Office worker Azusa was supposed to be an administrative worker, but for reasons unbeknownst to her, she got hand-picked to be the personal secretary to the CEO of a major company! The CEO, Shindo, is a young, handsome genius, but his demeanor is cold and unwelcoming. He's such a tyrant that a previous secretary quit only 2 hours after starting the job! However, one day, after her coworkers invite Azusa to a mixer, Shindo makes a declaration: "If you're looking for a lover, then let it be me." An office romance between the cold CEO and his worrywart secretary, who he is madly in love with.
Philia is the daughter of an Earl and wishes to spend her life enjoying her hobbies and doing the things she likes. She has no interest in socializing with other socialites of her age and in dating the opposite sex. She enjoys reading books and listening to the stories of the coming and going merchants. She relied on her parents when it came to marriage. That is when Philia receives a marriage proposal from Duke Claude Morris, who is admired by everyone. Being unable to decline, Philia marries Claude. ? On the first night of being married, they return to the Duke's estate where he suddenly pushes her away saying "don't come near me." With a stern face, Claude says "I don't plan on having a man and woman relationship with you," and Philia begins to ask the reason but...
Miho is a 28-year-old office worker who is uprooting her whole life and moving to the countryside from Tokyo in order to change who she is. The night before she leaves, she meets Osamu, falling for him instantly, and they spend the night together. A few months after she has started her new job, her company asks her to become the executive secretary to the new managing director, who turns out to be no other that Osamu himself! Miho has left her flashy and luxurious ways behind and looks completely different from when they first met in Tokyo, and she is desperate to keep her identity a secret from him. To top it off, she has put in place a strict NO DATING rule, so she is doing everything she can to squash down any feelings she might have towards him... Meanwhile, unaware of her secret efforts, Osamu continues to chase after her with his "Have we met before?" accusations!
In the "Bride Selection Ceremony", Prince Lucian has selected a woman named Evelyne. Evelyne has known Lucian since they were children, but is in despair over the fact she will have to marry the prince who has teased her for years. Now begins a marriage with a prince who will continue to tease her as the two live together in the castle!! However, Evelyne slowly becomes unsure of how the prince really feels... there are moments where he is sweet to her... what could this new feeling be?!
Princess of Goldwyn, Lutecia, has had feelings for Lord Valery, emperor of friendly nation, Reynald, since she was a young girl. Never having forgotten the promise his Lord Valery made to her 10 years ago, Lutecia, on her 17th birthday, devises a certain plan to put an end to her unrequired love. But...?
It is supposed to be the peak of Urara Namita's life. But she is losing her house, savings, and boyfriend instead! In such despair situation, her rival in the workplace, Musashi Fudou suddenly came to her with the most unexpected proposal?"Why don't you live here with me for a while...?"Well, he does look like a bully sometimes, although he is also very kind to her. "I supposed to hate him, but seeing his weak face makes me feel something different..."
Aya (29) and Shota Shinozaki (31) have been married for two years. Recently, they've hit a rough patch due to a disagreement on when to have children. Aya wants to give it more time to prepare for their child financially. Shota on the other hand, is getting impatient, telling Aya she's just overthinking the situation. Needless to say, she's shocked by his unfounded and irresponsible optimism. And as he continues to pressure her, she only grows more disheartened, and a rift forms between her and Shota...
The world, it seems like it is that of the Otome game "Welcome Princess", but there's something off!? Elliot, the eldest son of a Marquis family and one of the targets you can go after is an insanely handsome young man, both cool and wicked, master of both pen and sword. His only weakness (?) is that he is "hopelessly in love with his (the villainess?) fiancee Francine!" The story of Elliot and how he began drowning in love for his fiancee at the age of 7 starts here.
"Both my career and my love life were going so well...but it all fell apart on my 25th birthday, the day of that fateful incident." Aiko Miyata may have lost her parents at a young age, but she still grew up with plenty of love in her life from her kind older sister Sae and her doting doctor boyfriend Yuuma Yoshimura. Her happy life seems to be headed toward pure bliss, with Yuuma poised to ask her a very big question at her birthday dinner, when out of nowhere she gets stabbed by a hooded figure. From that day onward, Aiko finds herself mired in a tragedy of epic proportions...! This psychological thriller blurs the lines between love and hate as Aiko struggles to stay afloat. Hard to watch, but even harder to look away... How much can you handle?
Yae is an unremarkable girl who temps for a living. She loses her home and job in one stroke and is, at 29, at her wits' end. Then her childhood friend Takumi appears before her. A good-looking, successful architect, he lives a glamorous life. In exchange for free accommodation in his skyscraper condo in the heart of Tokyo, Yae acts as his fake wife?! This is the story of a fake marriage to a smug, handsome architect!
