Kaela, who was neglected by her husband who loves another woman, and was miserably killed in a war with the emperor, who is her husband’s stepfather and uncle.... more>>

She was rather happy to die and willingly died, but when she opened her eyes, she went back to before she got married.

This time, she desperately ran away to avoid death, but she ended up marrying her husband again and went to the cold north again.

Let’s just give up everything.

Now, she has no regrets and is only waiting for a chance to die, but strangely, her husband protects, guards, and loves her dearly.

It’s useless. Only death will bring her rest, so she decides to die properly this time.

For someone, it’s a life without regrets and tedious, but for someone else, it’s a desperate confession.

The couple who should be together are misaligned, the wife sees death, and the husband only looks at his wife.

In the end, one side was destined to go crazy with madness. <<less

In the winter of three years ago, the first locked room mu*der in Japanese history was committed.... more>>

All of the evidence pointed to the defendant. It was certain they were guilty. And yet, they were found innocent and released. Why? Because the crime scene was a perfect locked room no one from the police or the prosecutor's office could solve.

"Since the room was locked, it was impossible for the defendant to have committed the mu*der. It's no different than if they had a perfect alibi." That was the argument of the defense, and that was the argument the judge sided with.

The ruling sent a ripple throughout Japanese society. No matter how suspicious you were or how much evidence you left behind, as long as you managed to create a locked room that no one could solve, you were immune from prosecution. With the common anti-mystery fiction talking point "there's no reason anyone would ever actually commit a locked room mu*der" completely overturned, the rate of locked room mu*ders in Japan skyrocketed.

When the police proved unable to deal with the surge of locked room crime, the Ministry of Justice published an official categorization of all known locked room tricks as an investigative aid. When that proved insufficient, Division Zero of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a police division dedicated solely to solving locked rooms, was created. When that still proved insufficient, locked room detectives, private investigators specializing in locked rooms, were officially licensed by the state and authorized to participate in police investigations. Calling a locked room appraiser, someone specializing in searching buildings for secret passages, is now a common first step in criminal investigations.

On the other side of the spectrum, locked room agents, assassins and crime planners specializing in locked room mu*ders, have become some of the most notorious criminals in Japanese history, and even a cult worshiping the scenes of locked rooms as a way to purify the souls of the deceased has made rapid inroads into Japan.

The protagonist, Kasumi Kuzushiro, is an introverted, somewhat cynical high school student who loves mysteries. Kasumi often finds himself dragged along on bizarre journeys by his flighty childhood friend, Yozuki Asahina. Due to their staggeringly bad luck, these trips often leave them in the wrong place at the wrong time to be caught up in locked room mysteries. Fortunately, another of Kasumi's childhood friends, Shitsuri Mitsumura, is the greatest locked room expert in the world, and can always discover the truth.

Hm? How did a high school girl become the greatest locked room expert in the world?

It's simple.

She's...

Volume 1 was the grand prize winner of the 2022 This Mystery Is Amazing! awards. <<less

Dispatched worker Chiang Liu, an Alpha, chances upon his ideal Omega on a ho*kup app. Filled with fantasies of their fling-to-romance, he arrives at their arranged meetup only to discover that there was something slightly off about this man...... more>>

“Are you sure about this?”
“Why do you ask?”
“Just now…downstairs…wasn’t that your wife and your daughter?” <<less

"Dispel your delusions. Even if you wake up from death, you could never even follow in Rachel's footsteps."... more>>

My husband has another woman.

And it's his first love who has been missing for 7 years.

My husband was still obsessed with finding that woman.

To make matters worse, he was convinced that I had something to do with her.

"Tell me where Rachel is. Then maybe I'll give you the night you so desperately beg for."

His hands, which had torn at my dress, came up roughly.

Just as my flustered face was about to fall apart, he stopped his mocking caress.

A bitter smile crept up above his lips.

The problem is that I am the 'woman' he is looking for. <<less

Do you ever ponder the existence of myriad parallel universes, each mirroring your own reality? Clearly, it’s the same person. However, while she may be... more>> an unrivaled wealthy heiress in this universe, in another, she could just be a penniless working girl. Theoretically, these realms never cross paths. Yet, one fateful day, the affluent Jiang Xiaoyuan finds herself thrust into a meticulously orchestrated mishap, becoming another version of herself in a different realm. Stripped of her family background, education, looks, and wealth, what remains as the essence of oneself? What truly defines the self? This story plans to take a transformation plan into another dimension. <<less

“I want to love again and be loved.”... more>>

Conservative and sincere youth Karel meets a man by chance on his journey. Sasha, a fugitive who couldn’t hide his beautiful appearance even in the midst of desperation. Karel, who falls for him at first sight, pours out an unrequited love…

Eight years later. The once fugitive has become a successful dancer who captivates Paris. However, numerous rumors follow in his shadow. Rumors of drug abuse, performing in blue movies, bedding noble patrons for luxury… And some of these rumors are undoubtedly true.

