A Japanese-style ayakashi Cinderella story! "You're the bride I've been searching for all this time." The ayakashi and humans coexist in harmony. The ayakashi, having superior abilities and beautiful appearances, sometimes find their partner among human women, making them their "bride". The bride, in exchange for bringing prosperity, receives absolute love from the ayakashi. Yuzu is constantly compared to her sister, a bride of a demon fox, and is resented by her family every day. One day, when Yuzu just couldn't take things anymore, a man appears before her on a bridge. This man is the most beautiful man Yuzu has ever seen... and he's calling her his wife?! "Just be quiet and let me hold you." The most powerful, "cold-hearted" ayakashi is pouring his heart out for Yuzu?!
When Nanao was a mere child, she was kidnapped by an Ayakashi. Since then, because of the spirit seal the Ayakashi carved on her body, Nanao has been oppressed by the people in her own clan as the "tainted one." Nanao was supposed to get married to the young master of the Byakurenji family, but her cousin Akemi stole her position as his bride, and she was forced to wear a monkey mask in order to hide the spirit seal, living a miserable life. Then one day, she meets Yako, the young head of the Benitsubaki clan. Due to an unforeseen event, Nanao's mask comes off and her face gets exposed, but that only causes Yako to become bewitched by her beauty and high spiritual power...
Liz, the daughter of a margrave, is told that she could never be loved, and has her engagement called off by her former fiance, a baron by the name of Physalis. After years of facing ab*se from her family and mysterious pains, Liz is finally forced her out of the estate with her family set on offering her up to as a bride to the "cursed duke"... formerly a hero of the kingdom, Lord Rishin. Rumor has it that he himself had an engagement called off due to his apparent violent nature, but things turn out to be quite the opposite...! After years of never finding someone to understand the pain they've carried, the two set out to find true happiness!
Rio is a completely average high school second-year, while her best friend Katsuki is pretty enough to turn everyone's heads. Sometimes Rio feels like she's just there to make Katsuki's beauty stand out better... or even worse, that she's invisible to the whole world. Discouraged as she is, Rio was holding onto a faint hope of love with Haruta, the only person at school who ever seems to notice her. When she realizes one day that he has a crush on Katsuki rather than her, she's so upset that she flees the classroom, wishing she could finally just disappear for real. But, while she's nursing her hurt feelings, someone comes and finds her; it's none other than "the reaper," aka Echizenya, the gloomy guy who's always hiding away in the corner creeping out their classmates. Enjoy this adorable will-they-won't-they romance between the "plain best friend" and the secret hottie undercover as the class weirdo!
"This is my punishment - someone as hideous as me falling for someone as good-looking as you..." Yumeko had a mountain of complexes about herself. Then, a terrible accident befalls her. Though somehow saved from the brink of death, Yumeko wakes up a completely different person. "Is this...me...?! I'm SUPER cute!!" Those around her can't hide their surprise and wonderment at this 180-degree change... But, Yumeko's new hyper-positive attitude starts to change her surroundings, too. Worries and complexes can affect anyone, and Yumeko will chop right through those of her various supporting characters!! In love, work, friendship... And an attempted murder case?! This frenzied romantic comedy will leave you bubbling with energy!
[Please note that #14 contains episode 10.5, which falls between #10 and #11 in the story.] Byletta, daughter of a viscount who has talents for swords and business, has been married to Arnald, son of a count, for eight years...however, he was away at war, and they hadn't met even once. When the war ended, she decides to ask for divorce even before she sees his face. She writes Arnald a letter saying "Dear Sir, I would like to ask for divorce." Arnald, handsome but had never loved someone, and Byletta, who was rumored to be a villainess, meet for the first time in their bedroom. He asks for a wager, and guarantees her that he will divorce if Byletta wins. If he wins, they will stay married forever. "If I can get you with child in a month, I win." Arnald says. That was something Byletta could never imagine.
Livia, an otherwise ordinary lady of prestige, save for her unusual blessing, is suddenly made out to be a villain when her engagement is broken off. And though the bad publicity makes it difficult to find a new fiancee, a marquess of higher status named Therion proposes, despite he and Livia's difference in social standing! Shocked, Livia has almost no time to consider the proposal as another problem arises just as quickly as the proposal...! This tale between the perfect nobleman and a lady-turned-villain is a love story you won't want to miss!
So is this what it means to have roommates now?! Office worker Rinko, 24, lives alone and is secretly an otaku. One day, her apartment gets connected to the two neighboring rooms through a "hole" in the wall. In the room on the left is a fresh-faced yet mysterious guy who is overly-sweet to Rinko. The room on the right is occupied by a guy with violent tendences who is similarly mysterious... But wait! "I... I think I know him!" Rinko's only source of solitude, her apartment, has been turned upside down. Now, every day is full of heart-pounding surprises!
