A Japanese-style ayakashi Cinderella story! "You're the bride I've been searching for all this time." The ayakashi and humans coexist in harmony. The ayakashi, having superior abilities and beautiful appearances, sometimes find their partner among human women, making them their "bride". The bride, in exchange for bringing prosperity, receives absolute love from the ayakashi. Yuzu is constantly compared to her sister, a bride of a demon fox, and is resented by her family every day. One day, when Yuzu just couldn't take things anymore, a man appears before her on a bridge. This man is the most beautiful man Yuzu has ever seen... and he's calling her his wife?! "Just be quiet and let me hold you." The most powerful, "cold-hearted" ayakashi is pouring his heart out for Yuzu?!
I should have died in the accident, but when I woke up, I found myself inside my favorite novel...To make matters worse, I'm just a side character?! According to the story, the duke and duchess have disappeared, and all the servants are about to be fired...I've made up my mind. I'm going to live as I please! Or so I thought. Somehow, I've ended up as the guardian of two orphaned twins?! This wasn't supposed to be my role, but how could I abandon them? Just as I resolved to take the twins on their journey...
Rio is a completely average high school second-year, while her best friend Katsuki is pretty enough to turn everyone's heads. Sometimes Rio feels like she's just there to make Katsuki's beauty stand out better... or even worse, that she's invisible to the whole world. Discouraged as she is, Rio was holding onto a faint hope of love with Haruta, the only person at school who ever seems to notice her. When she realizes one day that he has a crush on Katsuki rather than her, she's so upset that she flees the classroom, wishing she could finally just disappear for real. But, while she's nursing her hurt feelings, someone comes and finds her; it's none other than "the reaper," aka Echizenya, the gloomy guy who's always hiding away in the corner creeping out their classmates. Enjoy this adorable will-they-won't-they romance between the "plain best friend" and the secret hottie undercover as the class weirdo!
"I want you, Moka..." There's a popular guy in class, and he can't stand the way the other girls look at him. The only girl he wants all for himself... is the plain girl sitting in the seat in front of him?! Moka Asano is your average high school girl, and sitting behind her is Izumi Kurosaki. Kurosaki's the captain of the soccer team, and is so popular that the neighboring schools have fan clubs for him! The girls always crowd around his desk, so Moka can never get a chance to sit down at her desk in the morning... but everything changes when Moka gets the chance to be close to Kurosaki when they see each other in the old school library. Even though Kurosaki hates being around girls, and tends to give everyone these cold stares, he looks at Moka with a bright smile and asks her "do you wanna date for real?" It's like he's a completely different person!
[Please note that #14 contains episode 10.5, which falls between #10 and #11 in the story.] Byletta, daughter of a viscount who has talents for swords and business, has been married to Arnald, son of a count, for eight years...however, he was away at war, and they hadn't met even once. When the war ended, she decides to ask for divorce even before she sees his face. She writes Arnald a letter saying "Dear Sir, I would like to ask for divorce." Arnald, handsome but had never loved someone, and Byletta, who was rumored to be a villainess, meet for the first time in their bedroom. He asks for a wager, and guarantees her that he will divorce if Byletta wins. If he wins, they will stay married forever. "If I can get you with child in a month, I win." Arnald says. That was something Byletta could never imagine.
Adeline, daughter of an earl, was offered an engagement from the Dragonkin Realm. They wanted her to be the "Mate" for the third prince. All Dragonkins have to find their "Mate" and take them to their castle built on the floating island and live together, although their lifespans might be different. Adeline was fragile...she could hear that everyone in the castle criticized her as someone not worth being the Mate to the prince. Even the prince himself seemed to hate her. She ended her miserable life by someone's poison. 250 years after, Adeline was born to the same world. And again, she received an invitation from the Dragonkin for a ball to find their Mate. She tries to run away...not knowing that there was a secret beyond this invitation.
