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Becoming the target of an overly doting man with an "ideal bride" level of housework skills?! The always overworking Azusa's lover is Shinda-kun, whose housework and loving care are top level. Coming home to him waiting can relieve even the worst of after-work tension! +

Beautiful Natalia Gocharov is trying to settle off her family's debt by presenting herself into high society as a young potential bride. She meets a man with bronze skin at her high society debut and he strikes a strong impression on her. Though she is being drawn to him by his passion, Natalia's mother would never allow Natalia to marry socioeconomically lower than their family is now. Will Natalia continue pushing this bronze-skinned suitor away? Or does something much more complicated await?From Storm in Heaven:Russia, 1828. Natalia's family is fallen nobility, left poor by her father's chronic illness and mother's poor management. Her family's only chance at revival is her marriage to a wealthy noble. With her family's hopes riding on her future husband, what chance does a poor poet have at winning her heart...? And the "poor poet" is no other than the famous Russian poet Aleksander Pushkin.

Kaori was adopted by Hokuto Ryouzou after her grandmother died. She has the power of a shaman or "uta" of Okinawa, whose left eye can see others' future. The Hokuto family owns the "Hokuto Group," the leading movie company in Japan, and Kaori is behind its success. When Hokuto Ryouzou dies, it is written in his will that whichever son of his that Kaori chooses to marry must leave with her and will not be president of the Hokuto Group. Kaori chooses to marry Youhei instead of the one she really loves, Seiya.-- Esthtique

Haruhi, a 22-year-old machine operator, woke up one day to find that she drunkenly married an older man the night before. They make a deal and end up living together!

From Aerandria Scans:Kogure-sou is a crumbling old apartment building of just six rooms where four people live. On the first floor are the owner, a very old man who wants to have sex before he dies, and a girl in university who pines in a sad and complicated love. On the second floor are a salary man who finds meaning to his life in spying on the university girl below him, and Mayu whose boyfriend disappeared three years ago. Also involved are the florist from the nearby shop who worries over her husband's infidelity and Mine who is still troubled by a crime committed a long time ago. What all of them strive for is love, but they all find nothing but pain and bitter disappointments. Do they realize that what heals them is actually the run-down little apartment building and the real human warmth that they share with each other?

Abe Makoto and Shibuya Masaru are in a loving relationship all their friends envy. However, even though Makoto falls further in love with Masaru every time she sees him, Masaru is, for some reason, calm...

This is the continuation of Deep Love: Ayu no Monogatari. Now that Ayu's gone, Yoshiyuki has lost everything. After his heart surgery, he has nowhere to go...except underground. This is the story of his work as a host.

Jung Intae may be the first to admit he's a psychopath to the school nurse (his crush), but he certainly isn't the last. Consequently, Miss Kim's been dealing with a lot of high school psychopaths... Not that any of them really fit the bill. But dig a little deeper and it seems like everyone at the school, including the faculty, is harboring a secret... Like Intae's obsession with Miss Kim, and the anxiety Miss Kim seems overwhelmed by at times. Someone at the school really is a psychopath, but who? My Student Can't Be a Psychopath+

Natsuki has struck out at speed dating a bunch of times and doesn't know what to do to improve her luck with men. Then, one day, as she's walking home drunk, Natsuki visits a shrine she used to play at as a kid and prays to the spirit there for a boyfriend... When she does, a hot and wild-looking guy in a kimono suddenly appears before her and unexpectedly says, "I'll be your boyfriend if you'll have me!" Since she's drunk and the guy's also her type, Natsuki doesn't hesitate to accept his offer... but then they're suddenly in her bed at home and he starts taking her clothes off!

The prince of horror manga, Junji Itou, has released a new horror collection after 8 years of writing. It includes 7 stand-alone stories that are featured in [Nemuki+] and an additional story, Whispering Woman that was published in [Shikan]. This is one book that cannot be missed! Collection includes: Futon Haunted Wood Mansion Tomio: Red Turtleneck Lingering Farewell Dissection Girl Black Bird Nanakuse Kyokumi Whispering Woman

Katherine's hope for her beloved brother's return to their estate in Hampshire is dashed when she receives the news of his death... He met a brave death at Battle of Waterloo. Then cruel reality hits devastated Katherine. Her uncle's family claims the estate, leaving Katherine no access to her fortune. The only person she can turn to for help is Lord Adam Calthorpe, her late brother's superior. Little does she know her brother asked Adam to look after Katherine if any ill fate were to befall him....

