Everyone in the office may think the "Uncompromising Keisuke Jinpo" is a heart-throbbing lady killer, but I certainly don't think so! I mean, yes he is easy on the eyes, but we don't get along, he's strict, and he's always yelling at me which makes me seriously consider quitting my job... For some reason, just because I was made party host, I got roped into inviting Jinpo to our drinking party, and he even told me he expects that I look out for him at the event (omg, where's your self-responsibility!). As expected, Jinpo gets drunk, I take him home, and that's where things get interesting! He was way different than he's ever been and came at me with a pretty passionate kiss!! I lied... We kissed but I was feeling it a whole lot downstairs too if you know I mean. It felt... so good... What am I getting myself into...?!
I don't like men, but somehow I'm the goddess of a genius horse jockey? I hate it, I can't do it, but I'm trapped by his strong arms and pure, animal-like eyes. I can't refuse him.... I'm not having a good time at all these days. I've been picked up by a lot of guys, and at work I've been transferred to the editorial department of a horse racing magazine that I don't even know much about.... I'm turning 30 soon, and I have no choice but to tough things out at my job...! It was at that moment when I saw him... Watanuki himself, the genius jockey, running with his heroic movements, burley muscles, and well-defined face... No wonder he's so popular amongst the ladies! Nervously awaiting our interview session he suddenly embraced me with a passionate hug! I was surprised when he said, "I've been thinking about you everyday since the other night". In other words, the genius jockey was actually some guy I turned down the other day...
Loyd is a swordsman and leader of his clan. As the leader, Loyd removes his eyesore of a team member, the Shadow Wizard, from his ranks. Shortly after the wizard's banishment, however, Loyd's party faces utter defeat due to power imbalance. Loyd, having been reduced to nothing, has hit rock bottom. It's there where the Shadow Wizard he banished, Mizuha, appears. Oh how the tables turn in this magic-filled BL world.
Chizuru's a stoic 30-something office worker who's never been anywhere close to a nightlife district. As luck would have it, the company drinking party she participates in is in such a district, and a turn of events leads Chizuru, the ever prudent and judicial type, to sour the mood. Unable to endure being there any longer, Chizuru skips out on the after party and runs into a pack of impudent hosts on her way home. She's saved however when a handsome looking man in an expensive car comes to her rescue. "That's classic you", says the handsome man to Chizuru, and upon closer inspection he turns out to be Tsukasa, a childhood friend. In order to take over his parents' business, he's working as the lead host at a popular host club. After a 10 year reunion, conversation goes well and Chizuru let's Tsukasa know of her intentions for marriage. Hearing this, Tsukasa invites Chizuru to work at the club in order to get accustomed with men in general. Though she was hesitant, the weight of their enduring friendship convinces her to take Tsukasa up on his offer. Upon starting her work at the club, Tsukasa suddenly becomes extremely touchy-feely to the point that Chizuru can't hide her confusion. Could it be that possessive dreamboy Tsukasa's passion is too much for Chizuru... dangerous even...?!
A rollercoaster romance following an office worker hopeless in love and a younger company president whose hobby is to both dote and tease! Convinced that being a wallflower is all she needs to be happy, Misaki has resorted to keeping things simple from day to day. But when one thing suddenly leads to another, she spends the night in bed with Atsumori, her company's president. And it doesn't stop there. After their first night of passion, he begins pampering her like crazy and even buys her a new apartment! On the other hand, despite her reservations about love, Misaki finds herself more and more attracted by Atsumori's mind games!
"It's wet... does it hurt?" In a meeting for an arranged marriage, it was love at first sight for Shiro and Saori. Now begins a truly happy life as husband and wife... is what they thought, but now what are they supposed to do at night?! Shiro won't get close to Saori at all...! "I love you, Saori, I want to do this with you..." Although his feelings never show on his face, the truth is that Shiro is crazy about Saori, too?! It's just that he finds her so cute he's left speechless!
"Oh no... if he moves his hand like that, I'll...!" Rio Kasugai, an office worker with a knack for fortune-telling, reluctantly does a love fortune for her boss, Shinya Fukamachi, whom she really can't stand. That night, she has a startling dream of her...having sex with him?! This dream makes her hyper-aware of him, and she finds it hard to contain the heat of arousal building within her. Then, one evening after work, the two find themselves getting close, leading to...?! Buckle up for a wild ride of romance, mystery, and suspense with a headstrong office worker and her snide boss!
*Chapter 7: "Tears and Temptation: A Guarded Office Lady's Love Affair" is a one-shot written by this author, and is not related to the main story.
