Hayato Igarashi has worked together in a Chinese restaurant with Shouko Mishima for a little while. As the reserved Shouko grows closer to him Hayato realizes his greatest wish is to keep her smiling. Will her tragic last relationship stop that? And what'll happen when a new guy comes to eat at the Chinese restaurant?

There's a movie with the same name that came out in 2006 featuring Koike Teppei.

In the aftermath of the Crusades, two travelling Arabic minstrels - Farhad and Saud - arrive at the castle of the melancholic Baron Victor. Over a series of four connected short stories, Victor reveals the reasons for his sadness, the minstrels' own stories are revealed and, in very different ways, this fortuitous meeting allows all three to find a measure of contentment.

"You, want to join the track and field club?" Kourin-senpai's words decided the outlook of Fuuko's adolescence. Discovering the joy of running, with Takeo and Kiichi who joined the track and field club together with her, under vigorous training they sweat on the track everyday. Before long, her feelings towards Kourin-senpai's changes from admiration to love... Becoming a sparkling light and running through, an adolescent athletic story starts passionately!!

From Midnight Scans: Even though Komachi was born into a doctor's family, she's extremely shy, has a phobia of blood and is extremely bad in sports. Studying is the only thing that she can do well, but she totally failed her high school entrance test! Instead of entering her first choice "ELITE class," she entered the "SPECIALITY class," where people who want to specialize in sports and the arts are. Macho with dreadlocks, bearded lolita... Being surrounded by these people is already very terrible! But on top of that, the famously talented sprinter, Oosaki Hiro, has zeroed in on her and has his eye on her...

Yuri and Motoka are friends, but Motoka isn't exactly a girl you should be messing with. Yuri later falls in love with Yabe, a player. However when she declares her love for him, he said he'll only date Motoka. Motoka acts like she doesn't want anything to do with Yabe but....is that her real feelings? But Yuri isn't going to give up on Yabe...and Motoka and Yabe seem like they went through a bad past with each other. But what is it? From Tokyopop: Yuri and Motoko are friends. Yuri has a crush on Yabe, but Yabe's decided the only girl he will ever seriously date is Motoko. But she doesn't want to have anything to do with him. Or is she secretly harboring a crush on him, too? From Baka-Updates: Do not confuse with Gacha Gacha Yuri Muroi's gone through quite a number of relationships and has that kind of reputation. She strikes up a friendship with a beautiful tomboy girl, Motoko, who helps little Yuri in times of need (aka bullying). Now Yuri has set her eyes on a sempai--Yabe. However, playboy Yabe seems to have been after Motoko for quite a while and will have no other. Yuri might have to taste the same medicine she gave another friend a while ago--a choice between love and friendship. Meanwhile, Motoko displays no interest in Yabe, but might secretly like him. As Yuri is drawn into a friendship with Yabe, Motoko, and Hirao, she begins to learn the horrible truth between Yabe, Motoko, and her dead sister Kanako and a terrible past that will never be fixed. Muroi has a suitor of her own: Sho Hirao, the student body president. Hirao is clumsy and tactless around girls. He is in love with Yuri, because she, unlike other girls, claims to be "thick-skinned" and smiles through anything, even if she has to take a beating for it, and even if she is vulnerable inside.

From RebelliousArt:
Minato is a clumsy high school girl. When she went to the infirmary to lie down, she found a naked guy, and he kissed her!
The guy is Chihiro, a tenth grader who is one year younger than she is. Minato is very interested in him, but he already has a girlfriend. Minato plans to give up, but...?

*Includes several short stories:
• Amai Yokubou (Sweet Desire) in volume 5:
After being dumped, Maya is accused by men as being cold and frigid. An encounter with a stranger leaves her thinking differently, but somehow this stranger knows her name.

• Only One in volume 6
• Fake Lover in volume 7

From Delish Scans:

My dream of a fairy tale kiss, dashed.

Three students from an all girl's school are selling bibles on the street... But, don't mistake them as servants of God. They are actually, making money for dating expenses. Even though their ways is not so good their hearts are pure! Saint Maria, please listen to these girl's prayers!

A collection of stories:

1-3. Hime to Knight to, Tonari to Watashi.
The one I'm falling in love with isn't my knight but I can't seem to forget about him... Just what should I do with these feelings of mine?

4. Bokura no Koi no Yamai
Her close friend Hiiragi has suddenly forgotten her! Will she be able to get his memories back?

5. Seito Kaishitsu, Megane no Uso. - Kare ga Doku o Haku Riyuu
Under hypnosis, the megane student council president confesses his love to me?! But wait! Is it only under hypnosis, it is really true?

