"Beauty is in the eye of the beholder," so goes the old adage about art, and nowhere is this truer than in the relationship between Itsuki and Tokiwa. To every one else, Itsuki is nothing more than a useless wallflower, but only Tokiwa can see that the man is actually a diamond-in-the-rough.... more>>

It all began eight years ago, when amateur painter Itsuki Hashimoto and up-and-coming sculptor Masatsugu Tokiwa became friends through their love for art. But a few years later, family circumstances forced Itsuki to cut Tokiwa out of his life. Now, Itsuki is living a confined life as the "human pet" of Yamabe-sensei, Tokiwa's former teacher.

Can Tokiwa help Itsuki break free of his cage? Or has Itsuki become too much of a living "doll," without a soul or freewill of his own? <<less

Takumi, Kouki, and Jin are three boys living a normal high school life, until the day when a traumatic car accident turns their lives upside... more>> down. Caught up in a phenomenon that twists the boundaries between the realms of the supernatural and the world of man, their fates seem to be sealed…and yet they survive. What does their mysterious survival mean, and how will it change their lives? <<less

Sakura Dormitory is a dorm of the high school affiliated with Suimei University of the Arts (often shortened as Suiko), which hosts the strangest, trouble-making... more>> students. After being kicked out of the normal dorm for keeping a stray cat, Sorata Kanda moves into Sakura Dormitory. As he starts to get used to the life in the dorm, Mashiro Shiina, a world famous artist who cannot even take care of her daily life, moves in. Sorata is forced to become Mashiro’s handler. The story is about their daily life as well as mental growth. <<less

'Yoshikawa Chiharu' is the pen name of a famous shoujo manga artist, Yoshino Chiaki. His friends are his editor in charge and childhood friend, Hatori Yoshiyuki, as well as his chief assistant and friend from middle school, Yanase Yuu. One day, Yoshino witnesses Hatori and Yanase kissing. Yoshino doesn't know what to do when the balanced relationship between the trio begins to waver. Additionally, he is forced to realize Hatori's true feelings...?... more>>

"---Even if it takes a while, I want to get closer to you Chiaki." <<less

Surrounded by many different kinds of companions, our protagonist: Hopeless siscon Hashima Itsuki. ... more>>

1st class genius and lover, the high end unfortunate-beauty Kani Nayuta.

Troubled about love, troubled about friendships, troubled even in her dreams, victor of the 3 crowns Shirakawa Miyako.

Brutal tax sabre, Ōno Ashley.

Natural born illustrator, Puriketsu.

Each and every one as hesitant as the next, and each and every one dealing with their own headaches. This is a busy story of a group of bewildering characters that play games together, take trips together, and work together, never a single dull day.

Watching over them is the kind and thoughtful, completely perfect, superhuman little brother of Itsuki; Chihiro, with a huge secret of his own―.

From the author that brought you ‘Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai’ (‘Haganai’), Hirasaka Yomi has drawn the curtains for the latest youth love-comedy series! <<less

Ordinary…, no. Miserable Art College Applicant, Lee Jinho. In a stroke of luck, he opens his eyes.... more>>

“These are the pictures I’ve been drawing…? They’re a total mess!”

The story of Lee Jinho, his new life, and his new eyes. <<less

A mysterious black card issues a different amount of money each week and Shi Lei must spend it all within a week’s time. Otherwise, he will be welcomed by the black card’s punishments.... more>>

“Spending money is really tiring.” ---- Shi Lei said.

“I will set a small goal first, such as spend a hundred million……” ---- Shi Lei said in self-satisfaction.

“The one thing I regret the most in life is having infinite money to burn without a choice.” ---- Shi Lei finally said. <<less

In order to polish up my technique to achieve my aim of getting a professional debut as a hot-blooded battle manga artist, I, Kimijima Sen, became the assistant of the pro manga artist Ikigoma Agito-sensei but......... she is a high school girl drawing a Moe manga that has completely nothing to do with the manga I'm shooting for!?... more>>

"Tch...... why is it a guy!? I heard that it'd be an older gorgeous big-boobs girl!"

