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The following content is intended for mature audiences and may contain sexual themes, gore, violence and/or strong language. Discretion is advised. High-school senior Chihiro is attracted to Ayuta, another boy at his school, but Ayuta only has eyes for his childhood friend Hayato, even though he knows Hayato already has a girlfriend. Ayuta continues to play the role of a devoted friend, but the anguish that shows through on his face from time to time only serves to pull Chihiro even closer... It may be too soon to call these pent-up feelings crying out from their hearts "love", though.... It’s a youthful, lyrical lovestory between two immature and uncertain high school boys.

Kisaragiya" is an exorcism shop that solves the problems of yokai, demons, spirits, and other non-human deformities. Asao, who works there, is assigned to watch over and assist a newcomer, a young man named Aima, who is a "deformed killer"! Asao, who has the secret of being a half-hexenomorph and wishes to coexist with other deformities, is a natural enemy of Aima, who lives to kill all deformities. The two are the worst match for each other and the unique exorcists are interwoven in this xenomorph battle fantasy! The most precious! The winner of the grand prize in the team division of the original novel contest.

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The wizard Elma Ruschkan has a beloved lover and apprentice named Musca. Musca, facing his final exam at the Mage's Guild due to his unstable magic, proposes to Elma, asking him to leave the country and start a new life together once the exam is over. When Elma hesitates to answer, Musca tells him to wait until the exam is finished and leaves for the capital. But all that returns to Elma is Musca's cold, severed left arm. Musca has suffered a mysterious death, and his body has been disassembled and scattered as various magical artifacts. Desperate to resurrect Musca, Elma enters into a dark contract with Mallow, offering half of his soul and half of his inner organs as payment. A wizard's tragic quest to reclaim the magical artifacts that now contain the pieces of his murdered lover. What sacrifice is too great for eternal love?

Risaki ends up dating Kei, an elite heir who often visits the café where she works. She can hardly believe that the man she’s secretly admired chose her! However, their happy days come to an unexpected end… Heartbroken, Risaki disappears from his life. Later, she discovers that she’s pregnant with his child. Determined to raise the baby on her own, she gives birth to a daughter and devotes herself to motherhood. Then one day, Kei appears before her again— telling her, “I’ll spend my whole life making you happy.” Surrounded by Kei’s devoted and overflowing affection, both Risaki and her child find themselves embraced in his unwavering love.

In the tranquil countryside village of 'Sanbom,' Jang Huimun (장희문) runs a cafe with his mother. His peaceful, orderly life is ruined the day his mother hires a shabby, slightly strange man as a helper. Huimun is constantly exasperated and dragged into trouble by this odd newcomer, and he decides he must get rid of him. But the more he tries to push the man away, the more his lower half finds itself strangely and inexplicably drawn to him...

The events chronicled in this manga are also depicted in its own campaign in the Gundam: Meguriai Sora game for Playstation 2 (released in the US as Gundam: Encounters in Space), as well as a novel by Kazuki Miyamoto.Some of the characters are seen briefly in Mobile Suit Gundam: Lost War Chronicles manga.

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Jihyeon, the top actor in Korea with an angelic face, has a manager who has stayed by his side for seven years: Kwak Eunho. Eunho is the sole exception and "only existence" for Jihyeon, whose personality is as sensitive as his delicate looks. But Eunho holds one crucial secret: He is secretly and hopelessly in love with Jihyeon, his best friend and his actor. Just as Eunho's long-term crush starts to fade into numbness, they are offered a spot on the reality show, "Introduce My Manager." During a program interview, Eunho makes a shocking confession that reveals his hidden feelings: "I do have someone I like." Closer than friends, yet less than lovers—what should this undefinable relationship be called?

“Ahn Se-jeong’s body, from head to toe, belongs to Do Ji-hoon.” “Now that the owner’s back, the mutts should get lost.” Ahn Se-jeong works passionately at a major advertising agency. As she fights her way toward success, a man from her college days—her bad fate, her first love, and the biggest mistake of her life—Do Ji-hoon, reappears before her. And this time, he has no intention of letting her run away. “…Love me again. As soon as possible, if you can.” Se-jeong knows this relationship might become another mistake. Between cold reason and burning desire, their dirty, obsessive romance begins once more.

“Ahn Se-jeong’s body, from head to toe, belongs to Do Ji-hoon.” “Now that the owner’s back, the mutts should get lost.” Ahn Se-jeong works passionately at a major advertising agency. As she fights her way toward success, a man from her college days—her bad fate, her first love, and the biggest mistake of her life—Do Ji-hoon, reappears before her. And this time, he has no intention of letting her run away. “…Love me again. As soon as possible, if you can.” Se-jeong knows this relationship might become another mistake. Between cold reason and burning desire, their dirty, obsessive romance begins once more.

When Hoshi is stressed, it manifests through a mark that spreads like petals across his neck. He spends his days hiding behind discreet glasses and a suit that covers his neck. He is in love with Abu, a designer working for one of his client companies. Unlike him, who hides his homosexuality, Abu is openly gay and seductive. One evening, while going to a bar to relieve his stress, he runs into Abu! Circumstances force him to reveal the cause of the bruise on his neck. “Shall we have sex to see if it makes it disappear?” At Abu’s kind suggestion, a romantic relationship begins!

