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Eensy-weensy Monster is about a girl, Nanoha, who spends an ordinary school life with two merry close friends, reuniting with Hazuki, an archrival from grade school. From her anger, a mysterious monster appears!

Furuya Utako is shy and reserved, but because of her height (172cm), she sticks out like a sore thumb. Her mind is constantly plagued by thoughts of Harada Naoyuki, the popular boy who sits next to her in homeroom and claims that he'd like to be friends. She is a bit surprised at his straightforward attitude, but slowly the distance between them is starting to close...

From AOC Translations: A love story where a 10% vampire boy won't stop bugging you♡ Anko has been curious about her classmate, Yura-kun for a while. She jokingly thought that Yura-kun was a vampire, but who would've thought that she'd be right!? (Well, 10% right) After Yura-kun learns that Anko's blood is a super rare kind, he starts to approach her. Is he doing this because he's interested in Anko? Or is he doing this because he's interested in her blood? Either way, Anko's being pushed around by Yura who takes things at his own pace!!

At a prestigious school where love is banned, an ordinary boy discovers the student council Presidents secret.

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It’s the middle of the Meiji Era and our heroine, the little Suzu, is sold to the red lights district. However, the rich heir of a dry goods store Tsugaru buys her freedom for no apparent reason. She is deeply grateful for being saved, but she doesn’t understand why he paid so much money for her and the only explanation he offers is “we have a bond.” She tries to unravel the mystery of his feelings and gradually grows from a little girl to a young woman, always by his side. A gentle and slow-paced love story set in the Meiji Era.

Deep in the mountains, there is a temple where children with beautiful hair colours have been gathered and have lived together since very young. One day, a newcomer from the outside world joins these children, and he happens to have the rarest colour of them all: jet-black. Unaccustomed to the culture and way of life of the temple-dwellers, how will he fare in this new environment?

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Laura who had learned special education for a swordsman from her A-Rank adventurer father, enters the Royal Capital’s Adventurer’s School at 9-years old. Laura was filled with expectation in her heart thinking 「I hope I have many swordsman friends」. And at the day of the entrance ceremony, Laura’s sword aptitude value sprang out at 「107」. Between normal students with only 「50-60」 aptitude value, Laura was definitely a sword genius. But, the magic aptitude value that was measured after that was 「9999」. Laura was stunned, while she didn’t know what was happening she was transferred to the Magic Department. 「I want to enter the Warrior Department desu!」 Contrary to Laura’s will, she exerts her super-genius, and instantly became stronger than the instructors.

Kyoko is a 28-year-old single woman. The night she gets her heart broken, she sleeps with a good-looking bartender after getting drunk. The next day, he shows up at her work, telling Kyoko, "It was a first time for me to come so many times." However, there seems to be another reason that he approaches her. What is his true identity...?

Rika ha due ragazzi nella sua vita: uno è il suo tipo, l'altro fa sempre il prepotente con lei. Ma qual è il motivo? Chi è il vero bullo?

The Kouka Opera Academy of Music is a prestigious institution, and Watanabe Sarasa– who dreams of playing Oscar-sama in the Rose of Versailles musical– has somehow managed to get in. A complete live wire, she is the opposite of Narata Ai, a former national JPX idol. They chase their dreams while dealing with a life with no boys and a strict school life.

Once upon a time, there was a ruler of a small Kingdom who was burdened with the task of running the Kingdom at an early age. This ruler was the ideal monarch who was a natural leader. This ruler’s only fault, if you can call it that, was a fetish for women with long straight luscious black hair. Now imagine that the setting is the present, and that this ruler was a young beautiful Queen.

Penny-Rose, a stone mason in the Principality of Castaliae is summoned by the Queen. She asks Penny-Rose to marry the prince... but only for one year. To succeed the throne, the prince needs to marry a woman of "unimpeachable virtue". Startled by such a sudden request, Penny-Rose hesitantly accepts. Despite knowing he is to marry another after her, she is slowly drawn to the prince, and eventually falls in love...

