are wondering if they should become pregnant, those who do not want to become pregnant, those who are not interested in pregnant women, those who have pregnant women around, and those who are close to pregnant women This is a book that any person who's been born can read. Thank you."

A collection of slightly odd oneshots with a focus on female sexuality. Story 1. Polyhedron Story 2. Cake Addict Story 3, “Under the Mantle” A girl is unhappy with her boyfriend who doesn’t seem to care about her. Story 4, “Pandora” A strange encounter in an elevator. Story 5, “Pillow Thief” Kaori keeps sleeping over at Keita’s place, but Keita is unsure of why. Story 6, “Bianca in Love” Bianca is found in the rain by a man with a girlfriend who wants nothing to do with Bianca. Story 7, “Love Sick” Ayako sleeps with her best friend Tetsuo that she swears is nothing more than a friend, and finds herself ill… Story 8, “Penetration” A woman wants to leave her mark on her boyfriend. Story 9, “Life of a Cat” A woman is kicked out of her boyfriend’s place, and is taken in by a gay couple where she takes on a cat persona. Story 10, “Midnight Fruit” Two women concoct a plan together to get back at the same man.

A collection of sweet, romantic oneshots. Story 1, Boys & Girls: A girl visiting relatives has time to consider her relationship. Story 2, Diner All-Nighter: Aiko decides to pull an all-nighter at a diner in hopes of finishing her essay due the next morning. However, she gets a fortune that today she’ll have luck in finding love. Story 3, Borderline: One day, Maya trips down a staircase as she is walking her dog, Coco… and suddenly can interact with him like a human! Story 4, West Mammoth Prefectural High School: At West Mammoth, students can stay enrolled for as long as they like, even if it means being in their 72nd year of high school. Kamekichi gave a love letter to Tsuru back when they were in their early years of high school, and he still waits under that tree every year for her to come. Story 5, Treasure Room: Michiru is a hoarder, and her boyfriend Kazutoshi wants her to clean it up. She decides to comply and discovers something in the midst of her cleanup… Story 6, Selma Clad in Red: Selma buys herself a bold red coat secondhand, but a man stops her in the middle of the street claiming there is something in the coat that belongs to him…

Twenty-nine-year-old Haruko's world collapses when her fiance suddenly tells her he's leaving her. Although encouraged by family and friends, who are kindly consoling, she still feels suffocated. Sensing her need to get away, Asano, a classmate in Tokyo suggests that she "Come to Tokyo!" Life for Haruko, who had hit rock-bottom, is about to restart!

Laid off and running out of cash, Michiru stumbles on a hotel looking for a clerk, room and board included! She jumps at the opportunity, but there's a surprise catch: the hotel exclusively serves nonhumans. But for a job with room and board included, anything is possible!!

Tamako doesn't have any confidence, sex appeal, or romantic experiences. Caught off-guard while job-hunting, she is hired to work for an office full of suspicious people who specialize in designing for pachinko parlors. Thus, her days of agony begin to unfold.

One day in front of the Dadakusa girls’ basketball team, a man calling himself a prophet appears. “The earth will perish if you don’t win the prefectural tournament.” Find out the fate of the earth, basketball, and love by reading "Before The World Ends"

Momoko, who dreams of becoming an illustrator, finds employment in an ultra fast-paced office that specializes in designing pachinko parlors!! With the office running a yazuka-like business and employing a designer, who has a habit of suddenly stripping in the middle of the night, Momoko believes that the company employees are a bit… no, definitely eccentric!! She continues pulling all-nighters, unable even to return home… And in the midst of cigarette-filled fumes, where women's authority takes a step back, she asks herself, "Why am I here?"

A neet, building a house?! From “3am Dangerous Zone” and “Third-Generation Chemist Kyubee” author, Nemu’s Yoko’s latest work! After dropping out of college without her parent’s consent, Kazuki returns to her hometown. Back in home, she manages to get her furious parents give her the remaining 2 million yen from her tuition and decides to live in her grandmother’s renovated beauty parlor. However, even with her unstoppable 2 million yen, it isn’t enough for Kazuki to work on the house and fulfill all of her desires!!! She ends up renting a part of the house to Seidai, a hairdresser, who was looking for a place to settle down his shop, but before that… it must be renovated… With the help of Eikichi, a former interior designer, walls and ceilings will be teared down, restoring Kazuki’s house from top to bottom, and with that, Kazuki’s DIY life will officially begin…! What’s to come to the DIY life of this blockhead? Maybe love will come?

A collection of themed oneshots revolving around different rooms of the home. Story 1, Love from the Toilet: A girl finds herself in a complicated predicament as she is trapped in the bathroom. Story 2, A Dirty Kitchen: A lot can be said about a family from their kitchen. Story 3, Foyer Dweller: A girl chooses to live in her foyer because of the convenience. Story 4, Soul in the Closet: Delving into the world of imagination. Story 5, A Child’s Room: A woman recounts her memories of her sister whom she shared a bunkbed with. Story 6, A Lovely Bath Story: Two stories about encounters in a bath. Story 7, The Anything Shop: A girl who sells anything in her home.