Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, One shot, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Supernatural
9
1
6
May 27, 2024
The title story, “The Mermaid Prince,†told in three chapters, is a coming-of-age story set in Okinawa. The boy, Mugi, has a fascination with mermaids. He moved in from Tokyo when his sister got married to a local man, and doesn’t quite fit in. On the day he met the girl, Madori, she was just coming to terms with her new family situation. His thoughtful gesture made her view him as her Prince Charming.
In the second story, “Snowy Day,†a homeless father and son take refuge from the snow in a library. The librarian soon finds out there is more to them than meets the eye.
The third story, “Ametsukigahara,†is a two-parter about a girl named Akari. There’s not much she cares about in this world, except maybe her friendship with Fumika, who’s afraid of boys. But then Fumika gets a boyfriend, and something happens that makes Akari even more jaded than she already was.
Publisher Hayakawa is celebrating its 70th anniversary with two manga anthology reprints. One collection is dedicated to mystery works while the other compiles sci-fi stories printed over the publisher’s long career.
From DMP:
A collection of romance stories.
We begin with the title piece, in which a concubine falls head over heels for his king. But what happens when the king's ambitions blind him to that love?
Several short stories follow:
Hibana, a troubled circus acrobat finds comfort in the arms of another of the circus' performers. But there's more twists to the story than Hibana's flips through the air.
In the next story, a loving servant of a prince lets himself be put under a magic spell in order to spend one cherished night with him.
The following yarn is about Canary, a very unusual boy who is owned by an old woman who exploits his talents, and the young stranger who meets him and teaches him about love.
The manga concludes with two stories of students Okabe and Hidaka, and their exploration of their feelings for each other.
From Divine Sanctuary:
Yuuki's first boyfriend is Tetsu, the pitcher of the baseball club, but... she's in big trouble because she has too many rivals in love!? After 4 months of dating, she is constantly harassed to breakup with Tetsu by his fans. Her friend Nacchi says it's because she lacks feminine pheromones!! When Yuuki asks Nacchi how to acquire feminine pheromones, Nacchi tells her that after she "does it" with Tetsu they will begin to pour out of her... but after hearing that, the only thing pouring out of Yuuki are nosebleeds from all her perverse thoughts!!
NOTE: This is chapter 4 of Body Talk - Junai Yuugi
他是甜蜜的诱惑 ; 彼は甘い誘惑 ; Kare wa Amai Yuuwaku - Honey Honey Boy
One shot, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
26
1
3
May 23, 2024
The new student body president, Kiyomasa Saionji, is more strict about rules and punishments--and poor Rika can't stop breaking the rules. Is Kiyomasa too strict? Is Rika just too clumsy? ...Or are the punishments a sweet temptation?
From Shoujo-Sense:
Olivia is a peasant girl fleeing an arranged marriage. Michal is a young lord injured after a suspicious horseback riding accident. How are the two of them connected? And what will happen when they find themselves trapped in an abandoned monastery with some very sinister occupants...?
Comedy, Drama, One shot, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Shoujo Ai, Supernatural
8
1
1
May 22, 2024
From HaruHime
Story 1:
My dad died in a traffic accident eight years ago. One day my mother brings in an unreliabe ”bean sprout man” into our house. Together with my selfish mom and my obstinate self, the transient and strange life of the three of us begins here… In order for a girl to grow up, she needs a grown up man.
Story 2:
A girl becomes jealous when she hears that her childhood friend now has a girlfriend. In an attempt to break the two up, she takes advice from a talking fish?
Story 3:
A high school boy witnesses his crush being involved in a traffic accident outside the school. The incident leaves the boy able to communicate to his crush through her headphones?
Story 4:
A high school girl is confessed to by her best friends' brother. Does she return his feelings or do her feelings lay elsewhere?
From Shoujo Addiction:
High school student, Oikawa Miwa, has her first boyfriend! He is an older guy that works at an appliance store, but does he really love her or is she too young for him to take seriously?
A collection of short stories.
Contains:
Nayameru Hime to Mayoeru Ouji
Love Chain
Zenbu Aishite
Heisei Hakuba no Oujisama
Sports Party
Trouble Summer
Smile Road
ニルの恋☆魔法陣 ; Nil no Koi☆Mahoujin ; Nil's Magic Circle of Love
Fantasy, One shot, Romance, Shoujo
7
1
6
May 21, 2024
Nil, a 5th grader in an academy of magic falls in love with Kowloon, her scary-looking upperclassman. Will she be able to pluck up the courage to ask him to the academy’s dance party? She might need magic to give her a helping hand.
