TOP MANGA OF THE WEEK

From Blissful Sin: Deep within the jungle lies a mysterious building known as the Animal Company. At first glance it is a normal company. Look closer and you'll see that its workers are animals of all shapes and sizes. Mori no Animal Company has us visit a fantasy world of animal salarymen where we witness their comedic capers in love.

A collection of short stories: 1. Only You Accused of being a molester, Mochizuki gets saved by the gentlemanly Nagakura, and their friendship begins... 2. Only One Following his divorce and subsequent loss of his apartment, Mochizuki moved in with Nagakura though they've barely been together for two weeks. A problem soon arises when Nagakura's colleague, Hayami, appears on the scene. Apparently Hayami is an ex-student of Mochizuki's. Just why has his appearance caused a sudden rift between the two lovers? 3. The Gentle Distance Having grown up with a pair of brothers from next door, he slowly discovers his attachment to the younger brother... Could it be love? And what is this niggling feeling he feels for the older brother? 4. Mousou Prize! (The Delusionary Prize!) Shino has quite a crush on his cute tutor Akio. Akio promises Shino a reward if he can do well on his mock exams but what kind of reward is the student expecting? Will the tutor be forced to pay up? 5. 17-sai no Paradox (A 17-Year-Old Paradox) Kuroe is annoyed by his always-smiling teacher, Mizushiro. "So you treat all your students equally? So annoying!" Kuroe passes his boiling point and decides to take action in this ardent and thrilling school romance. 6. Extras Mizushiro tries to get Kuroe to say those magic words.

Story about Sarasa who is in conflicts with his very sadistic nature and his relationship with Kazunari. vol. #1 Kyouhansha ni Kuchizuke wo vol. #2 Yoru wo Hashiru Emono (Game Runs in the Night) vol. #3 Mezametara Soba ni Ite (When I Wake Up, I Wish You are With Me) Summary from Evil Empire: "Sarasa is the head of the student council and the step-son of the principal. He is targeted for sadistic sex-play by one of his classmates. Kazunari, the vice-president of the student council, tries to protect Sarasa, but Sarasa tells him not to get involved. Kazunari doesn't listen, but the more he gets involved, the less he is certain - who is really the sadist, and who is the victim? Will Kazunari's love for Sarasa survive? Will Kazunari survive Sarasa's "love"? Warning Rating: NC-17- hard yaoi, S&M, bondage, fisting, incest, rape, you name it."

Naono half only. Takes place after the stories in the Mori no Koe Collection.

1) Pleasure in the Office 2) Love me Tell me 3) The Fine Line Between Love and Hate 5) A Miraculous Romance

Tarzan is here to save the day! And what kind of service would you expect from a Pubic Hair Salon? Practical sex education and more from our lovely sensei and students.

From Attractive Fascinante: More of Mairo and Eiki, our cute Kazuki and his guardian, Sasai and of course, our sexy secretary, Akihiko and our Kyoujima president!

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.

Contains 5 stories : 1-2) Faraway & Over the Rainbow- Tomoi is a skinny slacker with a rough home life who always dreams of leaving town. When tall and super-cool basketball star Kajita returns a lost item to Tomoi with a made up story, he draws Tomoi attention and the two slowly become close. 3) Thistle Field Line no. 18- Beautiful, gentle Sakurai sensei, Hoshi can't help but admire him. With a mutual love of records the two connect, but Hoshi knows that something dark haunts his sweet sensei- and it has something to do with that abandoned house... 4) Three-Piece Spirit 5) The Secret Path by the River Edge

Oda and Hasegawa are childhood friends bound by a very special secret: Oda’s a third-generation pig farmer on a farm that raises FLYING PIGS. But when a nosy reporter starts investigating tales of upward-mobile porkers in the area, the two must band together (and thereby grow closer in doing so) to protect Oda’s family’s livelihood as well as the good-luck-giving swine.

MISTER MERMAID: On a full moon night, Subaru - a merman - coincidentally saved a man who sank into the ocean. After that, in order to see that man again, Subaru traded off his tail for a pair of legs and came to the surface to find Tatsuki - the man's name. Despite of his throbbing feet and his lost voice, Subaru was happy to be able to stay by Tatsuki's side. However, his happiness soon faded away when he found out the reason why Tatsuki was at the bottom of the ocean that day. FUJI NO YAMAI (side story): Byakuya had an incurable undying illness, which means he couldn't die. Gin, his best friend, made a promise that he would take care of Byakuya until death and the promise had been kept for 16 generations. However, Gin the Sixteenth had no intention of making babies for the next generation; instead, he kept his promise with Byakuya in a way that none of the previous Gins had done.