Chako Hananoki thought she'd found happiness in a handsome fiance, but when she realized a marriage to him would mean a total erasure of herself, she broke it off and moved back into her childhood home in the country- only to find a strange man and young woman living there? She finds a way to coexist with them, but when her stalker fiance follows her home, she declares to him (and accidentally to the whole village as well) that this new man in her life is her husband?! A dramatic fake-marriage, found-family story for the ages, by the illustrator of the Ossan's Love manga adaptation!
"My smile is specially reserved for you." Kotori Ogata, self-conscious about her plump figure, is inexplicably adored by Soma, a younger coworker known for his frosty demeanor. The reason likely traces back to a rainy day encounter: Kotori finds Soma shivering at a bus stop and, being a meddlesome caretaker, helps him warm up. Since then, Soma has been incredibly affectionate toward Kotori. He defends her from sarcastic comments from her manager, holds her hand claiming he's cold, and even sweetly tells her, "Everything you do is adorable to me." Step into this romance and experience the cute moments between warm-hearted Kotori and her frosty younger coworker, Soma!
As Maki Tomada bleeds every month, she is reminded that life doesn't turn out the way one would want it to. Seven years of marriage, yet Maki is shrugged off coldly by her husband. During a wedding ceremony, a coworker asks Maki when she plans to become pregnant, She can't confess that it's impossible because of a sexless marriage. Although sales representative Yamate lends a hand from the awkward situation, he turns around to tell her she is irritating for never standing up for herself. "Life doesn't always go as planned, right? But I don't mind knowing what that feels like." Despite hormone imbalances and a sexless marriage life, Maki learns to find the sweetness of amidst being unhappy.
Lady Elizaveta von Alvaheim has memories from her previous life. And that's because she remembers the details from the otome game she was hooked on. Her favorite character, The Crown Prince, His Highness Prince Klaus, is her betrothed. To complete his good ending route, she acts as the villain to the heroine, Alice Eimert.But because of her caring nature and nobility, Elizaveta ends up being adored by Alice...Will Elizaveta be able to bring Klaus happiness in the end?
Yukino, who works for a major real estate company in the industry, is forced to return to her hometown for a political marriage her father has forced her on her. Intending to break off her long-time crush on Rei, the company heir, Yukino ends up spending the night with him the night before she is to quit her job the following month... It was supposed to be the first and last time, but from that night on, Rei no longer hides his possessive desire for Yukino...? Yukino's heart is shaken by Rei's doting love and the impending political marriage. This is an adult roller-coaster love story you won't be able to take your eyes off of.
Mai's experienced little romance, having been stuck in unrequited love for most of her life. She's been close friends with a group of great guys since her childhood, but their friendship has never turned into more. Now a grown woman, she reunites with her old crush. Her chance, she thinks, until she realizes how much he's changed... While she's suffering from a second broken heart, her old pal Ayato, now an actor, is there to cheer her up. He's brusque, kind, and anything but smooth, simultaneously healing and hurting her with his words. His caring, straightforward nature even makes him offer to practice dating with Mai when she tells him it's time for a change! Could this what carries them from friendship into more? A comic version of the hit romance on Love 365: Find Your Story!
Matsubara is just one of many ladies in the Planning Division who are feeling rather annoyed. Her fellow coworker, Miwa Iida, is managing to drag the entire office down with every move she makes. And the men surrounding her in the office are only managing to make that worse. "This has to stop... Someone do something!" After finally reaching her limit, Matsubara heads to HR where she meets Asari Kuga, a woman a stern gaze who spits facts like a machine gun... the "Office Detective"!
"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?
"He's already crazy for me. " Someone's hot CEO boyfriend was stolen by a plump, ugly woman?! Even though Kaori Ichijo is plump and ugly, she constantly has men wrapped around her finger. At first glance, men think Kaori's unattractive; and yet, her amazing skills have them at her mercy, bewitched and sucked bone dry... Just who is this Kaori, and what in the world is her motive?!
Ayano is a newbie BL comic artist. She has been dating her boyfriend, Kazuki, for a year, and has been living with him for 3 weeks. But one day, Kazuki is finally fed up with Ayano's lifestyle, so he breaks up with her and leaves. Upset, Ayano goes out for a night of drinks. On her way back home, an old geezer tries to feel her up, but she's saved by her ex, Asahi. This and that happened, and now Asahi has moved in, and the two start living together. Is Ayano just pretending to not realize what Asahi is up to...? Or maybe they moved in together too soon?!
