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From Infinity Studios: Ever since we were children, we’ve heard stories about ghosts and about heaven and hell. Well, what if we told you another existence between heaven and hell exists? This is exactly what Suh Rin, an average high school girl, finds out one gloomy day. On her way home from shopping around, Suh Rin meets with an unfortunate end when she is hit by an on coming truck. The next thing she knows, she’s being abducted by a stranger. Overwhelmed by the fact she had just been killed, Suh Rin has difficulty grasping the fact that she has entered a new existence in a realm of spirits. More importantly, she has yet to realize that tremendous supernatural powers lie within her… a power great enough to make her the target of abductions by tremendously powerful people within the spirit realm. However, thanks to Young and the mysterious owner of a café called the Café Occult, Suh Rin is rescued from a new existence as someone’s servant. On the contrary, she joins Young on action packed thrills in which she assists Young fulfill requests as an ‘errand boy’ taking care of special requests by clients in a lawless world controlled only by power.

Two twin brothers Ry and Key were trained in martial arts since childhood by their Martial Arts father, "Rokuu Riley" as they are now young adults a tournament begins in their city and they feel they are called to accomplish something much greater in life. And in their own ways they will not stop until they have succeeded no matter what challenges, threats or obstacles come into their lives.

The fiance of the witch Meru is a sexy and wild werewolf?! The witch Meru and her werewolf fiance, Riku, should have been married...but on the day of the wedding disaster strikes! A spell that the magician Nazo was casting accidentally hit Meru and she transformed into a little kid!! The only one who can return her back to normal is the one who cast the spell and Nazo has quickly escaped. What happens to Riku on the quest to find the missing magician? And how does their love stretch with Meru stuck in a little girls body? Will things ever go right for this unlikely pair?? Volume 03 Extra - Saigo no Onegai

A volume of cute and romantic short stories: • Caramel Milk Tea Nozomi, a high school student, did not believe in love at first sight. But it happens that she is in love with a cafe clerk. Immediately she declares love to him. But because he gives her the cold shoulder, she is disappointed in love. Now she begins to work part-time for the cafe where he is working. • Futari no Jikan (Two People's Time) Eri hangs out with her childhood friend, who she hasn't seen in four years. They've changed over the years, but certain feeling have stayed the same. • Kirakira no Kimochi (A Sparkling Mood) Narumi tries to make the most of her time before she moves on Christmas Day, but falls unexpectedly in love. • No. 1 Girl Saiko must choose between her career or her love.

The story about Caramel Theater, their owners and workers with different personalities! Love, friendship and family will tie them together or make them want to strangle each other!

By ajmanga: This is a great manhwa and it really needed a summary so I made one up. Nohae has been crushing on Dona, his neighbor, since they were younger. Dona is a girl who was obsessed with money as a child and would make her childhood friend Nohae actually pay her. Time has passed and now she's a teen, broke and living on the streets with her dad.Her dad meets Nohae and arranges for Dona to live with him. But Dona's not your typical heroine. She's one of those fake people, maintaining a perfect image at school but in front of her parents she's self-absorbed, a glutton, and is quick to nab a meal or swindle money. She's quick to anger and has a grudge against Nohae, but he likes her so much he's completely unaware.

In the Carramer no Yumemonogatari series (カラメールの夢物語シリーズ), also called "The Carramer Legacy" series: 1) Princess e no Tabi (プリンセスへの旅; Journey to the Princess) / Crowns and a Cradle When Prince Josquin de Marigny swept struggling single mom Sarah McInnes into a limo, he revealed a secret. Sarah's father had been in line for the Valmont throne -- and now her son was the heir! The brooding, blue-eyed prince promised Sarah everything she'd ever dreamed of if she would remain in Carramer -- except his heart.... Baffled and bewildered by the sense of homecoming, Sarah was torn. Josquin had given her a new family, but he'd also investigated her past, lied to bring her to Carramer and he'd be regent for her son. So once he took her in his arms, could she trust the promises he made? 2) Koi wo Wasureta Prince (恋を忘れたプリンス; The Prince Who Forgot His Love) / The Baron & the Bodyguard Watching over him... Playing royal bodyguard to Mathiaz de Marigny, the seductive Baron Montravel, was a temptation few women could resist. But the moment he was out of harm's way, Jacinta Newnham had fled his château -- and abandoned memories of moonlit nights that left them both weak with unfulfilled passion. Now stricken with amnesia and in danger once again, Mathiaz summoned Jacinta back to his side. Jacinta vowed to protect his life, but the greater peril was to her heart -- and the haunting secret she could never reveal. When the truth surrounding Mathiaz's accident -- and Jacinta's connection to it -- surfaced, would he force her to leave, or refuse to let her go again...? 3) Prince no Shukumei (プリンスの宿命; Fate of the Prince) / The Marquis and the Mother-To-Be Back in her lush, beloved Carramer, Carissa Day purchased the perfect B and B for raising her babies-to-be. Trouble was, an aristocratic "intruder" proved she'd been swindled -- her new home was actually his royal lodge. Worse, he proved to be Carissa's teenage crush, Eduard de Marigny, Marquis of Merrisand -- now more irresistible than ever. Penniless and pregnant -- with triplets! -- Carissa had to flee. Eduard, however, had other ideas. Namely, a partnership giving Carissa a title and protection -- and giving him an instant heir. Still, even with reignited passion burning between them, even with a kingdom at her feet, could Carissa wed her first and only love -- and forever forsake having his heart? Descriptions taken from FictionDB. Note: These are #4 - #6 of Valerie Parv's The Carramer Legacy series.

