The 10 O'Clock Rule (Yaoi / BL Manga)


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"Every night, he would call to ensure I was safe. Now we are adults; he will even come pick me up. Always, at precisely 10 o'clock." As someone who only fancies cute guy, the high school teacher Wataru Chinen's first love was a 'miscalculation.' He never thought that his lovely childhood friend, Ryusei Yamaguchi will turn into a capable adult man, leaving all his youthful innocentness. When Ryusei confessed, "I've always wanted to hold you," with his domineering eyes, Wataru couldn't say a word. This Volume Includes: FLOW This is a story about Etsu and Rio, two young students who just started going out and trying to make out the best of their relationship. However, Rio could not stop worrying about Etsu's past with other men, and Etsu could not communicate his feeling well either... Will their love continue to flow? Nights Like This Etsu and Rio's sexy night episode. Frosty Blue (2 Parts) Etsu was asked to do a modeling again and this Rio has a chance to watch. Although he mostly focused on Etsu's charm, he also became jealous since Etsu is being surrounded by men who probably slept with his boyfriend in the past. For My Eyes Only This time it's Etsu's turn to be jealous, but why?! Another short read of this cute but sexy couple who never care about their sex position!




Rule No. 1 Complete Version (Yaoi / BL Manga)


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The moment we realized that we both like men, a special"rule" was born between us: First, we should keep a secret about us being gay. Second, we should not fall in love with each other. Rio has been secretly watching this attractive classmate, Etsu, for quite a long time. Etsu has a complicated character, but his face is just Rio's type. Regardless, It has been decided by the destiny that they could not be together no matter how attracted they are to each other. After all, they are both "bottom"! Still, aren't "rules" made to be broken? Enjoy the complete volume of "Rule No. 1" series, a masterpiece by the reversible couple enthusiast, Sachi Murakami!




I Can't Help Falling in Love


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Surrendered to his desire, Houshou did something regretful to Saotome, his high school senior in the soccer club. Their relationship turned cold until they reunited again 8 years later. Houshou, now a number one host, unintentionally lives in the same apartment where Saotome works as a caretaker. Houshou still feels this strange awkwardness when he looks at Saotome. But Saotome's kindness never changes, and Houshou finally realized why he did "that" 8 years ago...




If You Share A Kiss with Asakawa (Yaoi / BL Manga)


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Izumi is interested in Ibuki Asakawa from the class next door, but the one who became close to him is the twin brother, Satsuki, instead. It turned out Satsuki is having a one-sided relationship with a guy who keeps abused his attention. Despite his brother's objection, Satsuki stayed in the relationship just because they kissed once! Izumi who did not want Satsuki to go to that man’s place gave Satsuki a sudden kiss, “Now we have kissed, I am important to you too, right?” After the shocking development in their relationship, Izumi began to question himself… Which Asakawa did he truly like? This volume includes 4 short sexy stories of Etsu and Rio from “Rule No. 1 Series."




Another Love Story Between My Trainee and I (Yaoi / BL Manga)


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Takanashi and Tokunaga were spending their peaceful office lovers' life until Takanashi suddenly got transferred to another department. Separated with his partner, Tokunaga gradually realized the true depth of his feeling. But that doesn't mean their relationship was getting better. The more important Takanashi becomes in his eyes, the clearer Tokunaga can see the dead-end of their relationship. In a world that sometimes becomes unkind, can the two lovebirds walk to the future they wish for...? "Another Love Story Between My Trainee and I" is a sequel from the famous "Love Story" series by Nanameguri!




Stairway to Love (Yaoi / BL Manga)


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Azumi Sasakawa is a proud bottom that has a side job as gay bar bartender. Currently, he only has a casual relationship with Kashima, a handsome interior designer but his interest is actually a patron from neighbor design office, Tomoki Konno. Tomoki was always a bit anti-social and would not even take the same elevator with other customers, moreover, his weak posture invokes Azumi's "motherly" instinct. After an unexpected conversation with the little guy, Azumi assumes Tomoki is cold to him because he is homophobic. Until one night, he met with Tomoki again in Kashima's doorstep... What would happen between these three? "Stairway to Love" is another heartwarming mature "Boys Love" by the fluff goddess Sachi Murakami.




