出包王女Darkness ; To Love You -Trouble- Darkness ; To LOVEる ダークネス ; To-LOVE-Ru - Darkness ; To-LOVE-Ru - Trouble- Darkness
Comedy, Fantasy, Harem, Mature, Romance, School Life, Sci-fi, Shounen, Supernatural
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October 21, 2023
Even though this is a sequel to To-Love-Ru, all of our main characters make an appearance along with some new additions. Rito continues to be caught in over the top uncensored ecchi scenarios. The alien Deviluke sisters still use their unique abilities to grab Rito's love confession. Nana and Momo have transferred into the school and meet Mea, who seems to be a worry free and joyful girl. Momo in particular wants to share Rito and create a harem for him. While scheming her plan, she confronts Golden Darkness also known as Yami. They are interrupted by possessed students who begin to fight with abnormal strength. Now the new plot line appears as a mysterious person who's in control of the students tests Yami's assassination skills. Who is this new enemy?
A Contract Marriage Our Bodies Love ~ No Divorcing Tonight ~
Karada ga Koisuru Keiyaku Kekkon ~ Tominaga Fusai wa Kon'ya mo Rikon Dekimasen / カラダが恋する契約結婚～冨永夫妻は今夜も離婚できません。 / A Contract Marriage Our Bodies Love ~ No Divorcing Tonight ~
Drama, Josei, Mature, Romance
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December 29, 2025
"We're still married tonight though?" It's the night before our divorce, but he fills me up completely... Could it be that we're the most physically compatible...!?
Drama, Mature, Office Workers, Romance, Slice of Life
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January 5, 2024
Two lonely people who live a life of lies agree on a marriage of convenience. Both Seyeon and Taejin are children of CEOs of conglomerates. However, Seyeon grew up abused by her stepmother. Her father turns a blind eye to the years of abuse. She sees marriage as a means to escape from them. And Taejin is a notorious playboy, he goes on that masquerade to ensure the heir-apparent to the family business is his stepbrother. Seeking a sudden marriage is part of that masquerade. But two find there's more to gain from this marriage, starting with raw sexual chemistry.
Drama, Mature, Office Workers, Philosophical, Romance, Slice of Life
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May 20, 2025
"I'm...pregnant." Sawa, who works as a graphic designer at an advertising agency, discovers one morning that she's got a bun in the oven. Only one person could be the father, and it's her handsome, but strict supervisor at work, Director Ishiki. The incident happened a few months ago when she was celebrating a job well down with him after a huge project they worked on together. Perhaps they were feeling a bit too relaxed, but once a few drinks hit, they ended up sharing a kiss. The unexpected soft and gentle smooch with her drill sergeant of a supervisor leads to them spending the night together... However, it was only a one-time thing and they were never an item, so Sawa wavers about whether or not to tell him that she's pregnant. A romance that blossoms from an unexpected pregnancy is about to unfold!
How to Tame My Beastly Husband / 못된 짐승을 길들이는 법 ; How to Tame My Beastly Husband ; How to Tame the Naughty Beast ; How to Tame a Bad Beast; Royal Redemption
Adaptation, Drama, Fantasy, Mature, Romance, Royal family
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February 21, 2025
What if you could go back and do things all over again? That’s exactly the opportunity that Princess Annette has received. In a previous life, she was embroiled in controversy. Set to wed the crown prince, Annette’s life was looking rosy. But rumors and scandals followed that ruined her life. In the end, she ended up marrying the bastard son of the emperor, Raphael. Two black sheep of their respective families together in a bitter arranged marriage. Left weak and frail from her life’s trials and tribulations, she prays to any god who will listen, that if given one more chance, she’d fix everything. Well, Annette’s wish has been granted. Reborn, five years in the past, on the day before her wedding, she can now relive her life and make things right. But will Annette fall into the same traps as before or will this be her royal redemption?
The Emperor's Erection Project manga The Emperor's Erection Project manhwa update free on Bibimanga.ComThe man who acts like a charismatic and dominant emperor has a top secret. "My co** can't get hard" The closer the deadline of the selection of empress, the more relentlessly vigourous his pe*** becomes. But the heavens did not abandon him. "Could it be that you're getting off every time I step on you?" Slap, slap, slap, slaaap! Eric's pe*** comes back to life after the mysterious woman hit him! But the identity his saviour sent from heaven is a maid who loathes nobles!
