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USD 0.69 / 69pt42-year-old Kyoko Otsuka has spent the last 13 years living life as "mom" for her rebellious daughter and soft-spoken husband. Kyoko thought her average and hectic life would continue this way until one day she is told that she only has a year left to live! Shocked by this news, Kyoko decides she wants to spend the remainder of her life "living for herself." She declares to her family, who have been spoiled and taken her for granted, that she is done being their "mom" and is going to take back her life as "Kyoko"! -
USD 0.99 / 99ptKokoro 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! -
USD 0.69 / 69ptSet 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...? -
USD 0.99 / 99ptWhat 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...?! -
USD 1.49 / 149pt"Can you remain calm if I do this to you?" "I can...but...ahh..."
"Really?" The places stroked by his passionate tongue feel so hot that my brain is going on overdrive.
It all began when Homare's mother brought home a handsome yet sarcastic man to be her new live-in butler. As she holds a deep hatred for men, Homare complains to her mother, but alas she refuses to change her mind. Just when she thought things couldn't get any worse, not wanting to be the odd one out, she lies to her friends that she has a boyfriend and promises to go on a double date! Unfortunately for her, there's only one man whom she can rely upon on such short notice... Cue the start of a love lesson taught by a sensual, sharp-tongued butler! -
USD 1.49 / 149ptShuu is a girl going to university who's very popular with other girls due to her boyish manners and slender, handsome appearance. One day, she helps a beautiful looking man who got caught up in a fight... and then out of nowhere is told "You're the most beautiful woman I've ever seen." Suddenly he kisses her! While she would normally hate this, the kiss feels too good. She can't resist. Would you believe, this man is a mythical being that seduces humans and feeds on their life-force, their vim. He's a Succulent! His name is Shitou, and after being saved by Shuu he can't help but keep chasing after her. At first, Shuu sees Shitou as an annoyance, but slowly begins to accept the woozy hot kisses from the first man to treat her like a woman. The start of a love story that begins with a handsome, boyish college girl and a mesmerising demon! -
"Stop talking and sit down. Then, I'll teach you how to have them falling head over heels for you." Dumped after turning thirty and left on read by the guy she met at a mixer, Miho has fallen into despair as she struggles with her love life. One day she stops by a bar and meets a mysterious woman named Beniko who is surrounded by handsome men, even though she doesn't have what society would normally consider "good" looks. From that day forth, Beniko takes the clumsy in love Miho under her wing, and begins teaching her "how to be a loved woman." Every chapter includes a "Make Your Love Come True Q&A" by popular relationship columnist, and author of this manga, Yusuke Asada. Check them out for tips & tricks on how to gain confidence in yourself & improve your love life! -
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 1.49 / 149pt"I got myself fired in the fall of my 33rd year."
Six years into marriage, Mai Murata is now raising two young children while both she and her husband work full-time. Her colleagues often say she's "living the dream," but in reality she's struggling to handle work on top of doing all the childcare on her own, and it feels like she's constantly apologizing: to her boss, to the daycare center, and on and on. Amidst all this, she happens to try out a virtual flea market app and finds an amazing deal that makes her day... and leaves her chasing that same high again and again until it's all she can think about.
Addiction can happen to anyone, even you. This tale explores one person's struggle to escape that insatiable, unstoppable need and find genuine fulfillment. -
USD 0.99 / 99ptI want to be married...
And someone like Tomizawa would be perfect!
Mariko, 29, wants to seal the deal by 30. However, marriage requires affection and Mariko's affection is reserved to a man she can respect! She's single at age 29, also aware that she can't let go of her pride. One day, a chance to date THE ideal-candidate, Tomizawa, falls right into her lap!! Delusional or not, she can't let anything jeopardize her opportunity to hear those wedding bells ring. A chaotic private life and dramatic sequence of events keeps her on her toes. Is marriage even on the table?! -
USD 0.69 / 69ptI got totally wasted at a party and ended up spewing my guts... and some hot guy saw me?! I ran away, thinking I'd never see him again, but we ran into each other on campus the next day! He may be good-looking, but he spilled the beans about me throwing up to his friend, and on top of that, he keeps calling me by my first name! He's seriously the worst! Despite all of that, my best friend Yuka is head over heels for him, and now she wants me to help hook her up! She even brought his friend into this mess... What will happen in this 4-way love affair...?
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USD 1.49 / 149ptCome experience what it's like to receive a massage from your lover. At the private women only massage parlor "KIRAMEKI", working women, mothers and even inexperienced women come to experience just that. Yamato, a new recruit known for his gentle demeanor, discovers the burdens of the women who visit the parlor. A story of healing the women from all walks of life receive from the handsome men at "KIRAMEKI" as their touch softens their hearts, minds and bodies.
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USD 1.49 / 149pt"I got my happy ending after marriage! Or so I thought..." Three ladies who went to the same school together admit they have dated nothing but losers. Miraculously, they have all gotten married, but marriage was not the goal. A controlling husband, an overbearing husband, and a mama's boy... with these marital problems, where will they go from here?! -
USD 1.49 / 149ptWithin Breighlinam Palace, rumor has it that Prince Edouard has executed may of the maids and butlers that have come to serve him. Philippa is desperate. After her parents fell to the epidemic, her aunt and uncle wants to sell off her younger brother and sister. To hold them at bay, Philippa is determined to work at the palace to save her. However, on her first day, sword drawn, the prince threatens her if she were to betray him. Can Philippa save her brother and sister, or will she end up another victim of the Prince's? -
USD 1.49 / 149ptLisary falls in love with Marquis Orion's only son, Hugo, while working as a servant in the Orion manor. Many protest the idea of a nobleman marrying a servant, but through the power of their love, Lisary and Hugo convince the marquis to allow their marriage on the condition that she go away to finishing school to learn how to be a proper aristocratic bride. Though both their hearts ache to be separated, she departs for the school... Six months later, she returns from her studies and rushes straight to Hugo's side. However, her excitement at finally seeing him again is cut short when he looks at her and blearily asks, "Who... are you...?"
Thus begins a fantasy romance about this former count's daughter, raised as a commoner, and her second chance at love with the amnesiac nobleman her heart desires! -
USD 1.49 / 149ptA rose desperate to hide her thorns finally blooms in this office romance.
Suzu Takamine, the office's unattainable beauty who turns down anyone that asks her to date, is carrying a painful secret. Whenever she tries to be intimate with a man, they faint for some reason. Suzu wants to get married someday, but with her condition ruining her dating life, she's losing hope for any happily ever after. When the office playboy, Kinase, learns of her unbelievable secret, Suzu is shocked to hear him offer his "expert assistance" in resolving her problem. Now she has to decide: Will she give him a try? -
USD 5.24 / 524ptOn 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?!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-5 of "The Lying Moon Princess's Marriage: I Will Gain the Wolf God's Favor" -
USD 5.99 / 599ptAkari 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!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-6 of "From Zero to Office Romance"
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