Harumoto, advisor to yakuza boss Taniguchi, is known for his street smarts and short temper. But he has a softer side, and when he meets Mizuta sensei in a nightclub, he begins to dream of romance with this classy intellectual who seems to be from another world.

Collection of Nishida Higashi's debut oneshots

Cover by Hideyoshico

Occasionally, there was a woman that appeared in BL ... it was a rival or a bystander or just a good understanding person. This anthology is told form that girls point of view. Boys Love painfully transmitted through the women's eyes and feelings. New world of Moe!

Includes:
1) Shoujo C 「少女C」 by Hideyoshico
(From Must Be Endless) I’m nothing special, but Koizumi-kun is a very special guy whose looks and personality are seriously those of an angel. He’s our idol. This popular pair was introduced in "High School ☆ Lullaby" (Gesu BL).

2) Tamaisan, Koi to Yuujou「玉井さん、恋と友情」 by SHIMURA Takako
Sequel to Okite Saisho ni Suru Koto wa

3) Donyoku no Hana 「貪欲な花」 by NISHIDA Higashi
(From Must Be Endless) Greedy Flower: My precious, beloved children… When two shady salesmen come knocking on her door, what’s reflected in old lady Tanaka-san's eyes is… Thinking her life is almost over, the feelings of another time are resurrected in Tanaka-san's heart.

4) Kami no Doutokuron Teki Shoumei 「神の道徳論的証明」 by FUMI Fumiko
Later included in Josou Danshi to Menhera Oji-san

5) Watashitachi wa Byplayer 「わたしたちはバイプレーヤー」 by Harada
(From Must Be Endless) We’re Supporting Actors: There are love stories that you can’t say how they got so complicated. A three-way struggle with an ultra-popular woman, an ultra-popular man, and a guy with a plain face. The martial arts of love! (also included in Nega)

6) Haihai, Kawaiine 「はいはい、かわいいね」 by KOBATO Mebaru

7) Natura-turaly 「ナチュラチュラリィ」 by ICHIKAWA Kei
(from Must Be Endless) We thought the world would forever continue with just the two of us. Twins Aki and Kana are always together. Then something steps between them…

8) Stockholm 「ストックホルム」 by ITOI Nozo
She's been kidnapped by two strange men, but she knows what they're doing in the next room…

9) Taneda-kun to Tsukiai tai「種田くんと付き合いたい」 by Tamekou

10) Oribonchan to Otokonoko 「おりぼんちゃんと男の子」 by Blue Chome

Pediatric surgeon Nakamichi grapples with grief when his older lover, hospital director Tsutsumi, is critically ill following a stroke. His problems are compounded when the younger Tsutsumi, the director's son, begins working with him as a new intern. Tsutsumi junior dislikes Nakamichi on sight, and he soon reveals why: he knows all about his father's illicit affair with Nakamichi.

Compilation of short stories:

1) Subarashii Shitsuren (Marvelous Heartbreak)
Salaryman Naitou’s love life and work life are both going downhill. He sleeps with woman after woman, but none of them really does it for him. On top of that, he has a major crush on his boss, who only chides him for coming in late after his wild nights of unsatisfying sex and generally treats him as an errand boy. Then, one evening, a stranger accosts him at his apartment door.

2) Ore no Shachou Boku no Hisho (My boss, my secretary)
An inept president, an uptight secretary, a shady moneylender, and a fiscal crisis. Where will it lead?

3) Kairaku no Chi (Land of Pleasure)
A business trip to a tropical paradise is interrupted by an offbeat tour guide and a shocking turn of events.

4) Kou Mono (The Supplicant)
A husband and brother deal with the fallout of a life cut short.

5) Ichiban no Ai (The Greatest Love)
Former Section Chief Masaki considers it an honor to do his best in his temporary assignment as secretary to President Shirasaki. The problem is that Masaki has fallen in love with the company president, and he has no hope of that love ever being returned, as the President clearly worships his wife. Resigning himself to an unrequited love, Masaki contents himself with anonymous assignations at the local gay porn theater. Until one day when the President discovers Masaki's sexual preference and his pastime.