On top of that, she really loves eroge and has an extreme fetish with beautiful girls and big breasts. Not understanding 'Moe', under her direction, I started playing eroge to learn about it. Furthermore, despite being demanding on guys to the point of getting easily annoyed, she's ok with exposing herself in her underwear......

Jeez, what the heck is with her!!

And the two of us have to work together to get a manga serialized,

"You're kidding me right?" <<less

When his Weibo alt account had been dug out, Yan Shuo’s image as the “gentle and nice leader” of the currently popular boy group M.E.N crumbled overnight.... more>>

Smear post on a certain forum: “Congratulations to older brother Yan Shuo for becoming the alphabet group’s new C-position! Happily obtained four useless backup dancers!” <<less

Gu Bai carried his drawing board and moved into an incredible apartment building.... more>>

He found that the Queen of Toutiao lived on his left, and the veteran celebrity lived on his right. He went out to take an elevator, a supermodel stood on his left, and a gold lawyer on his right.

Across the door lives a financial crocodile who is often scanned in financial magazines.

Many years later, the reporter of S City Daily had the honor to interview Mr. Gu Bai, the famous muralist and lover of the financial crocodile Si Yiming.

“Excuse me, Mr. Gu, what is your biggest gain from this experience of freely falling in love and getting married with Si Dong?”

Gu Bai thought for a while, and replied, “Save the world.” <<less

He was the hand of God, the painter of the century. My husband became the best artist in the empire. ... more>>

And I was his shadow.

Even when my work went viral under my husband’s name, even when people spoke ill of me behind my back.

It was still good. Because I loved my husband.

But on our wedding anniversary.

“You are the only person I truly love.”

I witnessed my husband whispering his love to my best friend.

At the very moment when my husband saw me discovering his infidelity, his face contorted viciously and pushed me away.

“Where are you raising your voice to your husband?!”

I realized.

I realized that that man had never loved me.

So I decided to become the evil wife they spoke of.

*

“I have a special story for you.”

Ines suggested in a strained voice.

A man as beautiful as God turned his eyes gently to her.

“It’s a special story, our newspaper won’t print the case if it’s not good enough……..”

“It’s the fall of the painter known as the Hand of God…”

Ines continued in a tense voice.

“Isn’t this good enough a scandal to be published in Elton, the greatest daily newspaper in the empire?”

“Then what does Countess Brighton gain from the scandal?”

“My life.”

Ines’ answer brought a different expression to the man’s eyes for the first time. <<less

Before the people, they use their lips as spears and their tongues as swords.... more>>

In private, though, their lips and teeth are interlocked.

Second Persona Official Weibo:

“When a variety program has a 'xiangsheng' actor and a well-known presenter swap their jobs with one another, what spark will arise from the meeting of their ‘violent mouths’? @ZhouChenYu @YanZhao”

Yan Zhao: That xiangsheng-talking mouth, that crafty, swindling ghost. [Smile]
Zhou Chenyu: In public, lips as spears, tongues as swords. In private, lips and teeth are interlocked. [Shy]
—

Q: “As an emcee, how do you fry business CP with a xiangsheng actor?”

A: “He will use roasting to let the whole world know that you’re his wifey.”

Q: “As a xiangsheng actor, what’s the consequence of on-stage calling your business partner ‘wifey’ over and over?”

A: “I called and called, then got XXXed by said wifey.”

Note: Xiàngsheng is, in the simplest of terms, a double act comedy. The literal translation would be ‘Crosstalk’. It is usually performed by a duo where the performers banter with each other. There is usually singing and acting included. <<less

I dreamed of becoming a successful designer.... more>>

But, I failed.

‘If I ever go back in time, I would take back everything that belongs to me.’

It was the lament of someone who missed his chance 3 times.

But I was serious in my own way.

‘If only I could start over just like in a webnovel.’

It had already been too late.

Modern fantasy is still one’s imagination.

The moment I thought about it, my life became a modern fantasy. <<less

The existence of the second child, Karina, who was the successor's youngest twin and the one who wasn't as competent as her sibling, has been concealed by the people around her all her life.... more>>

One day, she finds out that she only has one year left to live. So, she foolishly visited her fiancé, whom she has never had an exchange with.

