Miroku-san, the slit-mouth woman, is to marry high school student Kouichi to maintain her existence as his family has been in charge of upkeeping superstitions for generations. To add, there seems to be another reason that he seems more than willing… Miroku, however, would rather use her own strength than borrow that of others. Thus, they establish a contract as follows. 1. For a trial period of a year, they are to act as though they were married. 2. If she is able to scare him within that year, the engagement will be broken. --- *This is the three-part short story's official serialization, which began on the Shonen Jump+ website on November 10, 2020.*
After the sudden death of her parents, a young woman named Shiori Kanzaki finds a picture of a man that she believes to be her grandfather, and travels to Azaka Village, where he was apparently from, in hopes of meeting him. However, when she arrives she instead ascertains that the tiny village has a museum that she realizes she lived in as a young girl. There she meets Sakuma, a middle school girl who tends to get herself in trouble, and Suga, the strange manager of the museum who only communicates in written memos. Suga grudgingly allows her to stay at the museum for a while to research her family. But there is a legend in the village of "Kotori Obake", a demon woman who abducts children who go into the nearby forest. How is this story connected to Shioripast, and why does she hear voices calling her, commanding her to "Come fulfill the promise"?
The most promising candidate for the throne, Alans, was unexpectedly betrayed by his most trusted subordinate, Warek, during the election. Alans fell from his lofty position as lord and became Warek’s captive. However, Warek’s betrayal was actually due to being hypnotized by someone with ill intentions, which amplified his desires and led him to act recklessly. Once he regained clarity, he realized he had hurt the person he loved the most and had pulled him down from his pedestal. To win back his lover, he embarked on a difficult journey of redemption.
What would you do if you were reincarnated as a child emperor—kept alive as a puppet, with corrupt, greedy nobles sharpening their knives on all sides? How would you live with no overpowered abilities, no freedom to act, always one wrong step away from an assassin slipping poison into your next meal? How about this: Survive. Learn magic. Purge the empire of corruption. Sounds ambitious, you say? Well, no emperor ever made a name for himself sitting at home. Source: J-Novel Club
Christina, daughter of the marquis’s second wife and member of the family that owns the greatest trading company in the kingdom, is framed and exiled by her jealous older brother, who envies her business talent. Planning to take a relaxed journey after her exile, she unexpectedly acquires a special skill: the ability to read a magical catalog—“Shirley’s Grimoire”—that allows her to order goods from another world!! Noticing how rare and valuable these imported items are, Christina decides to use the power of the grimoire to become the greatest merchant in the kingdom—on her own terms! Winner of the 15th Fantasy Novel Award – “Unique Isekai Life Prize,” this is the much-anticipated comic adaptation of a rising-merchant fantasy starring a determined noble lady!
CP: Qu Jing X Yu Zhao, 1v1, HE, ABO has two settings. Yu Zhao, an OMEGA, with a rose-like appearance and a personality as spicy as chili. He is an elite professional in the workplace, a young CEO with a naturally high concentration of honey rose pheromones. Fearing to lose control, he carries a suppressant with him daily, injecting himself with it when he goes into heat. Qu Jing, an ALPHA, with a fragrance like sandalwood and a heart as deep as black ink. He is an elite professional in the workplace, a young CEO, and like Yu Zhao, he carries a suppressant with him daily, fearing he might lose control. Whoever gets attracted to him, he will give them an injection. Yu Zhao and Qu Jing devote 99% of their time and energy to work. They don’t pursue love but only money. Until one day, they are arranged to be married… *This is not a power couple. Both may seem strong outside but are internally fragile, and the attacker needs to heal them. *The legal, economic, and other plot points mentioned in this story are fictional, within a fabricated world, not following real-life logic. Work tags: Fabricated World, ABO, Marriage Before Love, HE.
Crown prince Cecil was so brilliant that everything in life was easy to the point of boring him, then one day, his fiance Bertia suddenly said "Prince Cecil, I am a villainess!" Claiming that this world is the same as that of an "otome game" from her past life and that she is playing the role of the "villainess" in it, she aims to play her part well and have their engagement annulled. With that goal in mind, she sets about causing turmoil in Cecil's daily life.
Renge Yoto, a novelist who has lived since the Kamakura period, is a vampire with an aversion to blood. Due to his catastrophic lack of technological skills, he has been leading a super analog lifestyle. However, during a meeting one day, his editor suggests that he write his next manuscript within a cutting-edge VRMMO game. With both excitement and anxiety, he steps into this new world, only to be greeted by sunlight for the first time in hundreds of years and a variety of delicious foods that he could never enjoy in reality. He quickly becomes enthralled with the game… "Wait, what? My brainwaves aren’t human—so I’m being treated like an NPC? A cardiac arrest and an emergency call!? Whoa, whoa, hold on a second!" This gentle vampire, a total newbie gamer, starts hopping between the game and the real world. Unknowingly, he begins to drag those around him into a VRMMORPG adventure!
"You have real ability. Your circumstances just held you back."Alto is a young appraiser forced to work like a slave in the nobilityruled Kingdom of Dramd. His life changes completely when he's scouted by Beralt, a soldier of the enemy nation, the Glaus Empire. In a country that runs purely on merit, Alto's offthecharts appraisal talent is recognizedand he's suddenly made an officercandidate!? No sooner has he enlisted than the high commandstacked with powerhousespins great hopes on him, but the companions he takes in are all misfits written off as hopeless A breezy, risetothetop fantasy about seeing the hidden talents of his comrades and carving out a new destiny!
<a href="https://novel18.syosetu.com/n0662em/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Original Web Novel (R18)</a><br> <br> <b>Official Translations:</b> <br> <a href="https://www.kuaikanmanhua.com/web/topic/18391/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">S.Chinese</a> <br> Cheryl was born into a marquess's family, but as a 'child of iniquity', her father did not recognise her as his daughter, and she was treated worse than a servant and given less than enough to eat. <br> One day, for some reason, she receives a letter of proposal from the Senoder frontier count. <br> Deciding to devote herself to the man who chose her, Cheryl visits him, but as soon as she meets him, she is greeted with cold words.
Officer Seigi Wakaba joined the force for one reason: to hunt down the monsters who massacred his family and abducted his little sister. But years of dead ends have left him broken. That is, until a cryptic letter from his missing sister leads him to an old, rusted New Nambu police revolver. Pushed to the absolute brink of despair, Seigi turns the gun on himself and pulls the trigger. Click. Bang. He doesn't die. Instead, the gunshot hurls him backward through time, waking him up just moments before the tragedy that ruined his life. Armed with a gun that shatters the timeline, Seigi finally has a chance to stop the massacre. But with every leap into the past, a sickening reality comes to light: the masterminds aren't faceless criminals. They are the smiling neighbors and trusted police colleagues he worked alongside every day. Betrayed by his world, Seigi stakes his life on the remaining bullets in his cylinder. He will dismantle their conspiracy piece by piece, but when the smoke clears, who will the final muzzle be pointed at?
Kyle, an adventurer who has been working solo for ten years after being kicked out of his party, decides to get a health check-up for the first time in a while. To his surprise, he discovers that his hidden skill [Late Bloomer], which gradually increases his stats day by day has awakened. Unknowingly, he's become one of the strongest adventurers in the world! This is the exhilarating fantasy adventure of a late-blooming middle-aged adventurer who's finally coming into his own!