"My Childhood Friend Who Loves With Me Is So Adorable It's Frustrating"Since her parents left home, Hana is stuck living under the same roof as her childhood friend, Kou. To everyone else, he's the perfect and handsome goodie-two-shoes that can do no wrong, but when it comes to her, he's completely cruel and heartless. Having to live under a situation like that is pretty unsettling for Hana, but as it turns out, Kou has always had a huge crush on her?! In fact, he finds her so cute and adorable that it's hard to speak honestly around her. As frustrating as this situation might be, at the end of the day, Kou will do anything for Hana by any means necessary. This is a sweetly flavored love story about blossoming emotions between two childhood friends.
"I'm sure I'll have to pay for this one day." When Mitsu was a junior high school student, a fortuneteller told her, "You should marry the person you love the second most." Now all grown up, she works at a clinic. One fateful night she runs into her first love, Arishima, and they start having an intimate relationship. But Mitsu is already married to a man who is a wonderful and kind husband?! Mitsu and her husband, Arishima and his wife. Four point of views, two married lives, only one way this can end... right?
After taking some time away from relationships and love, it's been 10 years... "How can I find a girlfriend?" Mukai is a man in his 30's living at home with his family. He realized it's been 10 years since he's had a girlfriend. He told his last girlfriend, Miwako, that he wanted to "protect her". He was then told "what does that even mean?" and their relationship eventually fell apart. Ever since then, Mukai has felt things like "love" and "marriage" were distant concepts. However, he starts to find interest in the new person in the office, Nakatani...? Now begins Mukai's new search for love, stuck between new encounters and memories of his past!
Miho is a 28-year-old office worker who is uprooting her whole life and moving to the countryside from Tokyo in order to change who she is. The night before she leaves, she meets Osamu, falling for him instantly, and they spend the night together. A few months after she has started her new job, her company asks her to become the executive secretary to the new managing director, who turns out to be no other that Osamu himself! Miho has left her flashy and luxurious ways behind and looks completely different from when they first met in Tokyo, and she is desperate to keep her identity a secret from him. To top it off, she has put in place a strict NO DATING rule, so she is doing everything she can to squash down any feelings she might have towards him... Meanwhile, unaware of her secret efforts, Osamu continues to chase after her with his "Have we met before?" accusations!
Leila is a woman who used to work in an office. Now, she's suddenly fallen into a new fantasy world called "The Dragon Kingdom." While falling out of the sky, she was saved by a giant dragon and decided that from now on her name is Lilac. Now she will live in the castle of the King of this nation, the Dragon Lord, and have the opportunity to work. However... the workers never take breaks and are constantly overworked! Lilac, with her kitchen servant status and knowledge of modern cooking, tries to get the staff to take breaks and enjoy lunchtime meals! In the midst of positive change in the kitchen, Lilac's soup dish accidentally gets sent to the Dragon Lord himself?! Lilac was prepared for the worst, but in audience with the Dragon Lord is told "make this soup for me every day from now on." What?! The Dragon Lord now has a taste for Lilac's cooking! An alluring fantasy story of friendships, romance, and delicious food!
Archaeologist Zoe has been hand picked to serve as an interpreter for military alliance negotiations on behalf of the mighty empire of Balogaros. Although a daunting task, Zoe is determined and embarks on her journey as an ambassador. Right before her eyes appears Valzus, imperial prince and the man with which she has had a complex and troubled past with!
Rose Marie has spent most of her life in the royal harem of Glenfil, as the first concubine of Crown Prince Ulysses, until one day she realizes that she can't bear to stay there any longer. But no sooner has she made that decision than she gets the order to complete the "Rite of Consummation"...! Though she's technically the most senior member of the harem after her ten years of residence, due to her age she hasn't yet been recognized as an official concubine. Once she completes this rite, though, she really will be stuck in the harem forever. Rose Marie is now scrambling around trying to find a way to get out of this duty, but Prince Ulysses won't let that happen...?!
Kasuga enters high school with one goal in mind -- to get himself a girlfriend! His plans do get pushed back due to a minor car accident, but no worries...! The day he returns to school, he catches sight of Morikawa, a first-year, and it's love at first sight. Learning that she prefers the calm and stoic type, he takes drastic measures and forces a "cool guy" act. To his surprise, things seem to work in his favor. That is, until...
"This is my revenge..." The world is now in a violent era. In this world, there are twelve beings born with "Celestial Beasts" that dwell within their souls. Lyla is a young girl who has been living in a small village. She and the people of her village know that she is one of the twelve beings, a "Celestial", but her celestial beast has not yet awakened. To help awaken the celestial beast, she begins training with another of the twelve, a boy named Soju. As Lyla turns 15, an evil consort from the Shuka Kingdom reaches out to the village, with the intent of using Lyla's powers for their own nefarious purpose... From this, Lyla's destiny takes a turn for the worst in ways no one could have expected.
"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!
Sayaka Narimiya is 28 year-old, single, and works at an advertisement agency. But as luck would have it, she's been fired from her job. As an in-between, she picks up a nude modeling part-time job. While naked in front of the student artists, none other than Renji Hasumi, Sayaka's high school heartbreaker appears---. Completely flustered upon learning of Hasumi's position as associate professor, Sayaka somehow manages to finish the job and head home. It is then when Hasumi stops Sayaka for what is to be a reunion? Or maybe something else?
