Adiyah was born as the next Holy Maiden of Awakening, inheriting the power to banish demons known as Dream Thieves. However, her younger sister conspires with a Dream Thief to steal those powers, leaving Adiyah to be disparaged as "the impotent holy maiden." Caught in her sister's cunning trap, she is terrorized by her peers and family alike, cast aside by her fiance, and left with nothing. After years of this torment, she reunites with a boy she saved in a dream world when she was young... and he turns out to be an imperial prince?!
The Ichijo family stands atop the nine families, all of whom possess supernatural powers that protect the land. Riko Momose was born into a powerful branch, but during the foresight ritual meant to determine her abilities, it was discovered she had absolutely none. From that moment on, she was mistreated by her parents and her younger sister. Riko's power eventually awakens, but in order to live a peaceful life, she keeps it a secret. During the spring of her 17th year, Ren, the next head of the Ichijo family, becomes her teacher and notices her powers. Intrigued, he quickly approaches Riko, but...
After getting away from her hometown - and her delinquent brother who basically ran the place - Yui is living it up at university. There, she falls for a cool, handsome (same difference!) Prince Charming in glasses who is the total opposite of her idiot brother, but unexpectedly her prince's friend is a delinquent!? On top of that, he's always getting in her way!! Just as she thinks it's all over for her, in more ways than one, she discovers that her prince in glasses lives in the apartment next door!?
Court drama and romance! Strong-willed women at each other's throats! This spurned empress is much wilder than she looks!
Amanda is the empress of the Inmu Empire, but has never spent a night with her husband Cyrus, the emperor. Because she's such sickly, gentle, and reserved lady, she suffers constant harassment from Debra, the emperor's consort, and everyone around her pities her.
But in actuality...all of this is a calculated ploy on Amanda's part. All she wants is to live a carefree life, and the emperor's affections would only get in the way of that! Her ideal lifestyle isn't safe for long, however...
"He's the CEO?! That guy from yesterday?!!" After losing my precious puppy who'd been at my side through high school, college, and since graduation, I went to a bar to drown my sorrows by the gallon. While I was wailing with grief, the man sitting next to me cut in with a majorly nasty retort: "Why not take some pills for your dysfunctional brain and start acting your age?" Well, I don't have to take that from some stranger!! So I returned the favor by sticking my leg out to trip him with an, "Oh, sorry. That was on purpose!" (Yeah, maybe I went too far...) Then, the next day that same guy turns up at my office and apparently he's the company's CEO! What's more, he's here looking for...me...?!?!
"I shouldn't get involved with him..." - Despite her heart's warnings, she just can't pull herself away from his sweet seduction. Mizuki, a former marathon runner with a penchant for anything sugary, has now begun working at a hotel. She has zero experience in customer service, and is clumsy and socially challenged to boot. She's been slipping up repeatedly at work, which has only made things awkward with her coworkers. But when she runs into Kaji, the handsome hotel patissier/rumored womanizer, and accidentally vents her work frustration at him, he decides to appoint her as the test taster for his new creations?! Former runner/dessert-lover meets charming pastry chef in this heart-racingly sweet romance!
"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!"
Rutile is the witch who lives in Ullr Forest, and she celebrated her 17th birthday today. She's never forgotten her promise to her late grandmother to never tell a lie... But, not wanting to throw her dear friend Linaria into despair, she makes up a different future from what she divined. This immediately leads to her coughing up blood and dying... But for some reason she is soon reborn?! The story of the last witch of Ullr Forest starts here!
"Will you be taking a bath, dinner, or...?" The man uttering that cliched line was the middle-aged male housekeeper I suddenly ended up hiring! A man in the home of a radiant young (okay, twentysomething) maiden?! And on top of that, he's way older than me! What gives?! The curtain rises on a heartfelt tale of the odd-couple antics between Mei, a woman devoted to her career, and Nagisa, a man overflowing with maternal(?) warmth.
A few years have passed since Gaoh became the new emperor of the Hakushu Nation. Bad rumors have gone around about Gaoh getting rid of government officials, and spending loads of money on lavish banquets, so he is feared as the "Mad Emperor". Gaoh is currently recruiting courtesans for his harem, and our protagonists Shushu has her reasons to become one. One day the palace, a government official tries to make a move on Shushu, but Gaoh comes to her rescue?!
