Ryo, my husband of six months, has become distant lately. Every time I speak to him, he seems irritated and responds with sharp words. Our strained relationship has taken a significant mental toll on me, but thankfully, I can lean on my best friend Miku. She's someone truly precious whom I trust and can confide in about anything. One day,I decide to surprise Miku with a visit, only to find my husband's car parked outside her apartment. He'd told me he was heading out for golf with his boss early that morning, but it turns out he was lying. The truth? He's been sleeping with my best friend behind my back! And as if that weren't enough,he showers her with affection he never shows me while also trash-talking me. As I grapple with my disbelief, a dark resolve forms within me, urging me to get rid of both my husband and best friend.
Yoshiwara has been reborn in modern-day Tokyo.... In this new Yoshiwara, beloved actresses whose talents grace the screen by day spend their nights selling both their bodies and the idea of romance to their male clientele. Thrust into this world is the ingenue Asuka, who's been sold out by her foster parents to pay off their debts. While at first oblivious to the nature of Yoshiwara, she accidentally barges in on a "transaction" between a courtesan and her client. Confronted with her new reality of being bought and sold, she longs to make a break for it... but is there anyone around her she can trust...?!
*This volume compiles ch. 1-8 of "Worth a Billion: Modern-Day Courtesan"
She suddenly has to play family with the guy she despises for a million yen?! Ichiru and Tsukasa were raised at the same orphanage, and were constantly at each other's throats like cats and dogs. They even got into a big fight on the day they parted ways. Ten years later, Ichiru is down on her luck after getting fired from her job, kicked out of her company dorm, and left penniless on the street. As she sits on a park bench licking her wounds, she's spotted by none other than Tsukasa, who's shot up in height and stature over the last ten years. Somehow he's now a bigshot CEO, and by the looks of it... a single father?! To make matters even more bizarre, he practically forces Ichiru to raise his child with the promise of a million yen if she can do it! How is she supposed to co-parent a child with him, of all people...? The three of them are an unlikely family, but can they learn to make it work?
Even though she's gorgeous on the outside, Hana is a 26-year-old girl with a timid nature. Each time she fantasizes about having a bright future with the person she's with, she ends up being betrayed and having her heart severely broken. It's as if Hana's heart is a black hole that keeps attracting another "horrid" person who approaches Hana disguised as her "one true love".
From a lack of self-confidence, Hana is dependent on others and addicted to love. This is an omnibus love series that stylishly depicts the stories of a single girl falling deeper into hell as she's being taken advantage of by different men and women.
At the end of this torment, will Hana ever find real "happiness"...?
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!
Mine-kun is Asexual. He doesn't like sexual intimacy in a relationship. He can kiss a girl, but it's not something he wants to do if he can help it. But Murai loves him so much that she's willing to overlook the fact that she can't hold his hand; that she can't cuddle up next to him when they watch movies together; that she can't fall in love with him the way that she hopes to be loved in return. In the eyes of those around them, is this even a relationship that's meant to last, or is it a train wreck just waiting to happen?
Tomoko was called "ugly" back in her school days. And what really makes her seethe is the fact that the "pretty" girl who bullied her, Rika, is now a successful beauty influencer. But Tomoko sees a whole different world reflected in Rika's eyes... These two women with different pasts, looks, and approaches both take the world head-on in this story of sisterhood and overcoming beauty discrimination!
The new series from Tomoko Ninomiya, creator of Nodame Cantabile, turns its focus on the world of jewelry! Shinobu, a second-year in high school, is part of the family that runs Kurata-ya, a storied pawn shop based in a breezy central Tokyo neighborhood. She helps run the place when school isn't calling, and she has a natural gift that aids her a great deal-the ability to see the "aura" released by gemstones! Shinobu doesn't have a boyfriend, but she does have a fiance handpicked for her by her grandfather-Akisada Kitagami, a man from a prestigious family who wound up being taken in by Kurata-ya at a young age. He now works as a salesman for a first-class jewelry brand, but he's also got more than his fair share of secrets... "
After finding a job in a company that sells clothing all over the country, I've been assigned to a store. The manager is a really nice guy, and he's been helping me learn the ropes. I practice, I keep working, and I'm in love... with the manager even though he's already married. One day, he whispers in my ear, "I'll be waiting for you by the convenience store tonight." One thing leads to the next, and clothes come off without question. Lips on lips melt into chaos... the unfathomable abyss of love.
"But she's mine, isn't she?" My girlfriend was supposed to love me, and only me, but somehow, she found happiness with another man. Taichi is your average office worker who's been dating his girlfriend for five years, ever since they were in college. He has no doubt that Mirei loves him, but when she hints at marriage, he brushes it off, instead wanting to use her as someone convenient to do his housework and take care of his needs. However, he soon becomes infatuated with Hinako, a bright and beautiful girl he met at a mixer. Then, while on a date with Hinako, he sees Mirei with a handsome man he's never seen before. Could it be that he was the one who got dumped...?
