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The Kafkaesque autobiography of a diplomat who compares himself to Grigori Rasputin and what happens after he gets caught up in a political purge during the early 2000s. A legal thriller with a dash of geopolitics. Based on "Kokka no Wana (Trap of the State)", the autobiography of ex-diplomat and political writer Sato Masaru.

Miyako is a super-shy girl in college. One day, her younger sister brings home a super-cute girl named Hana, and Miyako totally falls for her! These are her misadventures in trying to awkwardly get closer to Hana.

The story is set in a near-future Earth, in the aftermath of a major disaster that shifts the planet's polar axis 90 degrees, situating the poles along the equatorial line and killing everyone on Earth. A moon-based colony avoids the disaster, and begins recolonizing the depopulated Earth by establishing seven cities in strategic locations. However, to ensure the loyalty of the Earth colony, the moon establishes an orbital defense system that destroys anything that flies 500 meters in the air. When an unknown virus kills everyone on the moon, humanity becomes trapped on Earth, where the political intrigues of the seven cities continue to play out.

Nagisa, an office worker, ends up (almost) living together with Hiro, a long-distance driver. Food tastes even better than usual with Aikagi-kun and his big appetite. The casual time they spend together begins to color their days... A heartwarming story about a thirty-something office worker and a younger man (almost) living together!

"I love you." I can hear the sweet words coming from both sides and it makes my body two times hotter. Doing it with two of my precious friends, even though it's wrong!

"Koharu, you've had a fiance since you were born..." This is what my grandfather confesses to me one day out of the blue. But how could I, a 25-year-old stranger to love, possibly have a fiance? And on top of that, instead of living by myself while my grandfather is in the hospital, I have to live with him instead...?! He's tall, handsome, wealthy, and a CEO... not to mention 12 years my senior! We've got nothing in common! But his kindness and his unexpected naivete touch my heart, and before I know it...?! Between our short-term cohabitation and an marriage pact made by our grandfathers, this is one romance we can't let anyone find out about...

This story is about a girl named Handa Suzu who runs a store by herself while making a living off of the money she earns. One of her distant relatives used to own that store before he passed away. When Suzu was younger she had a child hood friend named Midori that went overseas with her parents. One day she goes out to town with and receives a phone call from someone unexpected…

The Demon Lord has been defeated by a brave warrior, but is destined to arise again! Ten years later, he emerges early from his slumber to exact his revenge. However, he returns to find that neither the world nor the legendary hero are what they once were. Can the powers of darkness triumph over a shut-in slob?

When they were young, Suzu and Midori were separated as Midori moved away. Suzu grew up and has become a builder of robots and anything else mechanical she can get her hands on. One fateful morning her favorite electronics shop is closed so she goes off to relax while waiting for the shop to open when Midori calls again, after all these years, wanting to take up where they left off. Suzu is ecstatic about this – they had so much in common when they were young…<br><br>Only Midori has opened up a Maid Café… <br>

Jia Ke, an ordinary university student is raising a very strange cat, but kitty is super cute