Shinji, Manabu and Chinatsu are neighbors and childhood friends. Because they hide their thoughts from each other, their feelings become locked inside their hearts. At that time, Manabu informed the others about "that thing". And he could trust his friends forever. But what will happen when they grow up and start to change the way they feel about it...?
Included one-shot: I just love you.
Hajimari no Natsu has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: はじまりの夏, The Beginning of Summer, I just love you
Genres: Shoujo Ai
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5. Tonari no Koigataki: Wagamama Icchan Yowamushi Hiro-kun
Hiro-kun and Icchan are both very important childhood friends to Akane. She thought they would always and forever be good friends, but...
Tonari no Koigataki: Wagamama Icchan Yowamushi Hiro-kun has finished publishing and it has 12 Chapters. It is also Known as: となりの恋がたき わがままいっちゃん 弱虫ヒロくん, Tonari no Koigataki: Wagamama Icchan Yowamushi Hiro-kun
4. Datte, Kimi ga Warau kara
Let’s get into a time machine and return to that time where it was always fun and you were always laughing...
"I only have three more months to live." Yui who just transferred to a new school in the countryside becomes Ryo’s classmate. Yui who is suffering from an illness has a "wish" that she can’t tell anyone, but Ryo wants to grant her that wish but… After death, reality hits Ryo and Yui.
This is the story of the eternal promise that was made by the two of them.
Datte, Kimi ga Warau kara has finished publishing and it has 5 Chapters. It is also Known as: だって、君が笑うから。, Datte Kimi ga Warau kara
3. Seishun Panda!
Nagisa and her beautiful, intelligent best friend Yumi couldn’t be more different. Of course, her childhood friend, Ryou, is always happy to point this out whenever he can. When Yumi gets a crush on the equally intelligent and handsome Kei, Nagisa is determined to get the two of them together like any good best friend would, but it seems that Kei likes Nagisa’s outgoing personality more than Yumi’s shy one. And where does Ryou’s crush on Nagisa–and the one she may have on him–fit into all of this?
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Seishun Panda! has finished publishing and it has 4 Chapters. It is also Known as: 青春パンダ！, Seishun Panda!
2. Chihayafuru
Chihaya is a girl in the sixth grade, still not old enough to even know the meaning of the word zeal. But one day, she meets Arata, a transfer student from rural Fukui prefecture. Though docile and quiet, he has an unexpected skill: his ability to play competitive karuta, a traditional Japanese card game.
Chihaya is struck by his obsession with the game, along with his ability to pick out the right card and swipe it away before any of his opponents. However, Arata is transfixed by her as well, all because of her unbelievable natural talent for the game. Don't miss this story of adolescent lives and emotions playing out in the most dramatic of ways!
Notes:
- It won the 2nd Manga Taisho Award and the 35th annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo.
- It was nominated for the 20th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize in 2016.
Chihayafuru has finished publishing and it has 248 Chapters. It is also Known as: ちはやふる, Chihayafuru
1. Stardust★Wink
Anna Koshiro has been friends with two handsome guys, Sou and Hinata, since childhood. She has a crush on Enamoto, a first-year high-schooler, but she has difficulty finding a boyfriend as everyone always wonders about the relationship between Anna and Sou and Hinata.
One day, she goes to Sou's house and finds out that Sou has a girlfriend. She is not jealous, but she feels like she has lost him. On the other hand, Sou's girlfriend is upset about how Anna comes into Sou's room so freely and asks Sou not to let Anna into his room again. However, Sou disagrees and ends their relationship. Anna decides to overcome the odds and confesses to her crush. Enamoto accepts, but upon finding out that Anna has a boyfriend, Sou gets upset.
On their first date, Anna finds herself in her room with Enamoto. She tells him about something that happened in the past: She once had a chipmunk named Coco, and when it died, Sou and Hinata brought her another chipmunk and telling her it was Coco. Her mother had told her to treasure Coco as the two of them had used their own money to buy Anna another chipmunk.
Enamoto then shocks Anna by asking which one of them she likes. After she replies that the one she likes is him, Enamoto tries to kiss her but Anna gets scared. She wants to call for Hinata and Sou but she can't. They both suddenly appear after Anna kicks Enamoto away. Of course, she cannot continue dating him after what happened.
Although she can't get what Enamoto asked out of her head, Anna is sure that the she will never be anything more than friends with Hinata and Sou. But what will happen when Sou confesses his love to Anna and asks her to go out with him?
Stardust★Wink has finished publishing and it has 49 Chapters. It is also Known as: スターダスト★ウインク, Stardust Wink
