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There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. But she is the bride of demon prophecy, and her blood grants incredible powers, her flesh immortality. Now the demon realm is fighting over the right to her hand...or her life! Black Bird received the 2009 Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo manga.

There is a world of myth and magic that intersects ours, and only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person, and she wants nothing to do with magical realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life and maybe get a boyfriend. But she is the bride of demon prophecy, and her blood grants incredible powers, her flesh immortality. Now the demon realm is fighting over the right to her hand...or her life! Black Bird received the 54th Shogakukan Manga Award for shoujo manga.

The story unfolds in the Edo era in the Yoshiwara red-light district of Tokyo. Akane a girl whose family is from Samurai is sold to a brothel to be orphaned. To be the "little sister" of the "lady" No 1 spot. This will bring a client ask, then she meets a stranger very peculiar man ... What will happen after that meeting? ..

"I want you, Moka..." There's a popular guy in class, and he can't stand the way the other girls look at him. The only girl he wants all for himself... is the plain girl sitting in the seat in front of him?! Moka Asano is your average high school girl, and sitting behind her is Izumi Kurosaki. Kurosaki's the captain of the soccer team, and is so popular that the neighboring schools have fan clubs for him! The girls always crowd around his desk, so Moka can never get a chance to sit down at her desk in the morning... but everything changes when Moka gets the chance to be close to Kurosaki when they see each other in the old school library. Even though Kurosaki hates being around girls, and tends to give everyone these cold stares, he looks at Moka with a bright smile and asks her "do you wanna date for real?" It's like he's a completely different person!

Kate is an international model, and she’s agreed to auction off a kiss for charity. The price keeps going up, and the final bid is…eighty thousand dollars! The bidder is venture capital giant Tiarnan Quinn, an old friend of Kate’s and her first love. Ten years ago, she told him how she felt about him, and his rejection was cold and humiliating. He’s just as intense and haughty as ever, but overflowing with the kind of charm that instantly captivates women. He invites Kate to go to an island in the Caribbean with him… What is he doing? Kate knows it’s risky to go along with his ploy, but she wants to get some closure for her youthful heartbreak, so she decides to go along with it.

This girl makes the world shine bright. Facing a ruthless reality, Claire’s surroundings have become dark. Her husband died in an accident with his affair, and it turned out that the father of her important daughter, who she had conceived with the help of the fertility clinic, was a strange billionaire named Luca Moretti. She was told that the clinic mistook Luca’s sperm ampoule for Claire’s husband’s. “I can’t live without my daughter! I won’t give her to anyone!” Claire turned down Luca’s request for custody. After that, Luca made an unbelievable proposal, “Why don’t we go on vacation at a beach house on the island for a month, so we can get to know each other?”

Renta: Toshiaki Saeki's an office worker who's too much of a doormat to say no. Thanks to that, he gets dumped by his girlfriend and spends his days in misery. But, one day, his younger colleague Kawagoe asks him out, and straight-up begs Toshiaki to sleep with him...! Will Kawagoe's first time be Toshiaki's first time bottoming...? Thus begins this innocent office worker romance.

From Chibi Manga: Natsu wishes to lead a peaceful high school life. However, in an unexpected turn of events, she became the girlfriend of Kuze Reito, who is rumored to be the strongest in a fight and the number one ikemen of the school. And ignoring the flustered Natsu, he declared in front of the whole class that they were 'going out'...!? What will happen to Natsu's peaceful school life...!? An enthralling school love story with a wild Kuze-kun's sweet teasing!

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- Box PrinceFinally, she has permission to live on her own but before she has a taste of freedom, her father sends her a supervising robot.- Taking Off Your White CoatAfraid of getting close to the "white jacket" chemistry teacher, she will become out of breath just by merely passing him! But when she has to stay in the same room as him for supplementary classes, what is she to do?- Partner In CrimeNao witnesses the student council president removing a valuable object from the church when she accidentaly causes one of the church windows to break. He blackmails her into silence by threatening to tell people she broke the window on purpose... What is the student council president really hiding...?- Spirit In The RainEvery rainy day Azuzas dead mother's stepbrother comes to spend time with her. Is he only feeling sorry for his niece...?- ABDUCTIONHisano watches his classmate Mikoto as she waits on her roof to be abducted by aliens. But who is Mikoto really waiting for...?

