TOP MANGA OF THE MONTH

Masaki is a teenage senior high school student, whose boyfriend is 8 years older and his homeroom teacher, Tokuyama-sensei. As teacher and pupil, of course they need to keep it a secret, but both heart and body are carried away in this dangerous relationship because it's a passionate and erotic love! [from CT]

From JShoujo Scans: 1. Animal Trainer Sawa has been going out with Manabu for almost a year. He's kind, gentle, and giving. She has no complaints, seeing as how he's the perfect gentleman, and she figures that if they continue to date, they'll eventually end up marrying. One day, Manabu takes her out to a bar, where he introduces her to a friend of his, who turns out to be someone she used to know back in college. On her taxi ride back home, she finds that she took her former classmate's cellphone by mistake. He asks if he can come pick it up at her apartment, and when he arrives... 2. Friends Forever After one of three friends dies in a suspicious way, secrets are revealed.... who is the culprit? 3. The Perfect Day For Moving To The Big City Minporin, a 'country bumpkin' from Aomori starts attending a university near Tokyo. Unfortunately for her, a handsome boy she doesn't like attaches himself to her.....

From Eternal Dream: “I like you, please go out with me”. When I suddenly received a confession from the beautiful Tsukimura, I was surprised because we didn’t have anything in common. Then, I started receiving confessions via email every day. At first I thought he was just a weird guy, and as time went by, his emails kept coming. When I got the confessions, it’s not that was all I thought about. But by the 100th confession, the usually nice Tsukimura suddenly lashed out in a sexual assault! First Story: "Overthrow the Student Council President" Second Story (from the summary): "A Declaration of Love in your Ear" Third Story: "Keeping Secrets" Fourth and Fifth Stories: featuring the characters- Mitsuba and Fujisaki: "I Won't Give you My Love" "Don't you Understand Love?"

From Midnight Scans: A girl is raising a beast in her hearth?! A beast-like girl x diligent guy! The aim of the game is to escape completely! At first glance, Izumida Riko looks like a neat girl, and she’s known as the "Credit Union's Madonna". However, she's the repulsive beast girl who heads a robbery group. Aiming at Riko is a guy whom she met during her morning run. Is their meeting really by chance, or because of 'duty'?! Also included here are: Kimi no Kawaii Doku Ouji (Your Cute Poison Prince) / Musesouna Aporo (Inconstant Apollo) / Kimi to Kemono na Yume wo Miru (Watching the Beastly Dream with You) / Motto Ranbou ni Aishite mo, Ii yo (It's Okay to be More Violent in Love) / Migite no Bonno Atashi no Kodou (Right Hand's Lust, My Palpitation) ----- #1: Watashi no Kawaii Doku Ouji/ My Cute Poison Prince Every year the two rivaling companies Ryuuou Comercial Affairs and Royal Tiger Products host a golf competition to see who is best. And every year Ayaka Suzuki, business director of Ryuuou, takes this opportunity to catch herself a new lover. Since all the men Ayaka tried before turned out to be insufficient for her passionate love, she is doubly happy to spot Yuuri Yamada, a new face among the Royal Tiger employees, and she doesn’t hesitate to seduce him… but could it be that Yuuri himself follows some hidden agenda by joining this golf competition?!?! … #2: Musessou na Apollo/ Inconsistent Apollo Unable to forget her past memories Mizuki thinks sex is nothing but a boring and painful thing she never wants to experience again. But when Mizuki surprises her classmate and well known womanizer Ruka Hirasawa making out with another girl in their college’s painting classroom, her thoughts change slowly. Seeing this passionate scene Mizuki can’t help but wonder how it would be to be embraced by Ruka… but what’s that? Ruka himself suddenly approaches Mizuki wanting to make this fantasy a reality!!?!? #3: Kimi to Kemono na Yume Wo Miiu/ Watching the Beastly Dream with You Beautiful, hardworking and overall stunning Riko Izumida doesn’t get called “Madonna of the credit union” for nothing. But behind that mask of a well-mannered bank employee Riko is not as tame as you may think, especially when it comes to catching herself the perfect guy. So when the one guy she’s been eyeing for some time now just so happens to rob her bank, Riko doesn’t hesitate to chase after him… and things start to take unexpected turns. #4: Motto Ranbou ni Aishitemo, ii yo/ I Don’t Mind If You Love Me Roughly In order to attract guys, Hinako always follows her mother’s words, and so far Hinako always got what she wanted by playing the hard-to-get. But then suddenly a rival appears at her college who immediately catches the attention of all the boys, including Katsuragi, Hinako’s secret crush. Devastated by the instant defeat Hinako turns to Shuu, who claims he would help her to get back Katsuraki’s attention, if she only does whatever he tells her to… but does Shuu really intent to help her, Hinako can’t be sure… #5: Migite no Bonnou, Atashi no Kodou/ The Right Hand’s Passion, My Palpitation Hiyama Touko, like any other high school girl has a secret crush but being the shy girl she is, Touko can’t do anything but watch the cool Kuga-kun from afar. So when her friend Natsumi catches Touko, once again staring at Kuga-kun after he helped her out in class, she decides to give Touko some courage through hypnosis. At first Touko doesn’t believe it would work, but then she suddenly loses control over her right hand and now Touko can’t stop groping poor Kuga-kun…. What the heck is going on?? And how will Touko manage to get back to normal again?!?!?