Taye lived a happy life in a luxurious apartment in London with her friend. That was until her friend left without saying a word, and Taye is forced to advertise for a new roommate to cover the cost of her rent. The advertisement is answered by the handsome but silent Magnus. He is the only one who applies and so she has no choice but to accept him. While Magnus only reveals the fact that he is an artist and nothing else, he pries into Taye's dates and gives her the cold shoulder. He seems to think she is only after rich men from prestigious families...

"You've been chosen to date a billionaire!" Beth is startled to receive such a phone call. It appears her neighbor entered her in a competition without telling her! The prize is a date with Kane, a famous billionaire, but Beth is not interested and rejects this golden opportunity. The news reaches Kane and his heart is ignited-- no woman could ever reject him, could she? His pride hurt, Kane vows to win over Beth's heart!

Quinta is an infamous grand witch who has lived over 300 years and is known for her cruelty and killing other witches. She's shrouded in mystery and secrets, but the truth is, she's actually only 16 years old. In an unexpected turn of events, Quinta becomes a bodyguard for Nestor Gilroy, a renowned professor with 5 PhDs, who is being hunted down for his unpublished research. Together, Nestor, Quinta, and her animal companion Feeyo embark on a journey in order to have Nestor's results published.

Musical instruments have minds and bodies, feelings and thoughts. When tossed aside and abandoned, they can become corrupted, even murderous. Petrauchka is an instrument unlike the others; she can't make music at all. After she's found by the mysterious Rentarou in a trash heap, they must team up to calm a despairing lute and perhaps reveal the secret to Petrauchka's lack of musical ability. Can Rentarou somehow unlock her latent talents?

A cute, inevitable, warm love story between a blond delinquent boy and a black-haired serious girl.

Humorous observations and stories about the author and her hamsters.

Satou Atsushi isn't neglected by his family so much as ignored completely. Left to fend for himself, Atsushi fails to learn human speech and instead learns "cat language" and "Dog language" from the family pets. When he's eventually socialized with other children, his speech is stunted and his social graces leave something to be desired. But on his first day of nursery school, he meets a gloomy blonde with the same last name who seems to be a safe enough choice in a first friend. After developing a rather sizeable fixation with Satou Manato, he finds out that there his first friend is seriously ill and has a twin; Shuuto.Years later, two other friends begin school and find that there are two Satous in their class too. Two Satous who, at first glance, could easily be mistaken for twins, but there's a bit more to things than it first appears...

Sakuraba Junko is turning 27 years old soon, but even so, she is without a boyfriend. But who cares?! Junko has a stable job as an English teacher and she is fine with spending her upcoming birthday alone. Well, until she is set up with on an omiai with a Buddhist monk... which, of course, she rejects. But then he shows up at her school where he has enrolled in private lessons... what will become of our Junko-sensei?

Collection of short stories:• 37℃ KissuNaoki was a very cool and good looking guy, but somehow after meeting Fumika-chan, he's not cool at all, but very cute?!• Himitsu no Namida (Secret Tears)He saved his second button for her, but on their last day, she handed him a love letter to give to his best friend. Instead of delivering that letter, he kept it himself, and asked her to go out with him instead...?• Caramel KissAtsushi-sensei is Kawahara's first love, will he be able to accept her affections?• Shounen KnifeUntil Riki moved in, the house next door to Mimi's was always vacant. Riki saved Mimi's cat, but it seems that he isn't as well mannered as she first thought?• Extra from Kiss, Zekkou, Kiss Bokura no Baai.

Takagi is like the prince of his office every girl admires. But in his private life, he just broke up with his lover, and his body is sexually deprived... At the time, he learned about "rental boyfriend" by chance. He tried, booked someone, and the one who came was a really cool young man named Daichi. His body is perfect, and Takagi wasted no time seducing him to bed, but the service strictly prohibits sexual activities?! Takagi lost his interest in Daichi when...?