GAME: Between the Suits / GAME~西服的间隙 / GAME～スーツの隙間～ ; Game: Suit no Sukima / Game - Suit no Sukima (Official)
Josei, Mature, Office Workers, Romance, Slice of Life
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June 4, 2024
At twenty-seven, Sayo is married to her career–she’s the kind of woman who will even answer work calls while having sex! When her firm hires charming playboy Ryoichi, Sayo tries to resist his advances, but not for long. Soon they’re plunging into a purely physical relationship, agreeing that they’ll only play this love game until they find true romance. Sayo will let Ryoichi into her bed, but will she let him into her heart…?
Takeda Hiroaki is a good-looking average high school student with a cute girlfriend. Gokokuji Akira is a class president and smart on the outside but behind that elite appearance, he works for male escort company "M Project".
Though out Hiroaki's whole life, he didn't have any hobbies or didn't care about getting involved in anything. One day, his lazy everyday life turned 180 degrees when he got involved with Akira.
苺とチョコレート ; 草莓与巧克力 ; Ichigo and Chocolate ; Strawberry and Chocolate
Adventure, Drama, Mature, Romance, Shoujo
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October 20, 2023
Ami is a high school girl who loves to chase after expensive brands. By pure chance, Ami has started working for Tatara in order to acquire a handbag she wanted. But to think that Tatara is the most famous porno writer at the time..! Who could have imagined the anxiety that lies within Ami's heart?
In the title piece, Chiruhi, Orin is a prostitute who works on a boat near the seashore. She falls in love with a young hairdresser, who is one of her customers, even though she knows it is an impossible love. This collection consists of seven historical short stories which tragicomically depict people trying to do their best in the city of Edo throughout the seasons.
.30-year-old virgin Mihye is burning up with lust, but the only company she has on her 30th birthday is wine, cake, and a life-sized pillow of her favorite idol singer. Well, a girl's gotta drink up and dream big. She blows out the candles with just one wish for her coming yearto finally pop that cherry. When she opens her eyes, lo and behold, a handsome hunk has materialized out of thin air. And he's got an irresistible offer for her: become a witch, and take him has her familiar. One thing's for sure... This witch will be riding more than broomsticks.
"Casio and his little sister Nokia both work as bounty hunters who use magic packets that they download through their mobile phones and cast with the built-in camera to defeat mysterious apparitions called phantasms. The bounties for these phantasms are quite high, but the enormous fees for the magic packets they download and the property damage they create has reduced them to a homeless status living off cup ramen. This all changes when they meet a foolish albeit wealthy, young woman called Sony who didn't bother to properly research Casio and Nokia's true nature before becoming their sponsor. "
鉄道員,ラブ・レター ; 鉄道員/ラブ・レター ; Poppoya Love Letter ; Poppoya, Love Letter ; Railroad Man / Poppoya, Love Letter ; Railroad Man, Poppaya - Love Letter
Drama, Mature, Romance, Seinen, Tragedy
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October 19, 2023
Poppoya: Satou Otomatsu is a lonely station master of a small station in Hokkaido, situated at the end of the line in a small village with an aging population. The station is due to close in the coming spring, and he will retire with it. One night in his last winter manning the station, an encounter with a young girl marks the beginning of the events that will see him reflect on his working life - performing his duty as a railroad man, whilst enduring the pain of its cost to his personal life.
Love Letter: Goro just got out from jail, but a police officer wants to talk to him right away. He announces to him that Goro's wife is dead and that he has to go to Chiba and take her body. Goro has no recollection of having a wife, but then he remembers he married a Chinese woman a long time ago. He married her for her money, and had she married him because she needed a Japanese visa to work. In fact, she's a prostitute who came to Japan hoping to find better life.
At first, Goro can't be bothered by this situation, but he goes to Chiba just because he can earn a lot of money. Later on, during his trip, Goro finds a letter she wrote him and through it he discovers the pure person that lies beneath this common prostitute. She is a woman of such kindness and love that Goro is moved to learn something about the woman he married. With those few words of love and tenderness, he understands her fears, her goals, and her hopes for the future -- a future that he knows will never come.