In a world where humans and demons have been in constant conflict throughout history... One day, the demon king, Gil, visits Hazelbard Kingdom in the human territory. Gil proposes a truce on the condition that both races do not cross between each other's territories. However, in order to make this agreement her son Clemont's achievement, Queen Catalina forces her step daughter, Estelle, to marry the demon king.
Mira, who grew up in an orphanage, was born with the ability to absorb magical powers and was forced by her father-in-law, Baron Weston, to purify miasma-tainted swords and magical tools. As a result, her body was so ravaged that doctors told her she would not live more than a year. One day, Mira collapses in the temple and is saved by a beautiful woman, Annalise. Her brother, Darius, is the first duke and head of the Order of the Holy Knights, but he suffers from a disease called hypermagia. Annalise proposes a certain way to save her brother in exchange for saving Mira from the baron...
At what should have been her engagement party, Violet, daughter of a noble house, is cast aside by the second prince. Born without talent and relying only on her lineage, she's socially condemned by friends, family, and even society itself.
Left to die alone in a burning mansion, Violet regrets her arrogance and prays for a chance to start over. Her wish is granted when a divine blessing awakens within her - the power to turn back time.
Waking one year before that fateful day, Violet vows to change her life and use her gift to seize happiness. Her path soon crosses with Ulysses, the head court mage shunned as a monster. But behind the title lies a kind and gentle man, the complete opposite of her former fiance.
As their bond deepens, Violet learns she alone can touch him without pain. When she prevents the assassination of the Crown Princess, she becomes entangled in a dark plot that threatens the kingdom and her second chance at peace.
After getting away from her hometown - and her delinquent brother who basically ran the place - Yui is living it up at university. There, she falls for a cool, handsome (same difference!) Prince Charming in glasses who is the total opposite of her idiot brother, but unexpectedly her prince's friend is a delinquent!? On top of that, he's always getting in her way!! Just as she thinks it's all over for her, in more ways than one, she discovers that her prince in glasses lives in the apartment next door!?
The hardworking daughter of a marquess, once overlooked, learns her true value through love. Sophia, the diligent daughter of a marquess, is engaged to the second prince, Delm. Both serve at the Royal Magic Research Institute, but as his fiancee, Sophia is forced to shoulder his work.
When she invents a new form of magic, Delm steals her research and registers it under his own name. When she demands it back, he refuses and even accuses her of lying.
Hailed as a genius, Delm basks in glory while Sophia is cast away. Stripped of her reputation, her laboratory, and her engagement, she returns home in despair.
Then fate takes an unexpected turn as Sophia becomes engaged to Leo Santorina, the prime minister feared as the "Icewolf Chancellor." Yet behind his cold title lies a kind, gentle man. Cherished and supported by him, Sophia begins to bloom, proving her brilliance while the man who betrayed her faces his downfall.
"I would like you to be my fiancee." Anabelle may seem like a run-of-the-mill daughter of an aristocrat, but in fact, she has an exceptional aptitude for magic. On the day of her father's death, her fiance demands for their engagement to be nullified, accusing her of a crime she didn't commit. As if that weren't enough, he even subjects her to a powerful curse that even her strongest magic cannot undo! Desperate, she has no choice but to embark on a journey in search of a remedy.
Soon after, she runs into the highest-ranked member of the nobility, the duke Lord Maverit. More importantly, he's a man in possession of a Moon Fragment, the key to undoing her curse. Their encounter, however, does not lead where she expects... Before the day's end, Anabelle finds herself (pretending to be) engaged to a man whose circumstances are far more complicated than what she could imagine. What's a lady to do now?!
Adeline, daughter of an earl, was offered an engagement from the Dragonkin Realm. They wanted her to be the "Mate" for the third prince. All Dragonkins have to find their "Mate" and take them to their castle built on the floating island and live together, although their lifespans might be different. Adeline was fragile...she could hear that everyone in the castle criticized her as someone not worth being the Mate to the prince. Even the prince himself seemed to hate her. She ended her miserable life by someone's poison. 250 years after, Adeline was born to the same world. And again, she received an invitation from the Dragonkin for a ball to find their Mate. She tries to run away...not knowing that there was a secret beyond this invitation.