恶魔爱人 ; 悪魔なカレといけにえ天使 ; A Devil and an Angel Sacrificed ; The Lover of A Devil ; Akuma na Kare to Ikenie Tenshi ; Ang Nagmamahal sa Demonyo (Filipino)
Comedy, One shot, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
11
1
0
May 20, 2024
Consists of a collection of four short stories.
Story 1)
The main girl gets entangled with a guy well-known as, "The Devil". After he saves her from the grasp of some guys she got into trouble with, a contract is made. As part of the contract, she belongs to the "Devil." What will become of this poor girl? Dinner for the devil himself? Or will she find something else?
Story 4)
Tsubasa has gotten tickets to Daita's magic show...but she's lost them! She desperately wants to see the Prince of Magic, so she sneaks in backstage to attend it! However, things don't always work out, she runs into Daita, the magician himself catches her, and to keep him quiet, she agrees to be his assistant for the time being.
- Leisure Scans
From Forbidden Garden:
1) Yasashii Te (Gentle hands)
Kaoru is the type of girl who always has men fawning over her. She's pretty, bright, and has that sparkling personality that all men love. Then she met her new home tutor Katagiri... how will he fare against her wiles?
2) Twinkle Lovers Night
Imai is rejected by her crush Kuwabara and then she must to work with him in the school festival committee... What'll happen to her next?
3) Okashi no Ie (Candy House)
Natsumi's mother disappears leaving only a note telling Natsumi to go find her unknown brother who has been in her father's care since her parents divorce. Can really Natsumi think of the brilliant patissier as her brother..?
4) Katakoi Yozora (Unrequited Love's Night Sky)
Eri is about to confess to her long time unrequited love Kuwabara when she sees him holding hands with Imai. Why is Kojima suddenly so attentive...?
5) Kobito-san's Story
One shot, School Life, Shoujo, Supernatural, Tragedy
16
1
1
May 19, 2024
From Aerandria Scans:
A voice echoes through the night - the voice of the boy who hit a girl with his bicycle and ran. The words are curses for the perfect older sister people constantly compare him to...
When Na hears the passionate wish made to the moon, she comes down to Earth in the shape of a butterfly to comply with that wish - in return for the sacrifice the butterfly requires.
Drama, Fantasy, Historical, One shot, Shoujo, Tragedy
15
1
0
May 19, 2024
1) Kaeru no Saiban or Kaeru Saiban
One day a frog saves the life of a bad witch. The witch promises to grant one of the frog's wishes... Which is to turn into a beautiful girl! Will our Frog-chan fulfill her dream and fall in love?
2) Kimi ni Tenshi no Shukufuku wo!
Does God exist? A runaway boy accused of thievery takes a surprisingly cooperative nun hostage. With her he learns what it means to have faith and courage.
3) Mori to Oshiro
A princess who has everything one could ever ask for hears a bird singing, "What a pitiful princess." Why, she asks, was she so pitiful? The bird answers that it is because she does not know, and if she wants to know, then she must go out of her castle.
4) Gekkou Spice
If you sprinkle your whole body with the moonlight-spice and make a wish, it will come true. What is the wish of the black panther chased through the forest by hooligans when it meets the pure bunny Alice?!
Collection of 5 short stories:
- Tonari no Kyuuketsuki ( となりの吸血鬼)
- Sakurafubuki ni Saku Senaka (さくらふぶきに咲く背中)
- Magarikado no Bokura (曲がり角のボクら)
- Minna Kirakira (みんなきらきら)
- Abe-kun to Kuroha-san (阿部くんと黒羽さん)
1. Mada Amanogawa ni Ikenai - Still can't reach the Milky way
Like Orihime and Hikoboshi, Kira and Yuriha can only meet once a year when Kira visits Japan. Can feelings grow under such circumstances?
2. Juunen no Ame - 10-year rain
Sakura's childhood friend Kashiwaze has grown up to a popular guy, and to keep from being ostracized by the girls she hides their friendship and ignores him.
3. Koi ni Ichiban Chikai Shima
4. Senaka Watte Koi (w)o Suru
5. Senaka Watte Koi (w)o Suru Bangaihen
Drama, One shot, School Life, Shoujo, Shounen Ai, Slice of Life, Tragedy
12
1
0
May 18, 2024
A collection of oneshots:
1. The Glasses Thief
A boy with bad eyesight and the girl who is in love with him.
2. Convenience Store Honey (Shounen Ai)
A boy worries about his quiet boyfriend.
3. Adult-Uniform
A girl wonders why her childhood friend does not speak to her anymore.
4. Refrigerator Chocolate
Satoru is going to have heart surgery with a 50/50 chance of surviving, one day he comes across a girl in a refrigerator...
