Chihiro finds out that her hand in marriage is promised to a young yakuza leader. Although conflicted, as she attempts to live in hiding cross-dressed as a man, she's slowly attracted to the young leader. However Chihiro's identity is discovered... in the bath?! Just two innocent lovebirds in a wild setting.
Cram school teachers, Mr. Aguro and Mr. Shirai are always at odds, and this time, both have their eyes on their student. He rejects both as they know nothing of real love. If either of them wants him, he proposes the date each other temporarily until they discover what it means. Starting out as a simple wager over who gets to date their student, the two begin their complicated relationship. Can these two love virgins find what they're missing?
After dying in a terrible accident, I find myself reborn in a love sim as the villainess, Sariel! If everything goes the way it's supposed to, Sariel is doomed to die at the hands of the other characters seeking vengeance... just thinking about this has brought me to see terrible dreams of my various potential fates. I've been keeping to myself, studying martial arts, swordsmanship, archery, and all other things to help defend myself from any possible dangers... but it seems one of the love interests is already drawn to me?!
"But I want to be kind to you, because I like you, Ms. Jun." He presses his lips against hers, teasing her with his tongue... Jun Hongo is always getting work pushed onto her by her boss and colleagues. She believes if she manages it, she'll feel needed by others. She knows she has a self-sacrificing personality but continues to take on work, doing overtime every day. But one night things change when Jun's mentee, Noze, decides to help her with her overtime work...
That look on your face after only a kiss... you're adorable... Mami's a working adult stuck in a rut after her long-term boyfriend said she feels too much like a mom and dumped her. To add to it all, she's now stuck in the elevator at work after an earthquake! On top of that, she's stuck in the elevator alone with the charming president of the company, Mr. Todo... seeing that he seemed panicked by the enclosed space, Mami reaches out and tries to comfort him with kind words and a soft embrace. Little did she know this would mark the start of a passionate romance sealed with a kiss.
A giant box arrives at college student Momo's apartment. Inside is an android that's identical to his childhood friend and crush, Chitose. The android's purpose? To satisfy Momo's desires every "waking" moment. Problem is, with each round of intense pleasure, Momo starts to realize that he needs more...!
Content Warning: this title contains material that may be distressing for some readers. Suzuki works at Fuma Home Inc., a real estate company. He decides to quit after suffering through its toxic work environment, being harassed by superiors, and forced to work illegal hours. His resignation is accepted, but he is only allowed to leave the company after 3 months. From the next day, his boss starts treating him like trash and the president tricks Suzuki into making a mistake that causes him to be held liable for the damages. When Suzuki is feeling devastated, he meets a woman named Shizuka. She claims to work for a "Company Demolition Agency" and tells him that she will destroy the toxic company on his behalf. What will Suzuki do?
All because of one little lie, one night turned into something more...?! A secret love between Nazuna and her boss!
Mr. Ichijo not only excels at work, but he's handsome to boot. Every woman in the company has their eyes on him. I'm no exception, but I've already resigned myself to the sidelines. Although I had given up, after a work party, we were both swept up in the moment and ended up spending the night together!
The next morning, to hide my feelings for him, I lied and told him I didn't need a boyfriend! I thought he'd think little of me, but instead, he suggested we...?
"This is my punishment - someone as hideous as me falling for someone as good-looking as you..." Yumeko had a mountain of complexes about herself. Then, a terrible accident befalls her. Though somehow saved from the brink of death, Yumeko wakes up a completely different person. "Is this...me...?! I'm SUPER cute!!" Those around her can't hide their surprise and wonderment at this 180-degree change... But Yumeko's new hyper-positive attitude starts to change her surroundings, too. Worries and complexes can affect anyone, and Yumeko will chop right through those of her various supporting characters!! In love, work, friendship... And an attempted murder case?! This frenzied romantic comedy will leave you bubbling with energy!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-5 of "Plus-sized Misadventures in Love!"
