N/A

The nest shout will I not miss.

Meet Tetsuo Atarashi. Age: 32. Occupation: porn comic writer. Marital Status: single, but has an estranged 14-year-old son who he fathered at the irresponsible age of 17. Sexual Potency: Currently None. Given such circumstances, it seems only natural that all Tetsuo desires is a kiss potent enough to get him back to his A-Game. Unfortunately, life plays a cruel hand when his long-estranged and -gay- son, Haruka, suddenly shows up at his door! Thrust into fatherhood in a homoerotic world, what is Tetsuo to do?! Kiss All the Boys takes slap-stick comedy and raging hormones to the opposite extreme!

Lonely Mitamura may be a teacher at the exclusive Sheol Soul School – an academy dedicated to the afterlife – but he has a lot to learn about human emotions and helping others. In fact, his star pupil Tsuru thinks she’ll teach him a little lesson by running off during a field trip in the living world. Now, Mitamura has only seven days to track Tsuru down with the help of a brand-new (deceased) sidekick. Will the clock run out before they find her?
-DMP

One day, a regular Earthling girl called Eri is visited by a pair of strange but somewhat cute aliens from the planet ‘Mal’, telling her that she has been selected as the best marriage candidate for their prince. When she refuses, one of them stays to ‘prepare’ her for and perhaps persuade her into marrying their beloved prince! Another Fujiko classic!

Upbeat Ritsuro and downbeat Ken have been longtime friends. Although Ken leads a dark life of prostitution after dropping out of high school, Ritsuro still cares about him. When Ritsuro realizes that what Ken wants is something more than friendship he vacillates between Ken and his girlfriend Moeko, setting the stage for a bizarre love triangle.

Set in feudal-era Japan, Yorube Naki Mono centers around prostitutes, assassins, and the grimier sides of city life.

One night, a mysterious young man named Shikon is introduced as the newest member of Saiga's group of assassins for hire. Shikon is outgoing and flirtatious, but Saiga can sense there's more to Shikon than he lets on...

A chance encounter on a moonlit night leads to two destinies awakening.

From Aerandria Scans:

“Those who meet the owner of the secret mansion never return to their world again…”
There are rumours spreading around Kunuyuki's school which say that students mysteriously disappear one after another from the campus, and that there is a secret door hidden somewhere. This time the missing person is Kuniyuki’s best friend - Kashiwagi. Are the rumors really true? Kuniyuki is angry and has no idea what to do about his friend, when he meets a strange, but very pretty girl called Towa. She says she is the guardian of the “outcasts,” those who were taken to the “mansion,” but what does that really mean...?!

Hayasaka Yoru lost her parents, and was taken in by her relative, Enomoto, who is junior high school teacher. Her house is called the "School House", because it is located on the school premises and the students would gather there and have fun every day. One night, at school, she saw the scariest guy in her class feeding a duckling which lead to her thinking that he wasn't that scary. This is where her love story begins.

Shima Akio and Soma Yoshino are lovers, facing the reality of their fourth year in university. No matter how much they try and think things over, they can’t quite figure out what to do about their parents, their friends, or even their own relationship. This is the story of their youth. Youth fraught with pain and regret.

From Echochi:
A seemingly mundane day of patrolling the streets, could be a journey of a life time for our detective when his gun and ID badge were stolen by a bunch of kids, said gun pointed at his back and blackmailed into wandering the land with a mysterious teenager.

The story revolves around Koyomi Morishita, a clumsy high school freshman girl who is often mistaken for a grade-schooler because of her shortness. Koyomi becomes a disciple of Misa Anehara, a 25-year-old graduate student who happens to be one of the most powerful modern-day magicians.

From JShoujo Scans

Matsumi Sachiko's always searching for love in the wrong places. She's made more blunders in the love department than she can count over the years, and things just never seem to go well for her. She's quick to sleep with others in her search for that special someone only to regret it later. Lately, her luck's taken an even bigger turn for the worst when the guy she'd started to have feelings for asked her if she wanted to become his "sex friend"! Will she ever find "the one"?

Midorimaru Matsunoki, the only son of lord Matsunoki Mumeharu, retainer of Hideyoshi Toyotomi, becomes involved in his father's secret plans about construction of a new castle. Soon after encounters a female peasant school teacher, Tae, who becomes his lover. Circumstances even come to affect the beautiful female noble Yayoi, who hates (and loves) him, and his beloved sensei, samurai Fujinosuke Murasaki, the main constructer of the castle, in ways no one would have anticipated...

This is a fast-paced story with overt characterization that reflects on the fairness of love and war.

A manga adaptation of the work by Anne Rice. It was later renamed as Interview with (the) Vampire.

Louis and Lestat are two vampires living in the 1700s who have a platonic love/hate relationship. Louis is ready to leave Lestat's company, but decides against it when Lestat turns a little girl, Claudia, into a vampire. However, though Claudia is forever stuck in her child body, her mind matures beyond that of a young girl.

Collection of short horror stories.

From Aerandria Scans:

During the winter break of her first year in high school, Haruno Komugi's childhood friend, Takiji, comes home to their village after pursuing his studies in Tokyo. Konegi, lonely from her mother being in the hospital, and Takiji, who is living away from his family, start spending time again together, just like in the old days. Just like friends, just like lovers, a wonderful diary of youth.

Note #1: Translator of Chinese to Japanese = Mariko SuzukiNote #2: This is actually part of a series of artbooks by Chen Shu Fen and Common/Ping-Fan where the theme is of a certain color. I will only be posting some.Note #3: This is only an excerpt of the artbook.

A poignant and intelligent collection of short stories linked to the progression of the seasons.:

1. Soft Shell
A voluntary shut-in suddenly meets the woman who lived in her apartment until a year ago.

2. Falling In Love With The Sky
The tale of a young woman who has found her soulmate.

3. One-Piece (The Dress)
A university student is overjoyed when her first boyfriend buys her a one-piece dress.

4. The Name Of Water
A handmodel is troubled by her anonymity.

5. Tough
A graphic designer is stressed by her boyfriend's absence and lets her frustration out at work.

6. Wind Grass Child
Like its Biblical equivalent, Salome, this oneshot tells a tale of desire and obsession.

Seriu Ichiro has always been in the shadow of his older sister, Rei, who did great things as the student body president in her high school. Although he was the student body president at his middle school, he was sick of the responsibility and wanted to live free. That’s when Ichiro decides to attend Yashio Academy, literally a brand new school, where his class would be the first ever class of the school which meant a fresh start for Ichiro. He meets a fellow school mate, Hatsuse Sakuno, on the way to Yashio and as soon as the two walk through the school gate, it's announced that he is the new student body president. As much as he tries to fight fate, he soon accepts the position of student body president on one condition: that Sakuno acts as co-president.