Summary from Sumie: Unable to bring himself to touch the girl he loves, a boy spends each day with her in agony and joy. He is too afraid to exchange the comforts of friendship for something much more— something possibly much stronger, yet more fragile. Subconsciously, he tries to distance himself, but will that destroy the one thing he wishes to protect?

From Friendship Scans:
Sentimental Fruits is a collection of a few outstanding short stories in which pictures are used in place of dialogue. That’s right, these stories don’t have dialogue. The masterful You Gui Xiu’s meticulous style allows the characters’ voice, feelings, and thoughts to unfold on the page. Because it has not been long since her debut as a manhua artist, many peole admire You Gui Xiu’s bravery and will be sure to give her recognition in her future works.

1) New Bud
2) Cinderella's Rubber Shoes
3) Coincidence
4) Pink Nightmare
5) Steal Heart
6) Secret Affair
7) Sleeping Beauty
8) Sky Blue Smile

When you look in the dictionary for "uptight" the definition is Misao Moshiki. She's head of the school Disciplinary Committee, and if you take one step out of line you're history. Until she zeroes in on school playboy Subaru Shibatani. In her zeal she accidentally ruins his shirt. In return he tells her he'll keep quiet about it if she goes with him to the beach on Saturday. Misao's world is coming apart at the seams--or is she finally coming out of her shell?

[From ShoujoMagic]: Chitose is eager to fall in love, and she thinks she's found the perfect candidate in Yamato. Yamato is good-looking, considerate...and a little bit of a delinquent! Chitose discovers that Yamato takes money for kisses and dates! Chitose wants Yamato's lips for herself, but she has absolutely no intention of paying for them. Look out, Yamato, because Chitose -- a refreshingly spirited heroine -- is out to Get Chu!

Sketchbook printed in 2000 featuring character sketches from Matsushita's works including Yami no Matsuei.Includes a reprinted shoujo oneshot: "Inu ga Arukeba" (Walking the Dog): Dog lover Shinri wants to be a guide dog trainer. Unfortunately, dogs seem to hate him and co-worker Iruka never lets him forget it. But things change for the better with the arrival of new dog Wakame.

From Chibi Manga: Ikenai Kiss O Shiyou She fell in love with an extremely handsome mysterious man. He turns out to be a trainee teacher?! Kinkyori Renai ~Bangaihen A secret romance between teacher and student. The only person who can take off his glasses is me. Pink No Idenshi Hanamitsu Shounen She saw her Chemistry teacher Fugiki Sensei kissing a married teacher in the music room and the heroic battle begins! Ecchii Houkago Kiken Na Katekyou The extremely “popular” tutor is here to teach Yu but...?! Mi Da Ra Choukyou Yu-Sensei came as a tutor. I’ll do what ever it takes for him to fall for me!

Tamaki Otoya is the last in a line of ancient summoners tasked to battle evil forces that threaten mankind. Burdened by his duty as a summoner, Tamaki has always found strength from his childhood friend, Asahi, with whom he has a deep, emotional bond. So when Asahi's friend is found out to be possessed by a demon, he awakens--as the one destined to exorcise demons out of tortured human souls.

From Shoujo Sense:

I've been watching you attentively from close by... because I fell in love with you.
Only once... although we have spoken only this one time.

From Nagareboshi Manga:
Himeno lives in Moonlight Tokyo City, a world different from ours; one in which there are illusionists, those who can conjure up things. One day, Himeno accidentally conjures up a human from our world!! How will they react to meeting someone so different from their own kind?

[From ShoujoMagic]:

This one volume work is a collection of selected stories from Kayono's "Arabian Nights" series.

1) Princess Man & the Magic Lamp -
Princess Sonia has been kidnapped and is being forced into a political marriage. "By no means will I lead such a life!" she proclaims, and then escapes from the castle and has a fateful encounter with Sinbad! At first she thinks she's jumped out of the frying pan and into the fire, because Sinbad seems like the worst man alive, but then they embark on a journey to seek out the "magic lamp"!?

2) Tearful Madonna.
Mink is a beautiful professional killer whose mission is to sneak into the castle of the Vampire Noa Tribe to assassinate their leader Orion.

3) The Beautiful Face Tribe.
Rin pretends to be a rich girl in order to marry a wealthy man and save her father from a 100,000,000 yen debt. However, she must first choose from one of the three brothers... The oldest is a singer for a rock band, the second son is a fantastic chief, and the third is a high-schooler too shy to speak yet wishes to become an actor. All have a tender heart; so, which will she choose... or will she sacrifice her father and her future by telling this family the truth about her intentions.

Minori wonders what the true nature of the relationship is between her childhood friend Tsugumi, who she likes, and her twin sister Kozue.