Due to a stroke of fate, Yachiyo takes over as the owner of a butler cafe after her father suddenly falls ill. But things don't go as planned, and Yachiyo gets called a washboard by Kido, the cafe's most popular butler. Just what will ensue from this? Will these two end up in huge fight?!
Office worker Shiho, age 28, plays the go-getter career woman so well that everyone at work calls her the "Iron Lady." Feeling uneasy about her relationship with her boyfriend Ken, Shiho takes the leap and invites him to a company party, but as the party begins he's still not there... In that moment, her handsome coworker, and heir to the company, Miyagi strikes up a conversation with her. Miyagi is a big hit among the female employees, but Shiho has always treated him casually, never taking much interest in his charms. However, when she runs into him again on the way to the bathroom, the usual sweet and chipper Miyagi is nowhere to be found! His speech is rougher, and he's dropped the workplace niceties, and on top of that he backs her up against the wall, blocking her retreat with his body...?! An office romance with a high-class bachelor, at once wicked and earnest, who just might be her Mr. Right!
After losing her parents, Mio's dream of becoming a pianist was all but taken from her. Now, she works as a house keeper at Arc en Ciel, a luxury hotel in the heart of the city. One day, a flurry of expected events introduces Mio to Taisei, the heir to Arc en Ciel. The next thing she knows, she is accompanying him to the hotel's anniversary party -- as his lover! The task? To put an end to his arranged engagement! On top of that, Mio has to continue to pretend to be Taisei's fiance even after the party is over...?! A story of the sweet adoration that grows between one brave housekeeper and the successor to a luxury hotel!
Look, it's not like Azusa doesn't want to get married. She's a wedding planner, after all, and in spite of her boss's biting sarcasm, she actually finds a lot of comfort in her job. Her boyfriend of five years, Ayumu, just hasn't really brought up the conversation, that's all. Or at least, that's what Azusa thinks, until she catches Ayumu having an affair! Though usually extremely unpleasant, Azusa's handsome boss, Kiryu, offers her sudden and uncharacteristic kindness: "If you don't get married, then I'll step in." What's that supposed to mean?! The sudden tension between Kiryu's usual offensive nature and his sweet words has Azusa wrapped around his little finger, and she's not sure if she can get away... or even wants to?!
Asami works at her dream job as a wedding dress designer for an apparel company. But her life is completely turned on its head when her father, a company investor, sets up an arranged marriage interview for her and Takafumi, her company's CEO! Despite Takafumi's professional competence and good looks, Asami bluntly rejects the offer, refusing to have to tie the knot with such an incredibly brazen and rude man. Despite this, Takafumi, realizing he gets turned on by her rejection, devises a plan which ultimately forces Asami into marriage and moving in with him! Is this the beginning of a sweet married life between Asami and her annoying boss?!
"This is our first time meeting, but I would like us to get divorced." 10 years ago, with a single written agreement - a mere piece of paper, Rio, the young daughter of a long-standing family in Kyoto, became bound in marriage to a complete stranger. The man who suddenly becomes her husband is Takamine, the handsome president of an IT company. A decade has now passed, with neither husband nor wife ever having met, or exchanging so much as a conversation. One day, Rio suddenly decides to make her way to Tokyo to meet her husband. When they finally meet for the first time, she immediately requests that they get divorced. Takamine is taken aback by Rio's beauty. However, due to personal reasons, he has no intention of getting the divorce. And when Rio visits Takamine again days later, he makes the absurd suggestion for them to move in together!
Kotobuki has been asked to handle a meeting with her company's business partner. But their sales agent, who is extremely handsome by the way, turns out to be none other than Tsuzuki, Kotobuki's high school classmate from 8 years ago! Back then, everyone knew him as the heir to a large corporation, and he was incredibly popular, always surrounded by girls. By comparison, Kotobuki was modest and unassuming. She absolutely dreaded dealing with Tsuzuki, who would often pick on her. Though terrified at first, as Kotobuki continues working with Tsuzuki, she realizes that he's changed. Could this be the budding of an unexpected romance?
"This is the real me." -- Having no defined sense of self, Suzuno spends each day simply trying her best to be the ideal woman. She somehow manages to impersonate a very capable woman at the stationery company where she works. One day, though, her handsome, prince-like coworker, Watarai, finds out what she's really like! Once they are alone together, Suzuno realizes that Watarai, himself, is not actually the princely type he seems to be... What's more, Watarai finds out that Suzuno is shouldering her parents' debt. The morning after Suzuno reveals all to the office prince, she wakes up in her own bed... To none other than a naked Watarai sleeping beside her?!
Saya plans to become a chef so that she can someday take over her family's restaurant. Then, one fateful day, she gets into an accident...... When she opens her eyes again, it's as a pretty young girl with blond hair and blue eyes - she's been reborn as "Princess Viola"! As if that wasn't enough to cope with, this Viola has it hard. Her stepmother is out for her life, and she's been chosen to go to the empire as a political hostage. In the empire, Viola begins searching out the best way to increase her chances of survival, and that's when Crown Prince Richard approaches her. Seeing promise in her discerning palate, he asks Viola to do some cooking for him. Where will this lead...?! One young girl will set out into a new life and a new world in this fantasy cooking adventure!
"Don't tell me you love me so much you chased after me?" Momo has never been able to forget Hiiro, the boy who lived next door to her in her childhood. Right when she'd decided to turn a new leaf and find another great love story in high school, Momo reunites with Hiiro on her first day of high school. Hiiro had always been good-looking and a bit of a meanie, but now he was completely cruel, and a womanizer, at that! To make matters even more confusing for poor Momo, Hiiro suddenly kisses her...! Momo's first love is the school scoundrel, and yet the irresistably dreamy Hiiro -- how will this indulgent yet complicated love story turn out...?