"You wanna get married?" I'm Ito, and my boyfriend Daisuke suddenly proposed to me! We've been together for 8 years and have been living together for 3; finally, it's my turn to walk down the aisle! But it didn't take long for the excitement to wane and my worries to set in. He doesn't rinse the dishes no matter how many times I tell him, he leaves his dirty clothes on the floor, and he's ALWAYS on his phone. Did I mention we never have sex, too? Will I truly be happy marrying him like this? It's hard for me to say what's on my mind to him, but I don't have the energy to start a relationship from scratch with someone new. With these thoughts swirling in my mind, Dai and I go on a long-awaited date and find ourselves at a mysterious shop called Cafe Untye. I drink the tea that's chosen for me and the words, "I don't want to get married!", pop out of me?! What the...?! My mouth just moved on its own...?! Cafe Untye is a peculiar place one can reach only when a "tie" leads you there. This title is a collection of enchanting stories intricately woven through the bonds of individuals who visit the cafe.
Nanoha Kido works as a programmer in an IT company... and has a powerful enemy. That enemy's name is Mr. Haba! He's a boss who always has a cold and calculated expression, impossible to read, and is constantly putting more and more work on her desk. After getting through some extra work Mr. Haba left for her, Kido comes across the old live venue she would go to. At the show there, she finds the band she was a fan of for the longest time, with some unexpected people alongside them...!
Mako Kagami, an office worker in her twenties who works for a travel agency, has been enjoying a solitary life without love because of a serious heartbreak in her past. Then one day, a handsome foreigner with impeccable brown skin, named Amir visits her as a delivery man! She thought it was a one-time encounter, but after a chance reunion in the city, she finds herself spending a sweet moment with him..... naked on a soft bed in an exquisite suite! Moreover, he turns out to be a prince of a faraway country and says that he will make Mako his "queen"...! A confused Mako is suddenly swept up into an extraordinary life by this gentle and sweet prince...! This is a sweet and tender love story about a single office worker and a prince that you don't want to miss.
Itsuka Tachibana is a high school girl living alone while her parents are working abroad. On top of this free lifestyle, she welcomes the new school semester with joy since she knows her crush, Nao Shimizu, is going to be in the same class as her. Lucky! However, with all good news comes the bad news, the building she got an apartment in is going to be dismantled, and she's being evicted! Itsuka, now trying to figure out where she can live, gets things arranged after being told off by her mom, and can stay with her mom's friend. The new place looks great, clean, and huge. Only one problem though... when she went to check out the bathroom... her crush is there!!! And he's naked?!?! She can't help but smirk any moment she looks in the direction of his coolness and cuteness and beauty... but she has to go nonstop in his presence and try to keep the joy off of her face?!
Diana, daughter of the notorious Count Cresta, unwillingly enters the Palace Harem as "Lady Crimson Rose," the primary candidate for the queen consort. But, due to her "villainous face" and beauty that is said to be able to manipulate the hearts of men, she is hated by the King, caught in power struggles between concubines, and misunderstood in every way! "I wish I could meet someone who sees me, not for my appearance, but for who I truly am!" The chronicles of a "villainous-looking" young lady's struggles in the Palace Harem and how she finds her own way to persevere... no matter what!
"I would like you to be my fiancee." Anabelle may seem like a run-of-the-mill daughter of an aristocrat, but in fact, she has an exceptional aptitude for magic. On the day of her father's death, her fiance demands for their engagement to be nullified, accusing her of a crime she didn't commit. As if that weren't enough, he even subjects her to a powerful curse that even her strongest magic cannot undo! Desperate, she has no choice but to embark on a journey in search of a remedy.
Soon after, she runs into the highest-ranked member of the nobility, the duke Lord Maverit. More importantly, he's a man in possession of a Moon Fragment, the key to undoing her curse. Their encounter, however, does not lead where she expects... Before the day's end, Anabelle finds herself (pretending to be) engaged to a man whose circumstances are far more complicated than what she could imagine. What's a lady to do now?!
Kikuka is a server at Hananoya, a high-class restaurant frequented by well-to-do politicians and entrepreneurs. She's also the daughter of the establishment's current owner and his late mistress. Her mother was kind and gentle, but suffered from illness, and eventually passed on to the next world. Since then, Kikuka has been working hard at Hananoya while enduring constant mistreatment from her mother- and sister-in-law. She never argues back, keeping her promise to her mother: always smile and never resent those around her. But when her sister-in-law grows tired of putting up with her, she's abandoned in the mountains one night. However, before despair takes ahold of her, Kikuka stumbles upon the rumored pavilion, Hell's Gateway. There, she meets Homura, a man with glistening, vermillion hair and otherworldly beauty... And for reasons she cannot understand, he treats her with a warm kindness that she's never known...
Mana's only friend during high school was a girl by the name of Himeno Takatou. They reunite as adults and Himeno has become even more stunning than before. While catching up, Himeno asks about Mana's love life and learns all about the man Mana is interested in. Then after hearing that Himeko had just gone through a divorce, Mana invites her to a barbecue with her colleagues to cheer her up. However, the Himeno who shows up dresses and acts like a totally different person! Little by little...another side of Himeno begins to surface.
"Work-style reform sucks"! An office love comedy of two corporate workers with completely opposite working styles. Maru is a corporate drone who lacks the concept of leisure time. After the company's drinking party, Maru wakes up at a love hotel with Teiji, known as the "manager who always clocks out on time". In contrary to his straight-laced nature, Teiji turns out to be sweet, gentle and affectionate in bed...How could she not fall for that! Yet, the next day, he recalls the night with a simple, "we're grown-ups" statement?!