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His heart was captured by a mermaid who didn’t even know her own name. From the moment the gorgeous, sexy stranger washed up on shore, millionaire Jarret Wilkenson was suspicious. Since he was one of the most eligible bachelors around, women were forever using strange antics to propose. And while this captivating visitor's amnesia routine was unique, he wasn't going to let her beauty distract him…

Gokurakugai, a bright and bustling working class district with a hidden dark side. In this area without order, Tao and Alma work as troubleshooters for hire. Their missions involve helping a young boy find his lost friend, a person who dissapears without a trace, and disfigured animal corpses.

One day, Kyutaro Horikita, the tall, dark and handsome cleaning expert of Kurokado High, comes across a sleeping maiden named Fumi Nishioka at school… Unfortunately, their meeting is anything but a fairy-tale encounter! It turns out Kyutaro is a “Sweeper” who cleans away negative energy from people’s hearts—and Fumi is about to become his apprentice!

When does the twisted God of Poverty feel joy?

(PARADISE SCANS) Born into a lineage of miko, Yagatame Sumika is a high schooler with the ability to see “weird things” that ordinary people can’t see. She spent her days being compared to her high-achieving younger sister, causing her to struggle to find her meaning of existence. However, she faces a crisis when a spirit is suddenly released during her family’s tradition of “Full Moon Prayer”! Another spirit appears there, and he calls the failing Sumika the sacrificial princess…?!

Rachel, the second daughter of a viscount family, is a plain and reclusive young lady whose only interests are handicrafts and magic. She never wished for marriage in the slightest—yet when she attended her debutante ball in a magically modified dress adorned with elaborate enchantments, she ended up receiving a proposal from the court magician, Zoid! He is the most powerful magician in the country, possessing status, authority, and stunning looks—and has turned down every marriage proposal until now. So why would someone like him propose to someone like me!?

Rikuto, an illustrator, and his wife Natsuki, a civil servant, have been married for a week. Their newlywed life has only just begun. His wife is too perfect in every way, but Rikuto can't forget the way he once saw her in a disheveled state. He wants to see her again in a disheveled state somehow, but he always ends up being defeated!

He seems kind and reserved, but he is overflowing with passion… Only after the death of her parents does Lisette learn that she was adopted and has a different birth mother. She moves to Paris and works at a seedy saloon to make ends meet, and there she is approached by an elegant aristocrat. He says he will rescue her from this cesspool. She is sure he just wants to seduce her, but she can't get this nice, kind man out of her mind. However, she has no idea that he’s just using her to find her mother!

After leaving her isolating life in Tokyo, 34-year-old Nichiko returns to her remote island hometown for her estranged alcoholic father's final days. There she meets Chimaki, an eccentric young man who stirs up old memories and feelings Nichiko had all but decided she no longer deserved. But despite his puppy-like enthusiasm for life, Chimaki's almost obsessive need to rescue people and animals seems to be compensating for an unspeakable past.

"What is it, Mr. Amakusa? Don't tell me you're planning to make midnight visits to my bed?" Aki Kurumi, 29 years old, meets Shisui Amakusa at a singles' mixer, and what should he unexpectedly propose but a paper marriage...! And once she starts living with Shisui, who is a touch out of sync with her, it kicks off a string of miscommunications and minor catastrophes! Their life as newlyweds (on paper) gets off to a bumpy start, but it's somehow almost cozy... "I didn't realize I would be so happy... to be needed by someone." They each chose this paper marriage for their own convenience, but could they become a real husband and wife? What is "love"? What is "marriage"? This is a bumbling love story that depicts how men and women coexist.

Childhood friends Koutarou Fujiki, Kajiwara, and Fuyuko thought they would always be together. They spent their youth in a strange love triangle, the two boys fighting over who would date Fuyuko. But suddenly one day, that life ends. Kajiwara goes missing, and Koutarou takes his sweetheart’s hand in marriage. Now middle-aged, Koutarou is left to wonder—would his wife have chosen differently if Kajiwara was still around? On a visit to his hometown, the memories come rushing back...

