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Kowloon Generic Romance

In a future where nostalgia reigns, Kowloon Walled City stands as a meticulously recreated slum, a haven for those who long for the Hong Kong of the past. Real estate agent Reiko Kujirai works within its dense, labyrinthine confines, but her heart yearns for the new and exciting places beyond its walls. Her only coworker, Hajime Kudou, is her polar opposite: a man who finds comfort in the city's retro charm and is put off by anything modern that seeps past its borders. Despite their constant bickering over the most mundane things, the two often find themselves enjoying each other's company. Their quiet, familiar dynamic is shattered one day when a prank goes wrong, leading Hajime to make an

Urusei Yatsura

Ataru Moroboshi is an incredibly unlucky high school student whose greatest flaw is his uncontrollable lechery. When Earth is challenged by an alien race known as the Oni, he is randomly selected to represent humanity in a game of tag. His opponent is Lum, a beautiful alien princess who can fly. If Ataru can catch her by grabbing her horns within ten days, the invasion will be called off. Against all odds, Ataru manages to win the game, but his victory cry is misinterpreted by Lum as a marriage proposal. She accepts, and from that moment on, she moves into his life, attending his school and considering herself his wife. This creates endless problems for Ataru, whose wandering eye constantly

My Wife Has No Emotion

Takuma is a single salaryman whose life consists solely of work and returning to an empty home. Exhausted by the daily grind and unable to manage household chores, he purchases a domestic robot named Mina to cook and clean. Her efficiency is so remarkable that Takuma half-jokingly suggests she should become his wife. To his surprise, Mina takes his proposal literally, setting their unconventional cohabitation into motion. Their relationship gradually evolves from a purely practical arrangement. They begin sharing simple, everyday moments like preparing meals together or going on a picnic. As days turn into weeks, Takuma finds his feelings for the emotionless android deepening into genuine a

The Many Flavors of Kumika

Kumika is an alien from the impoverished planet Chlorodium #2, living and working on an Earth where humans and extraterrestrials coexist. Unlike humans, she sustains herself not by eating, but by absorbing nutrients from the air. This, coupled with her austere background, leads her to reject all social invitations and dedicate herself solely to work, causing her colleagues to see her as distant and cold. Her strictly regulated life is upended when she collapses from exhaustion at work. Her concerned coworker, Chihiro, intervenes by offering Kumika her first-ever meal: a simple bowl of hot udon. The experience is a revelation, instantly revitalizing her body and awakening a primal hunger she

Oh, My Sweet Alien!

Nobuo is an ordinary salaryman with a quiet routine and a secret he cannot share with anyone at the office: his wife is an alien. She came to Earth from somewhere far away, and now she shares his home, his meals and his everyday life, tentacled hair and all. Passing for a normal couple is not easy. Her hair moves on its own, her eyes sometimes shoot beams, and her attempts at ordinary human behavior tend to go spectacularly wrong. Nobuo has to keep the truth from coworkers, neighbors and relatives while the two of them work out what a marriage between a man and a visitor from another world actually looks like. He would not trade her for anything.

God of Love

In a collection of six short stories, Naoshi Komi explores different genres and settings. On an island enclosed by walls for four hundred years, Aira and Marue dream of voyaging outside, unaware of the devastating truth that awaits them. Tsuchibe Taichi, a boy who loves shoujo manga and believes in love, has the worst luck in romance; his latest attempt with a transfer student is thwarted by a strange otherworldly force. William, a young boy who idolizes the adventurer Aradoff from a popular novel, meets the novel's author and embarks on an adventure to prove the novel is not merely fiction. In the year 3333, everyone wears personants, technologically advanced masks that eliminate differenc