Hiro wa re ta1 peni- no hanayome
Translated title: The Penny Bride
Author: Kelly, Carla
Genre: Romance
Year: 2023 | Pages: 368 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85524
Alone in a strange land, Sally was desperate. She had finally found work as a companion, but just as she was about to begin work, she was informed that her employer, an elderly woman, had passed away.
After paying for the carriage ride, her meager savings were depleted, and she had no money for lodging. Desperate, Sally clutched her last silver coin and ordered tea... when a gentleman, noticing her condition, called out to her.
Sir Charles, an Admiral of the Navy, heard Sally's story and made a surprising proposal: 'marry him'
Ashita no watashi
Native title: 明日のわたし
Translated title: Tomorrow's Me
Author: Ayase, Minamiguchi
Genre: Short Stories
Year: 2023 | Pages: 157 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85538
'I'm so sorry to the two people who were bullied because of me.'
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This feeling transcends time, but who is it that receives it? When you finish reading all seven short stories, another world will come into view...!
For Mana, the time on the way to and from school is the only time she feels alive. At home she has a crazy mom, and at school she has classmates who harass her. Even Ayumi, the only person who talks to her, doesn't help her. Then, one day, Mana finally decides to quit school. A collection of short stories by Minamiguchi Ayase, full of twists and turns
Jenda kuraimu
Native title: ジェンダー・クライム
Translated title: Gender Crime
Author: Tendo, Arata
Genre: Crime
Year: 2024 | Pages: 336 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88595
Everyone is a suspect. Everyone is involved. Sexual crimes...gender crimes are linked.
A man's body is found rolled at the bottom of an embankment. A message is left on his body, still bearing the scars of assault. 'An eye for an eye'.
The man's son was the perpetrator of a gang rape that occurred three years ago.
One after another, suspects appear, and a new murder occurs. You may be the one who should atone for your sins.
A monumental work that returns to Tendo Arata's roots!
Dentuu man boroboro nikki
Native title: 電通マンぼろぼろ日記
Translated title: Dentsu Man's Tattered Diary
Author: Hukunaga, Koutarou
Genre: Social Novel / Short Stories
Year: 2024 | Pages: 208 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88614
The latest volume in the bestselling diary series! Once again, all true stories are vividly told.
A record of anger, sorrow, and laughter from the author, who has worked hard on the front lines of an advertising agency for 30 years.
Golf, restaurants, and XXX entertainment, clients are gods
Makai kyouto hourouki
Translated title: A Wanderer's Tale of the Demon World in Kyoto
Author: Nisimura, Kyoutarou
Genre: Mystery
Year: 2023 | Pages: 280 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85549
Ono no Takamura, a court noble and poet of the Heian period, was said to have freely traveled between the mortal world and the underworld through the wells of Rokudo Chinno-ji and Yakushi-ji temples. A magazine editor, investigating this legend, travels to Kyoto but mysteriously disappears after entering one of the wells! Inspector Totsukawa, pursuing the case, uncovers the enigmatic secrets that the ancient capital has cultivated through countless wars... A full-length mystery that delves into the true nature of the people of Kyoto and the truth behind the atomic bombings of Japan!
Another Verdict
Author: Kosugi, Kenzi
Genre: Crime
Year: 2023 | Pages: 376 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85531
The defendant was an unremarkable man nearing thirty. He had murdered a woman he met on a dating site, along with her mother. Kyohei Horikawa, a company executive in the midst of divorce proceedings, was selected through the lay judge system to participate in the trial. The maximum penalty for this crime was death. However, on the first day of the trial, the man suddenly pleaded not guilty. The discussion among the six lay judges, who were no legal experts, became contentious, and new hypotheses even emerged. Soon, Horikawa and the others' lives were consumed by the truth of the crime
Row & Row
Author: Murayama, Yuka
Genre: Romance
Year: 2023 | Pages: 536 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 85541
Ryoko, a 43-year-old working at an advertising agency in Tokyo, has been married for 13 years to her husband, Takayuki, a hairdresser three years her junior. While she harbors a subtle dissatisfaction with her daily life, she outwardly lives a peaceful existence. However, when she hires Midori, a woman in her twenties, as an assistant at her hair salon, a gradual wave of change begins to form... Unbeknownst to them, the two are separated by a 'deep river'. Can they ever row their way back together? A masterpiece novel that meticulously portrays the psychology of a married couple, and of men and women
Jiyutsu
Native title: 自由慄
Author: Pear
Genre: Horror
Year: 2024 | Pages: 336 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88608
Horror
Kyoto Gion Momokichian's Amakara Cho
Native title: 京都祇園もも吉庵のあまから帖８
Translated title: Amakaracho from Momokichian in Gion, Kyoto
Series: Volume 8
Author: Siganai, Sasuhiro
Genre: Family Saga / Social Novel
Year: 2024 | Pages: 320 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88609
Gion, Kyoto. At the end of Hanamikoji Street is Momokichi-an, a sweet shop.
Momokichi, the proprietress and former geisha who runs the shop, is visited by people with all sorts of troubles.
The hardships of a family who begs the taxi driver Mitsuko to 'follow the taxi in front', the reformation of a bank loan officer who learns how to 'read people' from the way they eat tea and sweets, and the quick thinking of a female secretary who changes the atmosphere of a contentious meeting...
This is a heartwarming story in which Momokichi's words gently comfort the people who gather in Gion, experiencing both joy and sorrow.
This is the 8th volume of the popular series
Onnagira i dokuta no kageki na kyuuai
Native title: 女嫌いドクターの過激な求愛
Translated title: The Radical Courtship of a Misogynistic Doctor
Author: Katou, Rie
Genre: Romance
Year: 2024 | Pages: 288 | Origin: JAP | BA Seq Num: 88590
Rino is a plain secretary who wants to live a stable life. However, after her husband is seduced, she becomes desperate and expresses her desire to lose her virginity. She ends up spending the night with her boss, Hiiragi, a cosmetic surgeon and heir to a wealthy family, who says, 'It could be me', and he says, 'Fall in love with me for the rest of your life. I'll never let you regret it'. Rino thought that this relationship with him, who is of a different social status than her, would end there, but he ends up doting on Hiiragi and Rino and doting on them...!?