Sequel to the novel River's End. Yorozu Shirosaki is a normal highschooler, following the normal routine of studying to stay at school on scholarship, and sometimes help out running the love hotel left to his family by his deceased father. Yozoru was told by his father that love hotels are to "nuture love. and love wins over everything". Yozoru was content with his life and aspiring to one day run his own love hotel, but then he meets Togame, an AV director, who throws his everyday life for a spin...

The story centers around Keito Aoyama, a former famous child actress. Due to a childhood incident, she retired from her career early and withdrew from normal society. Now 16, she passes her days in boredom and without purpose. But one day she runs into a stranger who takes her to El Liston--a free school for high school students like herself, who don't have a place where they belong. Though hesitant at first, Keito decides to enter El Liston and subsequently, she begins a new stage in her life. With the help of her only remaining childhood friend, Taiyou, and her new classmates Rei, Momiji, and Kouichi, Keito slowly finds the courage to open up to others and to accept their support. Will Keito return to acting? Will she find true friends? Love?

Campus comedies weren't always the leading plot of shoujo manga. The old shoujo manga used to focus on personal accomplishments, or becoming somebody. "Catch, Love" is about a girl who picks up a camera someday and realizes that she wants to be a photographer, like her father once was. She starts working for a magazine, meeting some celebrities and taking photos of them. But those old ladies chastise the girl because she falls short to emulating the great photographer, her father. She aims to perfect her skills and win compliments from those who loved her father's work... And of course, she receives a lot of support from her friends and the love of her life. A lonely heroine can't make a good story! (From Esthétique)

Kisaragi Maki is the heiress of a yakuza group. She only dreams about being a normal high school student, and becoming an ordinary bride. However, when she sees blood, she changes completely and becomes violent. Will she be able to keep living an ordinary life?

Can one night lead to many more? When tycoon Graydon Gallagher lends Rebecca a shoulder to cry on at her ex-fiance's wedding, she doesn't expect to wake up next to him the following day! Exactly what kind of comfort has he given her?! From Baka-Updates: Rebecca really is unfortunate. At first her fiancé gets stolen by her stepsister and then she even has to attend the wedding of those two. At the wedding tycoon Graydon Gallagher approaches and comforts her. The next morning she wakes up next to him and is not so sure what might have happened the evening before... After that Gray proposes to take her on a business trip with him and Rebecca agrees, thinking it might be the starting point to a new life... plus Gray assures her that it will only be those two weeks and after that it will simply be just a memory, nothing more.

Chaos;Head's story is set in 2008 in Shibuya and is centered around Takumi Nishij?, a high school student at the private Suimei Academy, and the strange and brutal murders that have recently occurred in the Shibuya area, known as the "New Generation" (????????????) Madness. The story begins on September 28 with Takumi talking to an online friend called Grim (??? Gurimu?). Grim is trying to bring Takumi up to speed about the recent New Generation events since Takumi is not interested in local or international news. A person named Shogun (???) joins the chat room midway through Grim and Takumi's conversation. After Grim leaves the chat room, Sh?gun begins to talk. He speaks in a very cryptic and confusing manner, leaving Takumi nervous. He then sends Takumi a barrage of image links, one of which appears to be of a brutal murder of a man being pinned by stakes to a wall. The next day, Takumi comes across a real life murder scene. Witnessing a mysterious pink-haired girl pinning a man up by stakes in an alleyway, he immediately realizes he is witnessing the very murder detailed in the pictures he received the day before. Convinced Shogun is targeting him and the girl he saw committing the murder is somehow connected to him, Takumi tries to avoid getting involved with other New Generation events. However, as Takumi begins attempting to distance himself from the crime he witnessed, he soon catches interest of the police. With the police suspecting him, and himself convinced that he is being targeted by Shogun, Takumi finds himself caught in a spiral of delusions and paranoia, as he desperately tries to keep himself safe and figure out why he is apparently being targeted. He eventually comes into contact with several other people related to the events, including the girl he saw committing the murder herself. Unsure of what is real or who he can trust, Takumi finds himself thrust into a much larger scheme than he ever thought possible, as the mysterious company NOZOMI carefully plots something from behind the scenes. From Baka-Updates: Takumi is a high school student. He is withdrawn and is not interested in 3D things. In his town, a mysterious serial murder case happens and people get panicked. One day, when he chats on the internet, a man suddenly contacts him and gives him an URL. He goes to the website and finds a blog image that suggests a next murder case... On the next day, it really happens... Could he be really the one responsible? And where is the D-sword that he is supposed to find?

