Exploited by her brother, betrayed by her sister, and killed by her husband. So ended the tragic story of Ariana Lopez--until, at the moment of her death, she suddenly finds herself back in the past. Now that she has a chance to do it all over again, she enlists the help of Duke Dante Heigenberg, the most feared and desired man in the entire empire, to take revenge against her family and reclaim what’s rightfully hers. But strangely, the duke seems to want Ariana more than just for her extraordinary musical talent... (Source: WEBTOON)

Gyeong-Bok Lee possesses a gift that grants him a sixth sense and supernatural foresight -- however, this ability comes at a steep price, debilitating him each time it is used. But when Gyeong-Bok tries virtual reality gaming for the first time, he makes a startling discovery: not only could he leverage his psychic ability to gain a significant advantage in the virtual world, but he was also entirely free from its afflictions. Seizing this opportunity, Gyeong-Bok sets out to become a legendary video game streamer, turning his curse into his greatest asset. (Source: WEBTOON, edited)

Baeksu’s brother has gone missing. In a manhunt to find him, Baeksu Kang encounters the night fishermen. Their prey isn’t fish, however -- it’s humans! Their favorite fishing spot? The Han River. Their last catch? Baeksu’s brother. Can Baeksu stay alive long enough to find out the secret behind his brother’s disappearance, or will the underground predators catch him first? (Source: WEBTOON)

I-Deum’s world turns upside down when her boyfriend of five years gets engaged to another woman, and even has the audacity to send her a wedding invitation! Shocked and humiliated, I-Deum vows to get her revenge by showing up to the wedding with a hot new man on her arm. As a matchmaker at a marriage agency, she already knows many eligible bachelors, and can’t help but gush over her new client’s profile. Tall, handsome, and rich, Dr. Do-Hun Yang is just the man she’s looking for. But little does I-Deum know that she’s in for a surprise… in more ways than one. (Source: WEBTOONS, edited)

Junsu is an ordinary college student who spends an extraordinary amount of time trying to beat a pay-to-win hero collector game called Arcane Seoul. All his hours of painstaking gameplay finally pays off when he lands Cheonma, one of the ultimate SS-ranked characters in the game, seconds before a truck runs him over. Now, he finds himself as Jeonsa Kim, a basic tutorial-stage character who can learn any skill. Can he use his gaming knowledge to survive the godforsaken, magic-driven, and monster-ridden alternate world of Arcane Seoul? (Source: WEBTOON)

From Ponent Mon: Seventeen authors (nine from France or French-speaking countries, eight from Japan) brought together in the same book, a succession of freely created short stories about the same universe: Japan. The French, of course, journeyed to Japan for the occasion. Each cartoonist was sent for two weeks to a different city in the archipelago (Joann Sfar in Tôkyô, Emmanuel Guibert in Kyôto, Nicolas de Crécy in Nagoya, etc.) to bring back an original creation. The Japanese tell us about their district, the city where they live or where they originally come from (Kazuichi Hanawa's story being about the northern island of Hokkaido, Jiro Taniguchi's about the town of Tottori, etc.) The result is often inspired, always surprising: Japan through new eyes. "Japan" will appear simultaneously in French, Japanese, Spanish, Italian and English. Along with "A Patch Of Dreams" by Hideji Oda, it is the first step in a series of international creations with left-to-right reading direction, created for us by some of the best European and Japanese comic book artists. List of included short stories: At the Seaside - [TAKAHAMA Kan](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=4331) The Gateway - David Prudhomme Summer Sky - [TANIGUCHI Jiro](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=714) Now I Can Die! - Aurélia Aurita Osaka 2034 - François Schuiten & Benoît Peeters Shin.Ichi. - Emmanual Guibert The New Gods - Nicolas de Crécy *Kankichi* - [MATSUMOTO Taiyou](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=361) The Tokyo of Qualtérou - Joann Sfar The Sunflower - [Little Fish](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=19995) The Song of the Crickets - [ANNO Moyoco](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=152) In Love Alley - [Frédéric Boilet](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=6069) The City of Trees - Fabrice Neaud The Festival of the Bell-Horses - [IGARASHI Daisuke](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2216) In the Deep Forest - [HANAWA Kazuichi](https://www.mangaupdates.com/authors.html?id=2080) Sapporo Fiction - Étienne Davodeau

Possessing a character in a fictional story is one thing, but possessing a character in your own story is another… especially when you’ve become a dramatic villainess in a typical K-drama series. The only way Mi-So can escape from this world is to live through all of the episodes, but she has to deal with cliché tropes such as an arranged marriage with the male lead and an unnecessary rivalry with the female lead. Will Mi-So be able to break away from this predetermined destiny and find another happy ending for all of her characters? (Source: WEBTOON, edited)

Arlenne Serkia is granted the chance to go back in time and devises a plan to ruin the man who stabbed her heart. The key to her scheme is the slave Kasadin, renowned for his unmatched swordsmanship and stunning beauty, whom she adopts as her "younger brother" to use as both her sword and shield. But Kasadin has a past much deeper and more dangerous than she realizes... and this drives his own motives for staying close to her, both personal and political. If Arlenne isn't careful, the user might end up being used! (Source: Tappytoon)

Follows some of the rougher, odder, and even taboo relationships known to the yaoi genre. 1) **Cause I love every bit of you..** Youkou is a heartthrob who is reputed to have quite the technique in the bedroom. His friend, Yukio, well aware of his reputation, begins to worry when Youkou starts coming home with cuts and bruises. 2) **Driving School Romance** Ishimoto discovers he and his driver's ed. instructor share the same passion for action-hero figurines. While bonding over their miniature, plastic heroes, the two get hopelessly drunk, and Ishimoto finds himself butt-naked in his instructor's bed the next morning. 3) **A Delusional Couple's Romance** In an odd tale of forbidden love, Fumi is quite taken with the handsome man his brother has become while studying abroad, perhaps even a little too taken. Conflicted by desires to both embrace and push each other away, these siblings struggle to regain a normal, brotherly bond in the face a tempting, tabooed path. 4) **Love Full of Scars** 5) **A Vortex of Love** (Source: Netcomics, edited)

A plague-like wind blows across the arid, sandy expanse of a post-apocalyptic Japan. As it sweeps over the living and nonliving alike, rust is all that remains in its wake. The cause of the catastrophic state of the world is believed to be mushroom spores. Bisco Akaboshi, known as the "Man- Eating Mushroom," is a wanted criminal archer whose arrows instantly grow mushrooms wherever they land. However, he is in reality a "Mushroom Protector," a person who spreads fungi in order to enrich the land and return it to its previous state. (Source: Comikey) *Note: Chapter count includes 1 extra.*

Delve deeper into Kirito's and Asuna's pasts in this collection of three short stories adapted to manga for the first time! From their newlywed life in SAO to Asuna's time in ALO, revisit events from throughout the series as they originally appeared in the novels! (Source: Yen Press)

Cheoldu, a barbarian raised on Earth, lives a mundane life with his best friend Jintae. But when he sees an alien creature from his planet on the news, everything changes. Thrown into an apocalyptic challenge, Cheoldu and Jintae must adjust their lives in Nova, a savage world filled with goblins and ogres. Will the two conquer Nova’s perils and uncover the secrets that could change Earth’s fate? An epic tale of friendship, survival, and untamed adventure awaits. (Source: WEBTOON)