An empire falling to ruin: The Kio Empire. Living in that empire, is an overweight 5-year-old abandoned by his parents, Prince Ageha. Ageha has memories from a previous life of him living as a Japanese man in another world. He then encounters his younger half-brother, Regulus. Ageha had a vision that Regulus will kill him in the future over inheritance, so Ageha sets out to raise him after Regulus's mother passed. Once the sparkling and fluffy-haired Regulus cozied up to Ageha, He turned into a doting older brother before he even realized! Enjoy a fantasy story of young brothers managing their kingdom, sometimes involving the gods, as they reform it step by step to bring a better land to the next generation!
"It looks to me like the beautiful scales of a dragon."
Tamaki is fated to be the vessel of the hated snake god. And while she works hard every day and desperately wishes to defy her fate, there isn't much time left until her 16th birthday when the oracle will make itself known. But, on the fated day, she meets Ren, the young and charismatic leader of the Demon tribe.
In the snowy village of Rokka, the members of the Suzaku imperial family are revered as the descendants of Suzaku, the fire deity himself. Marrying the head of the Suzaku family...is considered the greatest of honors.
Ginka Sakaeda comes from a line of shrine maidens. Her parents had hopes that she would marry into the Suzaku family one day. However, when she came into the world "deformed," they deemed her unworthy as the future Bride of Suzaku, and began treating her with hostility. Her younger sister Akane, however, was born with excellent grace and beauty, earning her the favor of the entire village and securing her position as the top candidate to marry into the Suzaku family. Then, on the eve of the ceremony that would decide Akane's future, Ginka has an unexpected encounter with the Suzaku family head. And the moment their hands touch...the two feel a warm sensation instantly course throughout their bodies!
"I will not fogive anyone who lays a hand on my bride." The Tenryu family has had women with powers of healing for generations, but when someone without those powers is born, they are treated as an outcast and treated harshly. Mitsuki was born into a power part of the Tenryu family but was quickly made an outcast as her lack of healing powers became apparent. At the age of seven, her mother suddenly passed away forcing her to move in with her aunt. Day by day, she has been treated terribly by her relatives due to her status as an outcast. However, all of that changed when the new head of the family came of age.
Through music, the Hanamura clan manifested special powers that brought about prosperity to their clan; however, Akari, who didn't exhibit any powers was deemed a "Seed of Misfortune" and scorned by her family. From then on begins her days of bearing callous treatment from her parents and sister. But one day, she finds an invitation to a soiree hosted by one of the oldest and noblest clans in the country. It seems the head of that clan, Mikoto Sazarashi, is searching for a bride. Finding herself unable to resist going, Akari attends the soiree - only to be quickly discovered by her sister. Akari is immediately berated and belittled by her, but...a handsome, young man appears, takes Akari's hand, and declares, "I've finally found you, my beloved bride." Check out this great Cinderella story set in an Eastern setting and filled with romance, turmoil, and mystery!
In the Yamatoba Empire, where two races, humans and night demons, have existed since time immemorial. Iku, whose hair and eyes are as pale as white snow, is mistreated by her family because of her strange, demon-like appearance. She is treated as little more than a servant until the day she is sold to a man for money, a fate she thought impossible to escape from... One day, however, the next head of a prominent family, Subaru, learns of Iku's secret and offers her a marriage proposal. Though it is a political marriage, the two, both burdened with a damaged past, gradually become attracted to each other...? A love story of destiny unfolds as the hearts of a couple who have never known love melt together!
"I want you, Moka..." There's a popular guy in class, and he can't stand the way the other girls look at him. The only girl he wants all for himself... is the plain girl sitting in the seat in front of him?! Moka Asano is your average high school girl, and sitting behind her is Izumi Kurosaki. Kurosaki's the captain of the soccer team, and is so popular that the neighboring schools have fan clubs for him! The girls always crowd around his desk, so Moka can never get a chance to sit down at her desk in the morning... but everything changes when Moka gets the chance to be close to Kurosaki when they see each other in the old school library. Even though Kurosaki hates being around girls, and tends to give everyone these cold stares, he looks at Moka with a bright smile and asks her "do you wanna date for real?" It's like he's a completely different person!
After discovering she has the powers of a saintess at the age of five, Estelle is forced to work day in and day out for much of her life. Fearing she'll be worked even harder if her true powers are revealed, she decides to hide just how powerful she really is. As long as she can eat every day and have a roof over her head, she even decides to put up with the snot-nosed crown prince of the country and gets engaged to him. Just when she believes her days of struggling to survive had ended, a girl from another world arrives and catches the prince's eye! He breaks off their engagement and brands her a "false saintess," ordering her execution. Fed up with all the idiocy, she unleashes her full power and puts the prince and his followers in their place. Finally free, where will she go with this newfound freedom...?
