A legend says: “A long time ago, God created numerous hardships, he made statements to the world. That statement made each gatekeepers with outstanding abilities stay all around the world. They are called Hon.“
NOTE: On hiatus

Haruka has a dog... A dog she ABSOLUTELY loves! Every single day, she gives him hugs and kisses~! Upon entering high school, she suddenly meets a boy...with the same name as her dog...looks like her dog...and acts like her dog in every way possible! Can Haruka resist the temptation of wanting to hug and kiss him like she does to her dog?

From Condensation:
Although Gyu Hwa Lee might look like a guy, she has feelings like any other girl. In fact, she’s currently in love with Korean pop idol Kang Un Ryu. As luck would have it, Kang Un ends up transferring to Gyu Hwa’s high school. The only problem is he has to keep his identity a secret so he’s cross-dressing as a girl!
What happens when Gyu Hwa discovers Kang Un’s secret? Will she ever be able to win over his heart? Or will she always be nothing more than just a friend?
A Korean manhwa with surprising poignance and refreshing humor by the author of Cynical Orange.

1) HWA

About two boys and their emotional scars.



2) Truth

About a boy, a girl, and the boy's brother.



3) Uninvited 115

About a boy and a lady assassin.



4) Beat

About an apathetic drummer and his obsessive fangirl.



5) The Little Prince

About an overprotected girl and the spunky guy that saves her.

From Fantasy Shrine:



The unsuspected newbie of the Police Investigation Division One, Detective Hinari was dispatched to deliver a sample to the forensic lab. There he encountered researcher, Yasoshima Shiro, who reminded Hinari of his first love, a gentle police captain. Immediately smitten at first sight, Yasoshima lured Hinari with a DNA lecture and preyed on the still innocent Hinari! As much as Hinari hated to admit it, he wasn’t entirely unaffected by Yasoshima. Will Hinari be able to resist the quirky scientist!? A delicate yet comical love story!

From Manga Updates
There is something a bit twisted inside of the teenage girl Madoka. It comes out one day when she has to deal with a groper on a public train. He may be scarred for life by the time she’s finally through with him. But for her, at least, this encounter may only be the beginning...

Robert Cornelius is a master artisan renowned the world over as an expert in the crafting of “GEM“, a brand of dolls who are humanoid in size, shape, and movement.
Before he passes away, Cornelius destroys his house and his workshop, only leaving behind, in his grandson Frants’ name, a journal, a key, and an elegantly crafted GEM named “Jade“.
But as Frants is soon to find out, a skilled craftsman’s work is never safe from those who covet it...

Consists of a volume with various oneshots.
Hattori’s in love with his best friend Kameda but shuts out his feelings because he doesn’t want to destroy their friendship. But what happens to the lock he put on his heart when a girl Kameda likes makes an appearance...?!
Aside from “Kagi - Key“ this book also contains the one shots “Alkaloid“, “Breath“, “Night, Midnight“ and “Dogs and Summer Clothes“.

Kain is a story about a blue eyed boy wandering the countryside. He happens to be in a town controlled by “kidoushi“. These “kidoushis“ are people from the newborn country of Ren, who have a machine in their body, giving them power equal to an army. The power of the kidoushi is determined by the amount the gigai (the machine) take up in their body.