This is an autobiography of the author, whose real name is Akiko Hayashi, which begins while she's in her third year of high school. Through her friend Futami, Akiko starts going to an art class led by Kenzou Hidaka, an intimidating teacher who spends much of his time yelling at his students and keeping them focused on drawing with the use of a bamboo sword. Akiko is initially confused by the behavior of the teacher and her fellow students in the class, but she keeps going regardless, eventually becoming the manga author she is today.

From Wingtip Cafe:Hina, Arare, and Hana are the three sisters of Kyoto's oldest confectionery shop, Fukuya. Although they each have different personalities, they all take pride in their shop. Fukuyadou-honpo will bring you a taste of the ancient capital, Kyoto, with a shrewd mother, sharp-tongued grandpa, and a host of other characters who bring life to the great city.

Mika, a high school student, has no doubts that she is a lesbian, few people around her know that though. She works at a cafe admiring the owner (she only has a thing for older women after all) and visits bars in the gay district. This story presents her life in pieces: from acquiring a surprising friend to helping a married woman discover herself and experiencing disheartening early love. All the while Mika is the confident young adult woman with an impressively mature mind.

A young man comes to Tokyo to become a poet (he actually composes a lot through the book!). But one can not support himself with poetry, so the hero works for a half-legal firm running all possible errands. In the process he meets a lot of people, both men and women, who are strangely interested not in his rhymes, but in his ...body! Absolutely lovely tragicomedy.~by DaRyuAida Rendou, ex-student and would-be poet, struggles to earn a living in the big city. As a talent scout for the adult video firm, M+ Productions, he hunts for potential actresses but it's not enough to pay the rent. So boss Nanazuka offers him extra cash to use his body to seduce men and women alike. Michiru, a spoilt young woman with Yakuza connections, comes up with what appears to be a perfect solution: she'll be Rendou's patron in return for him working as her full-time host. Will Rendou finally be able to write his poetry? Or will he end up corrupted by the amoral dog-eat-dog world around him?~by Lyrebird (Half-Baked)

About a woman who meets with her first love again to see that she is pregnant and married.

Sakura is a hard working shoujo mangaka who has no time for relationships. She is forced to attend a goukon and meets a rude and patronizing doctor. Despite their differences they begin dating. Can she find love with this petulant man?

25-year-old Moriyama Mikuri has an advanced degree, but has had no luck finding a permanent position. She's been living with her parents and doing temp work, and her latest job is doing housework for a single salaryman, Tsuzaki. Mikuri longs to start a career in her field, and her Aunt Yuri, who has had success in her professional life and who regrets never marrying, also wants Mikuri to find love.When Mikuri learns that her parents are planning to move to the country, she realizes her time is running out. She still has had no luck starting her career, so it seems she will have no option but to move to the country with her parents. She finds another option in moving in with Tsuzaki, who doesn't want to lose his housekeeper. To deal with the scandal of their living together, they get married--though just on paper. Now Mikuri starts her unusual new life, as a woman looking to start her career and as a new 'wife'!Note: Won the Kodansha award for best shoujo manga in 2015.

From Anime Waves:Kobayagawa Shio is a "private actress" who works for a production company. She also does personal assignments that needs her to pretend to be a different person. She takes on assignments for people and takes on the personality of the person who they are pretending to be.

From JShoujo Scans:Contains Five One-shots:1) Yoake Mae (Before Daybreak)Iori is the daughter of a wealthy family who has lived a caged-in existence. She has lived her life following the path set down by her parents, and now she is about to be married off to a man she doesn't love. She runs away and stumbles upon the late-night food stand run by Akira. His kindness and warmth opens her mind to a world she didn't know existed--but when his tragic past threatens to destroy the pure love that has begun to blossom, she must choose between the life she has always known and a love she didn't know was possible.

Tachibanaya, a ningyo-yaki pastry shop with eight generations of history is located in the heart of downtown Tokyo. It is home to the stubborn Takuo and kind Kahoru, as well as their three beautiful daughters. This heart-warming comedy follows the three Tachibana daughters as they make their way in the world while their family struggles with the difficulties of finding someone to inherit the shop. [uploaded on bato .to]

Her new client was devilishly handsome, superbly charming.and absolutely hiding something. Why else would a man as rich and powerful as Cristo Vern have any interest in the cleaning services of lowly Isabelle Browne? Her suspicions were confirmed when she discovered his real reason for hiring her. And suddenly, she was agreeing to a preposterous proposition..Cristo would protect his family at any cost - and keeping Isabelle close was key to his plan. Having her pose as his make-believe mistress was step one. But he hadn't counted on wanting to make the pretense a reality.

