"Unrequited love is like a Metro that runs underground."

College student Nozomi has always been secretly in love with her senpai Shusuke. Unfortunately, he is already in a blissful relationship with Moe-san, a beauty so lovely and kind-hearted that Nozomi can't even bring herself to resent her.
One day, her one-sided love is discovered by none other than Atsushi, Moe-san's brother, and that's where Nozomi's troubles begin...

A woman named Natsu finds Ken, her husband, with another woman when she comes home from work one day. Ken confesses that he is in love with the girl, mi, and asks Natsu for a divorce. Natsu doesn't really feel shocked OR sad, for some strange reason. All she can think of is what she has learned from her five years with Ken, and how she can move forward. Then, one sleepless night, she sees an angel sitting on her balcony...and soon after, the angel begins living with her.

To experience true love, sometimes you have to break the rules. Taku is a total player and a sometime-gigolo who has a little black book a mile thick . But when he meets a shy girl named Chizu who falls head over heels for him, he tries his hardest to change his playboy ways. This poignant volume from Sakurazawa-san depicts Taku and Chizu's bittersweet summer of love.

Nanako, an up and coming model, falls in love with another model named Etsushi...who, alas, turns out to be gay. Meanwhile, Nanako also discovers that another young actor is deeply in love with her and she is unable to choose between him and Etsushi. Her indecision leads her to a state of depression until the two men come together to encourage her and help her make decisions about her future.

Kato-kun (Mr. Kato) is an ordinary boy who works at a convenience store. Extraordinary things have started happening to him since he picked up a beautiful girl at a bar one night. It turns out she is an Angel--literally! She has two wings that sprout from her back, and only a few people can see her. She's moved into his bachelor pad, and he feels like he's in heaven. Although he has no idea where she is from or why she is living with him, he lets her stay as long as she wants. An Angel is a savior--and there are a lot of people who need saving! She crosses the paths of a neglected kindergartner, a troubled middle-school student, and she even helps Kato himself in his attempts to befriend a pretty girl named Miho.

A young woman visits home for the first time in ten years.

The Planet Group is formed of powerful families that represent each planet in our solar system and the central Sun Family. Midori is the eldest son of the Earth Family, who is just now entering his high school life in the Planetary Academy. Other than his family name, however, Midori has little going for him. He doesn't get good grades and is shy and socially awkward.

His low self-esteem isn't helped by the general disdain his father and younger brother openly show towards him. All they want is for him to not further "dirty" the family name, by staying silent and not standing out in public. But at his new high school, Midori is surprised by the kindness of the other Planet children, particularly Yuudai Jupiter, who takes Midori under his wing on the first day. Will attending the Planetary Academy mark the beginning of a change in Midori's life, or is there no hope for him after all?

Genchi is a young man entrusted the role of raising a young girl named Maruu. She is part of what's known as the "Rooks", special children who are sacrificed for the sake of their country when they turn 16 years of age. These "Rooks" are nothing but an urban legend to most people, but to these two, it is their reality. With a limit on their time together, how can they find what is truly important to them?

From Fallen Syndicate:

The Magane infection turns humans into "Magane," monsters of corrosive iron. The Magane prey on others by devouring or infecting them. They consume entire villages, leaving no survivors of their destruction... until Alma and his group of friends appear. They possess powers far above those of a normal human: the power to kill the Magane. Alma and company save the young Tenkou from infection, and he soon becomes their guide to the legendary "Agartha of Shintetsu."

A one-shot about a strange curse visited on a family after an archaeological dig.

One-shot in celebration of 30 years of Itou Junji's career.

From MangaHelpers:
The high school columnist looking for the next big story gets more than she bargained for when she digs into the wife of a man she meets. The female anime characters that the class nerd draws become real and over protective of their creator. The monster behind the old child’s story haunts the people that break the rules of the contract. These are some of the episodes in this collection of short horror stories.

25-year-old Moriyama Mikuri has an advanced degree, but has had no luck finding a permanent position. She’s been living with her parents and doing temp work, and her latest job is doing housework for a single salaryman, Tsuzaki. Mikuri longs to start a career in her field, and her Aunt Yuri, who has had success in her professional life and who regrets never marrying, also wants Mikuri to find love. When Mikuri learns that her parents are planning to move to the country, she realizes her time is running out. She still has had no luck starting her career, so it seems she will have no option but to move to the country with her parents. She finds another option in moving in with Tsuzaki, who doesn’t want to lose his housekeeper. To deal with the scandal of their living together, they get married--though just on paper. Now Mikuri starts her unusual new life, as a woman looking to start her career and as a new "wife".

THE MILLIONAIRE'S REVENGE

Laura and Gabriel were passionately in love - even though she was the daughter of a wealthy family, while he was a mere stable boy. But when Laura's parents reject the penniless Gabriel's proposal to marry their daughter, he disappears in despair. 7 years later, Laura is burdened by huge debts left by her late parents when Gabriel, now a successful and wealthy investor, appears before her. He is not the man she used to know, as he coldly declares: "I bet you never thought this day would come, when our positions are reversed!"

English publication via Renta!

