screenshot from Veil by Kotteri. The heroine leans on the male lead as he light a cigarette.

Veil

Name: Veil
Mangaka: Kotteri

Volumes: 6 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Udon Entertainment (Print)
Type: Manga
Genre: Vingette, Slice of Life
Age Group: Everyone

Summary:  
Like a classic film, he and she encountered each other by chance. He was an on-duty police officer in the city. She was a runaway heiress. When he learned that she is looking for work, he decided to welcome her as the police station’s telephone operator. This was the beginning of the everyday lives of he and she and the delicate distance between them.
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Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 5/5

Opinion: Absolute masterpiece and a must have for any print manga collection.

I’m a big fan of slice of life and Veil is a wonderful collection of vignettes. The art is stunning, even without the short stories it’s worth buying just as an art book. It feels vintage in colour and design.

The stories are so intimate while so short and sweet. We learn more about the two main characters bit by bit. I’ve read the mangaka says the leads aren’t romantically linked but the chemistry between the two is undeniable.

That said you should know since these are vignettes each chapter is maximum 5 pages long. Most of them around 3-4 pages. I was caught off guard at first but it adds to the charm, and leaves me desperately longing for more.

This is a great buy if you prioritize good art, enjoy slice of life, or just want to read something different.

Final Rating: 5/5

Extra: n/a

Purchase: No digital options and Udon Entertainment is not known for consistency and finishing series. So we all wait with bated breath.

The Villainess and the Demon Knight screenshot the heroine leans in and kisses the male lead on the cheek

Villainess and the Demon Knight

Name: The Villainess and the Demon Knight
Author: Nekoda
ArtistSeikan

Volumes: 4 (Ongoing)
Licensed: Seven Seas Entertainment (Digital / Paperback)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy/Fantasy/Josei
Age Group: Mature (18+ H)

Summary:  
The Marquis’ daughter, Cecilia, had suddenly realised the fact that she had reincarnated into an Otome game as the villainous daughter! However, it was already too late for her to avoid condemnation. After breaking off her marriage engagement, she was framed by the heroine and had fallen, forcing her to become a prostitute. Her first customer was the heroine’s childhood friend, the Deputy Leader of the Imperial Guards, Lucas Herbst, who was so strong that he could even be considered a cheater in life. Frightened, Cecilia was embraced relentlessly only to awake in the residence of the Duke of Herbst the next morning. Moreover, a mark of the vow was engraved on her lower abdomen, marking her as Lucas’s fiancéeー?!

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Graphics Rating: 5/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

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I, An Introverted Omega, Became The Mate Of A Delinquent Alpha

Name: I, An Introverted Omega, Became The Mate Of A Delinquent Alpha
MangakaKodaka Kazuma

Volumes: 1 (Complete)
Licensed: DLSite (Digital-Censored)
Type: Manga
Genre: Smut
Age Group: Mature (18+H)

Summary:  
A favorable matchmaking offer comes out of the blue to the around 30 years old omega protagonist Kurumi.
She decides to become the mate of Shizuru, a fierce looking alpha from a distinguished family, but…?
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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

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2 Oku no Chijou, Kinyuu Ou no Dekiai

Name: 2 Oku no Chijou, Kinyuu Ou no Dekiai (Blind Love for Two Million With the Smitten King of Finance)
Mangaka: Daimaru Sansei

Volumes: 6 Ch (Complete)
Licensed: E-Renta
Type: Manga
Genre: Drama/Hentai
Age Group: Mature (18+)

Summary:  “I haven’t had enough.” A big finance tycoon penetrates her deeply again and again, making her come sweetly… with every thrust, her love grows stronger. Even though she can’t let him realize how she feels, no matter what… In order to recover her one million inheritance from her mother that an unscrupulous yakuza group has stolen from her, Aoi infiltrated a hostess club. What awaited her when she thought she had successfully gained his trust was a forced purchase of her freedom. That’s when Reio Tatsugami, Aoi’s regular client and the director of Zeus Finance, shows up before her. Shockingly, he declares he will buy her from the yakuza for two million. He makes a proposal to her. “Have sex with me for 5,000 a night to pay back your debt.” Read about the unrequited love on both sides with an ideal man who’s a finance tycoon!

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Graphics Rating: 4/5
Plot Rating: 3/5

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Yakuza ni ofuro de hatarakasaretemasu screenshot the male l-ead leans towards the heroine as she stares at him

Yakuza ni Ofuro de Hatarakasaretemasu

Name: Yakuza ni Ofuro de Hatarakasaretemasu (working in a bathhouse under the orders of an obsessed gangster)
MangakaTakashi

Volumes: 2 (Ongoing – Scanlations)
Type: Manga
Genre: Comedy
Age Group: Teen

Summary:
Miyako Yamazumei, who grew up in a single-parent household, returns to her hometown for the first time in 10 years after the death of her father. Her father left Miyako with the public bathhouse that he cherished, and a debt of 10 million yen that he owed to the yakuza. Miyako and the yakuza money-lender are determined to rebuild the bathhouse to make it profitable again.

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Graphics Rating: 3/5
Plot Rating: 4/5

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