Asumi, a former stage actress, married Ryouhei, who had risen to become a popular screenwriter, and became a mother of one. Yet as she found herself swamped with housework and childcare while he stayed busy with work, the rift between them only deepened. His success was possible because of her support-or so Asumi believed. But then, something led her to uncover his affair. Tormented by the schemes of her husband and his mistress, Asumi resolves to take revenge-one that will drag the drama industry into the fray...!
The top manga launch in Japan in the first half of 2018, A Man and His Cat was also voted one of the top ten manga of 2018 by Japanese bookstore employees nationwide. Having won hearts and topped charts in Japan, this hotly anticipated series about an older gentleman and his unique, adorable cat is available in English for the first time!
A struggling writer finds himself drawn into darkness by a seductive, talented author in this enthralling psychological drama from the best-selling creator of Cherry Magic!
The story of a death god who was welcomed for the first time and a young woman no longer welcome in her own world-a tale of love that even death cannot part.
FINDERS KEEPERS Ever since they were little, Jun's charismatic younger sister Ran has had a habit of "borrowing" her favorite things and making them her own. It always annoyed Jun to lose her toys, clothes, and other belongings, but she saw it as just part of having a younger sibling-until the day Ran claimed her boyfriend, too. The two haven't spoken in eight years when they're reunited at their mother's funeral. Ran and her husband-Jun's ex-want to move into the house their mother left behind, but Jun will be damned if she lets Ran take one more thing away from her. With neither side willing to budge, the three find themselves living under the same roof, and it's not long before old resentments, secrets, and passions threaten to unravel their lives. An intoxicating family drama from the author of Run Away With Me, Girl.
Despite being unmarried at 32, Yuki Sato is happy-she enjoys temping as a greeter, and more importantly, she's engaged to the handsome, successful Yoji...until Shun Majima walks into her life and blows it up. Does her fiance seem too good to be true because he is? And was he really involved in the death of Shun's brother? As Yuki's life slowly starts to fall apart, she finds herself drawn into the seedy underbelly of Tokyo, caught in a web of lies and manipulation. She and Shun join forces to uncover the truth, but will they be able to do so before it's too late...?
"Don't forget. You're my wife." A former diver is reincarnated into the world of her favorite game as Hina, an unimportant maid. She is content just watching her favorite character, General Soha of the Water Kingdom, from afar, but when things start to diverge from the game she knows so well, she finds herself embroiled in a life-changing conflict. Marked for execution as a traitor and cast into the sea, she draws upon knowledge from her past life to swim fearlessly through the raging waves to her survival. However, her graceful form is mistaken by the fearsome and ruthless villain Shuen as the legendary Mermaid Princess, and she is kidnapped and forced to become his wife... Now she's stuck in a loveless temporary marriage with the villain. Everything inside her is telling her to reject him... And yet, why can't she resist his overbearing yet awkward passion?
I worked alongside 3 beautiful women, making some sort of unbalanced relationship of looks. No matter how that really worked, we always understood each other. We always made the best team around... until that one incident. Marimo Satake is 29 years old, plump, plain, and working in an office. She's struggled with her looks for a while but at least she's starting to feel her glow up. She's got someone she's seeing, and 3 amazing friends who always have her back. However, the 4 of them have their lives changed forever after a disastrous girls' trip...!
Hiro is broke, jobless, and unfaithful?and Mi is absolutely smitten with him! After all, he didn't dump her within a week, doesn't stand her up on dates, and even remembers her name. With the bar on the floor, Hiro can't bring himself to be full-on scum like he usually is, much to his own confusion. A romcom about a guy who flip-flops between being sweet and scummy, and the girlfriend who adores him anyway!
Momono Ogawa, a twenty-seven-year-old office worker, finds herself having to co-manage a love hotel with her new husband, the hotel group's heir that she detests. Momono has always dreamed of one day talking over her family's hotel, but before that could happen, her father collapsed, and the hotel ended up being sold off! The person who showed up to represent the new owners is Yuto Sakuraba, the son of a powerful hotel management chain and Momono's least favorite former classmate. Not only that, but he suddenly announces his intentions to turn Momono's family's precious hotel into a love hotel! Momono fiercely objects, but she's shot down with the reasoning that there's no other way to get the hotel to turn a profit again. "In that case, even if it takes a different form, I want to carry on my parents' legacy..." she insists. To this request, Yuto proposes an idea of his own... "Okay, then let's get married."