After a very rocky start, Asaichi and Yoru begin their passion-filled dating life! Although the band's popularity has remained steady, Asaichi was no longer content with being a small-time band. He wants fame! He wants success! And so, he begins to dream of the band's future. Trouble arises when Yoru reveals that he has some fans stalking him. Asaichi offers Yoru a spare key to his place and they begin officially living together. How will their relationship fare? Where will their band go? As they worry, struggle and fall in love, what does the future hold as their group's plans begin to grow?

When Asaichi decides to start up a band to pick up chicks, he soon realizes his band's in trouble. He's a bad singer. Thankfully his bassist Yoru is there to help but Asa isn't interested in his help or his advances. Will the stubborn Asa open up to Yoru or will their relationship be nothing but screaming and violence?!

For these two typecast actors, love can’t always be black or white. Shin is an actor whose awkward personality has gotten him typecast as the villain, whereas his secret lover Shige garners all the prime princely roles. As their careers advance, can these two endure all eyes being on them not just in public but in private too? Up-and-coming actor Shin has become friendly with Tatara, a veteran actor he admires, which makes Shin’s boyfriend Shige visibly jealous. And when Shin and Shige finally get their chance to work together, the situation only worsens. Being forced to hide their relationship while on set is more than Shige can handle, so he calls Shin to his dressing room and tells him that this was precisely why he didn’t want them to become intimate. Unfortunately for the secret lovers, the eavesdropping Tatara overhears it all!

EISNER AWARD WINNER • The acclaimed global sensation, now in one volume—a “beautifully rendered meditation on the struggle for gay acceptance in today’s Japan" (CNN) Yaichi is a work-at-home suburban dad in contemporary Tokyo; formerly married to Natsuki, and father to their young daughter, Kana. Their lives suddenly change with the arrival at their doorstep of a hulking, affable Canadian named Mike Flanagan, who declares himself to be the widower of Yaichi's estranged gay twin, Ryoji. Mike is on a quest to explore Ryoji's past, and the family reluctantly but dutifully takes him in. What follows is an unprecedented and heartbreaking look at the state of a largely still-closeted Japanese gay culture: how it's been affected by the West, and how the next generation can change the preconceptions about it and prejudices against it. As Mike continues his journey of discovery concerning Ryoji's past, Yaichi gradually comes to understand that being gay is just another way of being human. And that, in many ways, remains a radical concept in Japan even today. In the meantime, the bond between Mike and young Kana grows ever stronger, and yet he is going to have to return to Canada soon—a fact that fills them both with impending heartbreak. But not before more than a few revelations come to light. (Please note: This book is a traditional work of manga, and reads back to front and right to left.)

Gay manga at its best: Takeshi Matsu's humorous and highly erotic stories enjoy popularity in Japan andworldwide. Bruno Gmuender publishes his works for the first time in English, making it available to a larger audience.