Aono Shunjuu

Michima Shin is an author whose books don't sell and whose father is a murderer guilty of killing Shin's mother and two others. One day, he comes home to find a woman sitting in his house. It turns out that she received a letter inviting her to live in his home and pay a rent of 1,000,000 yen every month. In exchange, he is not to inquire about her private life and not to enter her room. He's also to fix meals and run errands for her. The only thing is, Shin isn't the one that sent the invitation. Soon, four other women show up under the same circumstances. How can they afford the arrangement and why would they agree to such an invitation? And just who is behind the entire scheme?

Every night a young woman would try to end her life under the moonlight, on one night she meets a man…

This is the story of a forty-year-old salary man who quits his job to pursue his dream of becoming a manga artist and the family that has to put up with him. While not terribly unhappy, Shizuo Oguro can't fight the feeling that something in his life just isn't right, so he walks away from his stable (yet boring) day job to embark on a journey of self-discovery. Unfortunately for his family, this journey also involves playing video games all day while his teenage daughter and elderly father support him. Will Shizuo succeed in creating a true manga masterpiece or will he be just another drop-out living a life of slack? Official English