I'm sure I would have loved him even if I knew about our difference in social statuses...
Suzu, who helps sell rice balls at her mother's shop, is passive when it comes to romance and has never had a relationship despite being twenty-six. However, she's immediately attracted to Shinji when she meets him at the park. Shinji becomes a regular customer and they start dating with the intent to get married. Yet even as they grow closer, Shinji never tells Suzu about his work or family. Just as Suzu begins to feel uneasy, she finds out that Shinji is the vice president of the large company where she will be working. Then she hears from her coworkers that he has a fiancee...
The hunger for victory begins! Momotaro High School's Competitive Eating Club was once a forceto be reckoned with. The new coach, Kutaro Moriyama, has come to restore the club to its former glory!
Campy queen vs. Miss forever-alone: this defeat-your-insecurities (romantic?) comedy goes out to all you folks full of self-loathing!! Unpopular with men, unattractive, and unsure of herself...... At a mixer one night, insecure and forever-alone Fujiko found her soulmate- No, wait, it was a femme guy playing mother hen?! Fujiko has never been confident in herself as a woman, but with help from prettyboy queen Koyanagi, now she's going to give femininity another shot...!
Komachi Sakanoue, 20 years old. Ten days into a new part-time job and can't follow directions. But, come on, I'm so curious... I just have to know more about that man in the special seat by the window, where the sunlight hits... - The cafe where I work has a long-time regular, a comic book artist who writes a certain popular comic series, and right now I'm pretty obsessed with him. Even the boss getting angry doesn't discourage me from sneaking stealthy peeks as he works. Sure enough, the world flowing from his pen is brimming with love again today. I adore his work, and I adore him, too. I want those listless eyes to be fixed on me. I want to know what he's thinking, and what the world looks like through his eyes. Sir, please, tell me what I have to do to become someone special to you...
"Won't you please... create a manga with me?" The girl I fell in love with at first sight loves horror manga!? How will the love story of these opposite two unfold...?
"Before my generation was born... A pandemic had brought change to our world." In the near future, hiding your mouth behind a mask became a normal part of life. Natsuki, a girl fascinated by the world before the global pandemic; and Hata, his classmate, end up sharing a small secret... The story of their new everyday life, their "new normal" begins here!
Lone wolf Soji met cheerful and sociable Mika on the school rooftop when they were 16. At first glance, the two seem like polar opposites, but they soon discover that they are in fact birds of a feather, both coming from an unhappy family, carrying all kinds of burdens deep in their hearts. They feel drawn to each other like moths to a flame, trying to compensate what they have lacked in life through a person they can finally feel at ease with. From teens to adults, their relationship and feelings slowly grow into something else...
You may be eating alone, but you're not really alone. Today's lunch, homemade just for you, feels like a warm hug. - Geeky Haru normally shrugs off the pitying looks of strangers that don't understand her priorities in life, but one day a fluke comment leaves her down in the dumps. That same day, she meets androgynous young Ao. The two of them really hit it off and, on the spur of the moment, decide to become roommates. Except, one of the house rules is a homemade lunchbox exchange...?! Make sure to get a taste of this gentle, heartwarming story of passing messages through edible correspondence!
Note: Chapter 11 is a stand-alone story about Ai's past. Ai Morikawa lives for her work. Pulling overtime and getting home past midnight is business as usual for this Tokyo career woman. She barely has time to catch the last train every night, let alone go chasing after a potential husband. One night, an extraordinarily pretty 16-year-old boy named Nagisa shows up on Ai's doorstep, and she takes him in. Her acquaintance with Nagisa, a boy as eccentric and aloof as a cat, slowly begins to change Ai's routine... This unconventional family drama is guaranteed to soothe your heart!
Noa Kiritani, secretary to the president of a major corporation, finds every day working under her gentle and kind boss fulfilling. One day, however, the company president collapses from a sudden but mild stroke. As a result, he steps down as president and assumes the role of company chairman. In his stead, Wataru, his son, takes on the position as company president. Much to Noa's dismay, Wataru is the complete opposite of his father -- he is hardheaded, pompous... a complete monster! On top of that, Wataru pummels Noa with unreasonable request after unreasonable request... can Noa, now secretary to both the company president and the chairman, catch a break?!
