Home Office Romance

Nokoru has spent years buried in brutal overtime, so when lockdown suddenly forces him to work from home, he uses his newfound time to build a lush garden on his apartment balcony — and to get to know his neighbor Natsu, a graduate student in archaeology, across the divide between their balconies. With face-to-face contact discouraged and even dangerous, the two build a careful, considerate romance one small gesture at a time, until Natsu's extended dig threatens to pull them apart just as they've found each other.

Kintetsu Yamada, creator of Sweat and Soap, tells this complete-in-one-volume rom-com about connection built out of distance and quiet, deliberate care.