Sumi Ichiya

What s the best way to relax after a hard day s work? If you ask Kaho, it s to kick back and relax at a bar with her best drinking bro, Akira. Sure, everyone around her thinks he s pretty hot, but he smokes, gets in fights, and is a bit of a playboy so definitely not boyfriend material....

Stomp, Kick, Love is a shojo (young girls) manga following a 27-year-old office worker who ends up having a drunken one-night stand with her handsome playboy friend.

She turned the one dude down. Yeah, it was sweet and all that he’s super-into her, but she’s just not interested in getting tied down by a guy—why doesn’t anybody understand that?! Plus, Kaho’s already got her hands full with Akira, who’s gotten overly jealous and possessive, even though Kaho has clearly stated that they are not dating and she...

Back to the same old, same old humdrum relationship they always had—that's the way it was supposed to be between Kaho and Akira. But something just isn’t quite right... there’s a tension in the air that wasn’t there before... Meanwhile, Kase hasn’t given up on his efforts to win Kaho’s heart, but she just doesn’t leave any openings! Still, he’s...