Red River is about a fifteen-year old Japanese girl named Yuri Suzuki, who is magically transported to Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire in Anatolia. She was summoned by Queen Nakia who means to use Yuri as a human sacrifice. Yuri's blood is the key element needed in placing a curse upon the princes of the land so that they will perish, leaving Nakia's son as the sole heir to the throne. - from wikipedia

Tsubaki is a girl who loves making her younger sister's hair pretty every morning, but she doesn't think that kind of style suits herself! The day of her High School Beginning Ceremony, after she failed in being the top student (who usually makes the ceremony speech), she finds herself sitting next to the actual top student of the first years, the worst rude guy ever, Kyouta. She ends up cutting his hair on purpose because of the bad things he says to her. Kyouta demands that Tsubaki pay him back with her body, but Tsubaki fixes his hair instead--making it even shorter! After that, Kyouta unexpectedly kisses Tsubaki and swears that he'll make her his woman.

After failing the entrance exams to her school of choice, Hiyoko Osora gets an acceptance letter from SM Academy. But she didn't even apply or take its exam! When she arrives, there's something amiss--all the students are...monsters!? And the head of the student council says he's her fiance right before he sprouts giant black wings! What strange fate brought Hiyo to SM Academy, and what supernatural fate awaits her after this!?

The world is full of mysterious "things," but life keeps on going peacefully because no one can see them--except Misao. Harada Misao has the special power to see these "things," but she doesn't tell anybody and tries to continue leading a happy high school life. Though she's jealous of her friends who have boyfriends, she's just like a normal teenage girl as she keeps having dreams about a boy she met when she was younger who has the same power as she does. Her mundane life suddenly changes when goblins try to eat her, and her old friend Kyo comes back to protect her from them. Then, she finds out that she is personally being sought out as goblin food and that Kyo is a goblin, too. Will she still marry him like they promised when they were children, based on her faith in him that he has no bad intentions towards her? Will she even be safe at school now that Kyo has become her new homeroom teacher? Her exciting teenage life is just about to begin. (Source Serenus-Dreamers)

Gattsu, known as the Black Swordsman, seeks sanctuary from the demonic forces that persue himself and his woman, and also vengeance against the man who branded him as an unholy sacrifice. Aided only by his titanic strength, skill and sword, Gattsu must struggle against his bleak destiny, all the while fighting with a rage that might strip him of his humanity. Berserk is a dark and brooding story of outrageous swordplay and ominous fate, in the theme of Shakespeare's MacBeth.

From Shinmakoku Scanlations:

1-2) 24 Jikan Eikyou-chuu
Nakamichi works in the 24-hour convenience store on Sano's way home from school. Nakamichi is baffled by the amount of lollipops Sano buy everyday! But he gets very used to seeing Sano around, that when suddenly Sano stops showing his face at the store, he misses him! What happens to Sano? And why buy so many lollipops?

3-5) 24 Jikan Renai-chuu
Yoshino, an ordinary guy works at a convenience store where he meets a beautiful Yagami-san. He overhears Yagami-san having an argument over the phone with who he assumes is a girlfriend. What will Yoshino do when he sees Yagami drunk and collapsed outside the convenience store, and hears him whisper a guy's name in his sleep?

6-8) Extra: Jikan Eikyou-chuu

Reading direction: Right to left

A collection of one-shots.

1) Half Moon

2) Private Gallery

3) Lover's Return

4) Night of Dismantlement

5) -6mm no Taboo

6) Neji no Kaiten EX


Chapter 6 goes with Neji no Kaiten, so you might want to read that one too!

Gantz tells the story of a teenager named Kei Kurono who dies in a train accident and becomes part of a semi-posthumous "game" in which he and several other recently deceased people are forced to hunt down and kill aliens. The missions in which they embark upon are often dangerous. Many die--again--on each mission, but they are replaced by others in the same manner as Kei Kurono's appearance. [from en.wikipedia.com]

Men - they are the root of Takanashi Chiwa s problems, which is why she never had the time nor the opportunity to have a boyfriend in her entire life. A full-time office lady and a part-time hostess, she works night and day to pay off her dad s debt from his failed business. One night at her part-time job, a high-class customer has her fired. Then the next day, she is called in to see the president - whom she had never even seen before in the office - only to find out she s to marry him! But what kind of guy is Mamiya Hokuto anyway? Will he become one of Chiwa s problems, or will he save her from them? And will this marriage even last?!

