Umeno, who lost her love and her job, reunites with her childhood friend Kyounosuke for the first time in six years. He was born into a gangster family but decided to live in the same world as Umeno. Now, he has left the family business and started his own company, working as a genius businessman. "Why don't you come to my company and give me a chance to woo you?" Umeno is invited by Kyounosuke to work at his company. But as soon as she arrives, Kyounosuke, who is said to be as cold and sharp as ice within the company, launches an extremely sweet and aggressive attack on her!"
26-year-old Mio Akemi is a beautiful, talented woman who always wears a poker face in the office. She's finally got a boyfriend, Atsuhiro, who she's been seeing for three months... and she still finds him absolutely adorable!!!! Everything Atsuhiro says and does makes Mio's heart flutter. So much so, she's not sure she'll be able to survive even a normal date. Though their relationship isn't progressing due to Mio's excessive adoration for him, she still experiences romantic bliss. Then one day, Atsuhiro's sick, so Mio goes over to his place to care for him. But, her usually kind and sweet boyfriend suddenly acts uncharacteristically rough and demanding...!! Could it be that Atsuhiro's actually a... werewolf? Mio is from a family that has been the sworn enemy of the werewolf clan for hundreds of years! This is the start to their wild and unpredictable relationship...!
Takase Tsubaki, a 29 year old saleswoman, isn't good with romance and is still a virgin. She finds herself developing feelings for the rising star in her company, the notorious playboy Azuma Ryuhei. Tsubaki manages to gather up her courage and invite him to spend the night with her at a hotel. He agrees, but things don't work out the way either of them planned...
Already Yoshiko Kawai's life was not going the way she had planned it, but when her boyfriend breaks up with her a few days before her 29th birthday she is at an all time low. She bumps into her handsome coworker Yuki and confides in him that she's worried about not being able to get married before she turns 30. "In that case, if you don't find a partner in the next year, how about we get married?" Initially Yoshiko brushes his proposal off as a joke, but could it be that he is actually being serious?
At 32, Yuna has been dumped by her boyfriend. With the breakup with her boyfriend, who gave her so many memories, still fresh her life seems bleak. Fed up, she decides to play around with men, Yuna meets Ren, a handsome younger man. Instead of being thrilled by Ren's cheerful and considerate nature, Yuna becomes increasingly self-deprecating. But when Ren hears about Yuna's heartbreak, he looks her straight in the eyes and says, "I'll make you forget that guy." Is this a chance for Yuna to finally play the bad girl?
Nanao has always kept her feelings for her sister's boyfriend a secret, but one night, he drunkenly spends the night with her?! Two years later, still haunted by regret and unable to move on, Nanao drowns herself in a superficial relationship with the mysterious and handsome Haruto. Just as she tries to forget the past, it comes back to haunt her when a man she never wanted to see again reappears...
"What do you say, Henrietta? Will you serve our kingdom not as its queen, but as the leading mistress of my harem?" One day, Prince Georges came to his betrothed Henrietta with that as a suggestion. It goes without saying that the engagement was broken off. Finally things can calm down... or so Henrietta thought until she received a new letter from her aunt. She is now tasked with going to meet with the current king's much younger brother, Lord Richard, and find some way to seduce him. From what people seem to know, he is an eccentric sort of man who loves to paint and stays cooped up in his manor in the countryside. However, the man Henrietta has been tasked with seducing is actually a handsome charmer himself...?!
"Who would ever worry about you?!"Rimmel used to be a noble, but after her family lost everything, she now lives as a commoner and works at a bar. Her childhood friend Hewitt, the heir to the Count Stan family, often visits, but only to make sarcastic comments. Ever since Hewitt declared he wanted to become a knight at age twelve, they've grown apart.Rimmel thinks Hewitt is coming to the bar just to see Heather, the baron's daughter who helps run the bar and is popular with the customers. One day, Rimel spots the swindler who ruined her family's life.She asks Hewitt for help, but the man escapes. Later, the knights ask Rimmel to help with their investigation, by pretending to be Hewitt's lover to lure the criminal out. Now, caught up in something much bigger than she expected, Rimmel must face the past she tried to leave behind.
Yukari Fuyuno thirty years old, hard-working, and career oriented. She has a reputation at work for being a perfect person with good looks and work ethic, but she's troubled with the fact that she tends to conform to other's expectations to not disappoint them. She has been dating Wada, her boyfriend of 5 years, and was on the verge of getting married until one day out of the blue, he dumps her and says he has a new girlfriend. Down in the dumps, Yukari heads to a restaurant and witnesses some love troubles between two workers. On her way home, she sees the same man that was caught in the tiff earlier. Yukari unexpectedly starts a conversation with him and finds out his name is Ayato. He believes he has no substance, and to hide that, he tries to be nice to everyone, but that just gets him in trouble. Yukari, still worried about Ayato, tells him about a bathhouse since he's still covered in soup that the girl dumped on him. After cleaning himself up, Yukari realizes just how good-looking Ayato is, and understands why he's so popular with the ladies. Yukari also realizes they have a common problem: they both want people to see the real them, and it's the inside that counts! Yukari then proposes that they work together to help improve one another...!
Being in her 50s, if she wants to get a new husband, she needs to start with plastic surgery!? She's using an approach that hides her true self, but this race to get married is much too risky...!!
"I'll get you the dress you deserve!" Kanade was born into a banking family, but is treated like a servant by her sister due to her being the daughter of their father's previous wife. Just as she wishes to be free, she is forced to marry Yukito, the president of a company that is rumored to be a cold-hearted man... instead of her sister! Without anyone to support her at her wedding, Kanade is the target of ridicule when her sister stains her wedding dress. However, could the man she's marrying be hiding a different side behind his icy exterior? Yukito helps Kanade transform into a beautiful new woman and the scene at the ceremony completely changes...! After a lifetime of being unloved, Kanade's journey is now starting to blossom.
