Slice Of Life
Saturn Apartments
2011-01-27
Far in the future, humankind has evacuated the Earth in order to preserve it. Humans now reside in a gigantic structure that forms a ring around the Earth, thirty-five kilometers up in the sky. The society of the ring is highly stratified: the higher the floor, the greater the status. Mitsu, the lowly son of a window washer, has just graduated junior high. When his father disappears and is assumed dead, Mitsu must take on his father's occupation. As he struggles with the transition to working life, Mitsu's job treats him to an outsider's view into the various living-room dioramas of the Saturn Apartments.
Interval Zero (Yaoi)
2013-05-18
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. General Course Student Kadokura spends his days stressfully looking after the Sports Course students who live in his house, at his Father's (their coach) behest. Although he doesn't get along with the Athletics ace Kima, after a meaningful conversation one night, he kisses Kadokura. This is an alternate story to Junketsu Drop.
Iyahaya Nantomo
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Sayoko was just reading peacefully in her backyard when some strange kid in a large overcoat suddenly comes in and swipes her dog's food! Who is this guy and what's gonna happen to Sayoko's life now? One thing's for certain: hilarity ensues!Note: not fo
Onna Na No De Shouganai
2015-03-05
We are criticized just because we're women and hurt each other just because we're women. This is the story of women bound by the pressure of womanhood in love, work, and childbirth, who continue to live on, ragged and ungraceful. Miki Aoki is 31, single, and sick of life, but her slowly building savings balance keeps her going. She's surrounded by people like her old-fashioned boss who tosses off things like “This is why I hate women” (shut your face) and her fossil of a mother who puts pressure on her, saying things like “So when are you going to get married and have children?” (please stop talking). And then there's a younger staff member at work with whom she only has superficial relationships (just do your jobs). She could really care less about the lot of it. This is the bitter and sad story of women who live like that, an anthem to cheer on all women.
Papa I Love You (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Kaoru has a little problem (two to be exact) he's suddenly got two bundles of joy dropped on his doorsteps thanks to his slacker brother. Despite their rough start it really does look like they can all become a family but it sees like one of them might not just be thinking of him as "papa" but as something more... another funny story by Mishima Kazuhiko that's a must read for any Yaoi fanThe businessman Mayama Kaoru's life changes drastically when his two nephews show up on his doorstep. Keigo (16) and Akio (5) were abandoned by their father and driven out of their apartment. Despite the fact Kaoru has had no contact with their family, he’s too kind-hearted to say no and takes them in. Soon the three of them start leading a warm, happy family life. However, Keigo suddenly kisses him one day. Was it a sign of family affection or something more?
Select (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. From Art of Life:For no apparent reason, Hirai -- the year's top student -- found it difficult to maintain his focus durning Onoda's class, thus created a headache of an experience. And Onoda, whom was confronted by Hirai saying "This way I can be alone
Momo no musume
2013-01-13
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. After a crazy night, a young teacher is tricked into becoming the father of two gorgeous young girls.The story doesn't end here, so read on!
Shinomiya-kun no Sekai ga Owatte mo
2015-05-25
Shinomiya-kun's aloofness attracted Yukino's attention and because of that, she started to see a new side of him. And now, even though he loves school, Shinomiya-kun has to quit school due to home circumstances. To be able to continue seeing him, what would Yukino do?
Neon Genesis Evangelion - Angelic Days
2011-12-12
Imagine a Neon Genesis Evangelion where choosing the right girl is more important than saving the world! That's the gist of Angelic Days - the hit manga that Eva fans have been waiting for! Based on a popular PC and Playstation 2 game released only in Japan, Angelic Days takes the angst-ridden Eva pilots and sets them in a lighter, brighter world.
Clover (otsu Hiyori)
2011-01-14
From Lililicious:A series of one-shots about four sisters, each focusing on a different sister.The first is about a good girl who is tempted to break the rules.
Lovers and Souls
2011-02-11
Contents:1) Lovers and SoulsTooru Shinomiya is a young college student who models for photography students. After sleeping with one of his clients for money, he becomes a gay prostitute because he doesn't care enough about his body. However, he's starting to fall for his sempai, the man with whom he first slept. Can this student, Satoshi Matsouka, save him? This tragic story also involves Hikaru Taira. Also, Tooru and Atori meet. Prequel to Rules 01. (Part of Rules series (loosely connected): see Rules for series timeline).2) VanityAfter the events of Lovers and Souls, Tooru is still deeply heartbroken. Trying to find solace in Hikaru, Tooru challenges the terms of their friendship. But can he handle the consequences? Originally a doujinshi, part of Rules series.3) Sleeping Beauty - Matsuoka sees Tooru for the first time.4) Eternal Moon - In their last year of high school, Akihiko Nozaki admits to his best friend Kai that he's gay. Kai is stunned but it doesn't change their friendship, but Kai's curiosity is aroused and he begins to see Noza (Nozaki) differently.5) Tomorrow's Sky - Sequel to Eternal Moon, told more from Nozaki's point of view. Nozaki isn't sure whether to trust that his relationship with Kai will last, since he's even been dumped by gay men before. What's to keep a guy who wasn't even gay from breaking up with him?