Verity works as an operating room nurse at a general hospital, and is raising her daughter as a single mother. One day, a new doctor transfers into the hospital, and she cannot believe her eyes. It's Benedict—her first love, the man she’s been unable to forget. Six years ago, they met and shared a fleeting love that went as quickly as it came, ending with Benedict shunning her and disappearing completely. Soon after, Verity discovered she was pregnant, gave birth to their child and raised it herself. "He’s the person I hate most in this world. So why do I still feel love for him, after all this time?"

She’s no princess…so she mustn’t let herself fall for this dashing prince! Shey goes to the airport to wait for Prince Tanner; however, he isn’t expecting her. He’s expecting Shey’s friend Parker, a flighty princess from a neighboring country…and his fiancée. Parker refuses to agree to a political marriage and so she is doing her best to avoid him, but the prince is adamant. Thinking he’ll find Parker if he sticks with Shey, he ends up staying with Shey at her place. Little do Tanner and Shey realize that being around each other all day, every day will spark unexpected feelings.

The passion of one sweet night with the prince left Cara with a gift beyond value… Cara has always lived a simple life. One day she bumps into a man named Mike at the park. He makes her heart flutter and they spend a sweet night together. But when she wakes, he's gone, and Cara spends the days that follow nursing her broken heart. She's sure that she'll never see him again. Several months later, when she goes to the country of Eliason to help her friend prepare for her wedding, she meets Mike at the airport. There, she learns the shocking truth. He's actually Prince Michael, her friend's older brother and the next in line for the throne!

Samarah must decide whether to marry the man she hates…or go to prison! When Samarah was six years old, her father’s country, Jharrel, and the neighboring country, Khadra, were in conflict, and her father died as a result. Samarah and her mother escaped, but her mother died en route, leaving her daughter without parents. Sixteen years later, twenty-two-year-old Samarah sneaked into the Khadra palace, intending to kill Sheikh Ferran, but she was captured immediately. Unsure of what would happen next, she’s caught off guard by Ferran’s plan for her—he intends to introduce her to the world as his fiancée!

It is not possible to go against destiny. Still we fall in love. This is an anthology, a compilation of many oneshots on the topic of “tribes”.

"Gokko" means playing a game of make-believe.One day, a boy called Ikei comes to Fuyuko's place and claims to be her brother. She doesn't believe him, however she allows him to stay at her house. As a wannabe future actress she then starts playing "Gokko" with him to improve her acting skills. Where will it lead them?

She’s a princess and he’s a spy—not quite a match made in heaven… Princess Parker of Eliason, who dislikes being in the public eye, lives an ordinary life in America. One day while working at her café, a tall man with black hair and black eyes enters. When Parker trips and almost falls, the mysterious man, Jace, saves her. Since then, Parker cannot seem to get the dashing man out of her mind. Then she discovers he was hired by her father to spy on her!

"I want you, Moka..." There's a popular guy in class, and he can't stand the way the other girls look at him. The only girl he wants all for himself... is the plain girl sitting in the seat in front of him?! Moka Asano is your average high school girl, and sitting behind her is Izumi Kurosaki. Kurosaki's the captain of the soccer team, and is so popular that the neighboring schools have fan clubs for him! The girls always crowd around his desk, so Moka can never get a chance to sit down at her desk in the morning... but everything changes when Moka gets the chance to be close to Kurosaki when they see each other in the old school library. Even though Kurosaki hates being around girls, and tends to give everyone these cold stares, he looks at Moka with a bright smile and asks her "do you wanna date for real?" It's like he's a completely different person!

Matsuoka, a college student, pines after his long time classmate, Takanashi but there's more to this than meets the eye... Find out what happens in this 39 page oneshot.