Within eighty years of the first outbreak, the male population has fallen by seventy-five percent. Women have taken on all the roles traditionally granted to men, even that of the Shogun. The men, precious providers of life, are carefully protected. And the most beautiful of the men are sent to serve in the Shogun's Inner Chamber...

    To help out her desperately poor family, she takes on a part-time job. Then, one night, a boy snatches a kiss from her and offers her money, saying, "I'll buy you." Who is the boy who stole Mio's first kiss...!?

    Kakurai Aya has decided to be quiet from now on, to be transparent, until a transfer student, Aimu Sada, shows up and sweeps her from the world she is hiding in.

    Why would he turn up at her husband's funeral of all places? Jack, the son of an affluent family that rivals the Kennedys, spent a passionate night with Meg 5 years ago. From this union, their daughter, Katie, was born. Jack does not know about Katie, and Meg does not intend to tell him. However, now that he's approached Meg, this exceptionally wealthy and handsome man intimidates and overpowers her. Even though she never wants anything to do with him ever again!

    In a fit of angryspontaneity, Daikichi decides to take her in himself! But will livingwith this overgrown teenager of man help Rin come out of her shell? Andhang on, won't this turn of events spell doom for Daikichi's love life?!

    Nana Osaki, who arrives in the city at the same time, has plans to score big in the world of rock'n'roll. Although these two young women come from different backgrounds, they quickly become best friends in a whirlwind world of sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties!Nana Komatsu is a young woman who's endured an unending string of boyfriend problems. Moving to Tokyo, she's hoping to take control of her life and put all those messy misadventures behind her. She's looking for love and she's hoping to find it in the big city.Nana Osaki, on the other hand, is cool, confident and focused. She swaggers into town and proceeds to kick down the doors to Tokyo's underground punk scene. She's got a dream and won't give up until she becomes Japan's No. 1 rock'n'roll superstar.This is the story of two 20-year-old women who share the same name. Even though they come from completely different backgrounds, they somehow meet and become best friends. The world of Nana is a world exploding with sex, music, fashion, gossip and all-night parties.

    However, soon her body, unable to withstand the burdens of surgery, begins to crumble, and along with it so does her mind, as she plummets towards a frightening and inevitable end.A story about a woman's vanity, greed, hatred and despair, by the author of River's Edge.

    Unfortunately, his fear of flying grounds his lofty plans! As he watches other classmates achieve what he has always wanted, Shinichi wonders if he should quit music altogether. Then one day he meets fellow student Megumi Noda, also known as Nodame. This oddball girl cannot cook, clean, or even read a music score, but she can play the piano in incomparable Cantabile style. And she teaches Chiaki something that he has forgotten: to enjoy his music, no matter where he is.

    Slowly, Yume develops feelings for Kou-kun... but one day after school, she catches him with Hitohana-san, the girl with a bad personality and equally bad reputation!

    As he toils away, he notices a building separate from the estate, and the mysterious girl who lives within it: Shizu Karasawa. Tetsu slowly becomes enchanted by Shizu’s lonely smile, but by their second encounter, he quickly finds himself in over his head. There’s an unsettling feeling he can’t quite shake, but there’s love there, too.

    Aki Terada said goodbye to her first love long ago. When her current boyfriend is caught cheating on her, Aki moves out of her apartment and into a sharehouse, where she’s reunited with her first love. When things get heated between them, he drops a major bomb ... Heart and body and everything in between intersect in this fresh new adult love story.

    During World War 1, gruff Germany finds Italy hiding in a wooden box of tomatoes. World War I quickly comes to an end, but World War II is right on its heels! This time, Italy tries his best to become friends with Germany.

    He mysteriously disappears after that, and leaves only the name “Hakuron”. Next thing she knows she’s been kidnapped from her school, and is on a private jet with that man, heading to China. It turns out she saved the life of the most infamous mobster in Hong Kong, and he wants her to stay with him.

    She's neat, and doesn't seem to have any problems, but she carries a darkness within her heart. On the night of the full moon, the world around her starts to grow loud. The meeting that changes Kanami's fate is already drawing close.

    Damned by his own father and driven by the demons, his quest for power threatens to set the world of Renaissance Italy ablaze. This book takes the reader on a journey into the world of the Borgias, a world of unspeakable conspiracies and forbidden desires.