Soramori has always helda torch for her old highschool rival, Takebe. Now, thanks to one mean shoulder throw, the two former (?) delinquents have started going out. But Soramori has a couple problems...For one thing, what’s a“proper” date supposed to look like anyway? And what if she’s not the only one with a thing for Takebe? Love’s a battle in more ways than one!

Back in the day, Takebe was a tough-as-nails delinquent who could throw hands with anyone. But right when she finally decides to leave her old ways behind, Takebe has a surprise reunion with her old rival, the “Bloody Cardigan” Soramori. After all these years, she still wants a piece of Takebe-but not in the way anyone expected! Her proposal: If Soramori can beat Takebe in a fight, they have to start dating?!

Takebe and Soramori, her old high school rival turned girlfriend (by force), are finally getting used to each other’s company. But while Takebe’s eager to leave her delinquent past behind, Soramori has other ideas… and their relationship suddenly faces its greatest challenge yet. With the help of their friends Maria and Miharu, their confrontation reaches a boiling point, as Takebe seeks to convey her feelings in the only way she knows how—with her fists!

After throwing some hands like back in the old days, Takebe and Soramori’s relationship is finally back on track. But the more Takebe tries to care for her girlfriend, the more she wonders if their feelings aren’t quite the same…And if there’s anything harder than taking Soramori down, it’s getting her to open up. That won’t stop Takebe from trying, though! The ex-delinquent couple’s tale comes to a close in this heartwarming finale.

Finally, Kai and Uka have both admitted their feelings for each other, and Uka’s heart bursts with satisfaction at this miraculous development. But does having feelings for each other mean dating?! What is dating, anyway? With a bit of worry and a lot of joy, Uka has become the girlfriend of the person she loves. 

Nobody can seem to put a name to Uka and Kai’s relationship, not even themselves. But Uka knows deep down exactly who she wants to be to him—his girlfriend! After being in his shadow for so long, confessing to someone so far out of her league is going to take confidence she’s not sure she has. But when an opportunity rolls around during the sports festival, will Uka finally work up the courage to tell Kai how she really feels?

An unforgettable novel of fearless women banding together to pursue the lives they want, inspired by the real-life historic Japanese courtesan strikeIn 1903, a fifteen-year-old girl named Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan. Despite her modest beginnings in a southern fishing village, she becomes the protégée of an oiran, the highest-ranking courtesan at the brothel. Through the teachings of her oiran, Shinonome, Ichi begins to underst...

'Irrefutable and beautiful' New York Times'Only Kiyoko Murata can convey this world' YOKO OGAWA, author of The Memory Police, Yomiuri ShibunThe year is 1903, and tenacious and spirited Aoi Ichi is sold to the most exclusive brothel in Kumamoto, Japan, becoming the protégée of Shinonome, the oiran, or the highest-ranking courtesan.Through Shinonome's teachings, fifteen-year-old Ichi begins to understand the intertwin...

After learning that Takae hasn’t reincarnated and is just possessing an innocent girl, and that Keisuke has decided to marry Moriya, Mai loses sight of what to do and asks Takae for help...The tale of reunion with a deceased family member and all the love and tragedy that follows such a miracle finally reaches its conclusion!

Amane is ten years old when she discovers she's not like everyone else. Her school friends were all conceived the normal way, by artificial insemination, and raised in the normal way, by parents in 'clean', sexless marriages. But Amane's parents committed the ultimate taboo: they fell in love, had sex and procreated. As Amane grows up and enters adulthood, she does her best to fit in and live her life like the rest of society: cultivating intense relationships with anime characters, and li...

It’s been one heart-pounding moment after another on Uka’s school camping trip, as it’s her first time getting to stay with Kai past sunset! When her attraction toward him grows in a way she’s never felt before, she decides to sneak into his room in the middle of the night—but now she’s terrified that she totally gave him the creeps! Is it wrong of her to yearn for her boyfriend’s touch? Plus, there are many things about Kai that Uka still doesn’t know, including a crucial part of his back...

Audra is an accountant at a wedding-planning company. In spite of its elegant concept, the company is on the edge of bankruptcy and Audra feels responsible. She leaves the office one day and runs into her childhood crush, Dominic. Dominic asks her for help taking care of his nephew, whose parents were killed in an accident. To her surprise, he offers enough compensation to save the company! But now she has to live under the same roof as the corporate tycoon, notorious for his playboy lifes...