Kumota Haruko

“I think I’ve fallen for you…” 
 A 4-page shorts collection of BL stories depicting such moments. Includes works of 29 popular and talented authors. Look forward to it.

Tribute book for the 45th anniversary of Kuramochi Fusako as an artist.

A collection of BL short stories by Haruko Kumota When We Were in the Rose Forest explores the depths of Haruko Kumota’s range with an array of erotic, heartwrenching, and at times, humorous stories. "When We Were in the Rose Forest" depicts a romance between a vampire and his lover reincarnated into an ordinary human. "The Rain in Monte Carlo" focuses on an older actor and his struggling with his career and working abroad. He asks for help from his beautiful foreign costar to show him around the city… "Yoshiki and Takumi" is a love story between rival gang members who can’t help how they feel. "Be Here to Love Me" follows the budding relationship between an office worker with a foot fetish and his colleague with stunning legs.

A collection of Itoshi no Nekokke side stories involving the series' supporting characters.

1: Yasashii Dakeno – Suzuki Tsuta A terminally ill patient and a mysterious boy. 2: Okite Saisho ni Suru Koto wa – Shimura Takako I want you to touch me; I want us to have sex; I want you to like me; I want you to love me. As a brother, and not as a brother. 3: Love In Motion – Kumota Haruko A super sadistic gay high school student and his kind teacher. 4: Yukiiro Machiboke – Mikage Tsubaki One fateful night, the doctor Hanabusa saves a dirty street urchin and patches him up. Now this filthy child is determined to thank him. 8: Kosha Ura no Natsu – Sakurabi Hashigo The heartbroken Manabu-kun keeps meeting up with his senpai in the back of the school, who appears to be keeping a secret.

The shy Mii-kun and the lively Kei-chan have been friends since their first meeting in a snowy landscape. The two are inseparable, until Kei-chan gets a girlfriend. Mii-kun, who has secretly long been in love with his best friend, is devastated by the news. How will their relationship advance?

1: Be Here To Love Me – Kumota Haruko The relationship of a foot-fetishist and his cunning colleague. 2: Kou no Kawa (River Of Time) – Morozumi Sumitomo Set in ancient times, a village is near starvation due to a bad harvest. For some reason, the young chief takes care of a cursed man he finds lying in the river… 3: Khaa Thoong – Est Em Can the young Thai kick-boxer rekindle the thirst for competion in a senior boxer following a devastating defeat? 4.1: Column 1: Useless Side Characters – Aoyama Toomi 4.2: Column 2: Obsession/Favoritism – Kashima 4.3: Column 3: Terror! Kappa Lake – Kusama Sakae 5: Natsu no Saigo ni Yosete (Seeing It Through Until The End Of Summer – Umematsu Machie Two elderly men reminisce about their lives together over a bowl of peaches. 6: Locas! – Okadaya Tetuzoh Jean-Luc fell in love through correspondence in a chatroom with Al. What will occur, when he will decide to meet offline? Is it really Al that wrote to him in chat? 7: And Robo – Chiba Ryouko A touching tale of robot clones… or something. 8: Shinumade BL Shindemo BL (No BL No Life) – Takeuchi Sachiko 9: Tonari wa Nani wo Suru Hito zo (What's The Neighbor Doing?) – Uno Jinia The unusual love a man has for his fan in the hot summer. 10: Through The Darkness – Zin A nazi sadist and a prisoner in camp. Excitement, desire, but… what about love? Attachment? 11.1: Column 4: Trembling Pecs – Kevin Komine 11.2: Column 5: A Non-Erotic BL – Cotorino Deathco 11.3: Column 6: Mixed BL Presentation – Psyche Delico 11.4: Column 7: I Want To Be Told That It's No Good – Yoneda Kou 12: Muhou no Shounen (A Reckless Young Man) – Mochimeko A story involving a reckless young man and some scary faced gangsters. 13: Ima Doushiteru (What Are You Doing Right Now?) – Rotta Ikumi The funny relationship between a man who has a fetish for soft, chubby things and his fatty otaku friend. 14: It Must Be – Momoyama Naoko A story about two professional cyclists and their travails.

This multi-generational epic dives deep into rakugo, a rich form of Japanese storytelling theater. Small-time crook Yotaro has never forgotten the rakugo tale "The God of Death," which the master Yurakutei Yakumo performed for Yotaro during his time in prison. After his release, he goes to Yakumo's theater and pleads to be made his apprentice. Yakumo reluctantly accepts, but Yotaro quickly finds the world of rakugo is complex and grapples with a growing bond with Yakumo's ward, Konatsu. Meanwhile, the two young people bring reminders of Yakumo's own inescapable past.

1: Bitter Tasting Lips A new recruit pays Lucky Hole AV's chief executive officer Hiyama "Bitter Taste" Kumi a visit. Kumi decides to hold an interview and a trial session on the spot. 2: Promises Are Only Made Once The shady scout Sakuma is unexpectedly reunited with the teenage son of his former boss. What is he to do when the brat declares his love for him and attaches himself to the older man? 3: Heart On Fire The video editor Saiki, a devoted fan of Kumi-chan, is suddenly asked to act in an AV with youngster Reni – and Kumi?! 4-5: The Room That Is Too Sunny The story of how Sakuma and Kumi first met and their subsequent relationship with each other. 6: Lucky Boy A look into Kumi and Sakuma's present-day relationship.

Kei-chan moves in with his old friend and lover, Mii-kun, in Tokyo. Their romantic mood keeps getting interrupted by quirky tenants at Mii-kun's apartment – but there's a bigger obstacle they must face to become true lovers!

1-4: Nobara Take has been watching Kamita-san single-handedly take care of his young daughter Mone for quite a while now. When Kamita's wife shows her face at the shop after Kamita already has gone home, Take can't help but demand an explanation as to why she'd abandon her family with such a great husband and daughter. But when Kamita's wife blurts out "because he told me he's gay!" it's definitely the last thing Take was expecting! 5: Mimi-kun no Boy no Kisetsu Mimi-kun works at a drag club and has long-planned on becoming a cute girl in the future – and his boy of choice is Kaoru-chan, the gay bartender from his workplace. However, during a chance make-out session at Mimi-kun's birthday party, Kaoru pushes him away and says "Sorry, I like you too but I just can't do this with a girl." What is poor Mimi-kun to do?

For three years, Shibata, a university professor who belittles himself for being gay, has had an unrequited love for the young man who sits alone each day in the university's cafeteria. As his thoughts stray from his research, Shibata wonders about this man. Is he a student? Why does he always sit alone? His questions are soon answered when he finally comes face to face with the man of his dreams, and Shibata soon realizes that first impressions are not always what they seem!

The story follows the employees at the Genbu Shobō publishing company. Araki, who is a veteran editor for the dictionary department, is looking for a successor now that he's approaching retirement age. After Majime Mitsuya - a salesman who's a poor talker - meets Masashi Nishioka - Araki's coworker who is sociable and frivolous — Araki overhears their conversation and decides to recruit Majime into the department. The story follows "the awkward humans" Majime and Masashi as they work together to compile a medium-sized Japanese dictionary titled "The Great Passage" (Daitokai).