Nina Kamisato is a corporate drone, always heading home on the last train. But one night, when she's about to eat her late dinner, she's suddenly transported to another world (along with her rice cooker) as part of a saintess summoning ritual. Unfortunately, her beautiful, young neighbor ends up being summoned along with her and is immediately assumed to be the true saintess. Thus, Nina is banished from the royal capital. Alone in an unknown world with nothing other than her rice cooker, what's a girl to do?! As she tries to wrap her head around what had just ensued, a puppy-like creature then appears before her... An adorable, heartwarming tale of an overworked woman turned exiled saintess, her handsome Sacred Beast companion, and their leisurely adventures traveling and cooking.
Amongst nobles and royals, Lady Agnes, daughter of an aristocrat is the "Rose Amongst Thorns," due to her unparalleled beauty. On the other hand, Bernard is the fifth son of a Lord who rules a small rural town far from the capital. At first glance, Bernard gets stared down in disgust by Lady Agnes, most likely because of his lowly status. Five years later, Lady Agnes's father faces trial due to embezzlement, resulting in her family losing everything. After receiving the status of a "fallen aristocrat," everyone leaves Agnes to fend for herself... except for Bernard, the low-ranking knight. A misunderstanding develops into a charming love story! (Source: MangaPlaza)
One day, an unfortunate incident causes an elementary school student, Yuki Takahashi, to pass away. Before he realizes, he finds himself in a space where God exists, and is told that he will start a new life in another world. Reborn into another world with his fluffy dog (a Fenrir), Yuki ends up living in the home of the leader of the knighthood. Here, he meets many warm, kind and fluffy people. His happy life in this new world begins now! (Source: MangaPlaza)
Ruriko Aoyama, a second-year in high school, was born with a large, blue birthmark on her face. She has lived her life trying not to make a big deal of it, trying to avoid overly conscientious treatment by those around her. One day, Ruriko gets her hands on a notebook belonging to her new homeroom teacher, Kanda. He had written all of her classmates' names in the book, and next to their names: distinguishing physical features. However, Ruriko notices that the space next to her own name is inexplicably blank. When she confronts her homeroom teacher, Ruriko finds that Kanda lives with prosopagnosia – a disorder which prevents him from being able to make sense of and distinguish the human face... (Source: MangaPlaza) *Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the manga category.*
After living a life of as a corporate slave in Japan, she had reincarnated as a villainess, Fiona, into an otome-game. When she saw her identity, she decided to live a happy slow-life as a noble lady. It’d be lucky that her fiance, Louis, wishes to call off their engagement. However, she soon realized why Fiona had to act like a villainess. She was sick and had a difficult time living as a normal noble lady. Since she’d like to live a happy life (alone), she started to change her food, life. and be honest with everyone. Then…something she’d never expected happened. Louis started to say that he loves her so much and never wants to break the engagement! What’s happening? It’s too different from the original game! Why is he so sweet…?!?! *Source: MangaPlaza*
Riding motorcycles used to be my favorite thing. I was particularly good at starting (and, most importantly, finishing) fights. I wanted nothing to do with love. I was tough! I mean, I had to be! I used to be in a gang, after all. And then, I was reincarnated… into a bad romance simulation game?! As the heroine?! And if I don’t fall in love, I’ll die?! Look, my new body is beautiful, delicate, and, admittedly, pretty hot… but does anyone seriously expect me, a former delinquent with zero experience dating, to do this? This game is impossibly hard! So I’ve decided to make sure the game never starts. Yeah, so long as I avoid my four love interests — the overly emotionally attached Crown Prince, my demonic step brother, the controlling prince second-in-line to the throne, and that royal guardsman with a split personality — everything should be fine… right? *Source: MangaPlaza*
*"Were you... thrown away, too?"* The Edo period. Circus sideshow worker Ichi is left in charge of the care and training of a beast captured to become the sideshow's next showpiece. Ferocious as well as ghastly, the beast terrifies all the caretakers; Ichi, already in a vulnerable position, was simply stuck with the task. At first he cared for the beast grudgingly, regarding it with a contempt born of his dark past experiences, but he begins to sense some humanity in the beast's actions and gives it a name – Bena. Bena's childlike innocence reminds Ichi of his deceased brother and, wanting to somehow return Bena home to his family, Ichi attempts to help him escape. But Bena is no human; he is a child of demons... (Source: Manga Plaza)
Inside this too-cute rabbit is a painfully stubborn man?! Tatsuto Uzaki (age 46), harshly strict with both himself and others, lives with his daughter Honoka as a family of two. Uzaki holds only contempt for the helpless and weak-willed animals known as housepets, while Honoka has always wanted a pet of her own, and one day this conflict of opinion explodes into a huge fight. Hoping to make up, Uzaki visits a pet shop, but the moment he picks up a rabbit to bring home, he gets struck by lightning...!! (Source: MangaPlaza) *Note: Includes 1 extra chapter.*
"Beatrice used her family's influence to impose herself as my fiance. It's not what I wanted." Beatrice is the daughter of an influential Duke in the Kingdom, and has just overheard some of the girls saying that her intended, Prince Ernest, said those exact words. Beatrice has been despised by others in the academy for her relationship with the popular Prince Ernest but is determined to turn that around and live the way she wants to live! "I've been so occupied with trying to please Prince Ernest, I've never taken the time to get to know those around me. What have I been doing all this time?" However, when she starts to get to make some friends, talk to some handsome gentlemen, and finally enjoy her life at the academy... her salty fiance seems to become more and more assertive...! (Source: MangaPlaza)
If I could live again, I'd like to be a cat… independent and not bound by the obsessive desire for human affection. And so, the dog's wish was granted. But before long, misfortune strikes and he stumbles into a river. When hope is all but lost, Miki rushes to his rescue. Moved by her kindness, he decides to dedicate his life to bringing her joy... only to find out that she's a dog person. Refusing to give up, he then vows to become Miki's new dependable "canine"! A collection of peculiar yet heartwarming short stories depicting the bond between "cat" and human. (Source: MangaPlaza) Includes the following stories: 1. Wagahai wa Neko de Aru ga Inu 2. #Uchi no Neko ga Imouto Fast Sugiru 3. Wagahai wa Kyouju de Aru ga... Kamo? 4. Natsu no Aru Hi 5. Wagahai wa Game Jikkyousha de Ari Neko Channel ni Arazu 6. Wagahai wa Neko de Aru ga Kimi wa Inu
On the way to school one day, Nao stumbles upon an unconscious kid by the river, only to find out that the young boy is a dragon god endowed with mystical powers! Nao agrees to help the kid, who is in search of his lost mother. And thus begins the unlikely story of how a clumsy high school boy ended up living with a cute, tiny dragon god. (Source: MangaPlaza)
The manga is about a 35-year-old office employee named Mukai-kun, who has been single for 10 years now, and still has a lingering attachment to his last ex-girlfriend, Miwako. At work, Mukai-kun starts to notice Nakatani-san, a temporary employee. Caught between an old flame he cannot let go, and a new encounter, Mukai-kun starts his "spot the difference" love game. (Source: Anime News Network)

