TOP MANGA OF THE WEEK

The only hobby of college student Sakurabashi Itsuki is listening to his favorite radio DJ, Yunoguchi Arata (AKA Yuno). They cross paths at the bookstore one day and Itsuki boldly asks Yuno to get coffee with him.

With Kang Dol's crush on Yang Yang growing larger and larger, he decides to confess his feelings. With his back turned against her, he makes a courageous confession. But when he opens his eyes and turns around, instead of Yang Yang, he finds Min Dosim standing in front of him. Oops?! But the more shocking twist is that Dosim, the school's most popular girl, mistakenly obliges and they decide to go out! What is Kang Dol supposed to do to fix this mess?

"You're really bad at kissing. That's so cute!" If I seize the initiative, I should be able to gather some information, but my rival's tongue is turning me on so much...!

Deborah works small jobs on the side while traveling the world. One day on her travels, she loses her bag and in a panic runs in front of a car. Out of the car comes an Englishman named Gil Hamilton. A skilled businessman, he's shocked by Deborah's distressing and reckless story, but after hearing her name, he unexpectedly offers her a job. It turns out that she has the same name as his fiancee, and he wants her to pretend she is his wife! Will Deborah accept his strange proposition?

Having to work a part time job in a Bom-Mart, Hajun gets harassed by his manager Wookyung without a reason. One day, he was ordered by Wookyung to arrange the cold storage and gets trapped with Wookyung, who came to check on him. But thinking that they'll die in the cold storage, Wookyung suddenly starts to confess to Hajun that he harassed him because he liked him?!

Campus hottie Atsushi thinks love is nothing more than a waste of time... that is, until he discovers his friend Mizuki's big secret! Alone together in the men's locker room, Mizuki begs Atsushi to observe him as he touches himself. After agreeing to watch, Atsushi finds himself feeling something he's never experienced before...

Shion often calls his childhood friend Ibuki "perfect." One day, along with a mysterious voice from Heaven that declared "for being such a good child, we will take him away from this world in seven days," Shion's back blooms with feathers and a ring appears over his head. Ibuki gradually loses his senses and decides to "defile" Shion .... The countdown is seven days until his most important person disappears. What will happen with these two people if they fall in love on the last day?

[Taken from ShoujoMagic] : A collection of Shinjo Mayu's earlier (and less smutty) short romance stories. 1) Bare the Heart (Kokoro wo Hadaka ni Shite). Mina is a high school freshman with a crush on her math teacher...who also happens to be her cousin Yukiya! Mina has always been very precious to Yukiya, and at times it seems like he can see straight through to her heart, but can he ever see her as a woman and not just his cute little cousin? How long can Mina's flirtations go unnoticed by Yukiya (or by the sadistic and lascivious chemistry teacher, for that matter)? 2) A Vampire at My Neck (Kubisuji ni Banpaia). Be careful when you go groping in the dark...you might just find a vampire! That's what happens to Hitomi. Now she's attracted to Kairi despite what he is. Or is it because of what he is? Kairi has a powerful charm...but is he too charming? Dangerously charming? 3) Hold Me, Melt Me (Dakishimete Tokashite) Ryou is a high school sprinter who's racing for a different kind of goal--his pretty track manager, Airi! He says he wants chocolate from her on Valentine's Day, but...is that a delicious metaphor for something sweeter? Whatever the case, it melts in the mouth! 4) Examine Me Gently (Yasashiku Mite ne). Sanae just had her appendix removed. But while she waits in post-op for her surgery wound to heal, she starts to develop another malady--love sickness! And her handsome new attending physician, Dr. Touya, is the cause! What can cure Sanae's ailment? ...A sponge bath, maybe? Omake: If you have ever wondered why Shinjo Mayu's female characters have such big breasts and why her heroines seem so young...then you must read this omake! It is a great insight into the mind of Shinjo Mayu!

