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"Who are these two good-looking guys on my sofa?" Rei finds herself confronted with this mystery after returning home from another long day at a law office. Entrusted in her care by her mother in the fashion biz, these two model proteges become Rei's new "pets" - at least, that what she tells herself. Still, how many pets out there cook dinner and do the laundry in addition to providing some much-needed TLC? Confronted with this unusual - and enviable - situation, Rei senses her life beginning to change...

"We were happy until that fateful day." Born into a clan of apothecaries, Olive is a young girl who dreams of continuing her family's legacy. But then, one day, her hometown gets attacked. She loses her entire family, except for her older sister. They get adopted by the lord of the domain, Earl Elvert, only to be treated like livestock. Olive does everything to protect her physically disabled sister, who's eventually taken hostage in order to coerce Olive to abuse her power. "It's because only your family can make a 'perfect poison' causing instant death." That is, an ability to refine a special kind of poison from her blood. Olive is forced to assume a false identity, marry and later poison the infamous "Murderous Duke." However, contrary to the rumors, Duke Victor seems to be an honest and kindhearted man... "I don't want to kill him. But as things stand, my sister..." The more love she feels from Victor, the more her anguish grows.

Ikebukuro, Tokyo-a neighborhood where twisted love prowls!! A series of street slashings in Ikebukuro begins to connect total strangers: A teenage girl with no personality of her own; a beat writer for a third-rate tabloid; a teacher suspected of harassment; an informant based in Shinjuku...and a headless rider straddling a pitch-black motorcycle!! Meanwhile, the slasher continues to terrorize the night, all in search of..."him"!?

At eighteen years old, Lucy was sentenced to prison for a crime she didn’t commit. She was charged for killing her employer, who had hired her as a nanny. But she was innocent! Even his brother Domenico, with whom she fell in love, didn’t believe her. While serving time, she lost her father, friends and even her pride. Five years later, she’s finally gotten out of prison. There to welcome her are the media and Domenico! He then takes her to his family mansion. He believes she seduced him and his brother for their wealth, so why is he taking her home?

Ao lives with his father, who has a bad drinking habit, in a town with a beautiful view of the sea. He spends his time trying to be as inconspicuous as possible, both at his high school and at home, as if he's holding his breath. One day, while on the way home from school, he meets Minato smoking a cigarette on the station platform. Minato, who works at a bento shop in spite of his blonde hair and piercings, can't stand the fact that Ao eats food from the convenience store every day, so he offers him a suggestion: "Instead of making you a bento every day, comment on my cooking"...? The story of two young men who meet in a seaside town, and their once-in-a-lifetime true love.

If you think this has a happy ending, you read the title.

To their classmates, Wada is a quiet rich girl while Yamamoto is an intimidating lone wolf…but what they don’t know is that Wada is a mobile game addict in a passionate love-hate relationship (with a 2D character) and Yamamoto has a penchant for urban legends with eyes only for her favorite YouTuber. And their biggest not-so-secret secret—these unlikely friends meet at the food court every day after school to rant, rave, and learn what makes each other tick!

Men - they're the root of Takanashi Chiwa's problems, which is why she never had the time nor the opportunity to have a boyfriend in her entire life. A full-time office lady and a part-time hostess, she works night and day to pay off her dad's debt from his failed business. One night at her part-time job, a high-class customer has her fired. Then the next day, she's called in to see the president - whom she had never even seen before in the office - only to find out she's to marry him! But what kind of guy is Mamiya Hokuto anyway? Will he become one of Chiwa's problems, or will he save her from them? And will this marriage even last?!

