Sasada is getting married?! Hibana has been in love with her coworker forever, so imagine her disappointment when she finds out about his engagement! Hibana's got to forget about her broken heart, so she enthusiastically attends her high school class reunion. There, she reunites with Kyota. Kyota was Hibana's best guy friend. They find kindred spirits in each other once again, bemoaning their bad luck in love -- and decide to become friends with benefits?! Sure, they're not kids anymore, but will the two of them really be able to keep their relationship purely physical...?
Eliana has done her best to be chosen as a fiancee of the prince...until her little sister falls in love with him at the first sight. And she was chosen as the fiancee instead of Eliana. Depressed, Eliana decides to be the "Dragon Bride" and make her family happy ever after. She jumps into the magma...but was saved by a red dragon! The dragon, Greed, who never knew about the sacrifice ritual says he'd marry her...and declares that he'd take over the kingdom! Fantasy about a girl who found her true love and her way to live.
My younger boyfriend has been stolen by the only woman I trust in the office...!? I'm not going down until I win him back! I'll definitely reconcile with him!
"Can I really go husband hunting in another world!?" In the middle of a courting event, Rinko is thrown into a whole new world. But she's not giving up... she's determined to find her special fish in the sea!
Literary editor Erina suddenly finds herself stuck in another world: the world of famed romance novelist Haru Yayoi's most recent book, that is. Yayoi gives Erina an absurd order -- enter the story and spice it up! That's how Erina finds herself turned into Ellie, the lady in waiting to the duchess. And somehow, she also ends up needing to collect the ingredients to make the legendary "Blue Forbidden Fruit." The fate of the kingdom depends on it! Unbeknownst to Erina, Yayoi's younger brother Kiito follows her into the story, and the two meet there for the first time... A fantasy story about finding one's true love within the pages of an unfolding romance novel!
Our bias got married! What's the next big thing for these former groupies? Perhaps it's time for them to chase down... the perfect marriage partner?! When the actor they had dedicated their lives to announces his marriage, four young women (and former groupies) call an emergency meeting. A panicked Chikako, 34-years-old and the eldest of the group, announces to everyone that she absolutely will find a partner and be married within one year. Her secret weapon? Online dating! These women are giving up on the race to snag concert tickets and stepping onto the battlefield of love and dating. (sentence).
Love is nothing to be afraid of. All you need is to act on instinct, just as animals do. For they... can sense matters of the human heart. A collection of stories depicting relationships between people and the animals around them. An office worker who can't seem to be honest with her feelings, and a stray kitty she picks up. A hairstylist-in-training who's in love and the salon's mascots, a pair of parrots. A young woman who tends to overthink and the tropical fish at a bar, fluttering ever gracefully in their tank. As humans, we have so much on our plate, having to constantly find a balance between relationships, work and self-improvement. That is why some envy the freedom that animals possess. Delve into these short stories. Let the curious critters quell your worries, soothe your soul, and perhaps do much more. I beseech you, human! It is time to discover your own freedom!
Between a safe wedding after decades of an easy and boring relationship with your boyfriend, and a thrilling love story with a married man... This is a once in a lifetime decision, which one will you choose?
Reizera was on the verge of breaking off her engagement, and at the same time bad rumors were spreading about her family's wine farm. But one day, a duke's son asks her to marry him, she starts the life of LADY....
Masked men and women are all over each other in a secret party held in an upper story apartment. The true nature of this high society women's club is-...!?
"I hate cheaters." Toko Shimizu (28) is a high school Japanese teacher. Neither her work life nor her love life are going well. Every day is dull and dark. But, still wanting to meet someone special, she spends time on a dating app. When she finds out the guy she's been talking to is already married, she doesn't show up for her date and instead finds herself at a bar -- a bar that has a book club! There, she meets the handsome-yet-standoffish Tsumura. Shimizu is far from perfect -- and this is her love story.
"I never thought I'd be involved in an affair." An office where we're alone... our intertwined breaths... and tongues desperate for each other... the one I fell in love with is married.
The sex survival book for all the women out there who feel like they want to shout "who cares about virginity anyway!?" but can't bring themselves to do it!
Meliarose, the beautiful daughter of the esteemed Maxwell family, has been chosen to play the part of villainess to help bring together the story's hero and heroine, paving the way for a romantic tale that puts all the storybooks to shame. However, try as she may, her "wicked" and "devious" attempts at meddling seem to all but fail, leaving our protagonists no closer to finding true love.
Kokoro Kurogane is a beautiful and hard-working perfectionist known for her icy personality. Always arriving at the exact same time every morning and completely dedicating herself to her work, she is admired... no, rather feared, in the office. One day, a handsome heartthrob, called Tohno Takaomi, transfers to the office after working abroad in America. He is intrigued by Kokoro, who is secretly known as the "strict" and "impossible to read" "Ms. Ironheart" by her colleagues. He tries to get close to her, despite the barriers she's put in place, but this unexpected attention is throwing her perfect system out of whack!
"What's a happy marriage?" Kaoru Kirishima, 29 years old, single. Dreaming of becoming a novelist, she dedicates herself to her writing activities alongside her work, but then, she finds out that the theme of her novel is "Happy Marriage." She finds marriage unattractive. It's the most distant topic she could think of, and she's been worried about it for days. In the midst of this, she happens to meet a man named Moroboshi who desperately wants to get married. They become close friends as they talk about their views on marriage. However, Kaoru's thoughts on marriage were painful and sad...