Minori Nashihara has the ability to hear the whispers of people's hearts when they come in within a certain range... in other words, she's a telepath. Because of this ability, she has had a difficult past, and has had to keep her distance from people to avoid reading their minds. One day, she is summoned by her uncle and CEO of the company she works for, Suzumiya, and ordered to marry Shishizuka, her capable but self-centered boss! Naturally, Minori and Shishizuka both refuse, but Shishizuka readily agrees when he hears that marriage will allow him to take charge of a project that could become the company's fortune. Caught in the middle of all this, they reluctantly begin life together in a fake marriage between boss and subordinate...?
Noelle is a young woman with freckles on her face who hides her face with a hat. Her fiance, Jacques, breaks off the engagement because of her appearance, which he considers gloomy. She is in the depths of despair, but her heart is saved when a maid brings her a street vendor's hat. Noelle is so moved by the hat's beauty that she goes to the stall to meet the maker. There she meets the hat maker, Flynn. At first glance, he seems to be just a young man, but in fact he has a big secret...?
A mature relationship with a super-intelligent, handsome CEO is quite stimulating for a girl with a bob and glasses...
Momoka, a librarian, has been so absorbed in books that she hasn't experienced romance even once in 25 years. One day, she meets Tokio, a handsome man who is like a prince from a romance novel. Momoka is captivated by him, but for some reason, Tokio knows her name. He then holds her hands and suddenly asks her out on a date! It's Momoka's first date, but Tokio's gentlemanly behavior eases her tension. And at the end of the date, he gives her a sweet kiss!
Those words from Julius, her first love, traumatized Diana and turned her into a shut-in who stayed at her noble parents' manor out in the countryside.
She became an artisan known as the Witch of Roemer, spending her days making the magic tools she was excellent at creating.
One day, Diana returned to the capital city to attend a ball and ran into Julius again.
As she tried to forget her fleeting feelings of love for him, her overprotective brother created a "Man Repellent Ring" that would drive back any annoying bugs (men) who got near Diana... But it started shocking Julius!
The very tall Kiyoko Naito is 5'9". She's outgoing, dependable, and is like a big sister to everyone. As a child, she dreamed of becoming a beautiful princess, but as she grew older and taller, she found herself becoming more like the "knight" that protects the other girls around her. Mikoto Himeno is a younger guy who works at the same office as Kiyoko. People call him a gloomy and incompetent loser, which makes Kiyoko worry about him. One day, she finds an opportunity to talk to Mikoto properly and discovers an astonishing truth about him. Himeno decides that she's going to step up and help this guy, whom everyone has the wrong idea about. She promises to protect him if he gets into any trouble and urges him to stop hiding his true self! From then on, he becomes the "princess" and she his "knight"...!
A romantic comedy about a boy as beautiful as a princess, and the girl who serves as his "bodyguard"!
Far removed from the capital, in the village where immortals reside...there grow fragrant fruits filled with divine Qi. Only beautiful girls, blessed with the Qi most holy, are selected to consume it daily. They will become vessels for heaven's blessings whose supple skin radiates the scent of the peach. They are the "Immortal Peach Princesses". Sons of the Emperor couple with one of them, seeking divine favor through the union of man and woman. Zha're was chosen to be the White Peach Princess, the White Prince's bride. She was honored to be chosen, but the prince didn't come to her bed on the First Night...when she was supposed to give divine blessing to him. Both of them didn't know what love was... A sweet and beautiful Chinese fantasy.
Akari had wanted to be a novel writer for as long as she could remember. However, that all changed after what her high school friend did to her. She couldn't help but put as much distance as possible between herself and her stories. Years later, a moment comes where she thinks that she may want to write again. In that moment... a cameraman starts snapping pictures of her?! He even comes to her workplace telling her to come with him... what could possibly come from this mysterious guy???
Abandoned on her 18th birthday by her absent single father, Mako struggles to make ends meet. When her friend offers to introduce her to a sugar daddy for a casual dinner and some conversation, it all seems straightforward and simple. Little does Mako know, someone else has their sights set on her date-a ruthless assassin on a mission to take out his target and leave no witnesses... Before she realizes it, Mako's late-night liaison turns into a deadly encounter with a contract killer, and now, she'll need to think fast, be resourceful, and turn on the charm to survive. Can she melt the heart of a cold-blooded hit man or will this potential beau get the best of her? Find out in this thrilling new black comedy with life-and-death stakes from the author of Searching for My Perfect Brother.
