Hashimoto Aoi

To be on my mind, to have my heart throb, wishing you will turn around. If it's about the two of us, everything is thrilling. A new romance featuring food and show business! Absolutely satisfying, the best combination!

Thirty-two year old Suwa Misumi is a master of sake. He has just recently been fired from his job due to the trouble caused by his inability to say no. At the lowest point in his life, he now finds a restaurant he desperately wants to work at. Only problem is that his latest drunken one night stand is the owner!!

Sawada Kouhei has been experiencing writer's block for 72 days when he runs across a mysterious restaurant. Upon entering, he's astonished to find a handsome man, Fukami, behind the bar. He's even more overwhelmed when he is told that the restaurant only serves parfaits. What is such a handsome man doing making nothing but girly parfaits!?

Thirty-two year old Suwa Misumi is a master of sake. He has just recently been fired from his job due to the trouble caused by his inability to say no. At the lowest point in his life, he now finds a restaurant he desperately wants to work at. Only problem is that his latest drunken one night stand is the owner!!

Takamune Houjou and Minami have been good friends for twenty years. After certain events occurred, the two are now finally officially lovers. However, the biggest issue they have with their relationship is…that they don't know who will be on top! So now it's an all out match to see who "wins or loses"!

Uda Natsumi, the owner of a food truck, finds himself becoming interested in one of his regular customers: a quiet, handsome young man who drops by after work to try out Uda's sweets and often ends up falling asleep at the counter.

The only hobby of college student Sakurabashi Itsuki is listening to his favorite radio disc jockey, Yunoguchi Arata (also known as Yuno). They cross paths at the bookstore one day and Itsuki boldly asks Yuno to get coffee with him.

After Ryou uses details of Ogura's past to blackmail him into leaving Yuu and Hinata alone, the two somehow keep running into each other. Slowly, Ryou's malicious glee and Ogura's feelings of shame and unease begin to transform into something else….

Ichise finds himself lost and somewhere he doesn't know. Later, he finds a bar that has an amazing bartender, Takafumi. Ichise falls in love with Takafumi at first sight, but Takafumi has his own rule that he will never go out with his customers. One day, Ichise tries to ask Takafumi out again and suddenly Takafumi says "yes"!?

Kento is alone after his fiancée, who was also his coworker, eloped with his boss. Tomoya is left with a scarred heart and has become cowardly due to a past relationship. The two meet in a town surrounded by calming nature and a sky full of stars, and then…?! Along with “Storm of Stars”, this volume also includes “Lips and Coffee”, a story of the daily harassment of a café worker by an executive manager of a big company, “Rather than Talking Back”, a story between a white-coat doctor and an EMT in scrubs, and much more!

Even idols fall in love! Yuu and Hinata are members of the popular idol group "Ru 2 sh!". These two people seem to be on good terms according to the media, but actually they fight like dogs! One day, Yu, who is going to be taken home drunk by playboy actor Ogura, is saved by Hinata!

1: "Haru mo Yoiyoi" (Hot Springs) – Yuki Shimizu 2: "Nakayoshi Four Men" – Isaku Natsume 3: "Genma-san no Sainan" (Genma's Misfortune) – Kyou Kitazawa 4: "Hajimete no XXX" (First XXX) – Sakae Kusama 5: "Encouraging Lewd Language" – Etsumi Ninomiya 6: "The Thing That Kotoha Likes The Most" – Mashiro Minamino 7: "Kotodama-sama Petit" (Petit Kotodama) – Ren Kitakami 8: "Kotoha-chan" – Kaori Monchi 9: "Doitsumo Koitsumo" – Aoi Hashimoto 10: "Genma to Chikkoi no" (Genma And The Tiny One) – Hikaru Kane 11: "Bokura no Ano Ko Kawaii Ko" – Touko Fujikawa 12: "Imadoki no Renai Kousatsu" – Mebaru Kobato 13: "Orusuban" – Muku Ogura

Salaryman Fukada, who has a hobby of getting emotional while watching anime, is found out by his kouhai Fujii, who works for another company in the same building. Since then, Fujii forcibly brings Fukada out drinking. Trying to get Fujii to stay away from him, Fukada tries to set him up with a coworker. But when Fujii begins ignoring Fukada, he feels a strange sense of unease?

Anthology of extras for series run in Dear+ and Cheri+ magazines.