Thirty-five-year-old Asahi Maebashi is extremely fit, beautiful, and successful. Despite her near-perfect appearance, she has been struggling with a recurring problem since her divorce—her partners cannot maintain an erection or commit to finishing the act. This has triggered intense insecurities for Asahi but also sparked an unusual new desire: to watch a man masturbate to her as confirmation of his attraction. With Asahi strictly keeping her private and professional lives separate, no one notices her troubles. However, through a new work project, Asahi meets 29-year-old Kouya Kisarazu and impulsively shares her carnal wish with him. Although highly unprofessional, Kouya also reveals a secret—he hopes a woman like Asahi will watch as he pleasures himself. Meeting someone so perfectly compatible was once a distant dream for Asahi, but this unexpected opportunity to fulfill each other's sexual fantasies might simply be too good to pass up.
Si Yan, once a fearsome powerhouse with dual abilities in the apocalypse, dies in an explosion, only to wake up in a primitive beast world. To her shock, she has become the notorious villainess and the mother of four little snake cubs! But this mother was so cruel that the moment Si Yan opens her eyes, her children are already plotting to assassinate her. Now, she has to find a way to win back the hearts of her villainous cubs, farm and survive in a strange new beast world.
"Even after losing her memory, it’s still Jin Gyu-Do… What a cruel fate." As Jin Gyu-Do tries to start a new life, he ends up reuniting with his long-lost ex-lover Shin Dan-Bi at the company where he just got hired. Unlike the flustered Gyu-Do, Dan-Bi remains unbelievably calm. In truth, due to an accident, she has completely forgotten her past with Gyu-Do.
For the sake of her family's farm, Hanabata Mikan has been arranged to marry the heir of a food and holdings company, Yonoi Tsukihiko. Mikan refuses, saying she already has a man she loves, only for Tsukihiko to laugh in her face! He finds romance and love unnecessary and has no intentions of changing his views. But Mikan can't get married to a man who doesn't believe in love...right? Is this pair doomed to rot, or can a love ripen between two total opposites?
Karen is about to get married and is enjoying a happy time with her family when, without warning, her fiancé Chris and his father suddenly call off their engagement.She is upset by this unexpected event, but when she asks Chris why, he says that he wants her to switch places with Mary, who is also Karen's best friend.Karen's honor and dignity are damaged by this outrageous act, and she falls into a state of despair. This is a scintillating fantasy about a dowdy, graceful, and elegant young lady!
A depressed runaway teen is taken in by a mysterious, beautiful older woman… But how did things end up in that kind of relationship?!
“Love is like a dog.”
The Zero-Sum Original Anthology Series features themed oneshots from various mangaka that publish in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum and Ward magazines. Volume 9 theme: Transformation and Personification. 1. The Wolf and the 7 Baby Goats by Minekura Kazuya 2. A Ramen Academy That Can Make a Line! (Temporary) by Kinoshita Sakura 3. Mushroom and Kappa - Personification Chapter by Magami Guriko 4. Engi Maker by D. Kissan 5. The Fox Cub’s First Love Transformation Technique! by Gunjou 6. The Cat’s Turn by Saeki Yashiro 7. Little Heart by Ninagawa Tomo 8. A Nameless Quality by Tokitoh Kanade 9. The Chosen One and Their Power by Mikawa Verno 10. Thanks Dogs Day by Aoto Takane 11. A Sprinkling of First Love by Sekka 12. Super Human Console by Shindo Arashi 13. Private Solar System Academy by Sakuramaro 14. My Blue Bicycle by Zekkyou 15. Tique-tique by Mitsu Nanae 16. The Raven and Pomegranate by Yoshizawa Tomoya 17. Humanoid Début by Kana Sanaka
From Kodansha: Narumi Momose has had it rough: Every boyfriend she’s had dumped her once they found out she was an otaku, so she’s gone to great lengths to hide it. When a chance meeting at her new job with childhood friend, fellow otaku, and now coworker Hirotaka Nifuji almost gets her secret outed at work, she comes up with a plan to make sure he never speaks up. But he comes up with a counter-proposal: Why doesn’t she just date him instead? In love, there are no save points.
Reborn as the heiress of a powerful Dijing family, Scarlett Xia becomes Stella Leng—a name that commands respect. With parents who run a business empire and grandfathers who hold untouchable influence, her world is one of privilege and power. Protected by a cold yet formidable ally, Stella has one goal: to crush the scumbag who betrayed her in her past life and deliver justice for her grandfather. Revenge has never looked this glamorous!
Maeve, a top-tier beauty with a trove of hidden identities, was betrayed by her fiancé and best friend, losing her fortune, her reputation, and her life. Now, reborn as Claret, a spoiled socialite in Briarwood, she faces an even crueler twist: a forced marriage to a dying tyrant. Can she reclaim her past glory, or will this new life be her ruin?
"You've already gotten this wet... how lewd." My husband's gaze makes me sensitive, and when he stirs my core with his fingers, I can't help but... -- One day, a marriage proposal arrives for my younger sister with Faust, a cold-hearted man known as the "Teneta Rascal," but Angelica, who is treated as a nuisance by her family, is sent to marry him in place of her unwilling sister. Can I really do this...? While Angelica is feeling uneasy, Faust forcefully kisses her!? Her nipples are licked by his tongue, and a wave of pleasure she has never experienced washes over her from the melting caresses. Seeing Angelica like this, Faust gets even more aroused, saying, "You're reacting like a virgin." And then... --