Kurumi lives under one roof with her father and her overprotective brother, Ataka. One day, she reunites with Nagio, her childhood friend. Now a young man, Nagio doesn't hesitate making advances-much to Kurumi's dismay-kissing her out of nowhere and telling her how he has always liked her, in the process totally wrapping her around his finger. And while Kurumi is put off at first, she eventually finds herself head-over-heels for Nagio ... This childhood-friend romance starring a black-hearted-yet-loving (?) boy is filled with sweet and passionate kisses!
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!
I don't think of us as just childhood friends. "What do you do when you wake up half-naked... next to a childhood friend?! Himari's always yearned for a real true love, but she's always finding her efforts blocked because everyone thinks her childhood friend Aoto who's ALWAYS hanging around her is actually her boyfriend. One day, she wakes up after drinking WAY too much at a mixer while trying to find the boyfriend of her dreams... only to find herself in a hotel wearing only her underwear and lying next to a half-naked Aoto?! "Hold on a minute... Don't tell me Aoto and I... did it?!" He's so childish and unreliable, so for Himari to feel her heart race when seeing him as a man for the first time just seems... totally unexpected! Can childhood friends really fall in love...?
- "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!
"Do you want to be kissed?" "Push me away if you don't like it."
To avoid moving overseas for her second year of high school, Koko decides to live with her younger childhood friend, Shuri, whom she suddenly reunites with after two years of being apart. Until now, she had only considered him a cute little brother, but once they start living together, Shuri's behavior does a 180. He approaches her as if he's in love with her, whispers tenderly in her ear, and pins her down on the couch?! What is Shuri up to?! Who knows...but there seems to be no way to hold back his dangerously sweet advances!
"Will you save us? YES or NO?" In standard dating sim style, "Anise" was summoned as a Saint into the world of "Garden of Salvation". However, Hime, another girl who was also summoned alongside her stole the title of "Saint" for herself! Without being allowed to use the "healing magic" that she had learned, Anise was exiled to a remote village. If things stick to the script, a general from the neighboring kingdom of Farglow will die before long and Hime will reign supreme as the Saint in the bad ending. For Anise, that means death. In order to find her own path for survival, she decides to save the general and rewrite the story, but...
Our protagonist has been reincarnated into the world of an otome game as the villainess "Mariabell Tempest", a noble lady with a dreadful personality. Whenever the game's heroine reaches a happy ending, Mariabell would face a bad ending involving her being disgraced, going missing, or even dying. On top of that, the enabled 'auto-mode' is preventing Mariabell from choosing her own decisions however and whenever she wants. But on the 6th loop of the game, the the "auto-mode" causing her inevitable fate finally deactivates! Now, in order to survive and live peacefully, Mariabell will have to take advantage of her knowledge and experience from the past five loops!
The manga version of the popular fantasy-otome game reincarnation novel is finally here!
"You take my fiance, my money, and now you take me with you when you fall off the building... this is just the absolute worst!!" That's what I was thinking when all of a sudden I blinked, and found myself in a new life...! Liselotte is a young girl who was told she must be sacrificed for her kingdom as she is one of the few rare powerful magic wielders that are born only once every thousand years. She has been living out her days, sad and accepting of her fate, when suddenly the memories of her past life as a pharmacist named Toka Mikanagi come back to her. Before she has a chance to think too much about it, she realizes that the woman she knew as Queen Kirara is identical to the person responsible for her death in her past life...! Now she has to make use of her knowledge as a pharmacist to find a way out of an untimely death!
Mito is gifted with a birth-mark on her hand. Legend says it's a blessing but in Mito's village it is told to be a sign of misfortune. Mito is neglected by the villagers since birth with her family being discriminated all the same. The only saving grace for her is time spent with a beautiful man who re-appears in her dreams. This silver-haired man is actually one of the four God's that rule their universe?!
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?!
