Kota Nozomi – illustratör

A decade ago, Ayako took in her orphaned niece, Miu, as her own. They now share a close mother-daughter bond, but being a young single mom hasn’t been easy for Ayako. Good thing Miu’s childhood friend Takumi has been there for the family every step of the way. After all these years, he’s grown into a kind, handsome young man—just the kind of guy Ayako would like to see Miu date. In fact, when Takumi asks to speak with Ayako privately one day, she can’t wait to give the young couple her blessing. But little does she know it’s not Miu that Takumi has fallen for... It’s her! How will Ayako handle the romantic feelings of the boy who’s meant so much to her family? And what will it all mean for her relationship with her daughter?

The earnest romance of the unbelievably cute, almost thirty-year-old Orihara-san and her handsome, devoted high school boyfriend Momota continues to heat up! Looking to make up for midterms, Momota decides to study hard for his finals and gets a little bit of help from Orihara-sensei! A group date with everyone leads to hijinks and revelations as we learn more about Momota’s friends! Also, an unexpected miracle happens when Orihara-san makes a visit to her boyfriend''s house?! Love transcends time in the third volume of the pure, sugary sweet, and 1000% precious love story of two people with a slight age gap between them!

Half a year after their powers awakened, the literary club has finally won its first ever supernatural battle! Well...kind of, anyway. It may have been more of a comedy of errors than an actual battle, but Andou isn’t about to let that stop him from basking in his (accidental) victory!

What very well may stop him, however, are the advances of the very foe he’d just defeated. Kudou Mirei, the president of the student council, may have lost the battle, but she’s by no means out of the picture! Just days after their first encounter, she pays a second visit to the literary club with an even crazier objective than she had the first time!

Misunderstandings and superpowered slice-of-life shenanigans abound in the literary club’s second not-so-epic adventure!

Andou Jurai is a second-year highschooler with the mind of an eighth-grade edgelord. His self-indulgent fantasies and over the top antics make him a constant pain in the neck for his friends in the literary club...until, that is, they all suddenly awaken to spectacular supernatural powers! Their godlike abilities include stopping time, manipulating the elements, creating matter from nothing, subverting the very laws of reality, and...producing black fire that doesn’t burn. (Some superpowers are more godlike than others.)

Andou''s read enough comics to know what comes next: it’s only a matter of time before they''ll be dragged into life-or-death battles with the fate of the world itself at stake! The world, however, disagrees. There are no villains, no battles, no earth-shattering disasters—nothing whatsoever. Half a year later, the literary club finds themselves confronting a new question: what do you do with supernatural powers when your day to day life is as commonplace as ever?

It’s a beautiful morning! The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and Chifuyu’s dropping out of elementary school.

Wait. What?!

Spoiler alert: the truancy crisis turns out to be a huge misunderstanding, and everything goes back to normal instantly. Nope, no deeper meanings or looming repercussions to worry about here! And that means it’s time for the literary club to return to their old standby: screwing around with their powers for kicks! From tennis to cosplay, our heroes have a full lineup of commonplace activities to take to truly extraordinary extremes, and that’s not even starting on the chance encounters with friends new and old! ​Good thing there’s no drama looming in the background that could get in the way of all that supernatural fun, right? ...Right?

Takanashi Sayumi has always held herself to high standards. If she takes a test, she aims to ace it. If given a responsibility, she does her best to fulfill it. Whether at work or at play, she seeks to act in a manner that is worthy of praise. This makes it all the more surprising that she wound up the president of the literary club, an underachieving organization home to the biggest weirdos in the entire school—or at least one of them.

What caused Sayumi to become so earnest and diligent? How did she end up becoming the literary club’s president? And most perplexingly of all, why did she ever allow Andou to join the club in the first place? The answers lie within the literary club’s past, before its members obtained their godlike supernatural powers...

Who is Kiryuu Heldkaiser Luci-First? When he says he’s a fallen angel, is he communicating something profound, or is he just being an edgelord? Why does he have to be so fanatically dedicated to the cause of cringe? And most importantly of all...what’s the deal with all these supernatural powers, anyway?!

