After flunking the civil service exam, Kim Youngsoo spends his days working part-time at a pork cutlet restaurant, struggling to make ends meet. He plans to give the exam another shot down the line, but for now, his small moments of happiness in his mundane life come from treating the cute guy who drops by the restaurant to pork cutlets every now and again. Amidst the routine of his simple and peaceful life, an unexpected disruption arrives in the form of his neighbor, Lim Joongdo: a rude and conceited jerk who hurls insults at Youngsoo from the moment they meet. Frustrated and disheartened, Youngsoo chooses to just ignore Joongdo completely. But then...out of the blue, Joongdo does a complete 180 and starts acting all sugary and sweet. Did Joongdo genuinely have a change of heart, or is he sugarcoating his words to hide a bitter motive?
A fox spirit named Soyo sneaks into the royal palace to steal a man’s affection (jeong, affection or emotional connection). While searching for the greatest yang energy under the heavens, she encounters Prince Ahan. Soyo tries to seduce him but gets her identity exposed— and instead, ends up going into heat from his touch…
An ordinary aspiring web novel writer, Yoo Ji-kyung. Losing her fiancé in an accident, and even having her novel, filled with precious memories, plagiarized, She spent her days in despair before dying… or so she thought, but She wakes up possessing the body of ‘Celestia,’ the villainess from her own romance fantasy novel, . But wait… not as the protagonist, but in the body of the villainess ‘Celestia’! Seeing the content that the plagiarist had changed as they pleased, Yoo Ji-kyung, feeling an outrage as the original author, decides to create the ending she desired by using her ‘revision ability’ which allows her to modify the novel’s content to change the story's progression… Will Ji-kyung be able to overcome the villains and the obstacles in the novel that the plagiarist has altered, and successfully create her desired happy ending?
With the use of manga's visual language, Yoshihiro Tatsumi revolutionized comics storytelling over four decades ago by telling raw, literary short stories about daily life. As the "pioneer of Japanese alternative comics," he has influenced countless artists. Despite this, his works were not widely available outside of Japan until recently. Abandon the Old in Tokyo is a mesmerizing collection of short stories that showcases Tatsumi's talent for depicting poetry, humor, and deep unease. The Village Voice praises Tatsumi's "fearless" and "starkly beautiful" art style, while Publishers Weekly describes his stories as "marvelously evocative" and "dreamlike." Bookforum observes Tatsumi's ability to depict people on the fringes of society with both empathy and admiration, presenting a world full of lost souls, thwarted ambitions, and surprising redemption.
Set in the Alstrauss Empire, this tale unfolds in a realm where humans and demons are locked in an everlasting feud. Ninita, daughter of the sovereign Lord Hunt, possesses exceptional magical abilities and is revered by the populace for her potential to yield as the Saint Priestess - a formidable human protector that hasn't emerged for a thousand years. Yet, despite her innocent nature, Ninita falls in love with Jeff, a wolf demon and the heir apparent to his clan's throne.
Pairing: Hecatia x Junko
Sunday Webry Newcomer Award, September 2022, Free Division, Honorable Mention. A man is curiously gifted one of his own flowers by his mailwoman. What are the implications behind this gift?
In middle school, he was constantly toyed with by gals. Striving to no longer be that sort of person, he enrolled in high school, but once again, he finds a gal in the neighboring seat. However, she seems a bit different from the other gals...?
"Please, Noah, don't close your eyes. This can't be the end for us. I won't let it be." I was brought into this world through the pages of a novel, "The Heart of a Dragon," and suddenly found myself as the second lead character. And you, my husband, the master of the sword. It was destiny that brought us together, but I couldn't believe that your love was meant for me. I thought it was only reserved for the heroine. But now, after your untimely demise, I realize my foolishness. I was a coward. I loved you, but I was too scared to admit it, fearful of losing you. No more. It's time for me to repay my debt to the Dragon. From the moment of our first meeting, I made a vow to never let you leave my side again. "Trust me," I promised, "I'll protect you, no matter what, even if you're the strongest hero in the world who doesn't need help."
Ji Chi, the young master of a gang, was betrayed and murdered by his fiancé. He was then transmigrated 30 years in the past into the body of a 19-year-old. Here, the Alpha was saved by a kindhearted and gentle Beta during a time of desperation. However, the person who he thought was an angelic savior, had the exact same face as the murderer who killed him in his previous life... (Source: Kuaikan, translated)
Enter a timeless urban landscape where spirits reign supreme, hidden from the perception of mortals. Let yourself be drawn into the riveting chronicles of these ethereal beings as they unveil their captivating journey beyond life. Bonus addition: Episode 1: Ame to Sarutahiko (pilot)
High school girl, Tomori, is dating an unstable boy named Inukai who is relentlessly violent toward Misato, a new transfer student. Refusing to listen to his friends or Tomori's pleas to stop, Inukai's obsession steadily escalates. Is this from hatred, or for some other reason? Meeting, drifting apart, and inevitably drawn to each other again... Sparks fly when they cross. Official Translation: English
After his mother passed away, his younger brother persistently bothers him, revealing the complex nature of their familial relationship.
