-Anthology Banished from their homeland, standing on the brink of death— Love doesn’t always end in happiness. A collection of five completely original stories! Cover Illustration: Hachi Komada [Included Works] “The Captive Saint Smiles at the Knight Beneath the Moonlight” by Sake Kumanomi A lonely saint, torn from her homeland. Her reunion with a childhood friend becomes her only support… “The Beautiful Final Vow” by Rirako Kabashima A saint destined to die as a sacrificial offering. What was the “special feeling” she nurtured at the very end—? “The Artificial Saint and the Lonely God of Death” by Ino Shinmaru A girl born as a clone of the saint. Her time spent with the god of death is warm, yet fleeting as bubbles… “The Light of the Saint Dissolving into Darkness” by Aratani Hikaru A simple village girl endowed with the overwhelming power of a saint. She wields her strength to protect the smile of the one she loves, but… “An Eternal Prayer for You” by Yugiri Aijika A saint forbidden from “An Eternal Prayer for You” by Yugiri Aijika A saint forbidden from love, and the elf who was once her teacher. Bound by different flows of time, what fate awaits the two of them—? 1. The imprisoned Saintess smiles at the knight of the moonlit night by Kumanomi Sake
*Usually quiet and cool, His mind is full of naughty thoughts! A BL anthology overflowing with pent-up desires!* **[Cover illustration]** KIRISHIKI Tokiko *[Manga]* - **Nagasare Ojisan no Hajimete Itadakimasu Kuruna Toshishita Kareshi no Taga ga Hazurete…!?** - INUI Nao - **Senpai Ore no Koto Kirai ni Naranaide** - Hinohara - **Buaiso Shinjin ni Kisu Saremashita!?** - Yoise - **Tenshi no Yona Ano ko ni ○○ Shitai** - Rosca - **Mukuchina Osananajimi no Idaki-kata ga Ijo desu!?** - Wariko *[Short Stories]* - **Column** - OTOMI Chisa - **Sono Muttsuri wa Kiken desu** - SANGOU Mitsuru - **Inkyana Boku no Kekkon Seikatsu Level 1** - TAKAHASHI Tsutsuji - **Ai wa Subete no Toga o Ou** - NIJOU Memo - **Ore no Osananajimi wa Kuso Kawaii** - YOSHII Haruaki **Original Manga:** [Renta!](https://renta.papy.co.jp/renta/sc/frm/item/333363/), [Cmoa](https://www.cmoa.jp/title/269859/)
-An antique fantasy about an eccentric teacher and a tea bowl that is inhabited by a *tsukumogami* spirit. One spring day in Ashiya, Hyogo Prefecture, a man unearths a beautiful tea bowl in his garden. The bowl is home to a *tsukumogami* spirit, whom the man names Shiro-san. They begin living together. Though Shiro-san has no memory of when or how he came to exist, he eventually learns that the bowl is actually a Shiro Tenmoku masterpiece and a national treasure that was once cherished by the Sengoku-period warlord Oda Nobunaga... (Source: Natalie, translated) *Note: Based on the 2022 novel of the same name by Madoka Takadono.*
A manga based on *SOUL BANKER*, a game event series that is part of the *Quiz RPG: The World of Mystic Wiz* mobile game by COLOPL.
Friday night in Akabane, where many office workers stop by on their way home from work. A middle-aged office worker who loves horse racing is standing alone at a standing bar, making his predictions for the weekend’s races, when a young woman with a strangely practiced air of confidence comes up to him and starts chatting away… (Source: Natalie, translated)