Anata no Kiss mo Kokoro mo Zenbu (Yaoi)
2011-01-24
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. While at work one day, Fujisawa cut his finger deeply, and ran to a crowded medical clinic. By chance, he met, for the second time, his childhood friend Kenjou, who was now a doctor at the clinic. Fujisawa still remembers being a junior high school studen
Pure Love Stories
2011-02-11
Short stories includeDays Wishes Fallby Yoon Ji Un;The Doorby Yeon-Joo Kim;The Ravages of the Tigerby Seo Moon Da Mi;The Night has a Thousand Eyesby Lee Hyung Sook;I Hate You, Dad �by Lee Shi Young;The Road the Dead Pass Byby Eun-Ah Park."Under any sort of circumstances love is a pure thing. At times, it can be bizarre and in no way understandable, but love is always pure."
Byousoku Zero Mile (Yaoi)
2011-11-29
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. "Wh-Who are you?"One day, the college student Taichi is spoken to by a stranger in a place that is very dear to him. He is informed by the man, who calls himself Zama, that the place may be gone. It is where the orphaned Taichi first met his beloved guardian Kanda.Who is this Zama, who suddenly appears before Taichi? Taichi is anxious...
Non Tea Room (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Renji and Kenta are musicians, they meet each other thanks to the friendship between their bands. Each musician has different reasons to play, be it love for the music, a strong desire to surpass their fears on stage or even just for someone's approbation.While these bands are struggling to be known in such a competitive world, Kenta is struggling with a different problem in his love life; can he be a replacement for someone else?
Hungry Heart
2011-12-16
Kyosuke Kano has lived under the shadow of his successful brother Seisuke all his life who is a professional soccer player. Tired of being compared and downgraded at, he abandoned playing soccer until a boy from his new high school discovered him and asked him to join their team. Kyosuke joins it and befriends two other first year players named Rodrigo and Sakai with the dream of becoming professional soccer players themselves.
Oyome Ni Ikenai!
2012-07-16
From Aerandria Scans:She dreams what any normal woman dreams: Find a good man and get married. There's only one hitch. She has absolutely zero talent in being a housewife! Determined to overcome this problem, she enrolls in classes to learn. The only problem is her teacher turns out to be a man and a younger one at that!
Let Dai
2011-01-24
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Set in a soulless neo-Seoul ruled by young punks and pleasure seekers, an amoral teenager named Dai is the living embodiment of the city's beauty and cruelty.As the leader of the vicious Furies gang, Dai seduces everyone who lays eyes on him, only to blind them to his own barbaric nature. When an honest schoolboy named Jaehee rescues a beautiful girl from being mugged by the Furies, he can't possibly realize how this brief encounter will plunge him into a downward spiral of unbridled passion and unfathomable pain.From his brutal gang initiation to an unspeakable act committed against his girlfriend, Jaehee wavers uncomfortably between revulsion and fascination. And in Dai he finds a tender, caring friend one moment and a heartless sociopath the next, awakening strange and unhealthy desires in Jaehee that he could never before have imagined.
Azumanga Daioh
2011-01-14
It's not manga, it's Azumanga! ? smart, fun, and totally addictive. Created by the iconoclastic Kiyohiko Azuma, Azumanga Daioh is strongly character driven, taking the reader through the daily tribulations of Miss Kurosawa, Miss Yukari, the wild Tomo, hair-triggered Yomi, ditzy Osaka, brash Kagura, cute Chiyo-chan, and athletic (but girly) Sakaki.
Mizuiro Cinema
2011-01-14
From Lililicious:Aqua Blue Cinema is about an actress and a girl she meets through unusual circumstances.
Naruto dj - Family Game (Yaoi)
2012-03-13
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. This is a long AU story in which Itachi and Sasuke raise a young Naruto. The doujinshi follows Naruto--and his changing feelings for Sasuke--from childhood into adulthood.
