SANBA MAEKAWA

Naoto Kenzaki has been secretly in love with his childhood friend, Aki Tachibana, who's the same age as him. Finding love with the childhood friend next door and talking to them at the window is a common fantasy, but Naoto's has a bit of a twist. Aki's a guy. He's been head over heels in love with him ever since he can remember. But, afraid to ruin their precious friendship, he doesn't make any moves on Aki. Whether he's aware of Naoto's feelings or not, Aki gets too comfortable around him. Naoto may be a loser, but he's still a healthy teenage boy. Unable to hold back, he opens the bathroom door when Aki is taking a shower...

"This impure feeling should just disappear..." Hachi and Ritsu grew up hanging out together in the countryside despite their stark differences. Ritsu thought their relationship would never change, but Hachi suddenly moved to Tokyo after junior high school graduation without saying anything to Ritsu. Ritsu can't believe he was being neglected, so three years later he decided to go after Hachi in Tokyo... This time he will not let Hachi escapes, even though that means he must prepare for another heartbreak.

Renta: Ten Mogami has lost his mother in an unforeseen accident and lives together with his father. After being told that his father has also passed way in an accident at sea, Ten's overwhelmed with grief. Ikuo Manka, Ten's childhood friend, decides to ignore his one-sided love for the boy and instead focus on protecting him. However, everything takes an unexpected turn when a young man visits Ten a few days after the funeral. He introduces himself as Kei Sadoshima and tells Ten that his father was more than a simple fisherman; he was the famous mystery novelist, Tatsu Furui. As the person in charge of managing Tatsu Furui's assets, Kei lets Ten know that he has a right to his inheritance. The surprises don't stop there. Kei makes another announcement: Tatsu Furui has another son from an unofficial marriage. This leaves Ten with mixed feelings. He's aghast, but at the same time happy that he still has living relatives. Soon after Kei leaves, Ten clings to Ikuo's chest, sobbing. "I won't make a habit out of this, but can you stay for a bit?" he asks through tears as Ikuo holds him tight.

After hearing about his father's hospitalization, Shouta decided to leave his Pastaio job in Italy and inherit his family Western cuisine restaurant in Hurubita Shopping District. Not much has changed in the district, except probably his-used-to-be-innocent childhood friend, Makoto, who had now bloomed into an attractive guy everyone in the district wanted to sleep with. Makoto's casual sexual relationship with many young men in the district kinda drives Shouta crazy, but maybe... Just maybe Makoto still saves some of his innocence for the guy who hadn't been home for 7 years.

In high school, Junpei once got so absorbed in painting something for the school festival when Makito, his popular classmate, came and talked to him. That turned out to be the one and only time they ever had a memorable conversation together.Six years after their graduation, Makito has returned to their hometown and they had a coincidental reunion. Junpei had given up on doing art and became a Self-Defense Force official but he resigned after he met with an accident and has since been suffering from its aftereffects. It seems that Makito too is suffering from some heartbreak himself.After t...More...In high school, Junpei once got so absorbed in painting something for the school festival when Makito, his popular classmate, came and talked to him. That turned out to be the one and only time they ever had a memorable conversation together.Six years after their graduation, Makito has returned to their hometown and they had a coincidental reunion. Junpei had given up on doing art and became a Self-Defense Force official but he resigned after he met with an accident and has since been suffering from its aftereffects. It seems that Makito too is suffering from some heartbreak himself.After talking about their nostalgic past, and just when they started talking about moving forward in life again, Makito drowned in the sea. While he gave the breathless Makito a mouth-to-mouth, Junpei pleaded, "Don't die, Makito! Not when we've just started talking to each other!"What lies at the end of those memories is an adoration not unlike romance. This is the love story of two kind and awkward men, brought to you by Sanba Maekawa.Less...+

When they were classmates, Makito dreamed of being an idol, and Junpei painted his heart out. They'd only spoken to each other once, but little do they know the profound impact they'd had on each other, even back then. After meeting again in their hometown as adults chasing different dreams, can their story together have a chance to begin?

Writer Mutsumi Eda moves to an isolated house in the countryside because he does not want to spend precious time and effort getting to know people. But his efforts are shattered when cheerful Tetsu blunders his way to his house, and maybe into his heart? A fun, heartwarming love story in the middle of nowhere!