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Fuwa Yuusuke is a high-schooler afraid of being branded differently from others. To date, he's had nothing more than casual relationships. Nakahashi Makoto is afraid of losing the people he loves. To date, he has not had a serious relationship with anyone. Nakahashi Kenji (Makoto's uncle) is a cop who has a inferiority complex when comparing himself to his honor student brother and his lover, Misonou Takashi, a novelist. A certain incident brings these 4 people together. This is an adult love story about the emotions of different people who harbour feelings of loneliness in their hearts. Kure is angry that cop Tachibana Tsuyoshi doesn't remember him, and he doesn't handle that very well. All the while Nakahashi Kenji and Tachibana Tsuyoshi are trying to solve the serial murder of 3 highschool girls. The last chapter is a oneshot about a patissier and his shop assistant.

From Attractive Fascinante: In the Royale School, because of his nice name, Ayamoji Kokuei was being targeted by a yakuza’s son, Shirogane Michihiko (real name: Kintarou). Ayamoji began to skip lessons and repeat grades to avoid meeting Shirogane. When they met six years later, Ayamoji drugged Shirogane and they got intimate. Ayamoji left after that and reappeared five years later. Would the two lovebirds finally be together?

From Attractive Fascinante: Aratsuka Kaoru, a math sensei teaching in an all boys’ middle and high school boarding school, is also known as “Alaska” because of his coldness. He has never been in love before because he’s afraid to share his feelings with another. After some issues, he spent a night in the room of the infirmary sensei, Suzuki Kouta. It was the first time someone touched him. What will happen there after?

From Attractive Fascinante "Please let me be your lover." In order to save Okanoue Shopping Center and help his brother continue with his dream of being a concert violinist, Akira, the owner of Sudou Fruits and Vegetables, decides to become a lover of an employee of the devlopment company. Unbeknowst to him, his lover is Motoya, the grandson of the owner of the company and now current head of the division preparing to buy out Okanoe shopping center. Can their relationship withstand the truth?

Sei is an accountant that helped the Takashiro family to keep their assets in place. He always has his way with the Takashiro twins’ elder brother, Mizuha. Mizuha has zero resistance towards the flaming passion that comes from Sei. Will they open their hearts to each other? The other twin, Yuuya, has been fending off perverts who are interested in Mizuha. But is his classmate, Tsuzuki, interested in Mizuha or him? What will happen to Yuuya’s unrequited love for Tsuzuki?

Due to unexpected events, Sakaki ends up being Yuki's "customer" and he's touched by Sakaki's words... but after discovering that a sweet fleeting kiss was just a game, what will Yuki do? Never fear; keep strong and keep believing! A love battle showdown between a yakuza and his wife! (Includes unreleased pages.) Loosely connected to 'Twin's Labyrinth'. The final chapter "Love go-round" also invovles Rin and Ayumu from 'Twin's Labyrinth'.

In a futuristic world, Professor Tsukise has created the living machines known as Chimera. On the eve of their public unveiling, Tsukise struggles to accept the ethical ramifications of his creation. Should the Chimera be released to the public and more importantly, what should happen to his own Chimera, Kusanagi?

1) You Are All Mine!- When Tsukasa loses a bet to Hijiri he has to be his slave for three days. But what exactly does he want Tsukasa to do? 2) What is This Thing Called Love?- Hayama just received a love letter from a guy! If only it was from Suzuya-sempai... 3) Impulse- Pretending to be drunk Naoyuki takes advantage of his friend Ikkei. Ikkei shrugs it off the next day, but Naoyuki's not ready to give up. 4) Bias- Naoyuki and Ikkei vacation at a hot spring. 5) Darling- Yuuya lives with his cousin Ryou. Ryou doesn't charge him rent in exchange for his body, but Yuuya wants something more. 6) Machine Gun Talk- Chatty Hibiki and quiet Madoka are childhood friends. But when Hibiki tells Madoka to be nicer to girls and Madoka gets popular, Hibiki gets angry! 7) Sentimental Courtship- Saotome has a crush on Hiragi, but afraid of rejection, all he can do is look. But when Hiragi notices him watching...

Ah, where there are innocent and cute young men there will always be older rich men who love them secretly from the shadows and support them anonymously. This one is a bit funnier than most with the D.L.L. having a neurotic side.

What if you were to meet your childhood friend again after ten years of separation? This was exactly the case for Mitsuya, a recently transferred company executive who found out that the person living three doors down from his new apartment was none other than Noboru, his older brother's best friend... and his first love. As a young and brash middle schooler, Mitsuya had forcefully kissed Noboru and drove him away. Deeply regretting his action, he kept a tight lid on his feelings. But now, being with Noboru again is bringing all those heated memories back, as if they were never gone to begin with. "Merry Checker" is adapted from this manga.

After a bad break-up, Kusakate leaves his ex with nothing but his clothes on him. Sitting around in the park with nothing to do and nowhere to go, while contemplating his bad luck he is discovered by Hanamura, a former student of his. Their meetings soon become habitual....

From Attractive Fascinante: Akio’s daily life has been taken care of by his best friend, Ryousuke. Akio has been secretly in love with this best friend for so long. Ryousuke is a serious salary man and always hopes to have a family. However, Ryousuke’s wife-to-be ran away before the wedding. Since then, Ryousuke began to pamper Akio even more. Is Ryousuke taking Akio as a replacement for something he lost? What happened two years ago that made Akio unable to confess?