Story 1) I Want to Be Bound by You Ayuna comes to visit her brother at the hotel where he works, but a case of mistaken identity leads her into the royal suite and the arms of Takano, a handsome young businessman. He's Daidou Corporation's ruthless behind-the-scenes manipulator who handles all of its dirty work. Nothing gives him more pleasure than corrupting that which is pure, and... Ayuna is pure. Story 2) Steal My Body Away/ Your Heart, Your Person Terumi and Kazu have been sleeping together at hotels, but the relationship is entirely physical. Can it be called love? This is when Terumi suddenly meets Kyuuji, an intense young stranger who boldly uses her to escape a fight. Because she takes offense, Kyuuji then pursues the fight to appease her. He steals Terumi's heart away, but will the jilted Kazu allow Kyuuji to steal Terumi's body? Story 3) The Devil's Mask Natsuki is content in her relationship with Showa, a boy in her tennis club. That's why she despises herself for drinking too much at a party one night and sleeping with the student body president, Kazuomi. He's a devil and a genius who publicly wears an angel's mask, and he tells Natsuki that if she doesn't want her boyfriend to know about her drunken infidelity, then she'll continue sleeping with him in secret. The secret is in danger of being exposed, however, when Kazuomi joins the tennis club. No, not that secret -- Natsuki's OTHER secret. Story 4) Painful Love Everyone is a little afraid of Ryuuichirou. He's a gang leader who hangs out in an alley that Norika passes through each day to get to work. Norika is attracted to his dangerous aura and the gentility he displays towards her, but a painful past haunts him that has the potential to be both spiritually and physically painful to Norika.

From Shoujo Manga Maniac: Hana dreams of falling in love with a guy who is like a prince. She thinks that she will meet her prince by just believing. Finally she gets to meet the prince of her dreams; however, when Hana goes home, she's forced to attend a match-making session! And the prince, Ichiya, appears right before her. Hana believs that this is a destined match, but little does she know that Ichiya is not your average prince...!? Includes two side stories; The Proper Steps to a Wedding Lover's Textbook

Just before their high school graduation, Hajime lost his virginity to his best friend Hanatarou. Soon afterwards, Hanatarou disappeared from his life without a word. Three years later he's back...but as a cross-dresser! Hajime is dumbfounded, but have his feelings really changed? The confused love between two earnest, awkward men. Related stories: Hana to Ikkun (One shot)

A collection of short love stories: 1. Love Charge by UEDA Miwa 2. Love Talk by SAKURAI Machiko 3. Koisuru Sekai no Katsumi de by MIKIMOTO Rin 4. Academic Rubber by HINACHI Nao 5. My Dangerous Serious Boyfriend by MASUMINO Aya 6. Confession Box by MOCHITSUKI Kaoko

"I want to have sex with you, nii-chan." That one sentence from my younger brother made my - Ichinose Chihiro's - life do a complete 180. Chikage and I are brothers that get along well. It's been a few years since I started to live together in Tokyo with my responsible younger brother, who is also a mangaka. Is this a punishment to me for relaxing into this comfortable lifestyle?! While I'm stupefied by the sudden declaration of "wanting to have sex," my younger brother approaches closer. Even if he needs it as a reference for his work, w-we shouldn't do such things-!! But if it's my cute little brother that's pleading me so desperately, I might... just give in... maybe... What should I do?! This is a perverted scramble of a battle under one roof!

Yoshida ♂ and Dobashi ♀ are the only students at a branch school in the countryside. Later they are joined a third student, Kobayashi ♀.

The new student body president, Kiyomasa Saionji, is more strict about rules and punishments--and poor Rika can't stop breaking the rules. Is Kiyomasa too strict? Is Rika just too clumsy? ...Or are the punishments a sweet temptation?

Forbidden sex with my boyfriend's father! "My boyfriend's in the next room over, yet his father is forcing it inside me..." One day, Hinako meets an older man and cheats on her boyfriend with him... only to find out that he's actually her boyfriend's father! "I know it's wrong, but my body feels so hot and wet. I want 'him...'" What's going to happen in this dangerous love triangle?!

A wandering blind man is taken off the street and brought to a brothel, where hopefully one of the girls can help him find the daughter he’s looking for.

Mahiro's father has remarried and Mahiro is supposed to live with his new family including honor student Rei who is in the same class with him and believes "a guy who thinks of nothing but sex shouldn't be allowed to live together with her." Her words enrage Mahiro and he began to distance himself from her and on that moment, an unexpected reaction from Rei....?

Summary: This is Kayono's first volumized collection of short stories, and all of them center on tales of strange worlds. 1) Ostentatious Mysterious Handsome Man (Rei Kai Bi Dan) Momoe hates to go home, so she spends her nights wandering the streets. But what happens when she meets a man named Chain Saw who's on a special mission!? 2) Ancient Osaka Masquerade Ball Naniwa Masquerade: Frustrated that her childhood friend Yuan won't look at her like a woman, Ai goes to a host club, and there she finds what she's been waiting for...!? 3) This Love by Anonymous Asuka is afraid that she'll be forced to become the lover of a man whose ideals are far from her own, so she runs away to Kyoto. There, she falls in love with Takuma, a high school student who's in Kyoto on a field trip. 4) Like a Beautiful Hellish Demon Naoka is beaten so badly by her stepfather that she loses consciousness and has to be taken to the hospital. There, she meets and falls in love with a hellish demon who feeds upons the souls of humans...

