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Drama > Josei (P.2)
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USD 1.99 / 199ptContent 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?! -
"Who... are you?"" Risa's beloved fiance, Aya, got into an accident and lost his memories of her. She thought she would have to go on by herself, but Aya's actually been the one comforting her... Risa's already had enough on her plate, but now her coworkers and Aya's ex are up to something as well! But even with all that, Aya still treasures their time together from the bit of fragmented memories he has. Now Risa is ready to return the love and make memories with Aya again, regardless of who tries to stand in their way." -
USD 1.99 / 199ptSaki Sugita (26) is a hardworking woman with no friends and no boyfriend. She is doing well at work, but she is very awkward in her private life. She is in love with Nishimoto, her boss at work, but he's married. Just when she was about to give up, Nishimoto confides in her that he's divorced...? The relationship is gradually deepening, and perhaps marriage is on the horizon! Saki is at the peak of her happiness, but she gradually learns of Nishimoto's true nature hidden behind the happiness, through the social media account of Nishimoto's wife, with whom he is supposed to be divorced...! -
USD 1.99 / 199pt"Are you still playing that game...?" Harumi juggles housework and caring for her 8-month-old daughter, Miyu, while her husband, Takashi, spends all his free time glued to his games. Insensitive to Harumi's struggles, he brushes off her concerns. "You're sick? Don't give it to me. I have to go to work, you know." When Takashi prioritizes his game over her declining health, Harumi reaches her breaking point. Though he loves their daughter, he remains oblivious to the effort it takes to raise her. Frustrated and with nowhere else to turn, Harumi confides in a friend, who recommends a "legendary babysitter" with a reputation for solving even the most complicated problems mothers face. On a whim, Harumi hires him, only to be completely taken aback when he arrives. He's nothing like what she imagined. -
After losing her parents at a young age, Yae Sachiyama was taken in by her uncle. Since then, she's been living under his roof while he and his wife drain her of both freedom and money. The only place she can truly relax is at her workplace, Kuga Industries. There, she quietly harbors feelings for the CEO, Tomomitsu. Because of her difficult home life, however, she can't bring herself to tell him. Her feelings for Tomomitsu only grow stronger with each small act of kindness he shows her.
But one day, when Yae returns home from work, her cousin's attitude suddenly takes a strange turn and she finds herself pushed further into a corner...
The story of a sweet but complicated marriage, born from a life of mistreatment. -
You're great just the way you are. Even though Miku is 25 years old, she hasn't learned a thing about how to do her own makeup -- but her boyfriend, Haru, tells her that he prefers her that way. Miku and Haru live together, after all, and they might get married, in which case she'll just quit her job anyway, so it's probably fine never to learn... At least, that's what she tells herself. One day, a boy with a special love for makeup suddenly appears in her life. The beautiful stranger does Miku up gorgeously and Haru's reaction to her new look is almost unbelievable--? A story of starting anew and taking one's life back through makeup! -
USD 1.49 / 149pt"Back then, we were young. We merely wandered the planet, not knowing what it meant to love, to be." Wait? Is this one of those "second chance love letters" that everyone's talking about?
Just three months into Sayuki's marriage, tragedy struck. When she comes home early one day, she hears her husband and another woman speaking sweet nothings to each other in their bedroom. Without a moment's hesitation, Sayuki files for divorce and decides to have a fresh start, giving up on love and marriage. A few years pass and a guy at work starts talking her up. But before she has time to worry about him, she begins receiving love poems from her ex-husband! What happened, and why is he suddenly trying to act all romantic?! -
"Just when I thought my husband was a good partner and father, and okay with not having sex, I find out he's getting some from elsewhere?! I just want to be in his arms again, that's all..." Haruka and Ryosuke are a sexless couple. But they still give it their all to raise their two boys, 8 and 5 years old. Ryosuke also takes care of the house chores, so Haruka has no complaints. But one day, she finds out that Ryosuke is using a sex service... This hits 40-year-old Haruka not only as a wife, but as a woman as well. That's when Haruka decides to try and seduce her husband for the first time in years... -
The daughter to a family that owns a development company, Ruka Kosaka, is reunited with her childhood friend, Mikage Mizuki, after 13 years... for an arranged marriage. The two know they are getting into a loveless marriage, but if just something can help start their relationship off on the right foot... or so Ruka thought, but Mizuki seems to be distant and uninterested in anything. Looks like it's not worth getting hopes up. However, the first chance Ruka gets to look deeply into Mizuki's eyes, it seems like there's far more feeling, passion even, than what she's been led to believe. -
USD 1.49 / 149ptKei Wataya, age 28, is an unwed single mother from a small town... whose beloved son refuses to go to class. The pitying looks she gets from her fellow clinic staff, not to mention the rest of the world, are almost bad enough to make her wince. Between work and trying to help her son integrate into school better, Kei's got her hands too full to worry about romance... and that's assuming anyone would even be interested in a woman with so much "baggage." That's where 40-year-old doctor, Nagisa Kamijo, comes in. He's more than a decade older than Kei, and his disparaging view of women is just one of many reasons they don't get along, so there's no danger of love blooming between them... Or so she thought, until a bizarre proposal from Kamijo lights a spark that might just become more.