From Fantasy Shrine: I, the “Prince”, as haughty as my nickname might suggest, am actually still a virgin! And the only man who can falter my cool façade is the “King”…!! I wonder which of us will come up on top in the “Big Two” battle on campus!? Also included in the book, a 72-page of pure ♥ love story which has never been published in B-BOY, “Not Because I Want to be Your Friend!” A sweet story between two classmates ♥ And a 10-page omake!

from fictiondb: Small-town girl Trudy Baxter is ready to take on New York City. She's looking for excitement, adventure...and incredible sex! She wants to experience every little thing -- and every type of man -- the city has to offer. Her first target -- sexy Wall Street hunk Linc Faulkner. Only, once she gets Linc into her bed, she's reluctant to let him go.... Linc Faulkner has never met anybody like Trudy. She's so spirited, so sexy, so damn uninhibited! She's his every fantasy in the flesh. Only, Linc knows he's just the first man on Trudy's sexual wish list. So what else can he do but convince her that he can be any man she'll ever want -- and the only man she'll ever need....

Micah, a cut throat American businessman, is intent on taking over a floundering Japanese hotel chain and whipping it into shape. All that currently stands in his way is its clumsy yet endearing president, Yuki. Will this hostile takeover end up being a vehicle for love?

From Midnight Scans: I'm always into trouble since you’re impertinent, a bit perverted but cute. My mind is driving me mad by being attracted to a handsome youth who is 4 years younger than me! Please teach me!! On the hinge of recession, Tamako joins a household chores company, "Smile Maid". Having an affair will make her lose her job. Uehara is her next job place, and its only son, Yuu-kun tells her that he knows how to cover the affair. The partner who will evaluate her works is a high school student who always makes Tamako’s heart skip a beat!!

From Alice Dreams : Shiina is a rich daughter of a business man who went bankrupt. She lost her house, and her engagement was broken off. The only thing left for her is a club that was left in her name. Having no idea of how the club is, she visits it, and manager Ryuichiro comes to meet her. She soon finds out this club might be far more than a girl brought up in high society can handle!

chapters 1-2: Hisashi, a new model, admires top model Tomohito, and his only goal is to also be a top model and work for the same agency as Tomohito. But an accidental meeting followed by new make-up removal tips, causes tension between these two bois. Will these bois be able to resolve their differences? And even if they do kiss and lick and thrust their way into a new understanding, can Hisashi compete against the baby brother? chapter 3: Two romantically involved cousins work at a detective agency and are sent to solve a case involving a girl that won't leave her room. chapter 4: Young uncle Kyou and his middle schooler nephew Taichi are dating. Kyou also used to date the Taichi's father, his sister's husband, and Taichi is still jealous over that. chapter 5: Two highschool friends are attracted to each other but one of them refuses to admit his feelings.

