Interest Stacks

Despite their differing popularity, high school students Chiharu Saeki and Wataru Toda are close friends. Saeki is the most handsome guy in their grade who constantly rejects girls that confess to him, claiming that he already likes someone. Bonding over their common hobby of watching movies, Saeki and Wataru go to the movie theater a couple of times a month, alternating between the movies they want to see. One day, after watching a movie, Saeki confesses to Wataru but tells him that he does not have to accept or return his feelings. In exchange, Saeki requests that they go on a journey over the summer to tour the filming locations of various movies. Though Wataru tries to maintain a nonchalant disposition after the confession, he begins to question how he really feels about Saeki as they start to spend more time together through their small promise. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Taking a step toward adulthood, Wataru Toda and Chiharu Saeki are now first-year college students who attend different universities. Upon entering college, Wataru starts working at a movie theater while Saeki gets a job elsewhere. Despite dating since high school, complications from school and work begin to create a distance between the two. With fewer opportunities to see each other yet a determination to maintain a close relationship, they decide to follow their old tradition of watching movies together. Reminiscing about their high school days, they coordinate a special plan for the coming break. With summer vacation just around the corner, Wataru and Saeki set out to strengthen their relationship while enjoying a new chapter in their lives. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Young college student Junpei Shishido is quick to befriend others, even if they are from different departments. One day while exploring the campus, Junpei sees Leo Onizuka, an introverted student who looks oddly familiar. When he strikes up a conversation on their second encounter, Onizuka coldly claims that they have never met before and starts avoiding him at all costs. Soon after, Junpei coincidentally finds Onizuka's ID card and remembers how he knows Onizuka as well as his infamous nickname. His secret now revealed, Onizuka is certain that his college life is doomed; but to his surprise, Junpei decides to befriend him and keep quiet about his past, marking the beginning of a friendship between polar opposites. Gradually, the once unsociable Onizuka begins to break out of his shell while still staying true to himself. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Yuta Natori is a junior in high school, enjoying the peace and quiet of his school life when out of the blue, Kazushi Setoguchi, a freshman, asks him to be his boyfriend. Being straight, Yuta declines politely, but ever since, Kazushi keeps showing up wherever he goes... Days of this, and Yuta can't take it anymore. He blows up at Kazushi, thinking he will finally get the message... but uh-oh. Why is he looking at Yuta so adoringly!? (Source: Renta!)

From their first year of middle school to their second year of high school, Kai and Ren have not only always been in the same class—they've also always sat next to each other. But in their last year of high school, the boys are assigned to two separate classes, and with each passing day, Kai feels as if he's slipping further and further away from Ren... One day, when Kai finds Ren sleeping in a classroom after school, he whispers the feelings that he can't bring himself to say out loud... and Ren hears him. Will Kai's confession draw them further and further apart, or will it be the spark that brings them back to each other once more? (Source: Kodansha USA)

The daily life of two high school students from the same class who turn out to be childhood friends...

Having moved schools frequently throughout his childhood, Fujino has perfected the art of the false smile. Now his fifth school, his well-mannered smile is safely helping him make new friends, but one day, on the school roof, he finds a scarred boy sleeping there. That boy is the "Mad Dog," the student all his classmates are afraid of. While Fujino is observing him, the boy opens his eyes, and then... A youthful love story between an unsociable yankee and a 'good boy' honour student. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Chansol never experienced friendship before he met Park Hanhoo, a troubled boy who terrifies school gangs and hides his face with an unruly haircut. But when a horrific event turns Chansol's world upside down, he is forced into hiding and reneges on his promise to stay by Hanhoo's side. Now an adult, he's back to resolve old issues, but with the truth about his past hidden behind a world of mafia bosses and shady business, his only option is to infiltrate it as the manager of an unhinged arms dealer. As Chansol sets out to coax information out of his new boss, he realizes that seducing this handsome maniac may just bring him closer to the truth and the friend he used to call Park Hanhoo. (Source: Tappytoon)

High schooler Eito Tachibana has always hated his name, including all of the jokes and puns about the number 8 that have come along with it. One day, he meets a classmate named Tomoya Hatta, a.k.a. Hachi—the Japanese word for "8." What begins as casual greetings and small talk in the hallway soon becomes something much deeper, and Eito realizes that it's more than just a similar nickname that draws him to Hachi. Could the number that Eito resented for so long finally bring him something—or someone—to love? (Source: Penguin Random House)