This great revenge story starts with a foolish denouncment...
At his graduation party, the second prince suddenly denounces Irmhild for the crime of threatening her half-sister. He claimed Irmhild had committed crimes such as pushing her half-sister down the stairs, but the only proof he had was a witness claiming the criminal was a girl with blue hair. "Are you sure you want to do this? I, Irmhild Rippencrock, haven't even been at school this year..." She must clear her name of these crimes, so... Are you ready, Your Highness?
A secret relationship between two people that began with a crazy request from a hidden handsome junior colleague.
"Ms. Yokoi, please have sex with me." This is how my relationship with him had its crazy beginning... Natsuki Yokoi is 28 years old. As a career woman in her late twenties, she is immersed in work every day and has no time to or interest in finding a boyfriend. Her superiors are unreasonable and she is overwhelmed with work, but fortunately, she is helped a lot by the work of her excellent junior colleague, Minato Sakuragi. Sakuragi has a bad reputation among the women in the company due to his dull appearance and cold attitude, but it seems that his true face is quite handsome...
"Be my attendant." What? A lame woman like me can't serve a man in that way!
I was a plain, unfeminine woman, but before I knew it, I woke up in the world of the game I was playing! And to think that I'd become the villainous young lady Alissa, a character I hate the most... On top of that, Alissa is on the verge of being sent to a dirty old man as a prostitute by her evil sister, the queen, under the guise of being a saintess! As Alissa tries to escape from the royal palace, a wild and mysterious handsome man assists her rescue. But the forceful man orders her to perform serve him in exchange for his help!
Akari is an average 25-year-old office worker who harbors a secret she hides from her colleagues: she's so obsessed with the pretty-boy idol Ren-Ren that it's ruining her financially!
When her lunch is stolen by a pigeon, a kind stranger offers his homemade bento in its place, and after graciously accepting, Akari tells him the reason she's so destitute. It's the first time she's revealed her secret otaku lifestyle to anyone. Of course, she assumes she'll never see this stranger again... until he shows up as the newest employee at her office! Can Akari trust him to keep her tragic and embarrassing secret from their coworkers?
Arika is what you could charitably call a vampire "enthusiast." When she stumbles across the beautiful and mysterious vampire Divo however, her excitement quickly turns to disappointment as she discovers he's not exactly like the seductive, manipulative villains in her stories. His looks win first place, but his head's a space case.
Armed with her extensive knowledge of vampire lore, Arika downgrades Divo to a beta vampire and begins their long, long... long journey to educate him in the ways of the undead.
Miroku Osaki is 36 years old, unemployed, and unhappy. Having been bullied in his childhood and even into his adult life, he became a shut-in after being unfairly laid off. For a long time, the only thing that brought him joy was online gaming. Then, he tried the popular "Let's Try Dancing!" karaoke style. It was addicting... and transformative! Inspired by his new hobby, Miroku decides to turn his life around. He begins singing karaoke and going to the gym, where he meets Yoichi, the director of an entertainment company who encourages Miroku to pursue his dreams. Miroku only wanted to be good at the game he loves, but when he accidentally uploads a clip of himself singing and dancing, it goes viral! Can he really become an idol, even at his age? Suddenly, it doesn't seem so impossible!
"Love Jessica" - That's what Leah finds on the back of a love letter to her sister - but who is this Jessica? When more letters, flowers and gifts start popping up, Leah goes undercover to discover her sister's secret. What she doesn't expect is to find is love of her own, and in some very unexpected places!
Ami Satou works for Cobara, a company that specializes in sweets. While she may be good at sales, her confidence in pretty much everything else is low, which is why she hasn't even thought about dating since college. Instead, she fills up her imagination with romantic scenes from shoujo manga.
When she meets Alain Giraud, a handsome, older French man in charge of a new project she's assigned to work on, she begins to struggle to keep that romantic imagination in check... especially with Alain being so overly friendly! Ami keeps reminding herself that it's just because he's French, but will she be able to resist his romantic charm?
Shuuko, Eika, Misaki, and Shio are roommates and friends making their way in the busy world of Tokyo, Japan!
Though they share an apartment and a friendship, each faces her own unique problems. Shuuko is feeling the pressure of those around her getting married and has no idea whether she'll truly be happy on her own for the rest of her life. Eika, a hardworking career woman, wants to prove herself to the judgmental men in her office. Romantic and idealistic Misaki is spurred into action when it turns out her "boyfriend" of two years didn't know she thought they were dating. Nurturing and good-spirited Shio struggles to set a work-life balance while paying her many bills.
Join these four roommates as they navigate the biggest question of their late twenties: What does happiness really mean?
"You Can't Live All On Your Own! engages with some prescient contemporary issues through the lens of slice-of-life comedy [and] it's the social factors of sexism and ageism that really loom large as the antagonist of the series. [...] With all those heavy themes, it might surprise you when I describe this first volume as "fun." [...] While it touches on some heavy themes like misogyny and ageism, You Can't Live All On Your Own! keeps its tone light, and the story addresses these issues through the lens of relatable comedy and upbeat slice-of-life antics." - Alex Henderson, Yatta Tachi
"This borderline slice-of-life story tackles many fears and dilemmas of young adults trying to figure it all out. [...] This title succeeds in creating four distinct female characters with their own unique voicing in addition to their personal struggles and situations they've been placed in. [...] Tsuno's illustrations are unique. There are lots of simple, clean lines with sparse and effective use of shading and screen tones. Characters are extremely expressive..." - Sara Smith, The Graphic Library