This is a collection of 4 Hayashi Mikase's short stories, compiled for your reading pleasure. (From Esthétique)
story 1- She might be tall, but high-schooler Fukagawa Yori likes pretty dresses. BUT, the guy that she likes says, "They don't suit you." What a trauma for our poor Yori. One day, our Yori ends up modeling for a fashion show...
story 2- 16 year old Umino Kujira shows up at the Somagi's front door to be a live in maid for two twenty-something brothers. (a cute oneshot about families)
story 3- Hotaru is an apprentice training to be a Staff (someone who makes sure that spirits pick the right door) who is partnered up with "The Dropouts" who don't follow regulations. When it's Koizumi Otoha's spirit's turn to choose, Hotaru must help her find the right door
20, 21; A Witch's Hand; Blank; Blank, Continued; Sleeping Beauty's Dream; Twelve-Year Age Gap, Six-and-a-Half-Mat Room; スリーピングビューティーの見た夢
One shot, School Life, Shoujo Ai
56
1
0
May 16, 2024
A collection of one-shots:
• Sleeping Beauty no Mita Yume (Sleeping Beauty's Dream)
Tsukasa gets a kiss from the girl she likes, but she's not happy about it.
• Hakushi (Blank)
The protagonist loses some of her memories and can't remember a girl who was very important to her.
• Rokujouhan Shuukai Okure
• A Witch's Hand
• 20, 21
Fuji doesn't see her friend Asagao in a romantic light, but Asagao is hoping to change that.
• Hakushi, Continued (Blank, Continued)
Retells the events of "Blank" from Takako's perspective.
• Twelve-Year Age Gap, Six-and-a-Half-Mat Room
Very short (4 pages) full color manhua about a fairy and her hunter.
Even though it's short, the colors and art are gorgeous and worth taking a look at. :)
Woman in the Attic; Yane Ura no Majo; Yaneura no Majou; 屋根裏の魔女; 阁楼上的魔女
Josei, One shot, Romance, School Life, Slice of Life
18
1
0
May 15, 2024
From Dazzling Scans:
A collection of interlinked oneshot stories, Yaneura no Majou tells the story of students from Sannosan High School as they are preparing for the Culture Festival.
• Lilith
Asumi is responsible for writing the play that will be performed this year, but struggles to relate to her own characters—especially that of Lilith the Witch—until she reflects on her relationship between her childhood friend Asami.
• Ground Woodpecker
Michi loves fortune telling, but when she helps her childhood friend Satoshi with his crush on fellow classmate Mikako by performing a magic trick, something seems strange. Her magic actually works! Satoshi begins to change and even gets the girl; however, Michi becomes obsessed with the bird that she saw while performing the trick... and she joins the bird watching club in order to find it again.
• Eve
Suzuki Mie is the president of the bird watching club and is assigned to put the yearbook together with committee member and star of this year's play, Kawahara Hisaki—who plays Adam. After getting to know each other, Hisaki-kun discovers that Mie is dating a girl: also named Suzuki Mie, the girl who has been cast in the role of Eve in the play.
• Lilith and Venus
Mikako has always envied her older sister's relationship with her boyfriend Motomu-kun. Thus, the beautiful Mikako begins dating Satoshi, who seems to possess similar qualities to Motomu. However, when she finds that they aren't so similar after all, she's faced with a crisis.
• After Mary, It's Eve and Pandora
Rieko, after hearing that Asami is single, confesses to him even though she knows he just broke up with a girl he liked for a long time. After a series of events, she ends up opening the Pandora's Box that she received from her father when she was young. She believes this to be the cause of a series of disasters that happens, but ultimately she's left with...?
Yuan Shi Tian's youngest disciple, Ling Zhu Zi, must deliver the secret scroll to the Great Buddhist Master of Lingbao without having it trapped by the hands of evil.
Action, Adventure, Comedy, Ecchi, Fantasy, One shot, Shounen, Supernatural
11
1
5
May 15, 2024
From MangaHelpers:
There are people in the world who have strengthened their heart and spirit beyond imagination; so much so that they are able to materialize objects just by willing it and its potency is only limited by the users' determination. These people from the far east call themselves the Wazabito and are admired for their power that transcends the physical universe.
Tekuni is a cute Wazabito swordswoman who is traveling the world to train and master her abilities. With her friend Huk-Ro, the owl of knowledge, Tekuni wanders from one danger to another and makes friends in the process. [vyc]
My Sweet Heart; My Sweetheart.; Sekai wa Kimi wo Sukuu!; The World Is Bound To Save You; 世界はきみを救う！; 我的甜心宝贝; 甜心零距離
Comedy, One shot, Romance, School Life, Shoujo
20
1
4
May 12, 2024
Contains 5 short-stories:
1. Sekai ha kimi o sukuu: Harusawa Hiro, a 16 year old girl, is always saying what she thinks and has no friends.
One day, she yells at the famous Yamazaki Ryou from class C.
