On the day of the class reshuffle, Hina, now a third-year high school student, witnesses Shin, a strikingly handsome guy, being confessed to. *"Give up. There's no chance."* Hina is shocked by his blunt rejection. Being introverted and struggling to express her own feelings, Hina can't understand why Shin would choose such hurtful words. However, when Riko, a "friend" of Shin's, calls out to Hina—? A coming-of-age love story about discovering a "sweet and bittersweet romance" for the first time. **Original:** [cmoa](https://www.cmoa.jp/title/273851/) | [Renta JP](https://renta.papy.co.jp/renta/sc/frm/item/340883/)

I won't show my true self anymore. Aya, who works for a cosmetics manufacturer, pretends to be a strong, independent woman. But the real Aya is tearful and sensitive, and the only solace she has is the old diner at her parents' house, which she helps out at times. --But then a man threatens her peace! A handsome but flirtatious younger man, Yoiki Kamiyama, makes a pass at Aya every time she meets him. One day, he sees Aya crying! Aya is upset, but Yoki murmurs lovingly, "I finally got to see your face..."?

Yuka's company went bankrupt and she was in need of a job. Yuka is hired by his company, but there is a condition attached to it...? A cool, unsociable, but overly doting childhood friend love story!

Ichiko Igarashi works for a major trading company and is a top performer in the second sales section in order to fulfill her dream of becoming a professional woman. She has been in a five-year relationship with her boyfriend, who works in the same section, and she thinks she is sailing smoothly in both her personal and professional life, but then, unexpectedly, she gets her heart broken! "I can't stand to be around a perfect guy like you...I was rejected because I'm better at my job than my boyfriend?" Stunned and burnt out, I was drunk in a park when a man who happened to be sitting next to me took me into his arms. He was gentle and kind, and he healed her, and she decided to forget about her ex-boyfriend and get on with her work. The next day, Ichiko's sales performance is recognized and she is transferred to the Sales Section 1, the most profitable section in the company! Ichiko is delighted, but the section chief is rumored to be a very strict and devilish boss. She goes to greet him, but is surprised to meet a man in a park...? https://www.cmoa.jp/title/312963/

[title](https://www.cmoa.jp/title/254918/) Yori Kotooka is a 32-year-old advertising designer who organizes a team. She spends her days working only, and although she had a previous relationship with her colleague Ryohei, they broke up after six months, and she has never been deeply involved in love until now. Then one day, Suehiro, a talented junior designer on the team, asks her to teach him about love. Yori tries to meet this request by becoming a "pseudo lover" for work, but Suehiro's demands escalate. Can Yori, who is at the mercy of the younger man, be able to keep the relationship that began as a work relationship?

[Mecha Comic releases](https://mechacomic.jp/books/154040) Jewelry designer Yu Okuda was hurt after being cheated on by him. There, Yushima Seiji, a popular guy who was a classmate in high school, had a soft temptation... A sweet and bitter love story of an adult!

"My words have turned that beloved man into a cold king..." Xiaoran and Reilong grew up like siblings in a rural town. Reilong whispers his love to Xiaolan, but Xiaolan suppresses her fluttering heart because of her promise to her late mother to "protect Reilong". One day, Reilong is picked up by the royal palace. The crisis of parting accelerates their love and heralds the beginning of a painful fate. And in Xiaoran's belly, Reilong's child is conceived...

Miri Tsujimura, a food sample geek posing as a perfect employee, gets a new boss, Hajime Fujisaki. He is a cheerful and talented man, but his smile is somewhat like that of a "food sample." Miri is surprised to hear him say, "He's incompetent," a line so far removed from her image of him.

Maho Sawada (28), a business interpreter who lives more for work than love, lives a freewheeling room-sharing life with her cousin Rina, a childhood friend, and four other men and women. However, when Rina gets married, a new roommate arrives at Maho and her friends' share house. It is Koutaro Miyano, a classmate of Maho's from her college days, who stepped on her love seven years ago when she was in her third year of college! Maho and Koutaro share sweet and bitter memories of playing at love, and Nanako and Kanasuke, who live together with Maho and Koutaro, are in for some upheaval in their lives!

Kano Ichikawa, who moved from the countryside for her new job, encounters a problem when she is unable to move into the room she signed a contract for due to a mistake by the real estate agency. However, a senior employee, Satoshi Takase, learns of the problem and kindly allows Kano to live in his room for a month. The two decide not to get to know each other more than necessary so that the company will not find out. This is a thrilling, high-stakes office love story that begins with secret cohabitation.