JOSEI

Shiinoki Hanao didn’t know her life could change just overnight. Once just a normal girl, Hanao’s life takes a sharp turn when she is sold to the red light district of Shinjuku along with her twin brother Chigaya due to their parents’ debt. Hanao is forced to work at the historically themed brothel “Kaguraya” and act as an “oiran,” a high-class Japanese prostitute that existed back in the Edo Period. Then there is Takajo Shu, the young and handsome keeper of Kaguraya who is in charge of Hanao’s training as an oiran. Takajo confuses Hanao, because he’s supposed to be one of the bad guys selling girls’ bodies for a living and yet… he’s always there for her when she needs someone. Hanao longs to escape from this prison of a place, but somehow she’s started to long for something, or rather, someone else as well…

The childhood friend I loved in junior high school and high school has suddenly moved to the apartment right across from mine! I'm dead-set on hating him, yet the memories of how much I longed for him in the past are slowly coming back, and... wait a minute. How did I end up in his room...!?

明るく気さくで友人も多い女子大生・来栖みやびは、頭脳明晰でクールな一匹狼・柴咲慧に恋をしている。しかしみやびは、ある大きな“問題“の所為で、自分はまともな恋愛なんてできないと思っていた――。そう、あの日、あの雨が降る夜が来るまでは……。奥をカキ回され、トロトロと溢れてゆく蜜。体を、誤解を重ねたまま、ふたりの歪な関係が始まる。それは誤解とカケヒキの物語――。

from cotton candy scans: Aoko is a ceramic painter at Hasami Wares Pottery, when suddenly an unfriendly and unapproachable man named Tatsuki arrives from overseas. Rejecting her way of life by telling her he isn't interested in painted ceramics, Aoko feels dejected, but can't help but be drawn to Tatsuki's ceramics… This is a mature love story of a man and woman, both fascinated by ceramics.

Kang Seung-won, CEO of SU Construction, is the name of the man who proposed sponsorship to Sojin. He was a person who caught my attention even at the event where I first met him, but I was planning on rejecting his unpleasant offer. If only those who had insulted her and her mother had not caught their attention. Sojin accepted his offer for personal revenge, and Seungwon knew it, but he was used by her. So the two become entangled in a deep spawn relationship...

[From Maru Scans] Good-for-nothing Shibata Michiko is back! And with her back are her never-ending troubles. Will she be able to stand on her own feet this time around or will she have to keep on relying on her superior, Kurosawa Ayumu, to get her out of her misery? Hop on board to take a ride for a fun and romantic journey with a woman too good for her own idiocy and a man too good for his own kindness.

A female rock star vs. A cold surgeon. Is meeting you a destiny or simply just a coincidence? Behind the glow of the spotlight, how many secrets lay hidden, unbeknownst to anyone? When a lazy A-list rock star meets a kind but cold surgeon, what surprises await? Stripping off the mask, the true identity is revealed, and salvation is within reach. In the darkness, will you agree to take my hand?

“I have lived the past twenty years enshrouded in fat and negative energy. Marina is a gloomy young woman who has failed every diet she has ever tried and can make friends, much less a boyfriend. But, one night, she encounters a gorgeous man… With a voice as gentle as a beautiful flower, he whispers to her words as sweet as honey: Why don you take a chance with me? Ill make your wish come true. Did God take pity on her and send an angel to grant her wish?! Is the man extending this helping hand to our pudgy Cinderella truly an angel? Or is he not what he seems? Strap in for this thrilling rom-com about a hot rich boy and a pessimistic chubby girl!!

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Syrinx Aden has long been eluding the pursuers who murdered her family. All she wants now is to lay low while working as a jeweler, but she keeps attracting unwanted patients due to her ability to heal people with gems. Unfortunately, her newest patient turns out to be Heimdal, a notorious villain with a split personality. Despite her efforts to stay away, she somehow runs into him at every turn. Will Syrinx be able to escape Heimdal before danger catches up with her, or is it already too late?