Akira and his classmates are travelling on a plane when it crashes onto an island inhabited by species thought to have been extinct. The situation becomes increasingly desperate as some of Akira's classmates are eaten alive, while some kill others in desperation. Now Akira and a few other survivors are trying to survive what seems to be a horrible nightmare.

From Viz:

Poor Sumi Kitamura… Her irresponsible older brother Eisuke keeps bringing home orphans for her to take care of even though they can barely afford their own basic needs! Just when Sumi's financial problems become dire, wealthy Soichiro Ashida enters her life with a bizarre proposition: he'll provide her with the money she so desperately needs if she agrees to marry him. But can Sumi fool high society into thinking she's a proper lady? Moreover, is it worth giving up everything for this sham of a marriage?

Shinmen Takezo is destined to become the legendary sword-saint, Miyamoto Musashi--perhaps the most renowned samurai of all time. For now, Takezo is a cold-hearted kiler, who will take on anyone in mortal combat to make a name for himself. This is the journey of a wild young brute who strives to reach enlightenment by way of the sword--fighting on the edge of death.

Red River is about a fifteen-year old Japanese girl named Yuri Suzuki, who is magically transported to Hattusa, the capital of the Hittite Empire in Anatolia. She was summoned by Queen Nakia who means to use Yuri as a human sacrifice. Yuri's blood is the key element needed in placing a curse upon the princes of the land so that they will perish, leaving Nakia's son as the sole heir to the throne. - from wikipedia

This story features a college student, that everyone describes as 'cold', being hired to look after a professor's cute 5-year old son, which leads to looking after the father, which leads to falling in love, but the professor's brother doesn't approve and is willing to do anything to split them up. Features the introduction of Chiharu and Kazuki.

First in a eight-volume series, all of them can read as a standalone.

The series goes like this:
1. Happy Yarou Wedding
2. Utsukushiki Kemonotachi {BEAUTIFUL BEAST}
3. Virgin Love
4. Toriko ni Natta Kemono {Crazy for You}
5. Junnai Tokkou Taichou {Junai no Seinen}, {The Young Person's Pure Love}
6. Kemono wa Ai de, Iyasareru {Smooth over his hurt feeling}
7. Playboy Amour
8. Oboreru Kemono no Koibito
9. Men's Love

Gerun Fortress, under the command of stand-in officer Leonard de Limbourg, is attacked by the prestigious general Jemaru Jan of the Middle Eastern Empire. With no hope of winning, Leonard hopes to negotiate with Jemaru, offering his head in exchange for the safety of any survivors left in the fortress. But instead of killing him, Jemaru takes the beautiful knight as his prisoner and spoils of war. Forced to sleep with a man that is both his enemy and his weakness, Leonard's feelings of shame overtake his heart, but lust overtakes his body...

From Fantasyshrine:

Chapters 1-2:
The Pure Merman ~ Pg. 14-56
The Pure Merman -A Present For You ~ Pg. 58-82

The merman Sango couldn’t help but falling in love with President Minami, who had implicit trust in him. However, not only did they have a huge status difference, they were different in species! To make things worse, mer-people must not lie… unless they wanted to be turned into bubbles…

Chapter 3: Hercules? Hercules! ~ Pg. 85-100
All Hercules ever wanted was to stay with Keita forever, but the problem is... he's a bug.

Chapter 4: The White Snake & The Prince ~ Pg. 102-109
Shiro(white) the white snake was shunned by the other snakes because of his colour, but he's finally found by his 'prince' a.k.a Hachiohji Takuma, nicknamed Ohji (prince).

Chapter 5: Shiro and Ohji-sama ~ Extra Story - Pg. 111-114

Chapter 6: BUSTED! The Ombudsman Club!~ Pg. 6-21

Chapter 7: Shall We Study? ~ Pg. 23-46

Chapter 8: Found Love With You ~ Pg. 48-79

This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.