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Tendou Maya and Saijou Claudine have known each other since their high school days at Seisho Music Academy. After graduation, they wind up living next to each other as neighbors. A wholesome one-shot story about the affection two girls have had for each other for a long time. [ Yuri MayaKuro (Maya x Claudine) One-Shot Doujinshi ] Source Anime: Shoujo Kageki Revue Starlight Pairing: Tendou Maya and Saijou Claudine

We all have dreams-some we chase, and some we abandon. But have you ever wondered how we make that decision? There are unseen creatures called Dreameaters and it's their job to eat people's dreams. But they're not evil - they only feast when someone stands at the crossroads between two dreams! College student Nozomi Tenmu doesn't have much to live for, but all that changes when he meets Yumemi the Dreameater! Now, Nozomi wants to work with her to transform peoples' destinies, whether she likes it or not!

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Their families are bitter enemies, while their love shimmers in the desert like a glittering mirage. Dani grew up in America, but when her marriage failed she had to return to her family in Oman, where she lives under her father’s watchful eye. Her greatest joy now is sneaking out to the used bookstore. One day, she meets a man there who takes her breath away, a kind, charismatic entrepreneur named Quasar. They begin seeing each other in secret, but Dani is crushed when she learns that their families are enemies. Dani’s father sees everything in black-and-white, and she can’t bear to betray him. Is there a future for Dani and Quasar?

From Storm in Heaven:Taisho Mugen Kitan is a collection of 4 short stories, loosely based around historical/supernatural themes.Taisho Dream Stories – Yin & Yang: In the Taisho Era (1912-1926 CE), a young noble called Sakuya is traumatised by a recurring dream in which she is strangled by ivy. Is this a prophecy? Or a vision of the past? Driven to despair, the young girl turns for help to a brilliant Noh dancer who somehow shares an enigmatic connection to the spiritual world. Yet the unravelling of this mystery is more complicated than anyone could imagine, entwining vengeful spirits, lost love, tragic devotion, a silent guardian, and an unbreakable bond which may yet save Sakuya…at the price of the ultimate sacrifice.Taisho Dream Stories – The Killing Stone: This continues the story of Akira Hanawaka, an unusually gifted Noh dancer who crosses the barrier between the physical and spiritual realms. But what lies at the heart of his powers? And how is his world changed by an unexpected confrontation with his younger brother? Secrets are revealed when the demons of Akira's past ominously threaten another's future.Beloved Princess: A young exorcist at court during the Heian Era (794-1192 CE) is confronted with a series of bizarre incidents involving the occult. But nothing is as it seems, and a greater mystery remains to be solved: the tragic tale of Princess Hashi.Evil One: Sometime in the not too distant future, civilization has been decimated by a biological weapon known only as Evil One, stolen from the laboratory of a brilliant scientist and unleashed upon the world by an enigmatic group of terrorists. In this shattered world, a young prostitute called Agata struggles to survive. His life goes by unnoticed until one day, after a particularly brutal encounter, Agata is rescued by a mysterious stranger who appears to know more than anyone should about the dark secrets of Agata's past. Who is this man? What does he want? And, most importantly, what is Agata's connection to the Evil One?

A chance meeting between an OL and college student at a flower shop grows into a surprise romance.

My favorite idol is so handsome, my nosebleed just won't stop...! Spin-Off of the super popular series Villainous Daughter has started!! I was reincarnated as Olivia, a villainess in an Otome game. 「Villainous Daughter」...? I don't care about that!! What the hell... This whole world is my "Sacred Land"!! But... Olivia's nose won't stop bleeding every time she looks at a main game character!!?? Yeah, let's break off my engagement with the Crown Prince Aquasteed for now. I will enjoy traveling this sacred place with my butler Levy, a non-game character who greatly adores(?) me!

1-3) Kiss no Mukou Kirio, Shirou and Eita were childhood friends. Kirio had always liked Eita and fell into a state of depression when Eita got himself a girlfriend. Kirio thought that he and Shirou are in the same "heart-broken" state as he always assumed that Shirou are also in love with Eita. However, one day Shirou blurted out that it wasn't Eita that he likes, but Kirio himself. Since then, Kirio became more self-conscious whenever he's with Shirou...4) Eggshell There are 7 months and 15 days until Toya Haruki graduates from high school. Until then his teacher Shiihashi intends to make him wait before he agrees to having a relationship with him. In the end who will win out Toya or Shiihashi?5-6) The Sky We'll See Tomorrow & StripeHitomi is being transfered to Osaka so he decides to break up with his lover Saki before leaving. It seems that Saki isn't going to just let things end.

