Romance
Faerie's Landing
2011-01-14
From Tokyopop:Welcome to Faeries' Landing, a place where the real world and the faerie realm collide. Sixteen-year-old Ryang doesn't realize that supernatural beings descend on his town at night, but when he stumbles on a group of faeries bathing, he en
Duction Man
2012-05-30
Ogi Juugo has forsaken the entertainment industry ever since it caused the death of his family. However, fate had different plans. After proposing to his girlfriend and being shot down, he realizes that his girlfriend is actually a model. Acting on his love for her he decides that it is time to return to the industry.
Nana to Kaoru: Black Label
2011-11-28
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. This “Arashi†series begins 8 months in the future of YA, with Nana and Kaoru in the summer of their final year of high school.This series uses a different support cast & different location setting than the original serialization, and as such it doesn't really spoil anything from the main series. Nana to Kaoru (Prequel)
Marmalade Boy Little
2013-08-22
Set 13 years after the original series, the story focuses on Miki and Yuu's little siblings.
So Bad!
2011-01-14
From DGT:Because Yukino's mom is a housekeeper for the Renjyo familiy, she has to suffer the pain of hearing her mom praise the family she takes care of. And this is why Yukino has been trying to beat Renjyo Tamaki for most of her life, so her mom would care more about her than the Renjyo family. But when her mom gets sick, and she has to take care of the Renjyo family instead, her goals change a little.
Ageha 100%
2011-01-14
From Wikipedia:Hanabuki High School prohibits its pupils from wearing makeup. Among the school girls there is a rumour going around about a legendary make-up artist, Ageha, who secretly gives makeovers to girls after school. Any girl wanting Ageha to give them a makeover needs only to write their name and class on Ageha's card (showing Ageha's trademark, a swallowtail butterfly—agehach? in Japanese) and put it up on the school's notice board, and Ageha will later show up in their classroom. However, no one knows that Ageha's true identity is the quiet, bespectacled girl, Rin Fujiwara, except for the play boy, Riku Kisaragi. Amused by the idea, Kisaragi cross-dresses as Ageha's assistant to tag along with her as she works. A running gag in the story is that Ageha's clients think that Kisaragi is Ageha upon first meeting.
Eichi
2011-01-14
Kobayashi Shinobu, first year highschool student, transfers to a new school only to get dumped by her boyfriend and have a teacher who breaks all her conventional preconceptions. He smokes. He leaves class without warning. And at night, he works as a host. Will their relationship develop into something more than student and teacher? Read H and find out!!(Contains mild humor.)
Oh Chunja Chunja High School Bullying
2011-01-14
Power, body, charisma all together it shakes the mind. Provoked the gym teacher to seduce his nervous mind. The first kiss then, second kiss to seduce. Who is really the person that makes Chunja's heart thump? That person is...!!Â
Clover (CHIYA Toriko)
2011-01-14
Plot: Suzuki Saya, age 21, is an office lady who's never been able to forget about the guy she liked in middle school. She carries on each day now getting reprimanded by her accomplished supervisor, Tsuge Susumu, and she's not interested in having any romantic relationships... Until out of the blue, Tsuge confesses love to Saya, and brings a new prediction of love for her!?
Haru To Natsu
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Makoto meets a sweet, shy girl named Haruna helping out at the school's athletics festival. He confesses his feelings for her the next time he sees her, and she bluntly rejects him, only to call him later and ask him out herself! The source of all these mixed signals is Haruna's "evil" twin sister, Natsumi. Natsumi is the opposite of Haruna, she's a forward, crude girl bent on taking whatever she can from her twin sister. Makoto is stuck in between Haruna and Natsumi, as they viciously fight over who will win him in the end.
