Two years have passed, and Sakaki and Okada haven’t been getting along well as of late. Okada is determined to make things work, but the younger man remains dissatisfied. Where exactly did it all go wrong?

Suou, a hairstylist, and Ryou, a writer, have been friends since high school. They’ve also been living together for six years so it’s no wonder that people around them question the nature of their relationship. At first glance, they appear to be close friends and nothing else, but they just can’t seem to leave each other’s side. Will their relationship always be at this kind of stalemate, or...?

The forbidden love between a samurai and a craftsman.

Yoshino moves into a building owned by his college friend, Kuga. While hanging out with him, he starts to admire Kuga for his decisive lifestyle and openly expresses that awe. But Kuga's feelings towards Yoshino are a bit more complicated than that.

A special cocktail that can only be ordered once a month, is the code to be able to spend the night with the owner of the bar, Ashihara.

Introduced to this system by a colleague, Murakami had no idea that a simple one-night stand would lead to his becoming utterly obsessed with the cold, arrogant bartender.
But Ashihara treats him no differently from any of his other 'customers'...How long can Murakami withstand the torture of being one among many others?


(Contains More than Words can Say, an extra-story about Shibuya and Mikami from Tarinai Jikan)

Nishina is doing well at his prestigious company but after divorcing from a loveless marriage, his success at work seems empty. A chance meeting at a cafe brings him into contact with the owner, Miyama, an old high-school classmate. It seems that Miyama has forgotten him until he asks Nishina why he's no longer wearing a wedding ring and what Nishina said to him 10 years ago in high school.

(Miyama also appears as a minor character in "After a Storm", set two years before the start of this series)

From Wasurenagusa:

As a child Tanabe was always tagging behind Haruyama, but in high-school after he became a ping-pong ace their relationship is gradually getting worse. Who is the one tagging along for real and why is Tanabe always so quiet? A touching and yet funny story with ping-pong as its background.

This volume also contains a one-shot about one very interesting hairdresser and a two-chapter story about a dentist and his fated client.

Love in middle school is a simple, straightforward, and exciting thing.Love in high school is a bittersweet thing that makes one anxious and timid.

Love in middle school is a simple, straightforward and exciting thing. Love in high school is a bittersweet thing that makes one anxious and timid. This love is a secret.
Two childhood friends and neighbours suddenly stopped talking to each other after summer break. What could have happened between these best friends who used to be joined at the hip?

Sakaki, the president of an interior designing company, is determined to never get serious with anyone - fearing the heartache he feels that it is sure to cause.
Much to his discomfort, he realizes that he is beginning to fall in love with his older heterosexual co-worker, Okada.

Sakaki is shocked when he finds himself in Okada's home one day, with no recollection of how he got there. At first convinced that he did not act out-of-line at any point, Sakaki feels more and more unsure of this as he notices the changes in Okada's behaviour towards him.

Will this storm that's brewing on the horizon ever calm down?

(Sakaki also appears as a minor character in Signal, a story set two years prior to the events in "After a Storm")

Adapted from cottonholic on nihonomaru:
Fujiwara is a man of unusual tastes—he finds plain-looking, borderline unattractive men appealing. And Karahashi, his lover and middle school teammate, has started to be insecure about this. What will he do to keep Fujiwara’s attention?

Continuation of story about a man and his old love that has become a hairdresser in Shiranai Kao.

Overworked, still single, 38-year-old salaryman Sakurai Kazuaki collides with a young man at the train station - causing the magazine he was carrying to be spoiled. This young man, Minagawa Youichi, is a student at an art college and lives in a big, old-fashioned mansion with two of his cousins. Since he happens to own the same magazine, he takes Sakurai to his house, saying "If I trade my copy with yours, you'll have nothing to complain about, right?"

Despite feeling annoyed and frustrated by the unsociable Youichi's arrogant behaviour, Sakurai soon finds himself a frequent visitor of the secluded household, inexplicably drawn to its enigmatic owner...

The romance story follows a young man who works at a restaurant and a career woman who works at a hotel. The man has taken an interest in the woman after always seeing on the same train together, and suddenly calls out to her.

Upon his father's death, Akihito Kuze became a viscount at the age of 10. His smart, handsome young butler Tomoyuki Katsuragi has since managed all affairs pertaining to the viscountcy perfectly. The talented and charismatic Katsuragi is very popular in their social circle; but as Akihito grows older, he becomes colder and more distant by the day - though still as faithful to the Kuze household as he has ever been.

Akihito is now a young man, and desperately in love with Tomoyuki. He determines to discover the reason behind his butler's inexplicable behaviour, and this is where their story begins...