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[From Nakama] 30 meters underground, a prison where escape is impossible; the United States penitentiary, “The Underground Hotel”. Only the people who enjoy living in this place, a life cut off from the sun, call it by another name: “The Under Grand Hotel”. Absorbed in pleasure-seeking sex, the shut-call, Erie (leader of the prisoners) isn’t watching the men he’s raping each night, but rather one man alone. Norman. Norman, who keeps trying to harm himself as a result of trauma, the kind doctor who cares for him, Van, and Erie, who’s falling into a brutal love that’s more akin to hatred… What will happen when these various feelings are made to intertwine into a closed-off world? From storyteller Sadahiro Mika, the long-awaited, mature love story of the “Under Grand Hotel” begins!

1-4) Two teachers having the same surname causes a lot of confusion on campus, but what one overhears could cause the other's demise. 5) Kawahara is sponsoring Tooru, a poor artist. Do his feelings go beyond friendship? 6) Asami's stern boss Oonoki is always scolding him. But after drinking one night Asami sees a new side to him, a very sexy one. But Oonoki doesn't remember anything when he drinks! Will Asami be able to resist the temptation? 7) Extra for another story about Katsuragi and Sayama. Baka-update

1) The scoop of justice Eiichi Sada enters the newspaper club as soon as he enters high school. His partner, Akira, looks terrifying but mentally he is very kind. One day, Eiichi witnesses the love affair of two homosexual students and takes a picture of it. Akira then takes a shot of Eiichi's nude form in order to make Eiichi learn the significance of reporting. 2) My only scoop Eiichi knows Akira's father is a journalist. But Akira asks Eiichi to keep quiet. 3) Selfish scoop The police gets Akira mixed up with a sexual molester who uses a secret camera and arrests him. Eiichi asks Akira's father to help. 4) The true scoop Akira and Eiichi find stray kitties. 5) Obedient scoop Extra story : Haretara ii Na (Tell me Clearly) A student who likes rainy days loves his best friend who is an outdoor type.

Suzuhara Jan is a new college student determined to devote himself to his studies. But a chance meeting with handsome professor Aoyama and discovery of the "Game to Win the Professor's Heart" become a distraction. Though he can't seem to stay away from Aoyama, the game may be impossible to win...

From Attractive Fascinante: Oomura Yuu's first kiss was stolen by the beautiful Student Council president, Takamura Mitsuya. He later became his executive secretary and his duty was to do whatever the Takamura wanted. Both loved cats and were slowly drawn towards each other. As much as Yuu wanted to acknowledge his own feelings, he realised that he might not really knew about Takamura at all. In the end, Yuu decided to follow his heart and reach out to Takamura.

From Attractive Fascinante: Sakuya, a high-schooler, went to a place called Romantic Villa Hakuou to look for Shinonome to fulfill his grandfather’s final wish. This is a place where only those with power and money can come to buy a man’s night. Shinonome is the most beautiful and the number one oiran there. Sakuya had wanted to leave once he settled the issue. However, he was forced to stay because of Shinonome’s stubbornness. And that night, he witnessed the number two oiran, Asagi, serving his benefactor. What will he do from then on?

Collection of short stories including: 1) When businessman Masaya runs into his lover from high school, Kobayashi, he's very happy. But Kobayashi's not interested in picking up where they left off. 2)End of the first story. 3)When an important project comes up at work Kitagawa must work together with Okano, even knowing that the newcomer may take his job. But Okano is after another sort of prize... 4) Four page short of Okano and Kitagawa. 5)Unrealized Love- After confessing to his boss Kanzaki, Matsuda can't face him. 6)Teach me about Love (Koi wo Oshiete) 7)Unbridled Happiness 8)Secret Love

From Ikemen Scans: After his parents go overseas for a few months to work, Kouta, a college student, gets to live in the family house again with his brother Tetsurou, who came back from Tokyo to keep him company. Kouta hasn’t seen his big brother for six years, and doesn’t really get along with him. The situation soon gets awkward when Kouta realizes he doesn’t know anything about his brother... And it gets worse when he becomes aware that the antipathy he felt towards him, might be more ambiguous than he previously thought...

