JOSEI

Di[e]ce revolves around two best friends with the same face and the same birthday; Kazuki Naruse, a gamer, and Haruki Koutake, the student council president of their high school, Seitohkoh Academy. On their 16th birthday is when everything began with a broken heater system and mysterious music playing over the intercom, causing almost all of the students to go berserk-- those who weren't affected were Players. The survival game called Di[e]ce placed the two friends as Kings of two separate teams of other Players, and one must kill the other to end the game and with it, the bloodshed each round provides.

So-Young, a young college student who played and drank every day, saying that no matter how hard she tried she never succeeded, dies, goes back to the past and possesses So-Ryong, the princess of Shilla. She hides her blonde hair, the fatal weakness of Sung-Gol, and strives to live every day.

Still single at age 33, Haruki Shiina is standing at the biggest crossroads of her life. While unlucky in love, she’s popular among her female coworkers for her laidback and boyish personality. The only one who gives her the cold shoulder is Risa Takagai, a beautiful and capable new hire who is already climbing her way up the corporate ladder. Haruki sees her as her biggest rival and is sure that the feeling is mutual, but why does Risa always seem to be watching her…?

Katrina, a maître d’ at a high-end restaurant, is wearing a borrowed dress from her friend’s boutique. Jonas, a regular customer, sees the tag sticking out and tears it off. Katrina is horrified for she realizes she won’t be able to return the dress now and she’s already been struggling to make ends meet. But Jonas, who needs a wife in order to keep his inheritance, makes her an incredible offer—he’ll pay her five hundred thousand dollars a month to be his wife!

Mina is stunned when she sees a multimillionaire backer at her company's charity benefit. It's none other than her former boss Cesare! Mina was his secretary four years ago. She worked hard to gain his approval and do her job well...but she found herself attracted to him and they ended up spending a night together. That night was like a dream for her, but the next morning she woke up alone. Several days later, she received an abrupt letter saying that she was fired! Cesare disappeared from her life for several years and Mina moved on, but now he's back... Oblivious to the pain he caused her, Cesare calls her a con artist and accuses her of stealing money from the company!

The moment the lightning flashed, Princess Chantal saw the sensational eyes of her bodyguard, and her body felt electrified. The royal private jet landed safely on a small island, and the two were alone. He touched her skin only to check for injuries...but his fingers stimulated Chantal's emotions, which she had tucked away since the death of her husband. "There's no one here," her bodyguard seductively whispered... The princess could not resist and finally crossed the line! But she never could've imagined the cruelty that ensued...

A long-time-single fashion designer refuses all kinds of matchmaking! But unexpectedly, a young pup shows up in the middle of the road. Oh, no! Sounds like a heartbeat… ”Take me, Miss! I beg you, please.” "Hey! Don't get so close to me, you big bad wolf!" Can she stay single this time?

"You put on a serious front, but you're actually a slut, aren't you?" No matter where I am, no matter what I'm doing, I've got a bad habit of fantasizing about sex with Minato. This week Minato's been busy, so we haven't had sex at all... And I'm fantasizing about him more than ever! Whether I'm in the library, at the supermarket, or playing games at home, I just can't help but think about sex with him. I wonder if he'll hate a girl like me...

Lily didn't even try to hide her shock when she opened the front door to find Bastian standing there. Just forty-five days ago, she had met this handsome, kind man and spent the night with him, something she would normally have never done. As her landlord's son, he's come to tell her that she needs to move out so they can develop the land. But she also has something to tell him... That night they spent together resulted in a new life growing inside her. When she tells him about the pregnancy, he says they should get married out of obligation to the child. Does Lily have to get married to someone she doesn't love...again?

Interior designer Eva received a job offer from Markos to renovate his penthouse in New York. Markos is a rich and successful playboy who is known for toying with women and then dumping them. Eva hears the rumor about his reputation from her cousin, one of his recent victims. And then Markos sets his eyes upon Eva, who has canceled her appointment with him twice. Not able to forget her painful past, Eva attempts avoid Markos’s advances, yet somehow she finds herself kissing him anyway…

Chihana, who has no place to live, no money, and has even just lost her job, goes to a restaurant to meet a friend. She unexpectedly bumps into a former co-worker, Kousuke, and overhears a secret he's been hiding. In exchange for her keeping quiet, he lets her stay with him at his apartment. At first, Chihana thought he'd be a difficult person to interact with, but as they start to live together she sees a private side to Kousuke that causes her heart to throb...... She's just a roommate, and because of his "secret" she knows that her love for him will go unrequited. It's just, every time he shows kindness, her love for him grows more and more......

