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High school teacher Hakura only wanted to live a peaceful, solitary life. However, as fate would have it, his new neighbor was none other than his nemesis, Hashigami. From the moment Hashigami moved in, he was already wreaking havoc on Hakura's peaceful existence. Why would the outgoing, popular, intelligent, athletic, and good-looking Hashigami keep torturing Hakura? So it was no surprise Hashigami became Hakura's living nightmare. And just when Hakura thought things couldn't get any worse, guess where Hashigami started working...?!

The World Rift. A giant line of water jets that divides the world in two. Eight years ago, an epic battle punctured a hole through the rift and strange creatures began to leak into the known world, making it so that the only ones who venture out to sea are fools and pirates. Cherry Blossom is one of these aspiring pirates, setting out to sea in order to find something important to him. Along the way, he crosses paths with Sun, a mysterious boy who holds the World Rift Tear, an amulet said to be the key to traversing the World Rift and discovering what lies beyond. Together, they set out into uncharted seas, inviting any grand adventures that awaits them!

[From DMP]: The Hybrid Child is an amazing android that can grow if it is lavished with enough love and care from its owner. Neither fully machine nor fully human, the various Hybrid Child models develop strong emotional bonds with their owners. This volume contains several short stories of love, sacrifice, and drama: Young Kotaro learns the importance of responsibility when his Hybrid Child's lifespan runs out. The tragic swordsman Seya learns to love again with the help of his Hybrid child, Yuzu. The final tale tells the story of Kuroda, the creator of the Hybrid Child designs, and how his lost love inspired their creation. [From Mochi*Mochi]: ----I said that I wouldn't accept anything else but Hazuki--- Kotarou found Hazuki at the trash dump one day and took him into his home. It turned out that Hazuki was a Hybrid Child, a doll that grew and developed in response to its owner's love and attention. Experience Nakamura-sensei's stories of earnest, pure love in this three-part series, including a never-before published short and extra!!

I want to be with you. Even if it's a fake (replica) --- a world that has succeeded in replicating a perfect human. Chris, who works at the Clone Institute, had a special feeling towards his colleague Seth. But he has a clean and beautiful fiance. The more he feels he wants, the more he suffers. As Seth's engagement approaches, he comes up with a plan.

A rom-com story between a hopeless guy (plus his ghost dog) and his dorky crush that will warm your heart! Shibata has this awkward crush with his cute and airheaded co-worker, Machida. One day, a Shiba Inu ghost named Masuda appeared in front of Shibata, asking him to find his partner. Since the dog came, Shibata begins to act differently whenever he is with Machida. Would he become Shibata's long-awaited Cupid?

“If you can get me excited, then I’ll give you a reward.” I can’t believe this… I’m having sex with my favorite chief! En, an office worker with almost no experience in love relationships, has a crush on the chief of the sales development department, Madarame. One day, En goes out for a drink with chief and ends up getting drunk after getting too excited. The chief takes care of the drunk En, but then she gets caught in the heat of the moment and takes him to a love hotel…!? “I may not be the man you think I am…” The nice and gentle chief slowly caresses his long fingers over her body… I can’t hold it in anymore! If he goes any deeper inside of me… I’m going to lose my mind!

Takahiro confessed to Kei and now they're going out (even if it's one-sided), but sex is strictly forbidden since their first attempt was too painful for Kei. Takahiro wants to try again and would do anything to change Kei's mind, even win a marathon. (Source: MU)

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The sword of my closest friend and trusted adjutant pierced my body... When I opened my eyes again, I had become a noble lady of the enemy kingdom. In an unfamiliar and weak stranger’s body, three year’s time was lost, in which my homeland was brought to ruin. I was unable to come to my senses because of the pain of betrayal and the confusion of my identity. However, I eventually decided to live on as 'Luciphella Aidine', a noble who wields a sword.

Jeonghan meets his cousin Iljo, who he almost forgot existed, at his uncle's funeral. Feeling sympathy for the impoverished Iljo, Jeonghan impulsively suggests to live together, which he soon regrets.

It's all about contrast here! The most handsome boy at school, who seems cold and arrogant, is actually afraid of talking to girls! The gentle and talented top student is really the cold-blooded prince of a gang! The carefree and unkept girl, is, in fact, a young lady from a billionaire family! The sharp and sexy senior is a girl who can’t resist cute things! Their so-called ‘super stern’ teacher is, in reality, a fujoshi who ships her own students! Jiang Zhiling just wanted to find a part-time job and make some pocket money to support her father’s pursuit of invention. By accident, she discovered who all these people really were underneath their masks. Soon, she began to think she was attending a school filled with fakers!