2. Continuation of the first story
3. Boku no Candy: Kubo Yukiya confesses to the girl he likes: Hoshino Mimi! She looks like an angel but is nothing like that at all...!
4. Clearnote: Hasegawa Rumi is a rather shy girl that likes books. One day, she has to do the class-duties with the popular Kazama. They seem to have nothing in common...
5. Green Boy X Blue Girl
Ginsekai no Shoumei; Lullaby for a Dragon; Otogibanashi no Fude; Ryuu no Moriuta; The Brush of A Fairy Tale; The Snowscape’s Emblem; Vahlia's Bridegroom; ヴァーリアの花婿
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Historical, One shot, Romance, Shoujo
15
1
13
May 12, 2024
A collection of short stories:
1) Vahlia no Hanamuko
Jiru and Vahlia were engaged. But Jiru suddenly went missing! Four years later, Vahlia was betrothed to his younger brother. During the night of the celebration of her second engagement, Vahlia decides to go on a journey… in search of Jiru!
2) Ryuu no Moriuta
The dragon child Kito and the priestess Shuen await the day Kito becomes the Heavenly Dragon.
3) Ginsekai no Shoumei
Alza lives alone on a desolate snowy plain. One day, Leah, a sorcerer from the magical city collapses near his house. Alza forbids Leah from using magic in his presence and shows her how beautiful life can be outside of the magical world. But, why does Alza hate magic, how did Leah get outside the magical city, and what will happen when Leah returns home?
4) Otogibanashi no Fude
At a far away village, there’s a sacred tree where the Water God dwells. It’s Sasara Yuukei’s task to trace the fading letters of the contract between the Water God and the people of the village. One day, while carrying out his task, he suddenly met the Water God herself! And gradually, he found out that what he’s been doing every day is actually...
Inazuma no Shou; Kagerou no Shou; Mizu no Tsuki no Shou; Nagasaki Bojou; Луна в водах, освещенных зарницами; 陽炎 稲妻 水の月; 陽炎稲妻水の月
Historical, Josei, One shot, Romance, Shoujo, Slice of Life, Tragedy
24
1
3
May 12, 2024
A collection of stories set amongst the oiran (high-rank courtesans before the time of geisha) in (mostly) the Yoshiwara district of Edo, a famous historical 'red-light district.'
1. Kagerou no Shou
When Kagerou was a child, her parents sold her to be trained as an oiran in Yoshiwara. On her way there, she fell in love with the man who transported her, Ryuuji, and insisted that he be her first sexual customer when she grew up. Now, she is approaching the time when she will lose her virginity, but will Ryuuji be able to be her first?
2. Inazuma no Shou
Wakana works in Yoshiwara, but she plans to one day buy her own way out. She seduces presents out of the men who buy her, in order to save money for her future. But one man, Mitsunori, is not like all the others. Will the skilled seductress Wakana be able to cope with real emotion?
3. Mizu no Tsuki no Shou
Suigetsu is approaching the time when she's meant to lose her virginity. One day, she miraculously meets with a relative who knows her by her real name: Saya. Is it possible for her to be rescued from this life?
4. Nagasaki Bojou
Suigetsu, an oiran-in-training in Nagasaki, is slated to lose her virginity. However, she's been told she's going to have a Dutch man as a partner! She's frightened of sleeping with a foreigner who may not even speak her language! However, the man in question is nothing like she feared...
Di Gelanggang Impi; Dojiko & Hero; Fool For You (SHIUMI Saki); Pure Love Junkie; The Hallway Rumors; 純愛ジャンキー; 纯爱中毒
Drama, One shot, Romance, Shoujo, Sports
17
1
3
May 11, 2024
A series of short stories.
-Dojiko & Hero:
Mana is a manager of the boys' basketball club of Saijo High School. She repeats blunders, but always tries as hard as she can! She is a first-year student, and in one-sided love with Haruka, an ace player. Haruka is so cool that he is likely to be isolated in the club. Mana wants to help him, but...!?
-Fool For You
Nanase's childhood friend, Youta, is four years older. He left 3 years ago for university and has recently returned for only a week. Although he is a fool, Nanase loves him.
-We're Not Involved
Chika, an upcoming model, saves Sagiri while she's being harassed by a guy in the street, and Sagiri is so mad that he bribed the guy to leave that she insists on paying her schoolmate back...
-The Hallway Rumors
"Wherever you are.. I will always find you," thinks Kooko about Akihiro, one of her guy friends, whom she likes. Akihiro already has a girlfriend though, and this girlfriend also happens to ask Kooko to help her make a cake for Valentine's Day...
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