A hair stylist develops a crush on a regular client.

"If nothing changes whether one laughs or cries, then in this lifetime, I refuse to cry."
This collection consists of six historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best in the city of Edo throughout the seasons:

Chiruhi (Day of Scattering)
Orin is a prostitute who works on a boat near the seashore. She falls in love with a young hairdresser, who is one of her customers, even though she knows it is an impossible love.

Lotus Roots
Upon crossing a lotus pond, two men discover a beautifully dressed figure hanging from the bridge. They pull her up and that night, she teaches them the meaning behind the lotus roots.

One Night Princess
"They 'haunt' this place. The ghosts of prostitutes."

Tenkiku
A little girl meets a kid with weird features, and only she can see him.

Breaking Under the Weight of Snow
A husband wonders, when was the last time he saw her wife's smile?

Sakuhi (Day of Blooming)
"The truth is I... came here to murder someone."

A girl living alone in a city that sank into the sea.

Kana loves drawing more than anything. Everyday she goes home to find her mother and brother arguing. Only with her precious art book, does she feel at peace. However, one day her mother throws the art book out. Enraged, Kana leaves home and wanders onto the streets...

By Kyouria:
After her parents passed away, Eunsu was able to stay at her mother's friend (Ajuhshi's) home. She was about to get attacked as soon as she arrived in Seoul, but was saved just in time by the second son of Ajuhshi. And she later discovers Leewon wasn't at all a caring person...

Collection of miscellaneous short stories.

From Aerandria Scans:

In the ‘Dream Bookshop’ that specializes in antique books, there is a mysterious and beautiful shop mistress. If she recommends you a book, please do not reject her, because it is a love story that belongs solely to you—
The female protagonist, Xiao Deah*, received a wordless book. This book caused a misunderstanding and now Deah is the pretend girlfriend of school idol and soccer captain, Hu Ke Jun?! Will Deah and Hu Ke Jun become a true couple?

This book also contains the new series ‘Dragon Teases Phoenix Miraculous Love Fate’ which is a hilarious historical romance story not to be missed by shoujo fans!

*Xiao=Little, Deah=Butterfly

Kinasuki Shin is a delinquent who always seems to get into trouble; though his martial arts skills usually save him from getting hurt during fights. But his "bad luck magnetism" is always active in full force, and he soon lands in deep debt for causing a car crash.

Takami Ukon is a model and happens to be a student of Kinasuki's school (when he's not busy with photo shoots, at least!) One thing leads to another, and our hapless protagonist soon finds himself commissioned to act as Takami's bodyguard in return for the latter paying off his debts!?

What will become of these two accident-prone guys as they go through high-school life together? Many new characters -- each with weird quirks of his own -- make their appearance as the story progresses. The ensuing drama and hilarity makes Bingo! well worth a read for any BL fan.

When high school student Tsuruta goes in search of a missing cat, he could never have guessed what lies in store for him on the other side of the tunnel...

Izumi wants to inherit her mother's resturaunt, however, she has no natural cooking ability. Izumi's childhood friend Reiji also wants to inherit the resturaunt, however, he's a cooking prodigy.

Taken from Anime News Network:
Beautiful People is a manga comprised of six profound and thought-provoking short stories. It includes a tale of a vampire who raises a child as his own, a story of a young man who copes with an alcoholic father amongst other problems with the help of an online friend and four others short stories.


Chapter 1: Princess White Snow
Chapter 2: World’s End
Chapter 3: Electric Angel
Chapter 4: The Lady Stalker
Chapter 5: Beautiful People
Chapter 6: Blue Sky

From JShoujo Scans:

Hiraku's a slightly moody college student who's been having a hard time getting used to his new big-city life. A flamboyantly gay guy's latched onto him like a leech and follows him around wherever he goes, and a girl who he had a one-night stand with comes up to him telling him that she's pregnant and demands money from him so that she can go and get an abortion.

Amidst all this chaos, one glaring question crystallizes in the minds of all those around him ---who is it that he really loves?

Minori is the manager of her high school's baseball club, which has been defunct up until five years ago. Even now, it's a little rough, since there currently are no seniors in the club at all! None of the second year players know why the club closed so many years ago, or about the baseball history all their fathers share...

This manga takes place a few years after the two lead males have graduated from high school. One of them came out in high school, and the other was a scary senpai who kind of took care of him. But now they meet at the same office, several years later, where the kouhai has yet to come out of the closet...

From JShoujo Scans

Harumi's your typical grade 9 girl. Sure, she still sleeps with her stuffed animal that she dubbed "Umetaro," and her ability to sense snow before it falls is labelled as just plain "weird" by her friends, but otherwise, she's your average girl just like any other.

When her mother accidentally ruins her stuffed animal though by accidentally spilling coffee all over it, it sets the ball rolling for a series of events that changes her outlook on life.

She even meets a young guy working at a local knick knacks shop who reminds her of her beloved Umetaro! As she gets to know him more, she begins to realize that there is someone out there in the world who'll accept her for who she is.

Also contains an extra story:
・10 Nen mo 20 Nen mo (10, 20 Years from Now)

Konashi is a hard-working swimming buff who's focused on becoming good enough to land himself a spot in the upcoming summer swim competition. One day while heading to the pool to swim as always, he spots a guy he's never seen before standing on the jumping board with his clothes and shoes still on.

As it turns out---he's Eguchi, the resident class "mystery" who's only ever attended one of his classes. As they get talking, Konashi realizes he's nothing like the rumours made him out to be---and so began a quirky brief friendship that leaves a strong impression on him even years later.

Chapters 1-3 + Extra: Anata no Tonarini Suwarasete (Let Me Sit Next To You)
When the chair he fell in love with at first sight was purchased by someone else, Azumi becomes terribly drunk one night and is nursed back to health by an unknown man... and wouldn't you know it, it's the person who owns the chair, Takamiya Shinjin. The adorable, puppy-like Azumi is charmed by the sexually attractive Shinjin, and Azumi's battle of love commences!

(The character Kei Yamashiro is the main character on another story - Renai Sousa. Kei Yamashiro is the friend of Takamiya Shinjinm).

Chapter 4: Love Sign (oneshot)
Sawaguchi Kiego noticed that one of his classmates, the quiet & introverted Hayasaka Tooru, keeps looking at him and that gaze intrigues him, makes him want to tease him a little...

From Liquid Passion:

An interesting look at Hikaru and Yuki after the events in Rules volume 3. This booklet was a special mail away item from Chara for purchasing Rules v1-3 as they were published.

Whimsical story about Yuki and an alien (maybe)...

Part of Rules / Hydra Series

A love story between two dancers: Junaque, a relative of the Belgian royal family and Shara, a Japanese transfer student. The story begins at St. Maria's, a private Catholic school in Belgium, but later the action switches to the show business life in New York.

From Liquid Passion :

Katase works at a workshop which specializes in the traditional, intricate art of yuzen dyeing. He doesn’t get along well with others and deliberately keeps people at a distance. This changes when he’s told to allow a friendly young man in training to stay at his place.

From Mangascreener:

The only common feature running through these stories is a grown-up protagonist somehow coming face-to-face with his childhood past, in a testament to the loss of youth, the disillusionment of growing old, and nostalgia for better times.

In the Adachi pantheon, this is a rare diametric view of his eternal theme of "youth," in this case youth as seen through the lens of the past. It's a powerful statement from Adachi that might even be an acknowledgment of his steadily-creeping age.

What is impressive about these stories is not the plots or characters themselves, but the absolutely perfect way he tells them, another facet of experience that comes with age. Most of the stories may require multiple readings to fully appreciate the airtightness of the plot and visual motifs."