From Maboroshi’s translation of the backcover:
Kanon Matsukura is a high school sophmore. Her name is based on her father’s favorite classical “Kanon“... One day in school while she was walking down the hallway she hears “Kanon“ being played. It was her math teacher Azume playing it on the piano awkwardly. Since then, “Kanon“ keeps playing in Kanon’s head. A touching story of a high school girl in love!
Also includes short stories: Happy Rain / Bang!! / Santa is Coming
Happy Rain - Tsubasa can’t confess to her basketball player Sugita directly, so she asks his teammate to pass him a present instead. Later, she takes shelter from the rain and runs into Sugita’s teammate again. Can fifteen minutes in a waiting shed be enough to change one’s course?
From Baka-Updates:
Collection of 4 short stories:
1) Kanon
Kanon Matsukura is a high school sophomore. Her name is based on her father’s favorite classical “Kanon“... One day in school while she was walking down the hallway she hears “Kanon“ being played. It was her math teacher Azume playing it on the piano awkwardly. Since then, “Kanon“ keeps playing in Kanon’s head. A touching story of a high school girl in love!
2) Happy Rain
Tsubasa can’t confess to her basketball player Sugita directly, so she asks his teammate to pass him a present instead. Later, she takes shelter from the rain and runs into Sugita’s teammate again. Can fifteen minutes in a waiting shed be enough to change one’s course in life?
3) Bang!!
Shinyama sees Daiyumi holding a gun to her head and jumps down the stairs to stop her from committing suicide; but it is only a toy gun... Shinyama hurts his right hand and Daiyumi feels obliged to help him taking lesson notes. What does Shinyama feel towards Daiyumi, is it only pity or is it something else?
4) Santa is Coming
Inaba is always teasing Ayumi about not being able to get a boyfriend. In anger she lashes out that she does in fact have plans to meet a boy the next day; when she is really only baby sitting her nephew. What shall she do when she runs into Inaba taking her nephew to the game center!?

Published as the Hitobito Series (???????):
- The Keyaki Tree (???)
- The White Rocking Horse (????)
- The Reunion (??)
- My Brother’s Life (?????)
- The Umbrella (??)
- At the Art Gallery (?????)
- Through the Forest (?????)
- His Hometown (????)

A series of one-shots consisting of boys with horns, priests, etc.
Chapter 3 – Picnic part 2 (continued from ch2) - Despite everything, Kaname seems to have found a bit of happiness with Kenichirou. But Kaname’s father doesn’t want to let Kaname go and is doing everything he can to keep them apart.
Chapter 4 – In God’s Hands - Masato used to be a delinquent that was so naughty he was called the “Legendary evil.“ However, he has reformed because of his love for Jouji, a priest. But pretty rich boy Kikunosuke has his eyes set on Jouji as well and isn’t about to let Masato have him!
Chapter 5 – Dark Gray Heaven, Rainbow-colored Paradise - Kotegawa Hajime has an automata made that is a perfect replica of himself, and plans to have this automata take his place as heir to his father’s company. Unfortunately, just after telling his father’s secretary about his plan, Hajime loses his memories in an accident. Now no one, including Hajime himself, is quite sure which is the real Hajime and which is the automata.

From Shoujo Manga Maniac:
Hana dreams of falling in love with a guy who is like a prince. She thinks that she will meet her prince by just believing. Finally she gets to meet the prince of her dreams; however, when Hana goes home, she’s forced to attend a match-making session! And the prince, Ichiya, appears right before her. Hana believs that this is a destined match, but little does she know that Ichiya is not your average prince...!?
Includes two side stories;
The Proper Steps to a Wedding
Lover’s Textbook

from Sound of Jewels:
Kingyo is the most lovely name in the world.
She was my stepsister. She had the most beautiful smile.
She was a crybaby. She was so kind that I couldn’t bear it and
...I crossed the line.

Rules/Hydra original dj. Involves Ryuu & Sakai ; follows where Kiss left off.

From Be With You Scans:
A collection of bittersweet tales of all the different shapes an unrequited love can come in. Why is it so difficult to confess your love? Why is it that another person can affect someone else so strongly? When a powerful man is fickle, he is allowed to be. But if a woman is unfaithful, she is called a tramp. Koi tells the realistic stories of six different women of different ages, and completely different outlooks on life.

Kurogane Hiroto is in high school, where he is academically the top of his class but literally the worst in physical activity. Born with a weak body, he has no endurance, speed nor strength and Hiroto wants nothing more than to be a hero. Fate teases him by giving him phenomenal eye sight, which allows him to see well beyond anyone else in sports, but his body is not able to react to any of it.