She couldn't care less about love or romance, and she doesn't regret the life she chose, but some nights she yearns to feel the warmth of another body... Tune in for an age-gap romance just as off-kilter as it is passionate, between a single mother who's "done with men" and a doctor who "hates" women. -
USD 1.49 / 149pt"You're already 30 years old! Women are only appaealing when they're still young!" were the cruel words my husband spoke. Masumi and Shinichiro have been maried for seven years. With their five year old daughter, the three of them make up a happy family... Or so it seemed. The last time Shinichiro and Masumi had sex was three years ago. From wife to mother to 30 years old in the blink of an eye. Will Masumi spend the rest of her life simply aging and losing sex appeal? "... I won't stand for this!" Masumi's ready to polish up her charm and salvage her relationship with her husband... But then this... -
Mei is a beautiful baby girl... but she thinks in a Southern accent...?! Yuka and Masato are brand-new first-time parents, and it shows! They have a lot to tackle as they learn how to raise Mei. It's a heartwarming story about the joys and challenges of parenting. Follow Mei, Yuka, and Masato as they experience life lessons in childbirth, breastfeeding, outings, baby socializing, weaning, and much more! -
USD 0.99 / 99pt"I'm going to be the next queen...?! I may have 'devil-black hair,' but I'll raise these two angelic twins to be splendid adults!"
Since childhood, Julia has been discriminated against by everyone, including her family, because of her hair color. In the past, those with black hair have committed many horrible deeds, and this prejudice runs deep within the country. Because of this mistreatment, when she awakens her magic and special power, she keeps them hidden so she can live a peaceful life.
However, things don't go according to plan when King Louison chooses her to be his next queen?! What's more, he wants her to raise his twin sons as their stepmother?! At first, she wants to turn him down, but upon meeting them, they're too adorable to resist! Julia feels for them as they possess no magic and will be looked down upon should the public learns their secret... Determined to protect the twins from the awful prejudice she faces, she accepts King Louison's offer.
"I'm going to protect their smiles!"
The curtain rises on this heartwarming fantasy tale about raising two angelic twins with overwhelming family love! -
Momoka is an ugly sex worker that has clients rushing in with big wads of cash. But she doesn't flirt with the men; it's quite the opposite. Men want her, so they come and flirt with her! One day Momoka visits a brothel as a special instructor for newbies. That's when she meets and saves a woman who was tricked into joining the brothel by her boyfriend... -
USD 0.74 / 74pt"Do I really have to work here from now on...?" Maya Blanche was born the daughter of nobility, but the family's wealth is in ruins due to her father's loan. The only place she could find immediate work as a noblewoman was the most fearsome house in all the land, the San-Chevalier House. There are rumors of servants of the house going missing... as pain and fear comes over Maya, she suddenly feels a strong head pain and all her memories come flooding back to her. "In my previous life... I was a high school student!" Maya was reincarnated into the world of one of her favorite fantasy novels after an accident on her way home from her maid cafe job! She now remembers the head of the house, Etel San-Chevalier, is actually an assassin...! Now begins the story of an isekai love fantasy of excitement and wonder, avoding the death flags at all costs! -
USD 1.99 / 199ptPregnant and stuck at home with her emotionally abusive husband and self-serving in-laws, Sekka tried to grin and bear it by holding onto the hope that he would change once the baby came. Then she finds out he's been cheating...and while she's still reeling from that news, he deliberately sets her beloved pet cockatiel loose, which finally pushes her past the breaking point. Unable to stand by and watch her suffer anymore, her twin sister Rikka makes an offer: "I'll take your place and get revenge on your husband!" -
USD 1.99 / 199ptMinami Kishimoto, a new employee, admires her glittering training officer, Ms. Yumi Yagi when she first meets her. Ms. Yagi is a senior employee who is seemingly good at her job and therefore untouchable. Plus, she's as mean as an ogre when it comes to others not following the rules. When it comes to her, however, she can do no wrong in her own eyes. What's worse is her catchphrase: "I'm allowed, because I'm special." Minami, hang in there! -
Ayumi Suzuki was having a hard time. Between her husband Takuya's backhanded compliments and the loud parties he insisted on hosting at their house, she could barely keep her head above water. Takuya seemed to be trying to relive his glory days by inviting over the usual group of old high school friends to sing and drink all night, while Ayumi was stuck cooking and pouring their drinks. Hard as that was, she still stayed devoted to her husband... And then she found out he had been having an affair with a woman from that "usual group" of party friends! As she listens to them having sex and badmouthing her like the insults were their pillow talk, Ayumi finally hits her limit. Now she has a new party to plan: an Affair Expose Party! -
USD 0.99 / 99ptYuriko, 35 and single, leads a humdrum everyday routine of work and looking after her disabled father. At the kindergarten where she teaches she's treated as an old maid, and at home her father won't listen to a thing she says. And of course she has no plans to marry... after all, she's just going to live out the rest of her boring life here in the countryside anyway, right? But while she's lost in thought over it, she causes a fender-bender. She doesn't know how to react, but Sosuke, the man in the other car, tells her he'll forget it ever happened... if she has sex with him! But after she goes with the flow and "just does it," it turns out that he's actually the father of one of her students?! And as if that weren't enough, Takumi, her kindergarten's cheeky young chief director, arrives on the scene...? Thus begins a clumsy love triangle for a flawed adult who had given up on love.
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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...
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