Mystari's manga / #Angst(9)

Set in a soulless neo-Seoul ruled by young punks and pleasure seekers, an amoral teenager named Dai is the living embodiment of the city's beauty and cruelty. As the leader of the vicious Furies gang, Dai seduces everyone who lays eyes on him, only to blind them to his own barbaric nature. When an honest schoolboy named Jaehee rescues a beautiful girl from being mugged by the Furies, he can't possibly realize how this brief encounter will plunge him into a downward spiral of unbridled passion and unfathomable pain. From his brutal gang initiation to an unspeakable act committed against his girlfriend, Jaehee wavers uncomfortably between revulsion and fascination. And in Dai he finds a tender, caring friend one moment and a heartless sociopath the next, awakening strange and unhealthy desires in Jaehee that he could never before have imagined.

1-3) Soko ni Suwaruna (Do Not Sit There) Hayama would always sit on the sofa, waiting for his roommate (and lover)'s return. The truth is, Hayama had been abandoned without knowing about it. When Namikawa moved in, they both had a wonderful life together without Hayama's roommate. Namikawa felt sorry for him, and started to develop a feeling of love and jealousy toward the pure and timid Hayama. 4) Maki no Iibun (Maki's Reasoning) A short story from the side of Hayama's ex-lover, Maki. 5) Fureru Chikasa de (So Close That It Touches)

Mihail Meyer (nicknamed "Michel" by his wife) is a half-Japanese doctor. While on the way home with his wife late one night, he nearly runs over a 6-year-old boy playing in the street. Alex is a precocious but endearing child and the son of up-and-coming musician Christopher Adler. Alex and Michel become fast friends, and Michel soon notices Christopher's coldness and neglect towards Alex, though the boy seems to adore him. 10 years later, the widowed Michel has lost touch with the Adler family, but has followed Christopher's career as he rose to become a world-renowned pianist and conductor. One night, after mistakenly stumbling into the gay red-light district, he spots a boy who looks like Alex hanging out with a couple of rowdy-looking guys and gives chase...

Side-Story to Arashi no Ato Nishina is doing well at his prestigious company but after divorcing from a loveless marriage, his success at work seems empty. A chance meeting at a cafe brings him into contact with the owner, Miyama, an old high-school classmate. It seems that Miyama has forgotten him until he asks Nishina why he's no longer wearing a wedding ring and what Nishina said to him 10 years ago in high school.

A guy accidentally witnesses his friend masturbating. This shouldn't really affect their relationship any, right? After all, men see such things all the time; it's just an amusing incident, to be laughed over once the embarrassment has worn off. Or maybe...

Masahiro, who is a duke, has been studying abroad since he was young to learn about Western culture. Now he is teaching ballroom dancing/ettiquette and keeps getting strange looks from one of his students, Fukaya. He notices his interest even more when he's looking at Masahiro's portrait on a dance card/booklet and decides to seduce him. And the drama, intrigue, and treachery ensues.

Story of several guys working in host clubs. Professional rivalry, mistaken identities, unrequited love, and jealousy test Shinkawa's and Takaaki's friendship on a semi-regular basis. But when Iwaki Kyousuke, Takaaki's old flame and mentor, returns to seduce Shinkawa away to a new host club, will Takaaki be able to persuade Shinkawa to stay, or will his devotion to Iwaki cause him to lose Shinkawa's partnership?

Part of the Doukyuusei series