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It's been a long time since Haru, owner of the gay escort service "Rain," left his yakuza days behind. But when the Ichijo clan, the group he had once belonged to, says he's the only civilian they can trust to hide the clan head's troublemaking son Yukitaka in line, there seems to be no choice for him but to follow suit. There's just one problem, though - Yukitaka looks just like his half-brother Shigure, Haru's lost love… A must- read for MODS fans!

Chi is back! Manga’s most famous cat comic returns with a brand-new series! Inspired by the new Amazon Prime TV anime, Chi’s Sweet Adventures collects a number of new full-color kitty tales made for readers of all ages!

Komazu is a sparrow, and as a sparrow, there’s one thing he knows about snakes: they eat small birds. When he encounters Shiratō, the white snake, of course he expects the worst — but instead of trying to eat him, Shiratō saves him from a boar stampede and flees, teary-eyed, when Komazu lashes out in fear. When the sparrow realizes he's perhaps misjudged snakes and decides to learn more about Shiratō, the two grow closer, first as friends and then as something more. They are predator and natural prey, coming from different species and social castes; can love overcome the laws of nature, despite the differences in their way?

Masaki and Rion have been best friends since high school and have lived together since they both moved out of their family homes. Their personalities are distinct opposites, but beneath the casual intimacy of friendship lies the unripened buds of Masaki’s feelings, unacknow

From Girls Generation Scanlations: Nakano, a worker at a giant Toy company, finally got to meet with his old friend from high school, Tasuda, because of a business contract. In truth, before graduating high school, Nakano realized he had feelings for Tasuda while Tasuda was dating another girl. Nakano has been trying to avoid him ever since, but that was 10 years ago. Will they be able to work together...?

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After Rosy’s great-aunt’s death, she stays with her distant relative. But she has to go to Oxford because of a misunderstanding that she’s in love with her second cousin. There, she meets a professor in a wheelchair who hires her as his assistant after knowing that she’s unemployed. His kind stare and calm voice relaxes her, and she tells him her innermost secrets. That’s when he presents her the most surprising idea: “I’ll pretend to be your boyfriend so that they know it’s a misunderstanding that you’re in love with your second cousin. Why don’t we live together to make us look more credible?”

"I have no regrets about dedicating my life to supporting my favorite...!" Asuka, a teacher in her 30s, finds her purpose in life by being devoted to Alexandrite, a character from a romance game. After discovering in the anime adaptation that Alex dies on another route, Asuka is so devastated that she passes out. When she wakes up, she has been reincarnated as a mob noblewoman, Arianell, inside the game world. Determined to prevent her favorite's death, Arianell pretends to be a villainess and plots to pair Alex with the game's heroine. However, Alex becomes obsessed with Arianell instead! To make matters worse, Alex's younger brother, Citrine, also becomes infatuated with her... "For me, your existence is nothing short of a miracle..." "Mark my words, I will make you mine."

Gemelle separate tre anni prima a causa del divorzio dei loro genitori, non avevano il permesso di vedersi, ma Arisa e Tsubasa sono riuscite a scambiarsi per questo tempo delle lettere in segreto. A 15 anni, Tsubasa è diventata una ragazza frustrata, che è considerata quasi come un ragazzo deliquente: quindi vuole diventare una "una ragazza carina". Arisa gli propone di vedersi di nascosto e di passare la notte a casa sua. Tsubasa è gelosa, la vita della sua gemella sembra talmente perfetta: un ragazzo, degli amici, il lusso, l'intelligenza...Quando Arisa gli propone di prendere il suo posto per un giorno a scuola Tsubasa salta di gioia!! Passa una giornata da sogno nella pelle di sua sorella la cui vita sembra effettivamente perfetta e senza nubi, fino a quando il suo ragazzo si differenzia dai ragazzi che girano ordinariamente intorno a Tsubasa. La sera, torna con una lettera che ha trovato nel suo armadietto, e questa innescherà una serie di eventi tragici... (Concluso su manga cosmo ^^)

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Julia has a problem: her best friend Lucy’s husband, Nick, keeps trying to sleep with her. She can’t give him a piece of her mind because Lucy might end up hurt as a result. This time, he’s pulled her into an empty room at a party. But just then, Silas interrupts them. Julia can’t stand Silas, who is the son of an earl and chairman of an arts foundation. He has the temerity to ask Julia is she’s interested in Nick! Following her angry denial, Silas makes a Julia a proposition: she should pretend to be in a relationship with Silas to rid herself of Nick’s unwanted advances!