6) Koi no Katachi (The face of Love)
What businessmen think about when escaping a boring meeting.
An extra story for the character of Koi wo Shimashou

1-4) Seishun no Yamai wa - (The Sickness in Youth)
Successful businessman Minato is haunted by erotic memories of classmate Matsumoto and a series of embarrassing incidents from his senior high years. When Matsumoto reappears in his life as a new business associate, Minato's ordered life is turned upside down.

5-6) Tengoku ga Mieru - (Viewing Heaven)
Former bodyguard Kudo (introduced in Negai Kanae Tamae) is harassed by a nosy thief while on a trip to Europe.

7) Good Night
Minato encounters a helpful English-speaking driver when he becomes lost on an overseas business trip.

Kinukawa Yuusuke is a second-class pianist who earns a living by playing in small clubs. Things become complicated when Fukami, a yakuza boss with mesmerizing looks, becomes a regular at Yuusuke's piano bar. As Fukami's appreciation for Yuusuke's piano playing grows, so do Yuusuke's feelings for him. Although Yuusuke knows he shouldn't be attracted to such a dangerous man, he finds himself unable to stop thinking about Fukami. And so, one night in a desperate attempt to get Fukami's attention on something other than music, Yuusuke spills a drink on him...

Is love understanding someone even when he doesn't understand himself? Sometimes the music of the soul is sweeter than any instrument in Nishida Higashi's story of two very unlikely men.

Features a story called Boku wa Taisetsuna (My Precious One) in vol.2

Mihail Meyer (nicknamed "Michel" by his wife) is a half-Japanese doctor. While on the way home with his wife late one night, he nearly runs over a 6-year-old boy playing in the street. Alex is a precocious but endearing child and the son of up-and-coming musician Christopher Adler. Alex and Michel become fast friends, and Michel soon notices Christopher's coldness and neglect towards Alex, though the boy seems to adore him.

10 years later, the widowed Michel has lost touch with the Adler family, but has followed Christopher's career as he rose to become a world-renowned pianist and conductor. One night, after mistakenly stumbling into the gay red-light district, he spots a boy who looks like Alex hanging out with a couple of rowdy-looking guys and gives chase...

From Liquid Passion:

Takahiro is the adopted son and secretary of an important Japanese politician. Already uneasy about his position in the eyes of his disapproving father, it doesn't help when Takahiro gets himself kidnapped by American gangsters. While his captors wait for the ransom demand to be met, Takahiro has to be under the watchful eyes of his assigned guard, Jack. As the days turn into weeks, something like friendship develops between them. But will it lead to more...?

Collection of short stories:

1. Morotomo (With Thou)
Newly promoted managing director Masaru is besieged by the demands of work and married life. He has little patience for young half-brother, Yukio, a struggling writer. Yukio's carefree attitude to life leaves Masaru fuming, but it's his overfamiliar behaviour that leaves Masaru bothered in more ways than one.

2. Jingi Nashi! (Without Honor!)
Inept yakuza Sekiguchi loves getting arrested, for it's his best chance to get up close and personal with no-nonsense detective Murata. But when Murata warns him about the imminent closure of his gang, Sekiguchi faces an uncertain future. Can a guy who fantasizes about fondling the nipples of macho men in handcuffs ever go straight?

3. Seinaru Otoko (The Holy Man)
Pastor Andy, a missionary on a remote island, finds the brawny Taka washed up on the beach. Taka is the exact opposite of him in every way: a tough, brutish lout engaged in drug trafficking. Despite the danger, Andy offers Taka shelter and assistance - but his acts of Christian kindness conceal a dark obsession of his own.

Extra: Matta Nashi! (Without Delay!)
Detective Murata is determined to take charge in the bedroom. Sekiguchi wants to use handcuffs on him. Who will come out on top?

Three stories featuring an element of voyeurism - one man observing the object of his affection.

