Haruka is now in his second year of high school and Shu is in his third and final year of junior high school. Haruka, considering his future profession, decides to study abroad. But he cannot tell this to Shu because Shu is busy preparing for his last baseball tournament in junior high school. The two boys think deeply of each other. And in their fourth spring, when the cherry blossoms are in full bloom, their heights are no longer different... The final volume of Notes of Springtide!

After the commotion at the academy left the school in chaos and the prince out of commission, Leticiel is left with more questions than answers. One thing is for certain, though: she does not want to live at the Filiaregis manor anymore, so with the help of the king, she finally gets away from Drossell's horrible family.Even though Leticiel is much happier than before, she still must contend with a few things that she never had to deal with in her first life: final exams, and the s...

Young and powerful Yashiro can’t stay out of trouble long enough to catch his breath. Will a brand-new bodyguard give this hot-headed pervert a taste of the calm he’s never known…or will mayhem erupt as other gangsters take note?Twittering Birds Never Fly pulses with the energy of passionate men who won’t take “no” for an answer! In a world where contracts are signed with blood, can a fragile friendship take root and grow into love?

In the ninth volume of Twin Spica, Asumi and her classmates are getting closer and closer towards graduation, and changes in store for this group of friends. There will be good-byes to be said and that might end up causing some tension within this group. Some of that friction might be spurred on from outside of the Tokyo Space School as the media has caught on to the identities of at least one prime candidate.

A collection of masterful, sensual stories by popular yaoi creator Kou Yoneda! In the title story, Masato Karashima is a “transporter,” a man paid to smuggle anything from guns to drugs to people. When he’s hired by yakuza gang member Masaki Hozumi, he finds himself attracted to the older man, and what starts out as a business transaction quickly spirals into a cat-and-mouse game of lust and deception. In “Emotion Spectrum,” a high-school student tries to be a good wingman for a classmate,...

Larger-Than-Life Cookies for Larger-Than-Life AppetitesTake your cookies to new heights with Wendy Kou’s supersized approach to baking. Each cookie—about the size of your head—is not only fun to make, but tastes delicious and is perfect to savor or share.These decadent cookies cover all your must-have flavors like chocolate chip, red velvet, sugar cookie, oatmeal, cinnamon roll and so much more. And if you’re feeling extra adventurous, there’s always the op...

"You're the most important thing in my life..." Now begins the newlywed life for the architectural designer Natsu and the pure damsel Ayano! Now that they're living together, the sex life reaches a whole new level...?! "You're so hot... you're gonna need to take responsibility for that." In the foyer, in the kitchen, at the beach, and even at the hospital, the two get a little bit crazy...

I can't hold my voice with his fingers caressing me under my wedding dress like that. How did this happen...? Yuri's favoritism with masculine men always ends in tragedy so she decides to join a match making party to find an easy-going gentleman to settle with instead. There she meets Satsuki, the most perfect "husband material." ...Or so she thought?! Satsuki's innocent mask fooled her into marriage and now she's stuck with this aggressive sadist whose exactly the opposite man he had port...

The Akutagawa prize-winning novel by Kou Machida, Japan’s most outlandish and inventive author.Rip It Up is the first ever English translation of Kou Machida's award-winning novel, an undertaking over five years in the making and the inaugural title of Inpatient Press's translation imprint Mercurial Editions.Set in a kaleidoscopic hyperreal Japan circa Y2K, Rip It Up catalogues the misdeeds and misgivings of a down-and-out wannabe debonair...

Branded a "tainted child" for shedding red tears, Claire lives in hiding, allowed outside only to act as her twin sister's stand-in. One day, a ruthless assassin targets her. A deadly encounter sparks a dark romance fantasy.©2025 taskey,inc. All rights reserved

"We just got married!"The pair of lovebirds Saya and Tatsuya are finally getting hitched! However, that doesn't mean the end of their troubles. While the ever- enthusiastic Saya is on cloud nine and determined to have the ideal married life she has long dreamed of, her husband appears to be nonchalant about it. With the difference in their attitudes, is getting married really the right decision for them?

*Chapter 4: "Straight Pure", Chapter 5: " Request for a Prince " and Chapter 6: "His Favorite Thing" are each spin-offs featuring characters that appear in the main story. Ayano is a pure and honest girl, the daughter of a wealthy estate, and after meeting Natsu Kurosawa, a man working on the construction of her family's home, it was love at first sight. However, he constantly teases her. Suddenly, when given the chance to confess her feelings one evening, their lips meet?! Aside from the ...