[Translated by Mosh Scans] [Earnest and untalkative younger subordinate X workaholic superior who doesn't know affection] Kazuki Natsume's latest work! Minato, the workaholic president of a company, has nurtured it into a big one. One night, he was unexpectedly told "I like you" by his 9 years younger private driver, Maibara. – I want to see him. I want to hear his voice. I want to tell him to look at me. Before I knew it, even more so than at work, my head was filled with Maibara?! He doesn’t know the shameful side of him yet. It's clumsy, but he falls in love in an honest way. A soft salaryman romance! *A revised part of "The Man Who Waits" (single issue) (1) has been added to the currently electronically available edition of the work "BL Anthology: The One I Fell In Love With Was A Man".

"All right, divine miko... Let's see these abilities of yours." "He's going to try and put that huge thing inside me!?" Shin, a good-natured office worker, rescues a child from oncoming traffic. Just when he thinks it's over for him, he finds himself in the arms of the half-beast prince, Dilar! It seems he has been summoned to their world as a divine miko - a shrine maiden - in order to break the prince's curse. But in order to do that, they have to have... sex? Shin, under the influence of an aphrodisiac, is overwhelmed by the pleasure Prince Dilar gives him...

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Nobody realizes Ohkami Ichirou is an omega. At his high-class restaurant job, he poses as an alpha to advance his career and status. Everything is going smoothly until a new trainee, Oukami Ako, becomes a thorn in his side. When he tries to show her who's boss, she reveals she's secretly an alpha. If he doesn't submit to her will, his life will be ruined. One alpha proves she's on top in this spicy role-reversal omegaverse tale!

Ichi is a club host working in a family restaurant during the daytime, and that's where he meets his ideal man. The handsome stranger introduces himself as Kyoichi Sato and seems to be the embodiment of Ichi's dreams. Ichi tries to look perfect in his eyes, but Kyoichi keeps witnessing Ichi's most compromising situations. In an unexpected turn of events, Kyoichi becomes his customer and Ichi is about to break quite a few of his professional and personal rules!

It was just an ordinary day at Yami High..until it wasn't. A ringing cell phone and the splatter of blood marked the beginning of a deadly game. The rules: Contractor Mikiya has thirty days to curse-kill...

Chi is back! Manga’s most famous cat returns with a brand new series! Chi’s Sweet Adventures collects dozens of new full-color kitty tales made for readers of all ages!

Ibuki Doi has never forgotten his first love from high school—Mikami Baba, the kind, handsome, and totally straight student council president. Though he was too shy to approach Mikami back then, Ibuki always held his idol near and dear to his heart, wishing him nothing but the best! However, when he learns Mikami is soon to be married to a man, he just can't help it—he's absolutely devastated. He drinks himself into a stupor to drown his sorrow but is surprised to wake up and find...he's back in high school?! Could this be Ibuki's second chance to make things go his way?

It's a fake engagement... or at least it should have been! I never thought I'd actually have to have sex! But he takes care of all the most private corners of my amateur body, and makes me cum over and over!! So I can refuse the arranged marriage offer my parents gave me, I asked my secretary to act like my fiance. But then, he said: "We're engaged, so having sex is the obvious thing to do, right?" and he started coming after my body!!

From Attractive Fascinante: Toba Yousuke sensei went to Town Alp to start afresh. He got lost and met a queer guy, Suga Kazuhiro, who went to pick him up. The folks in the town were extremely friendly, except for Kazuhiro. Because his room in the clinic collasped, Toba had to stay in Kazuhiro’s huge house for a while. What were the reasons behind Kazuhiro’s personality? What happened to Toba that made him to come to this town? With hidden pasts, both of them slowly found their ways into each other’s heart.