Yet, even for Sasha, there was a past where he received devoted love from someone. However, Sasha abandoned him for success, and he went missing shortly after the war.

Then one day, his forgotten lover reappears before him. In a completely different guise from the past. <<less

"I've already decided. I'm no longer an idol."... more>>

One day, moments after joining B Komachi, Ai told the agency's president, Ichigo Saito. Behind the scenes of B Komachi's seemingly successful activities, there were issues of discord between Ai and the other members.

Ai, fed up with the situation, tries to quit being an idol, however, Ichigo tries to prevent her...!?

Also, what about the story of Sarina and Goro who met before they were reincarnated as Aqua and Ruby, and how they parted ways?

The secret story of the story has been revealed!!! In addition, this is a super deluxe first novel version that also includes the original novel written by Aka Akasaka, ``Perspective B'', which was distributed as a bonus to visitors at the early screening of the first episode of the anime!!! <<less

In a new life in new city, amidst the thrilling adventure of university life, a seemingly reserved girl embarks on a journey of self-discovery and s*xual exploration. As she embraces her newfound freedom, her world begins to transform in ways she never imagined.... more>>

Drawn into a seductive realm of exhibitionism, she discovers a hidden desire within herself, yearning to break free from the confines of societal norms. Curiosity turns into an insatiable hunger as she delves deeper into her untamed desires. <<less

Retrovision: An ability to delve into the past of others, which is triggered when he harbors animosity towards them.... more>>

"What were you thinking before you saw 'that'?"

"Something bad. I wanted to kill the culprit."

"...why?"

"They had something I didn't have, and yet they weren't satisfied with it. They killed the people they should've loved."

Must justice always stem from good intentions?

No, he will protect the innocent through inferiority and anger. <<less

[Synopsis]
“Have s*x with someone affectionate.”... more>>

“Like me.”

Jin, who was kidnapped and lived disconnected from the world in an attic when he was young.

He followed the rescuer Cliff, who rescued him from the attic, and became a police officer. Currently, he has an ardent crush on Cliff. He considered confessing his feelings, but he couldn’t confess his emotions for fear of ruining his relationship with Cliff.

Jin, who has been unable to approach Cliff despite his feelings for him, repeats this for years. One day, he meets a man named Theo.

But this man seems to know me?

[Preview]
“Cliff.”

I hesitated for a moment, then firmly pressed my lips together. I tensed my body pretending indifference. After shielding myself with calmness, I opened my mouth provocatively.

“What exactly are you to me?”

Without all the singularities or whatever. I didn’t add any unnecessary reasons or information. Interpretation was Cliff’s job. Surprisingly, Cliff answered without hesitation. There was no pause or hesitation.

Now the interpretation was my job. However, while my intentions were often read by Cliff, Cliff had never been read by me. When I regained my senses, it was always in Cliff’s palm.

“You’re too difficult, Cliff.”

I let out a bitter laugh. This and that seemed to be quite different stories.

“Please just say something that people can understand at once, Cliff.”

As I sighed, I heard a soft laughter from the other end of the phone. In that low and gentle voice, I found myself laughing along unintentionally, and at that moment, Cliff said, <<less

Shi Ye × Sheng Xia... more>>

Tsundere top, slow-witted bottom.

A somewhat unconventional band story, not set in the entertainment industry, with a seven-year age gap between the main characters. Both protagonists are a bit childish and strange, telling the boring story of two neurotic and whimsical people falling in love. There may be many triggering points, so enter the story with caution. <<less

Rachel realized that this world was an erot*c BL novel she had read in her past life. She is the main character, fiancée to Lionel, who is about to die. But Rachel deludes herself into thinking that she can win his heart and change her fate.... more>>

After marrying Lionel, everything falls apart: forced s*x, the disappearance of her brother, and the destruction of her family. Eventually, she takes out her anger on her husband's lover, Jeffrey, and abuses him so viciously that she dies at Lionel's hands.......

And the shocking truth she is told.

"Your brother's disappearance was at my hands, as was your family's, all of whom were caught up in treason."

She thought her life would end with her death, but she woke up to find herself nineteen years in the past. Can Rachel protect the people she loves and get revenge on Lionel?

