Saturday, March 16, 2013

Marry Maiko's Love Makes People Grow

Love Makes People Grow by Marry Maiko!

"A child who wasn't loved while small, when he becomes an adult remains a child."
A timid art teacher, over forty but still confused by love, despairs of ever finding a companion. A love-starved boy watches the kindness of families all around him, but insists he doesn't need anything like that. A college student living with his long-term partner purposely tantalizes a neighbor by loudly making love. A bassist fears "weirding out" his bandmates, so he keeps his life with his male lover under wraps. A contrary professor gives himself to a self-assured colleague one night, but it’s not what either of them expect.

Marry Maiko debuts with this quiet bombshell of emotional stories!
Translated by Barbara J. Vincent
Edited by Kimberly Lammens
Lettered by Liz Marina Barillas
Available on all platforms at eManga!

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Hito wa Ai wo Tabete Sodatsu © MAIKO Marry 2013. All rights reserved. Original Japanese edition published in 2006 by Tokyo Mangasha.

Friday, March 8, 2013

Mayu Taumi's Sumida River Love Suicide

Sumida River Love Suicide by Mayu Taumi!

Once upon a time, two ridiculous failures met.
Kumada, once a talented rakugo artiste, had become a famously violent gang member. Uneducated Ogawa, dazzled by Kumada, had become frustrated with his own inability to use anything but the simplest of words. Together, this unlikely duo sought their place to belong in life and in love. 

Three extra tales of unexpected feelings complete this volume: one of sorrow and poetry in the early Shōwa era; another of close but distant brothers; and one that reveals the secret motivations behind the perfect... woman?



Translated by Barbara J. Vincent
Edited by Kimberly Lammens
Lettered by S. Russell
Available on all platforms at eManga!

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Sumidagawa Shinjuu © TAUMI Mayu 2013. All rights reserved. Original Japanese edition published in 2008 by Tokyo Mangasha.