Reviews & Thoughts

To Have and to Hold

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When Yuel Malek has to spend a weekend on the countryside for his aunt’s wedding, nothing goes quite right — traffic fails him, weather torments him, and the online booking system of the hotel ate the booking and took his money. As a result, he ends up staying with his older cousin, Tavi Malek, an extroverted fella who makes the people-averse Yuel uncomfortable.

However, while everyone else finds the wedding a happy occasion, Yuel finds any kind of family reunion a nightmare. It doesn’t help that he holds complicated feelings toward the guy who so compassionately offered to share the double room with Yuel for the weekend.

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Golden Terrace vol. 1

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Faced with the reality of becoming disabled after an assassination attempt, Commander of the Northern Yan Army, Fu Shen, returns to the Capital. But as if crushing his legs wasn’t enough, when a rumour about Fu Shen’s preferences reaches the emperor, Imperial Investigator, Yan Xiaohan, is forced to marry Fu Shen, despite the two being well-known political rivals — one being a sycophant taking any measures needed and one being an upright and loyal general.

However, the history between the two men isn’t uncomplicated and now they need to untie the knots in their relationship while they both want to find the one who ordered the failed assassination of Fu Shen.

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Nan Chan vol. 2

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Jinglin and Cangji continue their journey as they follow the bronze bell and the suffering of man. But as they do, memories of their past begin to resurface, and their relationship may not be so simple as the former deity and his hungry pet fish.

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How to Survive as a Villain vol. 1

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When Xiao Yu’an was diagnosed with a terminal illness, his escape became webnovels. The final one he reads before his death is The History of the Four Empires, and he finds that after his death… he wakes up as the antagonist — the Emperor of the Northern Empire. In the face of the threat of the Emperor’s horrible death, Xiao Yu’an can only do the right thing: treat Yan Heqing well and matchmake him with the emperor’s sister, Princess Yongning.

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Wolf Girl and Black Prince

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When Shinohara Erika is asked to show a picture of her boyfriend, she usually deflects. During lunch, he seems to call every day, and she leaves. As she hides in the bathroom after asking her friend to give her a call, she overhears the other girls say they don’t think she actually has a boyfriend. Desperate to make sure she fits in, she snaps a shot of a random handsome guy to show them.

Unfortunately for her, it turns out to be Sata Kyoya from her school, a popular guy in her year. Fortunately, when she explains her situation, he agrees to help.

That is, if she’s willing to pay the price…

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The Boy and the Heron

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When Maki Shouichi (CV: Kimura Takuya) brings his son Maki Mahito (CV: Santoki Souma) out of Tokyo during the war, Mahito isn’t exactly overjoyed about the prospect of having a new mother, or a younger sibling. However, he quickly realises that the grey heron (CV: Suga Masaki) that lives by the pond isn’t a normal bird after he hurts himself.

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Nan Chan vol. 1

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A carp in a bowl had gained consciousness as it lives with Jinglin, a recovering man who mostly slept. It had gotten into its head that it wanted to devour its caretaker. And when Cangji gained a human body as a result of nearly becoming fish feed himself, that’s the pledge he made… But it would have to wait because their lives were further flipped upside down when Cicada Haven was disturbed and Jinglin had to leave to get his bell back.

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Guardian vol. 2

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With the Lunar New Year around the corner, people are suddenly collapsing and then writhing in pain at the hospital. Not understanding what sort of poison is causing this, SID is brought in to investigate. It’s not long before Zhao Yunlan and Shen Wei find themselves in the middle of conspiracies and battles of wits.

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Peach Blossom Debt

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When two immortals are sent to go through trial and tribulations as a punishment for having an illicit affair, the god Song Yao Yuanjun, a man who had a fluke ascension to immortality, is sent to oversee their punishment.

However, things aren’t as easy as Song Yao hopes them to be, never mind that no one told him in advance that he would need to make it into the bed of one of the punished immortals.

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My Special One

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Wakaume Sahoko does not like good-looking guys. She hates them, even. She has decided she doesn’t need a boyfriend either. But one day, her best friend’s bias, Kirigaya Kouta, comes to the tiny diner the Wakaume family runs. She asks for his autograph for her friend, and learning that Sahoko isn’t a fan, he promises to do his best to make her a fan. With time, Sahoko gets to know the top male idol in Japan, and she can’t help but begin supporting him. But are her feelings really just those of a fangirl?

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