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In a town where volcanic ash rains from the sky, Akio Suzu, a 32-year-old man, leads a stagnant life enjoying drinking, smoking, and finding solace in the company of cats rather than people. Nothing ever happens in his routine life, but he’s not willing to change anything or himself. That is until a couple, who are Akio’s regular customers, adds a new member to its household? Yutaka, their bubbly nephew from Tokyo.As Akio tries to remain antisocial, Yutaka disrupts his everyday life and dismantles the walls he has built around himself. Together, the two grown men clumsily start to weave a warm, bittersweet, and platonic story of love.

Jesus is about a high profile assassin who plans to fake his own death, laying low from all the Mafia's hitmen and the FBI that are after him. He plans to live his life by using the money he got from the drug smuggling he stole from the mafia gangs, which was one of the reasons that he got chased. Somehow, his plan fails and he couldn't get those drugs his old timed friend hid for him as it somehow got concealed in a school's wall, with a super strength blackboard on top of it. He has no choice but to pose himself as a high school teacher to guard his stash. While he tries to pretend to be an ordinary citizen as much as possible, hoping that he won't get caught, he often gets involved with cases after cases dealing with crimes and criminals. Will his true identity get busted? How much can he tolerate living his life in a normal world?

Sid, who is a Shark Princess of the underwater kingdom, falls in love with Raun, a member of the boy band BUB, and runs away to the surface to see him. Things are going great until the famous teen actor, Jihan Kang, steps into her life unexpectedly and they keep crossing paths. Will Sid be able to keep her secret and get what she came up to the surface for?

If people who turn into animals really existed in the modern world, how would they behave? This book gives some realistic, yet unexpected, answers. Nobody is a complete good guy or bad guy; every character is a complex figure, and even the bad guys have some very good reasons for what they do. Leo is an innocent caught in the midst of it all, but nothing like the "helpless killer" stereotype of American werewolf movies. He is a person in control of his own powers, trying to decide what to do with his life now that so much has changed.

Kaede Mizumori, a high school student who can see through people's lies, lives a dry life so as not to make waves. Until he meets the mysterious schoolgirl Rin Homura --- a thin sci-fi alien drama.

The story is set in a "land where two worlds intersect," and it centers on "a strange romance between a boy and girl who meet by fate."(from ebookjapan):Onmyoji and Yokai? A girl's bizarre Taisho romance! When she was in the first grade of elementary school, her whole family was involved in an accident, but she is the only one who survived. In her third year of junior high school, she passes by the accident site again and is somehow transported back to the Taisho Era!　The next day, Nanoka's physical abilities are awakened when she is told by Mao, a boy she met there who is an Onmyoji, "You are a demon, aren't you?" The Taisho bizarre romance in which the two of them face their "destiny" that will come begins!(https://www.viz.com/mao)

Chapter 7 in Naver's 2023 Rookie Short Story Collection (2023 루키 단편선).

When fierce-looking guy gets some sexy training, their talent as an idol bloom...!? Shun Sahohime has been rejected in auditions many times for his vicious smile. One day, a man reaches out to Shun for his potential and the man is no other than the guy he looks up to, famous idol Kaishi Sakuragasane...!?

A deep and dangerous love, one you cannot escape. Mei, a novice painter, worked tirelessly to make a living from her art. One day, she received a job that could change her life, but it ended in failure. "If only I had more talent and skill..." she lamented. That's when an art dealer named Luis appeared, promising to enhance her abilities. Mei was thrilled as her skills began to bloom, but there was a huge price to pay. Luis was actually a fairy who thrived on love, and she found herself trapped in his grasp...

Xue Tao had to face the harsh reality that his father passed away from a mysterious illness, which left his mother shaken. To clarify the cause of his father's death and ensure his survival, Xue Tao volunteered to enter the “music registration” to get more information. Xue Tao's wit and creativity made her move with ease among powerful people of all colors. But then her friend Zhi Nian became the first “victim” in the exchange of power in the land of Shu! She deeply realized that with her little identity as a courtesan, she was not able to unravel the plot behind the deaths of her family and friends. At this moment, Xue Tao had an opportunity: with her skill and poetry as bargaining chips, she won the esteem of the new military governor Wei Gao. From then on, she officially entered the power core of the land of Shu, facing the forces from all sides that were making waves… However, as she cautiously went through a series of power conflicts, what awaited her in the end was the difficult decision between 'survive' and 'truth'...

Niwa Tasuku working at Sanden Printing Company for 2 years now but still can't get along at all with with Yukino Tsumugi, a female colleague at the DTP department. Their colleagues try to 'break the ice' by inviting them out for drinks but later that night, they ended up in a love hotel. A strange "connection" is made between these two, one that would 'link' them during the most private thoughts and moments!

A bunch of students that was kidnapped by some powerful politics and government to make a weapon for their country. To escape, they must trust, work and cooperate with each other. Will they escape without the adult's help or will they lost everything as they try to escape? Read the story and find out between the journey of the children's hardship.