Mitsuka, nicknamed the "Resources Department's Bookworm," has no interest in romance and is content with her trusty books by her side. That is, until she has an unexpected and passionate encounter with Naruse, the popular future CEO of her company! Since that day, Naruse continually asks her out and even makes moves on her at the company. "Let's go out, Mitsuka." "Uh... No thanks. I'll pass." Sparks fly in this intense romance between a crafty future CEO, who tries to win her over with his body, and a bookworm vulnerable to pleasure. How will this unlikely romance unfold?!
Diana, daughter of the notorious Count Cresta, unwillingly enters the Palace Harem as "Lady Crimson Rose," the primary candidate for the queen consort. But she is hated by the King, caught in power struggles between concubines, and misunderstood in every way due to her "villainous face"! When she is entrusted with handling the first "Palace Harem Garden Party" in the history of the kingdom, she manages to make it a success, but it is short-lived. A shocking revelation triggers a scandal of such magnitude that it shakes not only the Palace, but the kingdom as well...! Dive into a new tale from the Harem Chronicles of a "villainous-looking" young lady who finds her own way to persevere... no matter what!
Kikuka is a server at Hananoya, a high-class restaurant frequented by well-to-do politicians and entrepreneurs. She's also the daughter of the establishment's current owner and his late mistress. Her mother was kind and gentle, but suffered from illness, and eventually passed on to the next world. Since then, Kikuka has been working hard at Hananoya while enduring constant mistreatment from her mother- and sister-in-law. She never argues back, keeping her promise to her mother: always smile and never resent those around her. But when her sister-in-law grows tired of putting up with her, she's abandoned in the mountains one night. However, before despair takes ahold of her, Kikuka stumbles upon the rumored pavilion, Hell's Gateway. There, she meets Homura, a man with glistening, vermillion hair and otherworldly beauty... And for reasons she cannot understand, he treats her with a warm kindness that she's never known...
They made a vow to always be honest with each other. They were supposed to live happily ever after. But fast forward to two years later, their relationship has become strained. Kenya's attitude towards Rin has made a complete one-eighty. Day after day, Rin puts up with his derisive comments about her appearance, all because of her weight gain. When she discovers that he's even been cheating on her, it seems they've reached the point of no return. The story of a woman's journey to discover independence after facing betrayal by the man she once loved.
"Zero Magic? That doesn't matter to me. I'm going to save my sister!!" Abel is a boy who's always dreamed of being a mage. He is devoid of any magical powers but stays dedicated to his studies of magic to save his sister from a curse placed on her by a powerful deity. All it took was one old book to change his life forever. In this book lies a powerful word: "Science#. And so begins a new adventure fusing the fundamentals of Magic and Science... the path to becoming the most powerful Mage!
Honoka, down over a difficult break-up, finds herself sleeping with Mr. Fukami, her boss who's known to mess around with women at work. They decide to start dating... but does she know how he really feels...?! The two unaware lovebirds are always on top of each other!
One day out of the blue, Takigawa, the guy I am head over heels for, asked me, "What exactly does being 'bad at sex' entail?"!! I could never bring myself to tell him how I feel, so I'm not only flying under his radar, but now he's even asking me stuff like this?! Not knowing what to do, I ended up blurting out, "Would you wanna try it with me...?" What the heck is wrong with me?!?!
Marina, a villager from the not-so-prosperous land of the Yuzu Clan, lives with her sick mother. One day, while working on the farm, Marina comes across a wounded soldier. While she is trying to treat his wounds, he seems to have become delirious from his fever, and starts trying to feel at her body! Marina, in her innocence, just can't resist his touch...! He leaves after his wounds are treated, but some months later he comes back to see her... and he's a prince?! A hot and passionate love story between royalty and peasantry!
Yaeko thought her arranged marriage will lead her to happiness. However, horror is what her husband teaches her instead. The only time Yaeko has a peace of mind is during simple conversations with one of her husband's workers. Innocence that brought two together end up in a passionate love of no return...
Reika Manpuku is a plump woman in her 30's who loves eating...but now she's been reincarnated as a villainess in an otome game!! Reika has the power to eat and not gain weight, but this power came with a price. Now living as Jean, the villainess, her world is full of bland, tasteless food. However, she is discovering and developing delicious dishes with her food buyer knowledge and culinary skills. Reika's goal is to win over the hotties of this world through their stomachs to avoid her doom flag. Can she get all of them to say, "nummy"?!
*Chapter 4: "The Younger Man from the Rumors" and Chapter 5: "Which 'Me' Do You Like?" are one-shots written by this author, and are not related to the main story.