She buried her feelings that she realized she had for her old friend at his wedding. I am in love with him. But I'm too late! Three years later, Flynn divorces his wife due to her infidelity and becomes the president at Sabrina's company. Sabrina couldn't watch him devastated because of his personal life and barely surviving the pressure of being at the top of his company. I want to save his soul... With the help of her colleges, they make Flynn take a month-long vacation, and Sabrina is assigned to keep an eye on him.

Even though my husband is right next door…My neighbor’s kindness is making my heart beat louder and louder…he might hear me through the walls.

They are not children anymore, but they're not quite adults yet. This series follows a group of young adults in their mid-twenties growing as they make mistakes and get hurt along the way. Will ever one of them be able to find happiness?

A Japanese girl is sold off to a South American business tycoon who takes her away to this foreign land. Here, he seduces her and the two slowly fall into a love trap. But while this occurs, another force interrupts the two’s love-web. A revolution and rebellion starts to take away, separating the two.

"If you don't want me to tell your secret, then you're gonna have to do everything I say." Itoko was raised in the countryside and used moving to Tokyo as an opportunity to change herself into the fashionable and popular girl she always wanted to be. Everything was going well for her until she happened to be re-united with her childhood friend, Kei (Caution: Huge Sadist). In order to keep her past a secret, Itoko falls into the trap of agreeing to his condition of doing everything he says. Itoko's body becomes more and more sensitive as Kei takes his sadistic nature out on her. She has to try and balance this with welcome parties, studying, club excursions and the school festival. Just how is she going to manage both her school and love life?

Today is Kelly’s eighth wedding anniversary. It’s also the day her divorce from Jake, her famous journalist husband, has finally been made official. Jake is a daredevil who flies around the world and is never home. Not even on the day that she miscarried. In order to sever all ties with the past, Kelly cuts off her beautiful long hair and throws a party in her new home to celebrate her divorce. But Jake, who never wanted the divorce, suddenly shows up, rudely throws out her party guests and forceably kisses her!

Nozomi, a clerk , is head over heels for top salesman kotaro... Except she's never actually spoken to him. She spends her days fantasizing about things that won't ever happen, until one evening , kotaro asks her to accompany him! Is he after her body..? With uncertainty and hopefulness warring inside her, nozomi can't pass up this opportunity. She goes with kotaro, only to find him standing before her practically naked! It turns out he's a sumo wrestler, and before she knows whats happening, nozomi winds up having a practice bout with him! When she feels kotaro's strong muscles and smooth skin pressed againts her, though, she can't help slipping back into fantasy!

If you want to keep it secret, can you listen to me?” Rio Rio Tomono (27). Five years after working at a real estate company, there was a secret that no one can tell the ordinary office worker, Rio who seems to be everywhere. At the company, Rio has been hiding her true face, but ace Kaneko of the sales department knows the secret because of a strange thing. Kaneko is a person who speaks well and speaks well, and as a bonus, he is called the "perfect prince". Suddenly he should keep it secret... suddenly his attitude changed! I was forced to say, "Please pretend to be a lover as an exchange condition." Although I was confused at the beginning, I was thrilled by the kindness and sweet words that I occasionally show even if it is mean. A fake lover contract with Ms. Prince Higashiguro is difficult in the future --!? )

His voice was sweet and laid my heart and body bare. Chelsea, the owner of a pet salon, falls in love at first sight with Damien, a man who helps her out at a luxury restaurant. He is the perfect man for any single woman, so there’s no way he’d be interested in a commoner like her. But then she gets caught up in some trouble and accidentally grabs Damien’s phone instead of her own. Chelsea realizes the mistake and calls him on her phone. The more they talk, the closer they get. His voice over the phone is sweet and passionate, as though he’s trying to seduce her. He isn’t flirting with her, is he?

