The Zero-Sum Original Anthology Series features themed oneshots from various mangaka that publish in Ichijinsha's Zero-Sum and Ward magazines. Volume 10 theme: Conflict and Secret Societies. 1. Ranpo-sensei Laughs Like This by Takayama Shinobu 2. Secret Mission by Saeki Yashiro 3. Fang by Kawazoe Mariko & Nakamura Sachiko 4. Black Swastika Army by Katagiri Ikumi 5. Mushroom and Kappa - A Fierce Conflict of Honourable Men by Magami Guriko 6. Boys’ Cavalry by Kayase Shiki 7. Rindou by Asada Yasuka 8. Hideout by Sekka 9. Un Orso by Mizuhara Kenta 10. Be Enthusiastic, Father! by Inui Miku 11. A Promise by Seno Tatsune & Takamiya Aya 12. Let’s Meet at the Secret Society by Kinoshita Sakura 13. Will O' the Wisp by Kouzuki Leo 14. The Village of the Secret Agreement by Ueda Shinshu 15. At the End of an Endless Desire by Akai Higasa 16. Demon King Time by Kanou Ruri 17. Messenger of Justice ★ Moonlight Organisation by Usaki Hitomi

A story packed with the yet unnoticed charms of Kyoto, brought to you by a society of her public servants.

Set in historical Korea, some legends are not completely told. This is the untold half of a legend concerning a beggar woman and the wife of a powerful minister.

Gu Qiang Zhou returns to the town where her father lives only to avenge her mother. On the course of the story she meets a marshal with whom she has a complicated relationship.

Mu Xiaoxiao is a highly-skilled, street-smart assassin. But despite her skills, she fell into her aunt’s trap on her birthday and ended up getting pregnant with an unknown man’s child! Not one to take this sitting down, she burned his house to the ground. But luck wasn't on her side. Six years later, her precious son was taken away from her by the Dark Night Empire. Now, she had no choice but to return to the life she once had and become an assassin once again to save him. But this time, had she bitten more than she could chew? One thing's for sure, life for Mu Xiaoxiao would never be the same again.

Do you want to steal my genes then leave?? He grabbed her and tried to force her to hand over the child that was born three years ago. She never had a baby? Then conceive one! The delusional CEO's desperate love. Her inability to resist as she fell deeper...

"I can clear all your debts, but you have to substitute me in my marriage" When Liang Dou Kou was diagnosed with cancer, she formed a contract with Qin Zhi Ai to substitute her in the time she would be absent, including her marriage with Gu Yu Sheng...

On "Deer Island", all children have a guardian, sent from the deer god.. These guardians are supposed to stay for twelve years and move on to the next child. That's why the guardians always try to leave a lasting impression on their child's twelfth birthday...

Manga adaptation of the novel "Yami no Moribito", which is the second novel in the Moribito series after "Seirei no Moribito". All the Moribito novels have standalone plots. After the events of Seirei no Moribito, Balsa returns to her birthplace in Kanbal to revisit her past with Jiguro, the man who raised her. When she finds out that he has been implicated for the death of the king, she fights to clear his name, and on the way uncovers the hidden part of Kanbal.

Several years have passed and my parents were gone, it's he who, the man of no kinship with me, was appointed the only successor of my parents' company and real estate. Samson: Till the day she is 18 years old. I won't be her guardian any more. According to her father's will, all will be over. And I will become her legal husband.

After spending most of her youth fielding the attention of countless wealthy suitors, Suhee Kim finally finds true love with a steady boyfriend named Jinsu Han. But then tragedy strikes, and Suhee is murdered in cold blood. To Suhee's surprise, she is immediately reincarnated as a baby girl named Sanghee Kim, who just so happens to be a princess! Plus, she is fully conscious of her past life. There's just one problem: in this society, women are seen as totally inferior, even princesses. Appalled by the treatment of women, Sanghee is determined to change the kingdom's patriarchal ways. Will Sanghee be able to succeed, or will she be stuck living her second life being treated as a lowly woman?

The story follows the everyday lives of Daikichi, an elderly man, and his pet cat, Tama. Daikichi has lived his entire life in a small island town, and although young people have begun moving there and the landscape and scenery have begun to change, the one thing that remains constant is Daikichi.

