Publisher Hayakawa is celebrating its 70th anniversary with two manga anthology reprints. One collection is dedicated to mystery works while the other compiles sci-fi stories printed over the publisher's long career.

After dying alone, office worker Aki awakens to find her soul inside the body of a noblewoman named Isabelle, a girl from a powerful ducal family. Isabelle was known for being arrogant and hated by all— Her family ignored her, and even the one she loved coldly rejected her. She died unloved, with a shattered heart. But Aki, who also suffered from loneliness in her previous life, made a firm decision: "If no one else will love her… then I will." However, she soon starts noticing strange things about the people around her… Was everything she thought she knew about "Isabelle" really true? Or are there hidden truths that were never told?

An anthology of SCP stories told in manga format.

Akai Kiba is an anthology doujinshi, published between 2002 and 2014. It featured many one-shots from Tsutomu Nihei and other famous mangaka (such as the author of Bokurano, No Longer Human, Blade of the Immortal and Dorohedoro). The anthology spanned 9 total volumes and was sold at the Comiket.

Toono has been having her class rep supervise her swimming practice. The two have never been together much before and have nothing in common. What could Toono's real reason for asking her class rep this favor be?

Yulia reincarnates into a minor subcharacter of an otome game before the start of the main story and the one she is employed under as a maid is the princess who will make an appearance as the game's villain?! "As if I would allow such an adorable princess to become a villainess!" With that resolution in her mind, Yulia will use the knowledge from her previous life as an office lady as well as the livelihood magic only she can use to guide the princess along in place of finding love for herself! Rumors of Yulia's capability as a maid spread as she heads the development of sweets, the manufacturing of local specialties, and even gets involved in the trouble between two countries?! This is a fantasy story of a competent maid who has fortuitously found her life's calling.

Contains four short stories.

The story follows four ex-convicts who met in prison. Upon release, they have since moved to the capital city of Badon to open a high-class tobacco shop. (Source: Anime News Network)

In order to avoid the pressure to marry from his relatives and other ladies looking to take over the household, Duke Evald proposes a fake engagement with Lydia, the count's third daughter, in exchange for her debts. But, what the duke doesn't know is that she has a dark side: she is a "popular rose (BL) novelist" who observes Evald and fantasizes about BL stories. Her behavior is very different from that of other noble ladies, and gradually Evald becomes interested in Lydia...

"I never intend to let you go for the rest of my life." In a world where humans and ayakashi coexist, Sumire, whose parents were once killed by a fallen ayakashi, was passed around among her relatives, but her only dream was to become a shrine maiden. However, for some reason, her spiritual powers have diminished, and now she is treated as a failure and bullied by those around her, putting her dream in jeopardy. One day, Sumire takes care of a weakened ayakashi and makes a blood pact to share her spiritual powers with him to help him recover. He turns out to be a Karasu Tengu, a man of the highest rank and beauty! A classic Japanese Cinderella story begins, where sharing life and trust forge bonds! (Source: Kadokawa, translated)

"Yumoto Hakone, En Yufuin, Atsushi Kinugawa, Io Naruko, Ryuu Zaou... Their ordinary lives, which weren't depicted in the anime, have become a novel! Is the Defense Club disbanding already?! The anime's scriptwriter Natsuko Takahashi writes this novel with the themes of 'love' and 'the many forms of love'." (Source: Pony Canyon, translated)

Aiko is not good at housework, but she is very romantic and aspire to marry one day. Tomoko loves housework, but she is not sure whether she wants to get married or not. These womans in their 30s does not share the same point of view about marriage and love, but they both share a house. (Source: Shinchosha, translated)