SHOUJO

About a villain who makes a person destroy the world

Mel Song is an unlikely fit for a crack investigator; in her downtime, she loves watching soap operas in her pajamas, eating instant ramen, and internet shopping. But she has one secret weapon: the ability to read minds.

Master sorcerers are rare. Fewer still deal with space and time. So when the empire comes for Eleanor, she escapes to the past with plans to befriend her still-living mother. But the past isn’t what she hoped—she can’t enroll in the academy, her mother is aloof, she’s at odds with the only person willing to help, and they’re also plotting to overthrow the throne. With no way to know what secrets she’ll uncover, at least one thing is clear: getting involved is the only way to keep her mom safe.

A reader is magically transported into a BL novel called The Night of Hwangseong. She now inhabits the body of Lobelia Flore, the daughter of a noble family suffering from a rare illness. Lobelia discovers the only way to avoid a painful death is to remain in close physical contact with Edric Dencart, the young, beautiful, and sickly crown prince. To do this, Lobelia disguises herself as a man named “Lobel” and commits herself to becoming the crown prince’s most trusted man-servant.

A short story about a grumpy old man and a cat.

The classic LGBT+ story by the creative master of Rose of Versailles! *** Born as “Claudine” in a female-assigned body that doesn’t reflect the man inside, this heart-wrenching story follows Claudine through life, pain, and the love of several women. Master shoujo mangaka Riyoko Ikeda, considered part of the influential Year 24 Group, explores gender and sexuality in early twentieth century France in this powerful tale about identity. Riyoko Ikeda’s career of over forty years is most defined by her epic The Rose of Versailles, and she was awarded the French Legion of Honour in 2009.

Little Tetsuo is a wimpy mess. His parents don’t love him. He meets the beautiful Kimiko, an ailing teenage girl obsessed with movies and mayhem in equal amounts. She doesn’t love Tetsuo either, or anyone other than herself. But she needs him. So Tetsuo becomes the man she wants—the monster she wants. He becomes HER FRANKENSTEIN! Originally published in 1986, Kawashima Norikazu’s HER FRANKENSTEIN marks the bizarre and sadomasochistic finale to a cult era in Japanese horror comics. A few years after it was published, the author burned all of his artwork and abandoned Tokyo, never to be heard from again! HER FRANKENSTEIN is the inaugural volume of SMUDGE, a line of pulp, horror, and dark mystery manga, curated and translated into English by award-winning historian Ryan Holmberg.

Marguerite feels awkward, struggling every day to stay productive at work and keep up appearances with friends. She's sensitive, irritable at times. She makes her environment a fluffy, comforting cocoon, alienating her boyfriend. The everyday noise and stimuli assaults her senses, the constant chatter of her coworkers working her last nerve. Then, when one big fight with her boyfriend finds her frustrated and dejected, Marguerite finally investigates the root of her discomfor: after a journey of tough conversations with her loved ones, doctors, and the internet, she discovers that she has Aspergers. Her life is profoundly changed – for the better.

The warrior Erquanna wakes in a casket and hears people making light of her death. When she shocks them by opening her eyes, she realizes she’s now in the frail body of Erne de Medina, a well-known dimwit from the empire. Erne made a deal with a demon (and died in the process) that Erquanna must now fulfill. She must fall in love with one of the three strongest men in the empire—and have them fall in love with her—before her time is up and her soul is taken as payment.

