On a rainy day when Noa forgot to bring her umbrella, the ill-tempered & rude Takagi-senpai helped her out. Since then, Noa has been following Takagi Ren like his pet dog...

From Shinnen:
Recently, An's boyfriend, Kurosawa, has been acting strangely. Did he just cancel their date for Sunday? It turns out that he's helping his best friend, Kouta, who is in love with this other girl. But does he have to do this in spite of An's feelings!?

Includes other short stories: Onaji Sora no Shita, Niji no Ame, Scratch Go-go

Hinata Saotome is suddenly asked out by En Shinohara, a gorgeous boy in her grade. What she doesn’t know, though, is that his hobby is cross-dressing! En has always hated men, and whenever he sees his own reflection, he punches out whatever is doing the reflecting (windows, mirrors…). To combat this hatred, he dresses up as a girl. Hinata decides to go out with him anyway, despite his weird hobby.

Also included are the following unrelated short stories:

• Sweets Honey (V.08)
Serizawa gets sick whenever she smells something sweet, but she likes a boy named Miura who has an extremely sweet tooth.

• Boy's Lily (V.16)
A spin-off of Usotsuki Lily where En is a normal guy who recently started dating Hinata whose hobby is dressing like a guy.

• Amber (V.17)
Mio Hasekura is a helpful high school girl who is very fond of her late father who died when she was younger, and hopes to find a guy like him someday. On her way to school one day, she comes across a man collapsed on the side of the road and Mio helps him out.

A oneshot that appeared in Monthly Spirits 2014-11 to celebrate Ito and Kazuo being in an interview together.

A collection of odd (and often very short) one-shots on a wide variety of subjects. Most of them are at least somewhat humorous, however.

Note: Was nominated for the 7th annual Manga Taishou Award.

Ex-yakuza hitman Yousuke dies... And is promptly scouted as an angel! Will he manage to accomplish his earthly duties, or will he simply drive his trainer, Zerachiel, crazy?

Note: The original oneshot was titled Scrap Heaven, but after being granted serialisation the series name has been changed to Gokurakuchou Dead End.

She's a second-year high school student with a single all-consuming question: Will the boy she likes ever really notice her? He's the school's most notorious juvenile delinquent and he's suddenly come to a shocking realization: He's got a huge crush, and now he must tell her how he feels.

NOTE: Chapter 232 does not exist, there's no chapters missing.

At the dawn of the 17th century, at the end of the era of civil wars, in a world of chaos, the epic Battle of Sekigahara was joined.
One man emerged from the largest battle ever fought on Japanese soil; a terrible warrior of unspeakable power, he was nicknamed 'the unconquerable.'
Kyoshiro is a peaceful medicine peddler who harbors the soul of an assassin. He accompanies a young bounty hunter across Japan in search of a murderer and on a quest to discover the terrible secret of his own identity.

From Tasty Kiwi Scans:

HyoYi is a poor girl with a scholarship to one of the most exclusive private schools, attended only by kids from the richest families. Strong and resilient, HyoYi fights to protect her mentally handicapped brother whose disability makes him a target for bullies and beatings. Then she meets MinHa, who unexpectedly winds up making an agreement to protect the siblings. Bound together by their unusual arrangement, HyoYi and MinHa gradually learn what it means to love, one step at a time....

From Intercross:

Lala has always believed ever since she was little that her prince would come from outer space, so she would always ask of God and the Moon that she could meet her extraterrestrial prince soon.
One night she meets a bishounen by the name of Ban and instantly falls for him but is he really an alien or just another human?


Also includes:

15-minute one-way trip
Ao no Kanata e

After a long illness, Naki returns to school and finds a ghost in her locker who asks her to become a Rock-n-Roller.

One day, a strange transfer student appears before Tsubaki. Urabe Mikoto is an antisocial girl, whose hobby is just sleeping during class-breaks. One day, Tsubaki goes to wake her up and accidentally tastes her drool... and gets hooked on that!

After that, he starts going out with her and gets to know her better. Her second hobby, as it turns out, is carrying around scissors in her panties and cutting paper into flowers...

Ichiru Kanzaki is given an offer he can't refuse: to clear his entire debt, he has to enroll in the high school where his father works to track down his father's illegitimate daughter, his own younger half-sister, whom he has never met. But which girl is she?

From Easy Going Scans:

Choi Ha Ram, an average high schooler decides to buy a necklace one day without knowing that this item is going to turn her life upside down! That necklace has a connection with the ghost of Yu Ga On and whoever wears it is able to see him.
Yu Ga On has no intentions to harm the girl on the contrary actually but his actions always seem to get Choi Ha Ram in trouble. As if this was not enough a new neighbour comes along to add more excitement in her life!

Misako's father remarried a week ago and her step brother turns out to be the school's most popular guy, Aizawa Hiroki. Giving the appearance of a gentleman it turns out he's a huge playboy, trying to "capture" her to prove they can't be a family!?

Includes two oneshots "Kimi Fechi" and "Kanzen Date Manual". The former has yet to be scanlated.

Kyosuke Kosaka, a normal seventeen-year-old high-school student, hasn't gotten along with his younger sister, Kirino, in years. For longer than he can remember, Kirino has ignored his comings and goings and looked at him with spurning eyes. It seemed as if the relationship between Kyosuke and his sister, now fourteen, would continue this way forever. One day, however, Kyosuke finds a DVD case of a magical girl anime entitled Hoshikuzu Witch Meruru (Stardust Witch Meruru), which had fallen into the entranceway of his house. To Kyosuke's surprise, inside the case, an adult video game entitled Imoto to Koishi yo! (Love with Little Sister!) is hidden.

The story revolves around Nishimiya Shōko, a grade school student who has impaired hearing. She transfers into a new school, where she is bullied by her classmates, especially Ishida Shouya. It gets to the point where she transfers to another school and as a result, Shōya is ostracized and bullied himself, with no friends to speak of and no plans for the future. Years later, he sets himself on a path to redemption.

Note: Won the 19th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Award New Artist Prize in 2015 and the Ogaki City Cultural Alliance Award (Lifestyle Culture Division). Nominated for the category "Best U.S. Edition of International Material" in the 2016 Eisner Awards.

From Sweet Melody Scans:
Nayu and Oumi are childhood friends. Without realizing it, Nayu finds she has fallen for Oumi over the years. However, just as she comes to terms with her feelings, Oumi reveals himself to be in love with the pretty Tsuzuki-san in his class. How will Nayu deal with such heartbreak?

Usui Fuuko is ridiculed by her classmates as 'ugly' after unsuccessfully confessing her love to Amahara Haruhiko. With the failure still in her mind, she swears to lose weight and to get revenge by making Amahara fall in love with her! However, after a series of event, Usui is beginning to have second thoughts about her plan...

Amano Rintarou has taken care of Nakatsugawa Maki since they were kids. He knows his childhood friend Maki isn't the brightest crayon in the box but in spite of that, or maybe because of that, he still has always thought he would be taking care of him now and in the future. However, when they enter university together and Rintarou is made to move in with Maki, Maki goes from being a regular idiot to being a perverted idiot! But only towards Rintarou?! What's Rintarou going to do?! How will he deal with this new side of Maki? Will he be able to still live with him and continue to take care of Maki now and forever?