Sora was summoned into a fantasy world from his native Japan to be a hero…but the only special skill he has is "Walking"! Its effect? "Walk as much as you want without getting tired." It sounds convenient, but it won't help in the fight against the demon lord! Rejected for his weakness, he's dumped outside the palace by the king's guards. But as he begins to walk away, he suddenly levels up! Each step taken earns one experience point…and soon, useful skills like Examine, Alchemy, and Domestic Magic are his to command! Who knew just taking a walk could be the key to a whole new world?

Seishun Scans: Ikumi is a high school girl whose hobby is making stuffed toys. When she is rescued by Ayato, an elite student at her school, she decides to give him a handmade plushie as a thank-you, but she witnesses him secretly throwing it away in the shadows. Then the "curse" of the plushie is activated, and Ayato is turned into a doll... Taken from: Comic Natalie.

Hiroshi-kun is a beta, today is the first day of his second year in high school, and he realizes his feelings for an alpha girl. He thought he had no chance to approach that girl, but suddenly he was shocked when Nakagawa-san started talking to him.

Half-vampire, half-werewolf Marlo undergoes a very special transformation when exposed to the full moon—he becomes a she! Finally married to the handsome, womanizing vampire David, Marlo's figuring it all out. That is, until a rich werewolf and a rival vampire fall for the moonlight missus!

“I’ve decided for you to be my bride!” I left the company I worked for to finally open a restaurant in the countryside. But even though I tried my best, things didn’t go so well. Until one night, a cat that I saved while I was out for a walk suddenly turned into a handsome man?! What’s more — he proposed to me? But he’s a cat?!?! This new, heart racing lifestyle begins!

Company employee Tokiwa lives with his cousin Asagi. The two of them were living their normal, comfortable lives until one day, intoxicated with liquor on the night of Tokiwa's birthday, they began to reveal their deepest secrets... "The truth is, I remember my past lives." "The truth is, I'm a time traveler." A series that exceeds one million views on Pixiv! A science-fantasy tale in which the fates of a reincarnation and a time traveler are intertwined!

Miki Tamura can read people like a book. To maintain his happy home-life and to please people, it's a skill he's learned to acquire. But what happens when he meets someone that he can't read so easily?

From Shogakukan:- I Tell You My SecretNaho Amatsuki, a seventeen-year-old girl, went to see a live performance of "Brash" for the first time, and she loved "Gaku" at first sight. "Gaku" is known as a man who takes out girls. Naho was literally taken out by him. What the true character of "Gaku"? Lovely, cute short-piece stories written by Kaori for Monthly Cheese are collected.- Summer Flower Magic

Mitsu, who lost her memories after an accident at school, is trying to relearn who she is. She found a scribble she wrote a day before her accident that said I like 'A'". Who is this 'A'? Her boyfriend's name is Hongou Hideto and there's no 'A' anywhere in his name. Did he know anything? Is he hiding something from her?

A collection of romances unknown to the human species. "Tsutsuki and Shippo": A new squirrel friend comes to the zoo and Tsutsuki, a Japanese tit, is worried about his wellbeing. What can the little bird do to help the new kid out? "Beat and Nanada": Beat is a Rockhopper Penguin and Mr. Nanada is his caretaker. Will Beat be able to overcome the language barrier and tell Nanada how he really feels? "Ollie and Rankan": Rankan and Leo came to Hoshino Zoo from the wild. Rankan looked up to Leo and was always by his side... but he quickly learns that his place next to Leo was fleeting. So when Leo's son Ollie attaches himself to Rankan, all he can do is protect himself from being abandoned again. "Kurihara and Oka": Kurihara has been able to talk to animals since he was a child and has always seen them as human. But he would never dare tell any other human that for fear he might be bullied again. Recently, though, Kurihara isn't the only person that visits the zoo often. Who is that new boy clumsily trying to take pictures of everyone?

