Grand Opening
After one year and nine months of more or less successful operation, Kotonoha is proud to launch its own homepage today. Thanks to Wordpress and the wonders of blogging technology, even a HTML illiterate like me was able to build a working website. I hope our regular visitors will soon take to the new look and will find the homepage a bit more user-friendly than the forum, which still exists as a communication platform for everyone to share their thoughts and comments. I would like to thank exeuntsl for his help in proofreading the site’s contents. Should you still spot errors (be it grammar, spelling or factual) in the text, don’t hesitate to let us know.
To commemorate this momentous event, we are naturally expected to release something. And that’s exactly what we do. First off, let me introduce you to our new fun project: Girlfriend. It’s about boys, girls and the one thing that attracts them to each other. Presented in the omnibus format, each chapter focuses on a different couple which makes for a refreshing reading experience (Hey, why be satisfied with just one sexy girl when you can get six or more?) This charming celebration of adolescent love was brought to you by seasoned editor LBW, our new proofreader Koe and yours truly.
Not to neglect our darker projects, we also got the sixth chapter of Soil for you. We are only one chapter away from completing the first volume. The seventh chapter holds the first big “shock” of the series so look forward to it.
Girlfriend
| Original Title | ガールフレンド (Girlfriend) |
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| Story | Masaya HOKAZONO |
| Art | Bettencourt |
| Status | 5 volumes (Completed) |
| Serialized In | Young Jump (Shueisha) |
| Genre(s) | Drama / Romance / Slice-of-life |
Summary
Penned by Masaya Hokazono (Inugami, Watashi wa ai) and illustrated by Bettencourt (Prince Standard, Harukaze – Bitterpop), Girlfriend features charming and sexy short stories involving romantic relationships between high-schoolers in contemporary Japan.
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| Volume 5 Chapter 21 | ![]() |
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| Volume 4 (Chapter 15-20) | ![]() |
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| Volume 3 (Chapter 11-14 & Special 2) | ![]() |
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| Volume 2 (Chapter 6-10) | ![]() |
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| Volume 1 (Chapter 1-5 & Special) | ![]() |
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Love My Life
| Original Title | ラブマイライフ (Love My Life) |
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| Story & Art | Ebine YAMAJI |
| Status | 1 volume (Completed) |
| Serialized In | Feel Young (Shodensha) |
| Genre(s) | Drama / Romance / Yuri |
Summary
Ichiko Izumiya is a young college student who wants to walk in the footsteps of her father—a translator of trendy American novels. She finally decides to confess to him that she is in love with Eriko, a law student. Ichiko will attempt to live out her homosexuality in peace and will be brought to wonder about the nature of her relationship: Is she really homosexual or simply in love with a sensitive being who happens to be of the same sex?
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Smuggler
| Original Title | スマグラー (Smuggler) |
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| Story & Art | Shōhei MANABE |
| Status | 1 volume (Completed) |
| Serialized In | Afternoon (Kodansha) |
| Genre(s) | Action / Thriller |
| Note | This manga has been licensed by Tokyopop USA. Please cease all online distribution! |
Summary
Ryosuke Kinuta is a young man with no stable job. He wants to become an actor but has lots of unpaid debts from loan sharks. In order to pay them back, the loan sharks introduce him to a job as a “carrier” wherein he must carry dead bodies of murdered people. He has entered a scary world in which one mistake can lead to death. (From Kodanclub)

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| Volume 1 (End) | N/A | N/A |
Deep Love – The Story of Ayu
| Original Title | Deep Love – アユの物語 (Ayu no Monogatari) |
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| Story | Yoshi |
| Art | Yū YOSHII |
| Status | 2 volumes (Completed) |
| Serialized In | Betsufure (Kodansha) |
| Genre(s) | Drama / Romance |
| Note | This project is a joint with Eden. |
Summary
Based on Yoshi’s hit novel series, Deep Love – The Story of Ayu depicts the struggling life of Ayu, a 17-year-old high school student who believes neither in a future nor the happiness it could bring her. By selling herself, she tries to justify her existence, which is as bleak as her heart—it’s void of joy, sorrow, love. Not until her encounter with a kind-hearted old lady does Ayu begin to realize the true meaning of happiness…
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| Volume 2 (Chapter 5-8) (End) | ![]() |
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| Volume 1 (Chapter 1-4) | ![]() |
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