Misaki, a manga artist in her late twenties, is turned down by her crush one day. While drinking away her pain she runs into a handsome younger man who seems to have taken an interest her. She knows he's just playing with her, but she can't help but feel excited as he brings his face close to hers. He assuages her moral doubts and insists she yearn for him. She may be getting used by this young stud... But even so, would it be so bad to indulge herself a little?

To think that I’ll see the Count, my lifesaver, again in this way…! Toni accidentally reunites with her old friend, Paul, when she loses her job in Portugal. Paul begs Toni to replace his fiancée and takes her to his grandmother's house, which is the castle of the Count’s family. It seems that Toni has been involved in a big parody play. Knowing the castle’s owner, Count Raul, makes her even more perplexed. The man who helps her when she almost has an accident is a count, but he thinks of Toni as a villain who is after the family’s property, and he sees her with hatred now!

Pippa has been asked to cater her best friend Ashley’s party, complete with celebrities, but her workers bail on her. She somehow overcomes the crisis with Cam’s help, a guest who is infamous for his charm, leading to a passionate one-night stand. As the two get lost in each other, their no-strings-attached agreement takes a drastic turn. Pippa discovers that she is pregnant!

"At 27, I should be enjoying sweet, carefree relationships. But ever since my shocking first time with my first boyfriend at 20, I haven't been able to date anyone else. Why? Because size does matter. And because of this, I've coldly rejected even the obvious advances of one of my coworkers. Then one day, I stumbled into his lap—literally—and my hand accidentally brushed his thigh. And there it was. Something long and firm...like a baguette? I'm serious. It’s not about his loaded family. It’s about what’s in between his legs! Could there be more to the guy I turned down than meets the eye? A daringly sweet and spicy office romance begins with ""Going the Extra Inch."""

Jennifer has always had feelings for her boss, Alex, but he won't look her way. She decides to find a new love, so she participates in an auction...where she ends up winning a date with Alex of all people! What is he doing in a place like this? Jennifer wants to refuse the date, but Alex has no problem going out with her. And the moment he captures her lips in a kiss, she can't say anything to resist!

Mimiko, an employee at a bookstore, is reunited with the popular manga artist, Yamato, after they broke up eight years ago. When she shows up at his place, he jumps on her and asks her to get back with him. She's tried her hardest to forget his warmth, but can't help but give in! He won't stop until she's ready...! This is the story of a bookstore employee and her ex-boyfriend manga artist.

One day, the powerful “Saint” Healer Rina is suddenly banished from her childhood friend’s hero party. While shocked by this unfair dismissal, Rina decides to completely forget about her former party members and start living her long-awaited, slow lifestyle! But before she can begin to settle into this new routine, her other childhood friend, Henry, appears! The two have not seen each other in five years, and Henry is now a nobleman. While Rina is thrilled by the reunion, it seems like there’s suspicious activity going on within her former party?!

Yukino was asked to act in place of her twin sister, Marino, for a blind date with Hikari, who is the son of the president of a law firm. He is half-Japanese, half-English, and he says he fell in love with Marino at first sight. He proposes to Yukino on their first date, and asks her to be his secretary. Yukino hates Hikari's selfish behavior at first, but starts falling, little by little, for him as he stares at her with his beautiful hazel eyes, talks about his dreams, and tells her how much he loves her. However, she knows she can never be Marino, so decides to run away from Hikari, to stop him from finding out that she will never be as good as her sister...

India was shocked to discover her new husband Brad’s dark past from an anonymous letter delivered on her wedding night… A previous marriage, an indictment for assault and even a photo of a woman disfigured by violence… The impetuousness of her whirlwind romance with the charismatic young art dealer weighs on India. So, in a panic, she flees to an old castle in Brittany...….

On this Holy Night, a miracle happened to a couple who closed their hearts to each other... Ailsa lost her unborn baby in an accident, and the grief caused her to give up her marriage as well. Four years later, on the day when her 9-year-old daughter was supposed to return from a temporary visit to her ex-husband's house, her ex-husband, Jake, was the only one to show up. The phone lines were disrupted by the snow, so he came to tell her in person that their daughter's stay had been extended. Her ex-husband was still as handsome as ever, full of confidence as a successful businessman. I'm done with him - but then why am I so bothered by the fact that... we are going to spend one night together?