He learns from his friend Shiratori, who wants to recruit him for the Kendo team, about a rumor about a ghost named Tojo Sayuri, who wields a katana and haunts an alley in the city. Half curious, Hiroto goes there only to find that the ghost is real and that Tojo Sayuri has been looking for a successor to her Sakura sword style for 150 years. Sayuri chooses him as the successor after being able to dodge her attack and forces him to learn the Sakura style. Even with the help of the ancient swordsman ghost, Hiroto has to overcome his poor motor skills in order to be the hero he always wanted to be.

From Yen Press:
When the police discover Laon naked and hungry in the street, they aren’t quite sure what to make of the odd little boy. How could they know that he is actually a nine-tailed fox…or at least he would be if he hadn’t lost his tails in a bet? Now Laon is on a crusade to recover his missing appendages, if other spiritual forces don’t find them first!

Magnolia companion series of extra stories from Lily’s perspective.

From ADV:
When popular high school student Chiko finds a cell phone, the voice on the other end tells her where she can witness a suicide! The phone doesn’t stop ringing, and soon Chiko and her classmate Bando will have to race against time to save these lost souls.

Onigawara Yuutarou is your average high school kid, a bit on the quiet, kind-hearted side. One day, he walks through an arcane ritual and ends up summoning a demon, Slayer, who will grant him 3 wishes. Horrified by Slayer’s violence, Yuutarou wishes for Slayer to stop using his demon powers, turning him into a human. Now Slayer’s stuck with Yuutarou in a perfect personality mismatch, and to top things off, if one of them gets hurt, so does the other.

Jean, the sole heir to a fortune and mansion, is stuck in an endless loop, repeating his brutal murder over and over again. As the 100th time comes, he brings forth incredible determination to fight back and save his servents from their needless murder.

The story is loosely based on the Three Kingdoms period, using both real and original characters and events from the historical period in Chinese history and folklore of the Romance of the Three Kingdoms.

From Loveless' Site:

Narushima (blondie) is a really idle, bored and restless guy, and he is looking for something that will cure his state of boredom. For that same reason, he goes around picking fights, harassing girls, smoking & being a pretty awful delinquent in general (sadist!).Thoughts of finding that drug come to Narushima's mind.

After catching glimpse of Natsume (black hair), a male prostitute (who is said to be a bad influence by Narushima's senpai- Heitarou) may just be the drug he was looking for.



Note: not for the faint hearted (includes: bondage/rape/incest)

Tete is a boy in a small European-like town. Recently some odd people have moved into the town, including the young vagrant Geeta who lives under the bridge. He befriends her and learns about her tragic past. Geeta then asks him to temporarily keep a mysterious clock for her. Shortly after a dangerous man appears, one of the very last survivors of a race with powers over life and death.

Eiji Matsuda finally managed to go out with Emi and promised to agree on the condition that they can't have sex. After 6 months he decides to break this promise.

In a world similar to that of Scheherezade's tales, a mysterious young boy named Aladdin drifts from place to place with his djinn Ugo. Ugo lives inside a golden recorder, and Aladdin is on the hunt for his true container "The Djinn's Metal Vessel".

One day he encounters Alibaba, a poor lad determined to enter one of the mysterious Dungeons that popped up a decade ago in order to make his fortune. Thus the the two begin their adventure in a Persia that never was.

Zion, a girl that is always taken advantage of by her friends because she is so shy and timid, is approached by two people who asks her strange questions about whether she believes in Confucianist moral doctrine and in the end she is bowing and performing sacrificial rites to ancestral gods. It’s shocking enough that the daughter of a pastor is possessed by a ghost, but what’s more shocking is that this ghost is a young oppa who sports a fashion that surpasses most of the outstanding looks of bachelors and rockers! From this day on, Zion’s life changes forever. From a shy and unsuspecting high school student, she turns into an exorcist.

