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Publisher Hayakawa is celebrating its 70th anniversary with two manga anthology reprints. One collection is dedicated to mystery works while the other compiles sci-fi stories printed over the publisher’s long career.
20-year-old Minoru Aihara has come to Tokyo to make his dreams of becoming an action manga artist come true. To his amazement, he lands a job as a live-in assistant of his favorite mangaka, Kenji Takakura, who writes a popular fighting manga called "Ultimate Banchou." Upon arriving at his new workplace, however, he discovers that his idol is not the tough guy he'd always imagined. The truth is, Kenji Takakura is the pen name of Ichiko Sekai, a girl his age who is basically a moe character (she looks and acts like a little kid). After Aihara's obvious disappointment starts them off on the wrong foot, it's going to be tough for him to prove to her that he has what it takes to be a manga artist!
A collection of short stories from Kaneko Atsushi..
She is a 24-year-old woman who was just sacked. He is a 15-year-old teen. When the grandmother whom she dearly respected passes away, both the woman and the teen came to stay under a single roof. Will they ever find their safe heaven?
Kangdae, I like it." I confessed with courage to my colleague, who has been in unrequited love for three years. I thought a happy campus couple life was finally beginning for me, but suddenly he pops into the army! "Huh?! This was rejected, wasn't it?" Grand senior Kang Tae-yang, who is like a feud, approaches Sarang, who is upset by the pain of a broken heart. And an amazing word I heard from him. "You confessed to me." I'm going to be upset because I'm in a broken heart with a rhythm. What the hell are you talking about?! Can Sarang, who has a dream of spending his college life with a thrilling campus couple, achieve that dream
The childhood friend I loved in junior high school and high school has suddenly moved to the apartment right across from mine! I'm dead-set on hating him, yet the memories of how much I longed for him in the past are slowly coming back, and... wait a minute. How did I end up in his room...!?
COMPILER is a story about the Igarashi brothers Nachi and Toshi, and two beauties from another dimension, Compiler and Assembler. Originally sent to conquer Earth through a game of destruction and creation, Compiler and Assembler ended up deciding that living in our world is more fun than conquering it. They moved in with Nachi and Toshi. A growing relationship began to develop between Nachi and Compiler, and Toshi and Assembler, though none of them can bring themselves to admit it outright. Meanwhile, the people who sent Compiler and Assembler to conquer Earth were outraged by their apparent betrayal. They sent two assassins, Bios and Directory, to deal with the renegades and proceed with the invasion plan. And so, the misadventures begin...
This is a story about two friends, from nearly the beginning to almost the end of their lives, who happen to love each other. Tatsuya and Junichi are in 5th grade and their music teacher is a pedophile. One day the music teacher has a request for Yumi, a girl who uses him to get expensive gifts. He wants her to get Tatsuya into the music room so he can be with him. Junichi recently confessed his feelings for Yumi and she decides to use him as bait to get Tatsuya to go to the music room. Junichi and Tatsuya's future does not look good... Note: Only chapter 1 of volume 1 and chapter 7 of volume 2 is shotacon. Reading chapter 1 is almost necessary for the story and is not very explicit but chapter 7 of volume 2 is an extra/one-shot and can be skipped over completely for those who dislike shota.
From Esthétique: Rin is tomboyish 14-year-old who lives with her grandpa in a small village out in the countryside. After her grandpa's death, Rin is obligated to leave her village to live with her mother in Tokyo. When she arrives, she discovers an amazing secret: her mother is not an office lady, but a famous model called Myu Suzuki! After one night of reunion, Rin's mother leaves to follow some guy to some foreign country without any notice other than a letter. Without any money to survive on (her mom did not know grandpa died), and the contract between Myu and the model company, what is Rin is to do?
In Xia Kingdom, the general’s granddaughter, Situ Xiu, is an eerie existence. She isn’t only weak and cowardly but she is also a stutterer! One day, her younger twin brother decided to run away on a whim after he was appointed young general… Meanwhile, the emperor, not knowing the situation, issued an imperial edict, sending her younger brother to the borders to defend the country from invaders! Under the circumstances, Miss Situ had no other choice than to pretend to be her younger brother and go fight the Cha kingdom’s God of War…