"I got my happy ending after marriage! Or so I thought..." Three ladies who went to the same school together admit they have dated nothing but losers. Miraculously, they have all gotten married, but marriage was not the goal. A controlling husband, an overbearing husband, and a mama's boy... with these marital problems, where will they go from here?!
A college student finds herself resurrected as Eumiella, an evil daughter of the nobility in the world of an Otome RPG that she played in her previous life. In the RPG, Eumiella isn't worth thinking about at first, but in the endgame content she returns as a hidden boss, complete with ridiculous stats that put her on par with even the game's heroes. After being essentially abandoned by her parents at their family domain, the flames of Eumiella's former gamer soul are ignited, and she takes to leveling, and leveling, and leveling, until...at the time of enrolling in the Royal Academy, she discovers that she is level 99. Though she'd originally planned to live a peaceful and discreet life, the game's heroine and her love interests suspect that Eumiella is in fact the infamous Demon Lord. These ridiculous powers invite all manner of trials and tribulations. So begins the fantasy tale of a most powerful, evil hidden boss (who wishes she could just live a life of peace and quiet).
She never imagined her first time being with someone who wasn't her husband! Left untouched and two-timed, she is seduced by nonne other than the husband of... her husband's mistress?!
Anastasia's engagement is called off by her parents and the engagement party that was supposed to take place on her birthday is suddenly turned into an engagement party for her sister Laura and her fiance Nikolai. Of course, she has to attend the party, too... Before she knows it, the school has found out about the engagement. Anastasia is humiliated and shocked, but Lewis, a junior student proposes a fake engagement between the two! Anastasia, no longer afraid of anything after experiencing a broken engagement and the pity of others, becomes desperate and plans to crash the engagement party with her fake engagement announcement.
"Ah...jeez! I want to have sex...!" Aya is a 33-year-old office worker who's dealing with sexual frustration. She wants to feel the touch and love of a man but hasn't had a boyfriend in 8 years. And societally speaking, if women show their desire, they are looked down upon. One day, Aya's flirty supervisor Dojima invites her out for drinks. Dojima is divorced and down to have a one-night stand instead of a partner. Hearing this, Aya makes up her own rules to not get carried away or have any regrets for having a one-night stand and sets out to make her one-stand a reality.
Lisary falls in love with Marquis Orion's only son, Hugo, while working as a servant in the Orion manor. Many protest the idea of a nobleman marrying a servant, but through the power of their love, Lisary and Hugo convince the marquis to allow their marriage on the condition that she go away to finishing school to learn how to be a proper aristocratic bride. Though both their hearts ache to be separated, she departs for the school... Six months later, she returns from her studies and rushes straight to Hugo's side. However, her excitement at finally seeing him again is cut short when he looks at her and blearily asks, "Who... are you...?" Thus begins a fantasy romance about this former count's daughter, raised as a commoner, and her second chance at love with the amnesiac nobleman her heart desires!
Miki Kobayashi is a housewife living with her husband, Kazuya, and their two daughters. To outsiders, their family appears happy, but recently Kazuya has turned his contempt toward Miki. He belittles her work as a housewife, and the strain is beginning to take a toll on her. One day, while shopping with her daughters, Miki unexpectedly runs into Kazuya's former boss, who reluctantly suggests that Kazuya may not be faithful. Determined to protect her family's future, Miki resolves to take action.
I'm the only one who knows his secret. What is the sweet personality he's hiding behind ugly glasses?
Tadashi transfers to the company where Kasumi works. He has thick glasses, long bangs, a hunched back, and he speaks quietly. He's a dull man who is not typical of someone in Sales. But for some reason, Kasumi is intrigued by him. One day, Tadashi saves Kasumi from her sexually harassing manager. His suddenly sharp, wolf-like gaze is so charming that he seems like a completely different person from his usual, unreliable self!
I cannot marry you. Even though I know it's wrong, I can't help being irresistibly drawn to you.
I would regret it for the rest of my life if I let you go. Fumina agrees to attend a match-making meeting on behalf of her best friend Arisa, who struggles with men. She had heard that the prospective groom was the heir to a large corporation-distant and cold. However, the man who appeared before Fumina was a very gentlemanly figure. As she spends more time with him, drawn to his kindness and affection, Fumina finds herself falling for him. But then she realizes that his affection was never meant for her-it was directed at "Arisa."
A naive female scientist is being played with by her forceful, hot CEO! "Starting today, you're my girlfriend." We first meet because of a misunderstanding... and then I end up having to play the role of his girlfriend!
Haruka Ono, a scientist with no experience in love, ended up trying to snare her company's CEO, Takashi Kanzaki, in a honey trap in an attempt to stop him from canceling her research project. She attended a party dressed unusually for her, in high heels and a low-cut dress, and somehow ended up meeting him quite easily... He escorted her sweetly, looking at her with a passionate gaze as if they were lovers, and she almost forgot her true mission! However, it seems like Takashi was under some sort of misunderstanding!
