Harenchi

Harenchi
A girl is kissing the boyfriend of her best friend in her classmates. "It just happened" but the moment someone saw them the boy left running, leaving the girl behind. The person who had spied them was one of the smartest and most serious guys in the school. He didn't get in her business though and didn't tell anyone. Regardless, the boyfriend soon went back to his girlfriend and the main girl was ostracized. She takes refuge in a classroom the smart boy uses to study. He's studying physics and he explains the mutual attraction between things behind the concept of gravity. The girl starts to like this loyal boy and he starts to like her too.

Dempa
This story is about a girl who goes to cram school. Every day she walks home, tired of the day to day. One day she is serenaded by a boy who plays guitar on the street. She ignores him but is forced to talk to him after she loses her phone and he finds it for her. She starts to really enjoy their time together. When he gets a record deal and becomes famous, she shys away from him. He's really sad. But after hearing his new love song, she goes to find him.

Kuri Musu Da
This is about two childhood friends. She likes him, but he loves his art teacher. He has always loved ice cream floats but starts to drink coffee like the teacher. The girls supports his love because she wants to see him happy. But when they find out the teacher has a boyfriend, the boy is devestated and hates himself for being childish. She says he's find the way he is, that she likes him just the way he is. He later goes to find her and says he realizes she means a lot to him and that would be devastated if she wasn't by his side.

All the stories were enjoyable~ not second time around reads but nice :)

Boku no Sekai Kimi no Real

Another by Ayuko Hatta

Story 1
I really enjoyed this first story! It was soo cute! Yoshi (the girl) and Hagiwara had been in the same class for two years when their eyes met across the room and there was an instant connection. However, whenever Hagiwara teases Yoshi about her falling for him at first sight she irritably tells him no way! Things continue this way even though Yoshi is determined to tell him the truth before summer break.

Story 2
This story is about a girl who does really poorly for her midterms and gets a home tutor. He's really cute and young and she likes him. He's a very scary teacher but he works hard to teach her. She doesn't give up because she wants to make her efforts pay off.

Story 3
Story 3 was just okay. It's about a girl who is in love with her brother's best friend. There is a four year age difference. She's in HS and he's in college. The girl is treated by a baby by her crush and hates it. She gets very jealous of the new older girls her crush is meeting in college to the point that she dresses up as an older girl and sneaks into a college party. At the end it turns out the crush liked her too but was waiting for her to be old enough so they could be together.

Story 4
This story is about a girl who say her brother's porn when she was very young and has been traumatized about doing ecchi things with any one. When the guy she likes asks her to be her gf she becomes very scared but he agrees that they don't have to do ecchi things.

A VERY CUTE COLLECTION OVER ALL! :D

Warui Ko no Mikata

1. Warui ko no Mikata
A young couple awkwardly tries to take the next step in their relationship. Yuko wants to sleep with her boyfriend but things have no developed. She asks advice from her friends and even looks at dirty magazines. When the chance to go on an overnight trip with Ryoju arises, she eagerly agrees to go. However, after pushing him away while trying on a new dress for the trip, Ryouji gets the wrong idea that Yuko doesn't want him to touch her. So he is nervous and cold during the trip. Things go wrong but there are quickly cleared up after the misunderstanding is talked about and they have a happy night.

2. Kono Otoko de Ii no ka?
A girl finds herself caught between two brothers, one nice, the other bad. Rin loves Higa, her sempai from her club. She asks him to tutor her as an excuse to get close to him and he invites her over to her house. However, at the house, she encounters Kazumi, Higa's older brother. Kazumi is like black and Hige is like white. He is a playboy and quickly tries to put moves on Rin. However, the one Rin loves is Higa. Until slowly her feelings start to change. Even when it turns out Higa likes her as well, Rin chooses to be with Kazumi.

3. Citrus Sweat
A girl goes on a group date only to be stuck with a dude obsessed with being physically fit.
Erimi has dreamed of dating a guy from K West High, a school full of handsome and stylish guys! She goes to a party expecting to meet one of those guys... instead she ends up with Shinichi, a sports mad guy with absolutely no interest in girls! Are Erimi's dating hopes dashed?! I LOOOOOVED THIS! :D

4. Zutto Kimi no Oujisama
The main girl loves the pretty guy in her class. Her childhood friend, who obviously likes her, is horrified when he finds out. She asks him if he's jealous and he says yes. She's surprised about his feelings for her. She still likes the boy from her class. However, in class the pretty boy is really mean to her and he childhood friend comes to defend her. The girl remembers when they used to play prince and princess as kids and he would always want to be the prince so he could come to her rescue. Her childhood friend asks her if its weird for him to protect her and she says no.

I thought story 1 was acceptable, a little boring and dumb. I enjoyed story 2 a lot. I LOOOVED story 3. Story 4 is short and the art is the most crude (probably one of the mangaka's first) but it was really cute.

Ayuko Hatta is really great!

Hand-in-hand Lovers

Kumaguwa Nahoko is a very helpful girl; actually she is just unable to say "no" to people's requests. When one of her classmates, Sasabi Naoki, asks her out she accepts his proposal because she doesn't know how to refuse him. Later she finds out that he is actually a player. Will she be able to say her own feelings to him next time? Turns out he's not a player at the end. He thinks she just said yes to him because she doesn't say no to anyone. When she finally falls for him he breaks up with her. Turns out he's transferring. She goes to find him at the train station and tells him she still wants to be with him.

Review
It's a one chapter story. I like the art style and the story is cute and simple. A read that doesn't make you feel like you wasted your time but not they type of story to read more than once.

Hana to Watashi ni Ongaku wo

This is a short story about a pair of childhood friends who loved to listen to classical music in the garden as small children. When the boy wants to get into a fight, the girl convinces him not to by playing classical music during a dangerous moment. She tells him she did it for him and he says he was getting into the fight to protect her too.

It was a little dumb but cute. I wouldn't go out of my way to reread it.

Shibou to Iu Na no Fuku o Kite

(In the Clothes Named Fat)










A story that wonderfully depicts the emotions of an overweight woman with low self-esteem surrounded within the harsh environment of slim and good-looking women. She then decides to lose weight after getting dumped by her lover. The consequences and side-effects are explored further after the 'achievement'..is it what she really wished for?

The question in the summary is how the manga ended. There was no real finish which was a little disappointing. It was a good josei manga. Almost a little disturbing. Showed the emotional imbalances of a person. But no good ending :(

Finals Week and Winter Break

I guess it was that time of year again! I started reading a lot of oneshots. It's a little like an addiction~ I bumped into a few awesome ones and then I wanted to read more and more until I found more awesome ones. Unfortunately you also run into some really horrible stories here and there ~____~

Wagamama na Junai











Miyo likes Kendo, but she accidentally confesses to the wrong person. She confesses to Kuratarou, this big and brash guy she's really afraid of. He, since he doesn't know how to treat girls, thinks the definition of girlfriend is lackey and has her doing errands and homework for him.

It was so overly dramatic, bad art, I didn't like it at all. The things the cropped up out of nowhere! It was ridiculous.