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Shizuka is a housewife who's been living a sexless life since her husband has changed into an overworked and somewhat abusive man. One day, she discovers that he's been having an affair and runs off to a "rental boyfriend" that her friend introduced her to. She has one goal in mind: take back her confidence as a woman. She ends up meeting the most popular of the men in the rental boyfriend service, a man named Aki, and slowly begins to remember what was all like before her marriage. A new forbidden love is born... can a housewife really have this dream?

Maggie is a twenty-nine-year-old lawyer still burdened by her unrequited first love from ten years ago. She feels too cowardly to move on, and her love life has been stagnant ever since, but one day, she gets a call from her first love, Matt! He wants to hire her as his personal lawyer. Maggie’s heart is pounding at the thought of being able to reunite with him after ten years. However, at their meeting place, she encounters a man she did not expect. After Maggie quits her job and is hired by Matt, he proposes a marriage of convenience, but Maggie is unsure of what step to take. However, time is running out and she must decide…

From PresenceDear:A compilation of short stories on the theme of “boxes.”1) The Setting SunAn art dealer deals with the impending death of a promising young artist.2) Always a Holiday with YouA high school student’s fantasy becomes reality in an unexpected way.3) Pandora’s ElevatorCompany politics interferes with the lives of two businessmen.4) Coffin Under the SnowAfter twelve years, young man returns to his home town and uncovers the secrets of his father’s past.5) A Warm BoxA college student is obsessed with abandoned cardboard boxes.6) I Want to See You at the Library7) A Cloudy Day in Spring8) Strange Guys9) Our Season

[ From Laughing in Quarantine ] What do I love about him? How long would you like the list to be? "Just by existing, I'm falling head over heels for him once again!" I love his face. His neck is beautiful. His long, slim fingers are so sexy. His bass voice is the best! Nao, this story's heroine, loves her boyfriend to death. Ren, the cool and manly boyfriend who shows his love for his girlfriend from time to time. This story revolves around their hot and heartwarming relationship.

On the eve of her wedding, her fiancé eloped with her best friend. She caught the man in front of the Civil Affairs Bureau: "Boss Mo, your bride hasn't arrived yet, and my groom has run away. Why don't we get married?" Before marriage: "Even if we sleep together, there won't be anything between you and me!" After marriage: "How would you know if you don't try?" She will tear apart the scumbags, manipulative bitches, anti-fans, and rivals one by one. Let's see how the former top model returns to the top!

Is this a true reunion or a false deception? When Jaeyi's half-brother Hongrang suddenly disappears, she bears the brunt of her wealthy family's scorn. 10 years later, a man claiming to be Hongrang appears, with much to gain should he truly be who he claims. Though Jaeyi can feel that something is off, the two seem somehow drawn to each other.

Akane was just a child when she met a mature and beautiful man…and had continued to chase his shadow in her mind, unable to forget him. One day, she falls down a set of stairs and is stunned when that very man appears from nowhere to save her!! She later realizes that he hasn't changed. He looks the same way he did 15 years ago!! And, she feels like she's being swallowed up by a strange atmosphere around her when she's with him…making her yearn to get intimate with him…

'I am a high school boy who wears skirts.' The day I wore a skirt to school, I was rejected by my girlfriend.　It was a summer day when Momoi Taichi (17), a member of Class D of the 2nd grade, came to school wearing a skirt. His classmates and teachers are in an uproar over his sudden "wild behavior. The only one who finds it amusing is an eccentric girl (classmate) named Shirai. "You mean you want to dress up as a woman?" This is a coming-of-age story that humorously depicts the inconvenience and love of a boy in a skirt.

Meiko and Hozumi were once the best of friends as children but an incident at the age of nine causes a rift between them. Now middle schoolers, Hozumi continues to ignore her but Meiko is still hung up over their estrangement and finds herself unable to move on from the event. One day, Meiko encounters a young boy who looks strikingly like Hozumi. Is he an illusion? A ghost? Or something else entirely? A time paradox story about youth, juvenile delinquency, and changing a bad future.