"You're not alone anymore. We're married, after all." I only went in my cousin's place, but he proposed to me! What will happen to our relationship when it starts with us as newlyweds?
Miyuki has lived alone since she lost her parents in middle school. She attends a matchmaking date in her cousin's place and meets Takato, who comes from a wealthy family. Miyuki has no interest in love or marriage and planned to turn down his offer, but after hearing Takato's condition for the marriage, she decides to marry him. Even though she had resigned herself to the fact that it would be a loveless marriage with no courtship, Miyuki finds herself strongly attracted to Takato, who is clumsy but kind and doting.
Catty women are standing in the way of Anna fulfilling her childhood dreams. Due to a mistake by God, Anna died too early and is given a second chance...to be reborn into another world. Hoping to finally live a peaceful life as a florist, Anna discovers that flowers are rare, and the people in this new world know nothing of their beauty. Determined, she resolves to use her newfound power to spread the joy of her beloved flowers. However, as she begins her journey, catty women start springing up like daisies, standing in her way. Will Anna find a way to weed them out and let her ambition bloom?
"This bar is an affection gauge?! Then this must be one of those unlockable CG shots!!" Yuka loves playing otome games, and somehow the real world has suddenly started working just like the game menus she's been used to all this time! Going forward, she's got to figure out how to navigate her life with events being triggered and handsome men chasing after her. At work she's caught up with a charming but flirty coworker, an aggressive boss with fiery looks, and a junior colleague with a mean streak... after so long thinking there would never be a chance with any of them, the scenarios just keep on coming!
Hitomi, now 33, is an averagely diligent office worker who has tiptoed her way through life avoiding anything that would make her stand out. She has also been dating her younger coworker Takuma for two years. Sure he hasn't popped the question yet and she's getting a little anxious, but otherwise, Hitomi's content with life. Then, one day, news breaks that Takuma is getting married to the young receptionist at work...! Wanting to forget her heartbreak, Hitomi wastes no time and finds a new job with a publisher in their comics division. Problem is, she has to work with explicit romance comics. Oh, and the fact that she's often at the mercy of her passionate editor-in-chief Mr. Adachi, in more ways than one! ...But before she gets used to the rhythm of things (and the butterflies), a married Takuma suddenly shows up, suggesting that they continue meeting discretely...!
Haruka Takano is a 36 year old woman leading a peaceful and happy day life. But one day she sees the news about Tokyo IR, Japan's first casino, and becomes uneasy. She fears that her husband's gambling addiction might resurface. However, it's been 10 years since he's made a full recovery, and when she sees how kind and loving he is, she thinks that her anxiety is ridiculous. One morning however, Haruka notices that her husband's eyes are very vacant and hollow, so she calls out to him. He says he's fine. Then, after withdrawing all the deposits from their account, he disappears...
"I have no intention of letting you go to anyone else." Who would have thought that deciding on divorce would lead to an unexpectedly sweet and indulgent life?
Chizuru thought she was loved by her husband, Hiromasa, but when she learned their marriage was a political arrangement, she was devastated and handed him divorce papers. However, Hiromasa responded with a possessive kiss, declaring, "I will never let you go." Although he had always been kind and caring toward Chizuru, from that day on, his affection became even more indulgently sweet. Now overwhelmed by his intense devotion and his tender whispers, Chizuru finds herself utterly confused!
"I won't allow you to leave me." The CEO will show his love to his thickheaded secretary physically if he has to!
"Marry me." Ryotaro Saeki, the CEO of a famous company, suddenly proposed to his secretary, Uiko Amane. After that, Uiko's days were filled with the CEO assertively trying to woo her. She'd already been in love with him before but now she was truly having trouble holding her feelings back! But she has a secret that won't allow her to return Ryotaro's feelings...
Odette, the daughter of a count, is arranged to marry Alphonse, the royal guard she has long admired. But this marriage isn't born of love; it's a royal decree.On a rainy day, Alphonse, a master of both swordsmanship and magic, saved Odette from a bandit attack. Struck by his gallant presence, Odette fell deeply for him. However, she soon heard a troubling rumor that Alphonse and the princess were secretly involved as lovers.Despite her heartbreak, Odette kept her feelings hidden. Years later, a marriage proposal arrived, and her intended husband was none other than Alphonse. Knowing the marriage was a cover to hide his forbidden relationship with the princess, Odette still accepted, unable to deny her longing for him.And so began a bittersweet tale of unfulfilled love, destined to be marked by heartache and quiet yearning.