Return
2011-01-14
From Impossibility:Morisawa Kai and Sato Tatsuki are best friends. However, unlike Kai, Tatsuki is completely unreliable, lazy and ill-tempered. One day Tatsuki takes Kai out driving in his new motocycle only to get into a bad accident that leaves Kai d
Geten no Hana
2015-02-14
From The Paper Dolls Project:Hotaru Kunoichi of the Iga Village has accepted a request to infiltrate Oda Nobunaga’s castle, Aduchi Castle. Under the guise that she is the younger sister of Mitsuhide, Nobunaga's confidante, she investigates the Oda army for dissenters. Hotaru deepens her relations with great military commanders, from Nobunaga to Hashiba Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyasu. However, it will all be over if they find out who she truly is . . .
Chiguhagu Lovers
2015-01-01
This story is about two childhood friends, Sayaka and Mushin, who have both practiced kendo for a long time. Sayaka is fairly strong and Mushin is not, but he dreams of protecting her anyway. Even though he doesn't realize it, Sayaka is the one who is always protecting him whenever he is in danger, without him being aware of it.... However, Mujin has a strong weapon of his own, which is something that has conquered even Sayaka: his earnest honesty and unfazed good will.Cue to rivals popping up constantly, "evil organizations" trying to destroy Sayaka's and Mushin's Dojo, and even several love rivals who want to destroy their closeness, who are simply attracted by either Sayaka's charisma or Mushin's kindness.... Thus, both Sayaka and Mushin have their own battles and at times they may need to cooperate to surpass the impossible hurdles, of which being step-siblings is the very first one.
Caravan Kidd
2011-02-11
From Dark Horse: Wataru ran away from home to find . . . something. Something fun, something exciting, something different. What he found was all three, with emphasis on "different"! Mian Toris is an enigma, an endearing, buxom redhead with a big sword and a penchant for dog collars and trouble! All the fleets of Helgebard are after her lovely tail, and she's drafted Wataru and his sidekick Babo to be her companions for the escape run. The authorities claim she's the harbinger of Armageddon, with aspirations to destroy the whole planet, but from where Wataru is sitting, she's the answer to his prayers. He found his something, and no one is going to come between the two of them!
Aki-sora
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Ever since he was a young child Sora Aoi had always exchanged words of "I love you" with his older sister Aki. Now, as he comes of age, he finds it much harder to exchange such comforts as they did in those simpler times. When Aki demonstrates her feelings toward him to go beyond a sisters love Sora finds himself questioning his feelings for his sister. Realizing their affection for one another they consummate their love in secret. In a society that would never understand, they must now keep their love a secret from their family and everyone they know. With a boisterous twin sister and friends that want to be more than just friends, Sora will find it wont be so easy. Hormones raging, you can be sure that Itosugi Masahiro's "Aki-Sora" will be a sure-fire drama that you don't wanna miss!Warning: Nudity and graphic situations!
Kare no Ondo
2011-01-14
Plot: Ito, a girl who is physically abused by her father, nonetheless hides it from the people around her. But when things spiral out of control only Ibuki is willing to reach out his hand to try and save her. As the two are drawn together, however, he is simultaneously tied down by obligations difficult to break away from no matter where his heart lays.
Hachimitsu To Clover
2013-01-06
From Viz:Takemoto lives in a run-down student apartment, where his greatest worry is when he'll next be able to afford to eat meat and whether he'll get to class on time. Although he's away from home and living on his own, Takemoto is far from finished growing up. Along with his crazy cast of friends, Morita, Mayama, Yamada, and Hagumi, Takemoto sets out to discover life and his true self.Was adapted into a live action film in 2006 and a live action tv series.In 2003, this manga won the 27th Kodansha Manga Award for sh?jo.
One Winter Manhwa
2011-01-31
Pinocchio prequel ~ This little series tells the story of the 1st winter Ga on became a ghost.
Billion Girl
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. From ShoujoMagic:For heroine Ooba Kanoko, life is not much fun. Her family runs a small restaurant where she slaves and is horribly mistreated by her two sisters, parents, and grandparent. (Not to mention the fact that her name said aloud as "Oobaka no ko" = "stupid kid"!) Poor Kanoko cooks, cleans, and takes the blame when things go wrong. However, her life takes an unusual turn when her family suddenly loses what little money it had, and everything they own is about to be reposessed -- and along comes a ragged looking, tall stranger with an interesting proposition that will turn Kanoko into a billion dollar Cinderella! At a price to Kanoko...
