It’s the middle of the Meiji Era and our heroine, the little Suzu, is sold to the red lights district. However, the rich heir of a dry-goods store Tsugaru buys her freedom for no apparent reason. She is deeply grateful for being saved, but she doesn’t understand why he paid so much money for her and the only explanation he offers is “we have a bond.” She tries to unravel the mystery of his feelings and gradually grows from a little girl to a young woman, always by his side. A gentle and slow-paced love story set in the Meiji Era.

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The story is told as a collection of allegories based in a medieval fantasy setting, but aimed at mature audience. The main character is Helga, a girl who lives completely ostracized from her fellow-villagers, but she seems to enjoy it rather than suffer from it. The people in her life, whose stories we also get to explore, are her best friend Eda, the kind young mayor and a couple of local servants. And in the heart of the village and the story is the bell-tower which changes everything with its chime…

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Kogure-sou is a crumbling old apartment building of just six rooms where four people live. On the first floor are the owner, a very old man who wants to have sex before he dies, and a girl in university who pines in a sad and complicated love. On the second floor are a salary man who finds meaning to his life in spying on the university girl below him, and Mayu whose boyfriend disappeared three years ago. Also involved are the florist from the nearby shop who worries over her husband’s infidelity and Mine who is still troubled by a crime committed a long time ago. What all of them strive for is love, but they all find nothing but pain and bitter disappointments. Do they realize that what heals them is actually the run-down little apartment building and the real human warmth that they share with each other?

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Shin and Leona are childhood friends – she has always been fascinated with the mysteries of the ancient Near East, and he has always been fascinated with her, to the point where he is ready to follow her thousands of years in the past, to the days of the Kingdom of Babylonia, where she has a very special part to play…

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“Tales of Moonlight and Rain” is a collection of classical Japanese horror/suspense stories. The stories are simple, but abundant with traditional fictional Japanese characters, such as the half-man half-bird Tengu, white serpents, fantastic carps, goblins and restless ghosts, driven by love or hatred.

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• Chapter 001 – Being PRed
• Chapter 002 – Being PRed
• Chapter 003 – Being PRed

A thrilling love-story starts when a woman meets her first love again. For Ran, love never goes well. She is having an affair with her married boss and once, when they quarelled, she is saved by Kazuya, a man she used to be in love with long ago. He is her older brother’s close friend, but she hasn’t seen him for many, many years. And when they meet again, her old feelings suddenly spring back to life. However, there are many “dark rumors” surrounding Kazuya. A dark shadow starts to settle over Ran’s life, too. What is the reason..?!

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Having an attractive face and figure, sparkling career, trusted by the superiors and idol among the juniors – that is our protagonist Maki, a woman around 30. On the other hand, we have Nagisa – a natural-born hottie who works as a teacher at an all-boys school and tries hard to hide a certain secret. What will happen when the two start living together?! A food-love-comedy, describing the unlikely cohabitation of two completely different people – a woman with no luck in men and a man with no interest in women – and centered around the topic of “food.”

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Taking her grandfather’s advice, Iwa, who is in Tokyo for work, strives to do good deeds wherever she goes. Whether it be rescuing an injured bat on the sidewalk or helping out a sickly young man, the city is turning out to be a very interesting place.

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First chapter released by Perpetual Motion

• Chikutaku Bonbon Volume 01 Chapter 001
• Chikutaku Bonbon Volume 01 Chapter 002
• Volume 01 Chapterr 003 – Being QCed
• Volume 01 Chapterr 003 – Being Scanned

Run as fast as you can, because he turns into a dangerous beast when he is off-duty!

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Pierre was a judge at the bloodthirsty witch trials, executing hundreds of innocent girls. But one of them, Marie, was a real witch and put a curse on him. So now, he is trapped in the body of a child and set on a pilgrimage to atone for his sins and earn the forgiveness of the girls he has sentenced. He has to spread the “word of the witch,” but will he be able to complete his journey?

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