Woman battles others for the right to marry a mass murderer...but for what reasons?< Again: This contains GORE!

Sawa Ito looks like any normal girl. She works part-time at a lunch shop, and she has a crush on Kazushi Okutake - one of their regular customers. But, her real identity is that of Shark-teeth SAWA - a heel (bad guy) wrestler who is taking the wrestling world by storm!! Sawa doesn't ever want her crush to find out her secret, though she still wants them to have a relationship. But it won't come easy. Her dad pushes her with his idealistic views of how important grit is for a heel, and on top of that a powerful rival shows up as well - Marie Tsusaka. Things just keep escalating. Will Sawa get to experience her fairytale romance...!? This is a chaotic, wrestling love comedy by the author of Maid Kishi, Kano Kashiwagi!!

My one-night stand from Paris is my new boss?! Jian, an editor of the fashion magazine The Runway, impulsively leaves to Paris after finding out about her ex-fiance’s affair. She meets a mysterious, handsome, and somewhat cynical guy who helped her from pickpockets in Paris, and ends up having a one-night stand with him. Three months later, she meets him again—at her office, as an elite new chief editor from France!

[From Batoto Scans] “It's a sloppy mess here, can I lick it?” He said to his wife, Yuki-chan. An ideal husband: High income and good looking. But at night he is a pervert who likes to have XXX so much ...!? Regardless of where he is, Yoshi-kun clings to his wife’s legs every day and night. There weren’t any hints before marriage but she didn’t expect it to turn out like this!! Being driven crazy by him is shameful yet pleasurable for her!? [High speed Husband] vs [Marriage hunting Girls] A gentle and handsome husband has a crazy tendency only for his wife !?

Part-time hotel receptionist Phoebe and Greek multimillionaire Jed were crazy about each other. He embraced Phoebe and wrapped her in love and happiness. One day Phoebe discovers she's pregnant and joyfully reveals the news to Jed. But his reply is unexpectedly cruel-he says there's no man in the world who would want a pregnant mistress! In shock, Phoebe has a miscarriage and vanishes from Jed's life. But five years later, he suddenly reappears!

Maho with her strong older-sister-like personality and carefree Atsushi are dating, but it's a secret from their company! I'm strong and responsible at work but I want to be spoiled at home! The insensitive boyfriend just doesn't understand that... on top of that a cute girl that wants to steal him away!? Lots of fighting but lots of making up! The path to marriage is still far away for this modern day couple!!

Sammy is secretly in love with businessman Leo, her childhood friend. However, he’s always surrounded by crowds of beautiful women, so there’s no way he’d associate with a plain schoolteacher like her. So why the sudden proposal? When Sammy asks, Leo explains that he needs a fiancée because he wants to make it look like he’s settled down so he can win custody of his niece. He chose Sammy because she and her mother are in dire straits due to her mother’s illness. Besides, he could never actually fall in love with her. What will Sammy do after hearing such cruel words from her first love?

Was his proposal just out of pity for my loneliness? In a snowy church, Holly was devastated. She had lost her parents early in life and had struggled to raise her younger sister, but now her sister was marrying the man Holly had had a crush on for three years. She was so miserable that Stavros, a wealthy Greek man, comes to her and says, "I can't stand to see a beauty like you trampled on," and led her out of the ceremony. He is rumored to be a playboy... is he messing with me? Holly was confused, but then Stavros proposed to her, saying that he wanted her to marry him and have his children...!

That day she sees her coworkers having sex in the secluded file room... The muffled moans and wet sounds of bodies rubbing together. Affected by the shocking spectacle, Emiko masturbates in the office restroom and becomes aware of her irrepressible lust. Her relationship was going well - her live-in boyfriend, Sou, is kind to her. But they haven't had sex in three years. She'd always assumed it was normal to be like this after dating a long time, but......

