One night, the beautiful woman who owns the Aqua Plant Shop appeared before me. With the leaflet about looking for a part-time worker, in hand, I entered the shop. "I shall inform you about your employment," she said. "Do you have any place to stay? Is it okay if you sleep here and stay?" It was a chance encounter, they begin to love with each other, they think of each other, they continue to think of each other, and then they had to part ways...

This is the story of the workers in the Maid Cafe Curio, based on the video game. The current shop manager, Daisuke, is a young man standing in for his newly remarried and traveling father. He must deal with all the quirky young ladies who work at the maid cafe, including his newest hire, the runaway rich girl Misato, who doesn't know the first thing about working at a maid cafe. Other workers include Daisuke's new stepsister Suzu, the aggressive floor chief Midori, the clumsy chef Sayaka, the absent-minded waitress Imako, and the academic-minded Kanako.

Mankind is near extinct due to the rebellion of a slave species that they created. This story follows one of the last humans, Yakumo, as she travels to find Center, hoping to unite the humans living there in peace with the Matrixer.

One day, when Kasumi's bath is in need of fixing, she heads to a nearby public bathhouse. She's the only customer so late at night, and the bathhouse attendant is a beautiful girl named Kiyo. Kasumi is so impressed by the bathhouse and Kiyo that she begins to come back regularly. She soon learns that the bathhouse has been losing many customers to a convenient "Super Bathhouse," and she decides to do what she can for their popularity. But does Kiyo consider Kasumi to be just another customer?

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.

In the beginning spring of high school life, "Sakono" Ikumi and "Sakono" Touma were utter strangers. The only coincidence is that they have the same family name and are in the same class, but when they noticed the whole class had already started to call them "husband and wife." This is a story of their love story in a husband and wife relationship, their youth days which lasted for around two years.

Cover Illustration: Amano Yuu, Yukiko Back Cover Illustration: Afro Illustration: Itou Izumo, Makkusu Meron, Yuzuki N' 1. **7-kumi to Omikuji** (7組とおみくじ) \[Matsuse Daichi\] 2. **Watashi no Megami-sama** (私の女神様) \[Shimotsuki Kinusa\] 3. **Hibari no Shashin Funtouki** (ヒバリの写真奮闘記) \[Mosco\] 4. **Mikaeshi no Daishou** (見返しの代償) \[Chirori\] 5. **Hanako no Kouun na Hi** (はなこの幸運な日) \[Mahiru Teku\] 6. **Happy wo Nerae** (ハッピーをねらえ) \[Yakusa\] 7. **Mofumofu Daisakusen!** (もふもふ大作戦！) \[Itou Nanami\] 8. **Kanojo no Shoubu wa Itsudatte** (彼女の勝負はいつだって) \[Takano Itsuki\] 9. **Mousou Oyakata Nikki** (妄想親方日記) \[Pureji Oshou\] 10. **Ouji-sama wo Kimi ni** (王子様を君に) \[Rari\] 11. **Dokidoki-bun Daisenpuu** (ドキドキ分大旋風) \[Homura Subaru\] 12. **Tatta Hitotsu no Anzu no Yarikata** (たった一つの杏のやり方) \[Ushiro Hayahiro\] 13. **Tezukuri Daisakusen** (手作り大作戦) \[Hanako\] 14. **Kyouin Saginomiya no Juunan** (教員・鷺宮の受難) \[Fujishiro Hyaku\] 15. **Shokugyou Houkou Onchi** \[職業方向オンチ\] (Afro)

Three classmates, including Mari, a full-time housewife, Sayo, who is in divorce mediation with her husband, and Satoe, a career woman, gather when their high school classmate Hiromi die lonely in an apartment owned her. The will left by Hiromi was accompanied by the names of three people who were not so close to each other for some reason, and included a request for the remaining apartment, Hakurensou, and the mysterious inhabitants afterwards. It is a story about three women born in 1963 who live in a "difficult reality" in an unchanging relationship and changing circumstances. **Note:** The series was serialized in a josei manga magazine, *Josei Seven*, and was made into a book with *major additions and corrections*. The compiled volume is released under adult male (seinen) audience imprint *Big Comics Special*. You can see the series as seinen or josei on various sources. Won Short Story Award at the 26th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize awards in 2022, along with [Ii Toshi o](https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=33104068496).

The theme of this year's Pretty Cure is “The Expanding World." This is an exciting and fun slice-of-life story about Sora Harewataaru, who came from Skyland to Solarseed City, and Mashiro Nijigaoka, a resident of Solarseed City. (Source: Kodansha, translated)

Kasuga is a high school student with ESP powers. His indecisive nature has him stuck in a love triangle with two girls, Hikaru and Ayukawa. Kasuga still can’t escape his meddling cousins and the problems that they cause for him. Plus he struggles to keep his powers a secret from his friends thanks to his grandparents. Worst of all, with misunderstandings developing between Kasuga and Hikaru, Kasuga fears losing not only Hikaru, but Ayukawa as well. Source: DMG