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[From: Mangaupdates] A continuation of the oneshot Kaizoku Game in Ousama Game that features the rest of Kuuron's pirate crew. 1) Yuuki's older brother got caught at his pirate lover and was imprisoned on the ship. In the time he is being supervised by a cook. All the meals prepared are untouched and the cook got angry since all the crew recognized his talent... And the problems all start when some people don't like the relation between them... what will happen... till they have a good ending? 2) Rika, the first mate of Kuron, has been in love with Kuron for 8 long years. Even so, he never confessed his feelings and so he relieves his "other love" off the pirate ship. But one of this sex friends joined the crew... and decided to help Rika... but all that made Rika have other thoughts... what will he do? Accept the help...??!!

Miwa confesses his feelings to his friend Katou, but in response, Katou introduces Miwa to his gay friend Hashina. Miwa is shocked, and rejects Hashina, but that just makes Hashina fall in love creating an unrequited love triangle. Miwa finds comfort in Hashina, but will he ever be able to let go of his feelings for Katou?

From Fantasy Shrine: A collection of sweet, cute BL one-shots. Nothing too explicit. Ch 1 - Making Love Ch 2 - Only Have Eyes For You Ch 3 - Love's Holiday Ch 4 - Just Take It Easy Ch 5 - Force of Love Ch 6 - Jealousy Baby Making Love extra - Full House of Love Koi no Myouyaku continues chapter 1's story, Making Love.

[From DMP]: Toru is a shy and quiet student who has developed a special crush on his close friend Ryoji, the most popular member of the high school swim team. In front of Ryoji, Toru hides his feelings and acts as if he is just one of Ryoji's good friends, but in a moment out of the blue his world will be turned upside down as Ryoji will confess a secret desire for Toru. Dazzled, Toru can barely hide his excitement for Ryoji and quickly accepts his offer. As time passes, Toru's happiness begins to fade knowing that his affair with Ryoji was just a fling based out of Ryoji's sexual curiosity. Toru, adamant about his feelings for Ryoji, confides in another one of his close friend, Kashiwazaki, about his dilemma. The two set off to devise a plan to test Ryoji's true intentions by faking a romantic relationship. Soon after, a frustrated and jealous Ryoji attempts to pry Toru out of the arms of Kashiwazaki. Is it just as they planned? Yeah! That is of course until Toru realizes Kashiwazaki wasn't really faking! How could he not have seen it coming? Both Toru and Ryoji have hidden their feelings from each other in the past, but now they have discovered that they were not the only ones. Will Toru and Ryoji be reunited or will their true feelings for each other go unfulfilled?

Matthias, a child abused continuously by his mother, having committed her murder finds refuge in a church where he meets a seemingly helpful, young priest and Hans, a fellow resident. Not much time passes, however, until Matthias realizes that there's something suspicious going on behind the facade of a peaceful shelter... [summary taken from Aarinfantasy's website]

Harumoto Akira, a talented high school music student, descends into the violent world of Japanese speed tribes thanks to his obsession with Otoguro Yugou, the manipulative and enigmatic leader of the tribe, Red Kreuz.

1-2) Kumo no Uede Kiss wo Shiyou Young, earnest flight attendant finds himself attracted by the dashing pilot... whose charm also makes the young uke insecure. Will this sex-based relationship survive? Also, why is the dashing pilot kissing someone else after sleeping with the uke? 3-4) Zettai Fukujuu On the outside Nachi is a student living with his cousin Shinya for free in exchange he's the "maid". What no one knows, not even his friend Kanda, is that he's also Shinya's sex partner. With Shinya's rude, arrogant behavior to Nachi how long will this "master" and "servant" relationship last? How long will Nachi be able to keep the truth about his relationship from Kanda? 5) Kumo no Uede Kiss wo Shiyou extra

Consists of a collection of oneshots. 1) Selfish Naivety - Hirota is considered the nice guy around the office. Even Reiji thinks so, but he's still breaking up with Hirota. Reiji always has to initiate everything and Hirota just follows along. If Hirota loved him, he'd want to do something more than just kiss, right? 2) Love Me, Love Me- Student Suzuhara is annoyed with friend Nishi for being too honest in turning down the girls who confess to him. But when Nishi confesses to him, can Suzuhara take him seriously? 3 - 4) Welcome Deliveryman 1 & 2 Hayashida likes pleasing the customers, but he is disconcerted by unconventional customer Minagawa who always asks him to break the rules. But when Minagawa starts sexually harassing him, is the customer still always right? Will his advances progress into something more? 5) Summer Heart, Love Heart 6) Sweet Home Rhapsody 7) Sweet Home Rhapsody, After That

From Fujoshi Bitches:: Takemiya is working as a secretary for the Young President, Iwase. Iwase is an amazing guy who has a huge gap. Compared to his gorgeous looks and capabilities, he’s an airhead and his honest side is totally cute! The younger dog, Takemiya, is madly in love with that President and always gets led around by him, but…?! The dog suddenly returns the favor clumsily saying, “President, I want to hold you.?!" There is also another story about a high and mighty master president×beautiful “pet” secretary.