Volume 16 : Fairy Tales/Nursery Tales1. The Golden Wolf and Red Riding Hood by Takayama Shinobu2.3.4. Shiro by Kaede Tooru and Mizutani Yuzu5. The Snake King by Kayase Shiki6. Little Merman by Kari Erika7. A Little Old Japanese Tale by Ogaki Chika8. Akazukin-san to Ookami-san by Ninagawa Tomo9.10.11. Stork's Contract by Akanatsu12.13.14. The Centennial Brier and the Oblivious Princess (The 100 Year Thorns and the Unknowing Princess) by Akazaki Mutsumi15.16. Godfather Death God by Sakura Maro

Volume 8 : Butler 21. Mr. Finding by Takayama Shinobu2. Butler Hassle by Saeki Yashiro3. From Today, I’m a Butler! by Miyamoto Fukusuke4. Butler Game by Asahina Asato*5. Le Droit d'aimer by Haibara Yaku6. The Apprentice Butler and His Mistress by Yoneyama Setsuko7. Brilliant Emerald by Seno Tatsune & Takamiya Aya8. The Nagging Butler Likes Troublemakers by Geni Yuu9. Tarte Tatin by Mikanagi Touya10. The Mistress’ Favourite by Kawazoe Mariko & Nakamura Sachiko11. A Distance at Which Tea Doesn’t Cool by Kosugi Mayu12. The Master, His Butler and a Magical Book by Mazaki Haruka13. The Courtyard Secret by Ishikawa Mushi & JAM14. The Butler Is Useless? by Asada Yasuka15. Butler-Battle by Akizuki Ichiha16. Mr. Butler by Usaki Hitomi* indicates oneshot being scanlated.

18-year-old Tsubomi has a bit of a weight complex. After graduation from high school, she takes up a part-time job at a video rental store where she is introduced to another male employee, 19-year-old Shiro, whose shifts always seem to coincide with hers. Shiro casually mentions that she reminds him of someone familiar. A few days later, while on duty, she bumps into a customer in one of the aisles. He leaves, but not without dropping his membership card, and Tsubomi finds out that his name is Nasukawa, and that he is an acquaintance of Shiro's. Meanwhile, after a song for a commercial comes on, Shiro realizes that Tsubomi reminds him of a famous model in a commercial (her "eyes", at least), who turns out to be none other than Tsubomi's cousin...?!

This one-shot is a short but sweet age-gap romance about a girl named Hina who has suffered from social anxiety ever since she was a kid. Back then, her nursery school teacher Satoru-sensei encouraged her and helped her face her fears. Hina later grew up to become a nursery school teacher herself thanks to Satoru-sensei's influence. But when Hina gets a job at the same nursery school as him, Satoru-sensei doesn't seem to recognize her at all? Furthermore, her old fears start to return when Hina learns that she and Satoru-sensei will be in charge of MC'ing a school assembly!!

From Kindan-no Aku:

Yui Kiryuu is a street performer who relies on (and takes pride in) her beauty and dancing skills. In order to save her friend Cecille, she makes a contract with a creature from another world - a Tinas. Her end of the bargain, however, is the thing she treasures the most...

A collection of short stories. Note that the vast majority of these stories contain heterosexual romance themes. A few stories explore transgender issues, but it's a stretch to call them shounen-ai or BL romances. This series demographic is josei.

Le théâtre de A
1.Oeufs D'ange - Tenshi no Tamago
A man is asked by a young painter to be her model.

2. Velvet Going Underground
A doll becomes a super idol. Hijinks ensue.

3. Childhood's End
Alastair runs away and meets the Rabbit.

4. Bite Me Something
Allistaire followed Mr. Rabbit all the way to Wonderland. Will he be able to find him among the crowd?

5. Long Along Alonging
A girl asks a vampire to be his apprentice. But what is her motive?

6. Till Dawn
In a dark tower, a caged voice is singing until a hunted man enters the darkness.

7. Leçon un
Sequel to Long Along Alonging.

8. My Skin on My Back

9. Highland Walker
Sequel to Leçon un.

10. Perfect World
The story of a young wife whose husband is infected with a fatal disease called Flower-Blossomitis.

11. Perfect Lady
Sequel to Perfect World and drawn especially for this book.

12-13. Looks Like a Teaspoon
A boy named Allistaire is often teased at his all-boys school. One night he dresses like a girl and stumbles upon the boy who often bullies him, Simon. Allistaire runs off into a tower and as Simon runs after him, we see the sign "Welcome to Wonderland" hanging by the tower's door.

14. The Pearl Blue Story
Do you believe in mermaids? Coggy, a young boy finds a mysterious lady laying down near the shore of the beach. He brings her home to help her.

15. I Am a Piano
A piano tells the story of her life and the people she encounters.

16. Parade

Le théâtre de B
1. Noël
A short story about a holiday romance.

2. Teddy Bear Satsujin Jiken (The Teddy Bear Murder Case)
Four murders have taken place at an all girl school. Lying beside each of the victim was a teddy bear with one missing limb.

3. Yonshimai Satsujin Jiken

4. A is for Alice
Alastair, a grown man, is off to follow the Rabbit once again to return to Wonderland.

5. Nedai no Musume Atelier no Musume (The Bedroom Girl, The Sculpture Room Girl)
A story about a girl in her death bed finding another chance in life in the body of a doll.

6. B&W (Black&White)
A story about a boy waiting for his sister.

7. Le Jardin du thé (The Tea Garden)
A mysterious story about a poor young man who orders a kind of tea called Huan Ying – “The Illusion”.

8-9. Free Fitting for Her
A priest and his captured vampire must save a naive and selfish young girl from the murderous desires of a Lolicon. But perhaps this girl isn't all that she seems.

10. Rose Dusk, Pale Moon

11. Hello, My Sister

12. The Happy Prince

13. Welcome to Wonderland
Simon, Alastair's old classmate, is now a grown man who bumps into his childhood Wonderland traveller.

[From Kotonoha]:

Ichiko Izumiya is a young student of English who would like to walk in the footsteps of her father as a translator of trendy American novels. She finally decides to confess to him that she is in love with Eriko, a law student. Ichiko will attempt to live out her homosexuality in peace and will be brought to wonder about the nature of her relationship: is she really homosexual or simply in love with a sensitive being who happens to be of the same sex?