Welcome to Momoko's waking nightmare. Things were settled. They were! She was SUPPOSED to have gone to a normal school, made normal friends, and led a blissfully normal life. But the universe is just cruelly, irredeemably, monstrously unfair, so instead she found herself thrown out of home, stuck in an all-boys boarding school with a roommate she hates, cursed with a hideous haircut and wearing clothes which, to be frank, she wouldn't be seen dead in.

Sakuya, the lead singer for the hard-rocking band Lucifer, is the unattainable object of desire for millions of hopeful women. Aine is the demure high school student who suddenly finds herself in the middle of a raucous rock'n'roll circus. Together they're writing the book of love — one hit song at a time!

An excellent and very educational series. About a newlywed couple who are virgins and their comedic ups and downs in learning how to have sex. Not really a hentai, though there are scenes which can be called hentai. Tastfully rendered taboo themes. A funny "how to" guide for sex illiterate and experts.

[from Fantasy Shrine:]
A prisoner of war with beautiful dark eyes was shattered of all pride & dignity by a colonel who couldn't help but be drawn to his prisoner's mysterious eyes...

Because the way people have a high interest in "sex," a sex school was formed in order to fulfill the students' desires and help them become more advanced in their skills.

One of the story lines....
Ion, in order to help pay off the debts in his family, has enrolled in the school, hoping to gain knowledge and sell out his body in the future to gain money. But Ion gains more than just "knowledge" in the sex industry, and he starts to fall for his Instructor Asagi...but love is strictly banned from the school...

NOTE: Secret is the second arc of the Gacha Gacha series featuring a different cast and vastly different plot

[from Fantasy Shrine :]
Kikuchi Yo, a travel agency owner dreams of turning the “Blue Rose”, a British noble mansion into a hotel. He enthusiastically approaches Baron Gilfred, owner of the mansion, with his plans. Unbeknownst to him, he’s walking into the Baron’s trap…! A gorgeous love story between a nobleman and a business owner.

(sequel) Koushaku no Himeta Kuchizuke (continues the story of the Duke and the Prince)

Childhood friends and now high school seniors, Hokuto and Yukito will both be living in Yukito's family's house. Hokuto is actually Yukito's first love, and because of that, Yukito's been avoiding him since middle school...
Upon meeting again after such a long time, Yukito's heart throbs at Hokuto's now very handsome appearance. However, without knowing those feelings, Hokuto seduces him!

From Seven Seas: After millennia in hiding, Mina Tepes, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants change. Using the vast wealth of the Tepes line, she has paid off the entire gross national debt of Japan and in so doing, gained the authority to create a "special district" off the coast of Japan that is to become the future haven to vampires the world over! Now, on the eve of the landmark press conference announcing the existence of vampires to the world, terrorists and rival factions are plotting to assassinate Mina Tepes before she has a chance to make her world-changing announcement.

Sakuya, the lead singer for the hard-rocking band Lucifer, is the unattainable object of desire for millions of hopeful women. Aine is the demure high school student who suddenly finds herself in the middle of a raucous rock'n'roll circus. Together they're writing the book of love — one hit song at a time!

Fifth in a six-volume series. Kirishima Kaoru is the representative of the Toudou Group while Daigo is a young executive of an American corporation. They are business colleagues by day and lovers by night. Although, Kaoru wishes that he could give up his job and indulge himself in sex with Daigo day and night! Unfortunately due to his deep-rooted insecurities, Kaoru continuously tests Daigo's affection through manipulations. And now, Kaoru's previous boss and lover, Ian, wants Kaoru back in his bed. Who will win in the struggle for power and love?[From Fantasy Shrine:]
Also included is a side-story about Chiharu X Kazuki.

1. Happy Yarou Wedding
2. Utsukushiki Kemonotachi. {BEAUTIFUL BEAST}
3. Virgin Love
4. Toriko ni Natta Kemono {Crazy for You}
5.Junnai Tokkou Taichou, {Junai no Seinen} {The Young Person's Pure Love}
6. Kemono wa Ai de, Iyasareru {Smooth over his hurt feeling}
7. Playboy Amour
8. Oboreru Kemono no Koibito
9. Men's Love