Kenji Tomosaka moved to this coastal town when he was a child. At that time, the sea spread in front of him was shining like lamune, reflecting the sunlight of the summer. There, he met a girl. Her name is Nanami Konoe, who lived next door. Her room is only 1 to 2 meters away beyond the veranda. Their rooms were so close as if they were within their arms’ reach. As the time passed, the seasons came round, their memories have been accumulated with time. They think of their normal lives and common relationship as precious things. The sun begins to shine strongly, cicadas begin to buzz, and the sky clears up… Here comes the summer, again! For Kenji and Nanami, it is normal summer, but it has special meaning…
Haruma Kawagoe is an only child. A long time ago, around Christmas, his mother miscarried the child that would have been his baby sister. That night, young Haruma knelt down and offered up an earnest prayer: "Please make my mother well again, and please give me a little sister." Years have passed, and Haruma has nearly forgotten about his prayer. But Santa did not... so one Christmas, when Haruma is least expecting it, he receives an unusual present — a sister named Choko.
Doujin Work follows the life of a young girl named Najimi Osana and her exposure into the doujin world. She was first tempted into becoming a doujin artist after seeing how much one of her friends can make at a convention. Najimi loves to draw, though soon learns contrary to what she expected that this new world is anything but easy. As she attends more conventions and meets more people, Najimi eventually manages to find a group of very interesting friends. These friends already have some experience in the field and help her out along the way so that she can someday make a name for herself creating doujinshi.
After 30 years of peace is Kisawazu, the Eight Swords of Sealing are scattered from the Yatsurugi Shrine once more. This even reawakens the Undersea Empire Zabun, who plan on finding the swords and using them to reawaken their master King Orga. As well as them, the mystical embodiment of the phoenix, Yatsurugi, arrives and merges with Takeru Yamato, a young fisherman and regular visitor to the shrine. Now with this new power, Yatsurugi, and eventually the similar deity Kisara, come forth to stop the unsealing of King Orga and return the Swords to the Shrine, as had been dne for many generations before them.
Set at the all-boys school Rokuto Academy, the story revolves around Hasukawa Kazuya a late arrival to the unusual Greenwood Dormitory, a former insane asylum.
Kazuhiko Ota takes a daytime stroll through the good old townscapes and old temples in the countryside.
At night, he visits carefully selected "quality izakayas" that are rooted in the local area to show you the owner's special dishes and fine sake!
We also introduce the Ota way of sake drinking and give you the lowdown on cups and utensils.
Walking through the curtain of an izakaya at dusk and slowly enjoying a selection of sake and snacks...
A few words with the owner or the hostess. The restaurant you enter on a whim becomes the most memorable part of your trip.
The restaurant makes you think: "Ah... I want to go to such an izakaya"
The story follows Minori Tochino, a girl who is into festivals, and her friends as they strive to revive the festivals that once were a dynamic cultural part of their city station's west side.