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Antstudio brings you a collection of five stories that transcend time and space, with each one filled with more love and romance than the last. This collection takes you from a world of demons versus humans to a manor full of unexpected relationships and magical surprises. After that, it brings you to a "sew"lful grand empire and then to a humble sweet potato farm full of lonely longing. Finally, you return to the present day as you reminisce about past loves by "drawing" on happy memories.+

by Rosa Negra: A father who committed suicide on Yuh's 16th birthday. The boy she met during her sorrow; Mu Hyul Ba-dump Ba-dump; a guy so breathtaking. A proposal at a sky resort. "I can do anything for you as long as it makes you smile. I'll give you everything you want." All those to interrupt our love are so dead!

Story 01) Kakene Nashi no LOVE Torihiki (A Love Transaction without Overcharging): Since Ami Kirisawa's father passed away, she's had to make it on her own. Now she's built a reputation as an enterprising young woman who will do anything for money. However, when Ruka Hakomori (of the Hakomori Financial empire) makes assumptions about how much of Ami his money can buy, Ami fearlessly proves him wrong. Ruka decides he wants her to help him get out of a marriage interview, but opposing Ruka's ruthless parents isn't going to be easy, no matter how fearless Ami is.Story 02) Kokoro Goku Ama-jitate (Very Sweetly Cut Heart): Suzuko runs into Riki-kun while shopping for Valentine Chocolate. When he learns that she doesn't have a boyfriend, he asks her to give him chocolate that day. The two become close but will Riki-kun's fanclub grows jealous and will do everything they can to separate them. Will they succeed or will love triumph?Story 03) Kyokou Shinwa ~Sekando Reipu~ (Made-up Myth ~Second Rape~): This is a serious story about the effects of rape. Wakana is a shy and unspectacular girl who has been text messaging the spectacular Taku for three months. Suddenly, Taku suggests that they meet, and when they do... he rapes her. Wakana goes to the police, only to go through "second rape" -- the doubts of others who think she brought it on herself.

Jun of Ishinomori's Fantasy World Jun returns, this time as a younger boy. While he may be younger, the sights he sees are as fantastic as ever, taking one on trips throughout different worlds as he tries to make sense of things.Serialized in two magazines, including Sanrio's shojo magazine Lyrica.

From Tokyopop: Yuuki is an energetic teenager who carries the disturbing power of foresight in her dreams. She finds that this is tied to the mysterious Deep Sleep that has overtaken her sister, Yuuka. Clues left on her cell phone and visions that come to her in her dreams begin to reveal a strange puzzle... and then in one dream, a glass wall stands between her and her sister while a faceless little girl stands by Yuuka. The mysterious girl hands Yuuki a kaleidoscope--which Yuuki discovers she still has when she awakens from the dream the next morning

From Esthtique:Oshaberi na Jikanwari is based on Mizusawa Megumi-sensei's own love story. It is the story of how she had a crush on a boy since primary school and the events that took place while she goes from primary school through junior high to senior high.

From Comic Sylph's Official Homepage:Out of the blue, protagonist Snow White finds herself transported to a strange world. Here, many unusual creatures roam, and all the signs and words are backwards.To leave this world, Snow White must fulfill one condition:"Make Alice the King."For the sake of returning back to her own world, Snow White must team up with Alice butA strange yet wondrous fairytale-like fantasy awaits you.

Clay is a young golem molder, still learning about the world around him. His unique technique allows his golems to evolve.

Mature content: This manga contains materials that might not be suitable to children under 17. By proceeding, you are confirming that you are 17 or older. As a famous eating broadcast, Li Ke'er was born without sense of taste; While Shao Yan, the president of Shao's Group, is burdened with a curse. Meeting each other accidentally, Shao Yan found that Ke'er's blood can help oppress the curse on him, thus he decided to try all means to make Ke'er cooperate with him. Will a love affair with a motivation be blessed?

Description : Once upon a time, there was the laziest princess of all. There were only three things that interested her: shopping, sleeping, and her childhood friend, Mars. Will Mars answer the princess' feeling? And will this fairy tale close with the traditional "happily ever after"? Contains 5 One Shot Stories Vol.01 Ch.004: Eternal Failures Vol.01 Ch.005: We are Miracles Vol.01 Ch.006: Someone is Waiting Vol.02 Ch.004: New Moon Vol.02 Ch.005: Once upon a dream

"You look thirsty." Sakura hadn't seen her childhood friend Ryuu in 10 years, but when they reunite, that's what he says before he hugs her. But then, Ryuu suddenly turns violent! Ryuu, the kind, cool friend who always supported Sakura, is now the future leader of the Ogata yakuza family. "I want to know the real Ryuu."

