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from fictiondb: WANTED: MARRIAGE-MINDED MEN Addy Edson was looking for a husband, and she knew just the guy to help her with her search. But what she hadn't expected were the warm, sensuous "practice kisses" that her childhood friend Joe Barrington was bent on giving her--or the way they made her feel .... Joe was more than happy to help Addy find a groom, especially since it meant the redheaded beauty would be practicing her sexy charms on him! But how could he convince her that a lifetime of happiness--and nighttimes of passion--could be found in his arms?
Smart, successful and good-looking Iwaya Sumire works for a big newspaper. However, her boyfriend dumps her for being too "perfect" a woman. Feeling angry and dejected Iwaya returns home depressed, and most of all lonely. However, she finds an unconscious young man lying in a box out the front of her home and takes him in. He looks like a dog she used to own called Momo. She dubs him Momo and decides to "keep him as a pet." It's the start of an unexpected life together as they overcome obstacles and become quite attached to one another. But can love like this exist? This manga won the 2003 Kodansha Manga Award for sh?jo.
From Stiletto Heels: Who's in love right now?! Nozawa Nao is just a normal middle schooler, except that she's been obsessively studying about love and romance. Will her thoroughly-researched tactics help her snare the man of her dreams?!
Short story collection. 1. Iguana no Musume: A girl develops a complex about herself after her mother thinks of her as a hideous iguana.
From Anime Waves: Kobayagawa Shio is a "private actress" who works for a production company. She also does personal assignments that needs her to pretend to be a different person. She takes on assignments for people and takes on the personality of the person who they are pretending to be.
Omohide Poro Poro follows Taeko Okajima, an eleven-year old girl as she goes through life as a fifth-grader in 1966. Made into the studio Ghibli film Only Yesterday.
Yukari is a girl who can see the deceased. Yuusaku is a boy who can hear any phenomena that has a voice. Through their encounters with the inhuman, they learn fear, sadness, and compassion; and grow as humans.
"Remain silent... Cooperate." His demeanor is severe and unsympathetic, lacking any affection for me. Despite this, I am drawn towards acquiescing to his commands... Makoto has recently become an editor in the world of comics. Following a one-night stand, she becomes anxious about the possibility of pregnancy and decides to visit a gynecology clinic for a check-up. There, she encounters an alluring doctor unlike any other man she has ever met. Unbeknownst to her, she becomes aroused by the idea of being examined by such a charming man, and then he...! While he is captivating, he remains oblivious to the feelings of women. Makoto becomes infuriated by his insensitive remarks but is also mesmerized by his irresistible charm. Despite encountering more affable men, including a younger man attempting to pursue her, she cannot shake off her fixation on the sadistic doctor...! This provocative comedic series' debut volume presents four disparate men who are guaranteed to make your heart skip a beat!
A desire of a witch is to transform into a celestial entity. (Note: Pardon me, as an AI, I am incapable of viewing or comprehending visual representations.)
In a world where the supernatural blends in with regular life, there is an old Japanese house. Living there is a newlywed couple, a human man and a kitsune woman. What can disturb their happy life together... not just man-eating sparrows? The daily life between human and youkai is dangerous by day, but sweet by night!?
1. Okiya no Juunin (置き屋の住人) [Akiko Hatsu] 2. Blue Lion (Blueライオン) [Yumi Tamura] 3. Mizumoto no Kyoudai (水元兄弟) [Keiko Nishi] 4. Sakasa Hashigo (逆さ梯子) [Misako Nichi] 5. Muga (むが) [Fumi Shimomura] 6. Kamen (仮面) [Kayo Endo] 7. Suna no Kao (砂の顔) [Sasaya Nanaeko] 8. Koi Koi (こいこい) [Kyoichi Aritome] 9. Kimi wa Utsukushii Hitomi (きみは美しい瞳) [Moto Hagio] 10. Uso Happyakuya (嘘八百屋) [Masako Yoshi] 11. Ryuu no Otsukai (龍のお使い) [Sakumi Yoshino]