A girl signs up to become a manager of an idol. As she smokes in a smoking room she realizes she forgot her lighter! She asks someone next to her to borrow theirs but that someone ends up to be the idol they are the manager of! The two try to figure out how to sort out this fiasco without getting caught!

After various things happened, I got an ability from God and reincarnated to another world! While being watched over by my high-spec family, the superordinary me fully enjoyed other world life. Using the ability I received from God, I had a daily life of just fluffing and petting fantasy animals. There are some shady movements too, but while being led by the nose by God, I’ll do my best at various things with my cheat-like comrades!

Tama and Aoi are friends from childhood. Tama is a shrine maiden that is not allowed to ever leave the village she grew up in because if she does, a terrible curse will unfold. Very much unlike Aoi, who's a normal girl and is free to do whatever she wants with her life. When Aoi's parents die, she has to move out of the village. To her dismay, Tama follows her in order to make sure Aoi fulfills a promise she made to her when they were younger...

Tomoyo Shiino has stood by her friend Mariko through years of abuse, abandonment, and depression. However horrific her circumstances, their friendship has been the one reassuring constant in Mariko's life-and Tomoyo's too. That is, until Tomoyo is utterly blindsided by news of Mariko's death. In life, Tomoyo felt powerless to help her best friend out of the darkness that ultimately drove her over the edge. Now, Tomoyo is determined to liberate Mariko's ashes for one final journey together... to set free her dear, broken Mariko.

The manager of a soba restaurant is the reason for its horrible customer service. Despite cooking the best dishes, he has a mean expression. But he also has Hayate, the restaurant's poster girl, who supports the place earnestly. The two have been supporting the long-standing restaurant together, but with the times changing, their number of customers keeps decreasing. As the manager is finally about to give up, Hayate encourages him. "Stay strong!" she says and makes a daring move, with the desire to protect her beloved restaurant and her beloved manager. "I would do anything to protect you." With those words, she rolls up her sleeves, almost literally and expresses her honest feelings toward the manager in an unexpected way.

A group of high school students were spending their peaceful days freely until they have been chosen as the participants of the game where everyone is being hypnotized until they commit suicide. No one is safe from a sudden death, so what will they do to avoid their fates?

Love between Gray, the first son of a notable family Alexander, and Cassie was shuttered by Gray’s father. Gray’s father didn’t even let her into the house, when Cassie showed up to tell them about her pregnancy. Eleven years later, Cassis provides for her son, Rob, by running a general store. One day, Gray stands in front of her out of the blue! He instantly understands Rob is his son and expresses his desire to take responsibility for his son, but Cassie, unable to forget what his father told her eleven years ago, refuses to open her heart…

Aoto was technically supposed to be dead, but thanks to his younger sister Meika’s pleading to the water goddess, Mikuri, who granted her wish, he was brought back to life. Although in the process, the goddess of Hanamikawa Temple, Mikuri, lost her tremendous power and the ability to help people of the town. Feeling guilty that her one selfish wish prevents countless others from Mikuri’s magic, Meika takes it upon herself to be helpful to anyone in the city. Mikuri eventually gives up the role of goddess to Meika and gives what little magic power she has left to her. Now as one of the many guardians of her town, Meika tries granting people's wishes in their most desperate situations.

A boy who died lonely in the real world is reborn in another world as a half-demon, half-human. He enjoys a brief period of happiness with his demon mother, but their peace is shattered by an attack from someone known as a "hero." His mother meets a brutal end. The boy, grieving his own powerlessness, grows to resent humans who wield the title of "hero" and carry out senseless demon hunts under the guise of authority. Years later, he infiltrates an academy that trains heroes. Driven by a desire to avenge his mother and condemn the twisted existence of heroes

Yui Yamada, a timid girl who enjoys tending to her school's garden, falls in love with the athletic Tomoka Kase. The two eventually begin dating, and the story follows the pair as they face various challenges in their relationship.