From Senpai Scans:I was gently touched by a warm hand. The words that waited in the corner of my heart. That moment held a spark, something not to be shared with anyone else. That's fine. It's because of that it's fine. Your happiness is yours only--... As the title states, a collection of tragic and gentle stories.

It happened in the blink of an eye. Rikka's world turned upside down when her school field trip bus flipped and plummeted into a lake. Everyone inside that bus drowned... except for Rikka, but she wasn't saved by anything as simple as luck. When she was released from the hospital, Rikka was then attacked repeatedly in a series of bizarre incidents all involving water... and a sadistic aquatic beauty whose name is -- Rikka!? What does our heroine have that the sadistic Rikka wants back? What was it that saved her from drowning, and who gave it to her and why...?Read this manga from right to left

Ouyang Jianing's father sends her to a cleaning company to learn and grow following an assault on her date. After accomplishing one mission after another at the shaky company, she is forced to finally grow up.

Sunao is a female high school fresh man who's extremely scared of boys. She hoped that it'd get better in high school, but the cool and reserved boy next to her, Izumi, only seems to make it worse. And by some weird coincidence, the two ended up training for an upcoming soccer match together?!(Source: Official site)Included one-shot:Volume 7: Chocolate to Danshi to Renai Jijou

Kurosu Kai is your typical doting father but he also happens to be the (retired) demon king! They and others demons transferred to human world after their own world destroyed. It is the story 10 years since they came to demon world. Kai and his daughter Hana have been living peacefully in the human world, but the reappearance of Kai's old enemy threatens to shake up their lives! What's more, Kai's enemy is a student at Hana's high school?!

Bakumatsu Renka Karyuu Kenshiden takes place in the first year of Tokugawa when the Shogunate and the emperor's supporters fight for supremacy. Shizuki Rin is a girl growing up in a Dojo who lost her memory of the past. Secretly the dojo deals with information. Including the violent Shinsengumi, some bishies and children who aim to get stronger.

From Tokyopop:This fantasy adventure fairy tale is based on an adorable sweet girl named Yuuki Wakasa. She's just your typical 5th grader and big sister who's responsible for her three little brothers.One day while walking home she catches a red magic stone that mysteriously falls from the sky. Yuuki soon discovers the stone's magical powers when she looks in the mirror and sees a reflection of a beautiful dark-haired girl who reveals to Yuuki the secret powers of the stone: it allows her to travel from the human world to a dream world known as Takamagahara.Yuuki then realizes that she is the 'chosen one' who must save the Sun from being destroyed in the dream world; otherwise both worlds will fall into complete darkness forever ...

Suehiro is a quiet girl, who prefers the excitment of her books to the real-life anxieties of friends. She'd been perfectly happy in her own little world until ultra-popular guy Takasago asked her out as part of a punishment game right in front of the class, bringing Suehiro front and center. Mortified, she tries everything to get away...but he persists, and insists he's serious! How will she deal with such an interruption to her previously quiet life?

There's nothing worse than having a guy You've secretly crushed on for ten years say like you're like his mom. When Natsume Mishima is given a chance to be in a fake relationship with Chikage, the hottest guy in her class to make her crush Yuuki jealous, she takes it-- even though she hate lying. Will This web of lies get her the guy she wants?

This is the bitter story of Meng and his unsuccessful love life.He obviously wants to fall in love but it almost always doesn't go as planned

Love, trust and friendship are very important values but also very fragile. In the lives of Maggie, Annie, Edison and Nick they unknowingly become tools for pain. Denying love, creating lies and keeping secrets lead to unwanted results and to a battle between two girls that either may never win.

From Tokyopop:An uncatchable thief is plaguing the city. No one knows her true identity and the police are unable to stop her. She is only known as Saint Tail. At St. Paulia Junior High, a young student named Asuka Jr. makes it his mission to find, stop, and apprehend the elusive Saint Tail. Little does he know that the nocturnal thief is really his friend, Meimi. Aided by a novice nun, Meimi steals to help the needy. Don't miss any of Saint Tail's magical exploits in the tale of this modern day Robin Hood.

Elena used to be a theatre worker with the hopes of going onstage someday.Suddenly, the theatre is forced to close.She finds a new job in a mansionbut the owner of the mansion is a witch?!