In doing so, Rachel finds herself entangled in a swamp of temptation with three men: Nicholas, Rachel's lover before her regression; Jeffrey, her husband's lover who was abused by Rachel; and Simeon, who betrayed her family with false testimony.

"You won't regret this, will you?"

"Never. Please, do as you please." <<less

In the prosperous Jianglong City, women and children disappear every day, and strange clouds gather over the city.... more>>

A puzzle piece was sent to the police station, and the clues pointed to the recent frequent disappearances.

The police discovered that this was not an ordinary puzzle piece but human skin, and it came from the mu*derer of another case.

Is it the mu*derer? Or the victim? Who is the perpetrator?

Yu Jing, the leader of the Serious Crime Team Two, grew up among gangsters and made jokes on weekdays, but when it comes to serious matters, he immediately becomes serious and leads his men straight to the scene. He discovered that the clues in the case were very similar to an old case from fifteen years ago.

This case was inextricably linked to the major child abduction case fifteen years ago.

In order to solve the case faster, the city bureau called in a helping hand. They heard it was the forensic section chief from the city bureau next door, “Lu Yidao”*, who claims to be able to make the dead speak.

Accidentally, the two met at the crime scene, and both thought the other was a gangster. After a few rounds of fighting, both of them were impressed.

Even if the misunderstanding was resolved, the relationship was still forged.

The appearance of mysterious puzzle pieces actually formed a mysterious sun totem.

Although the two of them started fighting each other as soon as they met, in the face of the sudden case, they made a tacit agreement to temporarily reconcile and joined hands to face the sea of blood and avenge countless dead souls.

“The sun means rebirth and burns everything. I am willing to use my mortal body to withstand all kinds of difficulties and dangers. Even if it turns into embers, I will have no regrets.”

“Even if the night is endless, as long as faith never goes out, I will be the fireworks that light up the way forward.”

[Gong, the leader of the crime team with explosive combat power and intelligence, vs. Shou, the forensic doctor who looks weak but actually punches.]

*Lu Yidao 陆一刀: One sword Lu; it might be a nickname for Lu Yan. <<less

Okitegami Kyouko is a famous detective who solves cases in a single day. In fact, she has to, since her memories only last for one day before they ‘reset.’ However, for important things, she writes messages for herself down on her body with a special pen. One of her common clients is Kakushidate Yakusuke, a man who is often wrongly suspected of committing crimes. There is also a live-action drama adaptation of this story.... more>>

The original novel’s story is about a detective named Kyōko Okitegami who is also known as the forgetful detective. She forgets everything in a day, but solves cases the same day. (Her name has the Japanese word for “today” in it.) An unlucky young man named Yakusuke Kakushidate somehow ends up as the suspect in every case, and he always asks for the detective. <<less

The once-in-a-century heavy rain washed away the embankment, the water receded, and the cracked ground revealed a male body that had been sealed for many years. The investigation found that it was Jiang Xiyan, the top scorer in the college entrance examination, who disappeared ten years ago.... more>>

The criminal policeman Song Zhou, who was in charge of investigating the case, worked day and night, but he still couldn't hold back the great sleepiness and laid down at his desk to rest.

While half asleep and half awake, he received a call. The caller claimed to be Jiang Xiyan and was being hunted down. He hoped that the police would rescue him.

Song Zhou thought that someone had the same name, but he didn't expect that the place names mentioned by the other party were all the locations that had been demolished, and the time Jiang Xiyan mentioned was exactly three days before he was confirmed missing.

Regardless of whether it was a prank or a real occurrence, out of responsibility, Song Zhou still helped him out of trouble, but he was surprised to find that the evidence in his hand was also changing.

In other words, the other party might really be Jiang Xiyan, who died ten years ago.

—Uncle policeman, can I trust you? Can I survive?

—Yes, trust me, and trust yourself too.

—If I survive, I want to see you. <<less

Sehwa turned his head away as if he didn’t want to deal with them. It was an obvious provocation, an everyday occurrence, but just because he was used to it didn’t mean he didn’t care how they treated him. He knew they were doing it because they want to see him lose his temper, and he didn’t want to be swayed by their provocation, so he just let it slide.... more>>

Sakura, Hongdan-i, and sometimes Samwol-i…

He’d told them hundreds of times not to call him by that nickname, but no one listened to the words of a mere creditor, petty hustler, or drug dealer. Still, Sehwa spoke tirelessly every time.​

My name is neither Sakura, nor Hongdan, nor Samwol.