Honey Senior, Darling Junior is an endearing collection of four short stories about the inevitability of love. Chapters 1 - 3) School is ending and two friends Hikaru and Tsuyoshi decide to go on a road trip together to make one last, good memory. Chapter 4) Chikato and Yo-o are fellow track runners with great potential. However, when Yo-o suffers a permanent leg injury, Chikato sticks by his friend through the good times and bad. Chapter 5) Niwa is considered the school weirdo. Only one fellow student, Sako, shows any compassion and understanding. Chapter 6) Ushio lives out lonely days in his hometown waiting for his cousin Kei to return home on university holidays. What do all these couples have in common? Through all their laughter and tragedies, they discover a deep bond with each other they never knew existed...a bond that will last forever. Love is everywhere, but more importantly love is inevitable.

Colllection of One Shots: 1) Doctor Red VS Dispoise: Ever since they met at a TV recording in a playground, Senbonmatsu has always looked up to the character Dr. Red. When he finally gets his break in the same drama, he gets to know the actual person behind Dr. Red's mask. But is Dr. Red really the hero that Senbonmatsu thinks he is...? 2) Doctor Yellow VS Doctor Blue

Seikimatsu Tantei Kurabu is dedicated to the very gay and very passionate love of Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson. I suppose that it could even be called a doujinshi, since it's blatantly based on Conan Doyle's work, and many of his characters make appearances throughout the story. In fact, the main story is split into three sub-stories -- each one focusing on a different aspect of the Holmes/Watson relationship. The first story is titled Paris Fin de Siècle, and is a light-hearted introduction to our protagonists. There's a little fluff, a little humor, a sardonic reunion with Arsène Lupin, and a sexually charged scene of boot-licking. (Actual boot-licking. Not the metaphorical kind!) There are also fabulous kisses, cross-dressing criminals and unusual confessions. No smut so far, though. That comes later on. Oh, yes. The last two stories are based on actual Conan Doyle plots. The second story is based on and named after The Adventure of the Three Garridebs, and the third is similarly inspired by A Scandal in Bohemia. It's wonderful to see Conan Doyle re-interpreted through a yaoi mangaka's eyes! It's particularly rewarding to see Holmes undergo a paradigm shift after Watson is shot in The Three Garridebs; Holmes realizes that he can't take the good doctor for granted anymore, and that his old friend has become so much more than a friend to him.

Yuri is a 20-year-old male prostitute. Half of the money he makes goes to paying the huge debt that his father left when he died. His one goal in life is to find his younger brother Nagi, who disappeared after the same car accident that killed Yuri's father and mother. Suddenly a boy turns up, claiming to be the lost Nagi. Can Yuri's long search be at an end? Does Nagi have anything to do with one of Yuri's former clients being murdered?

Ryuuzaki is the athletic teams idol, but having been called a 'mermaid' by the Swim teams Toya, he becomes determined to find out why... Watch as the story between these two individuals collides in this highschool-romance By Mango

Two abandoned boys, Kyou and Toudou, were raised at an appalling orphanage where physical violence was a part of the day to day life. One day Kyou’s real mother came searching for him and took him away from this dreadful existence. The byproduct of a man and his mistress, Kyou’s mother was forced to give him away. Many years passed and Kyou Sugiura is now a successful prosecutor and pursing an investigation of government corruption involving a young parliamentarian named Tatsuki Toudou – the same Toudou that he grew up with in the orphanage. How the times have changed! Both men growing up in the present of uncertainty; to become, in the future, the height of success, and to stand on the opposite sides of the law. Kyou had never really forgotten Toudou, and Toudou had never really forgiven Kyou. The meeting between the two ambitious young men results in an unintended consequence that neither had been prepared for. In this stand off between the enforcer and the law maker, there is a past that binds them together. And it is the strength or weakness of this past that will determine the outcome of their duel. ***This volume contains the complete works of “The Judged” and “Spring Haze,” a short story involving Toudou’s assistant and ex-lover, Hachiko.***

When stoic Mizusawa, a janitor, saves businessman Aoki from falling down some stairs, he gets a friend for life! Aoki is always tracking him down at lunch time just so they can eat together. But Mizusawa isn't sure how he feels about Aoki... This is a series of six. The order is: 1. Hada na Ue no Renai Jijou 2. Zaiaku wa Hada no Ue ni (same characters & issue but different plot) 3. Zaiaku wa Hada no Ue ni-Hada no Ue ni Furu Hana* 4. Renai Tsuu 5. Renaitsuu-Akka-* 6. Pillow Talk + Holiday* (*) indicate djs. 4 and 5 are spin-offs featuring Aoki and are contain events from Zaiaku from Aoki's perspective. 6 features both couples.

There is a pharmacy in this small town, whose owner never changes. The pharmacy has wondrous medicines that can cure every sort of malady? Even today, boys gripped by problems of love step through its door. Strange pharmacy series , with five gems of stories from Chirol's world.

