Salome's marriage to Ralph, a man thirty years her senior, was considered scandalous. While she lead a life of fun and leisure with Ralph, and their surprising divorce left her financially secure, it's not what she desires. When Salome looks into selling her apartment, she finds that her neighbor is Mike Angellini, a world-famous restaurateur who has always given her the cold shoulder. High society thinks Salome was a paid mistress, but she wants Mike to know the truth. Having donated all her money to charity, Salome wishes to put the past behind her, but will she find Mike's menu to be too appetizing? (Source: Renta!)

After careful consideration and meticulous planning, Kashimiya Tsukasa ends his life to save his family. However, instead of reaching the afterlife, his eyes snap open to scenes of torture, mutilation, and so much pain…all inflicted by his own hands. When his head clears, he realizes that he’s been reincarnated into the world of his favorite novel—not as a hero, but as the sadistic Duke Heinreid von Rodvelia. Haunted by the memories of the duke’s vile deeds, he vows to atone by giving himself the permanent ending he deserves. But soon, his shift in personality arouses the suspicions of Craig Bauer, Heinreid’s personal knight and the one who finally kills him in the original novel. Craig’s attention slips into obsession, and as his fate intertwines with Heinreid’s doomed destiny, the story of the novel begins to warp around them. Will Heinreid end up skewered down to the hilt of Craig’s sword? Or can even the most despicable duke find a reason to keep living beyond the final page? (Source: J-Novel Club)

The villain Melgast has been defeated. When elementary schooler Yuki learns this shocking news from his morning superhero show, he decides to take action to avenge the fallen villain! A story of small moments and big growth by Minamine. (Source: MANGA Plus)

Eight years ago, Jisu Bahn was named the most promising talent on stage. Forgotten over the years, she grows more desperate for her big break. When she is approached by Hayle Tou, a mysteriously wealthy and irresistibly handsome man, she feels her next chapter in life will be a glamorous one with this man. One fateful night, they finally kiss. The very next day, everything changes in Jisu's life. (Source: Pocket Comics)

A collection of short stories and one-shots by mangaka Nakahara Migiwa that were published in Cheese! magazine.

Sasou is a young landlord with an upcoming tenant. His new tenant Tetsu, a fellow student, is quite beautiful but has a melancholy temperament. Even so, Sasou can't deny the attraction he feels for the other and makes it his mission for Tetsu to open up to him. On the other hand, Tetsu keeps denying all Sasou's advances, but the former cannot help but feel intrigued by the latter. This is the beginning of their love story on the north side of Kichijoji Station. (Source: Manga Planet)

Leo, a god of death, has been sent to save human souls at a small hospice called Okanoue Hospital. For this mission, he’s been granted a special form: one with four legs, a tail, and a keen sense of smell. Thanks to his canine assets, Leo can seek out patients at the hospice who are plagued by a lifetime of regret. With his endearingly wet nose and friendly, furry appearance, Leo eases patients into their next life, seeing them off from the quiet hillside hospital without the burden of lingering remorse. (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)

Collects the author's various one-shots published from 2014-2019 in manga magazine Suika Toko no Tane. Introducing seven works with a unique, dreamy style: 1. The Karman Line 2. Yoru to Koe (Night and Voice) 3. Blue Moment 4. Suna no Yume (Dream of Sand) 5. Hanten no Hoshizora (Half Star Sky) 6. Intermodulation 7. Ari-kan no Hyouhon-shitsu (Specimen Room of Existence) Kotaro’s works pulse with a vibrant curiosity and subtle beauty. The figures in these stories exist in a place that is simultaneously unearthly and deeply known. Toeing up to, circumscribing, and traversing the wavering boundaries at the edge of imagination, these comics are both a visual revelry and a respectful, even somber, introspection into what it means to be human.

The Prince's mistress--by royal command! It was like a scene out of a movie! Who was this fit, handsome guy, who rescued Ella from a sticky situation and made incredible love to her all night? He was Nicolo, Prince of the Mediterranean island of Mardivino. But Ella was an ordinary girl and certain that she could only be Nicolo's princess for a day...until she found herself ordered to become his mistress--by royal command!

Seiji Tohno sometimes sees the people around him as monsters. It is a curse that had driven him to a life of despair, living out of internet cafés with nowhere to call home...but all that changes one twilit evening when he stumbles across a huge European mansion. There, Seiji meets a bewitchingly beautiful boy dressed in a kimono with a white peony motif on the shoulder, who introduces himself as Shiroshi Saijou. This mysterious young man seems to know more about Seiji than he does himself, and before he knows it, Seiji has agreed to become Shiroshi's assistant in exchange for room and board. Little does he know, however, this “proxy service,”' as Shiroshi puts it, is none other than outsourced death! Sending monster-possessed sinners to Hell, will bring Seiji face-to-face with terrifying new creatures each and every day! *Volumes:* 1. Hell Without Flowers (地獄くらやみ花もなき) 2. Island of a Living Doll (弐 生き人形の島) 3. Snake Eating Inn (参 蛇喰らう宿) 4. Demon Parade Night Express (肆 百鬼疾る夜行列車) 5. Rain Goldfish, Hide-and-Seek in the Dark (伍 雨の金魚、昏い隠れ鬼) 6. Prison Where a Black Cat Cries (陸 黒猫の鳴く獄舎) 7. The Dog Howling in the Dark Night (漆 闇夜に吠える犬) 8. The Cursed Flower of The Night, A Story of One Rainy Night (冥がりの呪花、雨の夜語り)

Five dreamy sci~fi short stories that bring to life small, everyday moments: a long wandering father returns home; an unusual guest joins a woman on her evening “alone”; a bike repair job that’s more than meets the eye; a summer laborer becomes acquainted with a mysterious girl; a contemplative rumination after cleaning the aquarium. This collection includes works produced from 2014 to 2019: Tsukiko and the Satellite, Audrey Hepburn 2049, Supermoon, David, Down the Uji River, and was published through careful collaboration with the author. –– From https://glacierbaybooks.com/product/tsukiko-and-the-satellite-and-other-stories/ [Official English Translation (Azuki)](https://www.azuki.co/series/tsukiko-and-the-satellite)

"All men are wolves! They're aiming to eat girls! If I'm going to get eaten, then I'd rather get eaten by a cool wolf!!" Yoh, who believes that all men are terrible beasts, one day meets her perfectly ideal man, a working adult who goes by "Tono". In the instant moment they meet, Yoh decides to confess her feelings...!!Due to a past trauma, Yoh is plagued by her phobia of men and she publicly announces her hatred for the other gender. She may hate them, but at the same time, she wants to experience love. Her love itself is a contradiction, yet the two strangers began to close their distance. This is a story packed with dangerous romantic comedy centering around a double-edged love! (Source: Manga Plaza)