Three years into her marriage, housewife Hana still enjoys cooking for others, but the constant complaints from her in-laws have started to wear away at her. When her marriage goes even further awry, her broken and battered heart finds a deli still open at 11 PM... Feel all your daily food stresses simply melt away in this short story collection!
Kagamiya is a lot of things: superb researcher, dedicated worker, and the most charming man in the department. However, he's got one major issue... he's totally not what everyone thinks him to be. He looks stoic and charming, but really he's just a ball of anxiety who can't change his facial expression anymore. He's kept up with what's been expected of him, and is always trying his best at work, but that's left him lonely. That's where his savior comes in: Nonoi. Nonoi's the only person in the department to ever treat Kagamiya as a person as opposed to some almighty charming man. One day, the two of them are drinking on the roof when she suddenly asks him if they could spend the night together...?!
Lieutenant General Euclid Von Wisteria is a well-known beastman cold and calculated man nick-named the "Bespectacled Ice Lord." Those who are beastmen are known to be devoted to their mates for the rest of their lives. At the same time, Musca has been living in the castle as a servant to the nobility for some time and has been looking for a peaceful life as a normal woman. However, during the festivities ensuing at the end of a long war, Musca has definitely had too much to drink... and finds herself in bed next to the Bespectacled Ice Lord himself!
"What do you say, Henrietta? Will you serve our kingdom not as its queen, but as the leading mistress of my harem?" One day, Prince Georges came to his betrothed Henrietta with that as a suggestion. It goes without saying that the engagement was broken off. Finally things can calm down... or so Henrietta thought until she received a new letter from her aunt. She is now tasked with going to meet with the current king's much younger brother, Lord Richard, and find some way to seduce him. From what people seem to know, he is an eccentric sort of man who loves to paint and stays cooped up in his manor in the countryside. However, the man Henrietta has been tasked with seducing is actually a handsome charmer himself...?!
It all started with a pageant at a university. Romiko's known as one of the most beautiful girls at her school with captivating beauty, but she truly has one of the most horrendous personalities. She's always looking down on and berating her peers and has been convinced there's no competition in the beauty pageant coming up at her school. All of that changed when a fierce opponent hit the field. For Romiko, it's truly impossible for someone like this girl to be anything more than below her! Romiko can't lose. This is her steppingstone into the world of celebrities... Anything she wants, she can have... because it's all hers.
Carole has a burn scar on her face from an accident that happened during her childhood. Saying that she is ugly, her family looks down on her and treats her like a servant. One day, when she slips and bumps her head, she regains her memory from her past life. Carole remembers that she was a beauty consultant, an expert on makeup and beauty. Using her knowledge on beauty, she begins to turn her miserable life around!
Being in her 50s, if she wants to get a new husband, she needs to start with plastic surgery!? She's using an approach that hides her true self, but this race to get married is much too risky...!!
Lady Carolina Sanchez has spent her entire life believing she is the "Sanchez family disgrace," a notion constantly reinforced by her elder sister, Flora. In public, Flora is a model of kindness and gentility, always coming to her baby sister's defense...but behind closed doors, she heaps a*use on Carolina, leveraging Carolina's perceived shortcomings to suit her own ends. When Carolina is sent to the neighboring Malcosian Empire for a political marriage to Prince Edward Ruby Martinez, she expects to disappoint her new family too. But, to her surprise, her husband-to-be and her new in-laws seem to genuinely adore her! Can Carolina escape the anguish of her past and rise to the occasion as Edward's imperial consort? She just might, especially if she's not quite as powerless as she assumed...
Elizabeth Leiston, the daughter of Haldoria's powerful prime minister, is the picture of a refined noble lady and the perfect future queen. But when her fiance publicly humiliates her, calls off their engagement, and starts spreading nasty rumors about her, Elizabeth reaches her breaking point. Why should her only friend be her loyal maid, and why should she continue to serve a country that doesn't respect her? Elizabeth concludes she won't stand it any longer and will bring down the kingdom, even if it's the last thing she does! As such, she uses her quick wit and, more importantly, her seven magic grimoires to embark on a quest for revenge. And let her tell you, there will be hell to pay!
A secret relationship between two people that began with a crazy request from a hidden handsome junior colleague.
