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
My husband, leaving a love hotel with an unknown woman. What sort of punishment would suit the man who embraces another so intimately before his wife's very eyes...?
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?
It all started as an accidental call. But it was actually a phone call from three years in the future!
Masaki had finally gotten her life back together after a devastating breakup with her boyfriend, who severely mistreated her. Then, one night, she received an accidental call on her supposedly broken phone. Why does it only work with him?! Although it started as a mistake, they began calling each other more and more. What started as something light and casual has grown into a bond of healing for Masaki. Now she wants to meet Kanzaki, but there's one big problem...
What in the world is going on? Could this be destiny? A stunning story of love filled with twists and turns, born from a paradox in time!
"Demons." Ageless, immortal beings living in the shadows of the mortal realm. The way to gain immortality is to kill a "Demon"; the price is to take on their role. A man who killed his Demon lover; a Demon who commits suicide over and over without someone to kill her; a girl who interacts with Demons.... The curtain rises on a life-and-death stakes game of musical chairs between Demons and mortal humans.
Akane, a happy housewife in her first year of marriage, is dragged to the depths of despair by her husband, Daisuke. Due to mental and physical ab*se, Akane's heart slowly breaks but she believed: "If we can just have a child, I'm sure he'll change!" Betrayed by her husband and robbed of her precious unborn child, Akane chooses the bloody path of revenge. Promising to put him through hell, Akane devotes herself to giving Daisuke a slow and painful death.
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...!
How reliable would you say your memory is? As humans, our minds can omit memories. Memories can become idealized. Sometimes, they can even be entirely fabricated. There are various ways by which one's recollection of past events can become distorted. One could even say that it is a type of mental defense mechanism meant to protect us. But what if you had the chance to see your memories in their original state, unblemished and untouched...? Would you take it?
Meet Hakucho, the hippocampus and their assistant, Rohen, two mysterious individuals that live and work at an old-fashioned cafe that's more than meets the eye. Their shop comes to those plagued by their past, offering a chance to see the truth behind their memories. When restoring a client's memories, Hakucho summons a mystical creature from their ancient pipe. The creature enters the client's mind, scouring its depths to reveal that which has become obscured. However... sometimes, the truth is perhaps best left forgotten.
"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...!?
Abandoned on her 18th birthday by her absent single father, Mako struggles to make ends meet. When her friend offers to introduce her to a sugar daddy for a casual dinner and some conversation, it all seems straightforward and simple. Little does Mako know, someone else has their sights set on her date-a ruthless assassin on a mission to take out his target and leave no witnesses... Before she realizes it, Mako's late-night liaison turns into a deadly encounter with a contract killer, and now, she'll need to think fast, be resourceful, and turn on the charm to survive. Can she melt the heart of a cold-blooded hit man or will this potential beau get the best of her? Find out in this thrilling new black comedy with life-and-death stakes from the author of Searching for My Perfect Brother.
"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.
At a mother gathering, I was recommended a special "water." I thought I'd try it out once as it was said to be good for health... but to think it'd be the start of a slow descent into Hell...
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?!
"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...
Olivia Taylor opens her eyes after being caught and executed for her countless brutal murders to find that she has been reincarnated in a time and world she has no memory of called "modern-day Japan." She soon learns that the woman whose body she is inhabiting, Meisa, has been living a meager life with her preschool-age son, Reo. Meisa and Olivia's memories begin to blend together as she ends up getting caught up in a major incident involving Reo and her common-law husband, Ryuya... Surrounded by friendly faces like the loving Reo and the kind manager of the grocery store where Meisa worked, Natsuki, is this reincarnated monster now destined to navigate this new world as a mother...?! This single mom has no choice but to use the memories and instincts of her former life as a vicious serial killer to confront the evils of the present!
My best friend and my boyfriend may have betrayed me, but somehow, I managed to turn my entire life around with the help of a hot CEO?! Koharu, an office worker, has been dating her boyfriend for almost two years and is expecting a proposal any day now. Her best friend and coworker assures her that their upcoming anniversary will be an unforgettable memory... or so she claims. However, on the day of her date, Koharu accidentally crashes an engagement party for none other than her boyfriend and her best friend! Her boyfriend accuses her of lies she doesn't even remember, and she's surrounded by icy glares from every direction. With no one to turn to, the person who comes to her rescue is none other than a handsome CEO, a client from her dinner event. Why is he saying that he was about to ask her out?! Suddenly, she's whisked away from the depths of despair and into a brand-new life...!
He's off in search of a certain man's life.... Harboring doubts about Dorry, a man he had previously arrested, inquisitive cop Yagi sets off to uncover his past, arriving at a town isolated by winter snow. Despite the town's hostility toward outsiders, he secures the cooperation of a local postman and an orphan with no last name, and begins his investigation....
The Suzunari high school detective club which consists of three good looking high school students; Suzaku Tachibana, Kohei Hiba, Sotaro Tsubaki, and a cat call Boo-chan. Boo-chan holds the power to decide the girls who get to join the club. Since there hasn't been any girls Boo-chan approved so far, the club has been a boy-only club since the first day. Until the day Suzaku used his intuition to scout Aoi Kaido, who he thought would be a cute girl. This was approved by Boo-chan, but she turned out to be a girl who's weird and doesn't smile… This is High school tale about the detective club of 4 students and one cat solving incidents on campus.