The first love of youth—so painful and yet so sweet… Elissa married Cole when she was twenty years old. It should have been the key to her happiness, but, inexperienced in matters of the heart and the bedroom, she found she could not stand a life of waiting for her husband. Before even a year had passed, she ran out on her marriage. Cole, left behind, neither pursued her nor took steps to divorce her. Now, five years later, Elissa has enlisted as a staff member in the orphanage where he works as the chair of the board. What will come of their reunion?

Yui is a 28-year-old office worker who has just moved into a share house after a break-up. There, she meets a 19-year-old boy who is a member of a band…?! What kind of turn can this love that they can't tell anyone take?

While taking in the Alps in honor of her late parents, Lee can’t help but cry. A stranger approaches at the sound of her pain and comforts her, and Lee feels as though they’re connected somehow—love at first sight. But when she returns to school to meet her friend Princess Sophie, she finds out her first love was actually Prince Raoul—Sophie’s arranged fiancé! After eight years, Lee accepts that Raoul and Sophie will one day wed, but as luck would have it Sophie isn’t in love with him and has no intention of marrying him. In order to get out of her arranged marriage, Sophie tries to convince Lee to seduce Raoul. Lee wants to see him again after so long but she can’t imagine herself with a prince. And even if she were to succeed in winning his heart, would he break tradition and choose to be with Lee by calling off an arranged marriage?

From the creator of Apple Children of Aeon comes a gripping, six-volume thriller manga about trauma, healing, friendship, and what it means to be “sick” or “healthy.” A must for fans of suspenseful, complex manga like Naoki Urasawa’s Monster and The Promised Neverland. --- Eight years have passed since the sickness known as “the Sleep” ended millions of lives. Now, after a dangerous procedure that involves diving into patients’ memories has ended the pandemic, Petty Officer Adam Garfield wakes up in a hospital to find an IED has taken one of his legs. But Adam’s plan to retire from U.S. Navy service and cash in his pension to goof around with his younger siblings is shattered when he receives secret word that the sleeping sickness has returned, and it’s his job to coax back the mysterious man who helped cure it the first time: a man known by the codename “King.”

She’s completely at his mercy, and yet she’s falling for him… This is the last part of the wedding ceremony. Remove your clothes. Ordered not to resist the fierce knight Alexander, Lillis’s pure body begins to tremble. She is the daughter of a lord, and she’d only recently left the monastery where she had lived. She was making the journey home when she was attacked. She was told by Alexander that in order to avoid war, she must become his bride for the sake of the people…but she doesn’t know what true sadness is yet. Not only does she foolishly fall in love with the cold-hearted knight, an even more painful reality is coming to pierce her right through the heart!

Do I really have to work here from now on...? Maya Blanche was born the daughter of nobility, but the family's wealth is in ruins due to her father's loan. The only place she could find immediate work as a noblewoman was the most fearsome house in all the land, the San-Chevalier House. There are rumors of servants of the house going missing... as pain and fear comes over Maya, she suddenly feels a strong head pain and all her memories come flooding back to her. "In my previous life... I was a high school student!" Maya was reincarnated into the world of one of her favorite fantasy novels after an accident on her way home from her maid cafe job! She now remembers the head of the house, Etel San-Chevalier, is actually an assassin...! Now begins the story of an isekai love fantasy of excitement and wonder, avoiding the death flags at all costs!

Misled by the words of her home tutor, Chinatsu prepares for her big date by having a thorough lesson in pleasure!

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Carolyn Duval must get the fabled Ainderby Chalice back to its rightful home, in accordance with her late grandfather's wishes. Cursed with the ability to tempt humans to madness over it, she must keep its existence secret on her long journey. She's hired Colonel John Ancroft to escort her on the way, but since even he can not know their true reason, the youthful Carolyn must pose as the elderly widower Mrs. Hopkins. Will the truth come out, and will the overpowering control over man come from the chalice, or John and "Caro"'s love for each other?

