A collection of short works by Nakano Shizuka, on the themes of love, childhood, introspection, and more.

This is the story of Ocho, a shinobi and courtesan who lives under the name "Kocho" and hunts other shinobi who have lost their way. Sequel to Butterfly Beast.

"I want to be by my sister's side until the last moment..." In the fall of her twenties, Rachel married her childhood friend Noah, who had been her longtime crush. She knows that the person Noah really loves is Alicia, his older sister and Rachel's best friend... Noah and Rachel live a married life full of deceit while Alicia has only a short time left to live. Rachel feels as much guilt and heartache as she does happiness, but who is the real 'bystander' in this love? The long-awaited first volume of the comic adaptation of the pinnacle of ``a fake marriage of unrequited love'' that wrenches the heart with hidden love, irreplaceable friendship, and the sadness of passing each other!

20th century Shanghai, China. In a society that has outlawed jiangshi, mafia groups have opened businesses exploiting corpses. Lei had his family snatched away from him, and even his own body was made into a jiangshi's. It was then that he met Mei Lan, a beautiful taoist who cracks down on jiangshi related crimes. With his eccentric partner, he intends to make every effort to liberate all jiangshi from their curse and bury the dark taoist, Hei Xu.

Madoka Higuchi ponders about her future after her idol unity disbanding

Saudi Arabia, Morocco, India, and Japan. A series of short stories staring at "because she's a girl" of 10-year-old girls with different countries, religions, cultures, and values.

In 1705, a rash of murders took place in Lotto Valentino, a provincial city on the Italian peninsula. The murderer, who wears a pure white mask and places one such mask on all of their victims, is known as the "Mask Maker," and anyone who witnesses their murders becomes their next victim. Huey Laforet, a boy who attends a "private school" for alchemy, hates the world. Monica Campanella, his schoolmate, confesses her crush to him. Elmer C. Albatross arrives in town as the school's newest student. Niki, a girl enslaved by a merchant, witnesses one of the "Mask Maker's" crimes. All four youths confront the Mask Maker and a conspiracy to control the entire city and this is the beginning of a 300-year-long immortals' ruckus.

I entered a novel in which the heroine who reincarnated as a saintess has to walk on a thorny path. ‘Yeah, nope!’ I, who decided to walk on a flower path, abandoned the original frustrating family and adopted my bias as my dad in our first meeting. “You, be my daddy!” The story’s final boss and villain! But now he’s just my dad. Fufu. “Daddy, why is your name also daddy? So cute.” “What did you eat for breakfast? Handsomeness?” {a pun that i’m too lazy to explain} As I dream of a happy ending for Daddy, there’s just one more huge obstacle… The existence of the hero who would kill the final boss. Now that it’s come to this, let’s save my bias and the hero as an addition! If I have time, maybe the world too! However… “I’ll kill you if you approach my daughter.” …Daddy keeps on raising the death flags. “You should take responsibility since you tamed me.” Somehow the hero is also obsessed over me, just what’s going on…? [hr][i]Note: This is a oneshot promotional manhwa for the novel of the same name [/i]

Read The Secret Game of Nobles / She accidentally broke into the abandoned castle and saw the legendary vampire dinner, and the prince of the vampire clan treated her as an erotic plaything. If you don't obey, you will die. She accidentally broke into the vampire territory and was determined to wipe it out, but in the game again and again, the prince of the vampire clan actually fell in love with her

Riho has an annoying habit in relationships that means they rarely last. Then she coincidentally meets up with her first love, Mamiya, who she went to middle school with. Riho is genuinely delighted at their reunion, but Mamiya seems to be acting a little strange... This is a (chaotic) romantic comedy about college students with some fairly difficult romantic habits! Can you sympathize with them or not?

