In a small suburban town, in one household, in one room, a man was found dead inside a box. To trace back to what caused such an event would take us some decades back... "My dad lives inside a box," said a sweet little five-year-old girl named Yumiko as she draws out a picture of a man's arm coming out of a box. Yumiko and her mother live alongside this man in the box. However, as Yumiko begins to grow up, the seeds of suspicion begin to bear fruit. "Who is actually inside that box?"
Once a commoner, Wellmy Ernest ascended to nobility when her mother married an earl. She tormented her same-age half-sister at home and school, stole her heirship and fiance, and finally sold her off to the allegedly cruel Lord of Magic. It's not like her plain, meek sister could oppose. Wellmy got everything she wanted. One day, Wellmy receives an invitation to a late-night soiree from the Lord of Magic, likely to announce her sister as his fiancee. Wellmy attends with her mother and father, but what awaits them isn't the brilliant banquet they were expecting...it's a tribunal condemning them for their ab*se of Wellmy's sister. Which means everything has gone just as Wellmy planned... This is the story of a lone villainess who plans to make her sister happy even if it means she's hated in return. (C)Mary=Doe/SQUARE ENIX (C)Kuga Huna/SQUARE ENIX (C)Stellagi Suzuka/SQUARE ENIX
Meiko was living a happy life with her husband, Akira. But one day, he's suddenly found murdered in a park... with his genitals and wedding ring finger severed...?! Turns out that while Meiko cherished her husband like no other, even going to fertility treatments in order to start a family, her husband was having an affair with her best friend of 15 years, Kana. As the shocking truth comes to light, Meiko, a betrayed wife, starts to cook up a juicy revenge story... a dish best served cold. *This story contains content that may be distressing to some audiences. Reader discretion is advised.
Sonoka, an unassuming office worker, faces a series of disappointments on dating apps, leading her to doubt if anyone will ever choose her. Despite this, her best friend Mihina, who is both beautiful and popular with men, remains a steadfast source of encouragement. Just as Sonoka contemplates withdrawing from the dating scene altogether, she suddenly hears her name called out... To her surprise, it's none other than the young and charming company President, Sakaki! Could it be that the same remarkable man who caught Mihina's interest now seeks Sonoka's attention?!
"Both my career and my love life were going so well...but it all fell apart on my 25th birthday, the day of that fateful incident." Aiko Miyata may have lost her parents at a young age, but she still grew up with plenty of love in her life from her kind older sister Sae and her doting doctor boyfriend Yuuma Yoshimura. Her happy life seems to be headed toward pure bliss, with Yuuma poised to ask her a very big question at her birthday dinner, when out of nowhere she gets stabbed by a hooded figure. From that day onward, Aiko finds herself mired in a tragedy of epic proportions...! This psychological thriller blurs the lines between love and hate as Aiko struggles to stay afloat. Hard to watch, but even harder to look away... How much can you handle?
When Sawa Araki learned that her husband, Kazuma, had cheated on her...she was moved by his sincere apology, and decided to forgive him. Since then, she's quit her nursing job and accompanied him through company transfers, and dutifully keeps the house as a stay-at-home wife. Kazuma, too, has been kind and considerate to her, as if trying to makeup for his past mistake.
But one year later...Sawa discovers Kazuma's betrayal. She throws aside her role as a devoted wife, and begins her quest for vengeance against a husband who clearly has not repented.
Her family always put her brother first. Her fiance always put his best friend first. However, after Sylvia has been looked down on just for expressing her desires her entire life and too many betrayals from her fiance to count, she decides enough is enough. She declares that she's done being everyone's afterthought and is going to prioritize herself from now on. That very day, a split-second judgment to rescue a young street urchin turns out to be a decision that will change her life. She quickly realizes that the young boy is actually the emperor's illegitimate child Leon, and her own talents are soon discovered by the emperor's half-brother, the "Battle-Crazed Duke", Wilhart. Wilhart asks Sylvia to be Leon's attendant in the Imperial Palace, and for the first time in her life, she feels needed. And despite the rumors of Wilhart's cold, war-hardened demeanor, Sylvia finds him gazing at her with a passion he's never shown anyone else...!
Content Warning: this title contains material that may be distressing for some readers. Earnest and meek looking Hasumi has been working at a customer support center for a month now. Having to deal with customer complaints and inquires day in and day out has caused some pent-up stress, and in order to relieve said stress, some intense bullying has started in the office. Unfortunately for Hasumi, she has become a target, and is reaching her limit...or is she?!
