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Watch as Cassidy, a bubbly, outgoing cheerleader, and Valerie, a book-smart, rather uptight introvert, find common ground in their shared interests and personalities as they go beyond surface-level differences!

Sparks fly when bumbling Prince Vain meets the enemy kingdom's royal blacksmith, Valka Voima. He might be visiting to broker peace, but that's all about building relationships, right? If only Valka would actually talk to him... Lucky for Vain, after a world-shaking theft threatens the fragile treaty between their kingdoms, the starcrossed Smity and Majesty are stuck on a run together! Will they be able to survive the shenanigans headed their way, or will they kill each other first?

Rosa remembers her past life. She remembers reading about the Helios Empire in a novel before dying suddenly in an accident. Reborn as Rosa Veronica, she works hard to make ends meet until someone from the Duke of Estella's estate comes to fetch her. Meeting her biological father turns her life upside down as she's forced to live the life of Rozenta Estella, the sole heir and only son of the Duke of Estella. She decides to embrace this new life as the narrative unfolds. Despite knowing the story, she's surprised the male and female leads have not become the characters she's read about. Rosa learns to navigate Rozenta's life while fostering a budding friendship with Theodore and Vivian, though happiness doesn't last as all three grow up and enter the roles they've been born into.

Ji-in Yang is just an average otaku until a boy who looks exactly like her favorite anime character transfers to her class. Mireu Shin is overly friendly from the start, and she eats up the attention, much to the dismay of her longtime friend, Bongjun Choi, who begins expressing his feelings more openly. Even Dongsu Mun, her quiet academy comrade, wants to spend more time with her. To complicate things further, swimming sensation Hyeonu Gwon appears, acting like they’ve known each other for years. Suddenly, it feels like every guy in Ji-in’s life wants to keep her all to himself!

Valerie Beloff, a princess in exile, decides to take her own life on her 19th birthday. Abused by her own mother and exiled for her mother’s crimes, she had to live in the freezing Makleroad palace by herself, and she somehow acquired the powers of an ancient monster - the power to freeze things. Hopeless, she seeks an escape in death… only to find herself before her cruel mother, yelling at her once again. Is she dead? Is she reliving a memory? When her mother strikes her, the throbbing pain lets her know that this is neither a dream nor a memory! This series contains themes regarding child abuse that may not be suitable for all readers. Viewer discretion is advised. If you or someone you know is struggling or in crisis, please reach out for help at Crisis Text Line (http://crisistextline.org/).

I spent a decade cleaning up after Duke Havenik Brauno’s mess only to be murdered by him? Reincarnated as Aerin Brauno, an illegitimate child of the Brauno family, she’s horrified to find her adoptive father is none other than the man who killed her. This time, Aerin refuses to let him control her fate. Armed with the knowledge from her past life, she’s determined to escape his grasp and find a new path. Can she rewrite her destiny, outsmart the deadly Duke, and maybe even save the Brauno family?

Uche's very bad day only gets worse when an inter-dimensional dudebro drops down from the heavens to turn his life upside down. Apparently Uche's vibes are so cosmically wack that they can be seen from outer space, and now the Vibe Fairy has made it his mission to beat a sense of purpose back into him. Together with his new, alarmingly ripped guide, Uche will have to tackle life's great challenges and learn to love himself, or die trying. Possibly both.

After thousands watch his messy breakup stream, Simon goes from star streamer to heartbroken social outcast. But everything changes when Rina, a curious runaway android who looks exactly like his favorite VTuber, gives him a brain-rewiring kiss that turns his reality into a living dating sim. Suddenly, Simon is hunted down by lethal agents and assassins seeking to recapture the state-of-the-art bot. Now forced to use "date triggers" to survive these high-stakes encounters, Simon must protect Rina while rediscovering what love really means. In this Romcom Survival Dating Experience, it’s Date, or Die!

Peony Marshall, a noble-born girl with nothing to her name but the memory of her childhood friend and first love "Zach," prepares for nunhood. Every day, she prays to see Zach one last time... until one day, Zach, whose real identity is King Ernest Edward, finds Peony and takes her away as his imperial concubine. In the palace, Peony realizes how erratic Ernest's behavior is and begins to fear for her life. Will Peony survive long enough to figure out the cause behind his strangely split personality, or is she doomed to wilt in Ernest's clutches?

Living in a contaminated zone under the constant threat of the Crimson Cloud and its acidic Red Rain, all Mani wants is to protect and provide for his younger siblings. Thankfully, as one of the few who can survive the Red Rain, a 'Bleacher', he has been able to do that so far. However, when faced with the very weight of the world coming for him and his siblings, what will his soul drive him to do to protect them? To break through Red Rain? Or perhaps... to bleach the Crimson Cloud above?

Everything seems perfect in Dami Yun's life. Her career prospects look bright, and her childhood crush Ho-won even moved back to Korea to confess to her. But her world turns upside down when an anonymous letter leads her to a mysterious house, where she ends up trapped for three hours… except in the outside world, a decade has passed and Dami has been declared dead! Can Jaenan, the mysterious, surly god and owner of the home, help her navigate this chaos? Why does disaster strike wherever she goes? And why is this unhelpful god having prophetic dreams about them being together?!

After losing their mother to an illness at a young age, two young and talented alchemists, brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, attempt the forbidden act of human transmutation to bring her back. But little did they know there was a heavy price to pay for breaking the ultimate taboo in alchemy. Edward loses his left leg after the transmutation fails, and his only remaining family, Alphonse, is taken from him. Desperate to bring his precious brother back, Edward sacrifices his right arm in exchange for Alphonse’s soul and successfully binds him into a suit of armor. The brothers must now embark on a journey to regain everything they have lost. ⓒHiromu Arakawa/SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD.