Koibana Onsen

is a romantic seinen manga by Kenjiro Kawatsu, the author of No Bra.
Plot
Akiyama goes to a famous onsen popular with couples, despite being dumped by his girlfriend the day before the trip. He finds three girls who run in the Inn, the middle sister takes care of him while he is there acting as a stand in to his girlfriend. The next day the sisters call Akiyama's ex-girlfriend but he doesn't want to get back with her since he fell in love with the middle sister and decides to stay at the onsen working part time.
Characters
Akiyama
: He is dumped right before coming to koibana onsen but mangages to still have a good time. He fell in love with Nonoka, who is the middle sister, and decides to stay at the onsen working part time. For some time he is the only male worker there until later in the manga. He is the first person ever to be by himself at the onsen. He and Nonoka develop an romantic relationship throughout the manga, eventually having sex. In the final chapter he and Nonoka are married, he took a year off to go to a cooking school. He attempts to make up the lost time with Nonoka by spending the night together and trying to make a baby.
Nonoka
: The middle sister and the girl Akiyama fell in love with. She spent the night in Akiyama's futon acting as a stand in for his ex girlfriend. Nonoka falls in love with Akiyama at smae points and loses her virginity to Akiyama. She is hesitant to further the relationship at first because of her work at the onsen but later admists to herself she wants what the couples who visit the onsen have. In the end she is married to Akiyama, she wants a baby but due to Akiyama's year off to go to college this was not possible. Though they agreed to make up miss time by working on making a baby.
Fuuka
: The eldest sister and the only one that doesn't end up in an relationship. Though it is revealed that she once loved a man but he left her to further his career and later married another woman dispite telling fuuka he would wait for her. Fuuka is lazy and loves to drink. In the end she doesn't have a lover, so tries to have a three-some with Akiyama and Nonoka to their dismay
Moeka
: The youngest sister who is a scatterbrain that breaks most of the onsen's dishes. At first she develops a crush on Akiyama and tries to kiss him while he is knocked out. Moeka grows a bit taller in the end and has a boyfriend that delivers drinks to the onsen.
 
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