With NATIONAL LAZY DAY taking place in August, we are encouraging readers to relax and take it easy this month. Here are some Slow Life classics to cure your low HP😴

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High school is a fresh start for most people—but not for Maki Maehara. He’s always been a loner, and he knows this year isn’t going to be any different. As expected, Maehara sees no change even six months in…until he runs into his classmate Umi Asanagi at a video store! Always at the center of attention and ranked the second-prettiest girl in class by the boys, Asanagi’s from a totally different world. But it turns out the two have some things in common, and not just the B movies they came to rent. When they become friends in secret, Maehara discovers his days are about to get a little more colorful!