Choi Ah-ran, a novelist and publisher, runs a publishing company while hiding the humiliation of her past as Jo Ah-han, a writer who made a big name for herself 20 years ago with an internet novel about the most popular of Sanggo High falling for an ordinary high school student. Ah-ran goes to her parents' house, where she grew up, to announce the end of her engagement, but loses consciousness and is dragged into the realm of internet novels, 'Cheonyang.' Cheonyang is completely different from reality. Her now divorced parents affectionately wake up Ah-ran, and emoticons expressing their feelings appear in the speech balloon. The spelling is a mess! Such a cliché blabber! Ah-ran goes to school in an unguarded moment and realizes that this is an imaginary world where the laws of Internet fiction are constantly occurring. ‘This is a world I made up, so I can escape!’ While searching for a way to go back home, she goes to the city with her friend Soyoung, and meets the Four Heavenly Kings in the arcade. Ah-ran falls off the stairs and lands on Kang Hwiyoung, their leader. 'Oh, no! If I fall like that, there is a high probability that I will kiss Hwiyoung regardless of my falling position!'

Multi-million dollars in inheritance, but where is the money? Anna Willson arrives at her late grandfather's country villa expecting a holiday. Instead, she finds secret messages left for her by her grandfather and a bunch of suspicious people. Can she follow her grandfather’s clues to uncover her family's secrets and secure her inheritance before anyone else?

Piper, an interior decorator, and Zephyr, a Greek multimillionaire, are good friends—partners both in business and in bed. Though their relationship is meant to remain casual, Piper finds herself falling in love with Zephyr. But behind his calm smile, there is a wall around his heart. She wants to know more about him—but if she ever reveals how she feels about him, their relationship will be over. So she decides to keep her feelings hidden away in her heart—and then she discovers that she’s pregnant!

Chika Yamagishi, single, computer programmer. And much to her dismay, now 35 years old. When she’s got a crush on a younger coworker, what options are left for a woman who’s almost 40?! (Wait, she just turned 35!)

Pippa didn’t know what to do. The milk tanks on the farm she runs are polluted. Her savings are almost gone. Now the truck she was driving is stuck in the mud from a heavy rain. Then a beautiful black-haired man named Max approaches her. Max says the boy she is taking care of, Marc, her late best friend’s son, is an heir to the royal family of Alp d’Estella. Pippa is taken to Alp d’Estella and quickly drawn into a plot. She starts to have feelings for Max, who is protecting her, but then she learns the secret of his birth!

Always one to do her best for her family’s business, Kisa has become a weary woman with little time left in her life for herself, let alone any traces of romance. “I’d like to take you as my bride.” An unexpected proposal comes out of the blue when Amane, the young president and member of an old noble family, visits her family for business…! “Why me?” Even when she asks him the reason, Amane’s vague answer of “just based on my intuition”, bewilders her. Despite her uncertainty, her heart is slowly swayed by his honesty and the pair end up living together with plans for marriage. But living together with Amane, whose cool appearance contrasts so greatly with his sweet approaches, seems to bring forth a tempest—?! (Synopsis: Gourmet Scans)

Nicholas, Baron of Belvry, is livid-his longtime archenemy, Baron Hexham, was killed by someone other than himself. One day, Nicholas receives an order from the king to marry Hexham's only remaining relative, his niece, Gillian. Nicholas now has a target for his revenge. But what kind of woman will Gillian be?

From Comikey: “For me to have fallen this low at the age of 27... there has to be a reason for it. Happiness only exists because pain does too, after all.” Full-time housewife Hayame lives a simple and peaceful life. But when her husband suddenly asks for a divorce and her purse is stolen, she is forced to live on the streets without a penny to her name. In the midst of all this hardship, a rich and mean-spirited high school boy named Issei steps into her life. Her encounter with this guy soon turns her "peaceful" world upside down...

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. Will you drown yourself in my love? Caresses all over my body, oozing wet deep inside... Should I really be doing this with somebody who's just a substitute boyfriend...!? One day, the man whom Yumina thought of as her boyfriend, suddenly tells her that he is going to marry another woman, and Yumina realizes that he had only been treating her as a fuck buddy. She's unable to talk back to him in the moment, but when she complains about it to her best friend at a cafe the next day, Aoyagi, a waiter at the cafe, butts in! He suggests being Yumina's substitute boyfriend until the wedding, in order to get back at her ex. Her body and soul are now at the mercy of the boy, who is friendly and approachable, but rather forceful during sex...

