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USD 1.49 / 149pt"I want you." Imagine being told such a thing after a long and hot kiss from a beautiful elf. "I'm an introverted plain girl who's never had a boyfriend. There's nothing special about me, and the best I can do is just live a quiet life without bothering anyone else." That's what Sae Maizumi thought before she suddenly fell through the puddle she stepped on. After falling through what felt like a deep portal, she found herself in a world of elves. Where she arrived-the sacred spring of the elven forest. Sae, soaked in the water of the springs, is suddenly taken into the care of Elion, who is set to be the next leader of the forest elves. However, as a suspicious being who appeared out of nowhere, she's taken into c*ptivity! The moment Sae has a chance to break free, she makes a run for it. On her way out, she happens upon Elion's quarters to find him in an unexpected situation...?!! -
USD 1.49 / 149ptOn a moonless night... I hear your voice for the first time. Ume was abandoned by the family she married into because she was unable to bear children. She returns to the village where she was born but finds herself alone as her parents die from a spreading disease. As told in tales of sacrifice to the gods, the village also begins to experience a shortage in the crops of their farms that will only continue until someone is offered. Ume is not able to bear a child but as she does not have any children, she is able to lie her way into being offered to the gods. Waiting for her at a shrine deep in the mountains is a wolf god with silver hair and beautiful nails that shine in five different colors... what will come from this encounter between a despised god and an unhappy girl?!
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USD 1.49 / 149pt"Your housekeeping skills are 20 points. And as a wife, you're a zero."
Since Saki married her husband, Naoya, he's completely changed. He's become a manipulative man who constantly judges and "scores" her. But for the sake of her daughter, Saki puts up with his controlling behavior.
To rub salt in the wound, Naoya praises their neighbor, Madoka, as a "100-point woman." When Saki discovers he's having an affair with her, she sets out to get revenge on her toxic husband and his arrogant mistress! -
USD 1.99 / 199ptAfter witnessing a tryst between her subordinate and an executive one late night at the office, Mihaya Hoshino suddenly finds herself betrayed by someone she trusted, and transferred to her company's branch in the boonies (also her hometown). Dejected and drunk after returning to her childhood home, she runs into Koda, the delinquent who confessed to her as a prank back in middle school. Years later, he now runs a farm that happens to be one of Mihaya's business partners. Acting as the new liaison, she must now work with the last guy on Earth she wants to see! It's an unexpected reunion between one clumsy-in-love former head class representative and a bad boy-turned-farmer! -
USD 0.74 / 74pt ~ USD 1.49 / 149pt"I can't believe the talented hands that make me such amazing food are really brushing across my lips..."
Office worker Miki is nearly 30, but her small stature makes her seem much younger, which scares off all but the creepiest of guys... With that on her plate on top of the stress of work, Miki keeps her spirits up with a weekly "treat": dinner and drinks at a local bar run by the handsome Chef Kayaba. Just a glimpse of his sinewy arms as he works has Miki daydreaming about what his hands would feel like running over her body, but she's content just to watch...until one day she gets a chance to drink alone with him after the bar closes and all of a sudden things are moving fast!! Yet, for some secret reason, he says he can't make love to her... -
USD 1.49 / 149ptHuh? Why? What did that kiss mean?!
Otoha is a young career woman with a great reputation at work. However, because of her success, she has earned herself an enemy who's out to get her.
Then there's her coworker, Naruse, the company heartthrob. All eyes are on him, but he often gets involved with Otoha, which always results in them arguing.