Kawaii Anata
2011-12-07
ollection of short stories:- Maple Lovetwo college students become friends, but one of them has fallen for the other..- Love Lettera girl asks her friend to give a love letter to a boy for her. Too bad she has no idea her friend is in love with her...- Cycling Under a Starlit Sky- Kawaii Anata (Your Cuteness) This is about a boyish girl who doesn't think she's cute, and her love interest, who does.- Winter-tinged ThoughtsShizuru is in love with Matsuri, who in turn is in love with Aya. Oh, dear.- A Lunch Made with LoveRetells some of the events of "Winter-Tinged Thoughts" from Izumi's point of view.- Afterword
Jika Renai Chuudoku (Yaoi)
2014-10-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. From Nakama:Masculine, cheerful Sakamoto Hideomi, reigning top host at a popular host club, was tricked into taking responsibility for a huge debt.His only recourse is to go home, which he hasn't visited even once in seven years. The only person there is his "brother" of the same age, Yukiya -- although they aren't related by blood.As a day trader, Yukiya earns loads, but he has one condition for shouldering the debt: that they live together.However, the reason why Hideomi left the house was his attack on the awkward, beautiful Yukiya ... !?The dramatic, love-filled story of a popular ex-host and a beautiful day trader!
Imadoki
2011-01-14
Tanpopo Yamazaki is a girl with a dream of attending a high school in Tokyo. Yet when her dream comes true and the famous Meio High accepts her, all isn't what it seems. Students are sorted only by family connections and wealth, meaning friends are nowhere to be found. Taking matters into her own hands, she starts a gardening club. As the year progresses Tanpopo gains what she's wanted (maybe even more) and one by one, people weave into her life in a way that'll change her life forever.(in a very good way)
Mars Gaiden
2011-01-14
"Mars Gaiden" it's a collection of three stories by Fuyumi Souryo.The first, "Namae no nai uma", it's a "Mars" prequel telling the first meeting between Rei and Tatsuya and the beginning of their friendships. Moreover, they're also presented other main
Watashi No Kakurega E Douzo
2011-01-14
The first story is on the various customers who visit this little bar called Venez Chez Moi (Come to my home / house).Next, World Market is on a struggling writer who writes rather trashy stories based on the experiences of the people around him with th
Ashita mo Tanin (Yaoi)
2011-02-11
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Akio’s daily life has been taken care of by his best friend, Ryousuke. Akio has been secretly in love with this best friend for so long. Ryousuke is a serious salary man and always hopes to have a family. However, Ryousuke’s wife-to-be ran away before the wedding. Since then, Ryousuke began to pamper Akio even more. Is Ryousuke taking Akio as a replacement for something he lost? What happened two years ago that made Akio unable to confess?
Gallery Fake
2011-08-25
On a wharf on Tokyo Bay is a small gallery named Gallery Fake. The owner of the gallery, Fujita Reiji, was once a curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He was a learned curator with remarkable memory, keen aesthetic sense, great skill in restoration of paintings, and knowledge of many languages, so he was called "the Professor." However, because of trouble in the workplace, Fujita was forced to quit the museum. Now he is an art dealer who sells paintings, authentic and fake alike, at extraordinary prices. His motto is, "One without aesthetic sense can't help being cheated out of his money. And, by being deceived, one may learn to distinguish the real one from the counterfeit."However, Fujita is not a villain. He truly appreciates art and the artists who spent their lives to create it. He is not someone who just earns money by selling fake paintings. Sometimes he takes paintings from a wicked politician who considers art only as a means of exchanging bribes. Sometimes he tries to restore destroyed paintings. Readers get to like him for his passion and true love for art. He often touches the lives of those he encounters, and people are attracted to him in spite of himself.
Comic Cue
2011-02-11
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Comic Cue (Various Artists):A list of oneshots scanlated by KotonohaStory #8: Two lonely souls, who seem to have nothing in common, find each other…Story #9 ; "The female fridge" : What would it be like, if your fridge was a woman?
Lying Mii-kun and Broken Maa-chan: Precious Lies
2011-01-14
The setting is a rural city in which kidnapping and series of murders are happening simultaneously. Eight years ago, a boy and a girl were kidnapped and suffered through the hands of their perpetrator. The victims, the compulsive liar "Mii-kun" (the narrator), and "Maa-chan" (Misono Mayu) reunite and start living together, despite the fact that the recently reported missing children were within Mayu's apartment...
Yumin Ni Gomeshi O Tabe Sasetai
2012-01-16
Impersonate Kitano Ken to go on a date with Yumin and enjoy some of the specialities Korea has to offer.Â
Backstage Prince
2011-01-14
Backstage Prince is the story of Akari, your basic, average girl, who meets by a twist of fate; the masochistic, childish, anti-social, and beautiful bishounen, Ryusei, also know as his kabuki stage name; Shonosuke Ichimura.
