REAL LIFE
Himawari (UENO Ai)
2011-08-26
Plot: After a fall-out with his ex-girlfriend's family, Hikaru's older brother, Kaname, brings home a new girlfriend named Narita Tsugumi or "Tsugumi-chan". Everyone in his family, including Hikaru, is shocked when they open the door to find a woman who looks exactly like Kaname's ex-girlfriend, but she is ushered into his room before the secret can be revealed. Hikaru accidentally finds out that she is working at Bar Clap, and that personality-wise, she is the exact opposite of Kaname's ex-girlfriend. Even though Tsugumi-chan swears him to secrecy, Hikaru is touched by her loneliness and unconditional love for his brother, and begins struggling with the weight of the truth and his newfound feelings.(Contains two other oneshots)
Umimachi Diary
2011-12-20
A letter comes to the three Kohda sisters in Kamakura, bringing the news of their father's death. A father they hadn't seen since he divorced and left home 15 years ago. Despite feeling indifferent about their father, Yoshino, the middle of the three, and Chika, the youngest, go to Yamagata to attend his funeral on oldest sister Sachi's request. There, they meet Suzu, their young and reliable half sister.Umimachi Diary won the Excellence Prize for manga at the 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival Awards. It was also nominated for the 1st Manga Taisho, where it came in 3rd place, for the 12th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, where it came in 2nd place, and for the 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize.
Soshite, Hare ni Naru
2014-01-21
Life does not always go as planned. Noriko fell in love, got engaged, and imagined a bright future. Instead, her fiance fell in love with her older sister, Eiko. Noriko refused to let go, and they ended up getting married despite this significant problem. Some years of marriage and two children later, Noriko became a single mother. She returned to her family home, with her daughters Eri and Madoka. Her life continued, alongside Eiko (who ended up never marrying or leaving home), and their now elderly mother. Years later, Eri and Madoka are entering the time of life where they have their own problems with love. This manga follows the lives of this house of women.
Yuku Yuku
2011-01-14
[From Baka-Updates]Coming in an omnibus form, it's a side story of Toribako House! The words you longed for, the many things you held dear, everything and everyone, right here!! A girl who has no luck with guys, a weak-spirited otaku boy, a natural lady