Youth is not just about love, but... only this love must not be noticed. "Youth = getting a girlfriend? Youth or anything is not at all just about that." A high school student with a trauma in love, Junya Koga, believed that youth was definitely more about having fun with friends than about love. For him, watching the beautiful starry sky and chatting in a family restaurant till morning with his five best friends was the height of youth. And yet, why do people fall in love with their friends? Especially considering that love might ruin the friendship they have made? Upon discovering the hidden thoughts of one of the group members, Yoru Narushima, a complicit relationship between Junya and her is born, leading them to unintentionally touch each other's wounds. This a youth love drama depicting straightforward and twisted feelings where friendship and love intersect. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

An innocent woman is injured during a sabotage operation at a research institute. On the brink of death, she is somehow healed when cells of unknown origin that were being studied there hijack her body. The life-form christened "Algernon," slowly acclimates to human life. And what it wishes for is to live a peaceful life, like that of any other human being.

That day, I was going to confess my feelings. I was going to confess my feelings to Tokiwa Nagisa, a kouhai who had confessed her love to me many times. Alone on the rooftop, I was supposed to tell her how I feel and finally become lovers—but I got caught up in a “Confession Quartet,” a game about love and romance. If you fall in love during the game, you are promised “Eternal Love” by the power of magic, but if your love is not fulfilled, it will be as if it never existed in the first place. In other words, you go back to the relationship you had before you fell in love. “I want to cherish the process of love with the person I love, without the guarantee of eternal love.” “If I can’t have eternal love, I’d rather forget this feeling altogether.” In the face of such an ultimate choice, I start to defy this game—

Souta Minori, an ordinary high school boy, rides the train with a beautiful girl from another school, Nagi Shinonome, nicknamed the "Ice Princess” for her cold and off-putting attitude One day, Souta notices her being molested on the train, and he summons up his courage to intervene and rescue her. The next day, she comes up to him again and asks him....... "Can you stay by my side… while we're on the train." After she told him that she has no other friends to rely on, Sota accepts the request, and he becomes her first “friend.” "I figured that Minori-kun would be my best choice." Now the "Ice Princess" has one person in the world who she acts sweetly, while being cold to everyone else. Can Sota continue to be her “friend”? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

Aldnoah, the Demon King, takes his own life in front of the heroes and is reborn in the world a thousand years later. In order to see if humans have become strong enough to stand up to the Demon King, Aldnoah, who has grown into a young man, decides to attend the Academy for Heroes.... This is a story of a former Demon Lord's rise to become the strongest!

This is a series of manga anthologies based on popular “villainess” novels. The protagonists are all young noblewomen who were rejected by their fiancés for various reasons, but who did not let themselves be discouraged and found their own happiness. Each volume contains several short stories adapted by different artists and themed. **Digital Manga:** [CMOA](https://www.cmoa.jp/title/268010/)

*"I want you to take control of my heart and body—all of me…"* This anthology delves into the world of love and submission between Doms, with the instinct to dominate, and Subs, with the desire to be controlled. Featuring all-new stories from an impressive lineup of popular mangaka, including Nonono Yamada, Aya Sakyo, and Scarlet Beriko! (Source: Shinshokan, translated)

Selene, is reincarnated into the world of a otome game. She realizes that her stepdaughter, Ati, the daughter of the marquis family she married into, is destined to become the “villainess.” But young Ati is... just like an “angel.” How could you not love such a cute child? I will protect this stepdaughter, who was abused by her stepmother and raised without love, with all my might! “I will never let this child become a villainess!” https://www.cmoa.jp/title/343859/

An elf and a human. A love story between a long-lived and a short-lived.

A lonely demon picks up a dying girl... A warm tale of a master and his servant that begins in the demon world. In the countryside of 19th century France, Nini, a girl abandoned by her parents and on the verge of death, meets the beautiful demon named Dantalion. She makes a contract with Dantalion and chooses to live as his familiar in the demon world, but what awaits her is not a harsh life but the generous protection of a thoughtful master who loves sweets. The warm and cozy life with Dantalion, a veterinarian specializing in magical beasts, eventually melts the frozen parts of Nini's heart. *Note: Chapter count includes two extra chapters.*