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Being a famous celebrity isn’t easy, especially when you have no family to share your success with. After her mom’s death, A-list actress Han Nana is left all alone and in a total career slump. In comes Yoo Sungwoo, a high school senior and orphan who used to be close to Nana before her big break. Although Nana takes him in as a sort of younger brother, the longer they live together, the more apparent it becomes that Sungwoo doesn’t just think of her as an older sister. Meanwhile, Nana’s career starts looking up when she’s given a lead role in an upcoming romance drama. The only problem is that her counterpart is Lee Han, the famous actor who was once the root of Nana’s despair, though he doesn’t seem so cold to her this time around…
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This volume contains 5 one-shots by Matsumoto Yoko-sensei. Ninjin Daisuki (Tody): A little boy named Takashi-chan hates eating carrots, so one night, he prays that somehow, he will be able to like eating them. Little does he know how dangerous this wish turns out to be... Saishuu Bus (The Last Bus): Sachiko visits Hitomi in her new rural home on the pretext of visiting an old friend. She gets on the last bus back to avoid having to stay at Hitomi's creepy new house, but...?? Family: Yuka lives with her gentle father and mother and mischievous, but cute younger sister Eri. Things seem like they should be so happy, but why is it that sometimes Yuka feels so uneasy? What important memory is she forgetting? Noriawaseta Shinigami (Evil Spirit): Miya was supposed to just take her father his lunch, but an earthquake stops the elevator she is on. Before the lights go off, a woman calls out that there is a shinigami (a grim reaper) among them, but suddenly dies before everyone is able to see where she pointed. Was the woman just crazy or is everyone's life now in grave danger? Soshite Yami wa Yomigaeru (Inviting Darkness): Minori is on a trip to a small lodge in the mountains with her school club. They are specifically going b/c the site is rumored to be frequented by UFOs, and they want to investigate. They are meeting Minori's cousin, Naoki, there, but why is it that Minori keep experiencing deja vu?
In Imperial Year 144, Ariadne Bernett lived out her life branded as an infamous villainess for her involvement in a poisoning incident within the empire. —or so it should have ended. When she next opens her eyes, she finds herself in the Empire twenty years later. She has possessed the body of Ariadne Philburn, a timid and withdrawn young duke’s daughter. The real Ariadne, however, took her own life at the age of twelve. Determined to fulfill the unspoken wishes of the girl whose body she now inhabits, she resolves to live on as Ariadne Philburn. What kind of happiness can two women with the same name—but completely opposite lives—ultimately find together?
A Chinese fantasy in which a girl with an extraordinary talent for perfumery and a prince with no sense of smell collect the "Hundred Fragrances," scents that have the power to change the very laws of the world, and challenge a royal palace where tyranny is rampant!
Miko, a shrine maiden, has never had success in perceiving or expelling spirits. But her fortunes shift when she comes across Kagura, an enchanting demon who feeds on female emotions of love and longing. With several schoolgirls left heartbroken by Kagura's unquenchable appetite, Miko endeavors to cast a spell to divest him of his abilities. To her surprise, the spell works, but now Kagura has set his sights on her, pursuing her without respite!
My name is Shen Yao and I am the envy of all the noble ladies in the capital. Growing up in the royal family as the future crown princess comes with its own set of challenges, one of which is dealing with the annoying Crown Prince. Despite once having a liking for him when we were younger, I now find myself wanting to call off the engagement. To make matters worse, the fifth prince has always enjoyed playing pranks on me. The palace is full of political schemes and it's no place for me. So I decide to break off the engagement and leave. The Crown Prince is initially pleased with my decision, but his focus soon shifts to me as he tries to figure out who I am spending time with. He becomes obsessed with finding out who the girl is that played polo with Jiang Er, sat with Fifth Brother, and studied with Kang Yi. To his surprise, he learns that it is me - the daughter of the Minister of Military residence. Despite breaking off the engagement, the Crown Prince finds himself struggling to forget about me. He can no longer sleep soundly at night, as memories of the little girl who once followed him around continue to haunt him.
Seika Hosokawa, known as "Plain Jane", receives a brand new life as a gorgeous girl from a secretive doll maker. With her newfound attractiveness, Seika feels brave enough to ask her crush Asai to go to the cultural festival at their school. But Asai's childhood friend, who had an unstable past, is determined to keep him all to herself and will stop at nothing to achieve her objective.
At a rural school with only two high school students, Min-ji is saddened by Ji-hoon, who is concentrating only on studying, saying he will leave for the city. One day, a transfer student, Yujin, appears in the classroom where it was just the two of them..?!
Colleen and Jing Ping are both dolls that have been returned to their human forms by magic glass marbles. The two were turned into dolls more than 100 years ago, when Colleen was a princess of an unknown kingdom and Jing Ping was the son of an important government official.
Graciela Mendoza was sentenced to death. After her father's death, Graciela, the eldest daughter of a ducal family, was tricked by her uncle into taking over the family home, and was then accused of the crime and decapitated along with her young brother. However, she finds herself back where she was five years ago...? For the second time in her life, she will never make a mistake again. Even if I have to disguise my younger brother as my son, I will survive stubbornly.
“Make me a love potion.” And with that single sentence, the Good Witch of the Lake’s secret crush on the dashing Sir Harij ends in heartbreak. Still, when he promises to help her gather the ingredients, Rose is thrilled at the chance to gaze upon a man she’d normally never get to interact with. She learns to brace her pounding heart for their usual stilted conversations but what is she to do when he inexplicably shows up at her doorstep with bread and a jar of apple butter?
