Beautifully illustrated, and deftly demonstrating an innate sense of the power of color palette, Oku’s collection boasts folktales hailing from Kyoto’s Honnoji Temple, folklore surrounding Nagano’s Biwa-Ike, and many more short stories of all manner passed down throughout Japan! Love, joy, sorrow, and regret live on—evocative as ever—in this imaginative 21st century visual retelling of ancient tales. --- **Ch. 3 Content Warning: Suicide.**
Chapter 1: Set in a world where there men and women, herbivores and carnivores, and the three genders of the omega-verse. Alpha, Beta, and Omega. Owen, an alpha wolf and the son of a duke, and Amelia, an omega rabbit and the daughter of an earl, are engaged for an arranged political marriage. However, due to a traumatic experience in the past, Amelia is a recluse who has a serious aversion to alpha males. Having fallen in love with Amelia at first sight, Owen tries his best to get closer to her, but... The story of how a quiet, unsociable (but kind) guy and a crybaby, former shut-in girl get together. Chapter 2: Owen and Amelia are gradually becoming acquainted with one another and are growing closer when... Amelia suddenly and unexpectedly enters heat when the two of them are alone together in the mansion!
A story about a medicine seller and his son and their struggles with each other after losing someone precious to them. A father who never really raised his son because he is always out doing his trade, but when suddenly his wife dies he must adjust his solitary journey to include his son.
"We finally meet again." Lady Liliana looks back at her memories with her childhood friend often. But when she is summoned to the royal palace for suspected tax evasion, she comes face to face with her friend once again after so many years. But wait. He is the King?! And he has a special request for her...
The sparrow village has lore that says one sparrow will be sacrificed to the white snakes to keep their village safe. But then a little male sparrow meets a little male white snake and they become friends?Artist's Twitter
The hard-working programmer Qin Jian died unexpectedly after working for several days. His soul penetrated into Qin Jian, the county official of Sanyuan Town of the Tianyuan Dynasty. He has the ability to recognize demons with the Heavenly eyes but because he sleeps with demons all day he was contaminated with their breath which caused a misunderstanding by the demon hunter and the demon clan to be a demon The sin demon, the good demon, the beautiful demon, etc. The rookie started his fantastic journey of becoming a Demon Keeper.
One day, a circus troupe came across the street from Eden's school. Passing by the barracks, Eden meets the ring master of the troupe, Luke. Eden, who feels guilty for Luke for a certain childhood incident, recognizes him at one glance. However, Luke does not recognize him, and Eden felt upset leads him to getting drunk at the circus welcome party. The two accidentally spend a passionate night and quickly become close. Enamoured by Eden's cute and unguarded natural, Luke, who has lived a prosperous and carefree life so far, can't stop himself from falling for him. Eden is also attracted to Luke, who has grown up to be serious and cool, unlike when his young self, but the rumours about him being a Casanova leave him uneasy.
After pooring her blood, sweat and tears into saving her family's estate, Crysta is betrayed by her stepsister, stepmother and fiancé, who cheat her out of her inheritance and sell her off to marry the mysterious Masked Earl, Lord Gerald of Berverk. He is said to be cold and antisocial, an emotionless man who only seeks a wife to give him an heir. Defeated, broken-hearted and all alone in the world, Crysta makes the long journey to his estate, fearing for the worst...
A maid swaps lives with a lady... Set in the Japanese colonial period, a young girl is gifted a maidservant who looks just like her on her 8th birthday. The fate of the two children entwines as they each carve out their own destiny, surpassing obstacles such as status and gender, education and culture, and ethnicity and race. If I Were You / 거기, 내가 가면 안 돼요?
The twins, Sei Shunran and Sei Shunrai, are often mistaken for the wrong gender. The older sister, Shunran, is smart and the younger brother, Shunrai, is beautiful. Shunran wants to take the civil service exam and not enter the inner palace. So the twins switch places. Shunran will take the exam, and Shunrai will enter the inner palace.
Collection of One Shots: Chapter 1 ~ Tarantula The story of the man Tara and Dietrich during the Holy Crusades of Europe, when greed and lust overcame men. Tara captures Dietrich and seduces him into his bed. What follows is the history behind Tara's current predicament, his purpose, and the journey back. It must be said that there is something ominous about Tara's name - Tarantula. Chapter 2 ~ Paradise of Fools There is a fine line between love and hate. Beautiful Koujirou, with his pale white body and amber eyes the color of red tea, share a violent history with Musashi - one of enemies on the battlefield. Musashi, who has only seen Koujirou for his sword capabilties, starts to think differently as Koujirou follows him, especially when Koujirou let's his body be exploited without fighting back. Musashi is tempted again and again. Chapter 3 ~ A Pair of Swords Chapter 4 ~ The Afternoon of Pan
A Reiwa girl transferred into a women's school in Taishou!? Falling unconscious after an earthquake, when opening her eyes, Tsumugu astonishingly found her time traveling to Ginza in the year of Taishou 10(1921). Having nowhere to go, Tsumugu was helped by Itsuki, a duke's daughter, and she was suggested to transfer into Itsuki's school. How would Tsumugu's life become in a different timeline?