When Otoha runs into her boyfriend on a date with another woman, Naruse jumps in and... -
USD 1.49 / 149pt"You're already 30 years old! Women are only appaealing when they're still young!" were the cruel words my husband spoke. Masumi and Shinichiro have been maried for seven years. With their five year old daughter, the three of them make up a happy family... Or so it seemed. The last time Shinichiro and Masumi had sex was three years ago. From wife to mother to 30 years old in the blink of an eye. Will Masumi spend the rest of her life simply aging and losing sex appeal? "... I won't stand for this!" Masumi's ready to polish up her charm and salvage her relationship with her husband... But then this... -
USD 1.49 / 149ptAfter her ex-boyfriend refuses to marry her because of her cooking skills, Waka decides to devote herself to cooking! Her efforts have paid off, and she now manages a restaurant of her own. Being next to a police station, cops often come by to eat, but one, Mr. Takeda, has caught her eye. His "satisfied" face when eating her cooking has her absolutely swooning! She can't help but imagine him eating more than just her food! How far can her cooking take her with this dreamy cop?
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USD 1.49 / 149pt"Your lips look... sweet. Do you mind if I have a taste?" Chika Ayano is an introvert and has had her eyes on the most popular guy in the office, Shoma Hazuki, for a while. One day, she's able to hear Hazuki talking with Kimura, her superior who has been bullying her... and it seems Hazuki has to ask her out now that he's lost a bet?! Ayano knows that Hazuki confessing his feelings to her is just because he lost a bet, but she's way too into him and agrees to date without any further thought. Now Hazuki's all over her and there's no stop to it! What will happen with this one month period they're set to date?!
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USD 1.49 / 149ptWhen middle school teacher Rika's lack of self-care catches up to her, she quits her job to recover her health and ends up taking a part-time gig at the local Chinese restaurant: no overtime, no take-home work, and two delicious employee meals a day. The owner Momose and his lack of brain-to-mouth filter prove to be a handful, but his amazing cooking shoots Rika's quality of life straight through the roof! This exhausted overachiever is realizing that being a "proper adult" is harder than it seemed... and her journey of healing might just come with a side of romance! -
USD 0.99 / 99ptYoshiwara, old Edo's paradise of pleasure, has been reborn in modern-day Tokyo.... In this playground of the powerful, where money rules all, women sell both their bodies and the idea of romance to their male clientele. Thrust into this world is the ingenue Asuka, who's been sold out by her foster parents to pay off their debts. While at first oblivious to the nature of Yoshiwara, she accidentally barges in on a "transaction" between a courtesan and her client. Confronted with her new reality of being bought and sold, she longs to make a break for it... but is there anyone around her she can trust...?!
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USD 1.49 / 149pt"Back then, we were young. We merely wandered the planet, not knowing what it meant to love, to be." Wait? Is this one of those "second chance love letters" that everyone's talking about?
Just three months into Sayuki's marriage, tragedy struck. When she comes home early one day, she hears her husband and another woman speaking sweet nothings to each other in their bedroom. Without a moment's hesitation, Sayuki files for divorce and decides to have a fresh start, giving up on love and marriage. A few years pass and a guy at work starts talking her up. But before she has time to worry about him, she begins receiving love poems from her ex-husband! What happened, and why is he suddenly trying to act all romantic?! -
USD 1.49 / 149pt"Lady Amalthea, will you marry me?" Amalthea receives an unfathomable proposal from the cold prince who hates women! However, their marriage is only a contractual one. Even so, with how kindly the prince is treating her, Amalthea feels she might get the wrong idea... Amalthea has exceptional skill when it comes to territory management. Her talents brought about expectations in the kingdom, and she has been asked to wed the future count, Thomas. However, Thomas takes Amalthea's proposals, leaving her name out of them and claiming them as his own. Not only that, but Thomas also has a lover. When Amalthea points this out, he causes a scene and calls off the engagement. Just when Amalthea had enough and was ready to leave, Prince Kirfas, who happened to witness everything, suddenly proposes to Amalthea?! -
USD 0.99 / 99ptAkari is good at her job, beautiful, and her sense of style is beyond compare... but she has a secret. She's almost 30 and she's still a virgin! One fateful day, a new department chief takes over -- the handsome Shinomiya. "You're my subordinate now, which means from today, you have to do what I say." Shinomiya is a condescending bully and he and Akari clash from day one. Akari finds herself drinking her worries away at his welcome party and before she knows what hit her she's completely smashed. She wakes up the next day to find -- Shinomiya emerging from her bathroom half naked?!?! Thus begins Akari's comedic office romance with her callous new boss!
