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When a stampeding horde of monsters threatened to destroy the world, Mariela the Alchemist would go on to survive. At the advice of her master, she placed herself in a state of suspended animation and awoke unaged and unharmed—two hundred years in the future! Alchemy is now a lost art, and potions have become scarce. As the last remaining alchemist, Mariela just wants a quiet life. But while she and her newfound allies work to carve out a slice of home for themselves in the Kingdom of Endalsia, keeping a low profile is harder than she thought. *Source: Yen Press, Vol. 1*
Charlotte Cocoriara: duke's daughter, fiancée to a prince, villainess, and...NPC? Framed as the villainess in a spin-off of an MMO dating sim, Charlotte suddenly regains memories of her past life as a player of the same MMO. Armed with her new understanding of the world, she happily accepts the end of her betrothal and her accompanying exile. Who needs a cheating prince fiancé when there's a whole fantasy world to explore? Using knowledge from her gameplay, Charlotte strikes out on her own. Her first task is to switch jobs, something apparently no one else in this world knows how to do. With her new role secured, she'll make friends, join parties, challenge dungeons, and...! Follow Charlotte as she sets off on a grand adventure, free for the first time in her life! (Source: J-Novel Club)
Madame Bovary (1856) is Gustave Flaubert's first published novel and is considered by many critics to be a masterpiece. The story focuses on a doctor's wife, Emma Bovary, who has adulterous affairs and lives beyond her means in order to escape the banalities and emptiness of provincial life.
After being expelled from his guild under false charges, Gorsh decides to start solo streaming. During one of his solo farming streams, Danger Rank A dragons threaten to destroy his veggies! Five minutes later, he’s defeated all of them, and Gorsh apologizes for such a boring stream…but on the contrary, his viewers are hooked! *Source: Manga UP! Global*
After her noble family falls to ruin, Stella Embrose does whatever she can to make ends meet. But her departure from high society only sparks rumors about her supposed messy relationships with men. These false rumors reach the ears of Duke Callian Rochester, Stella’s unrequited first love and her to-be husband under the emperor’s ploy to keep him in check. Believing Stella to be unworthy of him, Callian hands her a contract stating they will divorce in three years. Will this be enough time for Callian to be unblinded by his pride and see Stella for who she truly is? (Source: Tappytoon)
Kanata sits in an empty classroom playing card games on his phone…until an earthquake traps him in an otherworldly dungeon ruled by a demon! But there, he discovers that he can summon the 300 cards from the game and invoke their powers! Can he fight his way to freedom with his card gaming skills?! (Source: K MANGA)
“You possess true skill. Your environment was simply holding you back.” Alto, a young appraiser who was forced to work like a slave in the aristocracy-driven Kingdom of Dramd, has his life turned upside down when he is scouted by Beralt, a soldier from the enemy nation, the Glaus Empire. In this completely meritocratic country, Alto’s off-the-charts appraisal talent is discovered, and he’s suddenly nominated to be an executive candidate in the military! Immediately after joining, Alto has great expectations placed on him by the military executives, a group of powerful individuals. Yet, the people he chooses to ally with are only hopeless dropouts facing desperate situations… This is an exhilarating rise-to-power fantasy where Alto uncovers the hidden talents of his comrades and carves out a new destiny! *Source: Alpha Manga*
When Lara Bradley takes on an ancient dragon alone to give her young apprentice Alistair time to escape, her death seems imminent. As a last resort, the mage casts a spell that turns herself to stone. Twenty years later, the petrification wears off and Lara finds herself faced with a world that has changed—and a forceful, arrogant adult Alistair who never stopped adoring her. What will this second chance bring for pupil and master? (Source: Seven Seas Entertainment)
Laviange, the first daughter of House Robur, is known for being disagreeable, irresponsible, talentless in magic, and utterly uneducated. Everyone believes she’s completely incompetent—but is she really as useless as they say? The truth is far stranger. This is Laviange’s third life. In her first, she was a legendary villainess and genius mage. In her second, she was an ordinary woman who lived to the age of 86—in Japan?! For her third life, she’s decided to take it easy. Hiding her magical talent, she happily plays the part of an inept young noblewoman, enjoying the freedom it brings. But her carefree days come to an abrupt end when an outdoor training exercise goes horribly wrong. With the sense of an old lady and the power of an unstoppable mage, her accidental rampage turns her reputation on its head. The most hated girl in high society is about to become its most beloved?! The strongest villainess’s riotous comedy begins! *Source: J-Novel Club, Vol. 1*