Kiryuu, unfortunately, isn’t the type to answer questions (at least, not the ones people actually ask him). Thankfully, a certain someone is much more forthcoming: Saitou Hitomi, Kiryuu’s oldest friend and the woman who’s been by his side for nearly the entirety of his quixotic quest. Through her eye, we can witness his exploits firsthand...and, just maybe, begin to understand their purpose.

The time has come to take a peek behind the curtain and see what’s been happening in the background while Andou and the literary club wallow in their perfectly commonplace lives. Who knows—maybe we’ll even get to watch a supernatural battle or two in the process!

Andou Jurai and Sagami Shizumu have a complicated relationship, to say the least. Although Andou claims the two of them are “more than acquaintances but less than friends,” it’s plain to see that there’s more to it than that—and just as obvious that Andou would really rather not talk about it. Some things feel better left forgotten, and for Andou, many such things happened when he was in the eighth grade. After all, that was when he met Sagami and they really were friends, and worse yet, it was when he’d stopped being a chronically edgy chuuni cringelord.

What painful feelings lurk within Andou’s memories of the darkest period of his life? How did his friendship with Sagami deteriorate into the lukewarm tolerance they have now? And why did Andou emerge from the crucible as Guiltia Sin Jurai? For Sayumi’s sake, he’s finally willing to bare it all...

Summer is here! Swimsuits and poolside shenanigans await Andou when Chifuyu asks him to do team trivia at the water park. But the fun doesn’t stop there! Andou’s in for some slipping and sliding summertime memories when Sayumi invites him to spend time with her at the pool. That’s not all, though: Andou’s determined to live out his vacation to the fullest with some fun in the sun when Hatoko wants to hang out together at the beach. Even after all that, Andou’s not content to rest on his laurels, since he’s happy to dive into a day of splashing around and munching on junk food with Tomoyo when she offers him her spare water park ticket. Wait...huh? Why does everyone keep asking to spend one-on-one time with him around large bodies of water? Not just to fill an arbitrary beach episode quota, that’s for sure! Plots will be hatched, schemes will be schemed, and secrets will be revealed as the girls of the literary club make the most of their time alone with Andou!

Summer vacation is over, school is back in session, and the literary club has returned to their old pastime: making a loud, chaotic nuisance of themselves! It’s no surprise when the president of the student council, Kudou Mirei, stops by to pay them a visit...except she’s not there to scold them for their super-powered antics. No, she’s there to consult with them on a more serious matter: the upcoming cultural festival!

An unusually large room is up for grabs, and it has fallen to the literary club to find a way to use it. So, what do you do when you have five members, limited talent, and a dedicated block in the festival’s schedule to fill? Put on a play, of course! And what better production than the most literary play around: Romeo and Juliet! Only one question remains: who will star as the show’s tragic heroine?

...Wait, no, don’t look at the cover! Spoilers, jeez!

The Wings of Fallen Black are a cadre of Players as powerful as they are mysterious! Disparate though their causes and motives may be, they’ve come together under the leadership of the man known—nay, feared—as Ancient Lucifer: Kiryuu Heldkaiser Luci-First! Although Kiryuu may be an insufferable, untrustworthy, overly dramatic chuuni cringelord, his allies have nevertheless been drawn to his side due to...uhh, reasons? Probably?

Let’s be real: when all’s said and done, it’s unclear why most of Kiryuu’s Players-in-arms decided to join his squad. In particular, why would Toki Shuugo and Akutagawa Yanagi, two young men who only agree when it comes to their distaste for authority and each other, debase themselves by working for a guy like him? It seems inevitable that they’d jump ship at the first chance to betray him...so when the opportunity comes knocking, the choices they make and the consequences they face may come as a surprise to everyone—especially Shuugo and Yanagi themselves!

Nothing lasts forever—especially not in high school. Seasons change, events come and go, and torches are passed as time marches ever onward. For all their godlike powers, not even the literary club is exempt from the transience of the academic year...and so the time has come for their beloved president, third-year student Takanashi Sayumi, to step down from her position and name a successor to carry on her legacy...but not before she and her clubmates squeeze in another swimsuit episode first! There’s always room in the schedule for zany shenanigans, and this time around, the gang will be joined by the newly retired ex-president of the student council, Kudou Mirei, in a cameo appearance!

