Sayaka Shimada, 36 and single, loves three things: her job, her favorite singer, and her mother, who lives with her. Even with her junior coworker Sugaya tossing thoughtless comments her way, she'd poured herself into her work, and when she paused to look up she found herself on the cusp of her late 30s. Partly at her mother's suggestion, Sayaka visits a matchmaking service. The man she's introduced to is sweet and earnest, and things start moving smoothly toward marriage. Though it hasn't all sunk in yet, she is well on her way to a happy future--and that's when a sudden injury leaves her mother hospitalized. The injury is nothing too serious and Sayaka is settling her nerves, until she notices something off about her mother... A poignant and much-acclaimed depiction of the struggles of caretaking and building a future, issues faced by countless people every day!
High school senior Ao Kuroda is a completely normal girl, neither glitzy nor plain. Nothing beats peace and quiet, that's her motto. In spite of looking forward to a no-nonsense and calm final year of high school, Ao bumps shoulders with Sakuya Ozaki -- a freshman infamous for getting into a fight soon after the first day of high school and sending the other student to the hospital!! Ozaki tells her off -- "That freakin' hurt, watch where you're going, why don't you?!"-- and Ao is so terrified that she cries. She wants nothing to do with Ozaki! So why the heck did he have to get into a fight with someone right outside of her favorite record store?!
It was the final summer of college - the final summer before becoming a working member of society...Miharu is a senior in college whose dream is to be a high school teacher. She's overjoyed when she receives her results from her certification exam. Amidst her excitement though, her friend and fellow aspiring teacher Yuichi, confesses to her! Unfortunately, Miharu is conflicted. Despite having the same feelings for Yuichi, she finds herself unable to say 'Yes'. It all goes back to 2 years ago, when her close high school friend and crush, Hinata suddenly passed away.Even in a world without Hinata, Miharu can't seem to let go of him. On her annual visit to his grave and the beach where they used to spend their school days together, she continues to contemplate. trying to sort out her feelings. But right when she decides to head home, she has a shocking encounter!
Everyone at the office is a little afraid of the boss, Mr. Mano, probably because he's always scowling and rarely talks. When Akane hits a rough patch and has little choice but to crash at Mr. Mano's place for a while, he spends his days on edge, painfully aware that he's an unwelcome guest... Until one day, in a strange turn of events, Akane finds out Mr. Mano's "dark secret" and can't help but feel a sharp twinge of affection. The guy's got a scary face, but then he'll get all bashful and turn pink, or let out a shy little laugh, or... Hang on, this is just way too cute!! A super lovey-dovey romcom chock full of books that don't match their covers, starring a do-gooder businessman and his grumpy-faced boss.
I know you, though I doubt you know me...... Five years ago, while keeping his face hidden, he spent one unforgettable day and night with another man. When a total coincidence brings them back together, the long-banked fires of his passion reignite and he finds himself once again desperately yearning for the other man.
"From all appearances, that customer seems to be the type of person who's truly good to the core, and as hard as I tried, I couldn't bring myself to be annoyed at him..." Sachi works at a hostess bar as wait staff and absolutely hates people who most would consider to be "good-natured". He hates one particular male customer above all -- Sasagawa, who is anything but your ordinary "good person." He bumps into Sachi and nearly makes him spill alcohol all over himself. Sasagawa protects Sachi and even goes so far as to try to tip him. Sasagawa's kindness has everyone spellbound. Sachi, however, refuses to be fooled by people like Sasagawa. Why does Sasagawa's kindness give Sachi the sinister urge to screw him over...?
"If I win, I get to do whatever I want to you, right?" Shou spends his days on the receiving end of his very intense father's wrath. Shou lets out his pent-up frustrations at a bar, with a little game. What kind of game, you say? The salacious kind -- the man who outdrinks the rest gets to spend the night with Shou. However, one day, a mysterious man named Ichijo disrupts Shou's game and even goes as far as to lecture him on it! What happens when an irritated Shou tries to give Ichijo a piece of his mind...?! A clumsy love story between an unfriendly hottie and the heir to a traditional inn!
Kokoro Kurogane is a beautiful and hard-working perfectionist known for her icy personality. Always arriving at the exact same time every morning and completely dedicating herself to her work, she is admired... no, rather feared, in the office. One day, a handsome heartthrob, called Tohno Takaomi, transfers to the office after working abroad in America. He is intrigued by Kokoro, who is secretly known as the "strict" and "impossible to read" "Ms. Ironheart" by her colleagues. He tries to get close to her, despite the barriers she's put in place, but this unexpected attention is throwing her perfect system out of whack!
Set on becoming a clothing designer, she got herself a job at a leading apparel company - only to end up assigned to the reception desk. Yet Mio Adachi didn't give up there. She spent her days practicing design, on top of performing her receptionist duties, in hopes of one day moving to a department where she could actually work in fashion design. That fateful day comes, though with an unfortunate twist, when a higher-up in the design department sees a sketch by handsome top-class designer Miyabi Shito and mistakenly thinks it's one of Mio's...! Caught between the pull of her lifelong dream and the weight of starting it off with a lie, what path will Mio take next...?
"No matter how many times we're reborn, I'm sure we'll fall in love again. Because Kotaro and I are bound by the red string of fate." Kaede is a housewife, romanticist, and lover of peace, always one to avoid conflict. In fact, she and her husband Kotaro are so blissfully married that they've never even gotten into an argument. On the evening of her fifth wedding anniversary, as she heads towards the restaurant, she reflects on how much she appreciates her kind husband and the perfect marriage he's given her. But when a figure rushes in and attacks her from behind, her life begins to fall into disarray...