Nomoto meets a mysterious girl, Hitomi, and gets taken to a junkyard where those with nowhere to go gather. There, a dreadful fighting match called "Killing Bites" is held among "hybrids," beings who have the brains of a human combined with the fangs of a beast...

“Because I cannot see… it must be true love.” Alfred, the head of the noble Veskulare Dukedom, is known throughout the kingdom as the “Bandaged Duke,” his body entirely wrapped in bandages. Because of his unsettling appearance, he is feared and avoided by everyone. One day, by royal command, he’s ordered to marry. His bride? Sierra, a beautiful songstress blessed by the goddess—who, for some reason, is completely smitten with Alfred from the start!? Thus begins a heartwarming tale of marriage between a mysterious, lonely duke and a pure-hearted maiden. A love story where appearances mean nothing… and connection runs deep.

I was banished from my family… but I’m finding happiness with a monstrous marquis! Lafina, a noble daughter infamously known as the “Poisonous Flower of the Capital,” is rumored to be a shameless flirt. Even though she protests her innocence, no one believes her. After her stepsister steals her fiancé, she’s cast out of the family and sent to marry none other than the “Monster of the Borderlands”! Though terrifying in appearance, her new husband is surprisingly gentle. Gradually, Lafina begins to open her heart to him... A heartwarming pure love story between a human and a non-human in a fantasy world begins!

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Takemure Dojo and master of the Churyu Akai-Jutsu martial arts, he is now wheelchair-ridden due to severe lung cancer. He is estimated to only have two months left to live. Realizing his time on this earth is ending, Takemura creates a bucket list of things he wants to do before then, which he shares with his nurse Tokiko Tanaka. However, one day his illness flares up, and Tanaka wheels him to the nearest doctor as fast as she can. When he comes to, he finds that the two of them aren’t in the emergency room of the hospital. In fact, it doesn’t seem like they’re in Japan at all.

Makoto Amano wants to become an actor, but his stern father has decreed that the only way Makoto can pursue his dream is to spend the last two years of high school as a girl! He quickly makes friends with popular tomboy Ito Miura, another drama enthusiast at this new high school and the only student to find out his secret—but are they more than pals?

ON THIS PAGE: I'm uploading the (unofficial) translation of Volumes 3,4,5 of the series Pittosporum! (so far no confirmation of the official translation for these 3 Vols...) (=> The official translation of the 1st & 2nd Volumes can be found here: https://battwo.com/title/133201-pittosporum-official ) ____ Pittosporum (Volume 3): After many twists and turns, Odajima and Yano have finally started dating. They have successfully completed the first semester of their second year exams and are enjoying their time together as a couple. Summer vacation is approaching, and while other students are making plans to go home, Yano is worried about the cost of transportation to get home. He then reveals his true feelings to Odajima: "I don't want to cause trouble to my parents." Yano hurriedly tries to cover it up, and Odajima is lost in thought as he sees him like that... The highly popular series' dating edition is about to begin!! ____ Pittosporum (Volume 4): As summer vacation ends and the new semester begins, the atmosphere at school is filled with the excitement of the school festival. Odajima, who has a bad impression on teachers and is misunderstood, fears that being with him will also make a bad impression on Yano. In order to change the situation, he actively works on the preparations for the school festival and gradually opens up to the people around him. Yano unexpectedly feels anxious about this new side of Odajima...

Long ago, humanity discovered weapons later known as Autoscrolls—and the Oath-Making technology that allows command of them. In modern-day Japan, not only have Autoscrolls become a part of everyday life, but Oath-Making is now a systematized science. When high school student and scroll enthusiast of the Oath Club, Kyouta Yuzuki, gets into an accident after finding a mysterious scroll, his freshly transplanted Oath-Heart turns him into a new being!