I just met him, and now we're doing it!? He kisses me tenderly, and pushes me onto the bed... An adult's love at first sight is too thrilling...!

Taesoo was at a drinking party when he got a dare to kiss his crush Gyeol. Very embarrassing indeed! But Gyeol doesn't seem to remember...? Later, in the future, they bump into each other and end up becoming roommates! How will their college life go now?

The male and female lead's first encounter was a heavily remembered thing! They hated each other, but just out of luck, they became classmates! Not only were they classmates, but also seatmates! These two, like enemies that fought and battled! They both despise each other and tortured each other. But what will this continuous torture and bothering to result in...

Have you ever suffered a tragic one-way love? I thought I was the only one with a pathetic and embarrassing crush. However, there were more people like me and unfortunately, we even formed a sad group named, “The Secret Crush Club.”

Assistant Professor Tachibana Yukinari is in love with his little brother. He left the house to hide his feeling, but his little brother Takayuki entered college where he teaches to follow his brother. Yukinari's heart would go fast just by a simple touch from Takayuki, when he thought he's hiding it well for others to know there's one student that noticed his feeling for Takayuki. “Aren’t you crazy to lust over your little brother?” a student from psychology department Ichijou Kazusa started to threaten Yukinari….

Hikaru Nakamura author of "Saint Young Men" and "Arakawa Under the Bridge" begins a new series for the first time in 10 years! The Black Santa Claus is looking for staff for his "Black Enterprise"!! After failing his university entrance exam, Hino Miharu had no choice but to search for a job. For the past three years, he’s been working part-time at a convenience store, where he’s scolded by his manager and taken advantage of by his younger co-worker. That is until he finds himself entangled the black Santa himself, where he is whisked off to his dream job...or so he thinks.

Lee Yunsol is a woman who loves dolls. Together with her childhood friend Yoon Taewoo, Yunsol wanted to take part in a competition in the doll festival. But when they were preparing for it, Yunsol had an accident and her soul moved to her favorite doll, Elise. Yunsol, Taewoo, and another doll lover named Han tried to restore Yunsol's soul to her original body. Will Yunsol be able to return to her original body? How will her love story with Taewoo begin?

"I bought you for thousand dollars." Akane was abandoned by her mother as a little girl and treated as a nuisance by the family members that were forced to raise her. She's always held firm to the belief that one day she'll find happiness, but is shocked to learn the man she thought was her destiny is already married! Accused of having an affair, she's being forced to provide compensation. Just then, a man in a suit suddenly appears and claims to be her husband!?

Rika, who is worried about her goals in life decided to be a successor of Ganda, a fighter who protects the UBR campus from the creatures named Jinn that attacks people in the middle of the night. But the road chosen by Ganda is a road full of danger and is unable to be continued halfway.

Taesoo was at a drinking party when he got a dare to kiss his crush Gyeol. Very embarrassing indeed! But Gyeol doesn't seem to remember...? Later, in the future, they bump into each other and end up becoming roommates! How will their college life go now?

A idol died bizarrely. In order to investigate the truth of the death, she added an idol audition competition and used her knowledge of human nature and public opinion to finally reach the top of the show. Unexpectedly, he was betrayed by someone close to him at this time. It turned out that he had been pretending to be by her side, waiting for the opportunity to pull her into the abyss. This lunatic, who was full of "tragedy makes beauty more beautiful", could hardly communicate with her in normal language. He and her established a gambling contract by marriage and started with the entire entertainment industry as the stage.

Betrayed by his peers, the great God’s fifth incarnation resulted in him ending up in the body of a piece of trash, located in a small corner of the Hundred Wars Kingdom. With his new life, he will rise up again! If a God stands in his way, he will slay the God!

I was poor and with no one looking out for me, so I was struggling financially. Because of this, I had trouble adjusting to school as well. My only hobby was reading a fantasy web novel <The Fake Lovers of the Academy> and imagining that I could become the main character of it. One day, after falling asleep and imagining this as usual… I woke up but instead of becoming the heroine, I’d become the villainess, Louise Sweeney, who meets a terrible ending. “Since I know the original novel, if I just avoid falling in love at first sight with the male lead, I definitely won’t have a tragic ending!” Thinking this, Louise avoids the male lead. But what’s this…? Unlike the original novel, the male lead passionately confesses his love to Louise, and the heroine, who she believed to be kind, has it in for her…?! How did this happen? Wasn’t it supposed to all work out if I just avoided the male lead?!