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Addie makes a bet with casino king Malachi. “Let’s date for a week. If you fall in love with me, you will do as I say.” Even though she loses, Malachi, known as the world’s most notorious playboy, asks her to marry him. After their wedding, Addie learns that she was just being used for business and runs away. Her husband doesn’t contact her again until their fifth anniversary, only to make another bet: “Be my lover for a month, and I’ll support your orphanage.”
This anthology presents the first English translation of a selection of twelve short stories from the comics anthology popocomi (vol 1—5 + one special edition), published irregularly by Japanese bookstore and gallery Popotame. Each of the twelve different artists offer their own unique perspective on manga in these original works. 1. Winter Break 2029 by [MISSISSIPPI](https://mangabaka.org/author/wt6wmo5/mississippi) 2. The Spirit of the Beehive by [YOKOYAMA Yu](https://mangabaka.org/author/nnm7klg/yokoyama-yuu) 3. Desucha on the Road: Shank's Mare by [FUJIMURA Izumi](https://mangabaka.org/author/2nlxq5n/fujimura-izumi) 4. In a Worm-Eaten Town by [NAKADA Ikumi](https://mangabaka.org/author/x25uipu/nakada-ikumi) 5. ILLNESS by [MASCO Eri](https://mangabaka.org/author/ls9epc6/masco-eri) 6. Playing with a Weirdo by [KAYA Hiroya](https://mangabaka.org/author/yfl3he9/kaya-hiroya) 7. The Month of May and Outer Space and Light and Women by [FURUGORI Kanako](https://mangabaka.org/author/a63mo43/furugori-kanako) 8. News from the Smelting Furnace by [YOSHIDA Waka](https://mangabaka.org/author/n9te57s/yoshida-waka) 9. The Passion of the Workshop by [Nerunodaisuki](https://mangabaka.org/author/asiehi3/neruno-daisuki) 10. Neutral by [TAKAHASHI Yuki (II)](https://mangabaka.org/author/ejypdh1/takahashi-yuki-ii) 11. From the Book Shop by [DAKE Maiko](https://mangabaka.org/author/a5lugyk/dake-maiko) 12. Outdoor Lights by [SAKATA Kiyoko](https://mangabaka.org/author/myjptxj/sakata-kiyoko) For vol. 2: Anthology of thirteen Japanese and Korean artists. The subtitle is “Some world somewhere, somewhere in the world”. We all live in our own different worlds, but we can feel like we're living in the same world by liking the same artist, reading the same comic. A5, paperback, glossy cover, b/w 98 pages. Artists: Younggeun Byun, Maiko Dake, Imjina, Sayaka Ishiyama, Heny Kim, Inori Kito, Yoonhee Lee, merry-mj, MISSISSIPPI, Akiko Miyakoshi, Ikumi Nakada, Tsuchika Nishimura, OOO Note: A Japanese 2-in-1 volume also came out.
**A passionate lover from the past has returned, bringing on a whirlwind of emotions.** As a single mom, the last person Ashley wanted to see was Jake Marriott, the man she fell in love with four years ago. He shredded her heart into pieces when he told her that he had no interest in marriage. Ashley never told him about her pregnancy and decided to raise her son all on her own. But now he’s appeared in front of her once again, rekindling her feelings from all those years ago…
**If forgiving someone is love, then can I forgive you?** Megan was wrongly accused of a murder and spent three years in prison, separated from her beloved child. When she’s finally released from jail, she has nowhere to go and collapses on the street. A man named Daniel offers to help her, but when he explains that he’s a detective, she’s wary of having anything to do with him. But she decides that she should at least have him help her find the real killer, not realizing that he’s already much more involved in her case than she could know…
**This love is just for tonight… Tomorrow, we will go back to being friends.** Leah’s dream of becoming the section chief of her maternity ward was dashed when talented doctor David was transferred to the hospital. Yet, despite his aggressive attitude, it seemed as though David was hiding a deep loneliness in those striking blue-gray eyes of his. Leah vowed to be nothing more than a friend to him, and yet his mysteriousness was drawing her in…
**After ten years, my heart still wants to be with him…** Diana cannot believe her eyes when meets Max Fortune, her love interest from ten years ago, at a celebrity party. Her heart immediately goes back to the time when she was an exchange student in Australia, who met young Max and had a passionate romance with. However, their relationship did not last long, as Diana realized they belong in different worlds that do not intertwine. Even after ten years and much has changed about them, their feelings for each other remain the same… but Diana is far too scared of loving Max, again. Max, on the other hand, is still trapped under his family’s control and cannot be honest with his feelings for Diana…
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*"It has to be you and no one else."