A great escape from an island town! Two girls living different lives find their paths cross on an island—Seo-Ra, a transfer student from Seoul, and Ba-Da, an islander who's never left the island. One thing they have in common is the desire to get away, which leads them to join forces in an escape plan from the island. (Source: Manta, edited)

There's nothing more frustrating than a novel with endless tragedy and zero triumph. Such is the tale of Ophelia, a powerless princess who is used by those around her only to be cast aside and poisoned to death. So when an ordinary bookworm wakes up in the princess's body, she knows that she must rise to the throne in order to survive. Being the illegitimate daughter of the king is a setback, but luckily, she also happens to be the daughter of the palace temple's abbess. Once she pretends that she had a vision of her future self as the queen, the king starts relying on her "oracles" to guide his decisions. But even with her father's support, Ophelia knows that eliminating her political rivals won't be an easy task. Will the new heroine be able to scam her way to queendom, and more importantly, a happier ending? (Source: Tappytoon)

Princess Rien Digrit, plagued by a curse where her husbands die on their wedding night, faces betrayal on her sixth marriage. After being murdered, she reawakens on the day of her fifth husband's funeral. Now solely driven by revenge, Rien seeks the ruthless Grand Duke Clocean Ellagadar and agrees to enter a marriage pact with him. But as Clocean erases and alters their contract's terms, insisting she forget its existence, Rien questions his understanding of their arrangement. Is this truly just a contract marriage, or is something deeper unfolding? (Source: Tappytoon)

When the town of Night relocates all of the townspeople to build a temple for its goddess Obscurity, 12-year-old Mane and 9-year-old Nox start a new life in the neighboring town of Morning. Trouble awaits them when Nox vanishes as if by magic, and Mane turns to Morning’s goddess Lumiere for help. Told that he must vanquish Obscurity to save his kidnapped sibling, Mane is given the body of a grown man and sent on a perilous journey. Will Mane be able to save his sibling in a world where nothing is as it seems? (Source: WEBTOONS)

*Mod Note: Based on a Korean web novel, this was first published in English on POCKET COMICS (2024-01-02), but its first AniList-eligible publication was in Japanese by Comico (2024-01-13), and its Korean release was not until 2024-02-09 on Naver. Thus by AniList priority rules this is categorized as a Japanese manga.* Mirabel is a famed mercenary whose mother, Cornelia, had long suffered from the guilt of leaving her family, the Grand Dukedom of Criton behind. After Cornelia's failed attempts to contact her family left her distressed and led to her death, Mirable sought revenge, tracking down her grandfather, the Grand Duke Criton, and the assumed cause of all her mother's misery. After finding out that he too was betrayed, Mirabel meets an untimely death at the hands of the true culprit, only to wake up back when she was nine years old, with her mother still alive. Determined to stop her mother's death, and seek revenge against the true villain, Mirabel sets out to make things right. But her choice to meet her grandfather makes her cross traces of her past, while she experiences a life she never knew before. (Source: POCKET COMICS)

A ghost cannot move to their afterlife if they're holding a grudge in this world. While trying to find out why she's still stuck at her high school, ghost girl Yoon longs to have a living friend. One day, a handsome boy named Sean visits her in the utility room, and he willingly becomes her friend. They soon become best of friends, but Yoon finds out that Sean is suspiciously involved in her death. Source: Spottoon

Welcome to Hoseon: The land of myths and spirits, where monsters take human form and exorcists come with assault rifles! For wandering spirit hunter Gal Park, sniffing out and dispatching disgruntled monsters and spirits is all part of the job – no matter if they prey on the wicked or the innocent alike. But everything becomes a little more complicated when he crosses paths with his former comrades at the Bureau of Exorcists. Not to mention, there’s something afoot in the Dragon King’s Underwater Palace, and a mysterious red-haired girl who can see right through spirits in disguise… (Source: WEBTOON)

Roelle Chloe has never been able to feel emotions. Even during her past life, living as an outcast in the back alleys of the capital, the empire's most hated mage didn't shed a single tear. And dying at the hands of her father didn't improve her inability to feel empathy. But after being given a second chance at life after death, Roelle realizes that she might be able to use her magical gifts to change her bitter fate. From friendship to romance, and even family... Can Roelle use her blood magic for good while learning to love and be loved? (Source: Tappytoon)

Junbeom runs into Jina, an exorcist who captures mystical monsters called “Shingis.” She gives Jumbeom a bell to protect him, which unexpectedly turns Junbeom into a shingi! Desperate to return to his regular human self, the two look for the man that sold Jina the bell, but he has disappeared. They follow a lead and locate the billionaire who owned the bell before a burglar stole it from him. However, Junbeom and Jina must first catch the burglar before he’s willing to help. Will they ever succeed in returning Junbeom to his former self? (Source: WEBTOONS)

Guilds are there to protect hunters, right? Right...? Nope. All they seem to protect is their own interests. As they monopolize hunting grounds, the monsters, and even the XP points, Jinhyeok, our MC and a hunter without guild affiliation, is left bouncing from one part-time job to another just to scrape by. What he needs is an opening. A shot. A crack in the system. Then the universe provides one. In his attic. What?! (Source: WEBTOONS)

Princess Ariana de Secramise knows that becoming the first-ever empress of the Arbezela Empire will be no small task. That’s why she collects five beautiful “jewels” -- talented, handsome men from all across the lands -- to help her reach her goal. Can Ariana maneuver her way through court politics to become the empress, and can these jewels help her shine? (Source: WEBTOONS)

Unseon Kang’s master has been killed before his very eyes – and now he is the only one alive who knows the secrets that his master wrote about. Anyone he meets could be an enemy who will stop at nothing to gain those secrets. Now he must try to navigate a world in which he can trust nobody while trying to obtain martial arts skills that will help him grow stronger. Will he be able to keep his secrets out of enemy hands and avenge his master’s death? (Source: WEBTOON)