“The girl I love died.” From the morning he saw that nightmare, everything began. High school sophomore Kijou Souchi is struggling to search for his friend who has been absent from school for days. What kind of mystery lies behind this?
She's supposed to be a villainess, but a ton of heroine events are popping up!? Watase Rin, a Japanese man, has been reincarnated as Rosalia, the villainess in an otome game full of death flags. "I'm going to live happily in this life!" she says, making full use of her knowledge of the game to try to avoid the death flags, but for some reason, one incident after another occurs. She makes a contract with a spirit, uses her modern-day knowledge to help the prime minister with his work, goes for a walk with the sacred beast... And to top it all off, she accidentally collects a heroine event...? Will Rin, who is making a lot of mistakes without even realizing it, be able to smash the death flags and live a safe and peaceful life?! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
After being disowned by her noble house for being unable to use her skill, Francheska finds out she's also going to be this generation's sacrifice to a dragon! At the eleventh hour, she regains her memories from a previous life and unlocks the secrets to her skill: a power that allows her to order gourmet food directly from Earth! Arriving on the dragon's island, she sets about gaining his trust with tasty treats. Whether she's serving up dry-aged beef or a roasted ham and cheese sandwich cooked over a salamander's flame, these delicacies are sure to delight the hungry dragon! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Side stories and gags featuring Usagi/Misaki and Nowaki/Hiroki. Also contains short (novel) stories in the Junai universe.
The young pirate head Sakaki met the autistic but beautiful samurai Murou... Why did Murou have the other half of the treasure island map left by Sakaki's grandfather? Why did Murou keep to himself? Could Sakaki open Murou's closed heart? And how should he handle his best friend who loved him, Juurou? (Source: Outou Shobou, translated)
Popular for Junjou Romantica, Shungiku's earlier works were more samurai romance/yaoi of this sort. Here we have a basic spoiled brat and his bodyguard developing feelings for one another.
The rumor goes that sometimes, late at night, a white monster appears, and if you should look upon it you'll be devoured. One night, Tetsu happens to glimpse the man behind the monster, and decides that the man would be the one to teach him the sword and allow him to take his revenge. However, the swordmaster Shino is hardly interested in taking on any students. What will Tetsu have to do to get his revenge, and what happened to Shino in the past to turn him into who he is...? **Included one-shot:** Volume 1: Holland Castilla Japanese Ka (阿蘭陀カステラジャパネスカ, Castilla)
After a scandal got him kicked out of his position at court, Takaaki's been idling the days away at his manor, impulsive and bored. Then one day his friend Naruhito stops by and tells him an insane story about the most beautiful woman alive—and drags him off in his attempt to win her heart. Tagging along, Takaaki soon realizes that the "Princess" isn't exactly who she (he!?) seems to be. Who exactly is Princess Kaguya, and what is the dark secret behind her (his!?) past?
Zhao Jingyu never thought he'd be reborn, and that his fiancee is the princess who will eventually become an usurper and a tyrannical empress. He did everything he could to try to steer her life away from going down that path of evil. But it turned out that she didn't care about politics in this life at all, she just wanted to spend all her time with him? That's fine, they'll just make some babies, and she'll be too busy taking care of the kids to plan any coups. Sounds like a plan! (Source: Bilibili, translated)
An applicant-only bonus booklet featuring a parallel setting, with newly drawn manga by Shungiku Nakamura and a newly written story by Miyako Fujisaki.

