The Garden of Words - Recommendations

• Ch: 20+
• 2019 - ?

I remembered the feelings of a woman who thought she was beautiful. And that profile I saw when I was a kid was my mother's younger sister: my aunt. She has been crushing on my dad for decades and once married to another man to forget him. After my mother died, she and her husband divorced. But my dad re-marries a young woman of the same age as me. What a pitiful and persistent person! And now she is attending my father's wedding next to me. I couldn't look and took her from the spot. I hugged and kissed her. I don't even know why I did that, but "why" doesn't matter. The problem is that you felt like you gave it back...

• Vol: 4; Ch: 28
• 2015 - 2016

Jun is a girl whose words have been sealed away. She was once a very happy girl, but because of a certain thing she said when she was very young, her family was torn apart. One day, the egg fairy appeared in front of her and sealed away her ability to talk in order to stop her from hurting anybody else. Since this traumatic experience, Jun lives in the shadows away from the limelight. But, one day, she is nominated to become an executive member of the "community outreach council." On top of that, Jun is also appointed to play the main lead in their musical.

• Vol: 1
• 1998

Riria is a middle school girl who is absolutely, hopelessly in love with the guy who lives next door. The only problem is that he is a LOT older than her. His name is Rinpei, and he is 26 and a businessman from a rich family. Although he is nice to Riria, he (rightfully) considers her just a kid, and just treats her like a friend. Poor Riria, she loves Rinpei so much, but he is so much older and doesn't see her as a real woman.To solve the age problem, Riria transforms herself into a totally different person, trying to make herself look older. Now is the test, she decided to find Rinpei on the street and see if she can fool him with her 'disguise' into considering her a real 'woman' and see how he likes her then. Amazingly enough, things go well. Riria, in her new persona manages to make quite an impression on Rinpei! In fact, he really likes her!

• Vol: 7; Ch: 34
• 2019 - 2022

“Asako” depicts the relationship between an 11-year-old boy living in a seaside fishing village, Masashi Aoshima, and a mysterious beauty, Asako, who came to stay at his guest house from Tokyo.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 5
• 2010

A businesswoman plays a game on the bus to find one boy who seemingly isn't affected by her charms.

• Vol: 2
• 2003 - 2004

Maiku Kamishiro is an orphan, whose only memory of his childhood is a picture of his house, himself, and his twin sister. In an attempt to find out about his past, Maiku moves into his childhood home. Soon after two girls suddenly enter into Maiku's single life. One of them is his twin sister, and the other is a perfect stranger. But which is which? From there begins a tangled give-and-take relationship between Maiku and the blue-eyed girls. Find out who is Mike's real blood relative.

• Vol: 1; Ch: 8
• 2017

For a group of high school seniors, a chance reunion with a transfer student will change the course of their final year. Eita Izumi has come back to his hometown after four years and encounters some unlikely acquaintances: Haruto Soma, Eita's childhood friend; Ena Komiya, the photography student who witnesses Eita and Haruto's reunion; Mio Natsume, whose feelings for her middle school crush still linger; and Hazuki Morikawa, a girl who seems uninterested in romantic relationships.

• Vol: 1
• 2005

In the Soviet-occupied Japan of an alternate history, two childhood friends who have grown apart find each other again and begin a search for a missing third friend-and possibly save the world in the process. 

• Vol: 1; Ch: 4
• 2017

Norimichi lives in a quiet seaside town. On the day of the big summer fireworks display, he agrees to visit the town lighthouse with his childhood friends so they can see the fireworks "from the side." That evening, however, Norimichi receives a sudden invitation to "elope" with Nazuna, the girl from class he has a secret crush on. The pair's plan fails when Nazuna's mother shows up and drags her daughter away. Hoping to get Nazuna back, Noromichi makes a wish: If only he could get one more try...

• Vol: 1; Ch: 8
• 2006

At the end of World War II, Japan was split and a great tower was erected that reached the skies. For three friends, Hiroki, Takuya, and Sayuri, memories of their summer spent together would stay with them forever. During that precious time, the three promised to one day travel to the tower in the skies on the wings of a white plane -- to finally see its brilliance and the surrounding land of Ezo -- but when Sayuri suddenly disappeared from their lives, the promise that once was made was broken. Though time continues to pass, will the three ever meet again some day?