Tomoshibi
2012-03-12
Included stories: Colored Pencils; Fireworks;Marigold; Musical Bbbboooox; Indian Summer; Lover;Winter Moon;Light; Karakuri Glasses; City of Strawberries; Fish BoyÂ
Work In (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Iizuka's gay, and unfortunately for him it's an open secret among his co-workers, who all but whisper about it the second he turns his back. Even worse, he begins falling for his new boss, Takase--at least until they go out drinking one night and Iizuka wakes up the next morning with no memory of what happened.
Knife Edge Girl
2012-04-17
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. It begins with the titular "Knife-Edge Girl" a story about two friends with completely different approaches to life.Also includes "Graffiti," in which two women who use the same desk at different times of the day communicate in drawings on the desk top. When they finally meet in real life - purely by accident - the attraction is instant on Kana's side...and maybe not on Rise's. Or maybe, it is.In "Torte Fromage" Miwa's boring OL life is suddenly thrown into glamour and excitement when she meets avant garde actress Nakae-san.Â
Sensei, Suki
2013-12-26
From Chibi Manga:Please, teach me about things we can't do !#1. Ijiwaru na oni Kyoushi...a pretentious and cruel teacher give her private lessons after school?! #2. Geki Kawa Kyoushi…a morose girl with glasses and a handsome teacher = don't tell me it'll have some alchemy between those two?!#3. Kiken na Hokeni …A kind and gentleman teacher is in fact not what he seems to be...!!#4. Onna Kyoushi no Ikenai Koi…Though she's dreaming about an adult and handsome man, she'll become close to a high school boy...?!
Happy・lesson
2011-01-14
Five sexy teachers, and a boy with lots to learn! Susumu Arisaka has just turned 18, and that means he can move out of the orphanage and into his childhood home. He's looking forward to finally living on his own, but five of his high school teachers have
Link - Boku To Kimi No Aida
2014-04-04
After enrolling in a college, Mitsu begins living in a boarding house in hopes of living a peaceful life.But the people whom he lives with are made up of different personalities and they had a welcoming party for him. But the next day when he wakes up, he finds himself lying next to his next door neighbor... The novelist, Tsuburaya. Moreover, Mitsu can feel this throbbing pain coming from his butt, what could be the meaning of this...?
Bokura no Henbyoushi
2011-01-14
Ever since he injured his hand and had to quit playing piano, Yanagawa has had no motivation. Then one day he receives a suspicious cigarette from a girl he knows. A collection of short stories.
Nobara (KUMOTA Haruko) (Yaoi)
2011-12-12
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. 1-3) NobaraTake has been watching Kamita-san single-handedly take care of his young daughter Mone for quite a while now. When Kamita’s wife finally shows her face at the shop only after Kamita has gone home, Take can’t help but demand an explanation for 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!4) Nobara Extra5) Mimi-kun no Boy no KisetsuMimi-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 it seems I just can’t do this with a girl.” What is poor Mimi-kun to do?6) Mimi-kun no Heart no Earrings7) Lullaby of Birdland
Tsumetaku, Amai
2013-08-07
A series of one shots about couples' struggles and happiness. The subtlety and tensions of the stories are all aided by Shigisawa's delicately realistic style.
DVD
2011-02-11
A chance encounter in a lingerie department. A cell number on a bra tag. Sometimes, you never know what can happen if you make that call.For Ddam, it leads her to a night club dive where DD is the punk rocker DJ and Venu is the decoration. But there's more to them than meets the eye: DD occasionally waxes poetic, and Venu downplays his good looks by focusing on the importance of big breasts.Since Ddam has her own odd behavior to deal with, being with these two unrepentant, semi-uncouth, not-bad-bad boys, could be what she needs to help her get out of her funk and maybe figure out what life's about.
Suppli
2011-12-18
Minami Fuji is 27 and work for a advertising agency. But through she put too much efforts in her work, she'll neglect her love life. A lack of communication, of relations with her boyfriend will make him leave her. This breaking will cause a huge drop in Fuji, that will make her reconsider her life. To escape from reality, Fuji will try to take refuge in her work. But the life is never as easy as we want it. While starting to hang out the evening with her colleagues, the young woman will find out that their personality are marked by the wounds of their life..
Home Drama (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Plot: The four Toura brothers have already succeeded in driving out all of the housekeepers that their father sent to look after them. But what will they make of Shinnosuke, their new live-in housekeeper... and a male one, at that?
