*Notes: \- Originally published in Jump GIGA Winter 2025 issue. \- Semifinalist for the 2024 Story Pro award.*
1. **Akai Tanjoubi** (あかい誕生日) 2. **Mayonaka no Houmonsha** (真夜中の訪問者) 3. **Shiawase Shisuu** (しあわせ指数) 4. **Ooki na Kashi no Ki no Shita de**(大きな樫の木の下で) 5. **Tooki Hi no Koibito e...** (遠き日の恋人へ…)
Three years ago, Yurika entered a political marriage with Anton, the Captain of the Royal Guard and a widower with a young son. She built a peaceful, happy life and formed a deep bond with her stepson, Noah. But one day, Anton suddenly demands a divorce and before long, he runs away with a maid. “If we separate, what will happen to Noah?!” Overcome with worry for the child she loves as her own, Yurika is left at a loss until a chance reunion with her childhood friend, Fee, sets her life on an unexpected new path. Above all, this is a heartwarming story gently healed by the presence of the angelic Noah. https://www.cmoa.jp/title/302823/
On the night of a glamorous academy party, Diana, the daughter of a marquis, witnesses her fiancé Fritz cheating with a commoner girl named Liese. At that moment, a line from a popular novel flashes through her mind — the scene where a man realizes his true love and abandons his fiancée to shout his love. Diana had always dressed plainly and unobtrusively to meet Fritz’s wishes because she loved him… But now, she decides she will no longer live bound by anyone else’s desires. Choosing her own future, she breaks off her engagement. The moment she does, Crown Prince Alois passionately proposes, declaring: “I will make you absolutely happy.” A dazzling story of the marquis’s daughter reclaiming her lost shine and turning her life around begins — a magnificent tale of romantic revenge and personal empowerment!
High school boy Asahina is the son of the school principal, and he's troubled by the fact that he's playing the role of a rich kid, despite his own wishes. One day, a transfer student named Pome arrives in Asahina's class from a foreign country with a unique culture. Asahina is astonished by Pome's unconventional behavior, and for some reason, Pome starts to get closer to him... A laid-back, cross-cultural exchange between a naive transfer student from a foreign country and a rich kid who wants to break out of his shell: a laid-back, cross-cultural boy's life ♡ (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
More than five years ago, today, more than today, tomorrow, my love for you will grow stronger and stronger... Haneda Hinako (20) and Usami Haruka (18) are a close couple who have been together for five years since they were in junior high school. Due to the two-year age difference, they have been in a long-distance relationship since Hinako went to university in Tokyo, but this spring, Haruka will finally move to Tokyo to start her university life! Hinako ends up staying the night at Usa's apartment, and Usa has grown even taller and more handsome than before. Her heart is beating fast... and a sweet night spent alone together is about to begin. https://www.cmoa.jp/title/325316/
*Who did you kill?* Hinata Yoshizumi, pregnant and without a job or home, collapses in front of the house of a woman named Asumi Inogai and ends up stowed away inside. Hinata begins to trust the kind Asumi, but then Asumi confesses, "I've killed someone..." A story of two women with no way out, and their struggle over a child. (Source: Kadokawa, translated)