A short story about the demon king and her loyal servant, Aslia.

4 works that were published over span of 10 years.

The perfect student council president x the former delinquent current teacher. The only failing of the student council president is that he doesn't know what love is!?

In the not-so-distant future, isekai is a way of life. Now the world has perfected hitting an average teenager with a truck so they're reborn into a new world for a fantasy adventure. How do you raise the stakes? Set up a televised tournament, of course! Now roaring crowds can follow a chosen Hero through his death, rebirth, and quest to save another world, armed with special tech for Cheat skills, stat indexes, and whatever else is needed. Surely this is all in good fun and no one would abuse this kind of reincarnation technology…!

"Do you want to be kissed?" "Push me away if you don't like it." To avoid moving overseas for her second year of high school, Koko decides to live with her younger childhood friend, Shuri, whom she suddenly reunites with after two years of being apart. Until now, she had only considered him a cute little brother, but once they start living together, Shuri's behavior does a 180. He approaches her as if he's in love with her, whispers tenderly in her ear, and pins her down on the couch?! What is Shuri up to?! Who knows...but there seems to be no way to hold back his dangerously sweet advances!

Collection of 6 separate stories.1) Game Center Fishing - Saki likes older partners, but has never been successful, even after having four relationships. When she was trying her luck at the plushie catcher in the arcade, she met a cute high schooler. Will her relationship work out this time?2) Come Over Here - Umi loves to dress up as a highschooler, even though she is 19 years old, ever since a painful separation from her long-time boyfriend, who said that she looks plain without a school uniform. With the return of her childhood friend, she's touched by his effort to show that she is cute just the way she is now. Can she get over her own self doubt?3) Connection is Good - Komachi's friend recently met a boyfriend, whom the friend had met online, and was seriously disappointed when she met him. Komachi talks online with a woman who is a Makeup Consultant, which Komachi wants to become. But what happens when they meet and Yuki isn't a girl, but a boy?!4) Sweet - Tooru and Mika spend allot of time together, but when Tooru decides to get a job so he can buy a car, Mika becomes lonely.5) One Step - Sakura sees her boyfriend's you-know-what.. And compares it to a turtle, a reptile which she doesn't like very much. Follow their relationship as Sakura becomes comfortable with sex.6) Rainy Face - Kayama and Hidaka work together, talking about each other's lives together. When Hidaka meets with Kayama to buy an Omamori at the temple, Kayama is delighted to find that Hidaka is actually very warm himself, and isn't as cold as she thought he was.

The year 1950, Japan. Traumatized by the war, Seishiro is unable to sleep through the night. That is, until he meets Jim, a friendly American soldier stationed in Japan. Seeing the opportunity to change his life, Seishiro suggests they become a couple! Jim is smitten with Seishiro right away, seemingly oblivious to Sei's ulterior motives. At first, Seishiro only sees their relationship as a means to an end. But night after night, as he falls asleep in Jim's gentle embrace, the heart that broke on the battlefield slowly begins to heal...

The romantic relationship between a naive yankee girl and a boy with seemingly no common sense.

Yuji is an artist working out of a modest Tokyo apartment, when he suddenly receives a letter from his mother informing—not asking—him about an Italian girl coming to live with him while she attends university. Supposedly the two have a history, but forgotten memories lend little in the way of preparing either party for the inevitable awkwardness to come. Left with little say in the matter, Yuji’s bachelorhood comes to an end, and his life with Francesca begins.

"Remember where it feels good." "I thought it was just a one-night stand. Now you want to get married, and you know everything about my mind and body!..." Nanaka is the daughter of her company's CEO. Due to her busy work life, she isn't able to be honest with the people around her. Two months ago, however, she met Yodai, her friend with benefits. They get along well, and she's not afraid to be naked with him both physically and emotionally. "You're always so honest." Yodai pleases her with his fingers, his mouth, and his you-know-what. "I don't even know your real name... I thought things would be simple! Why are you trying to marry me?!"