Gin's manga / #Slice of Life(738)

Chakuro is the 14-year-old archivist of the Mud Whale, a nigh-utopian island that floats across the surface of an endless sea of sand. Nine in ten of the inhabitants of the Mud Whale have been blessed and cursed with the ability to use saimia, special powers that doom them to an early death. Chakuro and his friends have stumbled across other islands, but they have never met, seen, or even heard of a human who wasn't from their own. One day, Chakuro visits an island as large as the Mud Whale and meets a girl who will change his destiny.

[I can't live without your body...] Let's start this lewd party! Model Akira and celebrity Kaito hold a limousine party for their inseparable partner-in-crime, Kunimitsu's birthday celebration. When Akira said "Have fun with whoever you want", he was pushed down by Kunimitsu who said, "I want to mess you up."...After moving to the hotel, Kaito also joined for a threesome...?!

The stage is the Daybreak Detective Agency, located on a dark alley. Detective Waki, who takes care of everything, from finding missing people to ghost exterminations, is beloved by part-timer Rika. Hoshihiko follows Waki, who he says is attracted by a smell. The door of the Daybreak Detective Agency opens to a client… A mysterious story by Taratsumi John.

Novice graphic designer Miya has been troubled lately about work. At a time when he’d like to be comforted, he’s been unable to contact his backpacking lover, Hare, for three months...

After a night of drinking, Neko woke up to find another man sleeping naked next to him. His clothes were strewn about and there was a pile of used condoms in the trash. “White liquid stained the sheets but it can’t be mine because...I can't get an erection, so there's no way I could ejaculate!”Neko, a young man with a Kansai dialect suffering from ED, and Inukai, who helps him deal with it.-

Happiness does not exist for gay men who fall for straight men. I’m happy just being by his side — was what I was thinking up until…Sakisaka, stationed in the second Sales Division, has an unrequited love for Toujou, his directing senpai. He had no intention of confessing his feelings. However, Toujou has been awfully touchy-feely lately… Is there a glimmer of hope? Please don’t let it be a misunderstanding! Which path will these vexing feelings flow down to?

A letter comes to the three Kohda sisters in Kamakura, bringing the news of their father's death. A father they hadn't seen since he divorced and left home 15 years ago. Despite feeling indifferent about their father, Yoshino, the middle of the three, and Chika, the youngest, go to Yamagata to attend his funeral on oldest sister Sachi's request. There, they meet Suzu, their young and reliable half sister. Umimachi Diary won the Excellence Prize for manga at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards. It was also nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho, where it came in 3rd place, for the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, where it came in 2nd place, and for the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.

Heath Swanson, an 18 year old high school dropout, runs away from his home in San Diego, California to make a fresh start in New York City. Along his travels he meets Eve, another troubled teen who latches onto him. Although annoyed by his presence and idealistic dreams of life in California at first, the two form an inseparable bond. Living among artists in SoHo, the two help and support each other as they try to make a living in the city.-

It's been 18 years since Rin died. Alisa, who is Sei and Lou May's daughter, lives with her mother, her brother Shinji, and Ken in Hawaii. Shinji is Ken and Lou May's son. Shinji knows Alisa isn't Ken's real daughter, but Alisa doesn't. Alisa sometimes sees a phantom boy. One day, she sees a boy point to the sky, where she sees a plane. By the plane, Rie, Shin's son, comes to ask Ken for some help. He also knows Alisa is really Sei's daughter. Alisa is called "Dragon's daughter." Rie says a prophet told him that he would marry a woman who's a dragon's blood relative. When they go into the forest, Rie also sees a boy. Alisa tells him that the boy is a phantom and that he is the only other person who can see him. Her family had told her that the boy was the spirit of the forest, but she doubted that. She thinks the boy is trying to tell her something.

While vacationing at his uncle's NYC home, Gene stumbles across an old journal. Inside, he discovers his uncle's past with a man of the same name: 1973. Trevor Edwards has finally made it as a New York lawyer. His success is put in jeopardy when he loses an envelope containing confidential work documents. Thankfully, his guardian angel arrives—Gene, a young homeless man, found the letter and searched high and low to return it to him. Seeing his shabby state and unable to leave his savior in the cold, Trevor offers Gene a job as a live-in housekeeper. This is the story of a beautiful amish youth and a gay lawyer living together in the heart of New York City.