Childhood friends Kakeru Ashiya and Yamato Oohara seem like they would never get along with each other. Kakeru is an amiable student who flunks all of his pop quizzes, and the handsome Yamato is capable of anything other than making friends. Kakeru pays a lot of attention to almost everything his friend does, but he is particularly interested in knowing why Yamato never acknowledges any of the numerous romantic confessions he often gets from girls. Thus, when they are alone in a classroom, Kakeru grabs the opportunity to ask Yamato his meddlesome questions. Yamato gives him the vaguest of answers and, by impulse, almost lets out a declaration of love toward Kakeru. Although subtle, Kakeru knows deep down that it is a confession—but he stays in denial. Due to this unprecedented incident, Yamato, who has been secretly admiring Kakeru for quite some time, may never reach his heart. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Haruki Homura lives in solitude in the snowy countryside of Hokkaido. Hiding all his emotions in his lonely heart, he can not help but detest the bleak, colorless world around him. One day, Haruki meets the outgoing photographer Akihito Narumi, who came from Tokyo to capture the elusive snow fairies with his camera. With no place to stay amidst the snowy conditions, Haruki decides to let Narumi stay at his house for the winter. As the affable photographer cracks open his host's frozen heart, Haruki slowly warms up to the beauty of the world around him. Gradually developing a close bond, these polar opposites begin to dread the arrival of spring, as their time together will come to an end once the cold winter passes. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Chitose Yuzumoto receives a letter telling him to meet the sender in front of the library. He thinks he's waiting for a cute girl, but the person who comes is Riku Hidaka, the ex-captain of the baseball team!! While Chitose tries to hide his shock, Riku asks him to help him make memories for his last year of high school by going out with him for just two weeks. The two start off almost as though they were just really good friends, but soon, Chitose notices some feelings stirring up in him... (Source: Renta!)

Yutaka Hozumi has always been bad at eating in the company of others, with people complaining that his presence makes mealtimes boring and food taste bad. While eating lunch alone one day, he is suddenly approached by a hungry little boy to whom he hands over the onigiri from his meal. When the boy's older brother shows up, Yutaka is introduced to Tane and Minoru Ueda—a pair of siblings with a significant age gap. When Yutaka meets the brothers again, they ask to learn how to make his special rice balls; little Tane insists that they were the best he had ever eaten. Succumbing to Tane's adorable pleas and his own fear of the intimidating Minoru, Yutaka agrees to become their cooking teacher. As lessons morph into meals, Yutaka and the siblings grow closer—but Tane and Minoru's close bond draws out uncomfortable memories for Yutaka, and there are feelings lurking beneath the surface of these group meals that were not initially apparent. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

1-2. Kazoku ni Nattemimasen ka? (Would You Like to Be a Family?) 3. Kuma no Kimochi (Kuma's Feelings) 4. Hajimete no Renai Shinrigaku (The First Love Psychology) 5. Untitled

Tomo Mikage, a timid graduate student in the Botanical Department, has shut the door on love in order to keep himself from getting hurt. However, life has other plans in store, namely in the form of Youji Nanahoshi—a tall junior who studies in the same seminar as him. While he initially finds himself intimidated by his junior, Nanahoshi's soft and friendly demeanor breaks down Mikage’s defenses. After noticing the poor state of Nanahoshi’s well-being, Mikage offers Nanahoshi to become his roommate. By living under the same roof, love blooms between the two, and they confess their feelings for one another. Although they both lack experience in romance, Mikage and Nanahoshi are determined to make things work. As the two deepen their bond and navigate through uncharted territory, they gradually help each other come to terms with their respective insecurities. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Despite the good reputation he enjoys at work, 39-year-old Sanae Nozue would describe his life as monotonous. He evades the prospect of promotion and simply wants to relax in the comfort of his home when the day is done. At his age, he feels unwilling to pursue new things, so expanding his interests seems out of the question. Minoru Togawa—Nozue's young, work-oriented subordinate—has been watching him from the sidelines. When he invites Nozue to join him in trying out different activities, they end up taking on more conventionally feminine amusements instead of stereotypical manly bonding. During their ventures, the two men eat at popular shops and engage in girl talk. In modern society, it seems absurd for these coworkers to be indulging in childish antics. Yet these experiences may be just what Nozue needs to grow out of his midlife crisis and realize that life has much left to offer—especially sweets and love. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

"Our grade's top scorer, an unapproachable guy, only opens up to me. That's so friggin' adorable!" Saegusa is utterly bored of his high school life. Along comes Arochi Tooru, a guy with the brightest hair he’s ever seen, who transfers into his class. It's an oddity already, for some guy with outrageous looks and a cold attitude, to transfer into a prep school. So he immediately draws the attention of everyone in his class. What's more, he's apparently a genius who cinches the top spot in their grade on their class exam. One day, Saegusa uses a common point of interest to approach Arochi, and the two start to become closer. But once they become friends, Arochi is actually really oblivious and cute! Saegusa just can't take his eyes off this cutie! (Source: Sankosha, translated)

"Hey, should I provide you therapy?" Tired of love and on the verge of turning into a workaholic, Kiichi Sakuraba, finds himself waking up in a bar he visited on his way back from a close friend's wedding ceremony. There, he meets reckless and good-looking university student, Nao Kijima—? They exchange promises to hug just once a week. What is this, so gentle, so warm, with a faint pleasant smell... Being strung along by the younger Nao, who has his own circumstances, what will happen to Kiichi—?! (Source: Libre, translated)