Touch Me Again

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.

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!

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.

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 ♪!

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?

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…

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.

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.

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.

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.