Yuri and Motoka are friends, but Motoka isn't exactly a girl you should be messing with. Yuri later falls in love with Yabe, a player. However when she declares her love for him, he said he'll only date Motoka. Motoka acts like she doesn't want anything to do with Yabe but....is that her real feelings?But Yuri isn't going to give up on Yabe...and Motoka and Yabe seem like they went through a bad past with each other.But what is it?From Tokyopop:Yuri and Motoko are friends. Yuri has a crush on Yabe, but Yabe's decided the only girl he will ever seriously date is Motoko. But she doesn't want to have anything to do with him. Or is she secretly harboring a crush on him, too?From Baka-Updates:Do not confuse with Gacha GachaYuri Muroi's gone through quite a number of relationships and has that kind of reputation. She strikes up a friendship with a beautiful tomboy girl, Motoko, who helps little Yuri in times of need (aka bullying). Now Yuri has set her eyes on a sempai--Yabe. However, playboy Yabe seems to have been after Motoko for quite a while and will have no other. Yuri might have to taste the same medicine she gave another friend a while ago--a choice between love and friendship. Meanwhile, Motoko displays no interest in Yabe, but might secretly like him. As Yuri is drawn into a friendship with Yabe, Motoko, and Hirao, she begins to learn the horrible truth between Yabe, Motoko, and her dead sister Kanako and a terrible past that will never be fixed.Muroi has a suitor of her own: Sho Hirao, the student body president. Hirao is clumsy and tactless around girls. He is in love with Yuri, because she, unlike other girls, claims to be "thick-skinned" and smiles through anything, even if she has to take a beating for it, and even if she is vulnerable inside.

New freshman Maki is very excited to join the basketball team. While trying on new shoes she instanlty gets a crush on the sales boy. It turns out he is a second year on they boy's basketball team at her school. But what's this? The boys and girls basketball teams are at eachother's necks and no interelationships are allowed!! So what is sempai thinking when he suddenly declares he and Maki are dating in front of both teams? Who is the beautiful girl he seems to have broken up with? And what could they possibly have to do with this terrible rule?

Kasumi is a special girl-and not just because she's a super-cute high schooler with a heart of gold. She has a major secret: She can turn INVISIBLE when she holds her breath. But when she transfers to an elite private school, it gets harder to keep her superpowers secret, especially when she catches the eye of the handsome student-council president, Ryuuki, and becomes the target of his number one fan, mean girl extraordinaire Reina. Can Kasumi keep hiding who she really is?

CheSuBin, a sparkling high school girl with a height complex, this, however has launched her into the modeling industry. There is just one problem... she has to pose as a male model. What kind of misfortune has fell upon her. It might be considered fortunate for the girl who's in a lot of stress. Her fellow student and CF Model, GanUnKyuk, just might trigger her love someday. "For you to see my true feelings~ would my pitiful self end up hurting?!

A scholar with absolutely no desire to study met a mysterious girl called 'Miss Ugly' who had no memories of her past. She resigned to fate that she was destined to be sacrificed to the Huang Deity, but the scholar was determined to save her.

From Chibi Manga:During the summer when everything seemed gloomy I met Sensei and he changed my view on things. The only good trait that Azami, the bashful girl has is that she is honest and diligent. The reason why she kissed him and told him not to forget about her was because she wanted to change herself. During the new school term, the two of them meet again. This time it is at school as student and teacher...

After the sudden death of her parents, a young woman named Shiori Kanzaki finds a picture of a man that she believes to be her grandfather, and travels to Azaka Village, where he was apparently from, in hopes of meeting him. However, when she arrives she instead ascertains that the tiny village has a museum that she realizes she lived in as a young girl. There she meets Sakuma, a middle school girl who tends to get herself in trouble, and Suga, the strange manager of the museum who only communicates in written memos. Suga grudgingly allows her to stay at the museum for a while to research her family. But there is a legend in the village of "Kotori Obake", a demon woman who abducts children who go into the nearby forest. How is this story connected to Shioripast, and why does she hear voices calling her, commanding her to "Come fulfill the promise"?

After Diana Yin went back from studying abroad, she found that her mother died, her father's mistress became the female head of the Yin Family and her father's illegitimate son became the heir of the Yin Corporation. They forced Diana to a arranged marriage. Diana refused but was framed and disfigured by her stepmother. No choice but revenge!

From Psycho Pandas:A heartrending and heartwarming story about two twins: one who hates everything like himself and one who wishes to keep his promise from long ago.

On the eve of her sixteenth birthday, Kozue Hiyoki is visited in her dreams by a man who steals her heart- literally! Determined to find him and retrieve her stolen heart, Hiyoki, with the color of the man's hair and the tattoo on his chest as her only leads, enrolls in the S-Hall dormitories of St. Nazareth Academy, but quickly realizes that its residents are not at all like she expected For starters, they're all guys!There, Hiyoki soon discovers that she has the ability to look inside her dorm-mates' dreams, which may be the key to uncovering the identity of the thief who stole her heart. But perhaps her biggest challenge is that most of the guys won't let Hiyoki into their rooms, much less their hearts!

In the middle of an escape, Lilith, the head of a group of thieves, is injured. She is rescued by the young aristocrat Jean Rhode, but in exchange for being nursed back to health, he demands that she pay him with kisses!