拷問塔は眠らない -道化師の章- ; Sleepless Torture Tower - The Clown's Chapter ; The Torture Tower Never Sleeps - The Clown's Chapter
Fantasy, Horror, Mature, Supernatural, Tragedy
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October 19, 2023
Based on monthy's original song Goumontou wa Nemuranai, what do you do when you have lost everything? Lloyd Lowell has found his answer. In Leon City, people are drawn to torture of tower, Torcia Tower. There, it is rumored, lies treasures which can bring you fortune, fame and most importantly - eternal life...
However, nothing goes as planned when Lloyd enters the tower...
モンスター娘のいる日常; 魔物娘的同居日常; 魔物娘的(相伴)日常; Daily Life with a Monster Girl; Everyday Life with Monster Girls; MonMusu; Monster Girl no Iru Nichijou; Monster Musume; Monster Musume: Everyday Life with Monster Girls; 몬스터 아가씨가 있는 일상; Codzienność z potworzycami; Die Monster Mädchen
, understood in Japan as Everyday Life with Monster Girls and subtitled in English
Tokuma Shoten in their Monthly Comic Ry now publish in Japan monster Musume No Iru Nichijou Manga? By and magazine Seven Seas Entertainment in the United States, together with the chapters reprinted and collected into eight tank?bon volumes to date. The storyline revolves around Kimihito Kurusu, a Japanese student whose life is thrown into chaos after inadvertently becoming involved using the "Interspecies Cultural Exchange" plan.
For a long time, the Japanese government has kept a secret: mythical creatures like centaurs, harpies, and lamias are real. Three years prior to the start of narrative, the authorities disclosed the presence of the creatures and passed a legal bill, the "Interspecies Cultural Exchange Act". Since that time, these creatures, known as "liminals," have eventually become an integral part of human society, dwelling with average families like foreign exchange students and aupair visitors, but with other obligations and limitations (the main limitation being that liminals and individuals are prohibited from hurting each other).
Kimihito Kurusu failed to offer for the exchange system, but when Ms. Smith delivered the really afraid and embarrassed Miia to his doorway by mistake,he didn't have the heart to send her away and they began living together. Kimihito meets and gives refuge to other female liminals, each of another species as the narrative continues. The problem takes on a fresh turn after he's told that as a test case, he's anticipated, because of anticipated changes in the law dealing with human-liminal relationships, to wed among the daughters, thereby raising their rivalry because of his focus.
Kimihito Kurusu is an ordinary Japanese student having a part time occupation who lives in his parents' house, with feelings and all the wishes that young people have.
The girls appear to fall in love with him just because he's pleasant, friendly and simple, and because he handles the "monster" girls as everyday, real people -- not as exotic or dangerous creatures.
He seldom shows any rage towards anyone, particularly the girls, but when he does he presents a surprisingly powerful assertiveness, among the very infamous cases happening when he grew mad because Lala was playing along with her food rather than eating it - which prompted all others to make sure that they clean their plates from then on.
Miia is a lamia (part human, part snake), the initial liminal to reside with Kimihito. She's about 8 meters (26 feet) long, but constantly goes along with her front upright, so she seems to have ordinary human stature. She's reddish hair, golden eyes with vertical slit pupils and light human skin, and her snake component has copper scales having a pinkish-cream underbelly (the point of her tail is specially sensitive). Unlike snakes that have no outer ear that is visual, Miia has fairly big, scaly ears that are triangular. She's a poikilotherm, which will be significantly dangerous for her if she enters chilly water and makes her drowsy in cold weather or mornings.
It is additionally disclosed (by Miia's mom) that at some point Miia's dad escaped in the lamia tribe.
She's frequently in contradiction with all the other girls as she sees herself as the primary union candidate for Kimihito. She's not an abysmal cook and an excellent housekeeper she unintentionally gives her sense of taste, food poisoning to another family members being not much stronger when compared to a person's.
She refers as Darling to Kimihito.