"I've found you, my spring." The Takatsukasa family is the largest conglomerate in the empire. Within their residence, there lie special gardens where all four seasons exist. These serve as a barrier, protecting the imperial capital from evil insects. The caretakers who maintain it are chosen from the four great families, each responsible for one season. Hio lost her parents when she was a child and was taken in by one of the great families, the Harusaki family. She's been bullied by the daughter of the family and is treated worse than a servant. Hio's fate changes when she plays her father's violin and is suddenly whisked away in the strong arms of Sakuto, the head of the Takatsukasa family. "You're the only one. You're the only one who can..."
"I shouldn't get involved with him..." - Despite her heart's warnings, she just can't pull herself away from his sweet seduction. Mizuki, a former marathon runner with a penchant for anything sugary, has now begun working at a hotel. She has zero experience in customer service, and is clumsy and socially challenged to boot. She's been slipping up repeatedly at work, which has only made things awkward with her coworkers. But when she runs into Kaji, the handsome hotel patissier/rumored womanizer, and accidentally vents her work frustration at him, he decides to appoint her as the test taster for his new creations?! Former runner/dessert-lover meets charming pastry chef in this heart-racingly sweet romance!
Ariadne only wished her loving half-brother, Siegbert, to be the emperor...but he betrayed her. But the moment she was executed, she was back in time.
Ariadne found herself as a fifteen-year-old girl, before she even met Siegbert. Now she can redo everything...she must avoid that bad ending!
In order to survive, she decides to ally Arnold, the first prince. She had poisoned him in her first life, but this time he seems to be in love with her. The brave princess is determined to change her fate...and have her revenge.
Tae has been practically inseparable from her best friend Kiyo since college. And while Kiyo may be loose with women, Tae can always count on him for support - like whenever she crashes at his place to drown her sorrows over being dumped yet again. But what lies ahead in the morning after another night spent drinking together till dawn?! They're not quite lovers and not quite friends... but a revelation threatens to change all that. Can they move past mixed messages and misunderstandings to become something more? Or are they stuck as "best friends forever"?
Deep within the inner court of Xiang, Yue Hua, voiceless and isolated, endures relentless bullying from rival consorts who all compete for the favor of Jing, the young emperor who once saved the nation. Her days are bleak until fate intervenes, when the emperor suddenly takes notice of her. She bears an uncanny resemblance to the lover he lost in a past life. Everything begins with a fateful encounter in this Cinderella story set in a Chinese harem!
Marienne is simply perplexed at her husband Duke Alexias's extreme shift in behavior. He's known for his cruelty. Marienne, too, has received nothing from him but neglect since their engagement. She's resigned herself to being a mistreated prisoner in his home. So then, why? Why would he suddenly profess his love to her and propose to her in earnest? Especially since they're ALREADY married?!
A bejeweled bouquet of flowers, courtship akin to that of a fairy tale prince, being addressed as his GODDESS?! There seems to be no end. But despite Marienne's bewilderment, Alexia's sincerity somehow cuts through his bungling displays, and his words of affection begin to thaw her lonely heart.
Unbeknownst to Marienne, her once ruthless and unfeeling husband has "returned" from the brink of death. But what could've caused this change of heart? Why is he so desperate to ensure her happiness? And most importantly, will he be able to do right by Marienne this time?
Hiyakawa-san's handsome but perpetually frowning face strikes fear into the hearts of his co-workers. But around Tetsuhara Miori, his facade slips--often getting clumsy, careless, and blurting out his true thoughts. Now she's dealing with a mumbling, bumbling, blushing boss! (C)Isuzu/SQUARE ENIX
Cute, sexy, mature, and the golden retriever type! Today, I'm being led by the nose by a mysterious boy whose charm is totally unfair. Meiko works part-time at a vocational school once a week. She's still getting used to teaching, but there's one thing that gets her through the day... her serious student, Yukari. He's Meiko's angel. Just seeing his cute face calms her heart. But outside of school... Yukari has a hidden side?!
Rita is the marquess of the Almadine domain and has been researching mineral resources in her domain since she has lost her dear parents, certain that the research will be of benefit to the people. However, one day, she is betrayed by her cousin Miliane and named a traitorous witch. In the end, Rita is made an exile and forced to leave behind her people. Right as she is attacked by bandits, a man known to many as the "Demon Lord" rescues her... Zeke, King of the neighboring kingdom. While she accepts his help, Rita is hesitant to trust others after experience the harsh reality of betrayal, but what could this meeting mean for her destiny...?