A sequel for the first story from "The Forbidden Sweet Fruit"... aka Kindan no Amai Kajitsu

Danny is an American teenager living in Japan. He came to Japan to improve his karate, but fell in love with Shinobu, master of a dojo.

Collection of one-shots. 1) Shinu hodo Suki 2) Suki sugide Kirai ~ Continuation of "Shinu hodo Suki". 3) Jyuu Sjuunen Omedetou ~ 10 years after Chapter 1 & 2 4) Kegarasu ~ Morning Call 5) Yume no Awayuki ~ Continuation of "Kegarasu". 6) Aokute Gomen 7) Onna ni Shika Wakaranai 8) Ai ga Doushita ~ Continuation of the 2nd chapter from Dare ga Omae wo Suki dato Itta Extra: Ai ga Doushita Omake Chapter

After Umashika Distribution's skilled salesman Aikawa Mitsuru, confessed to his truck driver kouhai, Takahashi Youji, it was supposed to be the strat of their bright love life. However, with the sudden transfer notice, what will aikawa do?! With pure determination and sake of love, somthing will be done for their happy and romance filled love life!

[From Nakama] Since there is no back cover blurb here are the contents: Natsume Isaku Special Illustrations [Character Collaboration] Let’s go to the super bath-house! … 3 Amber Paradox Masaya and Satoshi … 11 Amber Paradox Tale of the Night … 18 [Tightrope] A tale, half asleep and half awake … 27 [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] Night of sake … 36 [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] Let’s go to my parents’ house! … 41 Popularity poll results — publication … 53 Question for Natsume Isaku-sensei! … 64 Color Illustration Selection … 65 Guest Comics SHIMIZU Yuki Sugar Code Yakuza Man … 97 YAMASHITA Tomoko Amber Paradox Onoe is definitely set to smash an important setting* … 101 AMAGAKURE Gido [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] You’re cute whatever you do … 105 AMAGAKURE Gido Ikasama Memory A promising future … 111 YAMADA Nichoume [Heart’s refuge] Arm pillow … 113 YAMADA Nichoume [Heart’s refuge] Rolling arm pillow … 115 YAMADA Nichoume [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] A satisfactory arm pillow … 116 MONCHI Kaori [Tightrope] Sleeping on someone’s lap … 117 Koshino Amber Paradox Paparazzi hotel … 122 — Guest Profile & Message … 124 Uncompiled Tankoubon Comic and Illustration — Re-compilation [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] Flower Friday ④ … 126 [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] Before the morning sparrow disappears … 141 [Doushiyou mo nai keredo] Something very unexpected** … 149 [Tightrope] Ryuunosuke’s Delusional Diary Part II … 153 Sugar Code Limited AGF book (2010) Special Illustration … 164 — Comic papers … 140, 165 — Illustrations and cuts … 172 Natsume Isaku Long Interview … 174 A look at my working space!! … 183 Super storyboard exhibit!! … 184 “Tightrope” OVA Creation plan exhibit!! … 185 Character rough plans exhibit!! … 186 Background illustrations exhibit!! … 188 “Heart’s refuge” Tenement house room assignment and arrangement exhibit!! … 189 Natsume Isaku publication list … 190

Passer by on the street, Satake Tamotsu gets knocked over by beautiful Tamenaga Makoto whom he falls head over heels for at first sight, but Tamenaga Makoto, though pretty to look at, has a complex...

Collection of oneshots: 1) Shiro Neko - A young boy steals the wallet of a vet who fell asleep on the last train. Days later that same boy brings in an injured stray cat for treatment. Neither the cat nor the boy will stay but they keep coming back. 2) Sweet Days - Years ago Kou moved away leaving behind cute little Yoh who idolized him. Now he's back and Yoh's changed... but not completely. 3) And Sheep - Lin's best friend Kura-chan is a genius, and lacking any ethical boundaries. When Kura-chan decides to explore what happens when you combine human and sheep DNA there's only person he can test it on: Lin! 4) Himitsu no Hanashi - Yuri's brother is gay. He can't accept that so how can he accept that Kawamori might be in love with him? Worse, Yuri might be in love right back. 5) Endless End - Akutsu fears he's all alone on New Year's Eve until he runs into Mizumoto from school. The next time they meet it's 2 am and everything is deserted. It's always night when they talk. Will their growing love ever see the light? 6) Summer Vocation

From Whitelies Fansub & Dulce Tentación Fansub: A twisted triangle, a new story begins...