Sehwa,
My name is Lee Sehwa. <<less

In the era of the Republic of China... more>>

He Yunqin, the second son of the owner of Shanghai Tang Yarn Industry, met Yu Hongdou, a female student at St. John's, while he was looking into an unsolved case. He Yunqin found, guarded, and then abducted his wife before they were wed. He Yunqin adored, cherished, and loved his wife after their marriage. <<less

The story is set in a Middle Eastern inspired land, Chevron, ruled by five kings of divine blood. Seiji, a pleasure s*ave, has a little... more>> sister who can read the future in the stars. When her prophetic gift begins to attract attention, he dresses up as a girl and goes in her stead to the palace to serve the King of Kings, Azur. <<less

Born into the Seo family, known for their generations-long destiny, Seungju, the only one who narrowly escaped fate, and couldn’t see ghosts.... more>>

From the moment he was born, until he opened his eyes in the same bed as his neighbor and hyung, Kim Muheun.

“Seungju, you cried a lot yesterday.”

A night lost in alcohol-induced haze. Since that day, Seungju’s spiritual eyes, opened. Kim Muheun, the eldest son of the promising exorcist family, promises to take responsibility and protect Seungju…

“I’d rather get hurt than you.”

One with a destiny to vanquish evil spirits, the other with a destiny to exorcise evil spirits.

Their bloodlines deeply intertwined as if miraculously unmixed. Their fates began to intertwine. <<less

University student Jae-hee Lee barely manages to return to school after struggling with his family’s debt. It’s here he finds himself immediately attracted to the beautiful Shin-hyeok Woo, who seems to come from a world entirely different from his own.... more>>

Struggling to manage the demands of his daily life, Jae-hee hides his feelings until a group assignment in their shared class forges a connection between them.

When Jae-hee unintentionally discovers a hidden side to Shin-hyeok, he’s terrified. But Shin-hyeok had already firmly engraved himself into Jae-hee, scorching his body like a fireball and plunging his world into a rain that never stops.

**

*Top: Shin-hyeok Woo, 23 years old. A beast hiding his violent nature behind a nice exterior. One day, he discovers Jae-hee Lee’s gaze on him and it piques his interest. Jae-hee Lee is easy to touch and doesn’t seem to be a problem.

*Bottom: Jae-hee Lee, 24 years old. Growing up as the youngest child in a poor and violent family, he is gentle and slightly helpless. After struggling with his family’s debt, he barely manages to return to school, when he meets Shin-hyeok Woo who catches his eye. Shin-hyeok is too beautiful and cold to get close to. <<less

I just want to be with you. ... more>>

That’s all I want.

This is a love story between two lonely people.

“Do you want to live in my house …… from today onwards?”

High school sophomore Riku Kuramine, desperate after being dumped by his childhood friend, coincidentally enters a convenience store and saves a cashier who is being robbed.

The cashier is Ayana Hoshimiya, the most popular and beautiful girl in school.

This incident caused Hoshimiya to consult him about the stalker problem, and the two decided to live together under the guise of protecting him, who lived alone.

“I feel safer with Kuramine-kun.”

“Wake up, I’ve made breakfast. Are you eating with me?”

“Kuromine-kun, you really work hard… and live your life”.

During his stay with Hoshimiya, Riku regained his zest for life.

This is a sweet and enchanting love story between two people who are so lonely that tears come to their eyes. <<less

A serious accident caused the protagonist’s brain to have an unusual mutation. This changed the brain development that it opened the door to a mysterious universe. Not only he obtained a ‘god-like’ powerful telekinetic control and mental perception, he also had an abnormal analysis and memory capability comparable to super computer. Having such super brain, his rough life began.... more>>

Brain development progress 10%…….20%……50%….80%…. …100% <<less

After being imprisoned by his mother for five years, Raymond was sent to a boarding school in the countryside as if being abandoned. He began a new school life with four dormitory roommates.... more>>

<Simon> – a quiet, blunt but kind-hearted boy.

<Hugh> – a sociable and energetic boy loved by everyone.

<George> – a mysterious boy who seems to have secrets.

And now, we need to know about <Jerome>.

***

<Jerome> had a room to himself. George said it was because there weren’t enough students, but I didn’t believe him. I instinctively disliked <Jerome> from the moment I first saw him. He was similar in height and build to me, but somehow seemed larger and stronger. His equestrian physique was slim and agile, and his hands were slightly larger than average.

Because he rode horses every day, he often wore riding clothes. With white riding pants clinging to his legs, black boots, and a loose-collared shirt, he carried a leather riding crop. I especially disliked that crop. <Jerome> would often, as a joke, lift the tip of Hugh’s chin with the leather loop attached to the end of the crop, and the sight was extremely uncomfortable. <<less