A detested villainess and a proper prince are instinctually drawn to each other's bodies before they have a chance to develop feelings. What will their destiny be?!
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.
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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!
Confessing to my childhood friend Marika was impossible for someone as unpopular as me. So, I did what any desperate boy would do-I wished upon a shooting star! When I woke up, that dream had come true?! I could see a love meter for people, just like in a love simulation game. Once I realized this was real and not a dream I went straight to see Marika. Her love meter was so low it had broken and practically fallen all the way to hell! If she hated me so much why was she so nice?! Is this how she really felt or...?!
This spin-off of the bestselling Haruhi Suzumiya series takes place in the world of the "Disappearance" arc of the original novels, focusing on the high school life (and romance!) of a tentative and bashful Yuki Nagato quite unlike the one you've come to know and love through the usual exploits of the SOS Brigade...but no less charming!
At first glance, Momoko Shina may appear to be nothing more than your average high school girl, but she has a secret identity as the famous erotica author George Aihara. After she witnesses an intimate moment between one of her teachers and the supermodel Ranmaru, she borrows a little too much from reality in an effort to beat the deadline on her latest story. When Ranmaru gets wind of this, he makes Momoko an offer she can't refuse... Watch the sparks fly as these two try to figure each other out in this high-tension romantic comedy!
Ever since the day they met, no matter how often she tries to brush him off, Natsune always finds herself at the center of Chigaya's playful aim. His words, his smiles, his relentless teasing-each one reserved just for her. Every grin, every mischievous jab, and every casual touch feels like an arrow loosed straight from Cupid's bow, striking with unnerving precision. And the more she tries to dodge, the closer and bolder his aim becomes. As her heart races faster with every encounter, one question lingers in her mind: is his teasing truly just a joke... or does it mean something more?
A charming, heart-fluttering high school romance between two archers-a composed senior (normally!) and her cheeky junior who just might be shooting straight for her heart.
Homurako Yoshii, a country girl born and raised, transfers into an elite girls' school in the heart of Tokyo. There, she meets Sasara Takamura, admired by those around her for her brains and her beauty... but she's actually a he?! The two of them, polar opposites in both status and personality, are drawn to each other....
Awkward high school student Koharu Minami is in love with Shimizu, the popular boy in her class. So she's shocked when she inadvertently discovers that his friendly demeanor is all an act. Or is it? The more time they spend time together, the more Koharu notices the kindness hidden behind the constant teasing and disgruntled comments. Could finding out about "the real Shimizu" actually end up bringing the two closer together?!
Harume Nihei was compared to a rolly polly by her crush, Maki, when she mustered up the courage to confess to him back in preschool. Ten years later, she still hasn't gotten over him. This time around, she's been doing her best to get Maki to confess to her instead. But with him being the biggest airhead of 'em all, it simply won't be an easy task! An adorable tale of two childhood friends secretly (?) in love with one another, and their absolutely ridiculous adventures fraught with misunderstandings.
Yuuko is a ghost and is super bored. She just wants someone to see her. And there's a high school boy who can... only he pretends not to. The more he acts like he has no idea, the more her obnoxious attempts to talk with him escalate...A ghastly comedy written by Toshiya Wakabayashi, creator of Tsuredure Children!
You're like...the monster that came in the spring.Just her pet pig and her mom. Those are the only two beings Ranko needs or wants in her life-not all the irritating people at school, not her new stepdad, and certainly not that scary guy from the alley. Still, life is like a box of chocolates...so of course Scary Guy has to show up at her house, along with her new stepdad, as her adopted stepbrother. It's the end of the world as she knows it! However, with her pig's life and her mom's happiness at stake, she's determined to figure out how to survive the monster lurking in his eyes...
Love, friendship, and a glorious adolescence?that's what Hodoka Nanamura hoped for when he entered high school. But by his final year, he had none of it. Then, on the eve of graduation,?he sacrifices himself to save his classmate, Sora Hanamitsuji, from an oncoming truck, ending his life... Or so it should have.