Imaginary Lovers
2011-02-11
1) Imaginary LoversA man reunites with his college love after three years only to find out that his thoroughly male love interest has apparently conceived, given birth to and raised a son in the three years since they parted. That this is anatomically possible doesn't even occur to our slightly dopey seme, who's just overjoyed at the prospect of getting back "the one that got away" plus a rather adorable half-sized extra.2) BrothersTwo very different boys learn to co-exist when they suddenly find themselves living together and expected to act like brothers.3) Supreme Logic StudyTwo college students bask in domestic bliss after ten years of friendship, totally unaware of their true feelings for each other.4) TwinWhen Wataru dies in a traffic accident, he thinks he has no lingering attachments to the living world... if that's so, then why can't he pass on to his next incarnation? And what's keeping the sad-eyed boy who shares his lonely rooftop?5) BetA bet turns into something much more infuriating...6) D.HA boy is enlisted to write love letters for his less-than-literate best friend... unfortunately, the object of his friend's affection is his own secret crush.
Haru ni Kaeru (Yaoi)
2016-01-23
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Collection of stories: 1. Haru ni Kaeru 2. Touzen no Ketsumatsu (A Natural Ending)What is the boundary of co-worker's and love? Shirakawa Ryo wants to know, and asks Murai Shigeru to test it with him. Problem is... can Murai go through with it?3. Juusan ya Gentou (13th Night Moon Magic Lantern)We are brought to the crossroads between life and death, where the red spider lilies grow, and a gorgeous man waits eternally for love. It's a story about how you're never happy with what you have until you lose it all. (Horror/violence/tragedy/sex/suicide)4. Kase, Arui wa Soku Baku 5. Yume no Atosaki (Before and After a Dream)What if you suddenly died, and an angel offers you ONE wish? What would you wish for? Takeshi is going to get his wish granted... but maybe not the way he thinks.6. Te no Hira no Ue7. On the Palm of Your HandIt`s an extra for Mimitabu no Riyuu. (Comedy)
Rules (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Rules series timeline: 1) Please (ch5)-- Hydra dj - Kiss-- Hydra dj - Kiss After2) Hydra dj - Skies3) Hydra 1+2+3+4 (ch1-4)4) Hydra 3+4+5+6 (ch5-6)-- Hydra dj - Blue Film First (after Hydra ch8)-- Hydra dj - Heavenly (between Hydra ch9 and ch10-11)-- Hydra dj - The Days Before-- Rules dj - Real Thing-- Rules dj - Hello Again5) Lovers and Souls6) Rules dj - Fragile7) Vanity **8) Dreamers High **13) Rules (volumes 1 & 2)14) Rules dj - If Winter Comes, Can Spring Be Far Behind?15) Rules (v3)16) Rules dj - Song Birds17) Another Day on the Planet (booklet)18) Rules dj - Double Trouble19) Rules dj - Overload20) Rules: 2nd Season** doujinshialso the ones in ( -- ) are doujinshi's
Yume no Atosaki
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. A story focusing on a group of college friends, and their lives. Each chapter focuses on a different friend, and their relationships with various other characters.
Ginger Honey (Yaoi)
2013-11-23
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Yashino's best friend, Seto is now in relationship with his brother 'Minoru' after the incident in school festival. They're together for while but Minoru doesn't seem to get use to it since Seto is his first lover. One day, Minoru over heard that his brother went to Seto's place alone which he supposed to go there as well so he start to get curious. Seto couldn't tell the reason why didn?t allow Minoru to go. Thus, Minoru go to Seto's place without telling him and he saw his brother hugging Seto tightly. Is Seto cheating on him!?
Ohikkoshi
2011-02-11
These stories are told with the same bold, kinetic art style and brilliantly paced storytelling that Samura's Blade of the Immortal epic is famous for. The main offering, "Ohikkoshi," follows the turbulent paths of several twenty-something art students as they fall in love, fall in lust, play in rock bands, ride motorbikes, eat, sleep (together), and try to avoid making life decisions while drunk. This romantic comedy is a "Japanese art school confidential" packed with absurd humor, obscure death metal references, and some expertly placed, dramatic revelations. "Luncheon of Tears Diary" is a vibrant, genre-busting tale that also peppers its humor with sharp, dramatic moments. Natsumi Funabashi, a virgin, is an aspiring manga creator on a quest for love and a fulfilling career. Along the way, she has to cope with overzealous men, gang warfare, a mahjong addiction, and a lascivious manga editor. This collection is rounded off by Samura's hilarious "Kyoto Super Barhopping Journal: Bloodbath at Midorogaike," a rare, autobiographical travel piece.