Upon graduating from an all-boys high school, Tobishima Ichita (18) enrolls in the manga course at an art school. Ichita's genre of choice is Boy's Love (BL) and he has always wanted to connect with girls who love BL just as much as he does. As such, Ichita heads to his first day of class with a dream in his heart! When he arrives, though, his nerves get the best of him -- he can't seem to have a normal conversation with a girl. What's more, his class is nothing but girls...! What will become of Ichita?!
You're great just the way you are. Even though Miku is 25 years old, she hasn't learned a thing about how to do her own makeup -- but her boyfriend, Haru, tells her that he prefers her that way. Miku and Haru live together, after all, and they might get married, in which case she'll just quit her job anyway, so it's probably fine never to learn... At least, that's what she tells herself. One day, a boy with a special love for makeup suddenly appears in her life. The beautiful stranger does Miku up gorgeously and Haru's reaction to her new look is almost unbelievable--? A story of starting anew and taking one's life back through makeup!
Every day, Haru Inui (27) goes hard in both her personal and professional lives. And every day, her boyfriend tells her that he loves her. Those words alone give Haru the strength to work hard -- until the day she discovers that her boyfriend has been bringing other women to her house when she isn't around. How could she have believed his simple "I love you"s?! Haru feels like an idiot... when suddenly, her junior at work, Okuma, tells her that he has feelings for her! Determined to win her heart, Okuma promises to tell Haru, who doesn't believe in those three little words anymore, that loves her once a day, every day. Seemingly aloof, Okuma turns out to be unexpectedly bold! Haru doesn't know when, and she doesn't know where, but Okuma's surprising daily "I love you"s quickly turn into the office romance she didn't know she needed.
You'll be overcome with laughter at this silent but all-out duel between man and woman! A romantic comedy that keeps you endlessly grinning! Kureha (27) has just one criteria to choose a man: "Is he rich, or not?" Taisuke (29) picks out women by their bodies alone. This pair of scoundrels, faithful only to their own desires, meet at a mixer - an encounter as unfortunate as it is destined. Each scheming to snatch up the other, they act the part of a selfless, humble lady and gentleman while gradually drawing closer, and then...
Mizuno Sawa, high school first-year, is a quiet and reserved girl living under the social radar. Her school is also home to the band "Blue-Burst", made up of four boys from the pop music club and hugely popular among the students. Of course, Sawa and the band members pass their time at school without ever crossing paths - except, Kouichi from the band is secretly her twin brother! Kouichi is an amateur model on top of singing in the band, and basically the school's superstar; but despite his superstar smile on the surface, his true face is a sneering demon. When he double books a modeling gig with make-up lessons at school, the idea strikes him to make Sawa take his place at the lessons. Poor Sawa has a complex about defying her brother, so in the end she puts on his boys' uniform and heads to school. From that day her plain, quiet high school life changes completely! It's a melody of love and thrills in this coming-of-age story!
Hanazawa Moe grew up tall and tomboyish, and was even mocked for "crossdressing" the one time she wore more feminine clothes, which left her with some emotional baggage and a penchant for playing the man. Now Moe is the most popular waiter at a crossdressing cafe, where she dresses up as a guy to welcome lady customers. Thinking it was a dream job that let her use her unique talents, she buried herself in her work, until... Before she knew it, she'd reached "that age" - all her friends are getting married, having kids, and steadily moving forward in life. Suddenly, a voice inside her starts asking, "Do I want to carry on this way forever...?" -- Match-making apps, blind date parties and more... The chronicle of a girl well below the curve on romantic know-how going all out to find a husband!
Shojo manga author, Aya Yuuki, hasn't been able to produce a hit in years. In order to keep working, she has no choice but to turn to writing erotic manga. However, there is one big problem -- Aya is a virgin. How is Aya supposed to write smut without any sexual experience or knowledge?! One fateful night, as she frets over her work, the sound of a man's voice trickles into Aya's room through the wall. The voice is deep and mellifluous, and the things it says... they are straight out of an S&M scene! Aya immediately takes notes, finally able to bring her erotic manga to life -- and it's a triumph! But what happens when her neighbor realizes that she is listening in and stealing his lines?! A love affair between neighbors, with a slice of risk.
Ruriko Aoyama, a second-year in high school, was born with a large, blue birthmark on her face. She has lived her life trying not to make a big deal of it, trying to avoid overly conscientious treatment by those around her. One day, Ruriko gets her hands on a notebook belonging to her new homeroom teacher, Kanda. He had written all of her classmates' names in the book, and next to their names: distinguishing physical features. However, Ruriko notices that the space next to her own name is inexplicably blank. When she confronts her homeroom teacher, Ruriko finds that Kanda lives with prosopagnosia -- a disorder which prevents him from being able to make sense of and distinguish the human face...
Mikumo Higashino and Sei Imajo were once close childhood friends. Then they grew apart when Mikumo had to move away for her parents' work. Two years have passed, and through intense studying, Mikumo makes it into same prestigious high school as Sei. However, Mikumo's heart-pounding excitement turns to surprise when she finds out that Sei isn't who he used to be! A sweet, innocent romance that will be sure to give the reader butterflies in their stomach!
"Why do I have to be the one to 'put it in'?"Shun Mizuo has always got a smile on his face. He's popular amongst his coworkers and he's good at his job... but he's useless in the bedroom. One day, heartbroken after discovering his girlfriend cheating on him, he drinks himself into a stupor and reveals his "situation down there" to Amachi, his beautiful-yet-frosty coworker. What happens when, suddenly, Amachi says that she feels that this moment with Mizuo must be fate?! An office romance between two people both hopeless in the bedroom!