TOP MANGA OF THE MONTH

1) The Turquoise Morning .A well known photographer named Jed Knox acquires a one-sided love from his time in a foreign country. Because the target of his crush, Sahab, said he would never love another since his wife died, Jed would never tell of his feelings. Oh but how Jed wished Sahab would love him even a little bit and that he could have Sahab's soul in his hands. Although ifrits (genies, etc) are magical wish givers in story, what could happen if they were real? 2) It's Time for Goodbye It is the morning after and the student finally notices that the lover's room is exceptionally sparse. 3) LOVE-ING A guy tells his friend that he's gay and in love with him, but his friend is surprised and leaves. 4) Playboy! He has had it. His lover won't make love to him and refuses to stop seeing other women. 5) The Eyes of the Rose are Bombs The prince-like Hansumi has an effect on everyone around him, except Mitsuda. 6) Aah Boyfriend Suzuki can't stop fantasizing about his friend. 7) Garden of Despair Isuka is still trying to come to terms with his feelings for his friend. 8) The Eyes of the Rose are Blind Continuation of chapter 5. 9) Garden of Desire Continuation of chapter 7. 10) Bad Boy Continuation of chapter 4. 11) Go Go Boyfriend Continuation of chapter 6. 12) Postscript

I, Daimonji Kiku have always been played a fool by lady luck (probably), since I’ve fallen madly in love with the cheer club captain Asaka Teppei. He takes over the club from his senpai alone and vows to protect it. His tough and stoic appearance just makes him irresistible. One day, he falls sick and seeing his weak form, I couldn’t help but kiss him! Then, at that moment I managed to see an erotic face of his! Because of the cool yet shy Teppei, my hot passion in me was lighted...!

From DramaQueen: Blinded in a freak accident, Kai’s vision is restored years later through a corneal transplant. His new eyes, however, can’t seem to focus on his family or girlfriend. They are instead drawn to Hizuki, his surgeon. Is it because of the doctor’s alluring scent, which Kai finds strangely familiar? Or could it be because the transplanted corneas last belonged to Hizuki’s lover...?

From Blissful Sin: At the mansion where his father worked as a gardener, young Daniel met Tsubaki, who was destined to become a "Hana", an official prostitute that serves only the royalty and nobles. In order to have Tsubaki, Daniel went to England to further his studies, and eventually won the highest accolates for a gardener. Coming back to his motherland, Alexxa, after fifteen long years to receive his peerage, he finds that...

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.

Enjouji Takumi is a rickshaw driver from the city that has been hired to work in a small town. Meeting the exquisitely beautiful (but rather clueless) Hana is a stroke of luck, and when he ends up working with Hana, Takumi's in heaven. But the "flower of the town" has many admirers...

1-3) Imperfect Love Spell First year Ueda isn't interested in joining any of the clubs until Momotani Yuushi, crybaby vice-president of the supernatural club runs into him. Unable to leave his pathetic (and adorable) sempai alone, Ueda finds himself drawn into the increasingly odd life of the supernatural club. 4) Yowareru Karada- A swimming lesson reveals ulterior motives between a sempai and his cute kouhai. 5) Doukashiteiru!- Manager Muroi is regarded as attractive but clumsy and hopeless as marriage material by the girls in the office. Good thing there's adorable and sincere Ogawa and stoic Taki to take his mind off his hopeless love life. 6) The Power of Pants (Pasokon no Pa wa Pantsu no Pa)- Computer geek and general otaku Takahashi considers himself undersized, but only has porn to compare himself to. Takahashi's recently struck up an unlikely friendship with jock Miyamoto. Maybe this could be his chance to compare size... 7) You're Still Standing at the Same Place, Looking at the Same Sky- Sou always admired Ryu sempai from the aeronautics club and his close relationship with Komori sempai. Two years later Sou runs into them and finds out Komori is getting married. Can he replace Komori in Ryu's affection?

1) A crisis in the 16th Year Takeru and Keigo have been friends for a long time but now Keigo's duties with the student council seem to be taking up all of his time. 2) The intuition of love The manipulative student council President Fukami has misplaced his key to the basement and first year student Muromachi finds it. Can Fukami recover the key or has he met his match in Muromachi? 3) Shoujo Comic Supporter ( summary by Backlash67) Harumi and Yuusuke were next door neighbors growing up. Yuusuke being much older than Harumi eventually left to attend college. Before leaving, Yuusuke gave Harumi a shoujo manga as a parting gift. Although Harumi didn’t initially have an interest in shoujo manga, after reading the series Yuusuke recommended, he became a fan of shoujo manga. By time Harumi reaches high school he is obsessed with shoujo manga. He attempts to establish a shoujo manga club but is rejected by the student council president, Yoshiaki. Harumi and his club are supported by none other than Yuusuke who is now a teacher at Harumi’s school. Suffering from the constant frustration of having the group’s hard efforts to establish the shoujo manga club rejected, is there anything Harumi can do to persuade the student council president? And if there is, will Yuusuke continue to support him or stand in his way?

