A collection of short one-shots from Jump's RomCom Festival
Giving up her top job to live alone on the island, the writer Elly meets her younger schoolmate Rhea, thus their story starts... Check out how the scheming junior courts her reserved dream lover!
Academy’s Undercover Professor manhwa, 아카데미에 위장취업당했다 , I Got a Fake Job at the Academy I wasn’t reborn with talent or ability, but at least my knowledge from earth allowed me to stay one step ahead in this other world. Magic exists here, and new progress was rapidly being made in science while magic stagnated in the name of tradition. Using my earthly knowledge and not bound by the traditional thinking, I was able to do things other wizards couldn’t even imagine. Still, inadvertently becoming an undercover professor for a mysterious secret society at the renowned Sören academy was never in my to-do list!
From MangaHelpers: Ichiba Kurogane is the son of a rich business family, but he wants to earn money by his own power. For this, he goes to Gakuenzono Academy, where students are scored only by how much money they can earn! Within the school, all transactions are made with school-yen, and anything else is forbidden. Kurogane can tell by sight which people are going to be big earners, and he ends up latching onto a young cook, Naruko Hana. Hana has her own Japanese cuisine cooking club, with a rundown, unpopular, soon-to-be-closed restaurant. With his help to gain customers, she may be able to realize the true earning potential of her cooking skill! Unfortunately, Kurogane brought his wallet with him to school, and its contents involved a rule infraction that ended up saddling him with a 1 billion school-yen fine! The merciless student council president, Asamatsuri Hagane, demands that he pay a hefty installment on the fine each month or face expulsion. Will Kurogane be able to overcome this setback and reach his own earning potential? [tethysdust]
As a family of vampires, the Dragomirs have long stayed hidden away from humans, but middle child Natalia longs for one thing: friends. She’s convinced her family to let her go to school, and has chosen her seat neighbor, Evangelo, to be her first friend. But he is not your typical student either…
My little sister and I looked up at a high-rise apartment building, touching the clouds like a castle would. Even if there was a princess living in there, it didn't have anything to do with us, merely an unreachable existence---Or so we thought. With a meeting by pure chance, I ran into Shindou Rei, and realized. The Rei in front of me wasn't a princess, or the untouchable idol at school, but just a cute girl you could find anywhere.
Man brings home succubus, doesn’t get fucked. Instead, gets a cute succubus to take care of him.
Yumeko dreams of being a pampered princess, but reality has her living in a shitty old apartment building. With a forest on the roof. And a witch in the forest. Tadaa! Maybe she can get this witch (who is a guy, weird) to magically grant all her wishes, up to and including making her destined prince (high school crush) fall in love with her.
Blue Dragon, Red Phoenix, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise. To stop the sacred spirits of the Heavenly Realm wreaking havoc in the world of humans, successors of the Four Deities are born in each generation to guard the barrier with the Heavenly Realm, using the powers of the four sacred spirits. And the place they gather to train before they ascend to heaven is Doonggule, a traditional tea house in a small country town.
In a world similar to that of Scheherezade's tales, a mysterious young boy named Aladdin drifts from place to place with his djinn Ugo. Ugo lives inside a golden recorder, and Aladdin is on the hunt for his true container "The Djinn's Metal Vessel". One day he encounters Alibaba, a poor lad determined to enter one of the mysterious Dungeons that popped up a decade ago in order to make his fortune. Thus the the two begin their adventure in a Persia that never was.
Masago is an average student. Everything about her is average except for her older brother, Shirou. He's the president of the student council and everyone admires him. One day, while walking home with her brother, they get into an accident and her brother dies saving her. After Shirou's funeral, Masago goes to the house of her brother's best friend, claiming to be her older brother.
Yaegaki Meguru's next door neighbor is unique, to say the least. They are the Kusanagi ninja lineage, and their son, Kanata, has been her classmate and friend since their younger years. Kanata would always get into trouble or be late to class due to his ninja upbringings. Every morning, Meguru would have to pull him away from his training with his father. Most days, he's late to class anyway. In the past, they both vowed to never hide secrets from each other, yet Kanata would not reveal the "true purpose of a ninja." Meguru understood the reason behind Kanata's secrecy regarding his ninja background when a powerful force is released inside their own school. Then, Kanata will reveal his true potential as a ninja.
With the author's characteristic humour and creativity, the work describes one girl’s fantasy adventure. Yvien Magnolia's beauty widens the small villagers' eyes she is living but she never knew what her future would be, since it is destined too high to imagine for her at that time.... As the lord of the manor tries to kidnap her, Yvien flees to Lowood Institution for wizardry and witchcraft she never thought to go leaving behind her family. In the school, she meets interesting people, like, January Lightsphere who shines purple aura compared to his noble but peculiar family, and Lariatte, an orthodox fighter family's heir, who will be her closest mate.
From Chibi Manga: She's always taking the same train when she goes to school and in that train there's a boy with such a beautiful smile. She doesn't know in what school he goes but she's so attracted by his smile. And one day, the train suddenly stopped. That's the start of their love. You will see the first steps of a love between adolescents.
Asuza is having trouble with summer... indeed a HOT one! And Honjo (her boyfriend) IS REALLY HAPPY!! He wants to go to Okinawa, and She to hokkaido... Where will this lead?! From Baka-Updates: She can not stand the hot weather and does not want to live in Hokkaido. He, the ice man who loves the high temperatures and wants to live in Okinawa. They are a harmonious pair but this does not prevent them to have different for the good of another?
Sugida Ippei is someone always surrounded by friends. Unlike his classmate, Tokimachi Ryoutarou, who's always reading in the back. After an awkward first & last meeting during class, they reunite years later and unresolved feelings are reignited. A oneshot about the start of an innocent relationship.
A series of mostly shounen-ai one-shots, with two stories and a special focusing on childhood friends Sho and Taichi. Taichi always thought they would stay together forever, until Sho decides to up and move away without telling him about it. They run into each other again when Taichi's in university and they end up working at the same diner. This time, Taichi is determined to make it work out. Even if Sho's bisexual. Moral of the story: alcohol can only make things better. from Vices & Devices
Always giving in to many little things, Yuzu transfers from a prestigious girls' school to a co-ed because of her family. Since the first day, she felt uncomfortable with the too open ethos of the school. While trying to fit in, she met a guy who she is irresistibly attracted to. He, Yuzu, and a puppy, form a map of love together.
