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An unpopular woman in her thirties, our protagonist's only pleasure in life is reading all the web novels she can get her hands on while soaking in the bath. Tragically, she carelessly fell asleep in the bath and drowned, and before she had opened her eyes, she entered a fantasy novel world with a fictional Otome game theme. What's more is that she transmigrated as the villainess Leysritt! All I wanted was to be able to enjoy my second life quietly! But because I saved the prince's life after he was run over by a carriage, the prince's younger brother took interest in me, and now I've become his fiance?! With my knowledge from being a nurse in my past life, I want to be of help in this world. If I want to avoid a future of ruin I must aim to be like Nightingale. (Synopsis: Gourmet Scans) Gourmet Notes: Nightingale isn't a bird but a person called Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), known as "The Lady With the Lamp," was a British nurse, social reformer and statistician best known as the founder of modern nursing.
With a baby in her arms, Marian finally arrives at Bellfield Hall. There are terrible rumors about the master of the mansion, Heywood Denshaw. They say that, as the despot of the town, he snatched the manor and the mill away from the person who was supposed to inherit them. When she finally arrives, the master and housekeeper come out together. Marian is captivated by his eyes—they’re as cold as the winter sky. Yet Marian must somehow get him to give her a job!
From Hana-mi: A oneshot about the developing relationship between an out-of-world wanderer and a mistreated boy.
Eighteenth century, Tibet. Kang Shiva, a thirteen-year-old doctor-apprentice boy, lives in a mountain village. One day, when he came home from the herb collection, the bride and the party who was marrying were staying in his house. The bride's name is Moshi-La. She is the bride of Kang Shiva, and came all the way from a foreign country...! A heartwarming story of the daily life in Tibet of a gentle boy and his mysterious bride is woven.
A graveyard in contemporary Israel has an unlikely visitor. The elderly gentleman from Japan, a former news correspondent, lays a bouquet of flowers at the tomb of one Adolf Kamil. For he remembers the tale of three Adolfs: Kamil, a Jew who grew up in Kobe, Japan, the son of a baker; Kaufmann, only child of a German consul stationed at that port city and his Japanese wife; and the Fuhrer with whom the Far Eastern nation made common cause. ---- **Won the 10th Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 1986, shared with Makoto Kobayashi's What's Michael?**---**Volumes 372-376 of the Osamu Tezuka Complete Works**
From Forte Atrox: Lee Woo-hee was kidnapped and found under a plum tree with a faint memory of a man telling her, "I promise you that until the day we meet again, you will be reborn." After that incident, her father became protective and would only allow her to go from the house to the plum tree she loved. However, she would be allowed to venture into the village on the day of the new moon. One such day she meets a exorcist that warns her of a man dressed in black. Will she take this warning to heart? Or is it already too late...?
Kaka, an unusually strong girl with a talent for combat, sees it has her duty to protect and assist her caretaker and master Genjou-sama, a kind but frail young priest who nearly died saving her from a tiger. When poisoned water threatens to destroy their village, Genjou-sama leaves for the capital to find a solution. In his absence, demons burn down their formerly peaceful village and transform the villagers placed under Kaka's care into monkeys. Kaka flees in a desperate attempt to find Genjou-sama, only to find a haughty powerful spirit is now using his body as a vessel! She learns that the human Emperor has been secretly replaced by the evil Demon King, and that this spirit has come back for one simple purpose: to restore order. The contact he offers is simple. If she accompanies him on his journey to the capital and all goes according to plan, the spirit will give Genjou-sama back, relinquishing the priest's body and retrieving his soul from the underworld. Will Kaka take the risk?
From Evil Flowers: Fukka, the daughter of the Inuiyama's lord, is determinate to do everything to help her father win the war and get him home safely. Because she's a girl she's not allowed to go to the battle field with him, but she hears about a certain "war ghost" called Byakkimaru has been seen near her town. The legend says that if you get Byakkimaru to join your side you will win the war. The little princess starts a trip in search of this ghost determined to save her clan.
At the end of the Western Zhou Dynasty, tyrant You who was bewitched by Baosi,would like to established deification altar for deification.In the meantime, the monsters were everywhere,and people were hard to live on. In order to stop the tyrant destorying the world, Ji Han followed his master's order to kill the monster and help Zishang to wipe out the Western Zhou. Unexpectedly, Baosi was supported by ture immortal, so the deification altar was settle. The world was in a mess again....
In order to benefit their families, Koyuki (Age 16) was wed to Shin (Age 37). Despite the large age gap, both are exceedingly inexperienced in the matters of love, so they never quite know how to act around each other. To make matters worse, Shin is forbidden from being physically involved with Koyuki until she turns 20. In this environment, how will they form a proper husband-wife relationship?---Married off to a man more than twenty years her senior, Koyuki has no idea what her new life has in store for her. She's so in the dark, in fact, that she hasn't even seen her husband's face! But Koyuki isn't alone in fumbling through the intricacies of wedded bliss. Mask-donning Shin might have many years on his young wife, but as it turns out, he's just as naïve as she is! Will this pair of innocents ever get past their awkwardness (and the age gap)?!
Set in the time of ancient China's most revered and righteous judge, Lord Bao, this very judge and his other legendary companions are given life and vibrant personalities whilst various things a modern twist (you know what to expect of a manhua who has got a character wearing glasses in ancient China).
Cleopatra is the ruler who has most inspired poets and artists over the centuries. Her beauty and exotic charm through the Roman Army into confusion. Her enemies kept depicting her as a corrupter and a vicious ruler, on the other hand, the dignity of her death inspired touching works of art. Cleopatra was the last heiress of Alexander the Great and the last Egyptian Pharaoh. During her private and political life she had two great love experiences: Julius Caesar and Mark Antony. The death of Cleopatra was fit for a queen: as goddess Isis she'd rather be bitten by an asp than suffer the humiliation to be displayed as a trophy in Rome during the celebration of Octavian, the future Emperor Augustus.