From Kiwimyweewee: A college student named Mitsuko works at his uncle’s hostel. On his way from an errand, he finds an unconscious yokai, Tenshi. When Tenshi wakes up he acts ferocious and arrogant. To express his gratitude to Mitsuko for saving his life, he also becomes a guest at the hostel on his own accord until Mitsuko decides what he wants. After being acquainted with Tenshi, gradually he opens his heart to Mitsuko. Suddenly Tenshi’s body transforms into an adult-like appearance and harasses Mitsuko!

From Fantasy Shrine: “Your flowers are lifeless!” accuses the world-famous flower artist, Hikawa Naoki. Facing such merciless criticism, Kaede, heir of the prestige Akizuki flower arrangement school, has never been more humiliated in his life. Thinking his younger twin, Momiji, is more blessed with love and talents, Kaede reluctantly agrees to go to Hikawa for inspiration. However, under the elegant, masterful instruction of Hikawa, is a lesson of love disguised in seduction! And Kaede’s body and heart are awakened by love and desire…!?

Chikao is a gentle soul who has the bad luck of falling in love with Yuuji, a playboy and cheat. Can his love withstand the heartache or will Yuuji go to far?

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.

Kouya is a brilliant, yet antisocial, research student at a medical university. He has no need for friends and brushes off even the gentle fellow student Rei, who admires him. But Rei's not the only one interested in Kouya, professor Katase started to make his move and there are very bad rumours about him...

Ryo is helping out at his father's modeling agency. But, his classmate and rising rookie model at the agency, Ito, is openly antagonistic to Ryo's older brother, a very charismatic model. Ito finally corners Ryo and demands that he looks at him only! After a passionate kiss, he promises that crossing him will incur punishment! Ito may be an arrogant boy who does nothing but give orders, but Ryo is undone by his forceful and dominating approach!

Mari Kudoh and his partner Yoichi call themselves 'handymen'. If it needs doing, these guys'll get it done. That's about to change, though. Miyuki (Mari's little brother and Yoichi's lover) asks the two men for a favor: stop the groper who's been hasseling his best friend, Yu Kaitoh. But when Mari lays eyes on the beautiful Yu, he falls for him. Seeing as the handymen's next job involves smearing pretty little Yu's reputation, that's definetly not a good thing.

From Attractive Fascinante: Shijima Rui, a potter, and Ubukata Toriko, a cram school teacher, finally got to live together. Just like any newly-wed couple, because of their different backgrounds and lifestyles, they had to learn how to accommodate each other. Learning how to take care of a baby and getting their families' recognition were also the challenges they needed to face. But how would Shijima going to prove his love for Toriko when they met with a new love rival?

Welcome to Paradise! ~ Meet Saizou, Nao, Yuuki and Reiji, 4 guys who couldn’t be less like each other but for one thing they have in common: a love for gaming. Frequently they gather at the arcade, Game Paradise and indulge in not only games, but also their growing fondess for each other. ;) What does the future hold in store for these young men? Will they find that “LOVE’ is the most exciting game of all? X3 ~from Bitter Sweet

Okabe Shouichi, deputy manager of the business department, is forced along with all of the employees to convert their business into a maid anime cosplay café. During this awkward stage, he has to deal with Kobayashi, who tries to hit on him at every moment possible. Will Okabe finally give in to Kobayashi?

Consists of three stories: 1-3) Nude na Shisen - Nishitaka, a famous landscape photographer, agrees to do a photo shoot with people, with two conditions- it has to be with the male model Ritsuya and the pictures have to be nudes! This story has a continuation in Tsumi to Kuchizuke: Nude na Egoist 4) Scandalous Lips (A Silky Kiss) - A successful male supermodel, Taiga Ren, agrees to model for a designer, Tsukishima Keiichi, but the price is the designer's body... 5) Lying Lips (Usotsuki na Kuchibiru) - The #1 host at a host club, Takaki Reiichi, has a one night stand with the new #2 host, Suou Akira. He says it was just sex. Was it really?

Sex and an insider perspective in exchange for a place to stay. That's the deal young prostitute Bun strikes with jaded detective Daisuke. But how long can their relationship last when they’re both insisting that it's Not/Love? Miyamoto Kano's "Walker" universe timeline: 1) Are You Enemy? 2) Not Love *licensed -- Not/Love dj - The reason why we live together -- Not/Love dj - Dog Days -- Not/Love dj - Demonic Conversations 3) Heat (MIYAMOTO Kano) 4) Under the Skin the ones on ( -- ) are doujinshis..they give background or "add into" to some key points in the main story line. So you're not really missing anything even if you don't read it.

From Art of Life: For no apparent reason, Hirai -- the year's top student -- found it difficult to maintain his focus durning Onoda's class, thus created a headache of an experience. And Onoda, whom was confronted by Hirai saying "This way I can be alone with Sensei," will...?