TOP MANGA OF THE WEEK

[From PresenceDear]: After his pet rabbit dies, Hiro becomes friends with a classmate who resembles his former pet.

Danny is an American teenager living in Japan. He came to Japan to improve his karate, but fell in love with Shinobu, master of a dojo.

A collection of oneshots. -Hen Ai: A oneshot that describes the "strange love" the two main characters share. Rather humorous, as it often brings up that one is rather adamant about wanting to roleplay and the other "grudgingly" goes along with it. -Tomari Ki: A man is stabbed and left for dead in an alley, but he is saved by a young man who has a halo and wings who calls for an ambulance. Later, the boy appears at the man's front door and claims to be an angel with broken wings, and states that the only way for them to heal is to make people happy. -Messiah no Yakubi: A man known as the Messiah whose tongue technique is said to heal impotence takes up a job to heal a nervous-looking man, but is quite surprised by the turnout. -Ore no Doukyuusei ga Binkan Sugite Yabai!: A pair of high schoolers decide to experiment by giving each other blowjobs. One wants to escalate to something more, but the other isn't sure... -Ore no Doukyuusei ga Kagen wo Shiranakute Tsurai: Continuation of the previous story. It escalates. -Kyoushitsu no Yugami: A oneshot regarding the "relationship" between a teacher and his lonely, introverted student.

From Nakama: Three men bearing tattoos are Peony Katagi, Buttercup Mutou, and Mad Shark Nogami. They are all involved in some way with mystery man Kubota. Is there salvation for these men who live on the underside of society? In the final part of the tattoo series, "Everyone's Song," forty-two pages drawn specifically for the occasion, all the stories come to a conclusion. Two extra stories are included in this collection. In ‘Spring Love’, the object of a man's one-sided love turns into a vengeful spirit every night and visits him. "Dream's Guidance" has also been added to this special collection.

From Attractive Fascinante: “You like me. So I’m holding you now.” Shiratsuka sensei held Isoyama after saying that. Holding each other without love, bodily contact without feelings… Even after sensei made Isoyama cry, the feeling Isoyama has just refused to back down. What does sensei really think of Isoyama? Momozono was heart broken when Isoyama expressed his love for sensei. When Kuwana stumbled into his life, Momo started to get confused. Why is he thinking about Kuwana all the time? Is he not that into Isoyama after all? After Momo moved out, Yone got a new roommate, Kei. The only problem is, he ran away from Kei three years ago. Did Kei follow him here?

The story is about a clan of butlers that server their masters generation after generation in "special affairs" and not only in the house duties. - From Baka-Updates

Akino's been in the advertising world for a while, and has been successful. But when younger man Kurata is chosen to team up with him on a project, he wishes it was anyone else. Kurata is always challenging Akino and criticizing his ideas. Why is Kurata so hard on Akino?

From Attractive Fascinante: Hinata was corrupted by his stepfather and felt that he had lost the right to love his childhood friend, Tatsuya. He left home and became an escort to support himself. A pretty Shinto priest, Clayle, appeared and gave him the spear of the light’s fragment. Rele, knight of the sun shrine, appeared suddenly and told Hinata that he’d obey and protect the owner of the fragment. Clayle was imprisoned before they could find out more. What will happen from here? In the series: V.1 - Chijoku no Kusabikehen V.2 - Kanketsuhen

[From Beautiful Soup]: Katsuse Rin, a troublesome student that's always breaking the rules ends up falling in love with a member of the school discipline squad, Kuramare Fukaten. They run into some problems when Katsuse wants to be more open about their relationship, but Kuramare does not want his school life to be affected by his private life. Will Katsuse and Kuramare be able to overcome this and be the happy hugging, kissing, dating couple that Katsuse wants, or will Kuramare be afraid to let himself be caught by the students that look up to him, forcing Katsuse to move on with someone else?

From Blissful Sin: 1, 2 + 5) Shoujo Mangaka no Koi (Adapted from the original oneshot) “If I could be of any help, would you want to try it?” To help incorporate boy’s love elements into his work, the unpopular shoujo mangaka Akimoto Yuu and his editor, Kurata, decide to carry out their own experiment. The story of an awakening love that is embarrassing but warm. 3) Passionate Pen Pals 4) Tokyo Hotel Afterword

One day, the unlucky Taira dives face-first between the legs of the judo club captain, Kusehara! Kusehara then insists that Taira 'take responsibility' and starts to enact various perverted things to him every day! Exciting and erotic love stories in a school setting! (from Nakama) Ch 5 & 6 already released as Sore mo Yappari Ai no Tame.

From Dangerous Pleasure: One evening, solo courier Ronet, a child who lost his home due to conflict, rescues the beautiful youth Bear from being raped by a neighborhood thug. Bear, completely ignorant of the real world, says he's headed to Ronet's homeland, now a cursed forest. Bear asks Ronet to act as his guide, but he refuses. Bear then transforms into a stuffed toy before Ronet's very eyes?!