From Celestial Scans & WoC Scans: This story is about a cute shoujo manga artist, called Otome ("maiden"), and her manager Ouji ("prince"). Her works aren't very popular, so Ouji had to become her manager to help her boost up her popularity. Of course, he's hot, young, a genius, and as her manager, he has to live with her to make sure she keeps her deadlines and comes up with interesting ideas and adorable characters. But when her works DO become popular, he is replaced on the job by his ex-girlfriend... and that's just the beginning!

Summary by Aka Roze Tenshi: Hana is a high school student who doesn't believe in love because of several things that happened in her family. But even though she doesn't believe in love, Hana has written a blog, "SAKURA", an online romance journal. The theme is forbidden love between a teacher and his student! The blog is filled with sex scenes, intense expressions of the love and it has gotten everyone infatuated with it! But nobody knows that Hana has written it. It's a secret and She plans on keeping it this way...so what will happen when she is found out by her hot and popular teacher!? Story 2: They're the perfect high school couple. Both mature, adult and way cool. Fellow students can only imagine how hot and romantic their love lives must be. Unfortunately their hot and steamy love life only exists in her head. In reality he's TOO perfect and proper a boyfriend. With graduation approaching will she be able to make any progress in this relationship at all!?? - Looking for Pieces of Love - Love Lesson Angel ~Idol Founder~

Kan-chan and Osamu go on a vacation... to HELL!

From Midnight Scans: Ria works as a hostess, and she longs for the day when the owner, Himi Kyouji, and herself can finally be together. On the other hand, 10 years ago, when Kyouji forced Ria's beloved parents to commit suicide and robbed her of her happiness, she planned to get her revenge. However, after she is hugged by him, what will happen to her revenge?!

The witch, Marika, was exiled from the spirit world for committing a taboo in order to save the human child, Ryou. She mustn't get involved with human beings so that she may return to her world. However, Marika falls in love with Ryou and plays "make-believe" with him when night falls. Due to witch law, they are only able to go as far as touching each other's bodies. Which direction will this unforgivable and forbidden love take? MAL

Kai is the number one host. A young handsome man, who wears the mask the perfect gentleman and lover. If you have the money! Kai cares only for money and will gladly do anything for it. Is this cold, cruel lady killer even capable of loving? One day he meets a young girl by chance on the street. After a strange first meeting she offers him $10,000 dollars to be hers for a week. But she refuses all of his kisses and advances. What motive lies behind this mysterious girl? Will this strange girl be able to outmatch the # 1 host in love?

Taken from Shoujo Manga Maniac: Whenever she sees a boy of her type, Ai gets excited and reckless. Because of this animal instinct, she hasn't had a boyfriend for fifteen years. However, Daiki, the most handsome student, wants to date her. She thinks that if she missed this chance, no one would be waiting for her any more. Is it her last chance!?

From Sound of Jewels several oneshot Story 1- L-DK (extra chapter) [Watanabe Ayu] Shuusei's sister show to Aoi how to hypnotize someone... And guess who will act as her guinea pig...? Story 2- Yamato nadeshiko shichi henge (extra chapter) [hayakawa tomoko] Story 3- Daidai Days [higuchi megumi] Story 4- Aguriko [ishiko] Story 5- Oshioki wa necktie [nakamura matsucha] Story 6- Hakuchuu nemurihime no Yuutsu [rokurokurei ijimi] Story 7- Koharu biyori [higuchi chiho]

Suddenly being abducted by men who are after her father, the main character meets Faul, an heir to a kingdom. Without realizing, both began falling for each other. However, series of obstructions come between them. Can they go through them and find happiness....!?

