sally's manga / #shoujo(170)

I died miserably, on the day I found out the truth. The truth, that my fiance had a hidden lover and it was my very own cousin. On the second morning, after my 20th birthday, a miracle happened. From that point on, I decided not to believe in love anymore. I want to have a relationship with no strings attached and without any superficial feelings such as love. "Duchess Agenstein, will you marry me?" This proposal was nothing more than a marriage to keep up appearances and without love involved.

Nguyet, an actress specializing in villainess roles in cheesy romance films, has transmigrated into the plot of the movie she just acted in. According to the script, she'll be burned alive at the age of 20. Not wanting to meet such a hellish ending, Nguyet is determined to win over the male lead so that he won't have any reason to hate her. Of course, when one person changes something, it will make a ripple effect and cause the entire story to change, and the male lead ends up falling in love with the villainess. The harder Nguy?t tries to make the story follow its original path, the more it diverts.

Rayanne McEllion, the girl who wanted to avoid a bad end, willingly went to the insomniac emperor in place of her sister, Raylin. She is tasked to help the sleepless emperor, who was cursed by a witch, by using her ability to induce sleep whenever she touches another person's body with her lips. Can Rayanne survive being with the emperor, ‘Kael Rue Kaldorf?'

In order to receive love from her father, Keira tried her hardest to live the life of a perfect, submissive daughter. However one day, Cosette appears claiming to be his real daughter and Kiera is executed under the assumption that she is a fake. In the last moments of her life, Cosette whispers to Kiera “Truthfully, you were the real one”. Kiera, recalling those words, returns to the past. Although revenge is important, what does it matter who is fake and who is real? Now that I have been given a life again, I will live it freely for myself! A coming age of romance of a cute female protagonist who has never made friends.

Angela's fanfic became such a sensation that it even reached the Imperial Family, leading her to get arrested on charges of treason. Nevertheless, her fanfic improved the First Prince's image, and his sister, the Princess, decides to take political advantage of this and keep Angela by their side. The heroine who can now fangirl to her heart's content, and the Prince who doesn't know how to act around her. As they bicker back and forth, they start growing closer...

With the marriage of her prostitute mother to the Count, Aria’s status in society skyrocketed immediately. After leading a life of luxury, Aria unfairly meets death because of her sister Mielle’s schemes. And right before she dies, she sees an hourglass fall as if it were a fantasy. And just like that, she was miraculously brought back to the past. “I want to become a very elegant person, just like my sister, Mielle.” In order to face the villainess, she must become an even more wicked villainess. This was the new path Aria chose to take revenge on Mielle who murdered both her and her mother.

100 years after her death, Empress Martina, the founder of the Carabella Empire, reincarnates as Astina Lette, the daughter of a count. Her peaceful, everyday life as a noble lady, a stark contrast to her past life, is short-lived, however. With the bankruptcy of her father's failed trade business, her family falls into great debt. Astina decides to sell herself off to marry Grand Duke Thereode in place of her sister Kanna to save her family from their financial crisis. But Thereode is forever cursed to take on the form of a beast, and no one expects her to survive the night with him... Still, defying all odds, she fights the beast with her impressive swordsmanship, and miraculously survives. Over time, a slow relationship begins to kindle between them as she tames him as her pet. However, one night, Astina gives Theo a brief peck on the lips as a reward for his obedience when suddenly... he becomes.. human?

But I am not Cinderella, I am the stepmother. At the age of thirty-seven, already married twice, been widowed twice and is raising three daughters! Daniel Walford, a man who keeps approaching me while I’m busy trying to raise my three daughters. “Can I kiss you?” As a son-in law, I think he’s a little bit older but why does he keep approaching?… Oh, I don’t know. Once I let Cinderella marry the prince, I can live quietly. But is this fairytale really ‘Cinderella’?

A slit-mouth woman encounters a young boy she's unable to scare.

Miroku-san, the slit-mouth woman, is to marry high school student Kouichi to maintain her existence as his family has been in charge of upkeeping superstitions for generations. To add, there seems to be another reason that he seems more than willing... Miroku, however, would rather use her own strength than borrow that of others. Thus, they establish a contract as follows. 1. For a trial period of a year, they are to act as though they were married. 2. If she is able to scare him within that year, the engagement will be broken. A three part short story.