Seonwoo Yoo, a senior in the photography department, is working as a photographer. One day, he receives a collaboration proposal from a famous overseas magazine.For a while, such a fluttering heartRecently, a jokjok ghost taking a picture is taken together'Seon-woo', who suffered from a psychic phenomenon, tries in various ways to solve it, but it is not easy.In the meantime, the psychic picture was not taken.They find the only subject... It is none other than the most famous playboy on campus, 'Choi Moo-young! "Model? Let me do it. Go out with me instead."Will 'Seonwoo' be able to take a picture of 'Mooyoung' and debut safely in a famous overseas magazine?!The dilemma of a horror romance with him, who never wants to be involved, begins!

In ancient times, Satan was defeated by the gods in the War of Armageddon and was sealed away deep within the earth. But in the modern day, Satan once again aims to control all the universe - and towards this aim, his Devil Siders have begun to act! But now the child born between the worlds of gods and demons, Reiki Kikoku, has joined forces with the God Siders to destroy the demons!!

Gundam EXA VS ( EXA VS) is a manga written by Tomohiro Chiba and illustrated by Kichi Tokita, published by Kadokawa Shoten and serialized in Gundam Ace magazine in 2014 to be tied in with the arcade Game Mobile Suit Gundam: Extreme Vs. Maxi Boost. It's the sequel to the previous manga series, Gundam EXA.Some time after the events of Gundam EXA, Sthesia Awar informs Leos Alloy that she discovered a new GA data cluster from a computer outside of Jupiter X. The two dive into the new data and find themselves in the Universal Century, during the attack on Side 7. However, after entering the colony, they find that the inside was in ruins, and the RX-78-02 Gundam has been destroyed before it could be activated by Amuro Ray.

Junya is a third-year junior high school student. He's good at sports, but when it comes to studying... well, let's just say he's really bad at it. Lately, he's been troubled by something. His childhood friend, Mayaka-nee, has been messing with him in all sorts of ways! Could it be that she actually likes him...? Thus begins the romantic comedy where our hero is at the mercy of a deceptive, ever-changing heroine!

From James M. Cain to Stephen King, from Sophocles to the Marquis de Sade to Iceberg Slim, here are stunning and sometimes macabre visualizations of some of the greatest crime and mystery stories of all time. Rick Geary brings his crisp style to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment; C. Frakes resurrects the forgotten novella "Talma Gordon," the first mystery written by an African American. Crime finds new life in these graphic renditions of The Arabian Nights, the Bible, James Joyce's Dubliners, Patricia Highsmith, and leading mystery writers of today like Jo Nesbø. Crime and mystery have never been so brilliantly reimagined.

It's the story of a trip from a teens league of friends in Tokyo of the 80's till today, mirroring their paths and relationships.

"I'm the only one who can touch him." Chinatsu has absolutely no interest when it comes to love and romance. But then she encounters Ryosuke, her childhood friend who she hasn't seen since they were little. Chinatsu is surprised at how different he is from the past... he's definitely a looker! Suddenly one day, Ryosuke goes to Chinatsu's classroom and asks her out?! However, Ryosuke has a secret that he can't tell anyone about... A sweet love story between a girl who has zero interest in romance, and a boy wants to fall in love!+

To Rei, her business-motivated marriage is a hellish ordeala life shackled by control and forced attempts to conceive by her husband Masaichiro. Her only meager means of revenge are the birth control pills she takes in secret. However, even Rei has a ray of light in her life: a food truck she visits daily that is run by Mikio, a kind, handsome young man. The fleeting lunches with Mikio allow Rei to truly be herself. But her pills don't remain a secret for much longer, and Masaichiro forces her to quit her job upon their discovery. On her final day, when all hope of ever seeing Mikio again is seemingly lost... a man comes in to rob the bank she works at! From the moment Rei sees him, she is strangely drawn to him, kicking off their dramatic romance.

A prequel to Jisatsutou. The Japanese government exiles convicts facing execution to a remote lawless island to fend for themselves.

For the sake of Kang Hanni's one and only family member, her younger brother, Kang Han, Hanni works hard everyday to earn money. One day, she is informed by his school that if he misses one more day of attendance, he will be expelled. However, after she reprimands him harshly, he runs away from the house.In order to prevent his expulsion, the older sister must dress-up and impersonate as her younger brother and attend school.

Though the man in front of me wore a kind smile, he pinned me down, asked if I wanted him to come onto me and whether or not I would be his love plaything. Up until then, I, Saku Fujisaki, was just an ordinary student, but because of my mother's debt, I was taken away by the yakuza. Either I do backbreaking work indefinitely, sell my organs, or.... Right... With no other choice, I ended up as the young yakuza leader's love plaything. But is there something more...?!

Remi doesn't know what love feels like. In the summer two years after she gets her first full-time job, she bumps into Hodaka Arishima, a guy she was friends with benefits with back in school. Even though he was a playboy, he was also popular. For some reason, they had great chemistry. More than anything, he was a jerk who knew every inch of her body. After one particular incident, though, they stopped all contact with each other. Hodaka reassured her that she wasn't special to him, and since he smiled when he said it, Remi now thinks they can become friends again. That assumption changes when this older Hodaka declares that he won't wait for her any longer. He'll make her feel so good that she'll cry in pleasure?and this time, they'll finally share real love and real lovemaking.