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"Please place your seal here, Lady Grint." "No!" "Don’t make this harder than it needs to be. Just do it." "I said no! Why on earth would I marry you?" "Then who would you marry, my lady?" At a distance close enough to feel each other’s breath, Therious Hurt gently raised his index finger and began tracing soft circles over my flat belly. My body stiffened at the strange, indescribable sensation. "My child is right here. Who do you think you’re marrying if not me?" I got dumped by the man I’d loved for 10 years, and in a fit of anger... I slept with his superior! It was fine up to that point, but what am I supposed to do now?!

After rebirth into nobility, a former seamstress uses her stitching skills to save her impoverished household. But when a “lowly baron” proposes, only to reveal he’s the crown prince in disguise, her quiet life unravels. His obsessive pursuit (“I’ve been searching for someone exactly like you”) leaves her baffled.

After marrying the prince, Cinderella’s “happily ever after” ends when he falls for another woman and proposes to her. A small, powerless field mouse, who dearly loves Cinderella, wishes she could smile again. Mysteriously, the mouse dies and wakes up in the past, when Cinderella was still mistreated by her stepfamily. Then comes a twist: the mouse isn’t ordinary, but a noble beastman from the prestigious Field Mouse clan. With her true identity revealed, she decides to run away with Cinderella — before the prince and his glass slipper ever show up.

The story of a crossdresser who receives a confession from a junior.

As a female vampire, Dahlia searches for the reborn essence of her cherished Ranan, who was also a vampire.

Miyazaki wrote a manga for a children's newspaper that is more like a graphic novel with minimal dialogue bubbles and most text is outside of the frames. Despite this, the story is surprisingly dark and touches on themes of war, betrayal, and the ugliness of human nature. The influence of Tezuka Osamu can be seen in the art style, but Miyazaki's later works such as "Nausicaä" can also be detected. In fact, this manga can be considered a prototype of "Nausicaä." Several characters also meet their demise throughout the story.

At 14 years old, Kirari Tsukishima is both beautiful and gluttonous. Whilst her peers worship the popular idol duo, SHIPS, Kirari's only true passion lies in food. However, when Kirari's path crosses with the member of SHIPS, Seiji Hiwatari, she instantly falls in love, despite her lack of experience in romantic relationships. Determined to be with Seiji, Kirari sets out to become an idol herself, with the guidance of SHIPS members Seiji and Hiroto Kazama, and her supportive feline friend, Naa-san. As Kirari ventures into the world of entertainment, she quickly discovers that being an idol is not just all fun and games. In order to succeed both in love and her career, she must overcome any obstacles that come her way.

From Chibi Manga: Izumozaki Sumire was accepted into Ojika High School. Her older brother Satoshi was strangely against her entering that school. But she wanted to experience high school life at the same school he attended no matter what. Subsequently the truth about her older brother’s real identity comes to light...!

1. The Woman Next Door 2. Sound of Grass 3. Graveman 4. The Seashore 5. Just the Two of Us 6. The Scarlet Circle