Every night, a young man hears children playing outside his boarding house—but the alley below his window is fenced off from the world. Then, when a young woman’s family starts acting strangely at the same time she begins having bizarre dreams, she decides to stay with her aunt, but the town she heads for has neither addresses nor roads… Also, an all-you-can-eat ice cream bus that’s more sinister than sweet! Legendary horror author Junji Ito presents ten bloodcurdling short stories.

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. My boyfriend is Mr. Kinukawa. I worked hard to win a lover like him! I'm fascinated by adult romance, and I'd give anything to make my beloved Kinu happy... Huh? I'm supposed to wait until graduation!? There's no way I can wait that long! I'll get totally frustrated! Well, if Kinu's gonna be like that, then I'll show him my love on the school trip, during the sports festival... whenever and wherever!When it comes to love, Saya goes her own way! Saya and Kinu make their comic series debut! Their love is top secret.

I was suddenly told that I’m the wife of a future king! Six months ago, Abby, a model, was kidnapped by bandits while she was doing a photo shoot in the desert. Just when she thought all was lost, a handsome man on a beautiful horse chased after them and rescued her. The man was dressed like a desert chief, but who was he? All she knew was his name: Zain. Abby held on to him as they rode through the night on his horse. Even after she returned to England, her heart raced every time she thought of her mysterious rescuer. Then one day she learned the shocking truth: Zain was to inherit the throne of his country and she was his wife!

My former love appears before me once again and my feelings are overflowing… Laura’s publisher receives a manuscript from an unknown author. Could it be the work of bestselling author Liam O’Reilly? Eight years ago, Laura loved Liam, but he left for the United States to make a movie adaptation of his novel and she never heard from him again. By the time she realized she was pregnant, he had already married another woman. Despite that painful betrayal, Laura decides to meet Liam again. Being with him once more reminds her of the sweet moments they once shared together, but she has a big secret she still hasn’t told him…

Mai's experienced little romance, having been stuck in unrequited love for most of her life. She's been close friends with a group of great guys since her childhood, but their friendship has never turned into more. Now a grown woman, she reunites with her old crush. Her chance, she thinks, until she realizes how much he's changed... While she's suffering from a second broken heart, her old pal Ayato, now an actor, is there to cheer her up. He's brusque, kind, and anything but smooth, simultaneously healing and hurting her with his words. His caring, straightforward nature even makes him offer to practice dating Mai when she tells him it's time for a change! Could this be what carries them from friendship into more? A comic version of the hit romance on Love 365: Find Your Story!

My fate is to be the substitute bride of this cruel lord… After her cousin elopes, Elizabeth is chosen to take her place as a bride for Lord Raymond. Elizabeth lived miserably in a convent for the last thirteen years, and she feels marriage will be her chance to finally have a happy family. Though Raymond frightens her at times, with his cold and cruel eyes, Elizabeth begins to see glimpses of his sincerity and kindness, and she settles into life with him. Until she hears a rumor in the castle that Raymond’s previous wife was killed…by him!

In a world where people suddenly develop different powers, those who use their skills for evil are imprisoned in a catastrophic prison. Shu Ono, who works there as a guard, somehow falls in love with the strongest prisoner, Lava.

England, the middle of the sixteenth century. Lady Tonia has been imprisoned in a fortress for treason against the king. So as not to soil the name of the Cavendish family, she remains strong-hearted until her final moments. The executioner who arrives is Sandor, a mysterious man with beautiful turquoise eyes. The moment Tonia takes her opportunity to escape, she falls into the river. Involuntarily, Sandor rescues her and, in the face of her purity, is reluctant to execute her. And yet, for the sake of his cousin, held hostage, he must deliver her heart to the king at any cost…!

Hae-ran wants three things. Good health for her grandfather, one meal per day, and a masterpiece of a lifetime. In front of her appears a potter named Hwaseon (畵仙) who can grant all three wishes. “Be my chemist.” This will be the beginning of a sad fate... The story of Hwaseon Ye-an, who wants to end his immortal life, and Hae-ran, the only person who can kill him.