Cipher
2011-01-14
From CMX Manga:Anise can't believe her luck when she finds herself in the same high school as famous former child star Siva. Although the cool and handsome Siva seems unapproachable, Anise manages to become his friend. But her happiness turns to surpris
Sandwich Girl
2011-01-14
Lee Jaekyung, a violent girl, just wants to live a peaceful and normal high school life. She goes to the same high school that her crush, Yu Minwoo attends, and even learned to sew and cook just for him. She finally sees him again when he gives his student body president speech, but she also finds out that the annoying playboy Sejoon Kang, is also at her school. How does Jaekyung know Sejoon? What will happen next?
The Embalmer
2011-01-14
From Tokyopop:A chilling dramatic series about Shinjyurou Mamiya, an embalmer in a nation where men of his profession are viewed as outcasts engaging in an unaccepted and unclean practice. For Shinjyurou, it's just a job. But in doing it, he's gained an understanding of death, and more important, what it truly means to live...
Classmate Kamimura Yuuka Wa Kou Itta
2011-08-29
Shirasaki is incredibly bored by his unchanging daily school life and he ends up falling in love with his weird classmate Kamimura Yuuka, who rants about changing the world to his uninterested classmates. However, when she reveals the truth about the nature of their world to him, everything will quickly become stranger than he would ever have expected!
Mahou Senki Lyrical Nanoha Force
2011-01-14
Plot: The storyline follows Nanoha Takamachi, a nine-year-old Japanese girl attending elementary school, who lives with her parents and her older siblings. Nanoha's regular everyday life ends when she rescues an injured ferret who turns out to be a young shapeshifting mage named Y?no Scrya. An archaeologist from a parallel universe, Y?no came to Earth to collect the set of twenty-one dangerous ancient artifacts named the "Jewel Seeds" (??????? Jueru Sh?do?) he first discovered in his own world. Jewel Seeds turn living beings who come into contact with them into monsters and Y?no, injured while collecting them, must now rely on Nanoha while he convalesces in the ferret form. He gives Nanoha an "intelligent device" (magical wand) called "Raising Heart" (???????? Reijingu H?to?) and she unexpectedly shows strong aptitude for magic. As the two begin to gather Jewel Seeds, Nanoha learns magic from Y?no while continuing with her ordinary everyday life.
Delinquent Cinderella
2011-02-11
Nan Hui was sent off to the city to live with her mother and her nasty grandmother when she was caught smoking at her country school again. There she rescued the drunk and ungrateful, Gong Myeong from the beatings of five boys. Angry that he did not appreciate her help, she stomped on his arm and ran off…not expecting to meet him again.Gong Myeong devised a plan with Nan Hui after being heartbroken over losing a girl he loves to his half-brother, Baek Jae Ha."We’re not going to really love each other. We’ll be a contract couple to get what we both want.â€The handsome bad boy, Cha Gong Myeong & bad girl, Lee Nan Hui are declared a couple of horror!What will happen when Nan Hui’s best friend, who is in love with her, comes to Seoul? Things get even more complicated when Gong Myeong’s half-brother falls for Nan Hui.Can this bad prince give this bad Cinderella her glass slipper? Will love blossom between these two bad personalities?
Ultra Cute
2011-01-14
For all 15 years of their lives, Ami and Noa have competed against each other for love with the same results: both fall for the same guy, inevitably scaring him away and leaving them boyfriend-less. But the vicious cycle is broken when the girls go to a party and each fall for two different guys! With potential love on the horizon, the sky couldn't be bluer...until Ami discovers that these two dudes are actually duds with ulterior motives. Determined to get revenge on these players, Ami vows to make her guy fall for her while she trys to protect an unsuspecting Noa!
