Makunouchi: Kubonouchi Eisaku Kessakushu is a collection of short stories that seinen author Kubonouchi Eisaku, known for notable titles such as Chocolat, Cherry and Watanabe, has written in his early days. The contents of this book include: Laplace Yocchore! Tosamaru-kun Bell Robot High School Girl Kaoruko's "Heartbreak" Bizzare -- The Terror of the Salmon-Man Robot High School Boy Kawarazaki Ayumu's "Seishun-I-N-G" Help! Viva Eros Academy Okappiki Eiji Dream of Pumping Up Present "Makunouchi" is a kind of bentou, served during Kabuki in the olden days. It either got its name from the lunch the audience would eat during intermission, or perhaps from the lunch actors would eat during this time (seems plausible since the actors are also "behind the curtain", which is actually the literal translation of that phrase).
1) Poor Chikako, who’s always changing schools, has fallen in love with her classmate Abe. In three days, Chikako will have to face changing schools again, but what about her love for Abe… 2) - Weather Forecast, Sunny - Hikaru loves rainy days because that’s when she gets walk to school with Takehiko, but the end of the rainy season heralds changes more disturbing to Hikaru than just the weather. 3) The Wind Plan - Kurinama Sho comes up with the perfect plan to get close to his ideal girl, Student Council President Sakatsumu Nakano. The plan works, but his idol is not quite the girl he thinks she is… 4) The Kingdom of Fairytales - He’s a prince–well, more like a playboy. She’s his destined lover–along with the 58 other girls he’s used that line on. Can this unlikely pair make their fairytale end happily ever after? 5) Candy Romance - A bittersweet story of the joy and pain of first love.
Takatoki is a high school boy with an intense obsession for manga and anime. He desperately wants a typical anime romance with a girl who falls into a typical female anime stereotype. His childhood friend Chiyoko, a very unladylike girl who is a notorious fighter, tries in vain to get his mind back to reality. One day, the two of them run into a girl in a sailor schoolgirl outfit being threatened by a generic band of thugs. As Chiyoko beats up the thugs, Takatoki learns that the girl, Asadzuma Youtsugi, is a cosplayer who wants to lead the life of an anime character. Was this Takatoki's fated first encounter with his future anime lover!?
Cocona is a rich girl that doesn't seem to have a firm grasp of reality. She's in love with someone--but he happens to have a bigger interest in his laptop than in girls. -- Manga Updates
A one-volume work containing 4 stories total, including the title work "Shiranami no Illusion" [From Ivyscan]: Ryo is a boy who loves flirting with girls. One day, he met a beautiful girl named Touko by the beach. Ryo is soon deeply attracted to Touko, but because of an incident where her fiance died in a tragic accident, Touko locked up her own heart. How is Ryo going to help Touko leave her sadness and pain?
Sex is something that feels good and makes you happy’ is what Kijima Kana used to believe. However, she has a sexually insensitive body and is poor at sex. Not even once did she think it felt good. Moreover, sex became the reason why she got dumped over and over again. As always, she confides to her childhood friend, Oosako Mamoru, who works at the bar she frequents. Afterward, she goes for round two at Mamoru’s home. "I also want to feel good with the one I love... But, if my relationship ended for the same reason yet again I want to fix my condition so that I can feel good." "Should I help you then?" EEHHH??!!!!! No way, a ‘pleasant lesson’ with my childhood friend??!!!
From xkazemg: Loosely based on "One Thousand and One Nights," this is about the adventurous Princess Arya and the exciting journeys with her companions: Her ever so-loyal-but-nagging servant, the coward Genie, a leopard-turned-bishonen, and none the least her brave handsome fiance prince!
At a judo tournament, Akutsu falls in love with Murakami. While jogging, they crashed into each other and Akutsu got hurt (not really, he had a nosebleed due to dirty thoughts). In order to tend to his "wounds" Murakami took him home... Features Akutsu from Seito Kaichou ni Chuukoku
There was a legend about a blind goddess who fell in love and was left heartbroken... "Why did you leave me? I vow this life and every life after I don't want to ever hear your voice again! I will forever take you as my enemy..."
