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Ten-year-old Takuya has a new job: to look after his baby brother Minoru. It looks like it's time to put on the kid gloves. Rated for young adults....
Ten-year-old Takuya has a new job: to look after his baby brother Minoru…looks like it's time to put on the kid gloves! Young Takuya has it tough. S...
Minoru is growing up, but just because he's out of diapers doesn't mean things are easier on Takuya. Being a big brother is tough, and Takuya has to d...
Final Volume! Sometimes raising a baby is enough to make any overworked junior-high boy lose his patience. But when tragedy strikes, Takuya gets a pai...
Ichika and Ma-bo run away from their crowded home...but it's not long before the peace and quiet of Takuya's house get on their nerves! At the office,...
Everyone's an art critic. First Takuya's brainy friend Hitoshi reveals his secret passion for drawing stories about space heroes, only to get into a f...
Young Takuya has it tough. After his mother passed away it has been his job to take care of his baby brother, Minoru while their father, Harumi, works...
Seiichi, the old neighborhood bully, has moved back to town, and his sudden arrival is causing all sorts of trouble. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Kimura,...
Meet Mr. Mukai, the enigmatic director of the Sunflower Nursery School. Some people admire his teary-eyed devotion to children of all ages. Other peop...
At the annual school festival Takuya and his friends deal with girls, bullies, the geeks from the Audio-Visual Club...and a whole passel of lost toddl...
Takuya's life isn't limited to taking care of Minoru. He's got some problems of his own, like encounters with schoolyard bullies, a girl with a big cr...
When a new student, Hikage, joins the class, Takuya tries to befriend him. But Hikage is suspicious of Takuya's motives and begins a campaign to destr...
There's only one thing Ichika wants for her birthday (besides Minoru's undying love), and that's the royal treatment! At her birthday party, family an...
Ichika's mature for a toddler--unnervingly so. But even the most precocious kids are still kids, and even Ichika sometimes wets the bed. With an ingen...
When Setsu moves to a high school in Tokyo, he learns that his classmate, Shuri Maeda, is planning to create a "Tsugaru Shamisen Club." He doesn't und...
STC's national tour finally reaches its climax. They head to Setsu's hometown of Aomori City! After Mai joins the band as a full member, Setsu's real ...
Takuya and his friends share a beach house over summer vacation and run afoul of Moriguchi's foxy grandma, who loves checking out the hot young studs ...
At the Hibiya Shamisen National Championship, the competition favorite, Soichi Tanuma, overwhelms the venue with a performance which leaves everyone e...
Takuya's class defends its honor in an intramural baseball game that gets a little too intense. Then it's off to beautiful Hawaii, where Takuya's dad ...
How did Takuya's family get started? In this special flashback volume, meet Takuya's father, Harumi, in his days as a hardworking college student and ...
Every member of the Shamisen Club is training hard for the Tsugaru Shamisen Koshien “Matsugoro Cup.” At the suggestion of their mentor Odawara-sen...
Things are heating up at the Tsugaru Shamisen Koshien “Matsugoro Cup” with the individual competition! Takaomi Kaji of Osaka, whose flawless perfo...
Setsu and Wakana's feelings diverge concerning Spring Dawn. STC records Stormy Melody, an original song which channels Setsu's frustration over that, ...
The awaited Tsugaru Shamisen Koshien “Matsugoro Cup” has begun. Everyone on Setsu’s team from Umezono Private School is fired up for the first d...
The Tsugaru Shamisen Koshien “Matsugoro Cup” begins! Before Setsu and the others can take the stage in the group competition, powerhouse teams fro...
STC's hard work pays off and their career reaches orbit. As their album gradually starts to sell, they begin to get more jobs, and they finally get an...
The Tsugaru Shamisen Club is finally up and running, and begins practicing for the "Matsugoro Cup," which was established by Setsu's mother, Umeko. Ho...
When Setsu's grandfather died, so did Setsu's "sound"—his unique creative spark. Grieving, he goes to Tokyo to find himself...but manages to become ...
The Tsugaru Shamisen Koshien “Matsugoro Cup” ends with a thunderous applause for the performance of the genius Soichi Tanuma! Upon hearing that pe...
Police officer Kain Walker has gone to great lengths to prevent his coworkers, family, and friends from finding out he’s gay. But when Kain meets Me...
"Since becoming a vampire, Albert's life has fallen into an unchanging cycle--day to night, bat to vampire, USA to...Japan? After a mishap at a meat-p...
Kain and Mel’s relationship has seen its share of tribulations, but each challenge has only made their bond stronger, leading at long last to the al...
TV producer Sakairi has offered Al a chance to star in a TV drama again, and the shooting takes place in his hometown in America. Al asks Akira about ...
Vol. 5
Seiichi, the old neighborhood bully, has moved back to town and is causing all sorts of trouble....
The vampire Al struggles to convey his feelings for the surly Akira...and to make things more difficult, he now has a rival for Akira's affections! Ho...
From veteran shoujo manga artist Marimo Ragawa and BL light novelist NariseKonohara comes a strange and sexy tale! When a vampire from Nebraska named ...