"I'll need to discipline you tonight." Love lessons between a ruthless boss and an office lady with golden retriever energy. Sexy voices in the workplace...? Following those voices, the new office lady stumbles upon a very explicit scene taking place in the sample warehouse. And the culprit is none other than the man who is supposed to be her new boss?! You've got to be kidding! Dominating, egotistical, and arrogant, yet his surprising kindness in unexpected moments leave her heart yearning for more...! Includes special side stories, such as Prince Yagi's "How to Love a Hopeless Prince". Will he ever figure out what it really means to be in love?
Yuri is a woman with a strong worth ethic. She's also secretly in love with her manager Ishin, the heir to the company. He's basically the perfect man, so Yuri feels her love will never become a reality... But one day, Ishin suddenly pops the question and proposes?! Yuri is surprised and happy. However, she hears a rumor that Ishin yearning for an heir. Yuri is shocked that she was only chosen as his wife so she could produce a child. Even with that said, Ishin still decided to get married when they haven't even dated?! A story about a sweet newlywed life with a doting, icy heir!
"I'm the only one who can touch him." Chinatsu has absolutely no interest when it comes to love and romance. But then she encounters Ryosuke, her childhood friend who she hasn't seen since they were little. Chinatsu is surprised at how different he is from the past... he's definitely a looker! Suddenly one day, Ryosuke goes to Chinatsu's classroom and asks her out?! However, Ryosuke has a secret that he can't tell anyone about... A sweet love story between a girl who has zero interest in romance, and a boy wants to fall in love!
The most hated type of person in this world... is a delinquent!! And yet Masumi is bothered everyday by the epitome of delinquents, Kiyoharu! Their conversations don't click, and his fashion is impossible to understand. Masumi just might pass out... Then one day, after Kiyoharu forces Masumi to go on a date with him, he tells her that he's crazy about her...?!
At 32, Yurika is devastated after discovering that her nearly five-year relationship was, in fact, an affair. Forced to transfer, her new coworker drags her to a welcome party where she catches the eye of a college student sitting across them. Feeling distraught, the calm and cool, Aoi, whisks her away. Despite being ten years younger than her, she gives in to a night of passion with him. Several months later, who walks in but the very man she thought she'd never meet again, Aoi. Will their relationship blossom or will it remain purely friends with benefits?
One day, an unfortunate incident causes an elementary school student, Yuki Takahashi, to pass away. Before he realizes, he finds himself in a space where God exists, and is told that he will start a new life in another world. Reborn into another world with his fluffy dog (a Fenrir), Yuki ends up living in the home of the leader of the knighthood. Here, he meets many warm, kind and fluffy people. His happy life in this new world begins now!
"Alice, I'm breaking off my engagement to you!" are the words Echs, the son of the Knight Commander, remembers from his previous life. In the very place where the prince's engagement is about to be broken off, he remembers the exact same situation from his previous life in a dating sim game. Though clearly fale, the villainess is blamed together with another character. And when he saw the heroine sneakily smiling at him, he made up his mind. He wants to save his favorite villainess and make her his own. This is just a sweet story about a hero reincarnated as the son of a knight commander in a dating sim game who dotes on the villainess.
When I woke up, I found myself in the world of a dating sim, where the heroine had met a bad end. I was reborn as a villainess married to the crown prince! My marriage is on the rocks, and I've decided to leave and start a second life - right when I decide to do so and begin managing my territory, for some reason my husband's attitude changes... This is a story of a villainess's struggle to become a happy-go-lucky woman in a world of schemers!
I got totally wasted at a party and ended up spewing my guts... and some hot guy saw me?! I ran away, thinking I'd never see him again, but we ran into each other on campus the next day! He may be good-looking, but he spilled the beans about me throwing up to his friend, and on top of that, he keeps calling me by my first name! He's seriously the worst! Despite all of that, my best friend Yuka is head over heels for him, and now she wants me to help hook her up! She even brought his friend into this mess... What will happen in this 4-way love affair...?
It's Sui's 20th Birthday! And her boyfriend takes her out to dinner to break up with her. Seeing that she's already out, she'd rather not end her birthday on a sour note and decides to enjoy her first legal drink! ...But it only brings her back to thinking about love and romance. "I want to be loved... desired..." The next day: Sui wakes up at home, but next to her... some gorgeous young man?! A fun romance of dumping, bouncing back, and getting busy!
"Everyone should just be 'saba saba' like me!" Nami Amihama (age 28) works in the editorial department for a women's fashion magazine. Nami constantly uses being saba saba (aka blunt) as an excuse for her biased assertions and has been ostracized by her coworkers because of it. One day, when Nami was being her usual arrogant self, she is confronted by her antithesis, Mai Honda (age 26). Mai is beautiful and feminine, and Nami can't hide her irritation. The battle between the self-proclaimed saba saba woman vs. the true saba saba woman begins!
