This is a series of manga anthologies based on popular “villainess” novels. The protagonists are all young noblewomen who were rejected by their fiancés for various reasons, but who did not let themselves be discouraged and found their own happiness. Each volume contains several short stories adapted by different artists and themed. **Digital Manga:** [CMOA](https://www.cmoa.jp/title/268010/)

Kotaro Tani, a crazy job-hunting student, reveres the "Shima Kosaku" series as a holy book and has read it over 1,000 times since he was a child. One day, I suddenly realized that I had been reincarnated into a world where the island cultivation I had always dreamed of actually existed! Tani is filled with anticipation, but what awaits him as his boss is Terutsune Konno, the most evil "child villain of the series"! Will he be able to survive the turbulent 1980s filled with power harassment and meet Kosaku Shima? (from mangadex)

The three articles of honor: 1. Never steal from anyone who cannot afford the loss. 2. Do not kill or injure anyone in the course of action. 3. Do not touch or dishonor any woman. Kumokiri and his gang are "rule-abiding" thieves who follow this code. Those who are his targets can do nothing to stop him. What secret skills set him apart from other thieves? (Source: SP Comics, translated)

[Original Web Manga](https://comic-days.com/episode/2550912964668886218)

From Breakthrough Bandwagon Books: "Kildren", who live eternally in adolescence unless they are killed in combat or commit suicide, innocently crave for being released from the curse of the gravity, and continue to ascend to the end of the clear blue sky. I can fall anytime. I can die anytime. With the resistance, we cannot fly.

Duchess Yuria had a memory of her previous life as a researcher at an agricultural college. She was living in the poor estate she was going to inherit by breeding crops, but the king asks her to become the fiancée of the second prince, Riglas, who has a bad reputation. Yuria's family, the Dukes of Cornelia, is a prominent family, and they are an attractive backer for the two princes who are competing for the crown. However, Yuria who was small and overweight, was called a pig by Riglas at the arranged marriage meeting and fortunately, the engagement talks were dropped. Briefly relieved, this time, Lauren, the first prince proposed to her, and because of their mutual interests, Yuria became Lauren's fiancée. ...... But, she didn't know. In fact, this world was the setting of a certain Otome game in her previous life, and she herself was supposed to be a villainess and Riglas' fiancée. A romantic fantasy that begins with a fatally broken scenario due to the actions of a reincarnated Rikejo who knows nothing about it! (Source: Saga Forest, translated) *Note: Silver Prize winner of the 1st Hifumi Shobo WEB Novel Award.*

"If the people don't have bread, let them pump iron!" The queen's proclamation echoed across the Place de la Révolution. Chased from her palace and sent to the executioner's block, Marie Antoinette exploded in anger at the people who were basking in the euphoria of the Revolution. The people she loved were no more. The muscular queen (of France) Marie destroyed the executioner's block and confronted the revolutionary horde, wielding the guillotine she had taken from them! "I am France. The one and only France." This is a story of rebirth. Muscles only become stronger after it has been injured. The story of the strongest queen who reversed the French Revolution with her own strength! (Source: GA Bunko, translated)

Makina, a blacksmith who worked in the renowned guild “Silver Wings,” is expelled from his guild. The reason? Guild members who don’t value their weapons believed it was more cost-effective to buy them rather than employ his services. Lost and uncertain about his future, Makina receives an invitation from his childhood friend and adventurer, Aria. He joins Aria’s guild, “Rainbow Butterflies.” It’s here that Makina’s blacksmithing talents truly shine. With his weapons in the hands of guild members, they collectively rise to become the mightiest of all. (Source: Nico Nico Seiga, translated)

*Note: Chapter count includes 4 extras.*