Most people claim that high school memories are the best. Sa High School mo raw mararanasan lahat. Mula sa samu't saring kahihiyan at 'di mabilang na kalokohan, hanggang sa first crush, first love, at first heartbreak. Maybe you experienced most of your firsts during high school-like Pia. Sophia Joy Alejo, hindi katulad ng pangalan niya na may Joy, her life isn't about rainbows and butterflies. Pia is a frustrated nurse in a public hospital, she has been working for her two younger siblings for six years upon their parents' death. She is serving sick people and although it drains her, she can't stop working-Eh, kasi nga, panganay! Sometimes, she wishes for an escape. How lucky of her to meet Lola Elisa, isang misteryosong tindera na kaya siyang bigyan ng sandaling pahinga. She sold her a DVD-a bizarre DVD. One mysterious movie and an old television brought Pia back to high school. Katulad ng mga pelikula, nabigyan siya ng pagkakataon na ma-replay ang isang yugto ng buhay niya. Does it mean she can also save her failed love with Jacob Rey Silvestre, the married lawyer? Now that she's given a chance to experience a bittersweet part of her life, will she laugh, fall in love, cry, and let her heart break again? Or will she try to change the past to make the present better?

PUBLISHED UNDER MANILA POP Young Love Series #4: September Elizabeth Ferreira September Elizabeth Ferreira has always hated life. One moment, everything is falling apart. The next thing she knows, she's being confessed at by someone she cannot even recognize because everything she sees doubles because of alcohol. September drank that night and everything sure was blurry to her. Her memory is foggy and she definitely forgot about everything that happened---even the mysterious guy who wore a dark hoodie and a black leather watch. As September tries to recall everything that happened the night she got wasted, she found herself discovering the truth little by little. Will September remember everything that happened that night? If she does, will the truth make her life a lot better? Or not? Started: November 20, 2021 Ended: November 20, 2021 Cover illustration by: @Zirree

PUBLISHED UNDER MANILA POP Young Love Series #3: Journey Rae Sobral Journey Rae Sobral or Joey has always been a hopeless romantic. She thinks that love is always about a butterfly-filled stomach and a fluttering heart. Hindi pa man n'ya nararanasan ang magmahal nang totoo, marami na s'yang iniisip na pakiramdam ng tunay na pagmamahal. She has always believed her ideals on love. . .not until she fell for him. As Joey finds conflict with her feelings, she found herself falling deeper in love with the guy she has always had concealed feelings for. Will Joey finally discover the difference between her ideals and real love? Or not? Started: September 11, 2021 Ended: October 25, 2021 Cover illustration by: @Zirree

Isabelle Dizon was perfect. A straight A business course student, a sensible lady, a responsible daughter any parent would wished for. But she felt something lacking. She often felt she was living to her parents idea of what she should be, and she started to doubt if that was what she really wanted. As her uncertainty and longing continued, she met a group of people from a poorly funded, nearly dissolved, university organization. A group of six university students who taught her the value of friendship, the courage that comes with pursuing her dreams, and the importance of living in the moment and creating Something Spectacular. Something Spectacular written by: april_avery Genre: Teen Fiction

PUBLISHED UNDER MANILA POP Young Love Series #2: Neariah July Serrano Art is subjective. As an Arts and Design student, Neariah July Serrano has always thought that the most beautiful form of art is love---unpredictable, sometimes cunning, sometimes inspirational, and sometimes destructive. But most of the time, love feels like it completes a person. Love is unpredictable. This is what she believes in. Because when she fell for her friend, she hasn't thought about falling for someone else. . .yet she did. As July continues to encounter obstacles with her friend whom she's been crushing on since the school year started, she found herself suddenly falling in love with another guy. Will July finally be loved this time around? Or will it be like a cold day in July? Started: July 6, 2021 Ended: September 8, 2021 Cover illustration by: @Zirree

PUBLISHED UNDER MANILA POP Young Love Series #1: Mearah June Escalera Romantic love is different for every person. For Mearah June Escalera, she believes that only those who are unique and special can experience it. Love is certainly not for someone like her--an average girl who, if in a movie, can only be an "extra." Hinding-hindi s'ya magiging pasok sa criteria ng pagiging "main character." As June continued believing that no one can ever see her as someone special, she found herself being confessed to by the guy she least expects to have interest in her. Will Mearah June realize that she's capable of being loved? Or will she continue believing that she's not worthy of being the "main character"? Started: June 24, 2021 Ended: July 5, 2021 Cover illustration by: @Zirree