It’s finally happened. A full year after Andou and his literary club friends awakened to tremendously potent powers, the world of supernatural battles has finally arrived at their doorstep in the form of Tamaki: a girl from the darkest moment in Andou’s past! Andou has plenty of baggage with Tamaki, and Tamaki seems to have quite an axe to grind with him, so when she spirits him away to an unfamiliar cityscape, it seems safe to say her intentions are less than peaceful. Worse still, the nature of Tamaki’s power means that there’s little to no hope of Andou’s significantly more combat-capable friends storming onto the scene to bail him out! If Andou wants to make it out unscathed, he’ll have to confront his past head-on and use both his wits and his power to their fullest potential!

But, of course, Andou’s plight pales in comparison to one single, burning question: what’s Sagami up to while all of that’s going down?

At last, a long-fated reunion: Guiltia Sin Jurai and Kiryuu Heldkaiser Luci-First are face-to-face once more, and their meeting spells— Wait, what? This isn’t the final novel? There’s a whole volume full of side-stories to get through before the story ends? Well, never mind, then! Take two!

Every name has a story behind it. Sometimes, those stories are simple and straightforward; other times, they’re elaborate, downright convoluted deep dives into the minds of whoever comes up with them. Needless to say, the names that Andou Jurai has bestowed upon his superpowered clubmates’ abilities are of the latter variety—and now, it’s finally time for their true origins to be unveiled! Join Andou in an extremely silly (and dubiously canon) peek into the literary club’s past, wherein he struggles against his clubmates’ indifference by endeavoring to invent the perfect name for each and every one of their god-tier abilities!

At last, a long-fated reunion: Guiltia Sin Jurai and Kiryuu Heldkaiser Luci-First are face-to-face once more, and their meeting spells both the end of the Fifth Spirit War and the inevitable collision of their respective commonplace and supernatural tales!

Or at least...that was the plan. Stories, however, rarely develop in exactly the directions their authors intend them to, and Sagami isn’t the only character in Kiryuu’s tale who’s decided to jump the rails and take their role in a whole new direction. As plot threads, character arcs, and last second twists collide, it’s anyone’s guess who might have what it takes to thwart Kiryuu’s nefarious master plan for Andou and the literary club—or, for that matter, to figure out what his master plan even is.

The time has come. The die is cast. The beginning of the end of the beginning...has begun.

First-year high school student Momota Kaoru just saved a beautiful high school girl, Orihara Hime, from a train molester. One thing leads to another, and they end up going on a date! They have a lot in common: they both love video games, they both jam to their favorite songs on mixtapes, they were even both born in the Year of the Snake. Except... Orihara’s first game console used cartridges... and her old mixtapes are all on MiniDisc... and, oh, her birthday is actually 12 years before Momota’s! When her secret comes out, she thinks it must all be over... but will Momota really let something like a little age gap get in the way of his love for Orihara? Find out if love really can transcend generations in this sugar-sweet romantic comedy!

High school student Momota Kaoru is in a relationship with his slightly older girlfriend, Orihara-san. Today they’re going to have a hot date playing video games at her house, and tomorrow they''re going on a drive to a faraway town! They’re not going to let their twelve-year age difference get in their way, and are only going to grow closer—or so they thought... Just what did Momota say to insult Orihara-san’s dignity, and why was it so bad he had to make up for it with a mind-blowing massage? Who is this new girl who confessed her feelings to Momota? How will a shocking encounter with Orihara-san’s older sister Kisaki-san shake up their secret relationship? Hijinks ensue in the second volume of the super sweet romcom about a miraculously cute woman pushing thirty and a devoted high school boy who are madly in love with each other.

Orihara-san once again dons the uniform, but things don’t go quite as planned! An all girls (around thirty) party leads to all sorts of adult conversation, and Orihara-san’s sister ends up asking Momota-kun for love advice?! Saki gets some help babysitting her little brother when she has an unexpected run-in with a certain someone. Also, summer heats up as Momota-kun goes on his first festival date with Orihara-san, who’s dressed in a yukata! Speaking of firsts, Momota-kun and Orihara-san also go on their first karaoke date, and for the first time, Orihara-san goes toe-to-toe with the bigwigs at her company—and she gets some unexpected help. Tons of surprises await in the fourth volume of the super sweet and pure love story of high school boy Momota-kun and his slightly older girlfriend, Orihara-san!

