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愛の、がっこう。
A story of forbidden true love between a high school teacher and a host aiming for the top of nightlife world.
Manami is a no-nonsense high school teacher who can’t take a joke. Despite her passion for the job, the students’ opinions of her are only so-so. She lacks life experience, and has never fallen deeply in love. Kaoru, on the other hand, is a hot young employee at a host club. He grew up in a situation that was so terrible he wasn’t even able to attend elementary school properly, but he has turned his charm into a weapon in order to rise up from the bottom.
Manami discovers that one of her students, Natsuki, has gotten hooked on going to a host club, and has been using her parents’ bank card to pay for it. Despite being frightened, Manami heads to Kabukicho to bring her student back. She locates Natsuki, and drags the girl back home against her will. Later, when Natsuki’s mother asks her to have Kaoru make a written pledge that he will never contact Natsuki again, Manami heads to the host club once more, and that is the beginning of a love between two people whose paths were never meant to cross...
嘘解きレトリック
The tag team of an impoverished, debt-ridden detective with a sharp, analytical eye and a girl with the strange ability to “hear lies” crack cases in this retro-modern back-alley sleuthing drama.
In 1926, Kanoko Urabe, a girl growing up in the countryside, has had the ability to hear when people are lying for as long as she can remember. However, the villagers shun her because of her power. Kanoko’s mother, Fumi Urabe, tries to protect her, but Kanoko leaves the village, not wanting to trouble her mother any longer. She winds up in Tsukumoyacho, a town awash in lies. In search of work, Kanoko goes to a cafe called “Rose,” which had a help wanted ad posted looking for waitresses urgently, but the waitress there, Lily , turns her down, saying that the position has just been filled. With nowhere to go, Kanoko collapses from hunger, and the head of the Iwai Detective Office, Soma Iwai, who was coincidentally passing by, stops to help her. Eventually, Kanoko becomes Soma’s assistant, and together they solve many difficult cases as she looks for a place where she can belong..
あなたがしてくれなくても
Michi Yoshino works in the sales department of a construction company and leads an ordinary life. She and her husband, Yoichi Yoshino, have been married for five years and still get along well, but there is only one thing lacking: sex.
They sleep in the same bed every night, but he never tries to approach her. With the advice of her junior colleague, she makes an effort to buy flashy underwear and takes care of her skin whilst feeling, “maybe I’m not attractive enough for him?” The results are always disappointing. She spends days and months without feeling her husband’s love. The couple’s relationship gradually becomes strained, as they are left with a vague anxiety…
Meanwhile, Makoto Niina, a boss of Michi at her company is an excellent worker with a good personality, and has many fans at the workplace because of his handsomeness. He is even a good husband who does housework on behalf of his busy wife. Two couples that should have been doing well…
One day, Michi, who had been stood up by her husband for another night out, is drinking a can of beer alone in the night breeze. Makoto happens to pass by and the two end up drinking together. Michi gets drunk and confesses to him about their private life…