Along with the divorce papers that he longed desired for.

“Frankly speaking, I want to stay here for a year.”

“..... Are you crazy, Miss?”

“I’ll break off the engagement.”

But she didn’t know at that time.

"It seems that you keep trying to pretend that you don't know, so I should definitely tell you then.”

"Pardon?"

“I am fond of you.”

It didn’t occur to her that she would receive attention and affection from him without anything in return. So she comes to desire this much for a life without regrets. <<less

"Hotel Williams Child Bird", nicknamed <Birdcage Manor>, inhabiting in there are eccentric people who can't fit in the normal society.
A day-dreaming beautiful woman, a Gothic Lolita that's a grade school-er, a person in a cat's costume, the eerie elder twins and an unidentifiable piercing cry that continues to resound.... more>>

In such <Birdcage Manor> one of the residents - Kizuna Etoh, in her 16th winter makes acquaintance with an Art collage student living on fifth floor like a hikikomori - Yusei Asai.
And then she is invited to a part-time job as a nude model for paintings.
In an disorderly atelier with a heavy scent of oil paints as she spends time together with Asai, she feels that to her that time is gradually becoming a valuable part of her everyday...

It's a story how <Birdcage Manor's> a bit odd residents' pass a bit odd but in various ways their normal everydays. <<less

A time when kings still existed and the soldiers protected them. ... more>>

Inese worked on the portrait of the Berton Kingdom's Prince, Enrique on behalf of her teacher.

10 years later, the royal family declined but the rebel forces are on the hunt for the missing prince.

"Will your memory get better if I say your life is on the line?"

Nathan Farnese, A rebel force officer and an arrogant man.

Being the only person who knows the Prince's face, Inese gets arrested by him and is asked to remake the portrait from 10 years ago.

In the name of surveillance, Nathan locks up Inese at his mansion.

As the empty space on the canvas decreases, the gap between them gradually grows narrow... <<less

Five years ago, on a graduation trip, Fu Ge broke through the twenty-two prayer flags on the racecourse. Holding the reins in his hand, he stepped on the snowy slope, smiling brightly and wantonly.... more>>

Qi Han: “If you win, what reward do you want?”

Fu Ge: “I want a temporary mark, the kind with the pheromones injected.”

Qi Han: “What if you lose?”

Fu Ge: “If I lose, I’ll use these twenty prayer flags to pray for you, and Ah Han will always be safe.”

That night the Alpha marked him eagerly and fiercely all over the back of his glandless neck, and Fu Ge took it for granted that his lover loved him too.

He never expected that eight months later, Qi Han would put the chains on him with his own hands, sneering, “You didn’t really think I liked you, did you? You and your love are worth nothing to me.”

Blinded by years of hatred, Qi Han thought that Fu Ge was using him from beginning to end, until the moment the truth came out and he was so sorry that his heart broke.

Five years later, they met again after a long time. Faced with Fu Ge’s drastic change in character, Qi Han—

“Wife, the pheromones are ready, do you want to use them now?”

“Wife, do you want to unplug my oxygen tube? Be careful not to leave fingerprints.”

“Wife, see this little box? Till death do us part, let’s sleep in this big bed together, okay?”

Fu Ge: “Go die, you.”

One regrets to death, the other hates to death.

“Every bit of pain you give me, I’ll suffer gladly.” <<less

Betrayed by his lover and abandoned by mankind, the race he saved, Rohen gave up all hopes in life.... more>>

Returning to the past, he laid down his sword and allowed the world to perish as he stood in the side. Just as man turned his back on him, he, too, will do the same.

This was his pledge.

But, his view changes little by little when he meets a girl wielding the same scars as him.

She changes him… heals his broken scar without notice.

***

Looking at Rohen, his body torn and mangled, she burst into tears and asked, “Why… why didn’t you run away?”

He heard her sweet voice. It calmed him. She protected him.

Rohen laughed. “Because you’re here.” <<less

Fang Nianchi had once reflected on his previous blindness and impulsivity.... more>>

He seemed to deliberately ignore the contradictions and evasion in Zhou Tongan, recklessly, desperately, like a moth to a flame, diving headlong into the fantasy he himself had woven.