[From Viz]:
Ginta Toramizu is a 14-year-old kid who doesn’t have a lot going for him: he’s near-sighted, doesn’t do well in school, sucks at sports, and to top it off--he’s short! But Ginta is a dreamer and has had the same dream 102 times, always in the same fantasy world, where he is a hero blessed with all the abilities he lacks in real life.
Then one day a supernatural figure appears at Ginta’s school and summons him to a mysterious and exciting new world! In this strange universe filled with magic and wonder, he is strong, tough, agile--and he can see without his glasses! Thus, Ginta begins a mystical quest in search of the magical items known as “?RMS,“ one of which may have the power to send him home. Joining him on this epic journey are his companion Jack and the valuable living, talking, mustachioed iron-ball weapon known as “Babbo,“ which everyone wants but, it seems, only Ginta can possess!

Mare is a mysterious girl who has the power to summon monsters. Mare comes to a high school looking for individuals with relationships full of envy, hate, anger, and desire, searching for unjust acts and dishing out her own brand of justice. What is her purpose, and what challenges await her? And what awaits the students here with her arrival?

Son of an famous politician learns that not only must he use his knowledge but understand that his body can be a weapon as well

A bloodstained man stands in front of a terrified girl. He proclaims his love for her and makes this ominous declaration: A year from now, she will either die alone or will be with him forever. Now, rumors abound about the cursed girl that causes any boy who proclaims his love for her to die. Join us to discover the mysteries of Metronome.

From JShoujo Scans:
Falling in love with him was her biggest mistake... After being badly bullied in junior high, Kazu’s sworn off getting deeply involved with other people. One day though, the resident class playboy, Kirishima, comes and tears down the walls she’s built around her heart. She finds herself falling quick and hard...but is she only setting herself up for heartbreak?!

The year is 1850. A child with skin and hair as white as the moonlight is born in a Sioux Indian village. Despite the villagers’ opposition, the Chieftain decides to keep the child...
Original webtoon (Korean webcomic)

From JanimeS:
The series begins as a guest visits a temple where Myo-Un and Ryu-Sang are living along with many other orphan children. This guest turns out to be an assassin who came to kill a certain someone who is the last child of a powerful family in Su country. The assassin’s employer, who remains anonymous, wants to clean up every root of possible problems.
The assassin calls for reinforcements and attacks the lady of the temple, revealing that the lady of the temple is also another last descendent of another powerful family that was drawn out of Su country. Myo-Un, Ryu-Sang, and others are forced to flee the temple.
Thus, Myo-Un & Ryu-Sang’s journey begins, and the assassin is still after them.
Note: Nabi: The Prototype is divided into six stories. Stories three to six features Myo-un and Ryu-Sang days in the temple before the story in Nabi began.

Last surviving member of the Nanshin School. She is young and exceptionally talented with the sword. She was living on a remote island with her master, “Grandpa“, who raised her from childhood while training her in his unique fighting style. He could see her inner power and feel her importance. This is her story.

Short stories all related through a common medium: Eggplant.

In a world that has become 70% harsh desert, the Rainbow Council of the International Peace Keeping Forces, a team of super-powered global security guardians, have a growing crisis on their hands. No. 5, one of their own and known within the council as their top marksman, has left his post and gone rogue. It’s up to the other guardians to track him down--but No. 5, with his mysterious companion Matroshka, won’t go down without a fight.

The story is set in “No. 6,“ a future model city in 2013. Raised as a top-ranking elite since the age of two, a boy named Shion lives in an exclusive area in No. 6. On the night of his 12th birthday, he rescues a boy who calls himself “Nezumi“ (“Rat“). Nezumi ran away from the city’s Special Security Area. From that moment on, Shion’s life is changed forever...

When Kaya runs into trouble one day, it’s not a knight in shining armor, but her stuffed animals that come to her rescue. It may sound crazy, but Kaya isn’t pretending: she loves her stuffed animals so much, they come to life and turn into people! Plushies come in all different shapes and sizes, and so do their hearts—whereas some are nice, there are others who are not so kind.