Serika is your typical high school girl. She loves reading books, likes romance, and has the ability to knock a guy flat out with her fist. She imagines herself as one of those heroines she reads in books, a shining maiden waiting for her prince. But what happens to her dream when the prince she has been waiting for is not only younger than her, but also smaller? Will the princess accept the chibi prince?

By Backlash67: Series of short stories focused around a host club called Fairy Tale Land that provides a variety of services to its guests. These services include (anything from sex to extreme S&M). The hosts are named after characters from popular folklore. Chapter 1: The Romeo from the Fairy Tale Land Focuses on the host that goes by the name Kaguya and his client Reiji Matsuyama. Chapter 2: Snow White

From Shoujo Manga Maniac: As Asuka dreams of marrying a wealthy man, she has polished both the appearance and mind. Now it is rumored that she is the coolest beauty in the secretary division of the company. However, one of her friends ran away with the elite who she wished to marry. She had a drink in desperation, and slept with Yuroki, a nephew of the president of the company. Meanwhile, Yuroki is assigned to the secretary division, and the delicate relationship between him and Asuka begins. Asuka who is naive, though she is a capable woman, and Yuroki who is capable, though he is a greenhorn, develop a sweet love in a mature way. A long-awaited series of love story has been made in manga. Title List: 1. It’s Early Yet For Cinderella 2. Unhappy Again Tonight, Snow white 3. Sleeping Beauty’s Sleepless Night 4. Love Your Way

From ice-blossom: 18 year-old Yoshino is in love with his sister, Himeko, who has brother complex towards him. Yoshino and Himeko's father remarriage introduced new members to the family. Tsubaki, who is of the same age as Himeko, is as beautiful as a bisque doll. This new step-brother plans to expose Yoshino's secret feelings for Himeko. Yoshino thought that the underlying reason of Tsubaki doing this is because he likes Himeko too. However, never did he expect that Tsubaki was doing this for. . . Special/Extra: Hana had always wanted to have a boyfriend and she finally had her first one. Rei was disturbed when he found out that his beloved sister accepted a guy. He was determined not to allow any guy to have Hana. Rei let his feelings show and confessed to Hana. Hana was disgusted by the twisted feelings Rei had for her. Rei decided to leave when rejected. Hana did not want Rei to leave her, what should she do? Tsubaki's story: An extra about Tsubaki.

Paraphrase is a series of stand-alone short stories. Each story has a different emotion to it, normally towards the end. 1) Paraphrase Yukito is a promiscuous young man who earns money with his body. He also has a lover, Teruaki, an innocent student he keeps completely in the dark about his "job". When Teruaki's beloved older brother finds out about Yukito they start a dark game of blackmail and manipulation... 2) Full Throttle to the Top (Doteppen made Masshigura)- Satoru and Yuusuke are childhood friends who recently started a band together. Satoru is pretty clueless, especially when it comes to Yuusuke's feelings! They still need a songwriter though, and when they find a famous one that's willing to work for Satoru's body, will he give in? Or will Yuusuke finally speak up? 3) Cross Road Watching a gay AV with his friends, high school student Tsukaharu notices the one actor looks a lot like his best friend, Ren. Tsukaharu brushes off the thought that his friend might be gay, then he hears Ren having sex with his father. A young man who is confused and betrayed is unpredictable in his anger. 4) Sympathetic Pins - Telepathy of Love (Koi suru ishindenshin A horny acupuncture doctor is sick and tired of treating old hags, so the appearance of the American hunk at this sexual peak is a welcome surprise! 5) Gataiyoihanshinkaku A stage performer comes to a mannequin maker to acquire a doll for his show, only to become intrigued with the man's beautiful but emotionally scarred apprentice. 6) On the Otherside of the Fog (Kemuri no Mukou gawa) An possessive, obsessed classmate with an unrequited love is frustrated that he is being ignored. At what lengths will he go to force his crush to look his way?