(1-2) Kagami and Fukamachi are two friends who both secretly love each other, but the other doesn't know it. Then one day, Kagami tells Fukamachi that he's in love with his sister- in which Fukamachi then reluctantly decides to introduce his sister to Kagami. Now Kagami is faced with showing Fukamachi how he feels before he's forced to go out with a girl he doesn't love... (3) Kyouya, a socially awkward college student has trouble smiling and gets bullied at school. What happens when he stumbles into Akira (a high school student) when he's out drinking? (4) Kyouya (not from chapter 3) is in love with Shirou, his business partner, but Shirou already has a lover?! ~Mangaupdates.com

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 Blissful Sin: Despite his best efforts, Akiyoshi Tooru has fallen for the very beautiful but sadistic and perverted demon, Naruse Fuuta. Not only do they attend the same university, they’re now living together! Though Akiyoshi has always tried to be careful about their night life, he never expected Naruse to stop touching him altogether, and then all of a sudden, Naruse is in an accident and reverts to his adolescent self! Sequel to Itoshii Akuma

The various short stories including one title series of secret romance between young actor and his manager (Sagami is a very popular fashion model and his first drama acquired a favorable reputation. He becomes very busy and can not have enough time for date with his lover, his manager, Takumi Toba. They enjoy very short date but Takumi is shocked to see Sagami's scandalous photo on the tabloid / The prequel of the 1st story. Takumi feels jealous of the actress of Sagami's first drama / American classmate always expresses his love to hero very frankly. But Hero is too proud to accept it and offers very difficult challenge. The american can not resolve it, then wears female costume / The students of NPO wonder their homosexual relationship is natural or not. One student decides to part but another one appeals they are not extinct species / The public detective takes in the poor prostitute boy. The boy tries to return a favor to detective's selfless love but the detective never allows it. Then the boy is involved into the incident of his old group...).

From Boys On Boys Love: Chapter 1-2: Neko no Yomeiri Once every hundred years a bride is chosen to be sacrificed to god. This time though, Will was chosen. However, the one lying in wait for Will was not a god, but instead a huge savage beast like he had never seen. This beast was a lion named Sachs. He was one hungry lion, so he told the naïve and delicious-looking cat that he was God and took him home… Chapter 3: Intoxication Honey Chapter 4: The Cat Returns Chapter 5: I'll-Fated Boy Chapter 6: Precious Days Afterward

From Storm In Heaven: It's all the little things that Ikeuchi does that makes Shinoda want him. Shinoda's been gay for as long as he can remember, but he's still a virgin. Then he falls in love with Ikeuchi, a younger man on the same basketball team. However, Ikeuchi has a girlfriend... is there any way Shinoda can make him want him?

Around the time that Hinaki Mitsura climbed his way to number two host in the club, Tsukayama Satoshi transfers from a branch store. He was Mitsura’s senior in high school, and also the cause of Mitsura’s most devastating memory. Tsukayama proceeds to take over as top host, surpassing Mitsura and the man he has been living with, Miura-san. Miura-san is kind, gentle, and wants to protect and love Mitsura. But Mitsura’s heart is closed, that is until Tsukayama starts to work his way under Mitsura’s skin. His growing attraction to the arrogant one who caused a deep scar under the full moon is a source of confusion and suffering, and he begins to question everything he is - everything he has worked to become. This love story vividly depicts the human drama among hosts, under the blurry moon.

[from Fantasy Shrine:] Sakura Kazuki is a telepath who can sense negative emotions such as malice through contact. Despite his cute 17-year-old appearance, he’s in fact a 26-year-old rookie detective in the police force, Division One. Teamed with his seasoned, assertive partner/mentor, Shido-san, Sakura often works undercover. His disguises consist of a high school boy, an office lady, and he even gets to wear a cat suit!? Cosplay* (costume play) in the police force!? A thrilling love story.

1) 34 pages chapter about how Takumi came to live in the derelict apartment building. Not scanlated. 2-5) Takumi Kusunose is a man who loves the company of others and simply cannot abide being by himself. When he took responsibility for his company's losses by paying out of his own pocket, it nearly broke him. As a result, he was forced to move into a cheap apartment, but what happens when the sexy blonde guy next door begins making sexual advances at Takumi...?! And what happens when Takumi's former secretary shows up, turning Takumi and his neighbor's potential relationship into a love triangle?!

The school public-health doctor, Ren, is often called a "small pet" by the students. Then one day he was shocked dead when he bumped into two students who were about to do some kind of "impure" association in the school's backyard! Not to mention, one of those two was the charismatic model Midori whom Ren had always been longing for. Ren was even more shocked when Midori made him grab his "certain something" then came right in Ren's hands. After that, when Midori confessed that he liked him, Ren felt so pissed-off thinking that Midori took the word "like" too lightly, he punched Midori with his own fits. Midori was so moved by that hit that the following day he began to seduce Ren happily and relentlessly... Sweet lovemelody between the indulged beautiful model and the tough public-health doctor.

From SP: Fuyuki, a former anti-terrorist agent is now hired as a bodyguard for the handsome and wealthy Kagami, the head of a large corporation. However, Kagami continually pursues to be the love interest of Fuyuki but to no avail. hilarious results ensue as Fuyuki attempts to resist him at every turn.

Dog-complex policeman, Miyoshi, was captivated by the popular model, Kanae, who always looks like a stray dog. However, Kanae never paid attention to him, until a day Miyoshi managed to get close to him thanks to an incident. Will the love of these two naïve people be able to go smoothly?