"I would like you to become my lover." Daughter of a viscount, Freya Villiers was being pressured into taking back her ex-fiance, Nathan, after their engagement was broken off due to him cheating on Freya with her sister. In order to flee her parents, who are all for her reconciliation with Nathan, she visits Count Bloodbury, feared by the nobles as a "vampire." With nothing to lose, she asks him to pretend to be her lover and...?!
"Today, I get to marry the man I love... but he doesn't love me." Lilia, a princess from the Ehre Kigndom, has admired Prince Oscar of the Glanz Kingdom for the longest time. However, it was decided early on that older sister, Isabella, would be the one to marry him due to her beauty and pride. Lilia had given up on the dream, but one day Isabella suddenly called off her betrothment. As someone of the Ehre royal family must marry into the Glanz Kingdom for continued peace, Lilia is now set to take the place of her older sister. Lilia is full of joy and concern all the same, but it feels as though this marriage sits in a shadow cast by Isabella, now looming over them. Prince Oscar seems to be distant, unconcerned with things, and Lilia is now buried in preparations as the crown princess. What will happen in this new and complicated relationship?
When Nanao was a mere child, she was kidnapped by an Ayakashi. Since then, because of the spirit seal the Ayakashi carved on her body, Nanao has been oppressed by the people in her own clan as the "tainted one." Nanao was supposed to get married to the young master of the Byakurenji family, but her cousin Akemi stole her position as his bride, and she was forced to wear a monkey mask in order to hide the spirit seal, living a miserable life. Then one day, she meets Yako, the young head of the Benitsubaki clan. Due to an unforeseen event, Nanao's mask comes off and her face gets exposed, but that only causes Yako to become bewitched by her beauty and high spiritual power...
Ever since she was separated from her mother at an early age, Eliza has been treated as an untouchable in the house of Adal Luna, the lord of the house. One day, however, she is summoned by the lord and told that she is his blood daughter and that she is to marry the third prince, Leo, who is rumored to be promiscuous and arrogant. Eliza is perplexed, but Sati, the lord's wife, tells Eliza an even crueler truth... Is this love a trick or the truth? Can Eliza, who has lost everything, find happiness?
At what should have been her engagement party, Violet, daughter of a noble house, is cast aside by the second prince. Born without talent and relying only on her lineage, she's socially condemned by friends, family, and even society itself.
Left to die alone in a burning mansion, Violet regrets her arrogance and prays for a chance to start over. Her wish is granted when a divine blessing awakens within her - the power to turn back time.
Waking one year before that fateful day, Violet vows to change her life and use her gift to seize happiness. Her path soon crosses with Ulysses, the head court mage shunned as a monster. But behind the title lies a kind and gentle man, the complete opposite of her former fiance.
As their bond deepens, Violet learns she alone can touch him without pain. When she prevents the assassination of the Crown Princess, she becomes entangled in a dark plot that threatens the kingdom and her second chance at peace.
Ylis, a saint who has memories of her past life in another world, married King Reinhardt for political reasons, but was leading a loveless life. Then, after finding out that Reinhardt has spent the night with the second saint Hina, she decides to leave him, declaring, "I'm leaving the palace!" What the future holds for the queen who is unsavvy in matters of love, and king who has a hot and cold tsundere personality? Will their misunderstandings ever be resolved?!
Clarisse, second daughter of Viscount Fahrenheit, was treated cruelly by her family. When she became nineteen, her father arranged a marriage for her...to marry Margrave Gutenberg, who asked the King for the "Jewel of Fahrenheit" as his bride, as a reward to his victories in the war. But the "Jewel" was her sister, Matilda. Clarisse was a substitute bride. Clarisse was almost happy that she could get out of her miserable life at home, but also afraid that the margrave would know she was a substitute. It was a surprise when she found out that he was rather a thoughtful and handsome man. She started to enjoy spending days with him, and it seemed like he feels the same way. Then came the day that her family secret was revealed...!