In order to shake off the hurt of being cheated on by her now ex-boyfriend, Hana goes on a trip with her best friend Mizuki. At their destination, the two meet a pair of guys, but just as they've started to get to know each other, it dawns on Hana that her troubles are the result of her own too-sweet personality. Now determined to better herself, Hana sets out to change her pushover ways...?! This is the hapless love story of a clumsy quartet: Hana, who's always sacrificing herself for others; Mizuki, who only wants to be loved; Narita, who earns others' ire when he tells them blunt truths; and Ayumu, who is kind, but also something of a playboy. Can the four of them get their acts together long enough to avoid stumbling over themselves?
"He's the CEO?! That guy from yesterday?!!" After losing my precious puppy who'd been at my side through high school, college, and since graduation, I went to a bar to drown my sorrows by the gallon. While I was wailing with grief, the man sitting next to me cut in with a majorly nasty retort: "Why not take some pills for your dysfunctional brain and start acting your age?" Well, I don't have to take that from some stranger!! So I returned the favor by sticking my leg out to trip him with an, "Oh, sorry. That was on purpose!" (Yeah, maybe I went too far...) Then, the next day that same guy turns up at my office and apparently he's the company's CEO! What's more, he's here looking for...me...?!?!
"I'm pretty amazing, you know?" "With me, you'd be even more powerful." The pair that has it all have an S-rank adventure and romance! An isekai rom-com! Alicia is a haughty duchess who likes to cake her face with makeup. On the night before her banishment for bullying the heroine, Alicia remembers she is a villainess in an otome game... While feeling at a loss, she realizes something else. She has big breasts, good looks, and magical powers?! Who knew she was a triple threat! An idea dawned upon her, and she sought out her nerdy brother to be his assistant to research magical tools. Alicia displayed her talent and soon longed for a life of fun and freedom, rather than the strict upbringing of a queen. In the end, Alicia decides to live her life as a commoner... And she gets teased by the S-rank adventurer, Hayato?! An isekai rom-com with an S-rank adventure and romance!
As the illegitimate daughter of a count and his maid, Katrina was born into miserable circumstances. And now that she's lost her mother, the treatment from her stepsister and stepmother the countess has only grown worse. One day, her stepsister receives a royal order to move to the northern outskirts due to her unseemly behavior at a recent party. There, she is to learn proper conduct under the tutelage of the resident prince, rumored to be a cruel man. Not wanting to subject her daughter to such punishment, the countess decides to send Katrina instead. Katrina arrives in the north shaking in fear. But contrary to the stories, the "merciless and cold-hearted" prince is kinder than she believed. Might the pure-hearted Katrina find love in the wintry countryside?
Elizabeth was known as a villainess but in fact, she was a decent and honest girl. But she was accused by mistake, found guilty and exiled...but she accepted her situation. That was because...she had her memory from her previous life as an event planner in Japan, and she knew what was coming. She was in the Otome game world she loved!! She started enjoying her life as an apprentice to sisters at Church of Nortia which is located in a rural village. And she doesn't have to follow the story from here!! Now Elizabeth can using her skill from her previous life, to make her life easier. No one's noticing, so this will be OK, right? But then, the knight commander moves close and tells her he's watching. What does he want?
Liselotte Clarence, daughter of Count Clarence, has been set to marry the Frost Adelgrant of the Marquis's family... but she has despised him since they were just children. After years without seeing one another, it seemed as if Frost might have changed for the better- but in only an instant it was clear that the same rude, distasteful boy had not changed in the slightest. Liselotte's had enough of it all. With one loud yell the engagement was called off and she left her home in a rush. After all things were settled, she now finds herself working for a magic tools shop and meets another young man named Snow, but something about him seems familiar...?
Sachi is 28 years old, works at a cram school where Suwa, the school's principal is handsome and charming, putting his spell on the staff to the parents and children. However, after her friend ran off with the money she lent her, she's struggling to get by. After work she's suddenly approached by a suspicious man, Suwa comes to her rescue! Will he be Sachi's prince charming after this fated encounter?
Sophia Riller, sixteen years old, was about to attend the Blessing Ceremony--a ritual in which a boy or girl of sixteen years is gifted with abilities from one of the various animal gods. A blessing from one of the bird gods could grant wings that allow one to soar through the skies. The boons are many and varied. Sophia, a clumsy type, was hoping that she would be chosen by a god that doesn't stand out...but...it was the Gorilla God who chose her! She was told that those blessed by the Gorilla God will have a gift for combat and needs to take the exam to become a Junior Knight. On the exam day, she met Louis, a handsome knight-to-be and two boys, who soon found out who Sophia was blessed by. Her life changes completely from that day...