A young man is dragged back to his wealthy father's country house because of failing grades and is assigned a servant, Izumi, who has loved him from a distance. (Supportive character: The dad, whose own story is the better of the two)
I just gained ten years on my life after reading this. After he's dumped in the street, a man sits on a bench to cry and is startled when a pair of underwear falls on him from the apartment above. It belongs to an older man, recently divorced, who effortlessly inserts himself into his life. (Supportive characters: Co-workers)
A landscaper and a photographer fall in love. (Supportive people: Yuu's parents)
Childhood friends turned yakuza and lawyer. The lawyer proposes so often, the yakuza's family is like, "Maybe just go for it?"
A smart but helpless professor hires the son of a local restaurant owner as his assistant and tries to escape the feelings that arise between them, especially once his assistant's ex-boyfriend comes into the picture. The prof is 34.
Houtou Musuko to Sewagakari