The guest of a foreign prince, Robert St. Claire is given a beautiful slave for his pleasure. Unusual customs aside, he finds himself in a terrible dilemma. Not only is she English, but the daughter of a friend. In order to rescue her from captivity, he must use her like a harem girl in every way possible...Lady Celia Davenport has been abducted, sold into slavery, and now finds herself in the bed of an Infidel lord. If she gives him erotic pleasure with subservient eagerness, there is a glimmer of hope in her future. Anxious to escape, she finds that perhaps sexual servitude isn't the prison she once imagined. Besides, every time she gives her lover satisfaction, she receives a rare and valuable pearl as a reward.An English lord and a lovely slave find that circumstance and fate have a hand in granting those rare Arabian Pearls...

From Wingtip Cafe:Yu has found the stage full of dreams and happiness. Fascinated by magic of the drama, she struggles to be a stage director and a scriptwriter. This is her drama.

Haruna Wakakusa and Yamada become friends after she saves him several times from her boyfriend's constant bullying. Through him she gets to know Kozue Yoshikawa, a fellow student who also models professionally. The three emotionally stunted teens' lives briefly yet intensely intertwine for one semester before splintering from the aftereffects of one disastrous night. For both Wakakusa and Yamada, their emotional awakening fosters an unlikely friendship between the two battered souls.

Jeremy is a sensitive teenager who is happy for his mother when she remarries. However, the sweet-talking man who is his new stepfather turns out to be a serpent in disguise -- he's a sadist and a pedophile, and it isn't long before he makes Jeremy his target. After months of horrific, systematic abuse, Jeremy's mind becomes unstable and his thoughts turn vicious. He decides to murder his stepfather in order to get rid of him -- but the plan goes awry, and when he sabotages his stepfather's car, his mother also dies in the crash.Shocked and wracked by guilt, Jeremy's reactions seem strange to the average onlooker. His brittle and bizarre behavior isn't just that of a grieving son's. This is when Ian, the free-spirited son of Jeremy's stepfather, begins to suspect Jeremy of murder. He finds several clues that tie Jeremy to the crime, but in unearthing them, Ian also discovers the fact that Jeremy was abused.What should Ian do with his evidence? Caught in a moral dilemma -- between punishing a criminal and atoning for his father's sins -- Ian begins to be haunted by lust for Jeremy. Is it lust, or is it love? Ian wonders whether he shares his father's proclivities, and despite his best efforts, he is drawn into a passionate and painful relationship with Jeremy.A Cruel God Reigns is a true BL classic written by Hagio Moto, one of the founders of the BL genre. In seventeen intense volumes, A Cruel God Reigns traces both Jeremy's and Ian's journeys towards redemption. The story-telling is rich and unique, and the art is breathtaking. To this day, A Cruel God Reigns remains one of the most powerful BL epics ever written.- by The Pink PanzersWinner of the first Osamu Tezuka Cultural Prize's Award for Excellence.

From ShoujoMagic:As the substitute for a teacher on temporary absence, Shibata Seiko is now the teacher of an all-boys' school. As she just made up her mind to be a fantastic teacher, a man has come into her life and took her as his 'sex toy'?! And the man is actually a teacher from Seiko's school!?

After her father passes away, outspoken Chizu is dragged from her home in Las Vegas to live with family in Japan. Will she adjust?

Corseltel, a sacred land where dragons and beastmen reside.Protected from the outside world by valleys and mountains, it's inhabitants, including Dragon Mages (ryujitsushi), live in harmony.The Dragon Mages are able to borrow and utilise the dragon's magics, but have to care for and look after the dragons as an exchange.Several years ago, the late wind Dragon Mage picked up a child floating down stream in a crate. Now, the child has grown into Corseltel's greatest dragon mage, able to utilise all 7 dragon's magics: fire, earth, wood, water, wind, light, and dark. More like a dragon baby sitter, caring after 7 baby dragons, these are the adventures they face.

Fron Viz:Yumiko Kawahara's disturbing short stories explore the strange and codependent world of dolls and the people who own them.Both quirky and unsettling, these science-fiction morality fables question the dark side of love and pride.