The female diver, Somyeong, has an unexpected encounter with Yeohae, a merman, in the depths of the sea. While wielding a sickle, she accidentally strikes him. In the chaos, Somyeong loses consciousness, only to later awaken and discover that Yeohae, despite the injury, had saved her life. Stricken with guilt for causing him harm, Somyeong decides to bring the injured merman back to her home, hoping to tend to his wounds and make amends. However, as she begins to treat him, she finds herself swept up in Yeohae's rut. What started as a rescue soon transforms into an unexpected and irresistible encounter.

You're a lifesaver. Those words tormented me for a long time… Frannie, a wedding dress designer, had offered a job to Jack, the owner of a major advertising agency, to expand her business. He was sexy, handsome, and instantly recognizable as a playboy...but what was going on when she hadn't heard from him in a month? When Franny visited Jack's house in frustration, she found him in trouble with his baby. She was told that he had taken in the daughter of his brother and sister-in-law who had died in an accident. Unable to leave him alone, Frannie helped him take care of the baby, but then she remembered her nightmare from a few years ago...

Does love fade after marriage? Addison’s marriage is at a crossroads. Her once-loving husband, Caleb, has become a workaholic who neglects his family in favor of amassing more and more wealth. After spending a long time at a loss, Addison decides to stake the survival of her marriage on one vacation. Seeing her husband playing with their son against such gorgeous scenery reassures Addison, but another problem remains: a new life is growing inside her…and Caleb has always said they don’t need a second child. How can she tell him? And how can they return to days filled with love?

Is the reason why you proposed to me, so that I would have your child? Did he ask me to marry him because he thought I could sire a lot of children?　And I'm not even sure if the marriage is going to work... Daphne overheard the conversation between her husband Alex and her father-in-law, and even though she had just found out she was pregnant, she ran back to her parents' house and one-sidedly sent them divorce papers. However, shortly after giving birth to triplets, Daphne was taken back by Alex, and he declared that he would be "the kind of husband you'd never want to leave" by two weeks after their anniversary...

Imagine you were a once-famous adult webcomic artist going through a career slump. Would you rather work with your stunningly sexy but jerk of a producer, Jooho, or your first love and story writer, Minjoon? Well, Hayoon has to work with both! With bills to pay and nothing but ramyun to eat after a string of failed series, Hayoon must successfully launch a new title with both of them on her team. Will she be able to navigate this professional nightmare and revive her career with a bang? And which man will end up taking the spot of her male lead?

The boys... are those who crawl on the ground of a glorious night. A former bureaucrat, Tanaka, joins the boys after a series of dropouts...!

She can't hide how shaken up this reunion with her childhood friend has made her… Susan and her childhood friend Tony loved each other. But her mother was opposed to their relationship. Susan ended up getting pregnant, but she was under the assumption that Tony had abandoned her, so she married another man. It's been eleven years since then. A professional baseball player comes to her son's school. When she hears that the player's name is Tony Antonelli, Susan can't hide her reaction...

She believed he was a heartless husband and treated him badly. Until he was hunted down as a traitor in order to protect her. ‘My dear wife. Please stay safe.’ Her heart was torn to pieces as she knelt before his severed arm. But this time, she could see that his body was clearly intact. “Your highness? Why are you crying all of a sudden?” She had returned after losing hope, to the first night of their wedding three years ago. “You must be nervous about your first night. Don’t worry. I didn’t plan to spend the night with the princess anyway.” “Why? Aren't I your wife? Forget it, let’s undress and head to bed.” “…Your highness?” She tugged at his arm with force. 'I’m not leaving you this time. I will protect you for sure, and I’ll die with you if I fail to do so. Not as Nirszeg’s princess, but your wife, Agnes Arpad,' she pledged with determination.

