Daruma Matsuura

Ugly Kasane's mother left to her a tube of lipstick that hides a secret- it gives her the power to steal faces. Kasane has made up her mind to use this power to steal everything beautiful. Then she meets the unbelievably gorgeous Neena Tanzawa…

A lipstick with the power to steal faces. With that power and the cooperation of her beautiful younger sister Nogiku, Kasane is ready to stand at the heights as an actress, just as she always dreamed she would. But behind the scenes, Nogiku is plotting her downfall. Kasane is the daughter of the woman who made Nogiku's own mother miserable, and this fact makes Nogikus heart burn with the dark desire for revenge. In the end, will Kasane surpass her...

With the power of a lipstick that steals faces and her beautiful sister Nogiku's face, Kasane shines brilliantly in the world of theater. Iku Igurashi, a girl whose face Kasane once stole in high school, shows up to share a role with Kasane in a double-cast production of A Stardrop. Where will this coincidence, this trick of fate, lead Kasane? Then during the final rehearsal, the day before the show and in the middle of her best performance yet,Kasane...

Using the power of a mysterious lipstick that can steal faces, Kasane acquires the face of a beautiful woman named Neena Tanzawa. Freed from her former ugliness, Kasane uses Neena's beauty and her own natural talent as a actress to stand under the shining spotlights on stage. But when she encounters her blood sister, Nogiku, everything changes...

Ugly Kasane's mother left her a lipstick with the power to steal faces, and Kasane has made up her mind to use this power to steal everything the beautiful have. She meets the gorgeous Neena Tanzawa, pushes her to madness and finally succeeds in stealing her face. Now with true beauty in her grasp, Kasane gains fame in the world of theater. But unbeknownst to her, new disaster looms...

"In early 19th-century Japan, a down-and-out samurai named Ryudo Konosuke struggles through his hardscrabble life. His dear departed mother's last hope was for him to live his life as a splendid warrior, but a cruel curse repels and distorts any metal that gets near him. Will he ever be able to wield a sword, much less live the life of an honorable samurai? After his wife Tsuki is abducted by an onmyoji sorcerer, Konosuke tries to get on with his...

"A down-and-out samurai named Ryudo Konosuke struggles through his hardscrabble life in early 19th-century Japan. It is said that a samurai's spirit rests in their sword--and Konosuke can't even pick one up thanks to a cruel curse that repels anything made of metal that gets near him. Destitute and hopeless, he decides to end it all. But when a beautiful and mysterious woman saves his life and his soul, it is the beginning of Ryudo's journey into...