Fujiko is a serious, hardworking, yet ordinary, office worker. She is insecure about not receiving a post-secondary education, but despite this, she worked hard and became a permanent employee at an insurance company. However, she spent her days unable to refuse any work given to her, accepting it all with a smile on her face. One day, a new neighbor named Nishina moved into the apartment next to hers?an incredibly handsome man and an elite-level office worker. He is also a very kind gentleman, and bit by bit, Fujiko begins to feel comforted by spending time with him. She wonders why he moved into such a run-down apartment building, and why he is so kind to her. Nishina doesn't give her many answers, but it seems there's more to the story than what he's revealing... This is a comic adaptation of the popular novel, My Charming Neighbor, from the Japanese novel submission site "everystar."

Lucy’s life isn’t exactly a fairy tale. Pret a Party, the company she founded with her three friends, is verging on bankruptcy due to her ex-husband's embezzlement. But she refuses to discuss the matter with her gorgeous trustee, Marcus, because while she’d fallen for him the moment they met, he’d always treated her like a child. Her powerful feelings for him have caused her nothing but trouble, and even her marriage had been an act of rebellion against him. But one evening, after Marcus forcibly escorts Lucy home from a party, he suddenly kisses her! The kiss leads to a night of passion…so why does she awake the next morning to find him as cold and distant as ever?

The one who is closest is also the furthest away. An unrequited love BL story between cousins.

She was chosen by a billionaire to be his Christmas girlfriend! Fabia hates billionaire playboys like Alex. Ever since she was played by a wealthy man when she was a teenager, she thinks all billionaires are the same. So when Alex talks to her at a party, she mocks him in front of everyone. In spite of their confrontation, Alex tracks Fabia down and asks her to be his Christmas girlfriend. She has her own reasons for accepting his offer, but she’s no closer to understanding why he chose her. She promised herself she’d never fall for another wealthy man, and now she’s hoping she hasn’t gotten herself in over her head!

Ryu may be getting on in his years, but the aging gangster is still hellbent on defending his turf when some young toughs ambush him and he wakes up in a fantasy world! Not only that, he’s in the body of this world’s princess! Is he the one that the ancient prophecy spoke of? Ryu might be out of place in this fantasy realm, but he may also be the only one who can save it!

After losing her home in a fire, Joy jumps at the opportunity to work as a live-in maid. With her young daughter, Holly, in tow, Joy meets Sam, a billionaire whose handsome appearance isn’t what she expected. Though he hides behind a cold exterior, Joy catches glimpses of kindness in his face. Why does he shun Christmas, and small children, the way he does? As Joy tries to reach the answers to her questions, she finds herself drawn to him more and more…

Ibuki Doi has never forgotten his first love from high schoolMikami Baba, the kind, handsome, and totally straight student council president. Though he was too shy to approach Mikami back then, Ibuki always held his idol near and dear to his heart, wishing him nothing but the best! However, when he learns Mikami is soon to be married to a man, he just can't help ithe's absolutely devastated. He drinks himself into a stupor to drown his sorrow but is surprised to wake up and find...he's back in high school?! Could this be Ibuki's second chance to make things go his way?

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You won't leave this game until every part of you belongs to me." Sergio Torrente, an Italian businessman, is surprised at who he sees in the surveillance camera. The mysterious person making moves every night against his challenging chess display at the office turns out to be a cleaner clad in a shabby uniform. But how could such a beautiful woman be just a cleaner? Drawn to the mysterious woman, Sergio summons her and declares that she will play a game of chess with him every night, starting this very day!

The city of Tokyo is split between two mafia groups: The Dragon Head and The King Caesar organization. Due to a certain incident, the protagonist JJ, a well-known professional assassin, is framed and thus abandons his title, going into hiding — but more problems come his way.