Shizuku has no interest in romance, as her work and hobbies are enough to make her life fulfilling. Her mother wants her to marry, though, and at her insistence, Shizuku concedes to meeting Takaharu, a handsome and elite researcher, just to see if they might be a good match. Then, at their very first meeting, Takaharu pops the question out of nowhere...! He also gives a very well-reasoned pitch on how the arrangement would benefit them both, which Shizuku finds so persuasive that she accepts his proposal on the spot. Despite starting on such a mercenary note, their newlywed life sees Shizuku developing deeper feelings for the calm and gentle Takaharu. At the same time, though, the way he always maintains a polite distance and never even tries to touch her leaves Shizuku full of doubt...!! Meanwhile, Takaharu is closely guarding certain hidden feelings of his own... Letting the right moment for a wedding night slip past them was just the start of the hectic, heart-pounding romance for this adorably unfortunate fledgling couple.

Rafael, an arrogant and ruthless businessman, stole a kiss from Isobel at her eighteenth birthday. And he’s the fiancé Isobel’s family has forced on her! All he wants is her status as an aristocrat. In return for the marriage, her family will be saved from bankruptcy. But rather than suffer a loveless marriage, Isobel leaves her home and high society to moves to Paris, where she makes a modest living by teaching tango. But before her twenty-first birthday, Rafael unexpectedly shows up in her class, takes her hands and starts dancing with her!

Lily Unohara loves Moment Lily, a band that plays at a small concert hall. After six years of buying their CDs, she's only ever worked up the courage to hand her fan letters to concert staff members, but now that she's in college, she works up the courage to attend a live concert. She gets so wrapped up in the energy of the concert that before she knows it, she's about to miss the last train. Panicked, she tries to leave the venue, but a drunkard gets in her way. That's when Moment Lily's lead singer, Az, comes to her rescue...!!This is a pure love story about an introverted college student and the band vocalist she admires.

The owner of an online fashion store, Jin Yoon's the total package. She's got beauty, brains, money, and even fame. But due having her heart broken in the past, she no longer believes in love. But one day, she meets Suho and her heart melts. They soon get married, but Yoonjin realizes her marriage wasn't all it was cut out to be.My Husband's Stalker

Princess Ann, the daughter of the king, is a young accomplished politician forced to marriage by her family. Sir Henry, her new spouse, will challenge her cynical idea of sex, engaging her in a slow game of seduction. Will Princess Ann loosen up a bit for her first time?

Now that her father's jewelry business is on the verge of bankruptcy, Tahlia resorts to frequenting socialite parties as a means to finding celebrity customers. There she meets Thanos Savakis, an overwhelmingly handsome young Greek hotel tycoon. But as it turns out, he's the man responsible for her father's desperation! Tahlia is the object of his revenge—but he offers to save her family's business if she becomes his mistress, half forcing her into making the deal with him. Thus begins their days of sadistic pleasure in a luxury hotel. But what’s the truth behind Thanos's revenge, and what does he actually feel for her?

A doomed romance across hundreds of years. Tantai Jin had never sobbed in his entire life. No one had ever witnessed his frail state, even if his eye was gouged out and his meridian veins were cut. That was the day that everyone will remember for the rest of their lives. With blood and tears streaming down his cheeks like beads, he pleaded for mercy.

The price for keeping Yui's secret... is her virginity!? She's pushed down by bad boy Yayoi, and can't resist. She knows it's wrong, but her mind still goes blank...!

Qiao Anhao and Lu Jinnian marry by the will of their parents. However, Jinnian was no longer the kind boy Anhao once knew. An thus, on the night of their undesired wedding, Anhao made three rules: 1. Don't touch me in public. 2. Don't tell anyone that I'm your wife. 3. Don't let anyone find out that we live together.