Sore ga Kanojo no Seigi nara
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. After his happy-go-lucky lovestruck parents suddenly decide to go on an amorous traveling adventure, Yuki is shuffled off to live with one of his dad's old friends. He knows very little about his new living circumstances, save that his dad's friend is an author with three children.Something seems a little off about the girl who's sent to meet him, the fidgety and overly anxious Aya, but he doesn't fully understand what's going on until he arrives at the house. Yuki, who has had very little to do with women thus far in his life, is now set to live in a house with four of them. The head of the house is actually an author of erotic novels, and she habitually forces her three daughters into embarrassing sexual situations. How will Yuki cope with his new life?
Akuma Na Eros
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Miu Sakurai, age 15, attends a Catholic school where she prays every day for her admired Shion Amamiya to return her love. When that doesn't work, she places her faith in a book of magic and tries casting one of its spells. However, it's not love that man
Kanon
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. One day a 23-year-old Japanese musician travels to Mongolia in order to get inspirations for writing a piece of music. There he meets Kanon whose mother runs the "Hotel Kanon" in the desert. Kanon grew up in Mongolia, does not know who her father is and takes him for dead as her mother told her so. Then Kanon's mother who fell from a horse dies of injury. Before her death, she tells her daughter that she came to Mongolia because she could not stay in Japan as she had an affair with Kanon's father, a musician, who is actually still alive, and she asks Kanon to find him in Japan by becoming a violin virtuoso, but dies before telling her his name. Thus Kanon goes with the young man to Japan where she learns to become a musician in a music school run by Mikami, a handsome young man and worldwide very successful musician and conductor. Soon the younger sister of her mother gives her photos of three musicians, one of whom might be her father. Kanon's erring search for her father begins...Kanon received the 1997 Shogakukan Manga Award for sh?jo manga.
Pajama Na Kanojo
2012-02-28
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Keisuke and Makura are childhood friends who grew up together almost like brother and sister. One day, due to a misunderstanding they had, Makura left the house angry until Keisuke's Mom is worried about Makura not coming home yet, thus Keisuke is told to go look for her.Reluctantly, Keisuke went out to find Makura, He ended up at a place they used to go often, the sunflower field. Luckily, Makura was there. Keisuke joined her sitting on the bench and they began to reminiscence.When Keisuke decided that they should head back home, her mother phoned him and said that Makura collapsed and didn't wake up. She also told him to head to the hospital immediately. At that same moment, he looked at Makura, who was not standing but floating in the air...
Brother X Brother (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. After being told that his dad passed away, Souichirou comes back to the house which used to be his home 8 years ago. There, he finds out about the existence of his two older brothers - Masato, the eldest, and Kaname, the middle child.In order to receive rights to the house, Souichirou has to live together with them, and despite the chaos and arguments, it's fine by Souichirou if it means he can get the house. But one day, he accidentally sees Masato kissing Kaname...
A Fairytale For The Demon Lord Season 2
2014-03-17
From: Easy Going ScansA Demon Lord spirited the Princess away, and cursed her with eternal sleep. Countless knights sought to save her, only to die in vain by the Demon Lord's hands. But then, a Nameless Knight arrived to vanquish him and save the Princess, ignorant of what fate had in store for him...
Sengoku Danshi Hana no Ran
2011-01-14
Plot: With a boyfriend who's an idol on the rise and a wacky grandfather who has a penchant for inventing and Japanese history, Hana's life is crazy enough. Things get even more complicated when Hana runs into a burning building, trying to rescue her grandfather, and finds herself face-to-face with a man who seems to be a samurai from the past...
Perfect Twin
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Shibata Tonami has an ability to see various mirages whenever there's rain, which isolates him from others who don't understand him. However, after his encounter with Kawakami Miki, a beautiful girl who has an ability of her own, everything in Tonami's life changes.
Peter Panda
2011-01-24
The main character, Rui, is a hardworking and happy girl. One day, her neighbor moves away and leaves behind a stuffed panda bear. Rui decided to take it home, since she's always loved panda bears. She goes to sleep with it one night, and discovers herself in bed with a stranger (who also happens to look like her ideal man) the next morning. He introduces himself as Peter, and that is how she ends up meeting three other guys...
