Catalogue Series

Love is found in the strangest places and with the most unexpected partners. The men (and cats!) of SENTIMENTAL GARDEN LOVER burst into heart-throbbing bloom! A scruffy stray cat wishes for big hands to hold an abused man, and a cute kitten begs for speech to comfort a broken-hearted stranger. Wander further into the garden, and you’ll find close siblings upset by a love rival; a jaded delinquent flustered by a trusting bookworm; an evasive, glasses-hating man; and a president eager to find a weakness in his perfect secretary. For both cat and human, the quest for love is here! (Source: DMG)

Ikki, an optimist who isn't afraid of anything, begins working at a small restaurant when he finds himself charmed by the owner. It's there that he runs into Ryuu, and from Ryuu, he hears a familiar name: Toshimitsu. Neither Ikki nor Ryuu seem able to get away from Toshimitsu, and now their mysterious, shared past will lead to an unknown future. (Source: Vices and Devices)

Summer vacation has started and Yoshiyuki and his cousin, Takaharu are being tutored by Kurushima, who works for Yoshiyuki's brother. Though reluctant at first about having a home tutor, Yoshiyuki starts developing an attraction towards Kurushima. However, there's more to Kurushima than meets the eye.. (Source: Bliss)

Chihiro is the heir to Tsurumaruya, an old, well-established Japanese confectionary. He is secretly in love with Katsumi, a childhood friend, who is also the manager of the store. His feelings for the over-protective Katsumi keep growing, but Katsumi wants to fulfill the last wish of the previous owner and live his life as the manager. With the two of them unable to connect their feelings, Chihiro is asked to go to Tokyo by an important customer. The lives of the master and manager are bound by family tradition. In addition to this popular series is a story about a nephew who suddenly ends up living with President Mori and two new stories. (Source: MU)

In Tomoko Yamashita's Dining Bar Akira, romantic passions battle with cool logic behind kitchen doors. There's always drama when you're trying to run a busy bar and restaurant. Akira Koji, the manager, is stuck in the middle of it all, trying to keep his cool. Then he gets a late night confession from one of his employees. Not only that, it's a very attractive male employee a full six years younger than him, 26-year-old Torihara. Akira has never considered a homosexual relationship before, but things start to change when he can't get the young man out of his head. Will the two of them be able to remain professional when things start to get serious? (Source: Netcomics)

Youji has been pining after Noboru for 20 years! And not silently either! Youji’s been stalking his beloved and stealing away his girlfriends ever since they were in grade school. Noboru, on the other hand, can’t stand Youji’s stalker tendencies and doesn’t understand that all of Youji’s actions are out of love. Will Youji’s clumsy one-sided love ever reach Noboru?! (Source: DMP)

A collection of eight oneshots (some related) by Kumota Haruko, all of which ran in Tokyo Mangasha's "Themed Catalogue" series under the Marble Comics line. Includes: 1. Madobe no Kimi (Shokugyou Catalogue) 2. Good Bye, Honey (Salaryman Catalogue) 3. Lay Down, Sally -Oyasumi, Sally- (Bad End Catalogue) 4. Hajime Hiku Koi no Uta (Hajimete Catalogue) 5. BAD Boy Seventeen (Mibun Chigai Catalogue) 6. Anata ni wa Ienai -Can't Tell You- (Sankaku Kankei Catalogue) 7. Daitai Iro ni Tokeau (Seme x Seme Catalogue) 8. Tecchan to Yasu no Kyuujitsu (short omake)

Haruka is a delinquent student still struggling to graduate from high school after failing his exams before. The solution, according to Haruka's congressman father? Hire someone to make sure he gets into university by following him around and nagging him, of course! Shidou is supposed to be Haruka's "secretary" (read: babysitter), there to encourage him to pass his exams this time, but when Haruka only agrees to graduate on the condition that Shidou become his boyfriend... what's a megane character to do?! Second Honey follows the rather unconventional relationship between the older, bespectacled professional Shidou and Haruka, the flippant student more interested in messing with Shidou and pissing off his father than actually pursuing his studies. Is Haruka just playing around, or is there really something there? Is this sweet feeling like real honey, or just a cheap imitation? Sometimes, even Haruka doesn't know. (Source: DMG)

Once upon a time, two ridiculous failures met. Kumada, once a talented rakugo artiste, had become a famously violent gang member. Uneducated Ogawa, dazzled by Kumada, had become frustrated with his own inability to use anything but the simplest of words. Together, this unlikely duo sought their place to belong in life and in love. Three extra tales of unexpected feelings complete this volume: one of sorrow and poetry in the early Shouwa era; another of close but distant brothers; and one that reveals the secret motivations behind the perfect... woman? (Source: DMG)

Harada and Shibata were an unlikely couple in high school, and on a whim made an even stranger promise to meet each other again 30 years later. After graduation, Harada seems to have all but forgotten their promise. Now he spends his days as police chief keeping an eye on a Chinese mafia boss with a familiar face... Against all odds and logic, Shibata ends up back in Japan exactly on the date they promised to meet. Can Harada find him in time and catch the criminal who stole his heart? Or will his high school sweetheart rob him blind again? (Source: DMG)

A collection of short stories (some related) by Kitabeppu Nica. 1. Nakanaide, Ookubo-kun 2. Akaneiro 3. Kudari Densha no Koibito 4. 2LDK (three chapters) 5. Kuufuku Elegy

A series of very short but cute stories of daily life, love, and friendship.