While working at their mother's cosmetic shop, Takeru and Ayumi discover a mermaid in one of the lotion bottles! A strange and unexpected phenomenon, the two aren't sure what to do when Ayumi volunteers to take the mermaid home. Puzzled by his sister's behavior, Takeru thinks about their childhood and how much everything changed after their parent's failed marriage. Could this mermaid mystery be just the thing to help them reconnect and rebuild inspite of their troubled past? Mermaid in a Bottle dives deep into a the bitter-sweet relationship of a brother and sister from a broken family.
Julia, a lowly servant from the marquess' estate, has no idea how she lost the ability to speak. With no memories from before the age of twelve, she's simply been told that a traumatic incident is to blame. While everyone at the estate treats her harshly, Julia has barely been able to survive with the help of Camille, the marquess' second son. Camille even helps her speak again using his special power, "Arcana." However, that's when jealous servants plot against Julia and throw her out of the estate. The duke's eldest son, Glen, stumbles upon the injured Julia and takes her in. Caught between Camille's obsessive passion and Glen's genuine affection-where will fate lead Julia?
Betrayed by her fiance, Crown Prince Raymond, and her best friend Samantha, Sophia was executed along with her entire family. Yet incredibly, when she awakens, she finds herself back in the past-before the engagement ever took place!? Determined to change her family's fate, she resolves to prevent her engagement to the second prince, Raymond, elevate the first prince, Alexis, to crown prince, and exact her revenge on the two of them. Yet the road ahead is far from easy... How will the fierce battle for the crown prince's seat unfold? Can Sophia truly change her destiny--? The curtain now rises on a grand drama of revenge
Reincarnated into a world of dual monarchies, former teacher Mito is destined to become a princess. But the school for brides-to-be becomes a gilded cage when she catches the eye of the wrong man: the Black Prince Dian. Their connection is undeniable, even as they both have their own brides-to-be. As their secret trysts intensify, the White Prince, Heal, grows suspicious-and his obsession takes a coercive turn. Caught between two powerful rulers and a destiny she never asked for, which king will Mito choose to serve?
Constanze (Connie), a marquess's daughter, is told by Crown Prince Wilhelm that their engagement is broken off. It seems the prince has found someone he loves-and what's more, that person is apparently a saint who only recently appeared. After two whole years of serving as the de facto Crown Princess, Connie is left crushed by this utterly heartless pronouncement. Yet then, out of nowhere, memories of her past life come flooding back-and she realizes she has been reincarnated as the "villainess," the throwaway love rival in a romance novel she used to devour in her previous life. "Give me a break. I want no part of that role-I'm going to live my life as a lord!" This is the story of Connie, drawing on her innate talents to thrive in a remote frontier domain far from the imperial capital!
Mahoro Haruta is a manga artist whose first series became a huge bestseller. Her publisher expects her sophomore effort to be even better. There's just one problem: Mahoro has no idea what to draw next, because she plagiarized the story that skyrocketed her to stardom from a high school classmate named Yukishima, who shared a few precious months with Mahoro in the school's manga club before passing away and leaving her his notebook. When, after a strange encounter, Mahoro wakes up ten years in the past-around the time of her first meeting with Yukishima-she realizes this could be her chance to redeem herself, erase her regrets, and maybe even save Yukishima's life...
The easiest way to absorb as much magic as possible is to touch lips.
One day, saintess powers awoke within Fatiah, an orphan. She was then adopted by a viscount who heard of her powers, but she lost her power almost immediately upon living there. Not only that, but Loretta, the daughter of the viscount, was instead able to use the saintess's power! Fatiah was now a former saintess and was kicked out of the viscount's house even though she had nowhere to go. That was when she was saved by the mysterious, handsome young man, Lionel. He's a former sorcerer who had to quit when he was cursed. Fatiah ended up living with him so she could learn how to use her magic. That's the beginning of the overly sweet life of the former saintess and the ex-sorcerer who have begun living together...
Episodes 1-100: Main Arc / Episode 101+: Side Stories Atop the execution scaffold, Ella Walker looks back on the first half of her life. Her engagement to Prince Gil was forcibly annulled-handed over to her stepsister, Isabella Walker-she was banished to a remote region already rotten to the core, and to crown it all, held responsible for a riot that erupted there and put to death. Ella meets her end still carrying the despair of having had not a single ally. Yet somehow, she finds herself cast back in time-reborn ten years into the past. Given a second chance, Ella makes up her mind: this life, she will live bound by nothing-just watch. To that end, she willingly cedes the position of Prince Gil's fiancee to Isabella and, as lord of the remote region before it rots to its core, drives one reform after another to success-this time beginning a life of happiness different from her former one. Yet the guillotine of fate refuses to lift from the nape of Ella's neck, driving the blades of all manner of hardships into her. Can Ella escape the looming fate of execution and seize her happiness...?
After ten long years of engagement to Gilbert Norman, heir to a ducal house, Seara Elliot, daughter of a humble viscount, finally makes up her mind-it's time to call it off!
Though her heart still belongs to Gilbert, his distant attitude toward her and the gentle smiles he offers to other women have convinced Seara that she's not the one he wants. If setting him free means his happiness, then so be it. Rather than cling to a hopeless love, Seara decides to let him go with grace. But to her astonishment, Gilbert refuses!
Completely bewildered, Seara begins to question everything: his intentions, his feelings, and the truth behind his cold facade. Determined to secure his happiness one way or another, she sets out on a mission: to find and recommend the perfect bride to take her place... even if her heart hasn't quite caught up with the idea yet.
Exclusive print features include a bonus chapter fully translated for the English release, offering readers additional content and enhancing the value of the physical edition.
A spirited viscount's daughter, a prideful duke's heir, and a misguided engagement that simply refuses to end, a sweet, slow-burn romantic comedy where love begins only after the break-up!