1) Mitsumete Itai (I'll Be Watching You)
Chief Yamaguchi, a middle-aged married company manager, meets up with carefree motormouth Abe Kazuki once a month for dinner and sex. But each man secretly longs for greater intimacy. Over time they do become close, but the Chief's transfer to America and family problems threaten to ruin their fragile affair.

2) Ore ga Iru Kara (Because I'll Be There)
High school student Yagi is caught making out with a girl by Karino, senior member of the rugby club. As the school bad boy, this is no big deal for Yagi - especially since he and Karino weren't friends in the first place. But when the tables are turned a week later, Yagi must summon the courage to be a hero.

3) Yume no Hate (The End of a Dream)
John, a jaded male escort, has dreams of being with Chris, his aloof agent. How can a client's run-of-the-mill filming request drive these two professionals apart?

From The Moon in a Box: Section Chief Mizuguchi is a fussy man. His coworkers can't manage to hate him, but they can see why no one has wanted to marry him yet. However someone is interested in him, and this someone is writing him vaguely threatening notes of a sexual nature. Is it that mysterious security guard with the sharp eyes?

From Half-Baked Scanlations:

1) Koi wo Shimashou (Let's make Love)
Management consultant Kobayashi uses his work to pick up younger men who catch his eye. Unfortunately, on his latest project he finds himself stuck with morose middle-aged manager Chief Araki. Kobayashi's initial horror develops into a professional respect that inspires him to use his easygoing charm to strike up an unlikely friendship.

2) Koi wo Kanjite
Continuation of chapter one.

3) Dirt
Caught up in a bank robbery, middle-aged branch manager Nishio is engaged in a battle of wills with lead robber Kazuya: a laidback macho thug who knows his personal details and has a weakness for older men.

4) Ano Koro ni Modorenai (No Going Back to the Past)
Nanbu discovers his new manager is Hirose - a former work colleague he once found oddly appealing despite his sullen, brooding manner.

5) Mune Ippai no (Wholehearted)
Section Chief Shingo's stress at work is spilling over into his private life. A cheerful security guard enters his life, but even he finds Shingo's violent mood swings too much to handle.

6 Tsurete Itte Kure (Take Me With You)
Shimizu takes care of his former boss Chiba, who is struggling to cope with a marriage breakdown, unemployment and a drinking problem. But are his motives purely altruistic?

7) Memorial Day
A widowed assistant director is desperate to find a birthday gift for a favourite employee.

8) Manga Lesson

1. Don’t Say Anything Both gay and both ambitious, Kozakura and Majima are coworkers who'll stop at nothing to close a deal. When they realize the president of a certain major corporation is also gay, they're determined to leverage their discovery. The only question is how far they'll go to outdo each other to land a big sale.

2. Nailed by the Director Director Ogura suspects Deputy Director Takeuchi of having an affair with his wife, and hatches a plan for revenge. Or does he!?

3. The Night I Didn’t Sleep with the Director With his 20-something online persona, 40-year-old salaryman Takeuchi is reluctant to meet offline with the man he's been developing feelings for over the internet. Backstory/prequel to Chapter 2.

4. Donyoku no Hana - Greedy Flower - (Also included in Joshi BL) My precious, beloved children… When two shady salesmen come knocking on her door, what’s reflected in old lady Tanaka-san's eyes is… Thinking her life is almost over, the feelings of another time are resurrected in Tanaka-san's heart.

5. Stimulating Fingers Jun-chan is new in town, and can’t get any action. When he hears a rapist has attacked a friend of his, he decides to lure the attacker himself, and maybe if he's good-looking...

6. First Kiss Yumino is a straight arrow police detective, and Yuri is a shady lawyer. They met in high school, and once again at the funeral for Yumino’s wife, Ao. Yuri was in love with Yumino in high school, but what we don’t suspect is how tangled the ties are between them. Another satisfying story about grown-up men.

7. Don’t Say Anything, Afterword Kozakura and Majima have a deal to wrap up, but they need to talk. A short follow up to Chapter 1.