Through music, the Hanamura clan manifested special powers that brought about prosperity to their clan; however, Akari, who didn't exhibit any powers was deemed a "Seed of Misfortune" and scorned by her family. From then on begins her days of bearing callous treatment from her parents and sister. But one day, she finds an invitation to a soiree hosted by one of the oldest and noblest clans in the country. It seems the head of that clan, Mikoto Sazarashi, is searching for a bride. Finding herself unable to resist going, Akari attends the soiree - only to be quickly discovered by her sister. Akari is immediately berated and belittled by her, but...a handsome, young man appears, takes Akari's hand, and declares, "I've finally found you, my beloved bride." Check out this great Cinderella story set in an Eastern setting and filled with romance, turmoil, and mystery!
In the Yamatoba Empire, where two races, humans and night demons, have existed since time immemorial. Iku, whose hair and eyes are as pale as white snow, is mistreated by her family because of her strange, demon-like appearance. She is treated as little more than a servant until the day she is sold to a man for money, a fate she thought impossible to escape from... One day, however, the next head of a prominent family, Subaru, learns of Iku's secret and offers her a marriage proposal. Though it is a political marriage, the two, both burdened with a damaged past, gradually become attracted to each other...? A love story of destiny unfolds as the hearts of a couple who have never known love melt together!
The earl's daughter Sadie has made quite a name for herself as the villainess of the century during the ten years that her body was hijacked. When she realizes she has gotten back in her original body, Rufus, the commander of the knights, is in the middle of breaking off their betrothal. Even when she tells him the truth that her body has been hijacked, he refuses to believe her. Thus, Sadie begins to look for the culprit as well as the cause of the body-switching. Meanwhile, Rufus cannot hide his confusion over Sadie's sudden change in personality... The story unfolds as the two slowly get closer to each other, overcoming a slew of misunderstandings along the way. Check out the volume 1 of this reciprocal love isekai fantasy.
In a world where humans and demons have been in constant conflict throughout history... One day, the demon king, Gil, visits Hazelbard Kingdom in the human territory. Gil proposes a truce on the condition that both races do not cross between each other's territories. However, in order to make this agreement her son Clemont's achievement, Queen Catalina forces her step daughter, Estelle, to marry the demon king.
In her third year as a working adult, Aya, who has just turned 20 years old, has her first kohai! His name is Yamato Higa-san (age 26). Higa-san is kind and pleasant to be around, so naturally he is very popular with everyone in the department. However, for some reason, he teases only Aya, his trainer, and shows her his alpha male side... With mature, smart Higa-san taking the initiative at every turn, Aya cannot focus on her work...!
In the snowy village of Rokka, the members of the Suzaku imperial family are revered as the descendants of Suzaku, the fire deity himself. Marrying the head of the Suzaku family...is considered the greatest of honors.
Ginka Sakaeda comes from a line of shrine maidens. Her parents had hopes that she would marry into the Suzaku family one day. However, when she came into the world "deformed," they deemed her unworthy as the future Bride of Suzaku, and began treating her with hostility. Her younger sister Akane, however, was born with excellent grace and beauty, earning her the favor of the entire village and securing her position as the top candidate to marry into the Suzaku family. Then, on the eve of the ceremony that would decide Akane's future, Ginka has an unexpected encounter with the Suzaku family head. And the moment their hands touch...the two feel a warm sensation instantly course throughout their bodies!
Mira, who grew up in an orphanage, was born with the ability to absorb magical powers and was forced by her father-in-law, Baron Weston, to purify miasma-tainted swords and magical tools. As a result, her body was so ravaged that doctors told her she would not live more than a year. One day, Mira collapses in the temple and is saved by a beautiful woman, Annalise. Her brother, Darius, is the first duke and head of the Order of the Holy Knights, but he suffers from a disease called hypermagia. Annalise proposes a certain way to save her brother in exchange for saving Mira from the baron...