A heart-warming story about a cat with 9 lives that wants to go to heaven to find his owner.

42-year-old Kyoko Otsuka has spent the last 13 years living life as "mom" for her rebellious daughter and soft-spoken husband. Kyoko thought her average and hectic life would continue this way until one day she is told that she only has a year left to live! Shocked by this news, Kyoko decides she wants to spend the remainder of her life "living for herself." She declares to her family, who have been spoiled and taken her for granted, that she is done being their "mom" and is going to take back her life as "Kyoko"!

Isabella is the princess of Niroli, an island kingdom in the Mediterranean Sea. She is currently undertaking the task of putting a worldclass resort on her beloved Niroli. If she can make that happen, Niroli will surely flourish. Isabella wants to start negotiations more than anything, but the person in charge of the project, Domenic, has no desire to listen to a spoiled princess with no redeeming quality but her beauty. When he sees that she has no intention of giving up, Domenic presents her with a proposition. He says, "I want you to spend at least a week on the island where I was born." This is the fourth installment in the royalty romance series "The Royal House of Niroli".

Gift Hisono is a gifted painter cursed with financial woes. On the brink of finishing his latest work, his trusty palette knife suddenly snaps! In a desperate attempt to afford a replacement, he steals paint from his close friend and fellow art club member, Taima. This act of theft witnessed by another club member, Kadomi, marks the beginning of his poisonous downfall...

MANGAMO: As a teacher, Kunihiko has dealt with difficult students before, but none as anti-social as Kazumi. Kazumi has no friends and gets into fights with Kunihiko all the time. His advice to her is to get some friends. But Kunihiko probably regrets telling her that, since Kazumi followed through by asking him to be her friend, and now she won't leave his side!

Not even a hero, Takumi Iruma gets accidentally mixed in with a group of heroes chosen to be summoned to another world. As compensation for the mix-up, a goddess offers him the right to choose any skill he wishes for! Hoping for a peaceful and quiet life that has nothing to do with fighting or going into battle, he chooses a seemingly boring creation skill. However, it turns out "alchemy" is the most powerful skill that allows him to create everything from a holy sword to flying ships! This cheat skill he unexpectedly acquired turns him into a wealthy merchant and makes him undefeatable in battles! A heartwarming adventure story about (possibly) the most powerful alchemist in another world!

At the behest of the organization, Celeste becomes the bodyguard of Edward, the crown prince of Midland. While spending time together, she comes into contact with Edward's strength and vulnerability, and decides to protect him of her own volition. Edward also trains his mind and body so that he can protect Celeste. ``I love only you.'' Two people who overcome many difficulties and are attracted to each other. However, the difference in social status between the Crown Prince and his personal guard stands in the way... A story of growth, battle, and love between two people who shoulder heavy roles and pasts.

“I won’t forgive you! If I could do it all over again… This time, I’ll—!” Born the illegitimate daughter of a noble family, Diana was scorned by her family and even the servants. One day, she was poisoned by her half-sister Irene, the legitimate heir of the ducal household. Diana had endured everything quietly—until the moment she died, filled with regret and hatred. But when she opened her eyes, she had returned to a year in the past! She died once. What’s there to fear now? With vengeance burning in her heart, Diana swears to take back everything that was stolen from her. To uncover the dark secrets of the duke’s family, she joins forces with Daniel—her sister’s fiancé.

Kokuryuu Kaguya was only a little boy when he witnessed his father murdered by demons. He spent years trying to convince people about what he witnessed, but was dismissed as a traumatized child with an over-active imagination. Now a teenager, Kaguya still remembers what happened. One day, Kaguya is struck by a mysterious light and meets a young woman named Mao—a skillful warrior wearing bunny ears—who rescues him from a demons’ attack, then demands to know what planet he’s from! Kaguya finds himself inducted into a secret organization of other-worldly individuals whose goal is to defend Earth from monstrous invaders. Reborn as a Battle Rabbit, strange powers awaken within Kaguya which allow him to fight these creatures and seek vengeance for his father’s death.