Action, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Mature, School Life
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January 27, 2026
Confinement King is a Manga/Manhwa/Manhua in (English/Raw) language, Action series is written by Updating This Comic is About
A girl who calls herself a devil appeared before a timid student named Fumio Kijima. The girl claims to be a campaign girl from the demon world and she gives him the ability to “create a room” from nothing but thin air. At first he doesn’t abuse his power and uses it as a convenient ability in his every day life. But one day he is bullied by his classmates under an unfair pretext and is made to suffer. In the past he would have wallowed in misery and cried himself to sleep, but now he had a power to call upon. “I will make them regret it!” Using his powers to summon his “room”, he begins his era of confinement and brainwashing to achieve his goals
Action, Drama, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Mature, Seinen
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February 7, 2025
After killing the Demon Lord, Blum Dilmond was pursued by the kingdom and forced to leave the country. While spending days trying to avoid the assassins aiming at his neck, he suddenly came up with an idea. He could hide inside the dungeon that was once the Demon Lord’s hideout. If it’s there, then he could be safe.
Go! Ina Junior High Ping Pong Club ; Ike! Ina-chuu Takkyuubu / Ike! Inachuu Takkyuubu
Comedy, Mature, School Life, Seinen, Sports
69
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February 4, 2026
There are six members of the boy's ping pong club. Two are relatively normal; however, the other four consist of an aspiring sexual deviant, two perverts, and a guy with lethal B.O. Add in a cantakerous girl as a manager, and you have the entire crew.
This series pushes the boundaries of good taste beyond anything the western world has experienced, yet somehow manages to remain vaguely charming. The antics of the ping pong club includes one member's trademark "Protruding Pecker Serve," molesting cross-dressing members, and the infamous "Turtle Sequence," which is much too horrifying to describe.
NOTE: Full frontal nudity and tasteless jokes abound.
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In a forest on a mountain, a class is out on excursion. A girl strays from her group and meets a witch. She escapes, but when she groups up with her classmates no one believes her, except for her best friend.
After the class returns to the mountain for a reunion after graduating, old memories resurface. Why does the girl still insist she saw a witch? Does she really believe it herself?
From solelo:
A witch named Baba-yaga lives deep in the forest. If you’re a good kid, she might save you on a whim. If you’re a bad kid, she’ll devour you.
あなたを信じてる ―淋しい子供たち― ; Anata wo Shinjiteru ~Samishii Kodomo-tachi~ ; I Believe in You (Anata wo Shinjiteru) ; I Believe in You ~Lonely Children~
Drama, Mature, Romance, School Life, Shoujo, Slice of Life
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October 17, 2023
From momiji_mii's livejournal:
A story about a teenage girl whose life has become a living hell because of her alcoholic father. Her mother seems to love her little brother better than her and she feels a lot of pressure because of the circumstances of her family. She's definitely more grown-up than the rest of the girls in her class. She lately feels some sort of connection with one of the bad guys in school, who has been showing kindness to her younger brother lately. He takes both of them to the zoo after the father breaks his promise due to being hungover.
An 8 year old child, along with his brother, managed to escape from the disasters of an army's merciless killings! His own past, how much could people possibly know? His own heart, who could possibly understand? These questions was the "revenge-mindset" that has lingered the brothers through extensive training to become insanely powerful in the martial-arts. Now, this same 8 year old child has grown into an adult and is now a King! He is the Leader of the Southern Barbarian Sect. He is known as the southern barbarian, SANDSTORM..!!
The metropolitan police have a special squad of negotiators for talking down violent criminals in hostage situations and so forth. The two top negotiators have great knowledge of human psychology and experience in dealing with criminals, but they are missing something important.
They are searching for someone who is capable of agape love-- unconditional and selfless love for all people. Such a person would be able to develop rapport easily with criminals, and therefore be a natural negotiator. Instead of finding a person like this on the police force, they find her in the form of the teenage girl Haruka. Will they be able to persuade her to become a negotiator for the police?
32 years old and in the fifth year of a happy marriage. Without any children, they live their lives happily, as long as the wife buries away her real desire deep down…
Reincarnated Carrier's Strategy For Different World
Tensei ni Hakobijin no Isekai Kouryakuhou Reincarnated Carrier's Strategy for Different World Tensei ni Hakobi Jin no Isekai Kouryakuhou The Way to Conquer a Different World as a Reincarnated Porter 転生荷運び人の異世界攻略法 전생 짐꾼의 이세계 공략법
Action, Ecchi, Fantasy, Harem, Mature, Seinen
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December 28, 2025
A man who yearns for freedom is reincarnated and he chooses the undesirable job "Carrier"--The fastest way to conquer both women and other world with wisdom and courage! A new erotic fantasy series from Nocturne Novels!
