With his parents constantly fighting and his future uncertain, Suguru spends his high school days in discontent. He envies the carefree lifestyle of his friend Tomohiro, who lives alone and untethered, but even Tomohiro has his dark secrets. One summer night, the hidden passions and desperate desires of three teenagers threaten to change their worlds… permanently. (Source: DMG)

This is a series of 4 one-shots by Asou Mikoto that all have a common theme of words and language. Kotonoha ~Usuyou no Tsukebumi~ : Maeda Kotoha joined the calligraphy club at her highschool b/c she was impressed by the club president Fujisaki's demonstration. Unable to gather up her courage to confess her feelings, he graduates. Feeling regret, Kotoha decides to write him a letter using a brush and traditional paper... Kotonoha ~Ningyohime no Kowairo~ : Manabe, a cool ice queen type of girl, in Fukazawa Tatsuhiro's class joins the swim team even though she can't swim. Intrigued, Fukazawa decides to teach her, but wonders why she wants to learn so badly... Kotonoha ~Tenjousajiki no Naishobanashi~ : Mihara Ritsu is a playwright for her school's drama club. Nakajima is an underclassmen who joins the club because he was moved by the lead actress Seto Miyabi's words in the final scene of last year's production. This year, Ritsu must write a play that stars both of them, but as usual, writing does not happen easily... Kotonoha ~Shijin no Koi~ : It all started when Sako accidentally picked up Kumazawa's book of poetry and secretly read what she wrote. A lot of it was humorous, but some poems were serious, particularly the ones that poignantly expressed her feelings about a certain classmate...

"You're going to be my Cinderella." It is the Taisho Period. Sakura has always been treated cruelly by her step-mother and younger sister in the home of the Shirahoshis, a fallen noble family. Rinko, her younger sister, gets engaged to an heir to a powerful conglomerate and is set to be introduced as his fiancee at her debut party. Sakura attends her party, but is ridiculed by the other guests due to Rinko's cruel scheme. Right then, Eisei Kuroyuki, an heir to Japan's most powerful conglomerate, steps in to help her. Known for his ironfisted ways, Eisei never bows to authority no matter who they are, even if it's a member of the Imperial Diet. Why would such a man fall for Sakura and dote on her? A Cinderella story with passionate romance begins!! Oh, and filled with plenty of justice served for Sakura's enemies as well! (Source: Manga Plaza)

Angenica's engagement is called off after her stepsister Veronica sleeps with her betrothed. On top of that, Veronica's engagement to the rumored "Brutish Count" is transferred to Angenica, forcing her into a suspicious marriage of unknown circumstances. After all the years of hard work Angenica had put into managing her family's estate after her mother passed away, she's now being driven out of her own home and into the arms of a man known as the Brutish Count Lloyd. Others that were engaged to the count are rumored to have gone mad and run away from him! (Source: MangaPlaza)

Official English: [INKR](https://inkr.com/title/349) From TokyopPop (based on volume 1): Jeremy Rosen's life seems to be unraveling. His fiance has left him, his friends are acting strangely and something's just not right at the office. With the arrival of a mysterious jury summons, Jeremy is thrust into a whirlwind downward spiral as he becomes caught up in a dark web of scams and double-crosses. Suddenly, in Jeremy's life nothing is what it seems, no one can be trusted, and the simplest of actions can have the most shocking results.

The word, "world"... I vaguely thought it meant anywhere there was cell phone reception. It's the year 2046. Mikako Nagamine and Noboru Terao are middle school classmates, tentatively sharing an unspoken first love—but unbeknownst to him, Mikako has been recruited into the UN Space Force, and instead of going on to high school, will join the spacecraft Lysithea to search for alien Tarsians. As she travels further and further to the outer reaches of the solar system, the time it takes for a text message to reach the Earth grows longer and longer. Back on Earth, time passes normally for Noboru, but as the years pass he still can't forget the voice on the other side of the cell phone... Steeped in nostalgia and memory, Arata Kanou brings to the page the award-winning OVA by acclaimed filmmaker Makoto Shinkai. (Source: Vertical Inc.)

Have you ever wondered what happens after peace is restored in a fantasy world? What happens beyond the final page of an Isekai light novel? Eiji, a thirty-year-old Japanese city clerk with a thoroughly average life and a fiancée, had not. He too answers a call to be transported to a fantasy world, but not as a hero. This fantasy world, having already been saved by a hero, was about to collapse for another reason entirely... thanks to that hero, who was also summoned from Japan. Eiji is tasked with restoring the fantasy world to its authentic form: how it was before it was infected with the technology, ideology, and societal concepts of modern-day Japan. (Source: J-Novel Club)

Her first love met its end— “I believed this would be the only love of my life…” Rachelia, the marquis’s daughter of the Kingdom of Gasel, is the childhood friend of Crown Prince Bradford and his most likely future bride. But everything changes when Bradford falls in love with another noblewoman, Alamoana, whom he meets by chance. Forgetting both his duties and his station, the prince becomes wholly consumed by this new love, never once noticing the quiet, heartbreaking devotion Rachelia has carried for him since childhood. As she continues to give and give, sacrificing herself for a love that may never be returned, how much longer can her heart endure? This is the story of a gentle, unwavering love pushed to its very limits.

Alicia, daughter of a prestigious noble family, was the most hated girl at the academy. After her rival stole her fiancé and a tragic accident claimed her life, she's reincarnated in another world by a goddess—only to discover she was the villainess in an otome game! Her naturally fierce and headstrong personality still overwhelms everyone around her, but mysteriously, in this new reality everyone can't help but like her...?! Even in this reverse reincarnation, our villainess refuses to compromise who she is! A heart-pounding academy romance where she conquers both love and stays true to her beliefs!! (Source: emaqi)

A collection of romantic short stories.

Takeda is a boy who loves football. He switches high school numerous times, and finally he finds a school where there is a football club. Unfortunately, as he has no official football record, he cannot play as a striker, but is positioned by the captain as a Libero, a special type of defender which runs freely around the field playing in both offence and defence.