Instead, he and Hanamitsuji were both transported back in time to their first year of high school, just before the entrance ceremony. Though Nanamura resigned himself to reliving the same unremarkable, lonely high school years, Hanamitsuji swears that she'll drag him out of his loner lifestyle!
With a second chance at high school, Nanamura gets to experience the best (and worst) coming-of-age romcom of his life!
Ace student Kuwahara, who has just transferred into prestigious Eikoh High School, dreams of having a best friend. But doing this is harder than it seems - maybe even harder than getting a girlfriend! "I want to get advice from a best friend, not some psychologist or philosopher..." Kuwahara may have high hopes at his new school, but what awaits him there is a den of knuckleheads: musical performances breaking out in the middle of class, doing P.E. at inappropriate times, and who knows what else?! Between Kuwahara the model student, the handsome blond Yusa, and a classful of screwballs, it's a comedy of love (?) and friendship he won't soon forget!
Upon graduating from an all-boys high school, Tobishima Ichita (18) enrolls in the manga course at an art school. Ichita's genre of choice is Boy's Love (BL) and he has always wanted to connect with girls who love BL just as much as he does. As such, Ichita heads to his first day of class with a dream in his heart! When he arrives, though, his nerves get the best of him -- he can't seem to have a normal conversation with a girl. What's more, his class is nothing but girls...! What will become of Ichita?!
One day, a poor high school second-year named Futaro Uesugi comes across a private tutoring gig with good pay. But his pupils are his classmates!! And they're quintuplets!! They're all gorgeous girls, but they're troublemakers who hate to study and are on the verge of flunking out! And his first task is simply gaining the sisters' trust?! Every day is a party! The curtain is rising on the Nakano quintuplets' quirky romantic comedy with five times the cute!!
When Ao was in kindergarten, she smiled ear-to-ear as she told her classmates how her father (a bestselling erotic author) chose her name: "A as in apple and O as in orgy!" That day still haunts her ten years later as she studies with a single goal in mind: get into an elite university and achieve independence from her father once and for all. She has no youth to misspend and no time to think about boys ... until her classmate, "King Normie" Kijima, approaches her with a shocking confession of love. She tries to lose Kijima, but he just can't take a hint ... and as her mind runs wild with impure thoughts, she realizes her father has totally influenced her!
At Dahlia Academy, a prestigious boarding school attended by students of two feuding countries-the eastern Nation of Touwa, and the Principality of West-Romio Inuzuka, leader of the dorms' Touwa first-years, wishes for a romance that can never be. For his ladylove is none other than his arch-enemy, Juliet Persia, leader of the dorms' West first-years! Is Inuzuka ready to risk it all to confess his feelings? And even if Persia somehow agrees to go out with them, how long can they keep a forbidden relationship under wraps?!
Kinichiro isn't even that bad. It's just that on the first day of high school, his narrow eyes made him look shifty, so people assumed he was trouble. Now it's graduation, and he's looking back on three years with no friends. He never even joined a club. But after a bloody collision and an accidental fall, he wakes up a high school freshman, with the chance to try it all over... AGAIN!!
Equal parts cute, silly, and subversive, the four-panel comedy manga Ahogaru was a surprise hit in Japan. Fans of anarchic slice-of-life gag manga like Azumanga Daioh - these are the new laughs you've been waiting for! Yoshiko is a hopefully clueless high school girl. Her rock-paper-scissors strategy is "rock." She somehow gets zeroes on multiple-choice tests. And she has an often-nearly-fatal weakness for bananas. Her devoted friends have no choice but to hang around and make sure nobody takes advantage of her. (Of course, the entertainment value might have something to do with it, too.) Cute characters, weird gags, and lots and lots of bananas!
Even though Koki Nakagawa and his childhood friend Ayumi Fujisaki bicker like cats and dogs, one thing's for sure...he's head-over-heels in love with her. But when he finally starts to confess his feelings, his awkward-but-nice-enough classmate, Jindo-san, announces that she's Koki's girlfriend! She tells Koki that he can never tell Ayumi his true feelings...because if he does, the world will end in apocalyptic disaster? What's a guy to do?