Handsome artist gong (Zhou Tongan) x Gentle libertine shou (Fang Nianchi)

The seemingly bad gong isn't truly bad, the seemingly libertine shou isn't truly libertine, a bit of hardship for pleasure's sake, melodrama lightly sprinkled.

Slightly sour in the early stages, slightly bitter in the middle stages, guaranteed sweetness in the later stages.

Realistic story of reunion after separation, the shou does not remain chaste after the breakup.

The shou is 0.5 (bis*xual or ambiguous), and there won't be any reversal of roles in the main couple.

The side couple is BG (Boy x Girl), there will be significant conflicts, but not much of the story is devoted to them.

Neither the gong nor the shou are perfect characters, there are many misunderstandings between the two, and all foreshadowing will be gradually revealed. <<less

She firmly believes that she is a sinister and cunning reserve of evil gods, earning evil thoughts by inspiring the ugliness of human nature and spreading evil thoughts.... more>>

However, she is actually a little mentally ret*rded with a halo of merit and virtue on her head. Every time she can lead good people away, kill bad people, turn bad things into successes, and spread good things thousands of miles. <<less

Douno has been falsely convicted of mol*sting a woman on a train. He serves time in a group cell in prison, surrounded by inmates who... more>> are all suspicious in some way. Just as Douno's distrust of people reaches its peak, he is saved by the innocent kindness of his cellmate, Kitagawa. For Kitagawa, who is imprisoned as a mu*derer, this is the first time in his life that he feels the emotion of love. This complete edition encompasses the main work, "In the Box", as well as "Out of the Cage", which tells their story after their release from prison. <<less

In the Kingdom of Highland, a country where fairies are s*aves of the humans, Ann Halford, a Candy Craftswoman, decides to purchase one in order to arrive the once-yearly Candy Fair to achieve the title of Silver Sugar Master.... more>>

A volume 17 was announced in the volume 16 afterword. The volume will be an "Epilogue Volume" containing short stories about characters' life after the events in volume 16. <<less

Well-known Composer Fang Zhao was in the most glorious stage of his career, when the Apocalypse arrived; After finally experiencing the bitter difficulties of a thousand dangers, when the Apocalypse was simmering down to an end, he collapsed; When he opened his eyes, he was reborn in a New World, 500 years after the end of the apocalypse, in the body of a student who had been dumped barely after graduation, who had been cheated of his hardwork barely after he started working…... more>>

The World of the Future, Virtual Idols PK Real Idols

“Every time background music plays in my head, I feel like there is nothing to be afraid of.” —Fang Zhao

Toward the end of the apocalyptic period, Fang Zhao lost his life. However, instead of dying, he found himself 500 years later in the body of a young and aspiring composer who shared the same name. Having received a second chance at life, Fang Zhao sets out to achieve the previous owner’s dreams.

Armed with the experience of living through an apocalyptic age and his profession as a composer before that period, Fang Zhao uses his talent, wits, and knowledge to make his mark in the entertainment industry of the future. <<less

Seven years ago, Mu Kang was a great talent in the composition department. He had a unique style, and won countless praises for every work he composed. Lin Yan is a renowned guest lecturer at the college's Conducting Department, and a commanding genius that all young musicians look up to. At that time, Mu Kang was worrying about his graduation concert. He happened to meet Lin Yan who had just returned to China. They hit it off. Lin Yan was impressed by the other's talent, and the Mu Kang was intoxicated by Lin Yan's performance.... more>>

Their collaboration over their music quietly ignited the fire of affection. Both of them had feelings for each other, but Lin Yan didn't take a step forward, and Mu Kang was unenlightened when it comes to love. When Mu Kang's childhood admirer returned to China to confess to him, Lin Yan just so happened to see the scene where she offered him a kiss, so he buried his emotions and went away to a foreign country to escape for seven years.

Seven years later, Mu Kang is famous in the music industry. Although he still has brilliant works, his heart has become silent. His childhood friend finally came to the realization that he doesn't love her back, and chose to break up. And Lin Yan continued his performance career abroad. Originally it seemed that they would never cross paths again, but fate led them in circles and they encountered each other once more... <<less