Ginvera dan Genus, merupakan sepasang kakak beradik yang diberi kekuatan oleh sebuah entitas malaikat misterius, dan karena itulah Williams, ayah mereka, selalu bersikap kasar dan buruk terhadap Ginvera dan Genus, terutama setelah kematian istrinya, Sienna, yang membuat Williams tertekan, Ginvera dan Genus memanfaatkan celah ini untuk melarikan diri dari mansion, namun beberapa tahun kemudian, William memberikan Ginvera sebuah surat yang menyatakan bahwa Williams tengah melamar seorang countess dari Roselia, yaitu Charlotte, Williams berencana untuk menikahi Charlotte sebagai pengganti Sienna, dan Williams pun meminta Ginvera untuk datang ke pernikahan mereka. Apa yang dilakukan Hafus Ginvera, jika ia kembali maka ia akan terjebak di neraka lagi dan jika ia tidak kembali maka ia akan menjadi buronan terutama di posisi Williams, ayahnya yang merupakan seorang adipati

Ginvera and Genus, are a pair of brothers who were given powers by a mysterious angelic entity, and that's why Williams, their father, always behaved rudely and badly towards Ginvera and Genus, especially after the death of his wife, Sienna, which made Williams depressed, Ginvera and Genus took advantage of this gap to escape from the mansion, but a few years later, William gave Ginvera a letter stating that Williams was proposing to a countess of Roselia, namely Charlotte, Williams planned to marry Charlotte as a replacement. Sienna, and Williams also asked Ginvera to come to their wedding.... What did Hafus Ginvera do, if he comes back then he will be trapped in hell again and if he doesn't come back then he will become a fugitive especially in the position of Williams, his father who is a duke

Cry out for love, scream in sorrow. "I want to be lonely," "I have nothing," "I'm a failure" - To vent, a girl named Ruru uses a private SNS account. What she stumbles upon is a rumor about a condition called "Love Sick Girl Syndrome", said to only affect teenage girls. The symptoms seem completely unreal, like something straight out of a manga... She thought it was just a made-up story, but when a certain worry triggers strange changes in her body, they begin to resemble the symptoms described in that very rumor. A long-awaited comic adaptation of the story inspired by Kairikibear's songs: Venom, Darling Dance, and Failure Girl!

High school freshman Miso is enthralled when she sees her classmate Hyojeong playing a retro handheld video game on the train. Hyojeong’s always seemed kind of intimidating, but the way her eyes sparkle as she plays makes Miso want to learn more about retro games, and muster up the courage to befriend her. When Miso and her older brother Minjun head to the old video game store in their town, not only do they find that it's run by Hyojeong and her older sister, they also discover a nostalgic portal to the past…

Milliana Pearl lived happily with her fiancé, Prince Julius, until she was accused of killing the king and sentenced to execution. In her last moments, an unknown voice offers her a chance to change her fate by living 1,000 lives. After meeting the conditions, Milliana returns to her original life. As she attempts to alter her past and save her loved ones, she uncovers hidden secrets and discovers that, to succeed, she must live without forming relationships, challenging her deepest desires.

When Helena was reborn into a novel, she was forced to grow up knowing that her sister was the main character and that a terrible life awaited her… unless Helena could stop it from happening. By learning how to take care of family matters, Helena took her sister, Callisto’s, place as the head of the house, allowing her to live her dream of being a knight. But she now finds herself hurtling towards both the terrible fate once meant for Callisto and the man who makes it come to pass.

Chapter 26 in Naver's 2023 Rookie Short Story Collection (2023 루키 단편선).

After hitting my head, I remembered my past life and realized I was in a novel. Ugh, why do I have to be Diana Cartier, the bratty child brainwashed to do evil deeds and destroy the world?! I won’t let that happen. I’ll stop the end of the world with my own hands and save my brothers! Wait, why is the novel’s protagonist lying on the street? And oh, aren’t those animals so cute? Make way for the cute youngest who’s trying to save the world!

Living a self-destructive lifestyle, young Aoi finds her room visited by various symbols of spring - cherry blossoms and butterflies - all silently watching over her days. A new tale of love and life from the unique mind.

What gives?! Lady Doreen Bradshaw is wise enough to make her father a fortune with her investments but not old enough to legally make any choices for herself! On top of that, it seems every adult in her life either sees her as a golden goose or a beautiful bride-to-be. Is the fluctuating price of Lady Doreen's freedom something not even the genius herself can predict?