TOP MANGA OF THE MONTH

"Black as the devil, hot as hell, pure as an angel..." Is that love or coffee? Kusama Kou isn't sure, especially after he rediscovers that his first childhood crush is now a widowed coffee shop owner by the name of Sakurada. Sakurada-san's kind, soothing, with an amazing voice, and much older than Kou - i.e. exactly Kou's type. So he wastes no time in getting himself hired part-time at Sakurada Coffee Shop, but is there really any hope for his love to be returned...?

Misaki, a housewife, struggles to raise her five-year-old daughter, Sakura, who has a developmental disability. Her days are worn down by her emotionally distant husband, Yuichi, who treats their parenting struggles as someone else's problem, and the harsh words of her mother-in-law. Then one night, Misaki discovers a shocking truth in her husband's study. Yuichi has been openly writing on a secret social media account, posting remarks that belittle his family and detailing secret meetups with his mistress. The moment she realizes what she thought was love was merely an illusion, Misaki's world begins to come crashing down.

Young people these days really lack the feeling of respect for their elders!" Magna, the only alchemist in a village suffering from depopulation and aging, was suffering from power harassment. Feeling a sense of duty to be relied upon by the villagers, Magna endured harsh working conditions, but the reality was one of malicious exploitation...!? An unexpected anti-"old fogey" and life-reversal adventure story in another world begins!

It is the Kyoho Era, during the reign of Tokugawa Yoshimune, and the shogunate is in the midst of an economic crisis. However, they have a trump card which could be the key to breaking them out of these dire straits--the "Tokugawa Buried Gold", a massive sum of gold left behind by the first Tokugawa shogun, Ieyasu! With a map to its location, the ninja Kojiro heads off to find it. That location? America--the New World--still divided between the indigenous peoples and the colonists! There Kojiro meets a Native girl who has a mysterious connection to the buried gold..

A sexually uninhibited new hairdresser's pure love affair with a salaryman who can't get laid unless he watches porn! <b> When I find someone I really love, will I be able to have sex with them normally? </b> Unable to have real sex and under the pressure of a bad marriage, Toji has become addicted to Internet pornography. One day, he is asked to be a model cutter for Ren, a newcomer at his sister's beauty salon. But just then, Ren witnesses him watching a porn video in the car!

I lost my parents at a young age, raised my younger sibling alone, and worked myself to death. When I woke up again, I was the only daughter of a duke, with healing power so strong that a single touch could mend any wound. Finally, I thought I’d get to live a life of comfort and luxury… but I was wrong. “I picked you up, so you’re mine.” —an arrogant crown prince staking his claim. “We want to protect you. Make us your knights.” —a pair of twins demanding my loyalty. “No one can heal beastfolk. No one but you.” —a devastatingly handsome wolf beastfolk asking for my help. …Looks like an easy, carefree life isn’t in the cards for me this time either. All I want is to open my own hospital in peace. But will I ever get there without being dragged into trouble first?

Kurvette, a black-haired baroness, has long been despised by her family as an “imi-ko” (an ill-omened child). Her black hair conceals a secret power, enabling her to create strange potions, but she’s been hiding it to avoid being used by her family. One day, she is approached with a marriage proposal by Langst-Termidor, a frontier marquis rumored to hate women. Suspicious, Kurvette disguises her appearance using her potions to meet him. But what she meets is unexpected: instead of disdain, Langst overtly makes advances on her… she didn’t expect to be cherished.

Yakumo is an adventurer who was expelled from the "Holy Sword Group" after his unique skill [Paper Mastery] was determined to be a small fry skill. However, as a result of protecting his friends during the final dungeon capture, another unique skill [Maximum Magic] awakens! Instantly kills a powerful monster solo. Yakumo decides to take on a request from the guild as a solo soloist. On the way, Armine, a beautiful elf alchemist, comes across a place where she is being attacked by monsters. When I helped her with her awakened power, she invited me to join her own party...!? Is the skill to manipulate "paper" a "god" skill? Become the strongest!

‎Zeal had a strange dream—a nightmare that clung to him like a shadow. ‎In a torch-lit chamber steeped in darkness, he saw a woman in a long, flowing gown, her silhouette flickering like smoke. She lay on a cold stone floor, her body writhing in agony. A searing pain twisted through her as strange, ink-black roses began to bloom across her chest—spreading like living tattoos, crawling over her skin, devouring her inch by inch. ‎She cried out—desperate, broken—but her voice faded into silence. ‎The dream felt too vivid, too familiar, as though he weren’t just watching… but remembering. ‎Zeal jolts awake, breathless, the sound of her cry still echoing in his ears. His heart pounds in his chest as he reaches instinctively for it—trying to ground himself, to shake the chill creeping through his bones. ‎He tells himself it’s just a dream. ‎He tries to believe it. ‎But the nightmare returns, night after night, unchanged in its horror. ‎

Lady Lillian Canner, the daughter of an earl, was suddenly informed of her broken engagement by her fiancé— right after he embraced an unfamiliar woman. Unwilling to be defeated by such a tragedy, she restarted her search for a marriage partner. But just then, she happened to witness a princess declaring the annulment of her own engagement. The one cast aside was Demion Reininger, the son of a marquis. Though he should belong to a proud and noble family, his clothing and physique were in tatters. On top of that, the princess and her companions accused him of countless scandals— yet, Lillian just couldn’t believe he was truly that kind of man…!?