Takumi is a high school student. He is withdrawn and is not interested in 3D things. In his town, a mysterious serial murder case happens and people get panicked. One day, when he chats on the internet, a man suddenly contacts him and gives him an URL. He goes to the website and finds a blog image that suggests a next murder case... On the next day, it really happens... Takumi Nishijo suffers from intense delusions as a result of his apparent schizophrenia and the extremely secluded lifestyle he lives as a hikkikomori. One day he accidentally stumbles upon a gruesome murder scene, a part of a chain of events called "New Generation." After this, his life gets caught up in these events, and he meets a bunch of increasingly insane anime girls with swords.

[Summary By: Love_Blossom] Sara is not an ordinary girl. She is actually the new top singer "Sala" but only a few know if "Sala" is a girl or boy. Sara is a huge fan of the number 1 band, "The Rise". The lead singer of "The Rise" happens to be her classmate Shidou Hayase. He is also the rival of "Sala". Will they fall in love? If he found out that Sara was "Sala", who'd know what would happen...

From MangaHelpers: After high-schooler Nanatsu Io is crushed by disappointment in love, she finds herself pulled into a strange cafe, "Cafe Acheron," by pretty male workers, Kiba and Resato. Io decides to change herself by getting a job there as a waitress. In order to do so, she makes a contract with the cafe owner, Kiba, who tells her she must keep her stuffed bear (now conscious and referring to itself as "Father") with her. It's only after this contract is formed that Io begins to learn the truth! Cafe Acheron connects the demon world and the human world, and it's there that many deals between demons and humans are made. In fact, Kiba and Lesath are demons themselves, and Io is already bound to them by contract! Her strange new life is just beginning! [tethysdust]

From Shoujo Manga Maniac: Chihiro is a freshman in University. Will she be able to meet her destined one?! And what is with her ex-boyfriend?

In a faded little rural town, Kaworu lazily lives out his days. Until the day his destiny strikes, and he meets an angel. Just moments later, they quickly take off... Together, away from this reality!

Putting aside his feelings, when Sora found out that his childhood friend Rui got divorced, he decided to pay him a visit. After meeting for the first time in six months, Rui's overbearing way had not changed. Will he unreasonably decide to live together like they used to, ignorant of Sora's feelings!? Also in this compilation: 19th Century England: On the stage, an aristocrat and a steward in a master and servant love relationship "Daryl".

From Rebellious Love: A 17-year-old girl, who has no experience with guys, one day sees a classmate drop something and without realizing what it is, she returns it to the guy. But soon she finds out that what she picked up was actually a condom! After school, she coincidentally meets the guy in the hallway and she's excited to be so close to a guy for the first time! But when she sees him flirting with other girls, she realizes that he's just a player...? What will happen between them?!

Sawada Honoka is a 14 year old girl who is very timid. She easily gets bullied by other classmates. Honoka is a non-believer in God, Angels, and Devils. Though one day, a devil baby was dropped into her room while she was sleeping. What will Honoka believe in now?

Dr. Ramon Cortero's patient, Nurse Noreen Kensington, has a serious case of heartache. Maybe the only remedy is a dose of old-fashioned tender loving care from the seductive doctor! But Ramon's stormy history with Noreen made him the one man she didn't want rescuing her now that she was ill. When truths about the past are revealed, Ramon is determined to make things right with the woman who's haunted his dreams for so long. But will this patient doctor be able to mend Noreen's broken heart before it's too late?

From Attractive Fascinante: Yuu, Kouichirou, Natsume and Shino were classmates. Kouichirou took really good care of Yuu since young. Yuu was afraid that Kouichirou would leave him behind if his grades dropped so he worked really hard and got a fever. When Yuu kicked up a fuss in the infirmary, Kouichirou kissed him. What did that kiss mean? Natsume and Shino had been sex buddies for quite some time. Although they had feelings for each other, they never confessed to each other. Shino finally broke down and confessed. Would Natsume accept him?