Urban legends come to life…Everyone’s heard an urban legend before, but few have ever come face-to-face with one. These phenomena are everywhere, existing in the shadows of reality. More and more of them have been appearing in the wake of the faceless kid sighted all over Japan. If you see her or one of the urban legends she brings―pray the boy in the red hood finds you before it’s too late. You won’t stand a chance on your own. But with his help, you may just live to see another day… (Source: Yen Press)

This is a remarkably well-told story about a young woman named Rin, who used to be bullied in high school; and Sayaka, her classmate who used to take half-hearted pity on her. But Sayaka turns out to be a real wolf in sheep’s skin, so when the two women meet again in university at a party, Rin swears to take revenge on Sayaka. The points of view of both Rin and Sayaka are developed equally well and their thoughts and actions make us think deeper about our own conduct towards others. *Note: Includes the one-shot "Beautiful Days".*

Living in poor neighborhoods of Osaka, Kumada watch over his wife and two young children. He is huge and riddled with scars and he works hard, smokes and drinks of sake as if it were mere water, gruff and scary, he talks little. But Kumada deeply loves his family and will protect it at the peril of his life when members of a yakuza clan set on fire to his house to facilitate a real estate transaction. Jailed for the murder of those who failed to burn his people alive, Kumada was released fifteen years later and found his family. He will have to face the distrust of his children who know nothing of their father except that he had abandoned them. But he is determined to regain control of their education, starting with his son, a urchin abused by the tough guys of the district.

A mother leave her alcoholic and gambler husband. Without money or housing, she can no longer rely on herself to raise alone her six year old son. Harsh but fair, proud and brave, she has one life goal: to make his son a man balanced and right! But between poverty, the Yakuza, the judgments of others and lack of father figure, his task will be far from easy. Ode to women, of their courage and unconditional love that they can devote to their children.

A couple who can no longer communicate, a schoolgirl who wonders about relationships, a new love at sixty, a student who wants to wear make-up... Whatever their gender, whatever their age, they have all buried their feelings deep down. But one day, Homura appears in front of them, eager to awaken the fire in their hearts and change their lives forever... Through eight stories, move from hesitation to affirmation and from questioning to acceptance. Then you too will become a soul on fire.

Satou is a manga editor who suffers from ‘Magical Girl Phobia’ triggered by dreams featuring a mysterious magical girl. However, one day, he comes across a manga featuring illustrations strikingly similar to the magical girl from his dreams. Determined to uncover the cause of his phobia, he contacts the manga's author. But this marks the beginning of a descent into a dark, profound despair

Is drinking after work really necessary? If people around me suddenly start wearing make-up… do I have to, too? It bothers me when my boyfriend makes dirty jokes… "I don't want people to dislike me." "I don't want to ruin the mood." Tsubasa, a high school girl who is willing to say “no,” gradually changes the thoughts and actions of those who have a hard time because of such feelings… A story about the power of saying NO, a power that is within all of us. (Source: Futabasha, translated)

Lilrose, known as the most wicked queen in history, was ultimately executed by her husband. But the truth was she was a tragic heroine, forced into a political marriage at just eight years old and torn between the imperial family and her own ducal house. The protagonist possesses Lilrose on her wedding day. To change her unfortunate future, she approaches her husband-to-be, Crown Prince Edmund, with a proposal. *“I don't expect love. Shall we be friends instead?”* She only wanted to avoid death, yet finds herself bewildered by the tyrant family's unexpected doting and her own rapid growth into a high-spec being. A love and healing isekai romance featuring a little girl. (Source: SORAJIMA, translated)

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Transmigrated into a forgotten bride, and doomed to be executed the tyrant emperor on their wedding night, she plans to survive by playing the wallflower—only to unexpectedly catch his eye and get married in a flash. Braced for death, she instead uncovers the emperor’s secret and finds herself in his protection. She sets out to tame the tyrant and dote on her adorable new stepdaughter… only to somehow realize she’s the one getting pampered. Thus, begins a heart-warming isekai found-family romance.

I want to see yourself as you are, without adornments---. An excellent student from a famous family who is attending high school, a perfect human with an attractive face and figure, Kakeru Shiratori, is being pursued. He will learn what it means to live, as people do, in his youth. A swan legend that dances among the heavens!

Analyst...a "team mastermind" who analyzes the opposing team and instructs the coach on strategy from off the bench. Soichi Azuki is an analyst for the Nimura Kasei Gunmen's, a professional volleyball team. He is promised the position of All-Japan men's volleyball coach on one condition. That was to make the boys' volleyball club of a private junior high school, which had always been eliminated in the first round of regional qualifying, win the national championship! (Source: Houbunsha, translated)