It is supposed to be the peak of Urara Namita's life. But she is losing her house, savings, and boyfriend instead! In such despair situation, her rival in the workplace, Musashi Fudou suddenly came to her with the most unexpected proposal?"Why don't you live here with me for a while...?"Well, he does look like a bully sometimes, although he is also very kind to her. "I supposed to hate him, but seeing his weak face makes me feel something different..."
Yoshino found herself married to Keigo Shinoi, the genius artist she had admired since her school days. However, his reason for marrying her was for revenge against Yoshino's father. Hated all the while, she continues to love Shinoi as he suffers in a state of isolation. Will her feelings finally get through to him...? The title story, Maple Leaves, is just one entry in this best-of selection of sorrowful, bittersweet love stories. Also included are three stories.
Married men, liars, moral harassers... It's time to punish these vile marriage-hunting monsters! A thrilling romantic comedy about a pair of beautiful marriage-hunting childhood friends who hold grand secrets begins now!
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...?!
Nohara Kana's been a biology teacher at high school for 4 years, but 6 months ago she started coming to school with a letter of resignation in her purse every single day...One day, she happens to catch her new transfer student named Ohno sneaking a kiss in the corner of the biology lab with a girl from a different class. Kana scolds him, but he simply responds with, "I'm dropping out."Kana can't help but shout back at him in anger that she actually wants to quit as well!! ... then realizes what she just said and flees the scene, not noticing that her letter of resignation had fallen out of her bag...Later that night, Ohno shows up at Kana's house with the letter of resignation in hand, but demands that she let him stay at her place and that he'll go to school if she does... but also that he'll sue her for sexual harassment if she resigns?!And so begins our story of an overly serious lady teacher, a troubled student, and their dangerous new living situation!
"Do you really think you can get away from me?" He harasses me for money, gets violent, and plays with my body by force. He used to be so kind and gentle, but now he's changed...
I open the door to my beloved secret hideout again for the first time in years and find my old childhood friend waiting for me. But what's gotten into him?
33 year-old Naho has the worst luck in her search for a partner. Until she crosses paths again with her childhood friend Ren at a class reunion... What does Ren mean by "I'll put an end to your husband hunting"!?
- "I'll teach you what a man is, so be my woman." Becoming a yakuza's woman... And raising a child together!? Starting an exciting life of child-rearing to protect my family!
Every rumor posted "there" becomes real... A plain Jane office lady and a narcissistic candidate for C.E.O in a company-wide gossip investigation, begins now!!
Six months ago, the genders of all humankind were reversed. With my marriage plans and my job on the rocks, I was at a loss, and I found myself swooning over someone for the first time in my life...as a "man"...!
"When you feel good, all your worries disappear." A good-for-nothing guy satisfies both physically and mentally... after letting him in, it was impossible to get away.
Chihiro, twenty-five-old, is madly in love with her colleague, Nakaba. He's cool, clever and handsome. They go for a drink almost every day, so she knows that he likes her too. However, she can't ask him to go out with her, since part of her thinks she's happy the way they are. One day, her good friend tells her that she should tell Nakaba right away that she loves him, or else he'll be some other girl's boyfriend. Chihiro decides to tell him, but she's got a big project to handle in front of her... Can they become lovers?
Chinatsu, who was transferred to a small company, meets a friendly guy who sits next to her. However, soon she finds out that he is a ghost...who only she and her boss can see. Her boss was an exorcist, and her department was in charge of haunted properties!
Checking properties with rumors of ghosts is not easy...and she also has to do something with her feeling to ghost sitting next to her! Can she fall in love with a ghost!?