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Althea Stella, the daughter of a duke was engaged to the prince… that is until one day, when he announced with no apparent reason that they were through. Since then, she’s been living under house arrest, exiled to the countryside. “Harassment”, he said? What could he possibly have been talking about?’ Even after the fact, she could only tilt her head and wonder. “But it’s fine. I don’t have any obligations anymore, so this sort of life is surprisingly fun.” It’s during these carefree days that she suddenly heard a rumor.
It was the Meiji era. One day, Hanashiro Saori, the daughter of a viscount family who was trained in both kendo and judo despite being a girl, tasted the western-style cuisine made by Chef Kusabayashi Kanji during a short course he gave. Kusabayashi was the owner of famed western-style restaurant “Jiyuuken” and had a motto of “Cheap yet delicious”. Rendered speechless from the deliciousness of what she tasted, Saori came before the doors of “Jiyuuken” with the aspiration of opening her own restaurant where “everyone is smiling from the good food.” Kanji was not one to accept disciples, but moved by her passion and zealousness, as well as her talent of being able to recreate any dish from taste, he took her in as an exception. Saori’s harsh but fulfilling days of training had begun—but, when her classmate Saionji Misa, the daughter of a court noble, saw her, she disapproved of her actions as a member of nobility…!? (Source: LINE, translated)
*“Onii-chan, do you want a bite too?”* A first-person perspective imouto anthology. You and a little sister. Cover illustration: Yuuichi Kinugasa
*Note: this manga never received a tankoubon release.*
The story revolves around An, a brain-dead girl who had been expelled from her old school and then admitted to Binh An Nghi Academy. An will meet characters from other stories, exclaiming about how peculiar everyone is when everyone perceives her as the unusual one. Each chapter is about the encounter between An and these crossover characters. Original Webcomic
A true story comic essay about escaping from a sloppy life. *Note: Includes 2 extra chapters.*