Every inch of my body within the sworn enemy's tender grasp... How did this happen?! Gangly hero meets monstrous yet charmingly sweet demon in this guiltily sweet romance. -- I'm Masakiyo Kato (21), also known as Skull Black. I may be somewhat scrawny, but I'm a protector of justice. Today, once again, I'm defending the town against Baphomet, a commander from an evil organization. At least that was the plan! He somehow ends up pinning me against the wall... again. As if that weren't enough, he shows up at my place asking, "What do you want first? A bath? Dinner? Or do you want me?" What the hell does this giant beast want? And why is he trying to get me to marry him?!
Hiiro Yamabuki is your normal high school girl who loves eating. The only thing that separates her from other people, is her reoccurring dream of a Western world. One day in the middle of class, she accidentally brushes hands with the transfer student who sits next to her, Sei Konno. The moment they touch...! They are transferred to the world that she always sees in her dreams! And that guy is here too?! She finds herself wearing a gorgeous dress, people are calling her princess, and the transfer student is being called the Prince. Wait... she has to marry him right now? And spend the night together? What is going on?! They're classmates that barely know each other and they've suddenly been transferred to this strange world! Thus their newlywed life starts in this world that they know nothing about!
What would you do if the perfect marriage candidate came along and said he wanted to be a "househusband"?
Having been focused on her career until now, Michika has finally begun looking for a marriage partner at the age of 35 when she meets Sho Unomori, a department manager at a major company who is kind, thoughtful, handsome, and one year older than her. "There's got to be something!" Michika throws question and after question at him, seemingly unable to find anything that even remotely resembles a flaw in this perfect man. That is... apart from the confession that he reservedly shares at the end of their date of his dream to be a househusband. Shocked, Michika thinks to herself, "Absolutely not," and kicks all hope aside. But as she spends more time with Unomori, she starts to want to get to know him better...?!
"I will never draw comics again... so please forgive me, mother." Megumi is a girl who received a sponsorship award for her manga comic at only 16 years old. However, it caused such a great distress amongst her family that it forced her out of her home. Now. 15 years later, she's living with her partner Tamaki while working as an assistant in various jobs. Out of nowhere, a famous manga artist by the name of Unsui Genda appears, putting into motion something in Megumi's life that has been at a standstill for too long.
"We need to make sure this place is as wet as can be." The moment Ren's finger enters deep within my body, lewd sounds resonate throughout the room while my lower half begins throbbing with pleasure. In order to save her father's company from bankruptcy, Maria must marry a man whom she's never met before. She's not one to let that get her down, though; She's eager to give back in any way she can to her parents, who have raised her without wanting for anything. However, when her friend teasingly says, "If you can't satisfy him in bed with your limited knowledge and skillset, he might just cheat on you and dump you afterward!", she panics fearing that the engagement may be called off if she doesn't learn how to satisfy a man. Thus she finds herself attending a mixer for singles in the area and once there, fatefully encounters an attractive man who saves her from unwanted advances. How will this sheltered lady's quest to learn bedroom intimacy unfold? Take a read and find out!
Aya (29) and Shota Shinozaki (31) have been married for two years. Recently, they've hit a rough patch due to a disagreement on when to have children. Aya wants to give it more time to prepare for their child financially. Shota on the other hand, is getting impatient, telling Aya she's just overthinking the situation. Needless to say, she's shocked by his unfounded and irresponsible optimism. And as he continues to pressure her, she only grows more disheartened, and a rift forms between her and Shota...
Miu is a preschool teacher who's strapped for cash. Recently, he started working nights at Club Hatch, where men find comfort through baby roleplay. One night, Miu gets assigned to Hiroshi Yuuki, a first-timer who seems unsociable and disinterested. But when Miu switches to "mommy" mode, little Hiro finds himself oddly aroused by Miu's nipples, and asks his Mommy to breastfeed him for his mealtime! Tonight, our mommy's about to learn that sometimes, to satisfy your baby, you have to get a little naughty!
Kotoka is the only daughter of the Hoshou family, a prestigious family that has only produced female heirs for generations. From a young age she was told that she would take a "mukoyoshi," a centuries-old Japanese tradition of a man being adopted into his wife's family as the heir to continue the family line. Before she knew it, she was already in her mid-twenties, and her mother arranges for Kotoka to meet her potential suitor. But it turns out to be that man from work?! The one her coworkers say is "the last man on earth I'd want to marry"?! Although his attitude and choice of words when they first meet is concerning, she decides to go along with it for a little while, confident that she can turn him down anytime. To her surprise, they get along well and thus their life trying to live together before marriage begins!
"After 5pm, you're my pet!" Housemaid Raika works under ill-tempered/bad mouthed picture book author Mr. Momota. Clothing, food, shelter and a decent work place. That's all Raika thought she would need after losing her parents and having no other family near. Then this happened: Her apartment burns down and she loses even what little she had. Without anywhere else to turn, Raika decides on reaching out to her boss, Momota, for help. Little did she know that in order to stay with him she'd be met with conditions requiring her to be none other than Momota's pet.
Wait... No, you can't suck there...! Daughter of a famous movie production company's CEO, Towa, is a prominent figure at her Universtity. One day, she happens to bump into an unsuspecting delinquent of a boy on the street. "Show me how sorry you are. With your body". While these words were used to intimidate Towa, who actually thought she would do exaclty that?!