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Itsuwari no Freja

Also known as Prince Freya.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

Freya thinks of herself as a simple village girl, but her idyllic life is shattered when she is caught up in the aftermath of a treacherous Sigurdian plot. She bears a striking resemblance to her country’s beloved Prince Edvard, who lays dying from poison. Without its ruler, all of Tyr will quickly be engulfed by Sigurdian violence. Now Freya must take Prince Edvard’s place and lead his valiant knights in defending the realm!



Note: Nominated for the Tsugimanga 2020 Award in the Manga Category.

Tags: Travel , Crossdressing , Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Swordplay , Foreign , Gender Bending , Nudity , Politics , Tragedy , Male Harem , Royal Affairs , Heterosexual

Akatsuki no Yona

Also known as Yona of the Dawn.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Action , Adventure , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Yona reels from the shock of witnessing a loved one’s murder and having to fight for her life. With Hak’s help, she flees the palace and struggles to survive while evading her enemy’s forces. But where will this displaced princess go when all the paths before her are uncertain?



Tags: Female Protagonist , Travel , Shoujo , Historical , Found Family , Dragons , Politics , Fugitive , Gods , Mythology , Reincarnation , War , Tragedy , Royal Affairs , Heterosexual , Foreign , Coming of Age , Primarily Male Cast , Archery , Super Power , Survival , Orphan , Kuudere , Drugs , Pirates

Sakura-Hime Kaden

Also known as Sakura Hime: The Legend of Princess Sakura.

Status: Finished
Genres: Action , Comedy , Drama , Fantasy

Sakura is a princess who lives alone with a few maids in a mansion deep in the mountains. She’s been engaged to the prince of the country since she was born. She doesn’t like that fact, as she wants to decide her fate on her own. However, one day, a messenger from the prince suddenly came to take her to the capital…

Note: The chapter count includes six extra stories.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Coming of Age , Mythology , Found Family , Tragedy , Historical , Demons , Ninja , Fairy Tale , Magic , Philosophy , Ensemble Cast , Swordplay , Heterosexual , Fugitive , Orphan , Femboy , Politics , Royal Affairs , Arranged Marriage

Reimei no Arcana

Also known as Dawn of the Arcana.

Status: Finished
Genres: Fantasy , Romance

Princess Nakaba of Senan is forced to marry Prince Caesar of the enemy country Belquat, tantamount to becoming a hostage. While Caesar is pleasing to the eye, he is also selfish and possessive, telling Nakaba outright: “You are my property.” With only her attendant Loki at her side, Nakaba must find a way to cope with her hostile surroundings, her fake marriage...and a mysterious power!



Note: Includes 12 extra chapters.

Tags: Shoujo , Female Protagonist , Kemonomimi , Foreign , Super Power , Politics , Time Manipulation , Tragedy , Travel , Royal Affairs , Class Struggle , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Desert , Male Harem , Time Skip , Arranged Marriage , Unrequited Love , War

Boukoku no Marguerite

Status: Releasing
Genres: Adventure , Fantasy , Romance

When the Kingdom of Lunaria was destroyed, the young princess Marguerite was saved by the villager Christophe of Elbe. For the next ten years, she was raised as his son Nicolas to hide her true identity. Until one day, she saved the traveling goldsmiths Rene and Leo from bandits. A European-style romance between a boy and a girl with painful pasts!



Tags: Historical , Shoujo , Revenge , Female Protagonist

Futsutsuka na Akujo de wa Gozaimasu ga Hinamiya Chou Nezumi Torikae Den

Also known as Though I Am an Inept Villainess: Tale of the Butterfly-Rat Body Swap in the Maiden Court.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Comedy , Drama , Fantasy , Romance

In a kingdom inspired by historical China, five clans put forth their maidens as imperial consorts–but only one will be crowned empress. The frail and beautiful Kou Reirin, the so-called “butterfly” of the imperial court, is a shoo-in to marry the crown prince. But when “court rat” Shu Keigetsu lashes out at her during the glittering Lantern Festival, it’s Reirin who wakes up in the dungeons! Body-swapped by her assailant to steal her position at court, Reirin’s plight seems dire…to everyone else! Now that she’s got a robust new body, not even the looming threat of execution can stop her!



