Love & Catastrophes

Collection of 6 oneshots. 1) Escape Akio is a juvenile delinquent who just got suspended from school for beating up the PE teacher, Koizumi is a model student. One day Akio runs into Koizumi at a convenience store and before you know it, they're driving around in a stolen car. How come Akio even knows Koizumi's name? And why is he stopping the car in this out-of-the-way place? 2) Soulful Cherry Bomb For the last year and a half, Shuuji has been dating Kawano, but since Kawano got married a while ago, he's been coming by less and less, and when he does show up, they only have quick sex. Still, Shuuji is not so hard up that he would pay any attention to the crazy high schooler he met at the laundromat, no matter how much that kid says he likes him and wants to go out. Not even when the kid goes to ridiculous lengths to convince him of his sincerity. Or? 3) No Place to Go Home to Odagiri Motoharu is a novelist who's taking a break from everything by renting an apartment in his old hometown, away from all his obligations in Tokyo. He wonders whether anyone will really miss him, whether anyone actually cares about his, rather than what he can do for them. Hirotomo lives next door, with Katsurou, and while the latter's girlfriend is there, Hirotomo is waiting outside, in the snow. Odagiri feels sorry for him, and takes him out to eat. When they return, Hirotomo shows his gratitude in a rather forward way, and that sets off a strange affair. 4) How Can I smile Tomorrow? Kikuchi Haruto, who is originally an erotic manga writer took up the chance of drawing gay manga upon the request of his acquaintance. However, he couldn't find any inspiration and when his dateline is about to due, his editor, Samejima came knocking on his door to see if he has finished the manga! Kikuchi explained his situation to Samejima and the calm editor went off for two hours and came back with a young guy! Kikuchi is confused but the confusion will soon turn into shock... 5) I'm Not Going by My Old Name This story is about Kikuchi Haruto again. Kikuchi has now turned into a full pledge gay manga writer and has lived up to the name of dirty erotic manga artist. While attending a party, Kikuchi was introduced to Nikaidou-sensei who draws 4-panel comics for the news corner. As they were chatting, one of the girls in the party put up a song for Kikuchi to sing, not knowing that he hates karaoke and to avoid singing, Kikuchi ran off to the toilet to take a smoke. All of a sudden, Nikaidou-sensei grabbed Kikuchi and pushed him into one of the cubicles in the toilet! Just what on earth is he planning to do?!