Through music, the Hanamura clan manifested special powers that brought about prosperity to their clan; however, Akari, who didn't exhibit any powers, was deemed a "Seed of Misfortune" and scorned by her family. From then on begin her days of bearing callous treatment from her parents and sister. But one day, she finds an invitation to a soiree hosted by one of the oldest and noblest clans in the country. It seems the head of that clan, Mikoto Sazarashi, is searching for a bride. Finding herself unable to resist going, Akari attends the soiree - only to be quickly discovered by her sister. Akari is immediately berated and belittled by her, but...a handsome, young man appears, takes Akari's hand, and declares, "I've finally found you, my beloved bride." Check out this great Cinderella story set in an Eastern setting and filled with romance, turmoil, and mystery!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-5 of "The Fox Lord's Bride ~Taisho Romance Chronicles~"
"Did you notice my feelings for you back then?" Back in high school, Hinako had secretly loved her classmate Masashi. Ten years later, they're suddenly reunited! Once reserved, Masashi has become much more handsome. When he openly expresses his thoughts to Hinako, they send her heart racing! "I love him... I want to hold his hand. I want to be close to him." A love reunited and finally fulfilled...?!
"Just quit already, you idiot!" "I'm sorry, sir!!"Today again, producer Hata roars insults at clumsy assistant director Igarashi for making a mistake, his shouts ringing through theTV Station. From the outside they seem like a monster boss and an employee in over his head on the boss' bad side. But Igarashi knows Hata's weakness, and he uses that to flip the script to his advantage once night falls!!
Personality, education, status, money... Everything about him was perfect! Ayako Makuuchi, an up-and-coming office worker in Tokyo, has put her shameful past behind her and now struggles to become one of life's "winners". She's set her sights on Nagata, a senior colleague and her ideal man, and as the distance between them decreases day by day, she seems well on the way to a blissful wedded life... or so she thinks. Enter her childhood friend Eiji, who knows her dark secret and somehow ends up crashing at her place in the city...?!
A coworker who keeps chasing after teen idols despite her age; a useless boss; and a completely unsociable new hire. Ann, a fortyish woman who looks down on those around her and blames everything on others, dreams only of marriage with the boyfriend who won't sleep with her. But then one day, when she learns that one of the colleagues she looked down on is getting married, she reveals her hidden nasty side right in front of the newbie. From that day on, she is visited by one misfortune after another....
High school sweethearts Akiharu and Teru were as happy as could be. However, those happy days did not last for very long. Teru, who was aiming to become a professional soccer player, had an unexpected accident one day... After losing out on his soccer career, Teru began to grow sullen and mean, almost like he'd become another person, and finally the damage spread to Akiharu, too... "I'm telling you to go sleep with another guy!" Following that order from his beloved boyfriend Teru, Akiharu smothered the pain in his heart and set out for a gay bar...
"It's not that I don't want to get married. I just want to be accepted for who I am. Is that so much to ask...?" Suzu is a thirtyish woman with a cute-and-fluffy exterior that belies a strength no man can hope to match. But when she tells off her insistent mother by saying she'll only marry a man stronger than she is, she's set up with... a ninja?!? Is that his job...? How does he earn a living...? But Akitsuki the Ninja just smiles away, oblivious to Suzu's confusion. There's no way she could take him, and yet this kindhearted man, who nonchalantly accepts the true self that put off every other suitor she's ever had, secretly makes Suzu's heart flutter...
Riku is a fellow aficionado of all things cute, and his own looks are even more adorable than a girl's. We're so close that people often ask us if we're dating, but I don't think of us as "a man and a woman" - he's just my beloved friend. But then one day, after we both got hit on by some menacing guys, something in our relationship started to change... This isn't the Riku I know. But then why does he make my heart flutter?
Yuina Sawada, 24, currently single. Her ex-boyfriend was working as a porn star (unbeknownst to her!), and by learning under him, Yuina picked up enough know-how about sex to call it a special skill; her knowledge even pulled a married couple she was friends with out of a rut! Then one day, seeing promise in her ample know-how, a young CEO selects her for the position of his sex counselor...!! She never taught him to do that, though?! This young CEO seems as sweet and earnest as a puppy dog, but he's actually a hard-as-nails [redacted]!! "Ohhh, I just can't escape him...!!"
Is this love a dream come true? Or is it the beginning of a nightmare? From cheating, to gold-digging, to dangerous cults, Satoru is a man so unlucky in love that every woman he's ever fallen for has betrayed him. He decides that if he's only capable of falling in love with wicked women, he might as well go with the marriage match his parents have picked out for him. But one look at Michiru, the woman they've set him up with, and Satoru is head-over-heels. And that can only mean one thing...
After splitting up with his friend with benefits, he's just been building up stress with no outlet, and so police officer Ritsu spends every day working at the neighborhood police station bursting with irritation. When a chance encounter brings him to Naoya - a man who's got Ritsu's ideal "package" - his irritated mood does a complete one-eighty. His skin is glowing, his spirits are high, and everything's coming up roses... or so he thought?!