"Ms. Yokoi, please have sex with me." This is how my relationship with him had its crazy beginning... Natsuki Yokoi is 28 years old. As a career woman in her late twenties, she is immersed in work every day and has no time to or interest in finding a boyfriend. Her superiors are unreasonable and she is overwhelmed with work, but fortunately, she is helped a lot by the work of her excellent junior colleague, Minato Sakuragi. Sakuragi has a bad reputation among the women in the company due to his dull appearance and cold attitude, but it seems that his true face is quite handsome...
This enemies-to-lovers fantasy romance follows a strong-willed, sword-wielding heroine who takes control of her own destiny.
Anna, daughter of the Margrave of Halmich, is tired of the expectations placed on women in court. She has no interest in marrying a nobleman because society expects it of her. Instead, she works hard on her swordsmanship and dreams of joining her father on the battlefield someday. Unfortunately, fate deals her a heavy blow: when the hostile forces of the Kingdom of Albion invade and take the Halmich heir prisoner, she is given to the enemy prince in exchange for her brother's life.
But even in the face of these tragic circumstances, Anna still has plans of her own:
"I'll infiltrate their ranks as a tribute, and then... I'll defeat the man who killed my father."
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"
"What did I just 'feel'...?" The daughter of a baron, Melvy Renoir, has a peculiar constitution that impedes her ability to feel anything. Derided and oppressed by her family as an unsettling "defective product," she is ordered to marry Duke Gerald Valrier, feared as "The Bride-Slaying Duke." Feeling her life in danger, she reluctantly visits the duke's mansion. Upon meeting him, Gerald declares, "If you don't lose consciousness when I touch you, I will make you my wife." The moment his fingertips touched Melvy, her body, which should not feel anything, is overcome by a sweet, numbing "pleasure"... That encounter would come to serve as the prologue to a story in which two "flawed people" learn about love...
Cecia attends the Royal Academy as a double for a noble lady. If she can graduate with top scores, she'll be free from her life of poverty working as a maid. Enduring bullying at school and harassment at work, our heroine fights on with the support of her one and only red-headed female friend. But when things start to fall apart, why does the second prince run to her defense?
Original Story: RINGO Art: NAZUNA NANAKO Character Design: TSUKAZA, SATSUKI
King Yuri is bound by tradition to marry the Saint, so fiancee Edeline accepts life as a mere "figurehead queen." Until the Saint appears as a scared five-year-old named Ai. Adopting the child, Yuri and Edeline forge an unexpected family whose love may become the kingdom's greatest power.
"I would like for us to be friends... perhaps even lovers?" "Wh-... a noblewoman shouldn't say such things...!" The noble daughter of duke Giljester, Velarde, has drawn in and formed an alliance with Noin, an assassin targeting her father. With memories of her past life driving her to wear the mask of a villainess, Velarde is set on finding a way to be free of the antiquated responsibilities thrusted onto women in this world. Noin, finding himself drawn to this unique girl, allows himself to be placed under her influence. Can the two of them attain freedom from the powers that be and find the revenge that Velarde craves for her brother and father? And what of the feelings Noin may have for her...?!
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"...?
"Give me back my body!" Lady Sophia was supposed to marry her beloved prince, Alfred, and live the rest of her life blessed with happiness. However, when the villainess of the story, Rosalie, places a terrible curse on her, their souls exchange bodies! Her once-happy life descends into absolute despair when Sophia--now Rosalie--is accused of a crime she didn't commit and is exiled from the palace. "This isn't me! I want to go back to my old body!" As she wanders away from the capital, she meets a merchant named Raul. With his help, Sophia sets off to change her fate and return to her rightful body!
The girl who feared love because of her mother's death meets the one and only romance in her life...
My mother lived for love, went crazy for love, and sacrificed herself for love...
Minerelli, the "Ice Noblewoman," was raised while being compared to her half-sister who gets doted on. Due to her unrequited love, Minerelli's mother left her as a young child and took her own life. As a result, Minerelli fears dying the way her mother did and worries that she'll go crazy for love. However, Kaktos' warmth and kindness touch her closed-off heart...