A world full of secrets, where one person keeps it form another. A young girl with a dark past transforms herself into a person she is nothing like before. Caught between affairs and scandals, her life is filled with one too many secrets to keep.

*The series alternates between different sets of pairs. Although it's supposed to be read as a whole, you can skip volumes with the pair(s) you don't like. Warui ----- Featuring the school delinquent Towa Aikawa and the student council president Mikado Shirahane. (Pair 1) V. involving this pairing are: V.01, V.02, V.04, V.07, V.11 ----- ja Nai Kedo Featuring Shuuji Yukimura, the formidable student council vice-president, and the problematic childhood friend, Ryuuichi Shinonome (Towa's friend). (Pair 2) V. involving this pairing are: V.03, V.05, V.08, V.10, V.? (The love troubles continue for Yukimura Shuuji and Shinonome Ryuuichi as obstacles arise between them under the guise of Kousaka Nao, Shinonome's friend. Can they finally reach an understanding and solve their miscommunication?) Mujihi na ----- Featuring Nanao Shirahane (Mikado's older brother), a male siren, and Kuon Aikawa (Towa's older brother), a fellow student attending the same university. (Pair 3) V. involving this pairing are: V.06, V.09, V.12 Shouwaru Ookami ga Koi o Shita Rashii (Wicked Wolf Seems to Be in Love) Featuring former student council president, Shirou Akagi (Mikado's rival in Warui Koibito and Warui Oujii) and disciplinary committee member, Nao Kousaka (Yukimura's rival in Sunao ja Nai Kedo). How will those two damaged people find their respective love? (Pair 4) V. involving this pairing are: V.13

A Keio College (top notch Tokyo college) exam candidate, Touma Inaba, is interupted when a cute young girl, Urara Kasuga, arrives at his hotel room door. She later turns out to be his cousin who he barely remembers from his childhood. Urara, who had felt something special for him (an other-than-cousinly-love), invites Touma to live with her since he has no place to stay other than the hotel room. Before taking the test, Touma meets Meiko Yotsuba, a beautiful, sophisticated woman also trying to get into Keio. Meiko gets into Keio but Touma does not, due to a cold Urara had given him shortly before. Although he did not make it, he pretends he does to earn the respect of Meiko. Touma is caught up in a love triangle with Urara and Meiko, while struggling to keep Meiko believing he's really a Keio student and still be there for Urara at the same time.

From Attractive Fascinante: Volume 1: 1-3) Take Care about Neighbor Togawa is quietly living his life when neighbor, Tone, seems to come rushing in. Their chance encounter in the hallway and then mixing up the mail seems to bring them closer together. But how close is too close? 4-7) Pursuing the Realist Jade Muto has moved back to Japan after years of living in Italy. Best friend Yuusuke Mikami takes him to lunch, where Atsurou Miyazoe serves them lunch. But Jade wants to be served more than just lunch. With a little help from Yuusuke, will Jade be able to win the heart of Atsurou? Volume 2: Tone is back with more ways to satisfy Yuki-chan! And with the new editor-san, do we get to see more this time? Volume 3: V3 continues from the couple we saw at the end of V2, the editor, Takatou, and Yuki-chan's classmate, Dai-chan. "Do you want to sleep with me?" A light joke with only a tenth of true intent from Takatou, Dai-chan actually agreed to it. Will Takatou really do it? A cameo of Mikami and Rui in the extra. Volume 4: Tone and Yuki-chan are back! With the appearance of our new rival, Heath, will Yuki-chan waver? What would Tone do to take charge of his Yuki-chan? Dai-chan was taking care of the sick Takatou when he gave him aphrodisiac instead of cold tablets. After a night of torturous fun play, Dai-chan got sick instead. What would be the destiny of Takatou when he gave aphrodisiac to Dai-chan out of revenge?

Meet Tominaga Komaki, a 20-year-old university student and landlady of an apartment. Meet Ichimatsu Kusuto, one of the hottest students from the University of Mikado who strives to avoid his stalker. When Kazuji meets Maki, his new landlady, will sparks fly between the two?