Everything about him is irritating… but I can't bring myself to look away. It's been that way since I first laid eyes on him… Ohji's mother, her sights set on the Hasegawa clan's fortune, moves herself and Ohji into the Hasegawas' main house. There, Ohji becomes increasingly annoyed by his cousin Kou's hostile attitude. It's a new development in the gripping tale of teenagers on the brink of self-destruction!

Earnest, exhilarated, passionate—a young love, shining bright. Safe in the unwavering embrace of Otomo's refreshing aura, Natsume loses herself in a wonderful romance… but when the unlikeliest person returns to interfere at such a crucial time… The tale of teenage pathos continues like a fleeting dream in this ominous tenth volume!

After an attempted rape of Natsume, the beautiful model from Tokyo, leads to her breaking up with Kou, a local boy with a strong aura, it is Kou’s former best friend, Otomo, who lifts Natsume out of her depression. With his support, she is able to return to the entertainment industry and decides she wants him to be her first. That’s when Natsume bumps into Kou again, setting her heart aflutter. The pair can’t help but be drawn together, even though they always end up hurting each other… Are new developments in store for these two as well?

Shining so brightly, loving so deeply, but all for naught—George Asakura paints a new chapter in the lives of these self-destructive teens. Sullied by the events of "that day", Natsume and Kou-chan realize that the world they built together has been crushed beyond hope of repair. The cruel eyes of the onlookers kick them while they’re down in this lonely fifth chapter!

New love. Exotic destinations. A once-in-a-lifetime adventure. What could go wrong? City girl Torre DeRoche isn't looking for love, but a chance encounter in a San Francisco bar sparks an instant connection with a soulful Argentinean man who unexpectedly sweeps her off her feet. The problem? He's just about to cast the dock lines and voyage around the world on his small sailboat, and Torre is terrified of deep water. However, lovesick Torre determines that to keep the man of her dreams, she must embark on the voyage of her nightmares, so she waves good-bye to dry land and braces for a life-changing journey that's as exhilarating as it is terrifying. Somewhere mid-Pacific, she finds herself battling to keep the old boat, the new relationship, and her floundering sanity afloat. . . . This sometimes hilarious, often harrowing, and always poignant memoir is set against a backdrop of the world's most beautiful and remote destinations. Equal parts love story and travel memoir, Love with a Chance of Drowning is witty, charming, and proof positive that there are some risks worth taking.

Final volume! After arriving just in the nick of time to save Natsume, Kou finally snuffs “him” out. Natsume is overjoyed, but it turns out it was all a dream?! “Did Kou-chan finally put an end to all this?” When she tries to learn the truth about what happened, Kou’s response just confuses her further … First encounters, teasing one another, hurting one another, sympathizing with one another … This unparalleled story of those sublime, wild teenage years finally reaches its vivid conclusion!!

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