TOP MANGA OF THE WEEK

Senoo Kaoru falls in love with an attractive freshman he meets at the library, Shinohara Akira. Shinohara Souya is unable to let go of the memory of his beloved. And Akira is a lonely boy starving for love. No matter how strongly they wish for it, these feelings wrenching their hearts can never be requited. A secret past binds them together; and the shocking truth will be revealed in the end. What fate awaits these beasts hungry for love, in this tragic story by Hakutou Noriko?

A kingdom's ruling faction sends out a secret agent to find the kingdom's missing prince. Love begins to grow between the missing prince and the agent sent to find him but political intrigue intervenes upon their arrival in the kingdom.

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.

Why would Kashiwaya be so bothered by Hibino’s adam’s apple? Kashiwaya couldn’t figure out the reason and thought maybe he might be a vampire. After pushing Hibino down and started licking at his throat, Kashiwaya felt so good that he didn’t want to stop. What is going on? The pure and innocent love story of a unique high-schooler, Kashiwaya, and his classmate, Hibino

Takayama is gay. While at work he begins to take note of successful and peerless Ishikawa, whom he eyes hungrily. Ishikawa finds out that Takayama is gay when he sees him in a compromising position with a hook-up, but surprisingly he does not out him at work. When a deal of Ishikawa's goes bad, he is infuriated. In a fit of rage, Ishikawa forces himself on Takayama. Takayama decides that he can forgive him for this one-time incident, but can this sordid physical relationship continue?

From Blu: Watch as the worlds of anime voice acting and high school hockey collide! The boyishly handsome Shino is greeted at his front door one morning by the seventeen-year old son he didn’t know he had. Suddenly pushed into the position of being a father and a provider, Shino starts taking on new acting jobs, including boys’ love drama CDs, and the separation between art and life narrows significantly when his new coworkers start taking quite a bit of interest in him! As if that weren’t enough, his son Nakaya is a handful in and of himself. An aspiring hockey player with a bit of an attitude problem, Nakaya has a lot of growing up to do, and Shino is in for the long haul.

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?

This story is about Hinata, a high school graduate who alone without his over protective sisters went on a trip to visit the desert. There he encountered Seshir, who looks a lot like him, except he's American and that is when the story really begins...

From Loveless: How far would you go to discover the mystery behind a smile? Kouhei has been watching Akira-senpai for quite some time. When Akira finally takes notice of him, how much of his cruelty will Kouhei withstand in order to win his heart?

From Fantasyshrine: With a hidden agenda, college student Saiki Jun moves in with his late sister’s crush, Jin Kyotaro, who is the contracted agent to the Toudou Group’s Intelligence. On the surface, Jun works for Jin, but underneath, they’re both struggling to suppress their feelings for each other— Also included, 2 chapters of the most popular “Beast Couple” Chiharu x Kazuki.

From Stiletto Heels: Alvin Dolce (nicknamed Al) is a self-proclaimed third-rate politician who is currently living together with his lover Neri. Things go well for the two until an impending campaign run urges Alvin away to Milano. Neri, uninterested in politics, turns down Alvin's invitation to join him there, and Alvin, distrusting Neri's loyalty in the relationship, takes off for Milano alone. Contains other stories about Al and about the boisterious and loveable people in his life.

Collection of oneshots that largely revolve around the Hadano brothers. 1) Sudden Love 2) Us From Now On - Younger brother Hadano Takeru from chapter one is dating fellow student Isehara. But Isehara has a secret that involves Takeru's older brother Hikaru. 3) Sudden Appearance - Kousaka sensei and Hikaru get freaky on the beach. 4) Infinite Sensation Supplement - Masamichi is the personal doctor of the Setoyama family and must obey Tadasuki the young head of the family. But when Tadasuki wants his young cousin Asuma to be "prepared for love", Masamichi finds the task may be more than he can handle. 4a) People of the Hadano Household (2 page extra) - Youngest Hadano brother, Kaoru, attempts to introduce readers to the mysterious eldest Hadano brother, Satoru. 5) One Day, An Angel Flutters Down - Gifted at almost everything, Komadori still hasn't recovered from his failure of capturing a girl's heart due to his inability to express feelings. Ren, a gorgeous actor, helps him to learn the language of love. - Attractive Fascinante

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.

Ichimura has just quit his job of eight years and lost his girlfriend. While feeling bummed out and uninspired, his best friend from college appears on his doorstep. But maybe there was more to their friendship than meets the eye...

From Ultimate Manga Guide: Yaoi comedy about a student, Ikumi Amanume whose part-time job is to cook and do housekeeping chores for his next-door neighbor, Yuuji Touno, a notable scenario writer. Life seems pretty good except for a little problem that Touno-san tends to get too involved in his work and actually lives out the different characters that he creates! So Ikumi's head is kept spinning by the parade of extreme personalities that he encounters, especially when he starts falling in love with the real Touno who, it seems, never hangs around long enough to do anything about his own feelings for Ikumi...

(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

From Loveless: The protectors of a certain fox deity shrine happen to be Unka, an overly-serious red fox with a low social status, and Aura, a delinquent, pure-bred white fox. Can Unka, who is unable to express himself honestly, and Aura, who always goes all-out to get what he wants, really fall in love!? For another adult animal-eared series, check out the postscript at the end...

from -dokidoki- : Ichirou's best friend Naoto's noticed that he's been acting a bit unusual since summer vacation. With a bit of best-friend solidarity, Naoto squeezes out the tale of Ichirou's secret summer fling: a sexual encounter with a mysterious stranger fleeing from a rainstorm. Naoto is, naturally, scandalized, but not half as scandalized when he and Ichirou run into the summer fling again at a school festival... As if a guy falling in love with another guy wasn't complicated enough! How about when that boy's already got another guy after him? Throw a live-in cousin with an aggressive crush and the world's cutest lovestruck best friend into the mix and the situation gets rather convoluted, even by Koide-standards.

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.

From Attractive Fascinante: Satou Kouhei, the number one artiste with great acting skills, was obsessed with Takahashi Jyunji, a paramedical researcher. Kouhei became the official stalker and appeared everywhere, at the company or even doing household chores at Jyunji’s house. Regardless of how cold and violent Jyunji got, Kouhei accepted it all. Would the sadistic Jyunji finally give in to the masochistic Kouhei?

From Baka-Updates: When his family dojo is forcibly taken by Yakuza due to his debt Yachiyomaru with his bodyguard Burai An stand against them in order to retrieve it! Before they know it, in prevailing over trials one after another, a deep affection is born between them...! Sakurai Shushushu gives you both love and eros in this insanely hilarious love comedy!