undefined20XX A.D. Japan is plagued by evil spirits that dwell in the shadows.The only thing preventing chaos between spirits and humansis an implicit agreement to "live and let live", but corrupt organisationsmake deals with the demons. Crime syndicates go supernatural.The nation is in decline, and those who walk the path of goodnessdon't last long in a society of rampant heresy and sin.Thus, the government empowers certain individuals to fight fire with fire.Agents may do evil... against evil... in the name of good. Exorcists with a license to kill.They are called the Taimanin.
undefinedMakoto Hirata is a pessimist who struggles to connect with people. His best relationship is with his childhood playmate, Mizuki. One day, by chance, Makoto witnesses the school "playboy" Hasegawa having sex with a girl classmate. Discovering a kind of thrill in the act of watching, Makoto continues to spy on him.Before long, Hasegawa has moved in on all the girls Makoto knew and cared about... and finally, with the only person he could call his friend.
undefinedLife is like a staircase. You just gotta keep climbing. Otherwise, if you start to overthink it, you'll have trouble taking the next step.Shinichi wants nothing more than to lead a quiet life. Though he was once close friends with Miyuki, the most popular girl in school, his desire for normalcy now keeps them from being anything more than classmates.Everything changes, however, one day on the roof, when the class oddball, Aoi, suddenly tries to kiss him. Miyuki appears just in time to stop her, but afterward, Shinichi feels the urge to bring some light to this friendless girl's eyes. He enlists Miyuki's aid, and thus, a trio is born.The days pass, and little by little, Aoi learns what it means to be friends. But at the same time, long-dormant feelings awaken in Miyuki's heart. As the distance between her and Shinichi shrinks, the hard-earned bonds the three share begin to fray.Miyuki or Aoi-when the time comes, which will Shinichi choose?
undefinedYears ago, Light made a promise with his childhood crush, swearing that they would one day meet again to get married. Now, years later, he is surprised to find her standing on his doorstep! She's ready to pick back up where they left of, but there's a problem... she isn't quite what he remembered.She a stubborn tsundere lamia named Leimia, who is has arrived to bring her husband-to-be back to her tribe. Light isn't sure how to react to a lamia at his doorstep, let along one who wants to marry him. Light refuses her invitations, but Leimia won't give up that easy! She decides the best way to convince him is to move in with him. Not only that, she is determined to make him fall for her, and will do whatever she can to achieve that!
undefinedHaving lost his love, job, hopes, and even most of his youth, Yoshimura Osamu (28) uses the last of his money at the local pub and aimlessly wanders the streets.Yet in this moment of utter hopelessness, the strikingly attractive woman -- who had been at the center of attention back in the pub -- approaches Osamu on the street in an attempt to cheer him up.Sensing that fate itself could be at play in their encounter, Osamu resolves to confess his feelings to the older woman, but..."Come visit me if you ever find yourself in trouble."Learning that she runs an apartment complex in a prestigious district of the city, Osamu follows the address he had been given and arrives at the "Terrace House Hinosaka", a run-down boarding house.But once there, he meets not Honoka, but a girl young enough to be her daughter... who, in fact, is her actual daughter, Hinosaka Mitoko (height: 144cm).Osamu finds out that while he was busy contemplating fate and his own feelings, Honoka had found another man and eloped, leaving the boarding house to her daughter and a group of eccentric tenants.And so this tall, jobless, well-educated, and allegedly young man starts his life anew under the same roof as an admirable, hard-working, but vertically challenged girl who vehemently objects to the final part of that description.Already overwhelmed by his eccentric new neighbors, Osamu finds himself fending off the inexplicable approaches of a co-worker at his new workplace, opposing the nefarious machinations of a wealthy young woman living nearby, and uncovering the truth about Mitoko's homeroom teacher: a woman with a penchant for wearing black stockings.Where will our protagonist, who had unwittingly made bedfellows with misfortune, end up by the conclusion of this story?
undefinedKou Saotome is smack in between Arisa and Ruka, the middle brother of two sadist sisters.Between them he's constantly getting forced into things. They're not even the only ones.At some point a guy's just gotta surrender: "Okay, I'm a slave to all women, I'm a masochist!"