Tags: Josei , Body Swapping , Historical , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Conspiracy , Revenge , Royal Affairs , Villainess , Magic , Love Triangle

Oukoku no Ko

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Mystery , Romance

One country's cruel custom: "leading the life of a stand-in..." Away from the center of the city in a theater, an actor, a boy called Robert, is asked to become the stand-in for Elisabeth, who has the right of succeeding to the throne. Is Robert to be swallowed by the things to come as the wheel of fortune starts to spin? Deceit, traps, hatred.

Tags: Josei , Historical , Politics , Gender Bending , Male Protagonist , Orphan , Royal Affairs

Hanasakeru Seishounen

Status: Finished
Genres: Mystery , Romance

A very powerful industrialist directs his daughter to pick a husband from three candidates he has chosen for her. They are to come into her life, and their uniqueness would cause her to recognize them immediately. The story revolves along the lines of a power political mystery involving a small middle eastern country. One thing that comes to mind is the author’s ability to establish strong moods by a close up of a character’s expression. All three of the candidates are outstanding. Well, it’s actually four.

Note: Includes two prologue and six extra chapters.

Tags: Female Protagonist , Shoujo , Male Harem , Politics , Age Gap , Tragedy

Hoshi Furu Oukoku no Nina

Also known as Nina the Starry Bride.

Status: Releasing
Genres: Drama , Fantasy , Romance

Nina had a rough start to life, stealing to survive—and eventually being sold into slavery by her own brother. But to her surprise, her captor, Prince Azure, ordained that she would live the life of a princess...specifically, that of the recently deceased princess-priestess, Alisha. But despite her changing fortune, Nina won't give up her old life without a fight...and Azure might just be the one to finally match her wits. But how much can she trust Azure? And can she stop the feelings budding in her heart, knowing she must eventually marry another...?

Note: Won the 46th Annual Kodansha Manga Award for Best Shoujo Manga.

Tags: Josei , Female Protagonist , Love Triangle , Politics , Foreign , Heterosexual , Adoption , Royal Affairs , Arranged Marriage , Crossdressing , Tragedy , Marriage , Prison , Nudity

Yume no Shizuku, Kin no Torikago

Status: Finished
Genres: Drama , Romance

Beginning of 16th century, Alexandra was captured by slave traders in Ukraine during one of their many raids. When the traders arrived in Greece to sell the female slaves, a young handsome man named Mateus bought her and promised to give her true freedom. He hired countless teachers, scholars, and palace ladies to train her into the one perfect woman of her time. Mateus's kindness has caused Alexandra to deeply fall in love with him, and she secretly wishes to be his concubine. But cruel fate! Mateus has already promised her to his best friend, who is Suleiman the Great, Emperor of the Ottoman Empire! Mateus promised Alexandra of true freedom, but where is freedom when she is in another man's harem and can only look at the one she loves from afar?

Not willing to endure this agony, Alexandra promises herself that one day, she will free both of them from their bird cages. But Mateus is the Grand Vizier, a power only second to the Emperor himself. So Alexandra must become the most influential concubine in order to have any hope—which also means bearing Suleiman's son. However, Suleiman already has a son by another concubine, and this woman is determined to keep her son as the only prince and only heir.

Thus begins the story of a slave that becomes the story of one of the greatest empresses of all time, Alexandra, the woman who would one day be known as Roxelana, Empress of the Ottoman Empire.

Tags: Historical , Josei , Politics , War , Kingdom Management , Biographical , Coming of Age , Parenthood , Female Protagonist , Foreign , Slavery , Love Triangle , Heterosexual , Royal Affairs , Unrequited Love , Arranged Marriage , Assassins , Class Struggle , Crime , Espionage , Maids , Marriage , Time Skip , Revenge , Nudity , Female Harem