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... "
Betrayed by her fiance, Crown Prince Raymond, and her best friend Samantha, Sophia was executed along with her entire family. Yet incredibly, when she awakens, she finds herself back in the past-before the engagement ever took place!? Determined to change her family's fate, she resolves to prevent her engagement to the second prince, Raymond, elevate the first prince, Alexis, to crown prince, and exact her revenge on the two of them. Yet the road ahead is far from easy... How will the fierce battle for the crown prince's seat unfold? Can Sophia truly change her destiny--? The curtain now rises on a grand drama of revenge
Aoi, a part-time housewife stuck in a passionless marriage, one day stumbles upon her husband's, Kazuhisa, secret social media account. Suspecting an affair, she decides to uncover the truth by meeting him disguised as "Mitsuba." To her shock, not only does Kazuhisa fail to recognize her, he also begins to flirt intensely with "Mitsuba"!Distrustful yet curious, Aoi is taken aback by how unexpectedly comfortable it feels to spend time with her husband again. As the night wears on, the two end up at a love hotel together."Tonight, I'm not 'Aoi'. I'm a different person." Caught between suspicion and rekindled feelings, their tangled emotions as husband and wife begin to collide!
Keito, an office worker in her late twenties, has been feeling uncertain of her gender identity as of late. Nevertheless, she's getting ready to be married as a woman.
Aya, a housewife in her fifties, has been playing the role of a dutiful wife even though her relationship with her husband has gone cold.
As one feels saddled with the gender she was assigned at birth and the other with a role she felt obligated to perform, both begin to think...
"I wonder if there was another path I could have taken?"
This is a story about two "queer" people who feel uncomfortable in their "normal" labels and seek to rediscover their true selves.
Yuriko, 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.
She doesn't know how it feels to be in love, and her body can't bear children, but that doesn't mean she doesn't want a perfect family like the ones you see on TV! And who should appear before down-on-her-luck, marriage-crazy Sachiko, but Keiichi! He's got looks and money to spare, and most importantly, he accepts all of Sachiko's conditions! But Keiichi's got secrets of his own... Can Sachiko overcome these hurdles to obtain the happy home she's dreamed of?!
Is this love a dream come true? Or is it the beginning of a nightmare? From cheating, to gold-digging, to dangerous cults, Satoru is a man so unlucky in love that every woman he's ever fallen for has betrayed him. He decides that if he's only capable of falling in love with wicked women, he might as well go with the marriage match his parents have picked out for him. But one look at Michiru, the woman they've set him up with, and Satoru is head-over-heels. And that can only mean one thing...
"What is it, Mr. Amakusa? Don't tell me you're planning to make midnight visits to my bed?" Aki Kurumi, 29 years old, meets Shisui Amakusa at a singles' mixer, and what should he unexpectedly propose but a paper marriage...! And once she starts living with Shisui, who is a touch out of sync with her, it kicks off a string of miscommunications and minor catastrophes! Their life as newlyweds (on paper) gets off to a bumpy start, but it's somehow almost cozy... "I didn't realize I would be so happy... to be needed by someone." They each chose this paper marriage for their own convenience, but could they become a real husband and wife? What is "love"? What is "marriage"? This is a bumbling love story that depicts how men and women coexist.
Those who inhabit neither Heaven nor Earth, but a place called the Space Between.... A cute little guardian deity and the sewing Between-dweller who creates them have come to peer in on the human world?! It's a 200% soothing tale that will gently snuggle into the holes in people's hearts!
The Suzunari high school detective club which consists of three good looking high school students; Suzaku Tachibana, Kohei Hiba, Sotaro Tsubaki, and a cat call Boo-chan. Boo-chan holds the power to decide the girls who get to join the club. Since there hasn't been any girls Boo-chan approved so far, the club has been a boy-only club since the first day. Until the day Suzaku used his intuition to scout Aoi Kaido, who he thought would be a cute girl. This was approved by Boo-chan, but she turned out to be a girl who's weird and doesn't smile… This is High school tale about the detective club of 4 students and one cat solving incidents on campus.
Yosuke Sakura, a novelist who can't seem to find an audience under his own name, makes a living from the shadows as a ghostwriter. Then out of the blue, he receives a request to ghostwrite the memoirs of the vanished pop idol Haruka Masaki. Sakura gets cold feet when he hears that Masaki requested him personally, wondering what she would want with someone like him. But while he's thrown for a loop by her uninhibited personality, the distance between them gradually shrinks. However, once the interviews start, the reason Masaki gives for her disappearance paints a portrait of the entertainment business that is darkness itself...?!
Koyomi Inagawa, wedding planner. Despite working freelance, she is highly sought-after and admired for her skill even among her peers in the wedding industry. She tends to embrace every whim of the bride and groom with a sunny warmth, and it is in her nature to be fired up by an impossible challenge. While continuing to build a delicate rapport with Shinoyama - an old colleague and rival from her time working at a big-name hotel back in the day - as she goes, Koyomi spends her time rushing to and fro to make each new day "the best day of your life" for someone out there!!