Fumino, who was struggling with her relationship with her husband, one day learned of the existence of the backstage club. Fumino was fascinated by the mysterious and lewd world, and found herself in it. Lies, vainness, jealousy, and the other side of her face......deceive people and affirm herself. A human drama that questions the darkness of women and the nature of married couples. **Original Webtoon:** [Cmoa](https://www.cmoa.jp/title/298092/), Manba

Story compiled in [Aitakunakatta](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=152489), officially released in English by [Renta](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/142070).

Crybaby Mermaid: Illustrated Memoir of Yumi Uotani is about the quiet difficulty of continuing when doubt never fully disappears. It follows Yumi Uotani, a professional mahjong player, through the uncertain early years of a public career, where each setback lingers, each success feels temporary, and the question of whether she truly belongs never quite goes away. Rather than a story of sudden breakthrough, the story focuses on the emotional weight of performance: the pressure of expectations, the anxiety that follows setbacks, and the quiet effort required to continue despite uncertainty. Uotani's progress unfolds through everyday moments of practice, reflection, and gradual change, presenting achievement as something built over time rather than defined by sudden success. Rendered in a restrained visual style that lingers on expression and silence, this is a portrait of a working life built in increments, and of the fragile, ongoing work of learning to stand in a role that still feels uncertain. Together, Suda and Junta create a character-driven account of how confidence develops slowly, and how a professional identity emerges through endurance, self-awareness, and time. (Source: Mahjong Pros Publishing)

FALLING FOR PRINCE FEDERICO PRINCE PERFECT… Prince Federico diTalora of San Rimini was all too aware of his dreaded nickname. But when he met his sister-in-law’s friend, Pia Renati, the widowed father became aware of other things. And that would never do. He had his duty, not to mention his reputation, to think about… FINDS HIS PRINCESS Though Pia was in the country to serve as a de facto midwife to her best friend, the prince with the Mediterranean good looks—and the unimpeachable reputation—soon had another proposition for her: be nanny to his children. But once ensconced in the palace, Pia found her princely employer incited in her a very improper longing to shake up “his royal perfectness” and stake her claim…on his heart? [English publication via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/54349/)

Mizuno Sawa, high school first-year, is a quiet and reserved girl living under the social radar. Her school is also home to the band "Blue-Burst", made up of four boys from the pop music club and hugely popular among the students. Of course, Sawa and the band members pass their time at school without ever crossing paths - except, Kouichi from the band is secretly her twin brother! Kouichi is an amateur model on top of singing in the band, and basically the school's superstar; but despite his superstar smile on the surface, his true face is a sneering demon. When he double books a modeling gig with make-up lessons at school, the idea strikes him to make Sawa take his place at the lessons. Poor Sawa has a complex about defying her brother, so in the end she puts on his boys' uniform and heads to school. From that day her plain, quiet high school life changes completely! It's a melody of love and thrills in this coming-of-age story!

Leonie is visiting her father’s office for lunch when she meets Vidal, the president of the company. Asked out to lunch by this billionaire industrialist of aristocratic Portuguese heritage, Leonie is over the moon. But later that night, he reveals his true desire: her body. Shocked, Leonie declines his marriage proposal the next day. Two years later, Leonie asks to speak with Vidal, who she swore never to see again. Her father has embezzled corporate money, and Leonie attempts to repent, but Vidal demands coldly, “I order you to marry me.”

**His kindness is just pretend. I can’t get away from this fate…** After Rosy’s great-aunt’s death, she stays with her distant relative. But she has to go to Oxford because of a misunderstanding that she’s in love with her second cousin. There, she meets a professor in a wheelchair who hires her as his assistant after knowing that she’s unemployed. His kind stare and calm voice relaxes her, and she tells him her innermost secrets. That’s when he presents her the most surprising idea: “I’ll pretend to be your boyfriend so that they know it’s a misunderstanding that you’re in love with your second cousin. Why don’t we live together to make us look more credible?”

from amazon: Bought for a million dollars… When Zarios D’Amilo meets Emma Hayes again, she is no longer the clumsy teenager who tried to kiss him, but a beautiful, confident woman. Now he wants her! Claimed for convenience… To claim his inheritance, this Italian playboy must curb his wild ways. He needs a convenient fiancée, and Emma needs a million dollars. So Zarios seizes his opportunity – he will have her! But passion soon leads to pregnancy. Suddenly, the stakes are higher… [English version via Renta!](https://www.ebookrenta.com/renta/sc/frm/item/62292/)

Welcome to the Eurastia, a legendary pirate ship whose captain holds a dark secret. Her name is Yuri, and once, she lived in the future. Unable to return until she rights a terrible wrong, she must redeem herself and fulfill her destiny. Ten year old Princess Noelle is not from another time, but another place — a land invaded by evil conquerors who killed her parents and kidnapped her younger brother. The Princess herself is taken hostage until Yuri saves her. It is then that they both learn that Noelle holds the key to Captain Yuri’s destiny. Both Yuri and Noelle want nothing more than to return home. But neither can, until Noelle finds her brother, and Yuri vanquishes the sinister forces that she herself accidentally set in motion.

SECRET PASSIONS I: A SECRET VENGEANCE A young temptress, who deceives elderly men, is desperate to avoid falling victim to the same trap she has set. When Celia senses someone's presence and turns around, she finds Luke gazing intently at her. Luke is the son of her mother's lover, Lionel. What is he doing here? Does he want to condemn her? She didn't approve of the affair, but she isn't about to let Luke meet with her mother, who is still heartbroken by Lionel's recent death. On impulse, Celia misleads Luke to believe that she is his father's mistress while desperately trying not to get swayed by Luke's seductive charms.