Hinano Nakayama

Set in the fictional town of Kamurocho, the story unfolds across two intersecting timelines—1995 and 2005. In 1995, four friends eager to escape their restrictive lives in an orphanage dive into the yakuza-controlled underworld of 1995 Kamurocho. Meanwhile, in 2005, their friendship is deteriorated, as tensions between the Tojo Clan and the Omi Alliance are at a boiling point.

After moving to Tokyo for college, Kyosuke finds himself torn between his long-distance girlfriend, Sa-chan, and his beautiful, married neighbor, Shino.

A 38 years-old single woman Mugimaki Satoko’s life has completely changed after being diagnosed with a "lifelong" illness. She is forced to quit her job and finds an old housing complex with a monthly rent of 50,000 yen. With her landlord living next door and a sketchy cook, Satoko encounters "medicinal cuisine," a way of eating seasonal food to maintain bodily functions. A story that will warm you from the bottom of your stomach, just like a bowl of rice porridge, is about to begin!

When panic erupts on a Tokyo-bound bullet train that will explode if it slows below 100 kph, authorities race against time to save everyone on board.

High schooler Kayama Ito is friendless when it comes to his class so it is kind of ironic when, for a school trip to Hiroshima, he is assigned as the leader of five other students who couldn’t partner up with anyone else. The members of his group are the self-centred Sumire, diligent student Koto, the boastful Daisuke, the timid Chie, and truant Yutaro. A camaraderie forms amongst the six despite their different personalities but an unexpected situation occurs… (Source: genkinahito.wordpress.com), currently no official English title and referred to in English press releases as a romanization of its Japanese title, 6 Nin Bocchi