Tamago no Kimi
2011-01-14
Summary from The Little Corner:The planet of Salami is almost identical to planet Earth. Judging from the appearance, there is nothing different from Earth... Except... The sense of beauty is VERY different. Aimi is an orphan living with her step-mother and step-sisters, and she is what we consider as being beautiful, but what THEY consider as ugly. Yet, that does not end the story. Just by an accident, Aimi stumbles upon Earth and meets Kyou Naruse, a self-centered person or someone called.... The Narcissist. Our very own Cinderella Story... [except for the fact that Aimi s sense of beauty is ALSO different] or not.
Red River
2011-01-14
Yuuri, a modern day teenager who just has gotten her first kiss, is suddenly whisked away to ancient Anatolia where an evil queen wants her for a blood sacrifice. Luckily, the timely intervention of Prince Kail saves Yuuri from the queen's grasp. For now. Kail promises to send Yuuri back to her home, but the queen's persistent schemes to kill them both, plus their growing interest in each other, keep those plans delayed.Orontes Renka is a side story in volume 28.
Ahiru no Oujisama
2011-01-14
Plot: In reality, an ugly duckling could never become a beautiful swan. However, when a short ugly boy makes a wish to be reborn beautiful, his wish is granted and he becomes a gorgeous young man that all the girls fall for. Will being beautiful be everything that he hoped it would be?
Kokoro (kanda neko) (Yaoi)
2014-08-13
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. alary man Saki almost makes it home but passes out from fever just as college student Shinomiya passes by. When Saki comes to he realizes he's in a strange apartment and Shinomiya has been taking care of him for the past two days! Not wanting to be indebted, Saki tries to repay him as thanks but Shinomiya's having nothing of it. Luckily, Saki's pretty creative when coming up with a way to express his gratitude that has them both wanting more...In the Kokoro series:chapter 1-2 ----V.1 - Otokogokoro (A Man's Heart)chapter 3-7 ----V.2 - Koibitogokoro (Heart of Love)chapter 8-9.5 --V.3 - Koigokoro (Heart of Love)chapter 10-14.6-V.4 - Tokimekigokoro (Heart of Excitement)The number of chapters comprising their story in each book is as follows: Otokogokoro (2 chapters), Koibitogokoro (6 chapters + omake) entire book, Koigokoro (2 chapters + omake), and Tokimekigokoro (5 chapters + extras) entire book.
She's Scary Manhwa
2011-01-14
From Loyal Kiss:A beauty at first glance,the opposite of organized,Swearing as part of her daily routine,The so~ hot girl, Jin Eun JungConsidered a hunk by everyone,A textbook example of a good student,The king of organization,The student council president,The so~ hot guy, Moon Seo YoungSuddenly one day,these completely different peoplestart living under the same roofand something starts to change!In a bittersweet way ?A hot bad-mouthed girl just lost her wallet, determined to get some money, she sees a guy walking down the street, brings a stick and asks him for money, Moon Seo Young, the oh-so hunky goody two-shoes, whose money just got robbed by a girl. how uncool~ but, he has to forget about that since he has much bigger problems cause, Jin Eun Jung, who happens to be that girl, is gonna start living in the same roof as him. woah~ She really is scary. This must be a dream, right?
Tokyo DTED
2014-09-24
"When we enter high school, be sure to make me your own."Tetsuo's childhood friend Kaede Shiraishi made that promise to him as a young girl before she moved away. Kaede never left Tetsuo's mind, and his dreams finally came true when they both reunited in high school. However, Tetsuo's older brother ended up making Kaede his own.Tetsuo couldn't stand hearing his brother interacting with his former crush in the next room day in and day out, so he decided to go to Tokyo, taking a "certain secret" along with him. But...Set in the Shimokitazawa district in Tokyo, this youth drama will tug at your heartstrings as it depicts a young man who continues to mature through his many encounters.(Source: Young Animal)
Sugar Soldier
2011-11-21
Makoto is determined to step out of her model sister's shadow and have her own high school debut, but when Makoto's sister shows up at her school unexpectedly things go awry.