A primitive tribe on an island. During a tempest, a young girl disappears. Ten years later, she mysteriously reappears. The contact with civilization seems to have changed her.
From RebelliousArt:
Maki has a problem. After letting Wada stay at her place for the night, she can't seem to get rid of him. What was supposed to be a temporary stay is turning out to be much more. Not only that, but as a man and woman living together, there's bound to be some activity going on beneath the sheets.
Azumi is a manga series that concerns a young woman brought up as part of a team of assassins, charged with killing three warlords that threaten Feudal Japan with an agenda of war and bloodshed.
Azumi received an Excellence Prize at the 1997 Japan Media Arts Festival and the Shogakukan Manga Award in 1998.
Class Saiyasune de Urareta Ore wa, Jitsu wa Saikyou Parameter
I was sold at the lowest price in my class, however my personal parameter is the most powerful ; Class Saiyasune de Urareta Ore wa, Jitsu wa Saikyou Parameter; I Was Sold at the Lowest Price in My Class, However, My Personal Parameter Is the Most Powerful; クラス最安値で売られた俺は、実は最強パラメーター; Aku Dijual dengan Harga Terendah di kelasku, namun Parameter Pribadiku adalah yang Paling Kuat; 以全班最低價格賣出的我，實際上是最強 ; I Was Sold Dirt Cheap, But My Power Level Is Off the Charts [Official]
Action, Drama, Fantasy, Harem, Mature, Mecha, Sci-fi, Seinen
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December 19, 2025
Yuta, a boy who was sent to another world with his classmates. A world that has been summoning earthlings, who tend to have high inherent power, to operate humanoid machines called "magic-machines" using the special power "Ludia" contained within humans.
However, Yutas Ludia value has an abysmally low reading of "2". Although his peers are auctioned off at a high price, Yuta is sold at the "lowest price" and turned into a slave. However, will an encounter with the white, magic-machine, Arleo, change his fate?
A journey from being an unwanted slave to becoming the strongest hero who shakes the world! The new world Mecha Battle Entertainment has begun
Yakushi Olivier wa Aisuru Koushaku ni Shi wo Okuru / 薬師オリヴィエは愛する公爵に死を贈る
Fantasy, Historical, Mature, Romance
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July 29, 2024
"We were happy until that fateful day." Born into a clan of apothecaries, Olive is a young girl who dreams of continuing her family's legacy. But then, one day, her hometown gets attacked. She loses her entire family, except for her older sister. They get adopted by the lord of the domain, Earl Elvert, only to be treated like livestock. Olive does everything to protect her physically disabled sister, who's eventually taken hostage in order to coerce Olive to abuse her power. "It's because only your family can make a 'perfect poison' causing instant death." That is, an ability to refine a special kind of poison from her blood. Olive is forced to assume a false identity, marry and later poison the infamous "Murderous Duke." However, contrary to the rumors, Duke Victor seems to be an honest and kindhearted man... "I don't want to kill him. But as things stand, my sister..." The more love she feels from Victor, the more her anguish grows.
Show is set on a fictional medieval island where people are harassed by Yoma, humanoid shape-shifters that feed on people. A cryptic group, called The Organization, creates human-Yoma hybrid vehicles to kill Yoma for a fee. These female warriors wear uniforms that are armored.
Claymore and Yoma warriors likewise are powered with a demonic energy, Yoki, allowing shape-shifting extreme strength and. The action of awakening is likened to the sensation of sexual climax while both female and male warriors existed in days gone by hence the development of male Claymores ceased completely and only the girls proved to be successful warriors.
The isle world is divided with one warrior delegated to each. warriors No. 1 through 47 are rated on their service line Yoki possible, strength, agility, wisdom, feeling and leadership. A warrior's status falls and climbs based on the warrior's strength in terms of other warriors. It's not clear when the possibility lies within the warriors or whether the warriors strength comes from training/expertise.
