Recipient of the 2007 Kodansha Manga Award, Shounen Category. Itoshiki Nozomu is the world's most negative person. To his way of thinking, there is no hope or meaning in this existence. Even the three kanji of his name become the two-kanji word zetsubou, "despair", when compressed. What an ironic twist of fate, then, that he becomes teacher to a class containing his precise opposite, the invincibly positive-minded Fuura Kafuka. (taken from animenewsnetwork) -Please note the first set of chapters have been removed at Entropy's request if you want to read please visit them <3

Nakamura Kouta is a freshman in high school who dislikes girls. One day he is visited by his childhood friend Karen, with whom he lost contact over time. Karen is a tomboyish girl, who refers to herself as "Boku" (a first person pronoun usually used by males). She asks him to help her become more feminine to win the affection of Itsuki-san, a colleague at her part time job. Even though he is reluctant at first, he more or less voluntarily agrees to help her out in the end. But making a lady out of the clumsy Karen with nothing but his extensive galge experience as reference proves more difficult than he could imagine.

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Mori, a cheerful playboy in his sixth year of college, has just fallen in love with a high school girl named Hoshi. From that starting point, Mizu no Iro Gin no Tsuki portrays the relationships among Mori's friends and acquaintances. Note: Vo 1 contains work originally published in 1998-2000, which was previously collected into a 2000 tankoubon entitled Mizu to Gin. Vol 2 contains work published in 2005-2006.

Short story about a girl with a monster face

From Momocha Scans: Azuma is a skilled French chef working at a top-notch hotel. One day, he's requested to offer his culinary skills at a shop he frequents. Not only are the customers varied of age and profession, but some regular patrons have quite the demand too! Furthermore, a love story instead of a dessert order?! By way of declining the strange request, Azuma inadvertently revealed that he's gay! In addition to that, the editor Kumoi is also having a long-distance lover's tiff here!

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Yuki Tachibana, a withdrawn third grader, is convinced that the fourth floor of his school is home to supernatural creatures that few kids (and no adults) can see and he's worried about a recent influx of new, less friendly creatures and about his ability to perceive the true shape of things waning as he gets older. Most of the other kids mock Yuki - they think he's crazy due to his strange pronouncements and peculiar actions - and, aside from the creatures he sees, his only social interactions are with the school's kindly and open-minded caretaker, a new transfer student named Makoto Suzuki who's allocated the desk next to his and an enigmatic boy named IQ who always wears a box over his head.

Living in the boonies, one must give great consideration as to how they will get around when they turn 16. Isaki has just tuned 16 and his choice of transportation is his brother's Piper Cub. It might be old, but it flies well. One day he decides to fly over the 2,000m high Ogusa mountain range to see the city his older sister is always talking about. But for some reason his plane feels too heavy and is using fuel faster than planned. Will he make to the airport or crash in the bushes. And just what was making the plane feel so heavy? Originally a oneshot, but became a regular feature to Afternoon due to its popularity

A hot-blooded manga publication fighting action series by the creators of "Akumetsu" and "Wolf Guy - Wolfen Crest." In the manga publication industry, there is a legend: If you leave a message on a bulletin board in the train station at Shibuya, you can obtain the services of a certain man ... No, not City H*nter. Comic Master J -- an assistant mangaka who can instantly complete any publication manuscript in any art style for the price of 5 million Yen. However, he refuses to work on manga without a "soul." But what is J's true identity? Why does he wear an overcoat lined with pens and rulers? Is his real name B*ack Jack? And for what reason does a man of such artistic talent choose to live in the shadows of the industry, rather than working on a manga of his own creation? J's past and his relationship with the mysterious organization "CLUB" may tie in with a secret war for the fate of human culture as we know it ...

Every day in Japan, 2500 people die due to any number of causes. Do you think you'll be one of the ones to die? No, of course not. Do you think you'll win the lottery? You'd like to think so, we all would. But Sumida is different. He wants the status quo to remain in every way; live a normal life, get a normal job, have normal kids, never to be anyone fortunate or unfortunate, content in normalcy. Anyone who doesn't agree is foolish, doomed to live their life scraping up a mountain that they can never conquer, fated to die in despair wishing things had been better. When his mother kicks his father out of the house and onto the streets, he thinks he'll be fine. When his mother leaves him to live with her boyfriend, he makes the best of it. When he realizes that he's no longer average, he strives to make his life worthwhile the only way he knows how. When the demons in the back of his mind speak to him, he tries his best to ignore them.