Story 1:Welcome to Megane caf, a place for food, fun, and extremely hot butlers?While walking in with her friends, Kusumoto Sumire meets one of those butlers. But there's something rude about him, weren't butlers suppose to be nice-tempered and attentive?Suddenly the rude butler; named Katsuragi, kidnaps her, giving Sumire her first kiss!Outraged, at first she vows to never go to the caf again. Nevertheless, something about him is so addicting, she just can't help herself.--Summary by Take-me-away-to-paradiseStory 2:Aoki Misao is the daughter of the owner of a glasses cafe, Glasser, where beautiful men in glasses will gladly serve you tea. These beautiful men are all under the oppressive rule of Kaga the manager, who only ever smiles to the lady customers as their perfect prince. He puts on these two different masks in dedication to his work. How will Misao ever expect to get close to him as the boss' daughter!?Story 3:Still in the realm of story 2; Erika, a high school girl is in love with the school prince. As smart and as handsome as he is he is also very cold and refuses every girl that approaches him. Just when she thought all hope was lost she finds out his secret of working as the Glasses cafe, which is against school rules. Can she use this secret to get noticed and possibly win his heart? Or will he turn the tables?

From MangaHelpers:Life does not always go as planned. Noriko fell in love, got engaged, and imagined a bright future. Instead, her fiance fell in love with her older sister, Eiko. Noriko refused to let go, and they ended up getting married despite this significant problem. Some years of marriage and two children later, Noriko became a single mother. She returned to her family home, with her daughters Eri and Madoka. Her life continued, alongside Eiko (who ended up never marrying or leaving home), and their now elderly mother. Years later, Eri and Madoka are entering the time of life where they have their own problems with love. This manga follows the lives of women in this house. [tethysdust]

Babysitter Dannie sets out with her young charges to spend time with their uncle Joshua while the kids' parents are on holiday. Joshua is the famous CEO of a globally renowned company...and he's a playboy. Strong-willed Dannie initially resists his temptation with a single smile but resisting soon becomes tougher. It isn't because of his appeal as the sexiest bachelor in the world. It's because she learns of his determination to overcome a deep sadness that's been holding him back...+

From well-known manga author and Romance-writer veteran Yoshizumi Wataru comes'Cappuccino', a bittersweet love story about the life of Kojima Ari and Fujitani Sousuke as they live together in a de facto relationship (without marriage) in modern-day Japan.Rsum by: Krasae

It's 1925. Baron Midorikawa has a difficult mare named Basilis, and the only one who is able to ride it is Momiji, a stable girl. Baron Midorikawa has a nephew, Awa, whom he hates and uses only as a business tool. Somehow, Momiji and Awa fall in love, but Momiji dies soon after.Now in 1977 Tokyo, everyone has been reincarnated and will meet again....From Shoujo Manga Maniac:Japan, 1920: Momiji is the only person who can ride the Baron Midorkawa's unruly horse, Basilis. A romance blossoms between Momiji and Awa, the baron's nephew, but that romance ends in tragedy. Seventy years later, they will be reborn and will meet again...

Himeko, an heiress of the largest company in Japan, however she always falls in love for the "violent" type of man.Shuu-chan her kouhai and only friend hates violence but has vowed to protect her, Just what is their real relationship?

Okumoto Momo is a first year student at an art school living on her own although she's close to her family. She's studying art to follow in the footsteps of her father, who left his wife and three children (Momo is the youngest) some years back. One day her mother summons her and her siblings home to say that their father has resurfaced, sending divorce papers to their mother. It's a bit of a surprise, but he's been gone a long time and everyone is used to it.

Do-hee Woo and Hae-Gyung Kim are both young and single, each with a history of broken relationships in their past. They meet one day while trying to dine alone at the same restaurant and they soon become friends who eat together every week. But with each meal, their friendship grows deeper as they help each other heal from the heartbreak they have suffered and soon they must redefine what they mean to each other.

White RoomAngels exist in both black and white. The white angels have pleasant jobs, like making flowers bloom and warning people of danger. The black angels have ugly jobs, like making people sick. When she was a child, the black angel Lily admired the white angels, and now as an adult she's decided she wants to be one. A Story of Long AgoLong ago, an angel born from a daughter and her mother's lover remembers back to when she was born. The DreamerA girl dreams the same dreary dream every night, and meets a blind man who describes a blue sky to her. She searches for the blue sky. ImaginationEnvious of the boy who always places first in her art school, she snaps at him, only to realize how wrong she was to do so. I Dreamt of a Delicious Little FingerDreaming that in a dream, your body parts turned to bread...! CupsA depressed girl, seeing that her kitten is pregnant, works so that she will have money to afford kittens, only to find tragedy. The Edge of the Sky, to the Furthest HorizonA man searches for his true love.

