My Blind Date Is Nanami

Natsume Akiho met Nanami at a disastrous matchmaking dinner.

They weren't being matched with each other.

They each had a date.

One was a spoiled man who bragged, “You'll pay for the whole house and put it in my name. You'll bring my parents over and take care of them, too. And after we get married, you'll cover all the household expenses every month.”

The other was a gold-digging woman complaining, “You brought me to a restaurant like this for our matchmaking date? You owe me. Take me shopping for a bag afterward.”

The two of them seemed like a perfect match.

Beneath the lights, a woman in a red dress looked elegant and relaxed. She took a cigarette from her clutch and lit it. Through the curling smoke, she raised her red lips in a slight smile and invited the man across from her.

“Shall we go?”

They stood up in perfect agreement, paid their own bills, and left. Breathing in the slightly damp air after the rain, they briefly introduced themselves to each other.

“I'm two years older than you, so you could call me big sister.”

“It's a good thing we're both here for matchmaking.”

“So, what do you think? Want to give it a try with me?”

Natsume Akiho looked up at him with a faint smile.

Her lowered voice sounded just a little hoarse.

A mature woman has the clearest understanding of her own appeal. She knew herself, and could quickly see through other people's thoughts.

“I own my own place.”

“I have savings.”

“My work hours are flexible, and I don't have to work overtime, so I can easily accommodate your schedule.”

“Most importantly, you don't dislike me, do you?”

She curled her lips in a sly smile, having guessed exactly what he was thinking.

Nanami agreed.

-

It wasn't until they got together that he found out this clever, beautiful woman could make desserts and delicious food, but was otherwise completely helpless around the house.

She had absolutely no talent for tidying up.

She always forgot things when she went out.

And she had no sense of direction.

Nanami: “...”

He couldn't shake the feeling he'd been tricked.

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Can't Recognize Faces, Falling in Love with an ANBU in Konoha

Azuma Rina had sworn to become the strongest, then transmigrated.

She found herself in a strange ancient world. There were no sorcerers here, but there were ninjas. No cursed spirits, but there was war.

No problem. This was manageable.

First, let's set a small goal: become the Hokage.

Day one after transmigrating.

She became a genin.

Day two after transmigrating.

The Great Ninja War began, and she was promoted to chunin in the middle of the fighting.

Day three.

She fell in love.

A few months later, after successfully becoming a jonin, she decided to celebrate by taking her boyfriend on a sweet date. But she forgot that she was face-blind and that her boyfriend was ANBU. She only recognized him when he was wearing his mask. Without it, she had no idea who he was.

Even worse, because she'd been so obsessed with leveling up, her boyfriend thought they'd broken up.

She decided to find her boyfriend and explain.

But...

What was her boyfriend's name again?

-

After Shisui Uchiha returned from the battlefield heartbroken, he heard there was a jonin who spent every day catching ANBU on the rooftops. Every time she caught one, she asked:

“Hello, do you know my boyfriend?”

“You don't?”

“Then can I touch you?”

“My boyfriend has a cute spiky haircut, and a scar on his stomach. I stabbed him, so I'm pretty familiar with that.”

Shisui Uchiha: “...”

He silently went outside.

And shaved his head down to a buzz cut.

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