Bentt, a traveling scholar, comes across a young man named Iris in an abandoned mine. Iris eats crystals, has eyes that sparkle like rainbows, and is the last surviving member of a race known as the Diamonds of the Desert. Setting out on a journey together, the two begin to slowly open up their hearts to each other. However...
The beautiful mermaid I fell in love with became human.A "male" human.Manato Koganei, a part-time worker on the brink of despair meets a beautiful mermaid shining in the moonlit night (and she's all battered up for some reason)?! She says she wants to "become human and fall in love", and is successfully reborn... but with a "third leg"?!!! A non-human existence? A sex change?? BL??? Say hello to a very odd love comedy~
Nekoya is an ordinary western-style restaurant in Japan. But it has a secret...every Saturday, special customers from another world visit this place!
Dragons, swordsman, explorers, ogres, princesses, knights...they all have their favorite dish to order. No one knows why these secret doors to this restaurant appear in certain places in "Another World" once in a week, but every one of them are looking forward to the day.
"I don't want to fall in love again!" Due to unfortunate circumstances, 31-year-old single mother Yuki has to live with her daughter's younger handsome kindergarten teacher?
Literary editor Erina suddenly finds herself stuck in another world: the world of famed romance novelist Haru Yayoi's most recent book, that is. Yayoi gives Erina an absurd order -- enter the story and spice it up! That's how Erina finds herself turned into Ellie, the lady in waiting to the duchess. And somehow, she also ends up needing to collect the ingredients to make the legendary "Blue Forbidden Fruit." The fate of the kingdom depends on it! Unbeknownst to Erina, Yayoi's younger brother Kiito follows her into the story, and the two meet there for the first time... A fantasy story about finding one's true love within the pages of an unfolding romance novel!
Love is nothing to be afraid of. All you need is to act on instinct, just as animals do. For they... can sense matters of the human heart. A collection of stories depicting relationships between people and the animals around them. An office worker who can't seem to be honest with her feelings, and a stray kitty she picks up. A hairstylist-in-training who's in love and the salon's mascots, a pair of parrots. A young woman who tends to overthink and the tropical fish at a bar, fluttering ever gracefully in their tank. As humans, we have so much on our plate, having to constantly find a balance between relationships, work and self-improvement. That is why some envy the freedom that animals possess. Delve into these short stories. Let the curious critters quell your worries, soothe your soul, and perhaps do much more. I beseech you, human! It is time to discover your own freedom!
A middle-aged man wakes up in a fantasy world and finds himself in the body of a young boy, equipped with the starting skill [Conjure Seasoning]. But despite his seeming combat disadvantage, when a wolf emerges from the trees, in his desperation he unleashes... a [Soy Sauce Beam] attack! Perhaps he'll be able to get by in this new world after all!
"You are mine," said the curse god that appeared in front of the unhappy high school girl. He says he'll grant her wish in exchange for her soul. The curtain opens on this Japanese-style dark fantasy!
Natsukawa Runa, a college student, is shocked by the disbandment of a popular idol group which she loves. One day, while caring for a drunken guy at a college drinking party, she discovers he is Subaru, her bias, who has gone MIA after the announcement. When Subaru realizes that he has been exposed, he threatens her by taking her picture, saying: "Should I expose you so you can't go against me?" What'll happen to Runa now that she finds out the true nature of her bias?!
"I want to lose my virginity! I just want to get rid of it!!!" Matsueda Haruno age 29 wants to get rid of her virginity but sadly she doesn't have a boyfriend so "losing virginity" is a difficult task...! When she was struggling with her problem she coincidentally learns that a coworker Yoshino Tsubaki has a lot of experience with women. So Haruno thought that it would be no problem for him to add her to his list of side chicks, so she asked Yoshino "Please take my virginity."!? Haruno was enthusiastic about losing her virginity with this, but Yoshino's reaction was...? A love comedy tale of an out-of-control OL and an elite with special circumstances unfold.