Crown of Nibelung focuses mainly on Leo, the second royal prince of Nohr. It is an adaptation of the game and follows the Revelation route. The Avatar is depicted in her female incarnation. It makes some references to other material related to Fire Emblem Fates, such as the drama CD. For example, it mentions the Clarkenstein villa within the imperial palace, where the Nohrian Royal Family officially resides.

From Doko Demo Doa Manga Scanlations:Contains 15 short stories of a little rabbit, Sentarou, with his clumsy owner, Baku, who are always happy spending their spring time together.

Alex and Rite are two souls who died at the same moment on different ends of the earth. This is the story of their interactions with the humans who can see them as they travel towards each other.

What is Lady Snowblood about? Vengeance. Pure and simple, this is a revenge story.Yuki was named as a child of hell by her mother. Yuki's father was killed by a group of men who conspired to use him to start an uprising; they then brutalized her mother. Her mother subsequently killed one of her attackers and ended up in jail, where Yuki is born. Yuki's mother was serving a life sentence; there was no way she could escape and continue her revenge. Consequently, she concocted a plan which included seducing the guards in order to produce a child who could pass beyond the prison walls.Dying in childbirth, Yuki's mother impresses upon a friend the importance of imparting to her infant daughter the necessity of her revenge--the grudge that she could no longer carry, but which she passed to her daughter. The friend agrees to do so, and Yuki ("snow," so named for her snow-white skin) is trained to become the instrument of her mother's vengenace.Twenty years later, Yuki is a skilled assassin. For the price of 1,000 yen she will perform murderous miracles, often proceeding through trickery, deceit, and the assumption that as a woman she poses as little threat to the criminals she is often dispatching.

From Antebellum Scanlations:Momoko, who dreams of becoming an illustrator, finds employment in an ultra fast-paced office that specializes in designing pachinko parlors!! With the office running a yazuka-like business and employing a designer, who has a habit of suddenly stripping in the middle of the night, Momoko believes that the company employees are a bit... no, definitely eccentric!! She continues pulling all-nighters, unable even to return home... And in the midst of cigarette-filled fumes, where women's authority takes a step back, she asks herself, "Why am I here?"

From PresenceDear:A compilation of short stories on the theme of "boxes."1) The Setting SunAn art dealer deals with the impending death of a promising young artist.2) Always a Holiday with YouA high school student's fantasy becomes reality in an unexpected way.3) Pandora's ElevatorCompany politics interferes with the lives of two businessmen.4) Coffin Under the SnowAfter twelve years, young man returns to his home town and uncovers the secrets of his father's past.5) A Warm BoxA college student is obsessed with abandoned cardboard boxes.6) I Want to See You at the Library7) A Cloudy Day in Spring8) Strange Guys9) Our Season+

Contains 5 stories:1. ...Curtain. Living purely together with Sensei:Hiyori Okamura is a new mathematics teacher at a high school she graduated from. She still loves Shibasaki, a chemistry teacher who she loved as a student. One day, it happened that Hiyori couldn't use her room, so she moved to Shibasaki's room in the same apartment house, and began to live there. A curtain divided the room in two, and Hiyori and Shibasaki...!?2. Love Duet:Honda Ema works with and is attracted towards Sawaki Koutaro. Honda plays the Piano and is taught by Sawakis little sister. But due to an accident Sawaki will be teaching her.3. Sweet days for you, too4. Impassioned Drawing5. Entreaty Guidance

The elite private tutor, Min Jiang Xi, who is good at "pretending", managed to clinch the CEO Qin Zhan as a client. He, who hates women flocking towards him, warns that "he simply lacks a tutor, not a girlfriend". As he instructed, she is courteous and distant, never crossing the boundaries. But one year later, a drunk Qin Zhan states that "I won't force you to like me, so don't force me to not like you. I can't do it". Can she, who doesn't believe in love, find it with him?

From the Animeraider:Daisy Luck follows the lives of four long-time girl friends, one who is now a housewife, one who is a baker, one who is an executive, and one who is not working. They're all about to turn 30.