"Princess Caroline... you are my destined mate." Royalty in the Acasia Kingdom is discerned by their gold and silver hair, and elegantly blue eyes. However, the third princess Caroline, born with amber hair and black eyes, is considered a shame for the royal family. She has been locked away in a small villa, being made to do petty work that the maids normally do. One day, her father calls for her... and suddenly Caroline finds herself in the audience of Prince Lienhart, prince of the beastfolk of Toscarna. With his bright white ears and waving tail, he calls to her in excitement. It seems she is to be betrothed to him as his mate?!
Tiara, who has special power to heal people, had been working in the Imperial Court of Lerys since she was just a girl. As a "Saint," she healed wounded or sick people every day until she was exhausted. However, one day she was accused of pretending to be a saint--the second princess, Isabelle, who hated her, wanted to show how powerful she is. Tiara thought for a moment...she was never happy here. It would be better to be kicked out of here and live a life of her own! While she was trying to find a book to read before leaving, she met Alex. When he heard what happened, Alex suddenly said "Why don't you come to Ekwald, my land?" Tiara never knew that he was the prince and the strongest dragon knight of Ekwald! Tiara's journey begins.
"If you want a place to belong, I'll make one for you. Let's get along, dear wife." The newly wedded gentleman who is air to a grand corporate conglomerate is said to have had a terrible cursed placed upon him... Luna Shimizu has been working as a stylist and dealing with an endless amount of bullying from her boss. One night, while looking in the mirror, the face of a woman in a Kimono named Chizuko that looks just like hers appears and sucks her into the mirror. Suddenly, Luna now finds herself in the past?! If she wants to get back home, she will have to go along with what this mysterious organization wants of her: to pose as Chizuko and marry Keiichiro Kuroda, heir to the Kuroda Conglomerate!
Iris, the "Wise Princess Who Never Smiles," has just remembered her past life as Fiona, Warrior Princess from the neighboring kingdom. In this lifetime, however, the events that lead to Fiona's death have yet to happen, and Iris becomes determined to use the knowledge from her reincarnation to stop the person she suspects is behind her murder: Fiona's cousin, Prince Alvin.
In disguise, Iris moves to the neighboring country and becomes the princess' educator. But when she meets Prince Al, he turns out to be a cool-headed flirt, who, most-shockingly of all, is actually very sweet with Fiona... Can Iris figure out the truth in time to save Fiona from her fate?
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 begin 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!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-5 of "The Fox Lord's Bride ~Taisho Romance Chronicles~"
"You want to make a baby with me, right?" Having never made love before, The Prince and his wife are in for a steamy night. Once they get a taste, they'll never be able to go back.
Have you ever cried while looking in the mirror...? "With this face, if I talked about fashion or went out to buy cosmetics, I'd be a total joke." Living with such thoughts, pitifully ugly office worker Tachibana Rin passed the days miserable and taunted by fate since she shares a first name with the most beautiful woman at her company, Kaizuka Rin. But that's just how it had to be. After all, for ugly girls, life's over before it begins... Then one day, Rin wins 11,910,000 yen in the lottery!! "Life's over for ugly girls, but for me this is just the beginning."
"Will you be taking a bath, dinner, or...?" The man uttering that cliched line was the middle-aged male housekeeper I suddenly ended up hiring! A man in the home of a radiant young (okay, twentysomething) maiden?! And on top of that, he's way older than me! What gives?! The curtain rises on a heartfelt tale of the odd-couple antics between Mei, a woman devoted to her career, and Nagisa, a man overflowing with maternal(?) warmth.
"Why don't I take Sou's place?" - That day in the winter of our last year of junior high, the day Sou died, I sealed all my feelings away inside my heart. It was always the three of us - Sou, Keito, and me - but now there's an empty space where Sou used to be. Except, now we've met him: Sou's twin brother, Shun. His face and voice, like perfect copies of Sou's, shake up my heart and weaken the seal. Please, don't stare at me with Sou's eyes. Please, don't call out to me with his voice. Don't say that nonsense about taking his place, and then kiss me just like he used to......