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The six romantic, sensual shorts in The Gentleman and the Lady reveal that love is often surprising and always unavoidable. There may be more to a friendship than meets the eye, as true love is sometimes hidden where a girl least expects it. This endearing collection by Kazumi Tohno opens with the title story, introducing the "chummy threesome": Kotoko, Katsuto, and Komon. These close-knit friends get along very well... but even the best of friends are put to the test when they're all stuck in a love triangle with each other! Read on to find out what happens in The Gentleman and the Lady, and all the rest of these moving tales! (Source: Net Comics)
Odette, the daughter of a count, is arranged to marry Alphonse, the royal guard she has long admired. But this marriage isn't born of love; it's a royal decree. On a rainy day, Alphonse, a master of both swordsmanship and magic, saved Odette from a bandit attack. Struck by his gallant presence, Odette fell deeply for him. However, she soon heard a troubling rumor that Alphonse and the princess were secretly involved as lovers. Despite her heartbreak, Odette kept her feelings hidden. Years later, a marriage proposal arrived, and her intended husband was none other than Alphonse. Knowing the marriage was a cover to hide his forbidden relationship with the princess, Odette still accepted, unable to deny her longing for him. And so began a bittersweet tale of unfulfilled love, destined to be marked by heartache and quiet yearning. (Source: MangaPlaza)
Al is a holy knight, a warrior charged with protecting the innocent from the hordes of ravenous monsters terrorizing the lands. He was, anyway… After being bitten by an undead creature, Al dies–but not for long. Al awakes as an undead, cursed to live an undying life as a mindless monster. However, unlike ordinary undead, for some mysterious reason he retains his mind and sanity. Three hundred years later, flesh rotting off to reveal a living skeleton, Al meets Astrantia. As a descendant of a witch, Astrantia offers to restore his body on one condition: he must agree to become her knight and help her put an end to the unholy curse once and for all. Alongside Astrantia, Al enters an academy for training saints—teams of holy knights and holy women who fight to rid the world of the undead. Al must hide his identity as an undead—the very thing everyone in the school seeks to eradicate—in order for Astrantia to succeed and keep her word. Keeping his secret under wraps proves to be as difficult as hiding his lack of flesh but, if there’s one thing he can’t hide, it’s the strength he’s been honing for the past three hundred years!
There's more than one Grim Reaper, but they all share the same job: to watch over people and eventually escort their souls to the afterlife. In extraordinary circumstances, a Reaper can give a soul an extra 30 minutes and 30 seconds of life to resolve something left unfinished, but it's only meant to be used under exceptional circumstances. Join one Reaper who cares too much for his souls to allow them to die without one last chance at life. (Source: Mangamo) *Note: Based on the story 'Thirty And a Half Minutes' by Snippy MJ, winner of the Grand Prix from the Silent Manga Audition.*
After dying in our world, Yae is reborn into a strange country called Izumo, which resembles ancient Japan, except for the fact that the supernatural is commonplace. When she is attacked by a terrifying monster called a shade, Yae has no choice but to release Arai, a golden tiger and former god, from his seal. In no time, the bossy tiger has her helping to find his brother, Sui, but it turns out that Sui has fallen ill and will soon become a monster himself. Arai, however, thinks Yae is just the person to heal his afflicted sibling… Does Yae really have what it takes to be doctor to a god? (Source: Yen Press)
"My body is filled with poison..." The first man that Seika falls in love with in the purest way possible is a researcher that she calls Doctor Ryo. Growing up in a small enclosed world, he was the first person to make her happy both as a person and as a woman. With him by her side, she can do anything. She can even wander the night and use her body to transmit poison to its intended victims. The problem is, no matter how strongly she feels for Ryo, she can never touch him because of the poison she carries. The bittersweet mystery you've been waiting for starts now. (Source: Renta!)
“When a maiden’s in trouble… Renai Banchou will appear! B’s Log TV “Renai Banchou” comic starts! Friends of all maidens, Renai Banchou‘s flourish is vividly comicalised by the ever award-winning Mikumo Azu-sensei.”