Elizabeth has been called the daughter of the fallen since the disappearance of her father, the patriarch of her family. But what's this?! In order to restore her family's fortunes, she takes over her father's detective agency! She assigns Will, her father's butler, to be her assistant detective, and she now calls herself the Lady Detective, who solves every case with elegance! Now, Elizabeth, the Lady Detective, and Will, the detective assistant, are ready to solve all kinds of cases in the capital city! Love and lust lurk behind every incident... Now begins an exquisite mystery with our key detectives!
"Time keeps rewinding to one month before my divorce...!?" Will this hopeless husband, completely unaware of his crumbling family, realize his mistakes and escape from the time loop...!?
Misaki is a young woman who scores everything with points and loves to one-up others. Upon reuniting with a woman that she used to look down on as a child, the foundations of her vain, 120-point life begin to crack...
Since that night, our temporary relationship as lovers began... Office Lady Riho is on a company trip but is in a terrible mood. Why? She caught her crush, Hasegawa, making out with another coworker, Ayano. Although she wanted to support their happiness, everything changed when she received a message from Hasegawa: "Can we talk? Just the two of us." It turns out this was an elaborate plan to put Riho in a difficult situation! Now Hasegawa believes she likes the President and has told her he plans to "keep her by his side." Is she merely a pawn in the President's game now?!
Haruka Takano is a 36 year old woman leading a peaceful and happy day life. But one day she sees the news about Tokyo IR, Japan's first casino, and becomes uneasy. She fears that her husband's gambling addiction might resurface. However, it's been 10 years since he's made a full recovery, and when she sees how kind and loving he is, she thinks that her anxiety is ridiculous. One morning however, Haruka notices that her husband's eyes are very vacant and hollow, so she calls out to him. He says he's fine. Then, after withdrawing all the deposits from their account, he disappears...
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!
"They tormented me just for being ugly... and now, they'll pay." The story of one woman's decision to toss aside her hideous, obese body to exact vengeance upon the people who inspired her wrath.
Hinaki Kaguya is a college student with good looks who often catches the glances of her peers. However, she has a secret she can't tell anybody... she's obsessively in love with Subaru, one of the members of a popular online streamer group! Suddenly, a message from an unknown account comes to Hinaki as she wishes to be able to date Subaru... will this be an answer to her intense passion?
"What did I just 'feel'...?" The daughter of a baron, Melvy Renoir, has a peculiar constitution that impedes her ability to feel anything. Derided and oppressed by her family as an unsettling "defective product," she is ordered to marry Duke Gerald Valrier, feared as "The Bride-Slaying Duke." Feeling her life in danger, she reluctantly visits the duke's mansion. Upon meeting him, Gerald declares, "If you don't lose consciousness when I touch you, I will make you my wife." The moment his fingertips touched Melvy, her body, which should not feel anything, is overcome by a sweet, numbing "pleasure"... That encounter would come to serve as the prologue to a story in which two "flawed people" learn about love...
Erna is seen as a "fallen priestess" with a bad reputation. However, in reality, she is a true saint who can miraculously heal people's ailments, an ability that her adoptive father has exploited and forced her to use secretly for his own gain. When she suddenly loses her powers after enduring his ab*se and is no longer of use to him, she is married off to Sigrus, a margrave feared as the "clergy killer." Unable to bear the harassment and loneliness in her new home, one night she weeps under the moon, exclaiming, "I just want a place where I belong." When she wakes up, she finds herself in Sigrus's body! Through their swapped bodies, they discover each other's hidden true feelings for the first time, and a deep, awkward love blossoms. The hearts of the two, once frozen, are now filled with a sweet passion as they are drawn to each other.
"I'll never forgive anyone who hurts Reina..." Reina, a full-time housewife, had finally become pregnant with the child she and her husband, Kenta, had always longed for. However, her dreams for their life as a happy family crumble when she discovers that Kenta's having an affair with Yuna, her half-sister who's tormented her since childhood! As if that weren't enough, Reina then suffers a miscarriage, and her heart shatters. "Mommy will be there with you soon..." she whispers, but just as she's about to end her life, another personality sleeping inside her, "Rei," awakens for the first time in years. To save Reina, the friend who has brought her into being, Rei begins her vicious revenge and won't stop until every last one of Reina's enemies has been dragged down into hell!