Is that a stalker? A weirdo? Oh, no. It's just a normal university student who's in love. He just happens to be living his life with a paper bag over his head. It does mean that he gets a lot of strange looks on campus though... In spite of his overwhelming shyness, he still manages to confess his feelings to the girl he is in love with and do his best to win her over! The girl he's crushing on, Umi, can't believe it! And things start to take an unexpected turn?! Weird yet lovable, an adorable romantic comedy that's sure to win over your heart!
"You're... a woman!?" The evil prince of my favorite romance game is actually a crossdressing girl!? A love story between the game's hero and the (female) evil prince begins!
Worrying about a lack of pocket change and unruly hair, Fuuko is an ordinary but upbeat high school girl. One day she finds out that her classmate Ruka wields a mysterious power...?! You'll laugh and fall in love with this supernatural comedy!
Foo lives together with his grandmother, but doesn't have any friends. One day, Foo gets lost in the mountains trying to find herbs for medicine. He meets Smoochy, a demon, who helps him. Smoochy doesn't have any friends either! They get along well and become each other's first-ever friends, and play together all the time. But Foo suddenly stops coming to the mountain...
Liz is an average commoner who's not only clumsy, but has the worst luck. After several failed attempts, she finally lands a job at the office for the Royal Military's Beast Knights, a special unit where trained knights partner with fierce, dangerous creatures known as "white beasts." Thing is, she doesn't even remember applying there! As soon as she begins working, she's tasked with delivering some documents to Jed Grayson, the commander, and winds up discovering his secret! To keep her under his watchful eye, the commander reassigns her to the role of caretaker for the young white beasts! Will Liz survive her new "fluff-filled" job with her handsome yet sadistic boss?
Cierra was reborn as a noble lady after falling tragically to her death right after her fiance called off their marriage in her past life. With a second chance at life, she gets engaged to Prince Elliot and it seems like she'll finally get her happy ever after... But then her marriage is called off AGAIN?! It seems Elliot wasn't after love, but the extraordinary ability that ran in her family for generations! But Cierra showed no signs of inheriting it... "If you don't have that power, you are worthless to me!" And with that, Elliot abandons her with his new fiancee in arms. Cierra falls to ground sobbing in despair and heartbreak at her second failed engagement when a blurry vision of Elliot appears through her tears... Gifted with the "Clairvoyant Gaze," an extraordinary ability to see all, Cierra is taking charge and her quest for revenge is just getting started!
One day, Grete von Lilienthal realizes that she has been reincarnated as a character of the romance simulation game she was into in her past life. However, she is not the heroine or the villainess, but a nameless side character! All seems fine and well until she realizes that if she continues with things as they are, she will get caught up in a fire at her academy and die! Now, to avoid the death flag, Grete decides to change her major to magical medicine, which hasn't had any applicants in years, so she can avoid the main building where the fire will happen. With the course of events now taking a turn away from what she knows, an incredibly handsome elite scholar is now her teacher. Furthermore, the heroine and the villainess keep trying to get together with her to talk and become friends! All she wanted was to quietly survive the events of the game, but somehow she's now the center of attention?!
- "I'll teach you what a man is, so be my woman." Becoming a yakuza's woman... And raising a child together!? Starting an exciting life of child-rearing to protect my family!
One snowy day, a daughter of Count Granzeusu, Serephione -three-years-old- finds a fluffy white tiger covered in blood. The tiger was a holy beast Loudarylphena (Lou), and when she touched him, Serephione suddenly remembers her previous life. She was an around-thirty working girl who loved reading fantasy novels. And it looks like she has reincarnated in her favorite novel as a villainess!
"I don't want to be a villainess!" To avoid all the terrible things that will happen to her, she decides to be an adventurer and travel around the world with Lou. Sounds fun, but she needs to go through many troubles....