From The Moon in a Box: Shinoda is still reeling from the sudden separation from his wife when one evening he's lured into a peculiar little shop by the smell of coffee. There, Asukura, the shop's proprietor, converses with him about the beauty and usefulness of broken things. Despite himself, Shinoda keeps coming back for coffee... and conversation.

1) Phase 1 Photographer assistant Kurejima Eiji has just been dumped by his girlfriend when he meets high school student Suginoi Hiroto, who is cold and is trying to warm himself on the roof of Eiji's car. Eiji brings Hiroto back to his apartment, where he discovers that Hiroto is gay and also broken hearted. 2) Phase 2 It has been two months since they have gotten to know each other and Hiroto is getting more and more attached to Eiji. 3) Phase 3 Things are still the same between Eiji and Hiroto even after the disastrous night, except that Hiroto no longer stays over. 4) Phase 4 After the photography session with Yuriko, Eiji's ex-girlfriend and Hiroto, Eiji realises something is changing within himself. 5) What's Wrong With Being Honest It has been 2 months and Hiroto still can't manage to say those magic words. 6) 15 Minutes Ago Details of what happened before Eiji came along in chapter 1.

1) Loveliness ~ Maybe I'm Your Steppin' Stone Hirosue Kenji the convenience store clerk has a huge crush on his regular customer Mogi Kousei. When he finds out that Kousei's son is going to the same nursery as his niece, he takes the opportunity to get closer to his dream date. (Kousei was introduced in chapter 4 of I'm Not Your Steppin' Stone) 2) Loveliness ~ Passion Honey Mejiro Yasushi goes home after a hard day's work and finds his lover/cousin cheating on him. He heads over to Kousei's place for a drinking session and Nakano Shunji the grouchy co-worker joins them. Yasushi discovers Shunji's secret in the middle of the night. (continuation of Shunji's story in Otonage.) 3) Loveliness ~ Passion Baby Yasushi learns more about Shunji's painful past and his dependence on Kousei. 4) Loveliness ~ Charm Point Kenji doesn't understand why Kousei and his ex-wife is divorced even though they get along fabulously. He feels uncertain about Kousei's feelings for him, for he could start dating other women again. 5) Special Illustrations Includes: - About Delicacy Kousei and Kenji discuss public baths. - The Best! Shunji and Yasushi is finding his place hot and tight. - Kousei and Kenji's cosplay See Kousei as a host and Kenji as a construction worker. 6) Daylight Kosaka is obsessed with bikes and displays little interest in anything else, while his classmates are drooling over girls. Hotta his classmate has other matters on his mind as well...

From Attractive Fascinante: Mizuhara Kana is staying together with his cousin, Shuuya. Kana has a weak heart and Shuuya has been taking care of him. Somehow, Kana felt like a bird locked in a cage and hoped to have some breathing space. A coincidental meeting with the transfer student, Aoi Rin, changed Kana’s life. He fell head over heels into this first love. The mysterious Aoi taught him about the freedom outside the cage, but the risk that came along with this freedom could cost Kana’s life. The love story of a bird flying out of the cage during the summer, will Shuuya rescue Kana in time?

Beautiful and popular Nakatani Hiyori has fallen in love with his dormitory roommate and underclassmen Amano Kasumi. But being in the same room with the one you love day in and day out is a strain. From here, there is only one way to advance.

1) Sweet Spring Tomoyuki was having a secret relationship with his boss until one day the boss decides to break up. Pretending to be happy about this matter, Tomoyuki meets the window washer Katsuhiko and accidentally breaks his arm. Then he decides to help Katsuhiko until he gets better. 2) Cherry Boy Akira has a boyfriend, Yoshiki, but he doesn’t feel ready to take it further than kissing while Yoshiki has expressed the fact that he would like to take it to the next step. What will Akira decide? 3) The Downfall Masami always feels aroused in kinky situations. One day, in a very crammed subway, a man presses himself against him while being erect and or course, this arouses Masami… 4) Change of Seasons The Professor Asaoka becomes the obsession of an Hokkaido student, Koyanagi, who's visiting the campus... The young man doesn't hesitate to take the "lead" despite Asaoka's protests.

Sequel to: SUKI DAKEDO! Nagato Aoba enters the student council after much effort and heartache (Suki Dakedo!) but at what cost? Not liked by the rest of the council, incessantly pursued by Yura, and a hidden relationship with Maki, seems like enough trouble, but... is there more looming his way? You bet it is! Watch out Aoba!! Enter After School Men's Harem survival of the fittest!