Zenitsu is late for class, and the only thing between him and Giyu’s bamboo sword is one good excuse. Next, when Inosuke, Murata, and Zenitsu fail their midterm, they must endure the harshest math lesson of their lives. Then there’s Uzui’s explosive art class, Nezuko’s first cavity, and Rengoku’s forbidden pizza!

Sumire was a high school girl before she leapt into another world the moment she fell down. Before she could collapse and die, she came across a silver-haired boy who had already collapsed and was dying. One thing led to another and she ended up working at an Adventurer’s Guild. She doesn’t have any special powers, but she’s well liked by strange plants and animals. What does Sumire’s future hold?!

Sakamoto is a serious and introverted law student. Iida works construction and is always making too much noise. The lives of these two drastically different neighbors are about to collide.

Even though Karen is the top student at the Magic Academy, she's also called the 'Worst Genius' and is currently in danger of being expelled!!! The key to avoid the expulsion is the newly appointed Holy King, a dangerous, untouchable, complex tyrant with fiendish magic?! Rather than being afraid, Karen is in awe of the rare magic. "I want to understand your magic!" A love comedy between the magic-obsessed Seal Master student, Karen, and the vicious tyrant of a Holy King begins!

What fate awaits the bride who was taken away from her wedding...!? Due to her brother's debt, Sonoka Yoshimizu has to marry an older man, but at her wedding, she's taken away by a mysterious foreigner. Unloved by her family, Sonoka had just been going along with what people told her to do, but after her meeting with the green-eyed thief, her life is flipped upside down...! Along with this dramatic love story about a fateful meeting, this volume also contains the sequel to the "A Symphony Of Love And Sin" series, "A Caprice of Love And Sin".

White swindlers (shirosagi) are those that cheat people to take their money, red swindlers (akasagi) are those that swindle the opposite sex, and black swindlers (kurosagi) are those that cheat the white and red swindlers. After his family is swindled by white swindlers, Kurosaki sets out to avenge them by becoming a black swindler. Note: Won the 2008 Shogakukan Manga Award for seinen/general manga along with Bambino!.

"There was still so much I wanted to do..." A young woman dies in a fire at work and is reborn in another world as a black witch. Her new master, a talking black cat, tells her that black witches have powers capable of changing the world. But this witch has her own dream—to operate a boarding house that welcomes any and all kinds of guests!

1-3) Romance Handsome features, magnificent physique, the returning elite of America: Saeki, the bespectacled beauty of the Systems Department. While Kurahashi is the perpetrator of a crime! His pride is unforgivable. He has a ruthless attitude, so why does his hot gaze stir up Saeki's heart? 4) Rainy Weather, 1pm in the Afternoon Yoshizawa and Mori work in the same company but different departments, though they often meet up on the rooftop for breaks. Mori always gives Yoshizawa candy, but it isn't long before Yoshizawa is craving more than sweets from his ever cheery coworker... 5) The First Civil Servant A history lesson from our favorite lawyers. 6) Throbbing Kiss and Love Independent lawyer Oosawa is surprised to see that the new prosecutor is Suzuki, his old college classmate. Oosawa had forgotten kissing Suzuki in a drunken moment, but now he can't forget how sweetly Suzuki kissed him back. 7) Children Can Never Understand Fukaya is asked by a friend to help tutor intense student Kuroda. Fukaya is still brooding over his 6 month old break-up with his ex, but Kuroda is quickly getting under the older man's skin with his perceptive attention and lack of understanding about personal space.

A man gets more than he bargained for when he helps out a young man who recently arrived in town.