Sharing secrets with a guy whom he despised the most - A popular guy with a high pride, Reo, has something he can't tell anyone. That is, he can't get "it" up. Although he tried to get it up by watching po** videos, none of them actually works. Until one day, he went to a drinking party - which was held by his university colleagues - and during King's game, he was forced to French kiss with Saga, whom he despised the most. Reo who got irritates that the guy he hates is kissing him skillfully in front of everyone.... But then, at that moment, his "lower body" reacts to it....?!+

After dictatorship and civil war the South Amercian country, Nascencio, has an ambitious project to make jungle into farming land, which is commissioned to the Japanese company Seshimo.The company's chief, Yuji Seshimo, gets kidnapped while on an inspection tour into the land. Kenichi, a New York noir-style private detective, goes to find his brother...

"What's with the flower all of a sudden?" A story about certain boy's unrequited love for 25 years.

As a secretary, is there anything more tragic than having a crush on your boss? What's more, this boss is a big Alpha doctrine. What age does he still engage in sexism and refuse male Omega! Just when Yeon Woo thought that his bitter secret love was going to end in vain, he found out that the boss who looked down on him secretly took care of everything for him. After the heat cycle he not only show resistance, but also made his body really hot...

"Curse me all you want if it feels this good!" A sinful secret love between two who are unable to repent! Vio accidentally spent a night with a witch and ended up cursed. He seeks help from the saint of the church, Arelka, to break the curse but she rejects him and belittles his lower half as trash. Later, Vio attends a masked ball where he meets a mysterious and beautiful man. Their eyes meet and seem to say, "You're going to entertain me, aren't you?" Never having been interested in men before, he finds himself surprisingly drawn to the man's seductive and innocent reactions. The next morning...

Top Star Sent by G**, Godsent Top Star, at manhwawebsiteWith his innate spiritual abilities, Kang Yeon-woo' was destined to become either a shaman or an entertainer.After surviving a life-threatening event, he gains the ability to extend his life by resolving grudges.His life takes a complete turn when he meets top star Kwon Sung-hyun' while handling a requestMaybe you like !

Hart is a death row inmate with self-destructive tendencies who is drafted into a dangerous mining mission in a perilous forest. There, he encounters the highest-ranking leader, who turns out to be his first love from whom he had once parted ways. Hart tries to resist the strings of fate, but he gradually falls into a dangerous love relationship that defies his status.

aehee, who had dreamed of the entertainment industry while watching the famous actor Hwawon in the past, debuted as an idol and met his role model. However, Hwawon, who was in a slump and bored, was quite different from what Taehee had expected. Disappointed by Hwawon's disappointing appearance, Taehee blurted out, 'The Hwawon I knew wasn't like this,' crossing a line. These words ignited a fire between the two. "Taehee, have you ever had sex? It can't be helped. A junior who lacks experience needs to be taught by a senior."

I'm Endo, an office worker who has feelings for Konishi-kun, a construction worker ten years younger than me. Konishi-kun confuses me. He insists on having no interest in men, but his actions such as waiting in the rain and making lunch for me bring my hopes up.Even so, I should give up after telling him my true feeling...Right when I thought so, he says he is interested in how I beat off to him!If that's the case, will Konishi-kun let me touch his body just a little?Endo, who is chicken-hearted but comes through when the chips are down, and Konishi, who looks tough but is a pushover. A love story between two complete opposites!

Nino sleeps over at Fuutarou's house for a night. What would happen between them?

Philosophers, burdened with unexpressed thoughts after lifetimes of reflection, have curiously reemerged in our world! Among them, Kierkegaard finds an unconventional outlet for his philosophy...music?! Watch as he rocks the city of Nakano with a comedic twist on philosophy!

Someone at school is worshipping a baby spirit! In order to prevent young love from running rampant, the school implemented a “dating ban.” This created a very tense atmosphere at school. Yangda, a high school boy, believes that there are secrets behind every urban legend. In order to find out who is pretending to be a ghost, he decides to hold a ritual to summon baby spirits! However, he’s wrapped up in the ghastly crime at school…

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Because of a complicated past, Adam has to move to a new place. He meets his gay neighbor, Paris. And ups and downs relationships start.+