Roommates who fall in love and continue to be in love and say "I love you" for about 20 chapters. No sad, all happy. This is nice to return to if you're having a bad day, and you can dive in anywhere once you've read it. A nice pick-me-up!
A quiet established relationship that endures long work hours and eventually a long-distance relationship. Five chapters of fluff! Nothing hurts here.
Bloggers in love. This was fantastic, with realistic reactions to the evolution of their relationship, and no unnecessary drama. I'd love to see where they are in five years.
Oosawa, a single father struggling to care for his young daughter, accepts the kindness of a customer when she falls ill. Yoshioka is a promiscuous man who is open about his interest in Oosawa, which he doesn't return. But the more time Oosawa and his daughter spend with him, the more things begin to feel like family. They fall in love in three days but there's a delightful child character and happy ending. I loved it.
A gently told, beautiful collection of three love stories:
1) An established relationship between a secretary and his adoring boss. (Temp MCD; dream sequence)
2) Childhood friends reunite, and through photography, realize their feelings are mutual.
3) In the aftermath of a major error, a boss and subordinate find common ground in their shared loneliness and begin a relationship that is supportive and tender; their love was so immediate and sincere, it gave me butterflies.
A chemistry teacher, Jinno, moves into a the apartment next to Morimoto, who turns out to be a former student of his.
A happy, gentle story about two college students who fall in love. The one with curry club.
Boys on motorcycles IN LOVE! They stop talking after they hook up but four years later they work together at a salon and WEAR SCRUNCHIES!
Two boys who meet through a part-time summer job fall into an innocent first love.
A man whose business it so pick up and fix things no one else wants picks up a teenage boy. Years later, they're still coworkers and encounter the person that threw the boy away.
Rutta To Kodama