[From Nakama] Since there is no back cover blurb here are the contents: Natsume Isaku Special Illustrations [Character Collaboration] Let’s go to the super bath-house! … 3 Amber Paradox Masaya and Satoshi … 11 Amber Paradox Tale of the Night … 18 [Tightrope] A tale, half asleep and half awake … 27 [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] Night of sake … 36 [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] Let’s go to my parents’ house! … 41 Popularity poll results — publication … 53 Question for Natsume Isaku-sensei! … 64 Color Illustration Selection … 65 Guest Comics SHIMIZU Yuki Sugar Code Yakuza Man … 97 YAMASHITA Tomoko Amber Paradox Onoe is definitely set to smash an important setting* … 101 AMAGAKURE Gido [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] You’re cute whatever you do … 105 AMAGAKURE Gido Ikasama Memory A promising future … 111 YAMADA Nichoume [Heart’s refuge] Arm pillow … 113 YAMADA Nichoume [Heart’s refuge] Rolling arm pillow … 115 YAMADA Nichoume [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] A satisfactory arm pillow … 116 MONCHI Kaori [Tightrope] Sleeping on someone’s lap … 117 Koshino Amber Paradox Paparazzi hotel … 122 — Guest Profile & Message … 124 Uncompiled Tankoubon Comic and Illustration — Re-compilation [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] Flower Friday ④ … 126 [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] Before the morning sparrow disappears … 141 [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] Something very unexpected** … 149 [Tightrope] Ryuunosuke’s Delusional Diary Part II … 153 Sugar Code Limited AGF book (2010) Special Illustration … 164 — Comic papers … 140, 165 — Illustrations and cuts … 172 Natsume Isaku Long Interview … 174 A look at my working space!! … 183 Super storyboard exhibit!! … 184 “Tightrope” OVA Creation plan exhibit!! … 185 Character rough plans exhibit!! … 186 Background illustrations exhibit!! … 188 “Heart’s refuge” Tenement house room assignment and arrangement exhibit!! … 189 Natsume Isaku publication list … 190

When Emily Blake innocently kissed formidable Italian count Rafael Di Salis, she didn't know that she was bound by her late father's wishes to marry him. Emily agreed to be the count's wife until she reached twenty-one... Count Rafael has bided his time. He's kept his passions under iron control for two years--his bride was young and he did not want to claim her until she was woman enough to handle him. But now she has come of age, she will be his!

"Then I'll be the one to teach you about romance between men. So long as you refuse to give up." Yuki, a young novelist, is in the midst of writing his latest work - a romance between two men. "Since I don't understand a single thing about love between men, I'll just have to experience it first!" Thinking that, Yuki sneaks into a gay bar, but the handsome bartender, Takumi, quickly sees through him! With super erotic technique, Takumi unbuckles Yuki's pants and rubs him down there... And makes him cum in no time at all! A lesson in love by a younger top.

Since high school, Masaki and Rion have been best friends, and have lived together since adulthood. Their personalities are distinct opposites, but beneath the casual intimacy of friendship lie the unripened buds of Masaki’s feelings, unacknowledged by either of them. The birth of a child of Rion’s ex-girlfriend and reminiscences with an old kouhai from school bring back memories of their shared past, both the public and the private. Will the feelings between them finally be allowed to blossom?

1-2) Yamada runs away from home and goes to hang out at the school until things cool down. Unfortunately he runs into his homeroom teacher who takes him home. 3-5) Ikeda moves into his dormitory to find out his room mate Kazuma has a terrible personality. The extra is about the first story.

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At the age of 16, a girl learns about love and becomes a "grown-up”. She’s a high school girl who works as a live-in maid in a mansion due to her family's circumstances. Her name is Mio Yashiro. She spends her days being pestered by Kaname Natori, a model, fashion designer, and very famous celebrity who lives in the mansion. One day, Mio is summoned to the workplace of a fashion magazine that Kaname supervises. In a magazine project, she was forced to wear clothes made by Kaname and had to pretend to be a couple with him...! Mio's heart kept racing as she innocently brushed against him, got told things she misunderstood, and was suddenly face-to-face with him...

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Kazuki Orika, a 15-year-old girl, aspires to become a model like her beautiful mother, who passed away. Without the knowledge or consent of her father, Orika enters an amateur model competition, only to reunite with her childhood friend, Miyazaki Kanata, the cameraman, and make new friends with models Yano Mito, Yano Haruto, Kunimi Riko, and many others. But modeling isn't all fun and games. Will Orika be able to make it big?