She has to work with her ex, but he doesn’t have to know she still loves him! Bett, a Broadway actress, was scammed out of all of her money by her former manager. She sees a casting call for Girl in a Dark Room, a play with painful memories for her, but being broke and desperate for work, she decides to audition. The screenwriter for this play, Edward McCullough, was Bett’s first love and the man who abandoned her for fame and more experienced women. When they reunite six years later, she pretends to be a woman who’s willing to use a man with talent and fortune—she doesn’t want him to know that she’s still a virgin…or that she’s still hopelessly in love with him…

Having lost both her parents in a car accident, Angie works hard to support her younger brother. One day, she's picked up by a modeling agency which shoots her to supermodel status overnight. Then she falls for and marries the wealthy Roque. But when the gossip magazines spread stories about his wild bachelor ways, Angie can't take any more of it and leaves. A year later, her younger brother accrues a devastating debt on one of Roque's credit cards. Angie promises Roque that she will pay him back. But he steals a kiss from her and says, "If you don't want your brother to get arrested, come back to me.

I joined my company at the same time as my current boyfriend. We've been going out for little over a year now. Recently, Ryoji has been cold and distant towards me...... It wasn't like this when we first started dating. Maybe his feelings for me have changed. When I told him this other guy asked me out, he said, "I don't want to hear about your boring problems!"......Who does he think he is!? He treats me like dirt! It seems like all we do now is fight over stuff like that. Then, one day, when I get mad and try to leave Ryoji, he forces me to...... Will this end up like it always does with us!? This manga compilation is a collection of stories about the trials and tribulations of finding new love.

Michiru and Mayama dream of going on vacation together, so they work hard at their part-time jobs. They're working hard again today... but then they find themselves alone together, and the mood takes an unexpected turn... Michiru's has to dress as a maid, then she's in a yukata, then a swimsuit, and then she's an advertising model... What is this!? Cosplay!? Follow the romantic path this couple walks through their jobs, all squeezed together into this manga anthology!

She spent a night of passion with a millionaire, but now she’s pregnant with a convict’s child! In a huge villa in Sicily, Emma works as a housekeeper for millionaire Larenzo. One night, he returns home without notice, weary and disheartened. Seeking to ease his worries, Emma consoles him, and before she knows it, they’ve spent a night of passion together. The very next day the police suddenly show up at the door and drag them both away! While she is released, Larenzo is ultimately sentenced to a heavy prison term. Meanwhile a baby has already begun to grow inside of Emma!

No thanks to the debt her father saddled her with, Iroha goes to work for Rentaro Komatsuno, a moneylender. A rumor surrounds Rentaro... He'll lend any amount of money, so long as it's for a woman. But, in reality, Iroha learns the unspoken catch. Rentaro is a vampire who sucks women's blood in exchange for a loan. The moment he sucks their blood, intense pleasure strikes, and all the female customers become enraptured by him. Iroha wants to run from him, but things change when Rentaro begins to seek blood from her, as if there's something special...

The heroine,Akari Uzuki,can't forget her first love,Shirou,a childhood friend she's liked since elementary school. Shirou is a macho bad boy who grew a lot during junior high and high school getting cooler and cooler,until he ended up on the girls' radar. Unlike him,Akari remained a plain,shy girl. She concluded Shirou and her are not meant to be,and steadily began to avoid him. However,one day Shirou baffles Akari by proposing her to be fake lovers. In order to catch the rabbit,the beast devises the sweetest trap.

The only daughter of the Kiryu mob family, Midori, has a bodyguard/chaperone - the juvenile delinquent outsider, Umemoto. She kind of has a thing for him, but she also has a fiance she needs to marry to ensure her family's future...... "Run away with me...... Ume......" What is the fate of their pure love......!? Plus, a rough-and-tumble romantic adventure set at a venerable hot spring inn between the innkeeper's daughter Kozue and gangster Kagura! Enjoy these stories of burning-hot bad boy romance!

My husband is cheating on me with my beautiful cousin…and there’s nowhere for me to turn. Nina Guardino is a young member of the celebrated Guardino family and tortured by the whims of her grandfather, Alessandro. When he wanted her to marry the wealthy CEO of the Monteleone Foundation, Rafael Monteleone, she did as he asked. She entered a loveless marriage with a man who was more interested in her cousin Marisia than the woman he married. It wouldn’t be so bad, since Nina’s loved Rafael since she was a child, but he doesn’t even seem to remember their chance encounter! He ran away from an orphanage as a child, and in the process, gave the young Nina a beautiful flower that signified they’d meet again. Years later, he barely looks at her. What’s changed in two decades to turn this firebrand child with love in his heart into the cold man who shares Nina’s bed?