Romantic Cider

A oneshot about the beginnings of the Japanese pop duo WaT. Told from the point of view of Teppei Koike.

For 24 years, there was nothing about love for these childhood friends, but something changes—?! Now they’re adults, the love-comedy that filled with heart-wringing things starts—!

Sequel to Nakahara Aya's well-loved series Love★Com. This is a collection of short stories focusing on a few side characters and new ones while subtly providing an overview of what has become of the original characters from the major series.

Collection of short stories: - **Spring Egg** (青春のたまご, Seishun no Tamago): Chika’s house was actually just an old lodging house, but due to the location, her parents decided to turn it into a student dorm for the college students. One day, she meets her first love, Fujimori Tomohiro, a college student who will be living at her house! But, Chika’s mother had made him signed an agreement that he can’t go after Chika-chan?! How would their love bloom?! - **Sunflower Girl** (ひまわり娘, Himawari Musume): Misaki likes Kenji but she doesn't have the courage to confess. Now that summer break is close, she plans to give him a love letter, but… - **Happiness Faces South!** (しあわせ南向き！, Shiawase Minami-muki!): Sakura used to like her sensei, but now that he has a girlfriend she decides not to like anyone else. Bon, a college student sees her playing softball and falls for her. Will Sakura be able to fall for him too?? - **The Prince and I** (王子様とわたし, Oji-sama to Watashi): Mari has always liked her next-door neighbord Kaoru, but he always treats her like an old hag. Then Mari's senpai confesses to her. What will Kaoru do? - **2 Block Honey** (2丁目ハニィ, 2-Chome Honey) Satoshi's girlfriend used to be a crybaby, short and cute. That was a year ago! Now she's taller than him and likes to wear high heels. How does Satoshi feel? - **Spring, Air, Sunday** (春と空気と日曜日, Haru to Kuki to Nichiyobi):

Good-for-nothing Shibata Michiko is back! And with her back are her never-ending troubles. Will she be able to stand on her own feet this time around or will she have to keep on relying on her Shuunin (literally supervisor in the workplace), Kurosawa Ayumu, to get her out of her misery? Hop on board to take a ride for a fun and romantic journey with a woman too good for her own idiocy and a man too good for his own kindness. It's time to go through an endless spiral of hilarity, countless hair-pulling situations and lots of heart-thumping moments all over again as Nakahara Aya's popular josei manga Dame na Watashi ni Koishite Kudasai makes a return as DameKoi R.

If you wanted to find a good-looking guy, where would you look? The answer is easy – it’s the “Tokimeki Campus”. Here, the whole place is overflowing with princes! However, most of them already lead a wonderful love life. Starting from a narcissist, you’re going to be introduced to the colorful stories of the campus!

Misora had amazingly managed to get into a prestigious school which has 80% of its students managing to get into Tokyo University. However, because of that, everyday ever since school started, she’s always been forced by her grandfather who runs a tuition centre to just study, study, study…

Recently-rejected Saki Momota is having a hard time getting over her first love. While picking up her younger brother from school, Saki bumps into Akai Ryuuichi, the class delinquent who's rumored to be able to shoot lazer-beams from his eyes. Could this day get any worse?

The comedy story follows Mai and Kurumi — two polar opposites who act friendly onstage as the hit singing duo "Star Berry," but bicker offstage. What Mai really wants to become is a rock singer, but the easily flustered Kurumi would rather sing idol songs.

Risa Koizumi is the tallest girl in class, and the last thing she wants is the humiliation of standing next to Atsushi Otani, the shortest guy. Fate and the whole school have other ideas, and the two find themselves cast as the unwilling stars of a bizarre romantic comedy duo. Lovely Complex Plus is actually volume 17 with the final chapter called Love Com Final. The first two chapters are about before Koizumi Risa and Otani Atsushi met each other. The third chapter is about their first encounter and a little bit of what happens to them after the ending of Lovely Complex. Contains a side story called Hoshi ni Natte mo Aishiteru (Even When I Become A Star, I'll Still Love You) in volume 12: Reina wakes up surprisingly in her boyfriend's room. But it seems that she passed away three days ago… --- - **Received the 49th Shogakukan Manga Award for Shojo in 2004**