"So you want me to kill you? How about I have my way with you instead?" He's touching me in places I've never been touched, and it feels like my whole body's on fire... I'm saying "no," but my body's saying "yes," and this sensation's driving me crazy...!! My name is Tsubaki Sawada. Not only did my fiance leave me at the altar, he also took all of my money. I was totally scammed. Dejected, I jump in front of a car, hoping to end it all. Except, the car belongs to yakuza member Tomoe Fujita, and I end up damaging the car. He's making me pay, but I'm broke... Hey, how about he kills me and takes my life insurance? But he'd rather I pay him with my body! Scammed by my fiance, picked up by the yakuza, enslaved for my body... my life just took a whole new turn!!

Princess Hina was punished for treason, she was thrown into the dragon cave as an sacrifice to the dragon. But why are there no evil dragons in the cave, only naked black humans dying?

I, Kwon Jinha, began feeling sick after reading a romance novel. I became connected to all the emotions and sensations of the female lead, Elvi. I even went to the hospital due to severe pain and sorrow but the result said there's nothing wrong with my body. So, I ended up sending an email to the novel's author, begging for the male lead to stop tormenting the female lead. But instead, all i got was a happy reply, "Do your job properly, Elvi". I found myself possessed in Elvi's body in the novel. I got slapped by the male lead as soon as I possessed Elvi's body, upon that, I had only one thought, "The male lead? It's over if I kill him, right?"

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Their passionate nights together were just the beginning of a cruel revenge… Ashley lives on a small island off the coast of Florida that her late father left to her. One weekend, a mysterious man named Sebastian comes to the island. Unable to resist this rough, charismatic man, Ashley spends many nights with him… Soon after he leaves the island, she learns that a large corporation has taken the island as payment for her debt. The president of that company is none other than Sebastian himself. Ashley goes to confront him and beg for her island back. He consents…but only if she becomes his lover for a month!

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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.

She just can't refuse when he pleads like that! With no money to her name, freelance writer Nijiko has just become homeless. After collapsing from starvation, she wakes up to find a guy named Sogo has taken her home with him. Sogo's clean and tidy place, as well as his delicious cooking, make her feel like she's gone to heaven. But, after spending a week basically being pampered as his pet, she realizes she can't depend on him forever. When she broaches the subject of leaving, Sogo asks her if she'd stay if they were dating. Suddenly, he's no longer her kind caretaker, but a strong and aggressive man! With her lips covered by his kisses, Nijiko can't refuse the "exciting" lifestyle that awaits her...

After overhearing that she isn't really her parents' child, Ai runs away from home. She has no home to return to and no friends to turn to... While she wanders the city that night, a mysterious butler takes her away and she begins her new life at a lavish estate!! But, under the condition that she become teaching material for his master! She has no choice but to obey the unbelievably coldhearted butler... Her body, which slowly becomes more sensitive as each lesson escalates, no longer feels like it's hers...! She's scared... but if it's for the sake of the kind master who's so different from the butler...

Minyoo Seo has accepted her fate as the school outcast. During her first year of college, a creeper latched onto her, making it impossible for her to make friends or date. Just when Minyoo thought she was going to have a dull college life, she met Woobin Seon, one of the hottest guys on campus. Woobin is kind, funny, and seems to have feelings for Minyoo. However, falling for one of the most popular guys on campus has its downfall, and Minyoo is about to find out how complicated love can be…

"Hey, if I make you feel better, won't your voice come out better?" Himeko Suzuki is an university student with a complex about her tall height and fierce-looking eyes that always scares other people off, until a very handsome boy, Kaede Saotome, appears in front of her. Rather than being scared of Himeko, he compliments her, saying she is cute and makes her join his drama club. "You're really attractive, Hime. Try saying these lines." In order to make Himeko more confident, he gives Himeko naughty lessons!? Her nipples become hard, and her dripping place down there is constantly teased. It feels so good that she can't concentrate on acting!! When she is with Kaede, sides that she did not know she has is exposed...!

"Will you be with me, Cinderella?" Sari is invited to her ex's wedding, where she unexpectedly finds a second chance at love …

Qinghuan, the prime minister's daughter, and the Warlord Prince Yue meet once again after the war. They yearn to return to each other's arms, but their enemies prevent them from doing so. A love story of drama and political intrigue as two lovers fight their way to change their fates.