On her 40th birthday, Yumeko's grandmother died. She was left all alone. She had no family, no boyfriend, and was working as a temporary worker. That's how Yumeko celebrated her birthday. Just as she was wondering what to do next, her in-game lover, Sierra, asked her to move in with her. Though hesitant, Yumeko agreed, and when she headed to Sierra's house, she found the hugely popular actress Shiori Hoshikawa there! Surprised by this sudden turn of events, Shiori tearfully confessed to Yumeko, "I want to be with you."

Arata Akaishi, whose hobby is cosplay, is suddenly drawn into a summoning ritual and mistaken for the "Saint." The next day, she's told: "You will purify the world." Despite being just a cosplayer with zero divine power, she's given that responsibility. In a kingdom full of intrigue and hidden motives, Arata must navigate her new "Saint" role, trying not to break under expectations.

Kozu Ippei, a high school boy with a scary-looking face but mature (motherly) personality, runs into Yayoi, a cute but devious college girl. Misunderstandings lead to more misunderstandings, as they fall in love.

From a very early age, Yunsan and Haegyung had known one another. But when Haegyung’s manifestation occurred, they both retreated into memories of their childhood. Yunsan, manifested as an Omega, unexpectedly reunites with Haegyung at an amusement park. They secretly resume contact—far from the eyes of others. In their adolescence, when their pheromones were still unstable, they sensed one another through DMs and the scent left on clothing. Eventually, they mature into full adults. They meet again in Jeju Island…

Goo Hae-Jong and Jung Ui-Hyun have been friends since childhood — always looking out for each other. Ui-Hyun is the righteous type who can’t stand to see anyone bullied, while Hae-Jong used to be quiet and a little clumsy. But when they enter high school, everything changes. Hae-Jong suddenly becomes popular — even rumored to be part of the school’s troublemaker crowd. Ui-Hyun can’t understand what happened to her once-gentle friend, and a misunderstanding drives them apart. Now, Hae-Jong wants to fix things, but it’s not that simple. Between hurt feelings, school rumors, and their own pride, both are trapped in a mess of “save me” moments — emotional and otherwise. Will Ui-Hyun still come to his rescue? Or is this the one time even an SOS won’t be answered?

A girl making who makes bentos to confess.

💭 “I wasn’t bullied. I was just… invisible.” Ding Puan lives in a world where no one sees her — not her classmates, not her teachers, not even the people she passes by. Until one ordinary day, a single question shatters her silence: “Do you have a tissue?” From that moment, everything begins to change. A sneeze, a spill, a small act of kindness… and suddenly, everyone knows her as “The Tissue Goddess.” For the first time, Puan feels seen, spoken to, even cherished. But when whispers from her past crawl back into the light, the fragile peace she built begins to crack. Who will believe her? Who will stay? And when the same boy who reached out his hand ends up in trouble because of her— Puan must decide whether to retreat into loneliness again… or finally face the world that once shut her out. 💧 A heartfelt story of quiet wounds, small kindnesses, and the courage to be seen. 🕊️ Sometimes, the smallest gesture can save a life.

One morning, Ji Que wakes up to find himself in a bizarre, eerie world — a place where celestial mountains collapse, temples lie in ruins, evil spirits wear human skins, and wild gods feast on the marrow of the living. At the same time, he acquires a mysterious ability: he can “save up” comprehension points like money, and the more he accumulates, the more wondrous the things he can comprehend. Forced into a series of strange and uncanny events, Ji Que finds himself facing bone Buddhas that spit lotus flowers to “purify” everything, and Laozi himself who refines both heart and pill. But beyond the rampaging demons and monsters, Ji Que discovers something far more terrifying — the darkness within the human heart.

Yumeko dreams of being a pampered princess, but reality has her living in a shitty old apartment building. With a forest on the roof. And a witch in the forest. Tadaa! Maybe she can get this witch (who is a guy, weird) to magically grant all her wishes, up to and including making her destined prince (high school crush) fall in love with her.

<Checkpoint> A drug eradication message from artists Song Ga & Eunso! *This content is a brand webtoon from the Ministry of Food and Drug Safety, and is a drug prevention campaign delivered by artists Song Ga & Eunso.

[PARODY OF GACHIAKUTA, NOT AFFILIATED WITH KEI URANA OR GACHIAKUTA] Gachiauma is Gachiakuta but with the members and jokes of Uma Racing. Uma Racing is a roblox game where you run and also you're an umamusume aka horse girl

On the outskirts of the royal capital, there is a cute cafe with striking white bricks. Esther, the daughter of the Charlier Count family, who runs this cafe, is now living her second life. Her first life was a disaster. Despite being born into the Charlier Count family, a prestigious family known for producing saints, Esther has little magical power and is only pretty to look at, so she was mocked as a "saint with only a face." In the end, her greedy stepsister took away her position as saint and she was sent to a remote area, where she was murdered by someone on the way there. ...But her second life is also troublesome, as for some reason the ruthless Duke has started whispering sweet nothings to her, showering her with unfamiliar words like "I love you" and "You're cute" --?

"Lady Amalthea, will you marry me?" Amalthea receives an unfathomable proposal from the cold prince who hates women! However, their marriage is only a contractual one. Even so, with how kindly the prince is treating her, Amalthea feels she might get the wrong idea... Amalthea has exceptional skill when it comes to territory management. Her talents brought about expectations in the kingdom, and she has been asked to wed the future count, Thomas. However, Thomas takes Amalthea's proposals, leaving her name out of them and claiming them as his own. Not only that, but Thomas also has a lover. When Amalthea points this out, he causes a scene and calls off the engagement. Just when Amalthea had enough and was ready to leave, Prince Kirfas, who happened to witness everything, suddenly proposes to Amalthea?!

A short story about life and death