* (Source: Pixiv, translated) **Volume 1** Cover illustration: Ami Sasahara 1. **Danna-sama, Tsumetai Anata mo Suteki da Keredo, Sasuga ni Tsukarete Shimaimashita. Rikon Shite Dete Itte mo Ii Kashira?** (旦那さま、冷たいあなたも素敵だけれど、さすがに疲れてしまいました。離婚して出て行ってもいいかしら？) 2. **Rien Yotei no Oku-sama wa Yakou-sei Danna-sama no Oyakunitachitai.** (離縁予定の奥様は夜行性旦那様のお役に立ちたい.) 3. **Ai no Nai Kamen Fuufu da to Omotteita no ni, Danna-sama no Kokoro no Koe ga Amakute Tomadotteimasu.** (愛のない仮面夫婦だと思っていたのに、旦那様の心の声が甘くて戸惑っています.) 4. **Ane no Migawari de Reikoku na Waka Koushaku-sama ni Totsugu Koto ni Narimashita ga, Shoya ni mo Konai Kare nanoni 'Kono mama de wa Tsuma ni Kirawareru……' to Watashi ni Katarikakete Kimasu** (姉の身代わりで冷酷な若公爵様に嫁ぐことになりましたが、初夜にも来ない彼なのに「このままでは妻に嫌われる……」と私に語りかけてきます。) 5. **Kigen ga Kireta no de Keiyaku Kekkon wa Owari ni Shimashou** (期限が切れたので契約結婚は終わりにしましょう.) **Volume 2** Cover illustration: Tamaki 6. Okazari Fujin Desu ga Danna ga Machigaete Doku wo Nomimashita. Nandaka Yousu ga Hen desu. (お飾り夫人ですが旦那が間違えて毒を飲みました。なんだか様子が変です。) 7. **Hadegao dakara Otokozuki da Nante Hidoi Gokai desu. Aijin no Osasoi mo Kanben shite Kudasai. Mendou Kusai no de, Okazari no Tsuma ni Natte Sassato Hikikomorou to Omoimasu** (派手顔だから男好きだなんてひどい誤解です。愛人のお誘いも勘弁してください。面倒くさいので、お飾りの妻になってさっさと引きこもろうと思います。) 8. **Toshishita Danna-sama wa Saijo na Oku-sama ni Kanawanai.** (年下旦那様は才女な奥様に敵わない.) 9. **Danna-sama, Rien Shite Kudasai: Yokerare Tsuzukete Mou Genkai desu.** (旦那様、離縁してください〜避けられ続けてもう限界です〜.) 10. **Shoya ni Daite Kurenakatta Danna-sama e. Watashi wa Kyou kara Akujo ni Narimasu.** (初夜に抱いてくれなかった旦那様へ。私は今日から悪女になります.) **Volume 3** Cover illustration: Tamaki 11. **Omoibito no Omou Hito** (想い人の想う人). 12. **Watashi no Itoshii Musume ga, Jibun wa Akuyaku Reijou da to Itte Orimasu. Watashi no Juso o Koigataki ni Tsukatte Danzai Sareru-rashii no Desu ga, Onaji Shippai o Kurikaesu Tsumori wa Gozaimasen yo?** (私の愛しい娘が、自分は悪役令嬢だと言っております。私の呪詛を恋敵に使って断罪されるらしいのですが、同じ失敗を繰り返すつもりはございませんよ？) 13. **Noroi wo Uketa Dan'na-sama wa Shinjitsu no Ai o Tsutaetai.** (呪いを受けた旦那様は真実の愛を伝えたい.) 14. **Yakusoku wo Tagaeru Tsumori wa Arimasen.** (約束を違えるつもりはありません.) 15. **Otto no Shosai kara Watasarenakatta Koibumi wo Mitsuketa Hanashi.** (夫の書斎から渡されなかった恋文を見つけた話.) 16. **Danna-sama ni Suki na Kata ga Dekita to Kiita no de, Wakarebanashi wo Kiridashite Mimashita.** (旦那様に好きな方ができたと聞いたので、別れ話を切り出してみました.) **Volume 4** Cover illustration: Tamaki 17. **Rien no Tame ni Kekkon Shitan Dakara Dekiai Nanka wo Kotowari!** (離縁のために結婚したんだから溺愛なんかおことわり！) \[Saki Miura x Sakura Shizuki\] 18. **Ukkari Isekai Shoukan sareta Kekka, Sekininwotoru Katachi de Tsunde Kahogona Kishi-sama no Okazari no Tsuma ni Narimashita** (うっかり異世界召喚された結果、責任を取る形でツンで過保護な騎士様のお飾りの妻になりました) \[Nina Amezaka x tea\] 19. **Kekkon Seikatsu wo Owaraseru Koto wa, Watashi kara Danna-sama e Sashiageru Koto ga Dekiru Saisho de Saigo no Okurimono na no desu Mono** (結婚生活を終わらせることは、私から旦那さまへ差し上げることができる最初で最後の贈り物なのですもの) \[Chise Chidori x Midori Ishikawa\] 20. **Hanai Heika ga Watashi wo Dekiai suru Made no Sannenkan** (汎愛陛下が私を溺愛するまでの三年間) \[Nohito Urita x Makino Maebaru\] 21. **Koucha wo Nomitakatta Dake: Rien wo Eranda Watashi wa Loop suru** (紅茶を飲みたかっただけ ～離縁を選んだ私はループする～) \[Yako x Tsubasa Watanabe\]
29-year-old Shizuku Shiratori has feelings for her junior colleague Kirishima, but Shizuku, who belongs to a department that handles harassment cases across the entire group of companies, is concerned about compliance even when it comes to love... (Source: Natalie, translated)
In the Kingdom of Cen, there is a harem for the princes—the Kouka Palace, commonly known as "Huayuan." Four years ago, Chun-Li's only family member, her older sister Zhu Xia, was chosen by the state to become a palace maid and decided to enter the harem for her sister's sake. However, a year later, Chun-Li receives news of her sister's death. Unable to believe her sister's death, Chun-Li, now 17, receives a letter stating that she, too, has been chosen as a palace maid. Believing her sister is still alive, Chunli heads to Huayuan, but it is a world of palace maids whose clothing is color-coded according to their status, a "cage" swirling with jealousy and power struggles… Chun-Li begins to suspect that Yu Ying, the highest-ranking maid in Huayuan, knows the truth about her sister…? (Source: Ichijinsha, translated)