Blindsight


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Hugo and Shirley Jackson award-winning Peter Watts stands on the cutting edge of hard SF with his acclaimed novel, Blindsight Two months since the stars fell... Two months of silence, while a world held its breath. Now some half-derelict space probe, sparking fitfully past Neptune's orbit, hears a whisper from the edge of the solar system: a faint signal sweeping the cosmos like a lighthouse beam. Whatever's out there isn't talking to us. It's talking to some distant star, perhaps. Or perhaps to something closer, something en route. So who do you send to force introductions with unknown and unknowable alien intellect that doesn't wish to be met? You send a linguist with multiple personalities, her brain surgically partitioned into separate, sentient processing cores. You send a biologist so radically interfaced with machinery that he sees x-rays and tastes ultrasound. You send a pacifist warrior in the faint hope she won't be needed. You send a monster to command them all, an extinct hominid predator once called vampire, recalled from the grave with the voodoo of recombinant genetics and the blood of sociopaths. And you send a synthesist—an informational topologist with half his mind gone—as an interface between here and there. Pray they can be trusted with the fate of a world. They may be more alien than the thing they've been sent to find. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.




Your Wish is My Command (Yaoi / BL Manga)


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Takeru, the only son of Yakuza family, has one problem: Although he's already a college student, he's still being treated as a child by his minder, Naruse. From home to campus, to even toilet! Naruse never backed down. So Takeru decided to turn his minder's overcaring into a weakness he can exploit, so without any further resistance, he asked Naruse to do something pervert. But why did Takeru is the one who feels uncontrollably horny?!"Your wish is my command" is a run-and-chase passionate relationship between master-servant that would leave you attached while holding excessive laugh.




First Love Experiment (Yaoi / BL Manga)


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“First Love Experiment” is a compilation of 5 sexy and funny BL stories by Souko Ikeda. 1. "First Love Experiment" Teraoka and Matsudo have always spent time together since childhood until they both now become teachers in the same school. The problem is, Teraoka only stuck with Matsudo because he had agreed to become his friend's lifetime guinea pig. But did he actually do all the experiment for Teraoka or does he have an ulterior motive that will change their relationship forever? 2. "The Butt Doctor" Coming to Proctology Clinic to check on his butt is an embarrassing thing for Takuya. But, apparently, the doctor was very gentle and helpful… Hm, maybe a little bit too much. But Takuya doesn’t have time to think about that since the doctor’s examination made his body feels so good! 3. "The Men’s Public Baths" Yuzawa owns a public bath so he can have his own sexy time with the cute guys he has eyes on. One of his customers is a dull salaryman that is not Yuzawa’s type at all, but he keeps staring at him! What does he want from Yuzawa and why Yuzawa who always desired to be a top start wanting to be embraced by him… 4. Secret Drag-Dressing Lesson Kiyokawa was in the middle of practicing his school girl’s costume for a doujinshi event, but the most socially satisfied guy in campus, Hoshino caught him in the act! Now Kiyokawa has to go a date with Hoshino or his photo will get spread..! What does this man want from Kiyokawa…5. The Virgin Brothers ~ Our First Time ~ Masami was ready to leave his boring boy's high school and welcome his university debut life, but before he leaves the town, his handsome younger childhood friend, Kento came to his room asking Masami’s help to make him lose his virginity! Not being able to tell Kento that he is, in fact, is still a virgin too, Masami offered Kento to do it with him!




Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams


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Since the end of the Second World War—and particularly over the last decade—Japanese science fiction has strongly influenced global popular culture. Unlike American and British science fiction, its most popular examples have been visual—from Gojira (Godzilla) and Astro Boy in the 1950s and 1960s to the anime masterpieces Akira and Ghost in the Shell of the 1980s and 1990s—while little attention has been paid to a vibrant tradition of prose science fiction in Japan. Robot Ghosts and Wired Dreams remedies this neglect with a rich exploration of the genre that connects prose science fiction to contemporary anime. Bringing together Western scholars and leading Japanese critics, this groundbreaking work traces the beginnings, evolution, and future direction of science fiction in Japan, its major schools and authors, cultural origins and relationship to its Western counterparts, the role of the genre in the formation of Japan’s national and political identity, and its unique fan culture. Covering a remarkable range of texts—from the 1930s fantastic detective fiction of Yumeno Kyûsaku to the cross-culturally produced and marketed film and video game franchise Final Fantasy—this book firmly establishes Japanese science fiction as a vital and exciting genre. Contributors: Hiroki Azuma; Hiroko Chiba, DePauw U; Naoki Chiba; William O. Gardner, Swarthmore College; Mari Kotani; Livia Monnet, U of Montreal; Miri Nakamura, Stanford U; Susan Napier, Tufts U; Sharalyn Orbaugh, U of British Columbia; Tamaki Saitô; Thomas Schnellbächer, Berlin Free U. Christopher Bolton is assistant professor of Japanese at Williams College. Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. is professor of English at DePauw University. Takayuki Tatsumi is professor of English at Keio University.