Two years ago Masato fell in love with the gentle-handed Kazaoka (they spent a night together without telling each other their names). He searched for that man and found out that he's a writer and that he goes to a nearby café. Masato starts working there part-time, and Kazaoka starts coming to the café more regularly, but he does not seem to recognize Masato. Also contains a side-story/one-shot [CH 5]

From Shinmakoku Scanlations: Oosawa had known Yoshioka for a long time... As his customer, Yoshioka came in and out of the shop with different boyfriends all the time. He thought he knew fully well what kind of man Yoshioka was. But when tragedy hit Chizu, his one and only daughter... and his capability as a single father was questioned... Yoshioka came out of nowhere and offered help. Slowly but sure, Oosawa learned that the man he despised was very different than what he appeared to be!

[from Fantasy Shrine:] High School Senior, Yokozeki Haruhito has always been watching the teacher-in training, Arisawa Yuya. However, this doesn't go unnoticed by Yuya's cousin, Yuma. Yuma volunteered to be Yuya's substitute. Things started to escalate when one day Yuya walked in on them while they were kissing...

Salesman Kouno is running out of time! He has three days to sell one million yen worth of safes or he's fired, but Kouno is a horrible salesman, and only goes to houses with inviting architecture. Meeting the weird architect Itou is his only chance to make quota, but Itou has other things on his mind...

This is a 7-chapter collection. Chapter 1 and 2 are composed of the title story, which continues the main story in Star Na Koi. "University student Michiru's secret lover is Japan's first celebrity idol Rihito! His relationship with Rihito has always been sweet, but is this stable and happy life in danger of being destroyed soon?" -MFY Chapters 3 and 4: Endless Summer and Lovers Summer continue the story of Shizuka, son of a now shamed rich family, and Jin famous baseball player, from the 3rd story in Star Na Koi. Shizuka has run away from Japan. Devoted Jin finds him in New York, but Shizuka's guilt is eating away at him. . . Chapters 5 and 6: Honey in the Dark and Mermaid in the Dark make up the final story. A blackout has plunged a tunnel into chaos. A blind beauty and the panicked man whom he helped out on that day have an unforgettable and powerful connection. Their relationship is passionate, but is it destined to fail because they 'see' the world too differently? Also, there is a mystery behind his loss of eyesight and it seems sinister. . . The final chapter is a very short comedic skit, entitled, The Star's Hair.

[from Fantasy Shrine:] Ritsuro is an expert in surfing and sex but a novice in love. As fate would have it, he meets another novice in both love and surfing. On the Shonan* beach, these two novices actually fell in love... with each other... But will their love survive from all the confusion, hurt, and growing up? A legend of love among surfers! This book also collects one shot of a doctor and his patient! (*Shonan: a leading resort area in central Japan famous for surfing, sailboating , and water sports)

After ups and downs and lots of deep things went between, now the delinquent Towa Aikawa is a very "deeply involved friend" of the Student Council President, Mikado Shirahane. But when Towa visits Mikado's house for the very first time, Mikado's elder brother thought he was Mikado's sex-friend... List of Warui Series: Vol 1 Warui Koto Shitai [1-1] Vol 2 Warui ko Demo Ii? [1-2] Vol 3 Kirai ja nai Kedo [2-1] Vol 4 Koi Ja nai Kedo [2-2] --- Warui Koto Bakkashite Gomennasai [1-3 &/ 2-3] Vol 5 Warui Yatsu Demo Ii [1-4] Vol 6 Mujihi na Otoko [3-1] Vol 7 Warui Koibito ja Dame? [1-5] Vol 8 Kare ja nai kedo [2-4] Vol 9 Mujihi na Anata [3-2] Vol 10 Sunao ja nai Kedo [2-5]

Irresponsible Kiyoshi Iijima, a genius who is working at chinese restaurant, becomes good friend with model student, Shinji Tsuruta.

From Peccatore Sanctuary: Teppei, a 16 years old who had once tried to elope with his first love who at that time was a cute little boy. But, when they meet again, has turned into a perverted harrassing king! Adding onto that, they are now 'brothers' after their parents' remarriage, living under one roof... What is install fo Teppei's love and innocence?

The first person who hurt me was of my own gender. Tsubaki is in the same class as Kaoru and Koutarou is the gentle big brother. What embrace their souls are desires and tenacity... They are hurt, they throb, they are drowned, they cry... They love with their body and soul, these are the real ordinary lives of these boys. (Note: the title for this manga (Dousei Ai) generally means "homosexuality", however, the kanji used has a different meaning than the kanji that are properly used for spelling "homosexuality". The kanji for this series is the same for "living together" (同棲) instead of (同性) which means "same-sex")

Series of oneshots : 1) The Catharsis of Pure Love 2) Love Switch 3) Pure Love Complex 4) Animal Gang 5) Falling Into the River of Love

[From Manga-Updates] 1) Takaoka has always been smooth with the ladies, but has yet to find someone he truly cares for. While sent to a marriage counselor by his mother, he comes upon Yoshizawa, who works as a matchmaker. A cute twist of fate brings the two lovelorn men together. 2) An extra story about marriage counselor, Yoshizawa, and the shy professor, Takaoka. One too many days dealing with bad relationships makes Yoshizawa question the strength of his love for his man.