Colette continues her treatment of Hades, which continues to irritate his skeletal servants. One day, Colette is bombarded by many goddesses seeking treatment, and she discovers that Lord Apollo has gone on vacation and recommended her as his stand-in! Zeus asks her to travel to the Celestial Realm to treat the goddesses there and to alleviate the strain on the Mortal Realm. While there, Hades asks a favor of Colette but also puts her under his protection. Upon her return, she takes up midwifing after two local midwives injure themselves, but she quickly learns that becoming successful with her patient is about building up trust over time.
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Nana Komatsu is a hopeless romantic who has a bad habit of falling in love with unattainable older men, until one day when she falls for a seemingly nice but married man at her local movie theater. As she heads off to college, she decides to stop falling in love at first sight, and instead try to be just friends. That’s easier said than done when the first guy she lays eyes on is perfect but friends with her best friend, Jun.
Nana Osaki is the lead singer in a punk band on the cusp of making it big in a smaller market. She’s madly in love with the band’s bassist, Ren. When opportunity strikes and threatens to split the band, Nana must make some difficult choices that pit her dreams against her heart. 
Nina can’t help but love when Prince Azure calls her real by her name when no one else is around. So she’s especially distressed when his life is in danger from several assassination attempts. When Az points out the home of the former king, his great-grandfather, Nina thinks he might be someone with enough power to help. She sneaks away in the middle of the night to beg the former king for help, but the grizzled, perceptive old man sees through her deception. Nevertheless, he understands her will to help Azure, and reminds her just how much power she has as Princess Alisha.
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Sara's Rating: 7/10 Suitability Level: Grades 7-12 Publisher: Yen Press Publication Date: January 21, 2025 ISBN: 9798855404739 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 7/10, Suitability: Middle School, Suitability: High School, Manga, Romance, School Life, Slice Of Life, Humor, Friendship, Yen Press 
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Sara's Rating: 8/10 Suitability Level: Grades 9-12 Publisher: Yen Press Publication Date: January 28, 2025 ISBN: 9798855404456 (Paperback) Tags: Rating: 8/10, Suitability: High School, Manga, Romance, Yen Press 
Illustrated by Kenji Tsuruta
In 1967, a man gets on a ferry and meets a mysterious woman who gives her name as Emanon. At first, they pose as a couple to shield her from some lecherous older men, but the two strike up conversation and discover some similar interests, including a love of science fiction. As the night wears on, Emanon confides in him that she has the memory of ever iteration of her cells before her, that she can remember the entire history of the planet Earth, and that she has loved many times and lost that many over. At first, he's not sure whether to believe the wild story, but morning comes, and the potential loss of someone so perfect brings more of her story into perspective. 
Tia continues to pursue her knightly work and finds herself very busy preparing for the Foundation Festival. Several princesses from other kingdoms arrive, all hoping to be selected as the Court Princess, and Tia hopes that one of them count replace her as Ruve’s betrothed. The different court factions, particularly the Nobleist faction, see this as an opportunity to support a princess who will be successful and depose Tia, whose family is of the Imperialist faction. The festival has several nights of fancy partying and dancing, but they aren’t without clandestine meetings, secret rendezvous, scheming, and political maneuvering.
Yuri is, for all outward signs, a normal student who just passed her entrance exams and is looking forward to relaxing and getting closer to her crush, who finally kissed her. But her life takes a terrible turn when a murderous queen kidnaps her from her time and transports her back to the ancient Hittite empire to become a sacrifice in a ritual! Somewhat fortunately, a prince with an eye for beauty rescues her from the ceremony, but Yuri's not sure she's safer with the lecherous Prince Kail. Somehow, she has to find a way back home while surviving in the literal bronze age!
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Maxi is the nervous, stuttering, abused daughter of a powerful Duke who married off to a lowly knight, Sir Riftan. The night after they are wed, her new husband goes off to fight a war that lasts for three years where his heroics elevate his standing. Upon his return, Maxi assumes her husband will want an annulment to take up the much more attractive offer from the kingdom's princess, but instead, her husband whisks her away without a goodbye to her father! The two "newlyweds" begin their life figuring out each other, refurbishing a neglected castle, and navigating kingdom politics. 
Hina hardly goes outside or has any friends, but she is a huge fan of an anime called Vampire Cross. So much so that she decides to put aside some of her fears and move to Japan! But being an Otaku and going to cafes for meet ups to get exclusives is going to be especially hard for Hina because she's a vampire herself. She can't eat the foods that come with the exclusives! She sort of makes friends with her neighbor who looks exactly like the character she's obsessed with, but he definitely doesn't act like him. Hina convinces Kyuta to come with her to a couple of events, and they sort of become friends, especially when Hina has to step in to protect him.
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