Kokoro started working at a pastry shop owned by a famous "patissier" Haremichi. One day, she accidentally falls off from stairs...the next moment, found herself on a street that looks strange. She has traveled time--to the EDO era! She meets a man struggling to make a new type of sweets for Shogun Tsunayoshi's wife and helps him. The sweet was highly praised, and she gets a job at inner palace as a pastry chef. She didn't know there were other people who traveled time to this era... A time-travelling love story!
Sixteen years after the great hydroseism, nearly the entire world has sunken beneath the seas... but that won't stop Tatsumiya Minato from following her dream of becoming a high school student at the Enoshima Women's Ocean Academy!
Yokai, ghosts, and humans living together in harmony? Yushi Inaba was taken in by his uncle's family after losing his parents in an accident three years ago. Now sixteen and eager to make it on his own, he hopes to move into dorm upon entering high school. But by a cruel twist of fate, the dorm burns to the ground! After searching high and low, Yushi finally manages to find an apartment at the too-good-to-be-true price of 25,000 yen per month! Sure enough, there's one condition: the apartment is haunted! Surrounded by a gaggle of colorful tenants, Yushi's "normal" high school life begins! Waka Miyama delivers an elegant comic based off of the popular novel series by Hinowa Kozuki.
In a world where everyone takes wonders like magic spells and dragons for granted, Coco is a girl with a simple dream: She wants to be a witch. But everybody knows magicians are born, not made, and Coco was not born with a gift for magic. Resigned to her un-magical life, Coco is about to give up on her dream to become a witch...until the day she meets Qifrey, a mysterious, traveling magician. After secretly seeing Qifrey perform magic in a way she's never seen before, Coco soon learns what everybody "knows" might not be the truth, and discovers that her magical dream may not be as far away as it may seem...
"Fortune and Misfortune are two sides of the same coin?! Reverse any adversary and cease redemption!!" Siegbert is reborn after an unfortunate accident in his previous life. His new family is warm and welcoming... so much so it seems as though he may no longer be an unlucky person. In this world, he can finally live a quiet, peaceful life... or so he thought. It seems that he actually holds an insanely high luck stat in this new world...? "Every chance is a manifestation of good fortune. If you can cease the chances, your wishes shall be granted..." Conquering each "chance" granted by his good fortune, will he now cease redemption on the generational legacy this family has yet to fulfill?!
"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?!
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...
Manga Classics brings Emma to life with this beautiful manga adaptation of Jane Austen's classic tale of youthful folly and romantic exuberance. When her former governess finds happiness as the bride of a local widower, the brilliant and beautiful Emma Woodhouse - one of Jane Austen's immortal creations - flatters herself that she alone has secured the marriage and that she possesses a special talent for bringing lovers together. The young heiress next busies herself with finding a suitable husband for her friend and protege, Harriet Smith, setting off an entertaining sequence of comic mishaps and misunderstanding in this sparkling comedy of English- village romance. Beneath its considerable wit, the novel is also the story of a young woman's progress toward self-understanding.
When Elinor Dashwood's father dies, her family's finances are crippled. After the Dashwoods move to a cottage in Devonshire, Elinor's sister Marianne is torn between the handsome John Willoughby and the older Colonel Brandon. Meanwhile, Elinor's romantic hopes with Edward Ferrars are hindered due to his prior engagement. Both Elinor and Marianne strive for love while the circumstances in their lives constantly change. Manga Classics brings new life to Jane Austen's very first novel. Sense and Sensibility is a classic tale about love, romance and heartbreak in this brilliant manga adaption.
Beloved by millions the world over, Pride and Prejudice is delightfully transformed in this bold new Manga Classics adaptation. In a remote English village, Mr. and Mrs. Bennet, a not-so-well-to do country squire and his wife, must marry off their five vivacious daughters. At the very center of this all-consuming enterprise are the headstrong second daughter, Elizabeth and her aristocratic suitor Mister Darcy, two lovers in whom pride and prejudice must be overcome before love can bring the story to its magnificent conclusion.