Yuzu is a simple and unobtrusive main character. She works hard, has a boyfriend, and is living a good life. That is until one day, when relaxing in her boyfriend's room as usual, a female colleague of hers barges in and proceeds to both accuse Yuzu of cheating and kick her out of the room. When Yuzu arrives at work, rumors circulate that she was the one sleeping around, and her reputation plummets. Shortly after, she is told that she will be transferred to another department. The department just so happens to be the men's cosmetics planning department, which houses all of the company's good-looking men. There's the handsome company prince, Ren. Akira, the beautiful. Kazuki, the good-looking playboy. The acts-uninterested-but-really-cares handsome guy, Sekai. Tatsumi, the quiet good-looking guy. Chiharu, the narcissistic handsome guy. And Sogo, the unrefined boss who organizes this group of handsome lads. Having heard the rumors, the guys start out with the worst possible impression of Yuzu. This is a story about a girl whose life is turned upside down as she clumsily works hard at her love life and position at a cosmetics company!
Love is a piece of cake, or is it? Shino's life takes a hard reset after she quits her job, and her boyfriend breaks up with her! She decides to move to a new city and start over. Shino quickly develops a crush on her next-door neighbor who also happens to be her new manager, Kyoshiro! Unfortunately for her, he is already living with his girlfriend, Akari! Find out how this love triangle unfolds in George Asakura's whirlwind love story!
Riko, the granddaughter of a family of Japanese yakuza, has a one-sided crush on Iori, the overprotective caretaker of the family. Iori has always spoiled, Riko; Iori's main focus has always been Riko and she's at the center of everything he does. When Riko finds out that Iori has a girlfriend, Riko decides to "leave Iori" in order to give up on her unrequited love! Riko tries her best to gradually increase the things she can do on her own, but Iori is still not satisfied?!
"I'll help rehabilitate you... I'll become your boyfriend." Koharu Momose was dating someone from her office, when out of nowhere the whole relationship fell apart. The reason: "you're a boring woman" ?! Momose, now stuck thinking about how her past relationships have ended with men thinking she just isn't interested, is now convinced she just isn't cut out for this love business. However, the ace of the sales department, Ayato Shiomi, has something else to say...!!
Richelle is your average lady of nobility: charming and madly in love with her busy fiancee. However, on her way to the palace to give him some treats she baked to help him get through the day she spots him kissing another lady that he was initially working with! After being ridiculed for making baked goods, the engagement was called off. However, a handsome margrave named Lucien comes across her snacks, and after tasting them cannot help but express how refreshing they were. Now begins a fresh romance between the charmed margrave, and totally unaware sweets connoisseur!
When her mother's illness takes a turn for the worse, Lilitia meets her father, the Marquis Castion. With no one else to turn to, she agrees to join the House of Castion and become their political tool in exchange for her mother's medical treatment. But as if relinquishing her freedom weren't enough, the duke's son and her new fiance Jacob absolutely detests commoners. Years later, Lilitia continues to suffer his torment. Under Jacob's instructions, she must now act the bully towards the baron's daughter at the academy, all to deter suspicion away from their secret relationship, One evening, as Lilitia recovers from her torturous day, a strange, handsome man bursts into her home. Enter Ultio, the thief causing a stir in the kingdom for delivering justice to its corrupt aristocrats. Before he makes his escape, the kind-hearted Lilitia notices his injury and offers to mend his wound. What she didn't expect, was how he proposes to return the favor: Help her end her doomed engagement to Jacob! With the mysterious gentleman thief's aid, perhaps freedom (and romance) for our "villainess" in distress is just around the corner!
Beatrice had been living as the daughter of a duke, engaged to the prince of the kingdom... but all that changed after she witnessed him in bed with another woman. However, this was exactly what Lady Beatrice needed. She had wanted to break off this engagement for the longest time. She could use this to seek an audience with the king to do exactly that... except the prince seems to have beaten her to it and set things up to appear as though she is the one who has committed adultery. With her honor amongst the nobility stripped from her, no man seeks to marry her... except for one from a less than luxurious territory on the outskirts of the kingdom. Baron Ricardo Garcia welcomes her into his home, although he does not live quite like nobility normally do...
Mao, a 34 year old office worker, always dreamed of getting married, but her boyfriend of five years dumped her before she turned 30 and she's boyfriendless ever since. However, she's determined to get married by the age of 35. One day, Yuito, the 28 year old office ace and Mao's trainee in the same department, confesses his love to her. Mao, who had a faint liking for him but had given up because of the age difference, is elated, but... Yuito is a man who has no desire to get married! In today's world where options overflow, what choice will Mao and Yuito make?
The beautiful Shizuku Makita turns heads wherever she goes. However, she harbors a secret she must absolutely keep hidden. Every night, she sleeps next to the rising star and heartthrob, Yuto Itsumi! Shizuku has spent countless nights wrapped in his arms, yet remains uncertain about their relationship. For the sake of Yuto's future, she tries to put an end to these sleepovers, but he refuses! "It has to be you, or...?" A pure yet scandalous love story begins!