Do-hee Woo and Hae-Gyung Kim are both young and single, each with a history of broken relationships in their past. They meet one day while trying to dine alone at the same restaurant and they soon become friends who eat together every week. But with each meal, their friendship grows deeper as they help each other heal from the heartbreak they have suffered and soon they must redefine what they mean to each other.

Yoko is the new teacher of the Dandelion Class, an elementary course provided within the hospital. All her students are admitted to the hospital with serious diseases. While trying to find her place with courage from her students, one of them takes a turn for the worse...

In the fictional Tokyo suburb of Mahoro, Keisuke Tada (Eita) works as a "benriya" - a general problem solver for hire. One day in January, former classmate Haruhiko Gyoten (Ryuhei Matsuda) appears unannounced. Back in their schooldays Haruhiko was a quiet person who rarely talked. Now, Haruhiko is talkative. Both men are over 30 years old and divorced. Without giving an explanation, Haruhiko suddenly asks to spend the night at Keisuke's home. Keisuke turns down Haruhiko, but Haruhiko is persistant and finally Keisuke allows him to sleep over for one night. What Keisuke is unaware of is that Haruhiko plans to stay for more than one night. Eventually, Keisuke accepts Haruhiko as his assistant and they become involved in various cases involving an assortment of people from different walks of life.

"Inoue-san, you're my first boyfriend...", says Yamamoto, 28 years old. "I don't have a lot of experience either, but we'll work through it together", says Inoue, 32 years old. In reality, Inoue's never been with a girl either, but he couldn't tell Yamamoto that. A fluffy love-comedy about the adventures of this innocent and pure couple.

She was calculated by her family to be with a stranger. The next day, a group of black people "shelved" her to the Civil Affairs Bureau and she was forced to marry her "one-night stand" object. Her husband was tender and considerate but she had never been able to meet him. At the same time, the overbearing president suddenly broke into her life...

A fated meeting in spring leads Narita Misao on a rollercoaster of manipulation, love, and lies.

The last thing Sooha wants in her life is a man. She’s sick of her mother calling about boyfriend problems, of friends trying to set her up on dates, of girls waiting for their Prince Charming. But when a broke and homeless man offers to keep house in exchange for temporary housing, Sooha finds herself saying yes to a man for the first time in her life. After all, who wouldn’t want to come home to warm homemade dinners, clean sheets, and freshly ironed clothes?

A collection of stories. Chapters 1-3, Reparations in Green: A woman finds out her husband is dead forty years after he disappeared—and everything she knows about him is a lie. Chapter 4, Me and Evil and Peaceful Days: A young inventor is bored with his mundane life. Can’t something interesting happen for once, like the end of the world? Chapter 5, Unfettered: When their crops start failing, the islanders offer up a bride to the ogre god. Except that he doesn’t want a wife… Chapter 6, Adrift: A lonely spirit finds a friend in a young boy, but ever since his friend comes back, he’s been acting distant.

Story 1, Strawberry and Anemone: Tsuzuru does want to kiss his girlfriend, Ichiko. He can’t, though, for a reason more biological than psychological... Story 2, The White Messenger: Delivering a letter is a simple enough mission, but not when the intended recipient is a disowned royal. Story 3, Periparus ater: When a wanted criminal saves a blind boy, neither expects the bond they will forge. Story 4, Schrödinger’s Sweetheart: Eight women gather at an auction, united by their initial—H—and by their late paramour, E. Grosvenor. Story 5, Stellar Ship and Ship of the Moon: A spaceship captain is meeting with her old classmates ten years after their last reunion.

The dog trainer Yui was summoned into another world as a "Guiding Hand" to raise a baby dragon. The dragon is a "Holy Dragon", who have protected the humans from the invading demons for many generations!

The heroine wakes up on the morning of August 1 and discovers she has absolutely no memories of the past. A boy appears before her, and he introduces himself as a “spirit” named Orion. The heroine struggles to regain her memories under the guidance of Orion. She then gets a phone call, but she does not recognize the name on her mobile phone screen. She meets her apparent “boyfriend,” despite not knowing his face.

Instead of pulling the red strings of fate between the humans, the god of marriage descended to earth to stop someone from dating. The protagonist's marriage is the key for the world's end. This is a comedic romantic cohabitation story between a workaholic god of marriage and a hot-tempered teacher