High schooler Jenny You is living a dream. In the public eye, she is a delicate princess, a successful pop star, but in real life, she’s a rebellious beauty ostracized by her female schoolmates.
She and her classmate, Eumpa Won (One), seem to have nothing in common on the surface. Eumpa is a quiet boy, ignorant of the pop culture that has enchanted most of his peers. Having spent his childhood as a depressed prodigy in the United States, he has now resolved to lead a normal life as a regular boy.
He likes a cute-but-average-looking girl, Young-ju Chae. Young-ju takes him to a pop concert, and Eumpa is exposed to Jenny’s music for the first time. Meanwhile, umpa’s resolution to live a normal life is challenged when his music teacher steals the young man’s music and attempts to pass it off as his own...
So begins the story of One...

The story is set in modern day downtown Tokyo. Our heroine Handa Sen, known as “Osen,” is the star hostess of the longstanding Isho-an, everyone’s favorite restaurant in the town of Kasagi-no-yado. Osen not only loves sake and looks sexy in kimono, but she’s also a “jill” of all trades: She’s a master chef, entertainer and potter, as well as an art connoisseur. The comic is about how Osen settles all the happenings surrounding Isho-an. Sometimes she resolves them with the Japanese spirit of “wa,” or by just being plain logical.
The artist’s delicate depiction of our heroine Osen in kimono, various craft including pottery and food is a highlight of this manga. –Kodanclub.com

Yaya’s high school friends haven’t been very nice. They call her “Yaya the cry-ya! Yaya the misfi-ya!” But no matter how badly they act, Yaya is just too na?ve and trusting to believe the worst of her friends. Hard-rocking, butt-kicking Nana is just the girl to grab hold of Yaya’s timid demeanor and turn it upside down. Nana exposes Yaya’s “friends” as slime bags, doles out punishment, and does it all with style. Can there be anything that terminally shy Yaya and hyper-confident Nana have in common? Well, for one thing, they’re the same person.
-- Manga Updates

Sequel to Kawaige



Continuing story of a tempestuous relationship between Nakano Shunji and Yasushi "Yasu" Mejiro whose story begins in Kawaige.



1) Otonage

Shunji and Yasushi have been cohabiting for a month and Yasushi is head over heels for Shunji, an excellent home-maker in and out of the bedroom, despite his grumpy disposition. (Continuing story of a tempestuous relationship between Nakano Shunji and Yasushi Mejiro whose story begins in Kawaige.)



2) Otonage 2 (Initial Stage)

Yasushi's ex-lover/cousin reappears and tries to get in between Yasushi and Shunji, causing Shunji uncertainty over their relationship. Other the other hand, Yasushi is worried that Shunji might still be holding a torch for Kousei and it is driving him crazy.



3) Otonage 2 (Final Stage)

Kanako's pregnancy is causing a big chasm in their relationship.



4) Otonage 3

Their tempestuous relationship has finally calmed down but Yasushi is down with German Measles! While Shunji has to work without Yasushi, he meets the son of his ex-probabtion officer.





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Note ~



Play Boy Blues, Gaten na aitsu, Kawaige, Stepping Stone, Punch Up! and Otonage are loosely connected.

From Fantasyshrine:



Up and coming interior planner, Takamori Fumito, is having an affair with Eto Shunsuke, the president of the company where he is working, despite the fact that Eto is married to an owner of a famous fashion apparel. From the very beginning, they made it quite clear that their relationship is strictly physical. However, Takamori realizes his heart is now in danger— a story about adults struggling with love and sex.

Pink is the story of a young high school student named Usagi who is trying to become a porno manga artist. Who would've figured that out of a such a cute, innocent blond boy? Guiding him is Benio, the original artist of the story that Usagi is working on. Benio at first seems to just want to teach, but then finds himself getting a little too interested in teaching Usagi how to get into that, er, certain frame of mind for drawing adult porn.

Now enter in Usagi's father, an attractive, sexy man who is more than a little interested in Benio, and makes no move to hide it both from Benio and his own son. And who could resist that? Who would want to?