To support her family, Liz got engaged to an abusive viscount, Maurice. For three long years, she endured his unreasonable behavior, only for it all to fall apart. Maurice breaks off their engagement, leaving Liz and her family teetering on the brink of ruin. Just as her world begins to crumble, her childhood friend, Jean, reappears. After running away from his marquis family, he's returned as a wandering musician. "Don't worry, I'll save you." Liz wants to trust in him, but how can Jean save her when he doesn't even have a job?!
Although a viscountess, Shion's family is poor and deeply in debt. Their last hope rests on Shion's fiance, Leo. However, despite borrowing all that money to meet Leo's expectations, he breaks off their engagement. Ready to give in to despair, Shion receives an invitation from a wealthy baron's son, Charlie. Determined to get back at Leo, Shion asks Charlie to help teach her how to make money. As they continue to work together to build up a hot spring, will love spring forth...?
The Trizal Kingdom: a land that has been tied to holy beings brought from other worlds since ancient times. As a new threat looms over Trizal, a new Saintess is summoned...a 17-year-old named Yuri. Appointed to aide her in her journey to become the kingdoms hero is a priest named Hamil, and Yuri is informed that she needs to marry someone from the royal family and defeat the demon king... but as she meets the prince he suddenly declares his opposition to their union?! Is that so?! I'll do it all myself then! With tempers high, Yuri sets out on a journey to save the world- her way!
"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"?!
Ema has been dating her childhood friend, Aoi, for 8 years. They have been living together for four years, and Ema hoped to get married one day... However, Aoi has been neglecting the housework recently, and even treats her birthdays as an after-thought. Ema's desire to be with Aoi as a lover sometimes feels one-sided. Just as Ema starts to worry if they can even get married at this point, she runs into her high school crush, and he's just as kind as he was back then...
Carole has a burn scar on her face from an accident that happened during her childhood. Saying that she is ugly, her family looks down on her and treats her like a servant. One day, when she slips and bumps her head, she regains her memory from her past life. Carole remembers that she was a beauty consultant, an expert on makeup and beauty. Using her knowledge on beauty, she begins to turn her miserable life around!
Yukari Fuyuno thirty years old, hard-working, and career oriented. She has a reputation at work for being a perfect person with good looks and work ethic, but she's troubled with the fact that she tends to conform to other's expectations to not disappoint them. She has been dating Wada, her boyfriend of 5 years, and was on the verge of getting married until one day out of the blue, he dumps her and says he has a new girlfriend. Down in the dumps, Yukari heads to a restaurant and witnesses some love troubles between two workers. On her way home, she sees the same man that was caught in the tiff earlier. Yukari unexpectedly starts a conversation with him and finds out his name is Ayato. He believes he has no substance, and to hide that, he tries to be nice to everyone, but that just gets him in trouble. Yukari, still worried about Ayato, tells him about a bathhouse since he's still covered in soup that the girl dumped on him. After cleaning himself up, Yukari realizes just how good-looking Ayato is, and understands why he's so popular with the ladies. Yukari also realizes they have a common problem: they both want people to see the real them, and it's the inside that counts! Yukari then proposes that they work together to help improve one another...!
Ayaha Yamanouchi has been living out busy days working in the General Affairs department of a large company... but one day something changed. Her underwear went missing. Things start to feel uneasy as she begins to think there is someone out there stealing underwear. The following day, she's met with the police questioning individuals about a slasher on the loose... what better a time to make a report about what's been happening recently? Suddenly, a charming young officer shows up as the report is made... it turns out the elite police deputy is her childhood friend, Kaito Shirasaki?!
Akari 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"
"I would like for us to be friends... perhaps even lovers?" "Wh-... a noblewoman shouldn't say such things...!" The noble daughter of duke Giljester, Velarde, has drawn in and formed an alliance with Noin, an assassin targeting her father. With memories of her past life driving her to wear the mask of a villainess, Velarde is set on finding a way to be free of the antiquated responsibilities thrusted onto women in this world. Noin, finding himself drawn to this unique girl, allows himself to be placed under her influence. Can the two of them attain freedom from the powers that be and find the revenge that Velarde craves for her brother and father? And what of the feelings Noin may have for her...?!
Momoko is completely clueless when it comes to love. When her uncle arranges yet another marriage interview, she reluctantly agrees to a second meeting with a man she barely remembers. But the moment Hisato walks in, she's completely caught off guard. How could she have forgotten someone so handsome? Unfortunately, good looks don't make up for his incredibly rude attitude. Put off by his attitude, it seems things are doomed from the start! That is, until Hisato leaves her speechless with a sudden proposal!
"Let's cut to the chase. Let's get married."
A strong-willed rich girl and a carefree heir are getting married without even a single date?!