Along with all having distinct names, most warriors (typically full of status) further their identity by possessing an original sword technique, fighting style, or yoki power. A couple of fighting styles include: releasing a blast of yoki to get a brief fit of speed, fighting with two swords, and extending the arm. For yoki skill, there are quite precisely in close quarters and many Claymores who are able to feel yoki over vast spaces. This seems to be, while not attacking, a precious and very uncommon skill as well as the Claymores in the Organization with this skill are generally highly rated. Additionally, there are four Claymores which have attacking techniques which are yoki. The first is Galatea's power to command her adversaries yoki for short intervals during conflict, generally to cause the assault to lose of the enemy. The 2nd is Teresa's: her power to feel yoki is not really weak that she is able to feel her adversaries body being moved around by it how and when her enemy would attack next, and will thus feel, a technique afterwards reproduced by Clare. The next skill is the fact that of Raftela who's in a position to control movements and the eyesight of other Claymores. She's used as an anti-warrior warrior.
would be the titular characters of the show.
People would be the most numerous and politically dominant species understood in both the Mainland as well as the Island.
Yoma are beings that feed on blood and human flesh. They are able to shapeshift into human form which allows them to dwell among people. They are created by the Organization by sending them to the North while the daughters are sent to the East to become Claymores and rounding up orphan sons. The outcome is a Yoma.
Yoma have rate and strength beyond individuals and will regenerate damaged bodies at unbelievable rates. Yoma in their authentic state have gold cat like eyes, razor sharp teeth and claws, muscle, elongated limbs and torsos, blood that is purple and grey, purple, brown or green skin.
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In a dark future, rival warriors of warring sects persecute nonbelievers and die for their faith. But a disillusioned young novice and a deadly gun-toting priest may be about to change all that…
Young Capria has completed her studies at the Arsenal School and has begun her internship with the Elysia Unification Council under Father Garrincha. But no lessons could prepare this sheltered novice for the outside world, where rebels battle against the dreaded "Testarotho." Heretics are tried and burned at the stake, warring religious factions battle for power, and the common people live a miserable life in feudal servitude. Can she bring a spark of hope to a world filled with destruction and madness? Maybe if she lives long enough!
麗怪美男 ; Ostentatious Mysterious Handsome Man ; Ostentatious Mysterious Handsome Man (from the Netherworld) ; Rei Kai Bi Dan ; Rei Ken Bidan 4 ; Ancient Osaka Masquerade Ball ; This Love by Anonymous ; Like a Beautiful Hellish Demon
Summary:
This is Kayono's first volumized collection of short stories, and all of them center on tales of strange worlds.
1) Ostentatious Mysterious Handsome Man (Rei Kai Bi Dan)
Momoe hates to go home, so she spends her nights wandering the streets. But what happens when she meets a man named Chain Saw who's on a special mission!?
2) Ancient Osaka Masquerade Ball
Naniwa Masquerade: Frustrated that her childhood friend Yuan won't look at her like a woman, Ai goes to a host club, and there she finds what she's been waiting for...!?
3) This Love by Anonymous
Asuka is afraid that she'll be forced to become the lover of a man whose ideals are far from her own, so she runs away to Kyoto. There, she falls in love with Takuma, a high school student who's in Kyoto on a field trip.
4) Like a Beautiful Hellish Demon
Naoka is beaten so badly by her stepfather that she loses consciousness and has to be taken to the hospital. There, she meets and falls in love with a hellish demon who feeds upons the souls of humans...
覇王・愛人; 覇王♥愛人; Despotic Lover; Supreme King's Mistress; Con Người Lang Bạt (Vietnam); Haou Airen (German)
Action, Adventure, Drama, Harem, Mature, School Life, Shoujo, Tragedy, Webtoons
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One day while walking home from her job, Kurumi Akino finds a wounded young man, and saves his life. He mysteriously dissapears after that, and leaves only the name Hakuron?. Next thing she knows she’s been kidnapped from her school, and is on a private jet with that man, heading to China. It turns out she saved the life of the most infamous mobster in Hong Kong, and he wants her to stay with him.
You can find A Tale of Happier Times (v06 extra) in the anthology Motto Oshiete.
WARNING: This series contains strong “consensual rape“ situations, strong language, scenes of graphic sex, rape, violence, murder, suicide, glorifies the mafia and black market. It is recommended that you be the legal age of consent in your country to view this story.