Tatsuhiko inherits his grandfather's home after his passing. It's been ages, so he heads to the old homestead for a visit. In a storage room there, he encounters a tanuki who claims to be a god. Tatsuhiko and the tanuki god repair the home together while sharing stories about his grandfather. Following this strange turn of events, the two decide to get married?!

Izumi, an office worker who lost her mother at a young age, spends her days off helping at her family's bento shop. One day, she discovers that her father has been swindled by some shady contractors during the shop's renovation. Just as her frustration peaks, her unexpected savior, Kiriyama, appears. He's a yakuza prince, and he's determined to make her his...! A spicy tale of dangerous love, now in manga format!

On his deathbed, the Great Philosopher expressed remorse, as he was never able to learn magic.Five hundred years later, he was reborn as Mazel Loran, the son of a feudal lord. His family believe him to be a late bloomer in terms of his magic, but also think he's the next incarnation of the Great Philosopher. But Mazel has a secret that nobody else knows: while he does not have any magic, he has experience with "physics"!

A Young girl name Elena just a normal school girl finds her own notebook in the middle of the class and magical finds herself inside of it! Will she ever escape

In the spring of 1998, Koichi Sakakibara transfers into Class 3-3 at Yomiyama North Middle School. But little does he know...his new class has a horrible secret. When he takes his seat in class for the first day of school, Koichi is unsettled by his fearful classmates. Despite this atmosphere and warnings from fellow students, Koichi is drawn to the beautiful, distant Mei Misaki, another classmate. But the closer he tries to get to her, the more mysterious she and their class become. And when a fellow student dies a disturbing death - the first of a long chain of deaths - Koichi seeks to learn the truth behind the curse of Class 3-3. But can he get answers before the curse kills him?

Popular idol singer Rinka has her life turned upside down when she gets into a horrific accident,Saved by her genius father, Rinka now attends a normal school with a decked-out cybernetic body,Yet, as a famous idol, Rinka must be wary of her secret getting out to her adoring fans

"If it's you, I'm okay with it. Try to uncover me." The smoothness of his body, the elasticity of his skin, his sweat making his bondage suit cling to him... everything captivates me. I want to be uncovered by this beautiful "beast." In hopes of getting rid of her fear of men, her friend invites her to a male strip club. There, she meets Shion, a “stripper who doesn't strip." Yuki is so fascinated with his overwhelming performance that she involuntarily becomes aroused. Although nobody has ever been able to sway him before, Shion finds himself stirred up by her, and can't restrain himself from touching her...!

Youth romcom about 4 sisters who are all experiencing their first love at the same time. While the eldest has a crush on the guy at her part-time work, the other three are dealing with their first romantic experiences with boys in their classes and school clubs. Every night, the four have heart-to-heart girls talks as they navigate their respective first loves.

One day, Tougetsu Umidori suddenly receives a mysterious request from Nara Yoshino, a classmate she's rather close with. Little does she know, however, that this is only the beginning of a series of bizarre events. Soon after, an enigmatic girl in a cat hoodie shows up at Umidori's house, calling herself "BS." Thanks to her, all manner of strange things happen, including toilet borrowing, betrayal, threats, a grapple for freedom, and finally a desperate plea for mercy. Once everything is over, this strange new girl asks: "Hey, will you kill the lies with me?" And without knowing why, Umidori joins in on her quest.

"One day, Kai skips his classes and sits in the forest when he suddenly hears a sound. When he goes to check, he sees a little boy crying. Kai asks him, 'Why are you crying?' The boy replies that a bug scared him, but the bug was actually Mimo, who consumes human memories, giving her the power to perform magic."