[From: Mangaupdates] A continuation of the oneshot Kaizoku Game in Ousama Game that features the rest of Kuuron's pirate crew. 1) Yuuki's older brother got caught at his pirate lover and was imprisoned on the ship. In the time he is being supervised by a cook. All the meals prepared are untouched and the cook got angry since all the crew recognized his talent... And the problems all start when some people don't like the relation between them... what will happen... till they have a good ending? 2) Rika, the first mate of Kuron, has been in love with Kuron for 8 long years. Even so, he never confessed his feelings and so he relieves his "other love" off the pirate ship. But one of this sex friends joined the crew... and decided to help Rika... but all that made Rika have other thoughts... what will he do? Accept the help...??!!

From Fantasyshrine: Kouzuki, who works for an underwear company, spent a drunken night with his co-worker, Maniwa. Since he doesn't want to destroy his friendship with Maniwa, he tries to keep what happened that night a secret. Unfortunately, Maniwa seems to already know... Moichido Koishite (Spin-Off)

From Fantasy Shrine: The unsuspected newbie of the Police Investigation Division One, Detective Hinari was dispatched to deliver a sample to the forensic lab. There he encountered researcher, Yasoshima Shiro, who reminded Hinari of his first love, a gentle police captain. Immediately smitten at first sight, Yasoshima lured Hinari with a DNA lecture and preyed on the still innocent Hinari! As much as Hinari hated to admit it, he wasn’t entirely unaffected by Yasoshima. Will Hinari be able to resist the quirky scientist!? A delicate yet comical love story!

From Forever More: After his parents were killed in an accident, Yayoi assumed their hundred-million yen debt. He was being pursued by collectors when a mysterious man, Kazu, appeared before him and offered to take on the debt for him if he would become Kazu's...

Collection of oneshot 1) Ijimetaihodo Aishiteru Takashi has been bullying Haruki since they were children. But he's an idiot, and Haruki always manipulates him. Will these two ever sort out their feelings for each other? 2) The Fox's Wedding The Fox's Wedding- Tohru has just quit his job, broken up with his fiancee and moved back home. And it's all because of his supervisor, Hanao! But Hanao is more than he appears to be... 3)Foreign Culture Communication A historical story! Commodore "Just call me Darling," is new to Japan and is given a young, beautiful and incredibly naive translator named Haneda Takayuki. Darling is smitten with his "Honey", but will the culture differences be too much for them? 4)Little Lost Lamb Kamiya Inoru's parents run a Catholic church (?) and he helps out by listening to confessions. When classmate Shiba Youichi comes in and confesses that he's in love with his classmate, Kamiya, the priest substitute can't resist seeing how far Shiba will go for forgiveness... Warning: Dirty things happen in a church, and with religious objects. Also, the author doesn't know much about Catholicism. 5)Educational Affections

While trying his hardest to avoid the foreign exchange student Alec, Syuuichi has been having troubles calming his fluttering heart down near the handsome blond who is constantly trying to do 'things' to him. But what happens when Alec declares that he's in love with Syuuichi? And also the fact that he's the crown prince to a country called Norguelna? 1) Hitomi wa Umi no Iro (First Part) 2) Hitomi wa Umi no Iro (Second Part) 3) Umi no Hitomi ni Aboretai 4) Ai LOVE Soup ~ 5) First Love 6) Taste of Love 7) Love Cook (sequel to Taste of Love)

(From Tsuya) Cool guy Yagi and obedient Otani don't really seem to get along, at least on the surface. Otani is an aspiring photographer, who would love nothing more than to capture the image of the one he loves, the likes of which won't allow it. Then, kouhai Karai takes his chance to get closer to Otani...

Contain numerous of oneshots. [From Attractive Fascinante]: 1) Happy Cook - Chef Nakasawa saves Tokiya from trouble and ends up teaching him how to cook. But is it only cooking that Nakasawa will be teaching? 2) Straight Mind - Incoming freshman Kasuga has always won any fight he has been in, until he meets the elusive Tougou. Kasuga wants nothing more than to meet Tougou again and fight, but he is told to stay from Tougou. It seems that Tougou is the chief director's son, and a previous student was expelled for hurting Tougou. Can Kasuga stay away? Will Tougou allow anyone to get close to him again? 3) Happy Place - Stray dog... stray uke... Does it really make a difference? 4) My One-Side Love - Kazuki is a game programmer who collects adult toys. He's also been in love with his neighbor Masato for ten years. When Masato asks Kazuki to teach him how to use a computer, will the time they spend together be all work and no play? 5) Restriction - Tsukasa may look scary with his piercings and blond hair, but the straitlaced head of the disciplinary committee is the frightening one! He ruthlessly uses Tsukasa who's trapped! But sempai will graduate in a year, then Tsukasa will be free, right? 6) Special Lunch - We go back to our original couple from ch 1 and a new type of dinner date.

Natsuhiko, the heir of a rich family goes to spend a studious summer at the bungalow his family owns where he unexpectedly meets Ryo, a childhood friend. Things start to heat up that summer evening and more unexpected things happen around Natsuhiko afterwards. Will he be able to find out what's behind that gentle and lonely smile of Ryo?