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Akiho Hoshioka is an office worker for a fashion company whose hobby is reading lesbian love comics. That genre was the saving grace for Akiho, who grew tired of heterosexual romances after a series of unsuccessful relationships with terrible men. She lives a fulfilling day-to-day, juggling both work and her hobby. Until one day, when a client who takes a liking to her tries to set her up with his son. Akiho agrees on reflex. She holds out hope that it's more of a social event, but no, it's matchmaking through and through. To top it all off, her date Itsuki is so handsome he puts the male characters from comic books to shame! Akiho's heart races for a moment, then she remembers her failed relationships and decides to be honest with the fact that she's not interested in romance. She comes out as a fan of lesbian love comics, hoping it would win her a rejection. What she gets, however, is a confession from Itsuki that he's actually a total nerd for gay love comics. Rejecting Akiho is the farthest thing on Itsuki's mind who now feels a strong connection with her. He pops the question asking her to go out with him and eventually get married! Akiho goes with the flow and says yes to his proposal...
Scarlet Mathia, the eldest daughter of a poor Baron family, heads to the capital to earn money by playing the piano. After three years, instead of using her piano skills, she decides to marry Edward... but he was already engaged! Eventually, she is betrayed by the man she trusted... Then one day, a notorious marquess asks her to participate in taking revenge on Edward... (Source: POCKET COMICS)
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Eden... A place of perfection, where man and beast live side by side in harmony… Eden’s protector, the silver dragon, regularly visits retribution upon those who would bring harm to paradise. But when the dragon discovers a human girl on the shores of Eden, he decides to raise her as his own. He teaches her that if she is to be welcomed into God’s kingdom after death, she must not harbor hatred in her heart. But when the dragon’s life is mercilessly snuffed out by human machinations, the girl must choose whether to heed his dying wish and stay the course of righteousness…or walk a path of vengeance. (Source: Yen Press) *Note: The first novel published, it is set 700 years after the second novel.*
A collection of one-shots. 1. **Hitotsume wa Mokuyou ni Naku** (ひとつめは木曜になく) "IT HURTS! IT HURTS!" "I'M SCARED!" "NO! NO! NO!" This seems to be all that Jun and Haruka hear from the One-Eyes every Thursday since they were small. The One-Eyes cling and follow their hosts, leaking worries and fears, but Jun refuses to interfere and even though Haruka wants to help, he is always talked out of it by Jun. Why are they the only ones able to see the One-Eyes? 2. **Saraba, Yasashii Yuuzuru** (さらば、やさひいゆううづる) Maki always says that no one ever taught her anything. Her mother disappeared when she was young and then the only other adult in her life, her grandmother, passed away. When her college boyfriend dumps her, her neighbor Nao who took care of her during her childhood, gives her a special box "that gives you important things from your own memories." But all she finds in it is a single red marble. Is Nao teasing with her, or is something more magical going on? 3. **Nakigao no Kimi e** (なき顔の君へ) Ever since Sumi was a child she's been called all sorts of names because of the birthmark on her face. Feeling bitter, she wished her twin brother, Natsumi, would lose his face and experience what she feels. Now, in middle school, Sumi's wish has finally been granted. 4. **Hataraku Obake** (はたらくおばけ) Kouno died while trying to save his dad's cat, Mimi, and became a ghost. So much for his dad's educated insistence that ghosts aren't real! What's worse is that Kouno is now trying to be a professional ghost but can't appear before people and needs to learn how. Meanwhile the company "Working Ghoul" gets a job at a musical fundraiser. The job? To protect his dad from a premeditated crime against him.
A WORLD INSIDE All Hiroto has ever known is a life on a tiny coastal speck of Japan. Much of the country has been swallowed by Yokohama Station, a mysterious, ever-growing series of buildings that's been around for as long as anyone can remember. The few who live outside its many entrances have never seen Inside and know only rumors and legends of the station's interior. That all changes when Hiroto is given an 18 Ticket, a mysterious item that lets him enter the massive complex for five days. The young man has always sought a purpose, but the one he finds may not be the sort he'd hoped for... (Source: Yen Press)
Elmoire grew up in a wealthy household. On the day she turned 9 years old, her parents gave her a gift: a beautiful fairy named Nepopo. Elmoire wishes for Nepopo to be her friend, but...? (Source: MANGA Plus)
Trapped between two sides. The Resistance, or The Land of Magic? Rumors have spread of a Magical Girl with the ability to cancel death. To confirm these rumors, the Land of Magic sends two Magical Girls to investigate. What they found instead was a large dome-like barrier. Inside were a group of Magical Girls calling themselves The Resistance. They claim to fight against what they believe is the corrupted regime of the Land of Magic. As the Land of Magic loses contact with their two agents, tensions escalate as both sides are locked in a clash within F-City. Experience both sides of the story in this Magical Girl vs. Magical Girl conflict.
High school junior Wakaba Sakimoto is a normal girl, no matter how you look at her. Everyone around her is thinking about the future, but Wakaba still doesn't know what she wants to do. Then one day, she meets voice actress Touko Hosaka by accident, and Wakaba's future changes in a big way... (Source: JManga)
Ga-Ram lost her best friend in an accident back in high school. Years have passed, but she still suffers from deep depression and insomnia. She finally decides to face her greatest pain... (Source: Toomics, edited)
“Just go ahead and call off our engagement!” Gina was betrothed at age 8 at the behest of her family. However she and her fiance, Carlo, have spent every waking moment with each other fighting. Despite Gina secretly harboring feelings for him. One fateful day, Gina tells him to just call the whole thing off and tries to run away from an unpleasant situation, however she ends up tripping and falling down a staircase which causes her to go unconscious. When she finally wakes up, and after a small misunderstanding, her family believe that she has amnesia, so Gina pretends to not remember asking Carlo to break off the engagement and everything from the past month. However, when Carlo does come to see her, he tells her, not about their engagement breaking up, but that he proposed and that she accepted. Now that he’s seemingly all over her, where will their new relationship take them…?! *Source: MangaPlaza*