Coming Out Letters / カミングアウト・レターズ (JP)

Coming Out Letters / カミングアウト・レターズ (JP)

Coming Out Letters (カミングアウト・レターズ)、edited by Sunagawa Hideki and RYOJI, is a collection of correspondences between gays/lesbians and their parents or teachers and the responses. Chapters begin with the lesbian or gay person writing about the circumstances in which they came out to their parent or teacher – about aborted attempts, fears, and consequences

Couleur de bijoux d’amour /宝石色の恋 西UKO作品集

Couleur de bijoux d’amour (宝石の恋) is a collection of non-Collectors stories from Rakuen Le Paradis magazine, augmented by 2 online comics for Rakuen Le Paradis and an original doujinshi story by Nishi UKO.

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社会人ガールズラブの最高峰「コレクターズ」(第1巻好評発売中)で大人気の作者待望の作品集。
「楽園」本誌&web増刊掲載作品を中心に構成されたオトナの女性同士の恋愛模様。
読み応えに満ちた一冊。

Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girls’ Culture in Japan (EN)

Deborah Shamoon’s Passionate Friendship: The Aesthetics of Girls’ Culture in Japan traces the development of girls’ literature and, eventually, Shoujo manga from the end of the 19th century through the 1970’s, with particular attention to the girls’ magazines of the 1930’s, the Magnificent 49-ers and the birth of Shoujo, Josei and BL manga.

Maria-sama ga Miteru 3 – Ibara no Mori / マリア様がみてる―いばらの森 (JP)

A brand new novel has become a hit among the students of Lillian Academy. Yumi hears rumors that it may be the autobiographical tragic love tale of Rosa Gigantea, Satuo Sei. The rumors fly as Yumi is drawn into an old story, and a new one.

期末試験で落ち着かない学園に、驚くべき噂が流れた。リリアン女学園をモデルにしたと思われる自伝的小説が出版され、しかもその作者が白薔薇(ロサ・ギガンティア)さまだというのである!小説の内容が二人の少女の禁断の恋を描いたものであることも加わって、学園は大騒ぎ。白薔薇さまの過去はタブーとなっていて、事情を知っている人もみんな口をつぐんでいた。祐巳と由乃は、真相の解明に乗り出したが…。

Book Girl and the Famished Spirit (EN)

Each one of the Book Girl Light Novels is steeped in the idea of “Books.” A book – a classic of literature, whether Japanese or Western – runs through and intertwines with the plot of the story, almost as another character. Anyone even remotely familiar with the “book” will immediately gain hints as to the backstory of the plot, but Nomura doesn't make it that easy, even if you have read “the book.” She throws book McGuffins into the plot.

Miniskirt Space Pirates 3 / ミニスカ宇宙海賊3 コスプレ見習海賊 (JP)

The professional crew of the Bentenmaru have come down with an influenza-like disease carried by improperly shipped cat-monkeys. This would be merely an inconvenience, but the Bentenmaru's Letter of Marque can only be maintained if the ship is properly hired to conduct piracy within a certain period of time. The crew is quarantined for a month, but the ship needs to do something within the next two weeks.

Miniskirt Pirates Volume 2 /ミニスカ宇宙海賊2 黄金の幽霊船 (JP)

Miniskirt Space Pirates, Volume 2 Ougon no Yureisen (ミニスカ宇宙海賊 2 黄金の幽霊船) opens with a stowaway on the Bentenmaru and ends with two transfer students into Hakuoh Academy’s Yacht Club. In between is a centuries-old mystery, a gene bank in the form of a golden spaceship, and several space battles, all of which make for a rollicking tale of intrigue and space piracy.

Miniskirt Pirates Volume 1 / ミニスカ宇宙海賊1 (JP)

Marika is a normal high school student – or so she thinks, until she learns that her father was a famous Space Pirate. Now, called upon to step into her father's shoes, she will have to become one of the greatest pirates of all time. With the help of her crew and the school Yacht Club Captain Marika will learn to enjoy “Pirating time”.

Kanoe-san no Hidari Te / 鹿乃江さんの左手 (JP)

At Daishima girl’s school, there is a rumor that a witch will appear if a girl has a sincere enough wish. Once you’ve sealed the contract with a kiss (which does not have to be on the lips) your wish will be granted. And, as we learn in three unrelated scenarios, this rumor is absolutely true.

Asagao to Kase-san / あさがおと加瀬さん

In Asagao to Kase-san (あさがおと加瀬さん) Yamada finds that, amazingly, she does have something in common with Kase-san – they both take care of the flower boxes full of morning glories (asagao) on the school grounds. And, amazingly, they do become friends.

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隣のクラスの加瀬(かせ)さんは、陸上部のエースで美人の女の子。
内気な緑化委員の山田(やまだ)は、
彼女が世話しているアサガオの前で加瀬さんに声を掛けられて! ?

Hayate x Blade Drama CD 2 /はやて×ブレード DRAMA CD Vol.2

It’s a beautiful, clear day at Tenchi Gakuen. The sky is blue, the clouds are white, and the cheerful sounds of the student body move across the grounds, as they gear up for the excitement of their school festival.

Wait, sorry…that’s some other series. THIS story begins in a secret room somewhere on the school grounds, where a gathering of black-uniformed, glasses-wearing students is under way.

Strawberry Panic! Drama CD LuLim Volume / ストロベリー・パニック ドラマCD ル・リム編

The CD begins as Kizuna starts a brand new club, one that doesn’t include LuLim Student Council President Minamoto Chikaru. The “Renai” (romantic love) Club is going to talk about all *sorts* of things related to love. Only, neither Kizuna, nor fellow club members Lemon or Kagome, or even Kagome’s stuffed teddy bear Percival, has anything to say on the subject. The three wonder what kind of person Chikaru-oneesama would fall in love with.