Yosemine Takumi is a difficult student to handle. He's used to get what he wants by using his family's strength in school. The new Infirmary Nurse, Tsutsui, is determined to change all that. He's not going to let himself be bullied by Yosemine, or anyone else, after all these years. But Yosemine has fallen head-over-heels in love with Tsutsui-sensei and set the goal on owning the nurse for himself!

From Boys On Boys Love: A skilled investigator operating outside the law infiltrates a prison island where he meets a smart and cheeky boy who seems to have an air of danger about him. Ten years have passed since that day. Now the boy who was given the name Yuuto works along Shigure, who rescued and raised him. All along, Yuuto harbored secret feelings for Shigure, and the deep love that he couldn’t express only made him more dangerous. Soon he started to think that he wanted to die for Shigure. Then he seemed to get the chance when a wild shoot-out broke out on the streets...

In the Fuhoni! (Unwilling!) series: V.1 - Fuhoni! Hikawa Chihiro had always been a flirt until he met his match, Jyounouchi Haruhisa. Being the older one, he wanted to change the fact that he was the one being held. While having internal conflict, the appearance of a new younger rival, Koide, made Hikawa realized he had to be honest with himself or to risk losing Jyounouchi. What would he do? V.2 - Ran The continuation of Hikawa and Jyounouchi. What happened when Jyounouchi nii-san tried to break them up? When Hikawa found that Jyounouchi's new neighbor, Toba Kouhei, was his ex-classmate, he refused to go to Jyounouchi's place again. Toba asked Hikawa to join him as his business partner. What would Hikawa do? V.3 - Goku

Aoiyahi Yuuichi works for a hotel, but it's been bought by a new owner who plans on owning more than just the hotel 1) Heart Rate (pun on the word 'rate') 2) Master

1-4) Furue Tsumore Shiawase no Hana Yuuri has always been attached to his childhood friend and neighborhood Onii-san; Aki. With a certain fondness for his friend, he enrolls in the same college where Aki is working as a lecturer. Yuuri immediately falls into the position of Aki's personal caretaker and not before long, he comes to realize that there is more to their relationship than he understands. Furue Tsumore Shiawase no Hana is a story of the delicate balance between friendship and love. 5 & 8) The Trembling Flower of Happiness Aki and Yuuri is trying to come to terms with their relationship and where to draw their lines. Not scanlated. 6) Shake Continuation of chapter 5 of Koi no Shizuku. Not scanlated. 7) Extra The academics go on an onsen trip. Not scanlated.

A collection of short stories: 1) Onozomi no Mama ni Kaname has inherited an apartment for an elite from his rich but now deceased grandfather. The apartment comes along with a handsome butler, Hidaka . But there are influential people who want to separate them. 2,3,4) A Season For Three 5) The Imitation Lovers - "Would you be my pretend lover?" This unexpected question is posed to the person who has a one-sided love for the inquirer. - From Sweet Lunacy 6) Onozomi no Mama ni extra

Kouzuki picks up the beaten young man from the street and takes him in. They start a sexual relationship and begin living together. Can emotionless Kouzuki learn to trust this mysterious guy? -project dropped by GOOC- This is a collection of cute oneshots. Ch. 2 features a young prince and his bodyguard who are sent to the dragon king and his younger sister on the prince's 13th birthday. Ch. 3 About a boy's love for his older brother. (If you don't like incest, skip it.) Ch.4 Another fantasy, featuring a magic love potion and a crazy tangle of lovers, both human and gods(?), and a servant who complicates the whole mess with good(?) intentions.

Sui is a brand new student at a boarding school. His dorm master is a sexy, studly college student called Daira, aka "King". Sui develops a crush on Daira which slowly deepens into mad love, only to be reciprocated by harsh words and a cold shoulder... Out of the blue, Daira forces himself on Sui! Hurt and confused, Sui turns to his childhood friend, Sosuke for comfort.

A university professor who specializes in figuring out the mentality of crime suspects is asked to help solve cases. He also has a relationship with his assistant.