Missile Happy
2011-01-14
From Tokyopop:Mikako, our over-zealous heroine, has a sister-complex so strong she won't let just any man wed her sister. On an undercover investigation to learn more about the newest bachelor, she ends up moving in with him! Plus the guy is a highschool kid just like her! Mikako's relationship with him starts to grow. What'll happen between Mikako and him?!
No Bra
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. This is a story about 2 childhood friends, Masato and Yuki, that reunite as teenagers.Masato is surprised to find that Yuki has become so cute, but even more surprised to realize that Yuki was, and still is, a guy.Yuki s affection for cross-dressing leaves Masato with feelings of discomfort and fright.
Ultra Maniac
2011-01-14
At first glance, Nina Sakura seems like a typical teenage girl, but she's actually a transfer student from a witch school in another dimension! Now enrolled at a middle school in Japan, Nina is hoping to improve her grades, make some friends, and practice love spells on her unsuspecting new classmates.
Seikai no Monshou (YONEMURA Kouichirou)
2014-11-13
2012 manga running in Comic Meteor.Planet Martine is suddenly attacked! The alien invaders are known as the Abh. They are of human origin, but have been genetically modified so that each Abh has superior talent, skill, beauty, and longevity. Martine's president surrenders completely in the face of the Abh's awesome military power. Through a bizarre twist of fate, his son Jinto becomes a nobleman in the Abh's vast, intergalactic empire.
Auto Focus
2011-01-14
A girl with a strange mother who brings home a new father and step brother. She loves photography, and her new step father is a photographer. She suddenly has a boyfriend but her heart belongs to someone else.
Devil's Bride (kim Sae Young) (Yaoi)
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. After many years of living alone in a deep forest, the devil has gotten lonely. He decides to buy himself a human bride to cure his loneliness as well as help him shed his devil identity. But when his new, beautiful young bride dies suddenly after only a
Dollgun
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. The day a young boy was born was the day that the legendary thief died. The many battles that revolve around the treasure left behind by him. Here, the curtains are pulled and the story starts.Manga released up to Volume 9. Completed.(Taken from the back of the book.)
GOSICK
2011-01-14
Plot: Set in a fictional European country in 1924, a Japanese exchange student meets a mysterious, brilliant girl who only leaves the library to sleep. Her brother, a detective, relies on her mind to solve difficult mysteries, several of which draw her away from the library. With a drop of sweet romance, you will immediately become addicted to Gosick!!!
Onihime Vs
2011-01-14
The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Weak, bullied and pessimistic about life, that's Setsuna Kashiwagi. On the verge of jumping off a bridge, a mysterious man appears behind him and offers the contract "10 million yen in exchange for your life in a year." Skeptical at first, he accepts. Waking up the next morning, thinking it was a dream, he notices 2 beautiful women sitting beside him, they are Kanna and Rena, Oni princesses here to claim his heart in a year.
Wa! (KOJIMA Akira)
2011-01-14
At Takamanohara School, lots of the students have crushes, but all on different people. In fact, if you trace out who likes who, it makes a full circle! This is the story of that circle of crushes.
Orpheus no Mado
2011-02-11
The story begins in Europe, during the first years of the XX century. On a background of intrigues, machinations and a Europe that is going strait toward World War I, three kids meet at a strict conservatory in Germany. Julius met Isaac at the famous Orpheus' Window and later in another event met Klaus there. The legend told that two lovers met at Orpheus' Window would end in unhappiness. But Julius met two different persons, and they didn't know Julius' secret. In fact, Julius is a woman who's forced to dress up and pretend to be a guy. But she isn't the only one who has secrets. Klaus, for example, is Russian. Is he a communist spy? Then the whirlwind of fate began.
Shi to Kanojo to Boku
2011-02-11
Yukari is a girl who can see the deceased. Yuusaku is a boy who can hear any phenomena that has a voice. Through their encounters with the inhuman, they learn fear, sadness, and compassion; and grow as humans.