SAGADA Inspired by the song "SAGADA" by Cup of Joe WYATT ALEXIS GATCHALLIAN She vowed her life to God. He never believed in forever. So why does it feel like their hearts were written in the same prayer? AYOKONG IKASAL. I never dreamed of a wedding. It was beautiful, sure---for some. But not for me. Hindi 'to ang buhay na inaasahan ko. Hindi ang pinto na 'yon ang naghihintay sa'kin. Hindi sa ganitong paraan ako magsusuot ng telang puti. Hindi. Ayoko. Hindi ito ang pinlano ng Diyos para sa'kin. Because my dream was different. I thought I heard it in the stillness of dawn, in the hush of chapel walls, in the gentle rhythm of prayers. I thought I knew the life God was calling me to live. But then, he came---Wyatt Alexis Gatchallian. Parte ng isang bandang kinakabaliwan ng lahat. His life is loud music, late nights, fleeting kisses, and freedom without consequence. Palaging lasing. Palaging magulo. Palaging hindi ko maintindihan. and yet somehow, he's the one I'm told to marry. Arranged. Unexpected. Unwanted. I wanted to serve God. They wanted me to serve tradition. Now I'm stuck in the space between this mess. Between a God I've always loved and a man I never asked for... Pero bakit habang tumatagal parang hindi na makuhang lumayo pa ng mata ko sa pagtingin sa kaniya. The more I try to push him away, the more he starts to feel like a hymn I never meant to memorize. And maybe... just maybe... He's been searching for something sacred, too. How do you choose between a calling you've always known... and a love you never saw coming? 05/22/25

[OFFICE LOVE AFFAIRS #1] As his personal secretary, Chantal's next task is to marry the president. *** Not getting any younger, Xavi is pressured by his mother to get married and settle down. He is lured on blind dates disguised as business meetings and family gatherings. With his patience stretching to its limits, to escape his mother's persistence, he offers extra work to Chantal and boldly asks her hand in marriage. Having faith in love and believing in destiny, Chantal rejects his offer and files for a resignation. She thinks it will be easy to find another job in the corporate world with her credentials and working directly for the highest post in Dela Vega Holdings. However, Chantal has no idea that Xavi will block her applications until she is hard-pressed and unable support her mother, who is undergoing regular dialysis. In the end, she has no choice but to accept Xavi's offer, be his wife in papers, and play pretend.

Hellary Angeles was head over heels for her long-time crush, Neo. And her obsession with him reached the point where she moved to the school where he transferred. But that new school had a myth - if a student talked to the mysterious guy who was wearing a gray hoodie, he or she would become ominous with love. She never believed that, but her curiosity led her to that one cold night when she mistook someone else for that hoodie guy! And that someone else, Nazareth Sarmiego, stole a kiss from her! Para makabawi sa ginawa, sinabi ni Nazareth na tutulungan niyang mapalapit siya kay Neo. However, as they kept on trying and trying to attain her goal, she unexpectedly fell for Nazareth. But no matter how much warmth and solace his hoodie could give her amidst this chaotic world, she just couldn't be with him because it would only hurt her more.

Soliesse Adelina is a sophisticated woman from a private family of de Andrades. For the last five years, she was caged at their mansion which most may call a dream-perhaps a home. She knew she was missing a lot about life and she wanted to regain her freedom-even if it means, she has to break the rules. On her 27th birthday, she left Spain and flew to the Philippines. Here, she decided to live a real life with a fake identity. But starting from scratch is harder than she expected, she doesn't know much about the unfamiliar country. In her adventure, Soliesse landed at Yohan Thaddeus Suarez's, an airline CEO, a pilot, and a licensed private investigator. He is a workaholic man who seemed to be lost for reasons to stay at home-he never knew what home is anyway. Two hunters in the wild, lost in places they have been. Will they be able to hunt their homes together or will their relationship remain a forbidden escapade? Ended: August 26, 2023