Mami is 36 and unmarried, and the entire world seems to be telling her she must be miserable. But is she? Does she really need a ring on her finger to be happy when she has a job she loves and friends who support her? A collection of interconnected stories that explores the hazards and joys of unmarried life through the eyes of three single ladies.

When Tomoe's father, a nature-loving photographer, tragically dies in an accident, she and her mother must learn to cope with living life without him. Her only refuge comes in the form of her father's only pupil, Kazuya, but she is unable to see him often because of his busy schedule. Love, joy, pain, and suffering. A young girl's heart is simply bursting with emotions, emotions that she wishes she can share with a special someone. (Source: Stiletto Heels)

Story of Kiyo, a 20-year-old "yankee" tomboy, and what happens when she once again meets Tara-chan, her kind former step brother.

Stylish Charisma Gal Ririko becomes an amateur detective on the streets of Shibuya to impress police detective Nii, a man she's adored since childhood and regards as her fiance. However, Nii frowns upon the excesses of gal style, so Ririko has to quickly transform herself into a demure uni student each time she sees him.

Taking her grandfather’s advice, Iwa, who is in Tokyo for work, strives to do good deeds wherever she goes. Whether it be rescuing an injured bat on the sidewalk or helping out a sickly young man, the city is turning out to be a very interesting place. (Source: Perpetual Motion)

A normal junior high school girl, Nozawa Nao falls in love with Itami-senpai, who is in love with the school's poster girl, who is in love with a popular rock band vocalist...When will this vicious cycle ever end?! (Source: Stiletto Heels)

Metropolitan Police Department, First Investigative Division, Eighth Criminal Investigation Unit—also known as "The Eighth." In order to solve vicious and unusual crimes, an elite force serving as both a suppression and execution force was created. Among them is a man with a high arrest rate, in contradiction with his bewildered demeanor. (Source: Me, Myself & I Scans)

Gin Shimochiai is an expert babysitter, who's willing to make every child in the world happy. But actually, he's a man disguising as a woman. Inspired by his nanny in childhood and the story of Mary Poppins, he build Poppins Shimochiai Club, a babysitter agent. With his "poppins magic," he can solve every family problem and bring happiness to the children. (Source: MU)

Hair stylist Sakichi is known throughout Edo for his calm and gentle manner. After confessing his love to his childhood friend and coworker Haru, the man is overjoyed to find that she reciprocates his feelings. However, when Sakichi is hired to bind the hair of the life-like Bunraku doll known as Satsuki, things start to go awry. He finds himself growing more and more tired after every meeting with the doll, and as she grows more beautiful, he begins to slip away from his beloved Haru. On the night that Mitsu is wed to her husband, she feels a sudden pain in her chest—and soon enough, she awakes to the harsh reality of her own passing. Surrounded by the walls of her coffin and the souls of the dead, it strikes Mitsu that she will likely never see her beloved Hanji again. The women comfort her with tales of their own deaths, until a visitor to Mitsu's grave reminds her of what she has left behind. Reunited with Hanji, she asks him to come and see her each night. She spends her days learning to dance at the hands of the fearsome Jigoku Dayu, and her nights with her husband, who refuses to forget her. Seamstress Yuki has always been able to see the supernatural, from a friendly kappa to the spirits of the dead. When her boyfriend, Gorou, is mysteriously wounded in a fire, Yuki suspects there is more at play than simple flames. Continuing her work, Yuki finds herself delivering a kimono to a rather strange home. While the order is accepted, the family insists that it has not been needed for many years, as the girl it was intended for was struck with sudden illness—and when she meets the daughter of the household, the beautiful Aya, she meets a girl who has been trapped in sleep for three whole years. Spoiled and selfish Matsue is the heiress to a kimono shop and a vain and greedy woman. Wanting to outdo her friend Shizue in every possible way, Matsue will not settle for anything less than perfect—be it in clothing, in accessories, or in marriage. During a festival of clockwork dolls, Matsue is saved from an impending collision by paper shop worker Kyouji, but is unable to show him any gratitude. She is cold and dismissive of Shizue's new, lower-class fiancé, but secretly, she is jealous of their match. During the display of the dolls' skills, where everyone is expressing nothing but happiness, she is intensely critical of the clockwork master's work. When the archery doll fires its first arrow however, Matsue is transported to a place where she may have all that she desires—but everything comes with a price. When Sakae learns he is to marry his childhood acquaintance, Akane, he is thrust into utter despair. In their youth, Akane would torment him with her forceful attitude, stubborn temperament, and rather unladylike interests. Sakae would prefer to marry a more reserved woman, such as the lady in the artwork of the inn—and the more he looks at her picture, the more he wishes he could marry her instead. The next day, when Akane arrives in a bridal dress to wed her husband, she is made to wait on his doorstep. But as it turns out, the groom has mysteriously vanished. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Kaga Maki is 26 year old, un-cute office lady who has never dated someone. However one day her twin brother Kaga Miki asks her to take his place as school teacher... she does so and then it turns out that he is having an affair with one of the students?!

A story set in a pawnshop in Shitamachi about two people who are attracted to jewelry, Shinobu and Aki.

"Love Game" rules: 1. All participants are already dead. 2. If you want to be resurrected, you must fall in love with one of the members. 3. Once the first couple have been established, it's game over for the rest of the participants. Nine people with different genders, jobs and age were gathered together by "God," who informed them that they're already dead and were to play his "Love Game." One of the participants, Rin held doubts for the aim of this game and the true face of "God" and is now desperately trying to get to the bottom of everything.

Mametarou is a crossbreed male dog kept by Wakatsuki family. He loves his owner Iku (Ikuko Wakatsuki), and considers her boyfriend, Junichi Akiyoshi, as his rival. The manga depicts different incidents happening with Mametarou, Iku and Akiyoshi, their friends Nao and Takeshi, Mametarou’s sweetheart Hanako, as well as other dogs in the neighborhood. (Source: Japanese Wikipedia)

The title takes place in 16th-century France and tells the story of the historical Queen Margaret. The Japanese title of the series is identical to the title of the 1845 novel by Alexandre Dumas. (Source: ANN)

The story takes place in the '80s. Kaneda Sakae, a high school girl living in Sapporo, suddenly moves to Tokyo with her mother... (Source: MU)

On the rooftop of an abandoned department store, there is a pet shop called Lucky Animal. But Lucky Animal is no ordinary pet shop, the pets sold there are believed to be lucky charms that can help their owners avoid disaster. (Source: The Zero Alliance)