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USD 1.49 / 149pt"I quit being your wife."
Kaori was supposed to have the perfect life. She has a kind, caring husband and a welcoming home, but there's a sinking feeling in her gut. After changing careers and taking a remote job, her husband, Kanji, began to change. Despite also working, he leaves all the housework to her and belittles her when she slips up. Still, Kaori believes in their marriage and does her best to communicate, hoping to work things out. After a long talk, Kanji promises they'll start planning for their future. But when Kaori happens to glance at his phone and sees several suspicious messages, she grows suspicious. When he dismisses her, she finally reaches her limit! -
USD 1.49 / 149ptMami has tried marriage once and failed, so now she's looking for something else. Even if her peers won't get it, she wants what she wants: not marriage, not romance, just a man to spend time with when she needs some company!
Sure enough, when she brings this up at her junior high class reunion, her friends all gang up against her. However, a handsome former classmate she'd almost never spoken to before--Nakamura--does empathize with her! When Mami learns that Nakamura is also once-divorced and, just like her, is looking not for a wife or a girlfriend but just a woman to spend time with, she makes a life-changing decision.
She's given up on living her life according to what's "normal." After spending thirty-some years toiling under the crushing weight of societal expectations, one woman finds herself a partner in crime and a new lease on life in this modern-day survival story. -
USD 1.49 / 149pt"My passion in the name of lust..." Due to a decrease in her libido, erotica novelist Kaoru has found herself dealing with severe writer's block. But as luck would have it, she hits it off with a comic artist, Shiora, from the same editorial department who is in a similar situation. They delightfully drink the night away and...wake up the next morning half-naked in the same bed together?! While gazing upon his seductive, chiseled physique, she is awash with sensation and utters, "I think I can regain my passion and lust by looking at you," and goes on to propose something even more daring?!
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USD 0.69 / 69pt"Pain, pain, go away!" Masa Takato is a regular customer at a small shop that sells cute things, run by a woman named Sakura. He's an easygoing guy who loves adorable stuffed animals, and is popular with kids. Sakura secretly has feelings for Takato because of how sweet and caring he is. One day, she was at risk of eviction from the building by the Yakuza running the building, but Takato stepped in to save her business. Suddenly, the two of them are close to each other?! For him to say, "If there's anything I can do, please let me know," could he be talking about something more than just the store...?! Sakura, while still caught up in all of these feelings, catches sight of Takato in conversation with a group of Yakuza... Takato, what exactly are you?!
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USD 1.49 / 149ptKanane Shinohara's been in plenty of relationships, but they've never panned out. Now, she's in her mid-30s and has become incapable of falling in love. As she drinks her sorrows away, she convinces herself that the reason she can't find a decent man lies within her. However, before Kanane has a chance to fully accept her "harsh reality," a handsome man named Shirosaki appears before her. Has she finally met her Prince Charming? Or is there something more to him?
Deep down, all Kanane wants is her own Cinderella story, but her experience tells her she's too old for fairytale romances. Using age as an excuse, she attempts to make a break for it and leave Shirosaki behind. However, he might not be so willing to let her escape his reach. -
USD 0.99 / 99pt"I really like you Sakagami"
A day before my 40th birthday, it dawns to me that my most accomplished trait is that I've been working in the same office for 18 years.
Struggling with an angry customer during an event for a new department, a charismatic salesman comes to the rescue; twelve years younger Kohei Nakajima. On the way home, tears fall as anxiety kicks in, realizing I had turned 40 years old. Suddenly out of nowhere, Kohei appears and confesses his love for me?!
I had lost hope... At this age, is it too late to welcome spring into my life?
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