From DrCoke at MangaHelpers: Even after one month of transferring to a new school, Natsuki keeps her distance from her classmates. Her childhood friend Haruka always tries to push her to be more sociable, but Natsuki just pushes her away. One day, while Natsuki was skipping class and eating lunch on the school balcony, a slime-like substance drops right on top of her. The slime slowly forms itself into... a human girl? An odd relationship between Aoi and her new alien(?) sister Aoi begins.

From BlueFlor: Collection of short stories about married couples. House 1・ Somei Family Despite being friends since childhood, there are many things that the husband does not understand about his wife.

Aki is a male escort. He takes on customers from the shop. Miyaji-san is an ordinary salaryman who becomes Aki's client. He told him he thinks he might be gay because the person he likes is a guy. Aki suggests that they first start with a kiss, but ends up sleeping with him. He likes Miyaji, so he gives him his number. Then they meet outside the store...

From MangaHelpers: Himeji Wakaba is a 5th year elementary school student, and she has the ability to see things that others can't. They are mostly frightening evil spirits, and they tend to do bad things to people who are close to her. As a result, Wakaba has no friends and rarely smiles. On a couple of occasions, she brings home stray animals, but her parents won't let her keep them. However, they're worried about their sad, creepy daughter, so one day they decide that whatever Wakaba brings home next, they'll let her keep. The next thing she brings home is a pink monster called "Pupipo," but her parents stand by their decision and let her keep it. No one is quite sure what Pupipo is, but it protects Wakaba from the other things she sees. Pupipo also helps Wakaba make friends with an occult-obsessed transfer student and solve problems with bullying. Wakaba's life is a much better place with her pet pink monster! [tethysdust]

A model who is afraid of women surrounds himself with an all male staff, but a newcomer may prove to be dangerous to the model's peace of mind.

From The Back Door: Shiba-kun is Kishitani Shougo-kun's muse. He thought it was mutual love, but Shougo has started acting strange...?

From Damn Feels! x Paperdolls Project x Winter Translations: Yusu is a fun-loving girl with a casual sex life but likes to sleep alone at night. When her innocent colleague, Seta, catches her attention, she decides to make an exception...

Hanamoto Mika is a shy, self-conscious 17-year-old-girl who wants very much to love and be loved. Hopelessly superstitious and unhappy with her current self, Mika tries to find answers and guidance to her life through fortune-telling and romance magazines. She decides to go on a group date with her friends and meets Takada. It’s love at first sight; at least on her end. Soon after, she encounters Takada coincidentally on the subway, but Mika trips and falls at his feet, then runs away in mortification before he could say a word. They meet again on a second group date, but to Mika’s humiliation, he has no recollection of her from the first date! But he does remember her embarrassing moment on the train. He apologizes for not remembering her and then explains that he had lost his contacts and couldn’t see clearly on that first date. Emboldened by his confession, she shocks him and herself by asking him out on a date! This is the story of unlikely relationships, and the trials and tribulations that await Mika and Takada - and their friends- in their search for love.

From Liquid Passion: Takeshi is straight until he sees Kazuya lying naked on his friend's couch. After their intimate encounter, can they find a way to make a relationship work and manage to survive on their unusual part time job? A series of short chapters currently running in Mellow Mellow. From 'Sweet Tale' collection of short stories/oneshots: Story 1. Boy Next Door Story 2. One Heart Story 3. Otoshimono Story 4. Long Way Home

A follow-up to a heavy response to the original yomi-kiri manga by the same title. Good Ending follows the main character Utsumi's interactions with Kurokawa Yuki, a member of the school tennis team, in order for Utsumi to confess his feelings to the captain of the tennis team. It is implied that the title of the manga is derived from the "good endings" that are achieved in visual novels.

Enter Hikawa Naomi, son of a music critic and Ebisawa Mafuyu, a young prodigy pianist who suddenly dissapeared from the music world.

Kyouichi's indecisive character has led him to repeatedly commit the foolish mistake of adultury. One day, Imagase, a college classmate he hasn't seen since graduation, shows up as the private detective hired by his wife to investigate his infidelity. Imagase, however, proposes a deal. He won't tell Kyouichi's wife about his affairs, but, for compensation, he makes an unbelievable demand: "I want your body in exchange..." An adult love story about two men and agonizing longing... by PresenceDear (sequel) Sojou no Koi wa Nido Haneru