Ikuko, an Arasa girl, has someone she is dating. But he is a so-called useless man who freeloads at Ikuko's house and doesn't get a regular job. Ikuko tries to break up with him because she doesn't have a bright future with him, but she always ends up bonding with him for some reason! Just then, a high-spec handsome guy appears, aiming for her Ikuko...! ? A loopy love between a useless man and an around 30-year-old girl! The charm of a useless man explodes!

Lady Fravelon, a former tyrant is banished to the modern world and sees an opportunity to conquer it. However, Azalyr, her trusted general now weary of conflict, desires only to live out his days peacefully in retirement.

When life throws Linden Taylor another gut-wrenching punch, she decides to recover on a beach. She books herself a cruise and it’s full speed ahead to an adventure in paradise. Her assumptions are not far off, but what’s an adventure without a little kidnapping? To add insult to injury, her captor is none other than the roguishly handsome, albeit infuriating, Steven Dare. Now confined to this remote little island with a handsome devil, Linden’s moral compass spins with reckless abandon. How will she find her way to happiness now?

I want to support him as he faces his destiny...even if he doesn’t love me. Cassiopeia’s greedy stepmother and stepsisters have taken the hotel her father left her, and she is forced to work there like a servant. One day, Prince Rhys of Verina, who is rumored to be looking for a bride, arrives at the hotel. If her stepsisters are chosen as the bride and leaves with their mother, she can take back the hotel. Cassiopeia has faint hopes. However, Rhys told her that he had bought the hotel, and then he said something even more unbelievable. “I came here for you, Cassiopeia, as my wife.” Why...why did the prince choose me as his bride?

The follow-up to the hit manga series Nichijou (and heavily referenced in the artwork of that series), Helvetica Standard is a full-color anthology of Keiichi Arawi’s comic art and design work. Funny and heartwarming, this two-part series is a humorous look at modern day Japanese design in comic form and a deep-dive into the artistic and creative mind of Keiichi Arawi. Part comic, part diary, part art and design book, Helvetica Standard is a deconstruction of the world of Nichijou. (Source: Vertical Inc.)

Chii and her husband are like any other happily married couple, except for one thing: Chii was assigned male at birth. Chii details her autobiographical account of growing up with gender dysphoria and ultimately deciding to transition in her early adult years. Shortly after Chii starts transitioning, she meets a man who is instantly enamored by her, and although he is surprised when Chii eventually tells him she used to live as a guy, he still wants to go out with her. As Chii continues to transition, her boyfriend supports her through the process, culminating in their marriage once her transition is complete.

It’s been six months since Aini Mikkola—a baron’s illegitimate daughter and trainee saint from the countryside—entered the Royal Academy. The male students are charmed by her innocent cuteness, while the noble ladies are scandalized by her disregard for noble manners. Among them, three ladies—each soon dubbed “villainesses” in whispers, like in popular stories—begin to draw attention: Seraphina, the crown prince’s fiancée and a marquis’s daughter known for her unmatched virtue. Sandra, a proud and dignified viscount’s daughter from a newly wealthy family built by sharp business sense. Bernadetta, a brilliant young lady from a politically powerful marquis house, closely tied to the royal family. When these so-called villainesses face off against the “trainee saint” Aini… what path will each of them choose? This is the story of noblewomen labeled “villainesses,” and the pride and choices they refuse to compromise.

Siblings Marilla and Matthew Cuthbert were planning to adopt an orphaned boy to help out around their farm, Green Gables. I instead, they got Anne Shirley. A plucky redheaded girl with a vibrant imagination, Anne turns first Green Gables and then the rest of Prince Edward Island on its ear.

The Demon Lord has been defeated by a brave warrior, but is destined to arise again! Ten years later, he emerges early from his slumber to exact his revenge. However, he returns to find that neither the world nor the legendary hero are what they once were. Can the powers of darkness triumph over…a shut-in slob?

When a golem, a guardian of the forest chances across a young girl lost in the woods, he vows to take care of her… despite his life coming to an end. He must find other humans for her to live with, but in a world that despises them, is that even possible?