From Liquid Passion: There're many reasons 28 year old performer Tagashira Shinichi wants to die but mostly he just stopped caring about life. Then he bumps into Yuu, a former classmate and friend. When Yuu pushes Shinichi to see his little brother again things get more complicated. Can Shinichi find something to live for?

Mizuki has just lost his job. Without money or a place to live, Mizuki has no choice but to stay with his older brother in his company dorm room. Since non-employees are not allowed in the dorm, Mizuki must live there in secret, like a house cat. At first Mizuki is intimidated by his older brother's roommate, Toru, but seeing a softer side of Toru changes his opinion. Toru starts to treat Mizuki with kindness, but Mizuki wants to become more than just a pet companion.

Suzuki Kojirou (his Kago is Efreet) is a member of the public morals committee at a high school which gathers a lot of students whose “Kago” powers are stronger than normal people. But, for some reason, he’s being pestered everyday by the super beautiful president of the public morals committee, Asagiri Lauri, (his Kago is Leviathan) who always has to run around solving all kinds of problems within the school because of his strong power. Pushy Seme × Expressionless, handsome Uke. The fantasy campus unfolded. Metamorphic・Love・Comedy❤ Love developments! Drawings and new stories enclosed☆ - from Canis Major Scanlations -

1-2) 24 Jikan Eikyou-chuu Nakamichi works in the 24-hour convenience store on Sano's way home from school. Nakamichi is baffled by the amount of lollipops Sano buy everyday! But he gets very used to seeing Sano around, that when suddenly Sano stops showing his face at the store, he misses him! What happens to Sano? And why buy so many lollipops? 3-5) 24 Jikan Renai-chuu Yoshino, an ordinary guy works at a convenience store where he meets a beautiful Yagami-san. He overhears Yagami-san having an argument over the phone with who he assumes is a girlfriend. What will Yoshino do when he sees Yagami drunk and collapsed outside the convenience store, and hears him whisper a guy's name in his sleep? 6-8) Extra: Jikan Eikyou-chuu

Collection of short stories: • Yume ni Tobu Tori (A Bird in a Dream) Soichiro has a heart attack and is hit by a car on Yuuga's birthday right after a huge fight, but gets a second chance when he wakes up two days before his accident. • Iku Michi, Yobu Tsuki Cutting through a dangerous park one night, Otsuji is attacked by hoodlums and thrown into a lake. There he meets the demon of the lake, and can't leave. • Moment Atsushi is slowy recovering after being dumped by his last lover. His sister and brother-in-law, concerned that he is becoming a recluse, invite him out for a drink at their bar. While at the bar he sees a beautiful college student, Kizaki, and is smitten. But because he has no fashion sense, Atsushi gets a makeover from his sister before he approaches his crush. Things go even better than he expected, but after their tryst, Atsushi has to work overtime for a week. When he finally makes it back to the bar, he sees Kizaki kissing someone else. Will Atsushi be forced to give up on his dream of love? • Hana mo Arashi mo The beginning of the love story between 2 childhood friends, Takerou (a student) and Kouta (a florist). The story looks like shota but actually the little uke (Kouta) is already 25. • Mayonaka Taiyou (Midnight Sun) Kakeru, Shouichi-san, and little Rurika are back in a sequel to Hinata. The unexpected visit of Shouichi's dead wife's sister convinces Kakeru that he's only a bother to the Konomi household. With Shouichi (and Ruri) allow him to simply leave their family?

Summary refers to the Ohzora Shuppan re-print, 2007: 1. Lovers and Souls Shinomiya is a beautiful college art student who lacks the morals common to most people. After agreeing to be a nude model for Matsuoka, a photography student, he also agrees to sleep with him for money even though he is straight. However, what started as a small taste of the forbidden soon spirals out of control when Shinomiya begins selling his body to other guys as a prostitute in a male brothel. Can Matsuoka save Shinomiya from himself? 2. Vanity After the events of Lovers and Souls, Tooru is still deeply heartbroken. Trying to find solace in Hikaru, Tooru challenges the terms of their friendship. But can he handle the consequences? 3. Sleeping Beauty Matsuoka sees Tooru for the first time. 4. A Moon in Name Only In their last year of high school, Akihiko Nozaki admits to his best friend Kai that he's gay. Kai is stunned but it doesn't change their friendship, but Kai's curiosity is aroused and he begins to see Nozaki differently. 5. The Name of that Sky Sequel to "A Moon in Name Only", told more from Nozaki's point of view. Nozaki isn't sure whether to trust that his relationship with Kai will last, since he's even been dumped by gay men before. What's to keep a guy who wasn't even gay from breaking up with him?