In 1971, the year after the Osaka Expo, a girl called Nireno Suzume is born to the owners of a small-town eatery in Gifu Prefecture. At first, she is a healthy child who runs around the hills and fields every day, but in elementary school, she becomes deaf in one ear due to illness. Despite this, her loving parents and childhood friend Ritsu, born on the same day at the same hospital, give her encouragement. After graduating from high school, Suzume sets her sights on writing manga for girls with her unique creative powers and leaves for Tokyo. Source: IMDB

High school student Mikoto Kasuga is suddenly called out by her handsome classmate Sougetsu Kanade one day and receives a strange "confession." "I've chosen you as the 'player,' so could you 'conquer' me?" It turns out that he is a "conquerable character from an otome game" who has been summoned to the modern world! To return to his original world, he needs to have a "real romance" with a real girl... Can Mikoto, a beginner in otome games who has been chosen as the "protagonist," conquer Sougetsu-kun!? It's a heart-throbbing love comedy between a naturally pure boy from an otome game and a love novice girl.

Kiyosumi Sena, a brilliant otome game developer, loses everything in an instant—her beloved job, her secret office romance—after being framed by a junior colleague. Just when despair threatens to consume her, she has a fateful encounter with Kagura Ryo, a rigid and socially awkward heir. Their first meeting? Nothing short of a disaster. Then, out of the blue, Ryo makes an unexpected proposal: To revive the struggling romance simulation game Secret Fake Love Marriage, he suggests they enter a real contract marriage themselves. The deal is simple: a marriage with no love, just an expiration date. But as they re-enact romantic scenarios from the game in real life, Sena finds her heart racing in ways she never expected. Could the love that started as a sham ignite something real? What will become of their contract marriage? https://ebookjapan.yahoo.co.jp/books/876049/?type=serialStory

The black knight, Quill, is suddenly asked to marry the country's saint, Linetta Series. Hoping to escape the prospect of marriage, he accepts the ill-suited proposal, but she has lost her emotions as the price of her role as saint. His days with Linetta, whose emotions are unreadable and like a beautiful doll, unexpectedly stir his heart... When a knight who has given up faith meets a saint who has forgotten how to feel, their destinies begin to quietly waver. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Pairing: Gintoki x Hijikata Anthology of Gintama doujinshi from different artists. Stories included (list incomplete): • *Hot or Ice* by YUKUE Moegi: Okita and Hijikata observe Gintoki sitting dazedly on a bench while it's snowing... • *Wagamama na no wa Docchi da* (Who's the Selfish One?) by Kisayuki: Gintoki drags Hijikata back to his place on the pretext of police business but what are his real motives... • *Near Miss* by Nagisa: When Gintoki is able to sneak up on him, Hijikata gets to thinking once more that Gintoki is no ordinary guy...