Sana's first boyfriend, Yamato, was not exactly the looker, but he was kind. And that's what Sana loved about him. So when he suddenly dumps her without warning, her heart is left completely shattered. Having lost faith in the world, Sana vows to leave her past self behind, and transforms... into a full-on delinquent!
3 years later, when Sana had all but forgotten how it feels to love, two guys unexpectedly appear in her life. Koichi, the student council president and school celebrity. And... Sana's ex, Yamato?! Sana barely recognizes her ex, who has undergone a complete transformation of his own, becoming a heartthrob teenage actor! With conflicted memories and emotions on the rise, where will our protagonist's innocent heart take her?
Letitia, who lost her parents when she was a child, was picked up by a traveling troupe that toured around the country performing music, and was forced to work like a slave. One day, the troupe is invited to perform in a kingdom renowned as the Land of Music, where they receive rave reviews from a music-loving prince. The prince, among others, seems to have developed special feelings for Letitia...
"Ms. Kumakawa, you're my 'fave'." A dental hygienist, Satomi Kumakawa, is stressed from her poor work environment and has developed insomnia. What helps her sleep at night is listening to the story-reading streams by her fave, "Koki". She spends her days happily supporting him by sending Super Chats to him. One day, she is assigned to a patient named Koki Machida, who turns out to be her fave in the flesh. She swears to keep her Super Chats a secret and is determined to protect her fave's oral health as a professional...! But somehow, Satomi becomes his "fave"?!
Cute, sexy, mature, and the golden retriever type! Today, I'm being led by the nose by a mysterious boy whose charm is totally unfair. Meiko works part-time at a vocational school once a week. She's still getting used to teaching, but there's one thing that gets her through the day... her serious student, Yukari. He's Meiko's angel. Just seeing his cute face calms her heart. But outside of school... Yukari has a hidden side?!
Tae has been practically inseparable from her best friend Kiyo since college. And while Kiyo may be loose with women, Tae can always count on him for support - like whenever she crashes at his place to drown her sorrows over being dumped yet again. But what lies ahead in the morning after another night spent drinking together till dawn?! They're not quite lovers and not quite friends... but a revelation threatens to change all that. Can they move past mixed messages and misunderstandings to become something more? Or are they stuck as "best friends forever"?
She finds her boyfriend cheating, and at the same spot her ex shows up out of nowhere!! Her harmonious lovey-dovey life with a popular photographer is suddenly overturned, and she's knocked down to her lowest rock bottom ever - what will become of Mahiru now!? Truth and lies become entangled as this complicated four-way affair begins...
After losing her parents and being bullied in middle school, Towako retreated into a reclusive life of reading books and writing amateur fiction, with her older brother supporting them both. But one day, a trio of handsome nightclub hosts -- her brother's new coworkers -- suddenly barge into her house, and into her life! Whether it's running into one of them naked, or being on the receiving end of a sudden embrace... Towako's days of quiet solitude may be over for good?!
"Please, marry me." My coworker, the person I hate the most in this whole world, suddenly confesses his love to me, but doesn't realize that I'm Haruno Tsumugi...! Tsumugi, who is the lowest performer in sales at her company, is constantly stressed out by her good-looking, top-performing coworker, Atsushi Honke, who is equally aggravated by her inability to do her job. Why is someone as hard-working as me at the bottom, while a game-obsessed slacker like him gets it all...?! One day, she's lending a hand at her dad's drag bar, wearing her usual disguise, and serving customers, when he happens to come in for a drink! Thus begins this love story of misunderstanding born of lies and revenge!
Sachi is 28 years old, works at a cram school where Suwa, the school's principal is handsome and charming, putting his spell on the staff to the parents and children. However, after her friend ran off with the money she lent her, she's struggling to get by. After work she's suddenly approached by a suspicious man, Suwa comes to her rescue! Will he be Sachi's prince charming after this fated encounter?
Ayano has lived every day in hell after her mother died and her father remarried. Her wicked stepmother and stepsister torment her day after day. One day, her stepmother decides to marry her off to the Watari family, who's rumored son is said to be horribly disfigured. Unable to refuse, the wedding proceeds, but to her surprise, their son, Kyoichiro, he's anything but disfigured! In fact, he's as handsome as a prince! What's more, he's already head over heels in love with Ayano! This fairytale romance set in the Taisho Era is bound to get your heart racing!