Hiseong fell in love with Hangyeol after watching his short track performance during their school days and left to study abroad to end his unrequited love. However, when Hiseong returns from abroad, the person waiting for him is Hangyeol, who has become a national short track athlete. The two end up becoming sex partners in a drunken stupor, and through this relationship, they awkwardly begin to realize their true feelings for each other. With crucial life goals ahead of them, can the two create synergy through their connection?

Zoos are made of small and big dreams... but it takes more than a dream to feed the animals! And that, Haruko will realize quickly, as she takes her first steps as a caretaker at the Hidamari Zoo. Despite an overwhelming enthusiasm, her inattentiveness has earned her the dislike of the director of the park, who puts her to the test by entrusting her the care of withdrawn and uncooperative animals... It is now up to the curious talent of the young girl to decipher the secret emotions of the animals through their scent!

Mervi, able to see fairies by birthright, works as a kind of roaming housemaid posting — moving from one mansion to another to serve. This time, she arrives at the winter villa of the military officer Adam Spencer and his foster daughter Kaitlyn. Her contract is only for a month. The foster daughter is known to have driven many maids away with her temper. Yet Kaitlyn too seems to be able to see fairies. Mervi, with the strange ability to hear others’ hearts, and Adam, who struggles to show emotions, and Kaitlyn, with her own issues, together spend a chilly month in a land where spirit-belief runs deep. Warmth and healing quietly seep into the snow-covered estate.

Sela Seo is a high school girl who has a complex about her deep voice. Ever since she was teased about her voice in middle school, she has been unable to say what she thinks out loud and has been unable to fit in with her class. In Sela's class was another outcast, Tatsuto Narukami, a boy who always wore headphones. She assumed he was just another “loner” like herself, but when she saw him singing behind the school building during lunch break, her feelings changed.

Born as the illegitimate daughter of the king, Rein lived quietly in the royal palace as someone “invisible” to all. One day, a major conflict breaks out at the border, and she is sent to the Dragonkin Kingdom as a false princess—a political hostage. Trembling with fear, Rein arrives in the neighboring land, where she is unexpectedly welcomed with warmth by the dragonfolk, including the Prime Minister Sigurd. As she spends time among them, she finds herself drawn to Sigurd’s genuine kindness… But unbeknownst to her, he is the very man her father ordered to assassinate! A forbidden, pure love story between the “invisible” princess and the dragon prime minister!

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“Sorry, but I need you, so I’ll never let you go.” In the remote snowy land of Frezeris, Princess Sheila, the youngest of the royal family, possesses ice magic far too strong for her to control. Once praised as the “Saint of Ice,” she’s now scorned as a failure and treated as an embarrassment within the palace. One day, a sudden marriage proposal arrives from Prince Isaac of Abhajik, the desert kingdom known for its blazing heat. Feared across nations as the “Flame Demon,” Isaac’s reputation is as fiery as his magic. Cast out of her own country under the guise of this engagement, Sheila is sent off like a burden. However, it soon becomes clear that Isaac’s uncontrollable “infernal flames” can be calmed by one thing— Sheila’s kiss…?! A heart-melting newlywed love story between a scorned saint and the feared prince who can’t let her go!

On my first day working part-time at a bookstore, the trainer Kai was so mystifyingly handsome that the very next day, I impulsively asked him out!! He was so quick to agree that I couldn't help asking, "Are you sure you understand what I mean?" But he fired back with a heated kiss and said, "You mean this, right?" That blitz attack had me completely head over heels, but then I learned of a rumor about Kai: "He'll hook up with people, but he never lets things get serious." Huh...?!

"Don't cry, I wasn't attacked. In fact, I was the one who got attacked. " Lee Jeong-yeon, a deputy PR team member at a large corporation, plans to confess to her boss, Gong Ji- hyeok, whom she's had a crush on for six years, on Christmas, but discovers he has someone else in mind. Struggling with frustration, she impulsively meets an online friend and, drunk in an instant, finds herself in danger of being attacked in a hotel room. She desperately cries out for help, but is immediately hit in the head and passes out. She thought it was the end, but what happened? When she came to, she was lying next to Ji-hyeok in his bed...

After the final exams, everyone in the noticeably looser atmosphere of the school is planning and looking forward to summer vacation. Yujin, a sincere and good model student, is completely absorbed in an exchange diary. The exchange diary is one that is passed back and forth daily through an empty locker, and the identity of the partner is kept secret. Yujin develops feelings for that partner and tries to arrange a meeting before summer vacation starts, while Sang-kyu grows increasingly worried about Yujin…

Kurenai—the legendary mercenary who dyes battlefields crimson. Having completed missions on numerous battlefields, the new duty assigned to him is "to become a teacher at a Japanese high school." Taking on the name Shota Echizen, he heads to Japan. When he learns the details of his assignment, it was "to protect a female student named Sakurako Kujo who attends the academy." For him, who was raised on the battlefield and has never had dealings with women, can he possibly carry out this mission, more difficult than any other—?

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