Naho dreamt to become an OL but while she was waiting to have the aptitude to become one of them, she started to work in a Design company. But because her manager, Sakisaka, had a bad impression about her, he just played with her. But then, he decided to help her and he even comforted her?!This love story isn't to be dealt with by ordinary means!

Eleanor, beautiful red-haired witch. I'll give you a kiss so you'll never forget this day—or me.... Eleanor has come to the kingdom of Quaram as an English tutor for the royal family. At the royal party she's invited to, on her twenty-first birthday, she's asked to dance by Jasim, the kingdom's second prince. His gorgeous black hair, his hungry eyes...in that dreamlike moment spent in his embrace, she falls for him before she realizes it. But little does Eleanor know, even as Jasim passionately proclaims his love for her, he has a dreadful scheme in mind...!

Rumor has it that Chae Harin is sleeping with her boss, Director Moon Junghoo. Then one steamy night, she does. Harin wants their relationship to stay physical, but Junghoo keeps confessing. He insists that Harin loves him as well as his body... and she's afraid he might be right! Still, Harin's not willing to let Junghoo make promises he can't keep. Can Junghoo convince Harin to build something pure from their indecent romance? Or will she prove they're nothing more than another office scandal?

The main character, Aria, is a career woman who serves as the captain of the prince's guard at a young age in the Rosenberg Empire. Her lord, Prince Julius, not only possesses immense wealth and power but also has a stunning appearance that everyone can't help but acknowledge. Unfortunately, his personality is a total disaster. Aria is fed up with being tossed around by him every day. But surprisingly, Julius might just want to be with Aria…?? It’s the divine-looking prince versus the overworked female knight, and a precious master-servant bickering couple is born!

"You are so good at teasing me." "Reacting like that just makes me want to do more, you know?" - Lilly, a servant, became the look-alike substitute for the princess she serves and is married off to the seventh prince of the neighboring country, The Kingdom of Platanus. The prince, Gray, is feared as "The Ice Reaper" for having killed his own brothers. However, Gray, who saved Lilly from the hands of the eighth prince during a welcoming party, looks at her with gentle eyes. When they are alone, Gray softly kisses Lilly, saying, 'I've been waiting for this.' His fingers crawl over her body, and he tells her, 'You're quite sensitive,' as a hot sensation surges through her... In the midst of a swirling court filled with conspiracies, Lilly's love goes down an uncertain path.

"You're about to have sex with a man that you hate." Even though I don't want to, he keeps hitting my softest spots deep inside over and over again…! In order to repay her father's huge debt and to look after her little brother, Iroha had to resort to using a sugar daddy app. She thought that an honest and stable man was going to come, but instead it was Renya, a handsome man whose looks top those of a model…!? Iroha was bewildered, but she ended up spending the night with Renya who understood her situation and was going to put an end to her past. Though he spoke politely, the way he had sex was completely sadistic. On top of that, Renya was really a Yakuza. He told her he'd cancel her debt in exchange for becoming his girlfriend...!! The curtain raises on the battlefield of love!

How did Isobel end up babysitting the boss? Secretary Isobel rushes to the hospital when she hears that her boss, Tariq, was in an accident. His doctor tells her Tariq needs a week of rest, but he’s a workaholic who can’t stand still for even a second. She has no choice but to take him home with her and make him rest! But there’s a problem. He loves women almost as much as work, and to make things worse, Isobel is secretly in love with him! Will these two be able to spend a week together peacefully?

Chun Yan and Tai Lan come from different regions. Met during their childhood, both start developing a bond, but due to a terrible misunderstanding that lead to several tragic events, Chun Yan was forced into exile along with her tribe. After a couple of years Chun Yan reunites with Tai Lan, and were destined to marry one another for political reasons. But at night, the two consummate their marriage and rediscover their past and love for one another.