Escaflowne, the God Protector of Fanelia, has been stolen and the country is left in ruins. Desperate to find the key to Escaflowne's seal and recover the legendary guymelef, Van Fanel, Prince of Fanelia is sent to Earth, only to find it in the possession of a high school girl, Hitomi Hoshino. With enemies chasing them at every turn, can the two reclaim what was lost? Named Messiah Knight when serializing in Monthly Asuka Fantasy DX, but renamed to HITOMI when tankoubon were published.

Fateful Encounters: Based on novel by Kaminaga Manabu. Shinrei tantei yakumo aka psychic detective yakumo tells a story about a college student, Saitou Yakumo who born with different eye colors. His red left eye gave him a special ability to see ghosts and spirits. He believes ghosts and spirits are bound to earth because of a certain 'cause' and simply by eliminating that 'cause' will those spirits rest in peace. Being asked for help by Ozawa Haruka, together they began the investigation.

From Manga Freak:Asuka is a typical high school girl with two big loves in her life: Judo, and Kujyo-senpai. One day, Asuka finally gathers up her nerve to confess her feelings to Kujyo-senpai. But before she can do so, a boy from her past transfers to her school and challenges Asuka to a judo match--if he wins, Asuka will have to be his girlfriend for three months. Who is this boy? Will Asuka ever get a chance to confess to Kujyo-senpai? Who will win this match?

One day Haru Ko finds her life turned upside down after waking up in a world surrounded by gods. Things don't get any better for her when she learns that she was Ishtar, the goddess of love, in her past life!

Fuyuki's modern adaptation of Greek mythology about the love between Hades the God of the Underworld and Persephone, the daughter of Demeter. The Greek gods and goddesses now assume human forms but still retain all their vast powers. All except for high school student, Arisa who for some reason is unable to remember her past incarnation as Persephone and her life with Hades who in this present day is her classmate, Amano. But the strength of their joint destinies is so strong that even without those memories, Arisa falls in love with Amano just like Persephone with Hades hundreds of years ago. But this time, Amano is determined that he will not lose Arisa like in the tragic past. He will protect her even if it means going against every immortal being and will not yield her to Zeus who wants to unlock the secret and the mysterious power that Persephone had then and Arisa has now.

From JanimeS: Princess is a very straight forward and sad series. This series is full of romance and politics. The background is an unknown medieval era where there are three countries. Among the three countries, there is an island country called "Ramira". The empire, Ramira, is where most of stories will unfold. There are generations of princesses, and the first 27 volumes set the story for the eventual regaining of Ramira by the greatest Empress of Ramira, Preia, who was beloved by the people and had many loyal men under her.

A collection of short stories:1) 10 Days -High school senior, Aiko, and 30-year-old Shirakawa are to have an arranged marriage, so they decide to try being a couple for 10 days...2) There's No Logic To Love! -Mayu can't get over her big shock from being dumped. But then a transfer student came to her class, and...3) Happy Happy Letter - Aiko is extremely thrilled to receive her first love letter. But the sender didn't include his name...4) The Prince's Maid - She's only in high school, and having an arranged marriage!? Plus her partner may be rich, but he's her classmate...5) An Adult's Love / A Child's Affair - Norika is going out with a working man. She's only in high school, but she lied, telling him she's working too...6) My Sweet Honey - Kimi has fallen in love with the school's "prince", Ken. All she could do was just gaze at him, but he suddenly became her boyfriend!?

Touko has always heard stories about her dead grandfather and his lover and wishes to one day find a love like theirs. However, this dream is suddenly crushed as her grandfather's lover appears and forces Touko to take on her two grandsons as fiancs!

How far would you go to meet your favorite boy band? Kum-Ji was little late getting under the spell of the chart topping boy band DDL. Unable to join the DDL fan club, she almost gives up meeting her idols until she develops a cunning plan, becoming a top member of their rival fan club for a brand-new boy group, Yo-I (Chocolat). This way she can always be near Yo-I at all their concerts. Funnily enough Yo-I always seem to play the same shows with DDL. It's almost the perfect plan except it's really complicated being a super fan for one band when your heart lies with another. Follow the adventures of Kum-Ji in this full-blown romantic comedy as she tries to keep her scheme together.

"Ever since that night, I've lived only to kill you."Kohaku was the lone survivor from her hometown, which was sunk and destroyed by the kingdom's guardian water dragon. She entered the Imperial Place under the guise of a lady-in-waiting, plotting to take revenge on Prince Miaki, who was supposed to be the only person who could control the dragon.However, he seemed nothing like she imagined. And when he caught her, he unexpectedly asked her, "Why don't you pretend to be my consort instead?"This begins their thrilling contract marriage, to uncover the plot involving the succession to the throne!+

Compilation of short stories: Hatsukoi ni Oboreta Sweet Cool Juonteki na Kanojo