Best Selling Books by Shungiku Nakamura

Ein "Hybrid Child" ist ein wundersames Wesen, weder ganz Mensch, noch ganz Roboter. Besitzer eines Hybrid Child können ihn zum Wachstum bringen, wenn sie ihn mit Liebe und Zuneigung ernähren. Daraus erwächst meist eine innige Beziehung zwischen dem Hybrid Child und seinem Menschen. Dieser Einzelband von Erfolgsautorin Shungiku Nakamura (JUNJO ROMANTICA)beinhaltet verschiedene Geschichten um Hybrid Children und ihre Besitzer - Geschichten voller Liebe, Opfer und Drama.

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor''s new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he''s not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu''s determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Ritsu Onodera, an editor in the shojo manga department of Marukawa Publishing, has one archnemesis, editor in chief and hotshot boss Masamune Takano, the very same man who also happens to be Ritsu’s first love! Though it hasn’t been easy working under Takano, Ritsu has finally decided to do his best at becoming a proper manga editor. Concerned over the sales of his first manga, he visits a local bookstore only to run into sales rep Yokozawa, who promptly tells Ritsu he’s dating Takano!

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor''s new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he''s not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu''s determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Tired of accusations that family connections got him his current position, Ritsu Onodera quits his job as an editor at his father''s company and transfers to Marukawa Publishing. Once there, he is assigned to the shojo manga editorial department—something he has no interest in and no experience with! Having sworn he''d never fall in love again, the last thing he wants to do is work on love stories. To make matters worse, it turns out that his overbearing boss, Masamune Takano, is actually his first love from high school!

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor''s new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he''s not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu''s determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Ritsu Onodera was assigned to the shojo manga department at Marukawa Publishing, where he discovered that his boss, Masamune Takano, was actually his very first love! How will Ritsu react when he hears Masamune proclaim that he''ll make Ritsu fall in love with him again?

Misaki is struggling to pass his college entrance exams and has taken up a tutor, Akihiko. Misaki realizes he may be developing feelings for the older man.

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor''s new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he''s not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu''s determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Emerald manga editor Ritsu Onodera has come a long way since finding out that his bossy editor in chief Masamune Takano is actually his first love! Now, all these years later, Ritsu has promised to confess his feelings for Takano. So when a faulty air conditioner forces Ritsu to let Takano stay with him for three whole days, Ritsu couldn’t ask for a better opportunity! But will Ritsu finally be able to seize the moment and tell Takano how he feels?

It''s the day of the award ceremony for Usami, but Usami''s older brother, Haruhiko, can''t keep his hands off Misaki. A series of events leads to a kidnapping as Haruhiko drags Misaki off to his rich estate and locks him up.

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor''s new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he''s not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu''s determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Masamune Takano is the boss—and first love—of rookie shojo manga editor Ritsu Onodera. One day, sick of Takafumi Yokozawa’s relentless badgering about his feelings for Takano, Ritsu snaps back that he actually hates him, not realizing Takano is nearby! In reality—and unknown to Takano—Ritsu is finally coming to terms with how he feels about his old flame. Spurred on by Ritsu’s painful words, Takano makes a clear decision regarding his relationship with Yokozawa.

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor''s new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he''s not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu''s determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Manga editor Ritsu Onodera believes his high school friend Nao took care of him after he collapsed due to exhaustion while working for Marukawa Publishing’s Emerald shojo magazine. But he discovers it was actually Masamune Takano, his boss—and first love!—who nursed him back to health. Ritsu decides that he’s finally going to tell Takano how he feels, but first he has to explain to Nao, who has already confessed his own love for Ritsu, that he and Nao can’t live together anymore. Will Ritsu be able to go through with it and finally confess to Takano?!

A fresh start turns sour after a manga editor''s new boss turns out to be his ill-fated first love! When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he''s not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu''s determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Manga editor Ritsu Onodera has just been assigned a new artist by his bossy editor in chief—and first love—Masamune Takano. The newbie’s “go get ’em” attitude sweeps Ritsu away, but before he knows it, he’s in way over his head! He could turn to Takano for help, but as Ritsu’s complicated feelings of love, envy, and inferiority keep getting in the way, even Takano finds himself running out of patience!

When Ritsu Onodera changes jobs, looking for a fresh start, he''s not exactly thrilled when his new boss turns out to be his old flame. Ritsu''s determined to leave all that in the past—but how can he when his boss is just as determined that they have a future? Masamune Takano is rookie shojo manga editor Ritsu Onodera’s boss and first love. But Ritsu also has a fiancée, An Kohinata, who his parents betrothed him to when he was still a child. When Takano finds out about her, their relationship hits the rocks, but Ritsu manages to salvage the wreckage. Now Ritsu has to attend his first formal company dinner party, where he runs into An! She confesses…again, and Ritsu turns her down…again, but this time Takano overhears An when she accuses Ritsu of stubbornly clinging to his old flame from high school, who is Takano himself!