Meiko has the perfect life. Kentaro is the perfect husband. He supports the family with his high-salary job at the bank, helps around the house, and is the perfect father to their son, Kota. On his days off, he even volunteers at their son's daycare. Little does she know that he is having an affair with none other than one of Kota's daycare workers. Devastated, how will Meiko handle this affair?
I have been in love with my sister's fiance for 7 years . I live a lie. That has never changed and never will. Or so I thought... Until I met Eichi. The day Eichi found out about my lie, that I was okay with my sister being with her husband, he told me that he wanted my sister for himself. We decided to work together to make our fantasy a reality. But, the way Eichi was coming on to me made me question if it was really my sister he was after. To grow accustomed to a man's touch, he hugged me... and even k-kissed me?! What in the world is going on?
Come experience what it's like to receive a massage from your lover. At the private women only massage parlor "KIRAMEKI", working women, mothers and even inexperienced women come to experience just that. Yamato, a new recruit known for his gentle demeanor, discovers the burdens of the women who visit the parlor. A story of healing the women from all walks of life receive from the handsome men at "KIRAMEKI" as their touch softens their hearts, minds and bodies.
Mizuho (30) works for a famous cosmetics company. Her job was going well, working with her boss, Uzaki (35) whom she admires and respects. But one day, Uzaki suddenly gets transferred to the New York branch, and gets engaged to her coworker, Riko. Mizuho, shocked and confused about Uzaki's engagement, tries to forget Uzaki and marries her coworker from the sales department Shinichi. Although Shinichi loves Mizuho, he cannot let go of his doubts for her. Riko tries to take advantage of his insecurities. Meanwhile, Uzaki comes back to Japan headquarters...! "Everyone's having an affair except for me...?!" A story of love and jealousy begins!
Sergey, works for the host club "Butterfly Kiss", and is out to purchase a flower shop for their business. However, the obstinate owner Shinji Masaoka, doesn't relent and resist Sergey's "offers". Sergey is willing to do anything to secure the contract. Can he subdue him and take over the flower shop or will Shinji be the one to come out on top?
Masachika has been reunited with his childhood friend, and what's more, he's a model! Kiwa suddenly moves in next door, but he can't take care of himself, so Masachika often looks after him. During one drunken night, Kiwa makes his move on Masachika and to his surprise, he relents?! Can they keep their relationship a secret or will they have even bigger problems to worry about?
"All I can do is cook!" Falsely accused, Sophia Earlgrey was exiled to die in the Demon Kingdom. After being rescued by a resident of the Demon Kingdom, she discovers it's a marvelous place with modern technology and unbelievable magic! With her only skill being cooking, she is plagued with self-doubt. Can Sophia finally find a place for herself in this amazing world of demons and use her cooking to change the course of the world?
Alice, a viscount's daughter, agrees to work as a live-in kitchen maid because it's her one way out of getting married! Unfortunately, her new life won't be as smooth sailing as she had hoped. Her assignment is the Fourth Paladin Order, which happens to be full of handsome men...her natural enemy! The reason for that? Well, in Alice's previous life, she had a handsome husband who betrayed her. He was nothing but a piece of trash without any other redeeming qualities.
But as Alice fills the paladins' stomachs with her hearty Japanese dishes, they slowly begin opening up to her, revealing secrets they had hidden away, Perhaps her job won't be so unpleasant after all.
"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...
Cupid's arrow keeps missing its mark, and this love story will have you squirming impatiently until it hits! Serika is an office lady with a hobby for drawing manga (the erotic kind!), and she's in a pinch trying to make her deadline. That's when Jinno, a junior staff member at her company, steps in and helps her with her manuscript by becoming her assistant and reference material...! She's giving it her all to take reference photos... Huh? Why is Jinno pushing her down?!
Within Breighlinam Palace, rumor has it that Prince Edouard has executed may of the maids and butlers that have come to serve him. Philippa is desperate. After her parents fell to the epidemic, her aunt and uncle wants to sell off her younger brother and sister. To hold them at bay, Philippa is determined to work at the palace to save her. However, on her first day, sword drawn, the prince threatens her if she were to betray him. Can Philippa save her brother and sister, or will she end up another victim of the Prince's?
The bane of my existence? This body of mine that curses men into becoming obsessed with me... But all I have ever dreamed of is finding true love! Having grown up on fairy tales, I've always been a sucker for the kind Prince Charming type. But it seems I'm not destined for the happy ever after of my dreams. Apparently, I have what some guys call a "legendary snatch" and every man I have dated so far has turned into nothing more than a lecherous zombie! And just when I was sure there was no hope... I met Suzui. He seemed different from others, made me feel safe with his kindness and that hint of sadness behind his eyes. And I'd soon find out that he had his own secrets he's keeping...