In a shocking development for Momota and Orihara-san, it turned out that the woman Momota’s father is dating is actually Orihara-san’s older sister, Kisaki! What’s more, she now knows about Momota’s real age and that they’ve been lying to her! She tells them to break up immediately, saying it’s for their sake. However, rather than fall apart, the bond between Momota and Orihara-san grows stronger than ever, and they refuse her. Now what lies in store for their relationship? Will Momota’s family have his back? What’s the bombshell that Kisaki-san drops on them? And why did Orihara-san invite Momota to a hotel to be alone together?! Find out all this and more in the fifth volume of this sugary sweet romcom about a couple with a slight age gap!

Despite Momota’s new mother discovering his secret relationship, things are surprisingly peaceful, though a little awkward, at home. However, he can’t take it easy since preparations have ramped up for the school festival that’s only about a week away! The event’s got Ura busier than anybody, and he’s adapting surprisingly well to his position as his class’s representative for the festival. But after an argument with Saki, he stops coming to school and shuts himself up in his room. It’s up to Momota to bring him back and even give him some advice on matters of the heart as Ura falls in love with his own princess. Also, the school festival is full of surprises, as a certain someone from the past and a certain quest item make special appearances! Check it all out in the sixth volume of the sugary sweet love story with a twelve-year age gap!

It was a bumpy road getting here, but things have finally settled down for Ayako and Takumi, who have decided to take it slow and avoid making any dramatic changes to their relationship. At least, that was what Ayako thought they had decided. Just when she feels like she can finally relax, Takumi asks her out on a date! After focusing on nothing but raising her daughter for the last decade, Ayako has no idea how to mentally prepare for an event like this. The pressure’s on for Takumi as well—he’s spent the last ten years dreaming of their first date, so it has to be perfect! Will the couple manage to get over their nerves and have a night to remember? Or is their first date end before it’s even begun?

Despite several twists and turns, Ayako and Takumi finally managed to have a successful first date. It’s looking like Ayako will be able to come to terms with Takumi’s feelings at her own pace...or so she thinks until her daughter suddenly lays down the gauntlet, declaring that she’s gunning for Takumi! Now forced to choose between accepting Takumi’s feelings or handing him over to her daughter, will Ayako finally come to see him as a potential partner? Or will her daughter’s advances close the book on her and Takumi’s romance forever?

Thanks to Miu’s meddling, Ayako is now sure she’s in love with Takumi. She’s totally fallen for him and is so ready to start dating him that she kickstarts their new relationship by surprising him with a passionate kiss—and promptly sends him away without word, confident that their feelings are so strong they need not be spoken. At least, that’s how she sees it in her head, but as soon as she tells her daughter about it, she realizes that all she did was kiss her neighbor out of nowhere! They aren’t actually dating at all! Embarrassed, Ayako resolves herself to have a proper conversation with Takumi about their relationship ASAP...but what was once a simple discussion quickly becomes complicated when she receives sudden news about her job. Can she overcome the rapidly mounting awkwardness and hard feelings she faces and have a heart-to-heart with Takumi? Or will their spark fizzle out as she struggles over what to do?

Ayako and Takumi are finally dating! She has a boyfriend for the first time in her thirty-[REDACTED] years of life, and he’s officially going out with the only woman he’s ever had feelings for, so they’re both pretty new at this. But wait...they’re already moving in together?! Thanks to a not-so-coincidental internship that fell into Takumi’s lap, he and Ayako end up sharing a condo in Tokyo when she goes there for a three-month business trip, and it’s just the two of them. Despite both of them being in the first month of their first relationship, now they’re already eating, bathing, and sleeping together under one roof... Can Ayako’s heart take all the excitement?

After overcoming various emotional hurdles from their first week of living together, Ayako and Takumi realize they’re finally ready to get physical—but how simple will that really be for a fledgling couple like them, and how will taking this next big step affect their relationship? One of the few people Ayako can consult with is her boss, Yumemi, who’s always all ears when it comes to her love life...but now that Ayako is entering this new stage of her relationship, Yumemi is totally over it all of a sudden? On top of that, Yumemi seems like she has something to hide... Will Ayako be able to navigate all the twists and turns in her evolving relationships? Or will the unexpected consequences of her actions prove too much to handle?