King Zahir, ruler of the desert country of Maraban, is taken aback when he learns that his ex-wife, Sapphire, is visiting the country. Zahir divorced her five years ago, despite the fact they were still madly in love! Even after all this time, the moment the two meet again there’s an undeniable attraction between them. But Sapphire hasn’t returned alone—she’s brought a secret back to Maraban with her!

When the eldest son, Dunstan, returned to the castle, something stirred inside her… While traveling with her servants, Lady Marion’s caravan is attacked by bandits. A group of passing knights saves her and she accompanies them to their home, Campion Castle. Her arrival marks the beginning of her life among the wolves with Lord Campion and his six sons. One day, eldest son Dunstan returns to the castle and Marion feels something stir inside her that she has never felt before…

When Stacy Walker's handsome neighbor Jordan Hunter invites her to a party, she doesn’t expect to bump into the man who abandoned her mother. She leaves the party in a hurry, much to the confusion of Jordan. Concerned about her well-being, Jordan pays her a late-night visit. As they spend more time with each other, they learn of the mistrust each has for the other gender. It certainly doesn't help that Jordan has mistaken Stacy's three brothers for her lovers. And Stacy’s suspicious about Jordon’s connection to her mother's ex-lover. Can they overcome their differences and mistrust, or will their pasts get in the way of their budding relationship?

The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. The part-time job that manga loving yukiko found was working as an assistant to manga artist renji kaneko . However, when she shows up at his workplace, she discovers that renji kaneko is actually her ex-boyfriend from high school who broke up with her out of the blue, Tsukasa. When Yukiko learns of how he was told he needed to draw sexier looking female bodies, she offers to be his model however, she is dumbstruck when he tells her he wants to see her boobs! And upon seeing them, some sort of sadistic switch seems to be turned on inside of him and instead of just staring he pounces, and for some reason, she likes it!

She left him at the altar—how can she make amends? Kalli ran away from the marriage arranged by her Greek grandfather on the day of the wedding ceremony! Later the man who should have been her husband, a millionaire named Nikolos, hires her to restore his mansion. She accepts the project as a way of apologizing to him, but it’s actually Nikolos’s way of getting revenge for his wounded pride! And even though Kalli is the one who ran away, she soon starts to fall for his overwhelming charm…

Igarashi is a hardworking young office lady. Takeda, the senpai above her at work, annoys her constantly–and yet she finds herself growing closer to him. Every day is filled with comic mishaps and romantic moments as Igarashi tries to balance work, life, and love. This full-color manga–which started its life as a webcomic–is sure to charm audiences of workplace comedies like Aggretsuko and The Office!

I can’t believe I’m marrying a man while hiding my true feelings for him… Javier has no one to turn to but Sabrina. As a visitor to the country, he needs a British wife in order to legally adopt his orphaned niece. Sabrina knows the marriage is just one of convenience for Javier, but she yearns for more than just a loveless union with this man whom she secretly longs for. She knows the marriage is only temporary, but will her heart be able to take it when the end comes?

Koharu is a 35-year-old woman who is looking for a stable relationship, but after a night of drinks, she ends up interacting with a sweet and innocent boy who is totally out of her expectations

"Bitch, whose child?" A dirty deal made her life a big change. She thought the marriage would be happy but in fact it was just a bet. Five years later, she changed a lot and came back with a child who was not his. She said to him: "I will give you the child this time. But this time, the cost is your life."

Short story collection. 1. Iguana no Musume: A girl develops a complex about herself after her mother thinks of her as a hideous iguana.

Loving yourself is never easy. There are countless ways to diet. So why are there no ways to quit? An intimate, cheerful tale of growth about a woman who has long struggled with body image issues and eating disorders.

My fiancée for one day transformed into a completely different person! While on his way home, Duke Zachary meets a mysterious lady who barges into his carriage. The lady, who wears a black veil that hides her face, tells Duke that she came to tell him a big secret. She proves it by telling him a secret about himself that the public does not know. When he takes her home and pulls off the veil, Duke is shocked to see Georgianna, his fiancée from half a year ago, who eloped with a French man. He wonders what this girl wants with him now...