“Hunt: ‘I bought you.’... more>>

Ari: ‘I was bought by you.’

This is the land of the 【New Great Nation】 where witches and humans intertwine—.

One day, Hunt Duckarts, a nobleman, buys an unknown girl from the impoverished slum city of 【Stova】, which is the lowest-tier city.

The girl has a peculiar appearance, and a worn opera glove is unnaturally placed on her left hand.

Upon seeing the girl, he becomes certain.

‘Finally, I’ve found it. The key to reaching “that woman.”‘

The girl later comes to know.

His desire is to find the “Witch’s Limbs” and, moreover, to kill the “Witch of the Blue Rose.”

And to achieve that, he intends to use the girl’s power, as a vengeful man.

What exactly is the “Witch’s Limbs” he speaks of?

And why does he vow revenge against the “Witch of the Blue Rose”?

The girl named Ari, given a name by Hunt, was bought only to be exploited by him.

However, gradually, amid the bewilderment and fear she felt towards him, Arii begins to experience emotions she has never felt before…?

This is a story of a young fallen nobleman who lives for revenge and a lonely girl, a journey that will change their destinies—.” <<less

The VR gaming device, Arcadia, has released the world’s first and only virtual world.
Three years have passed since the game, which overturned the world’s common sense in every sense of the word, began service…Now, a young man has broken through the path of asuras filled with part-time jobs and studies and throws himself into that world.... more>>

“I spent three years of my youth paying for the purchase…!!” <<less

One day, without any explanations or assistance, I, Takuto Suzuya, found myself thrown into a different world. Determined to make the most of my abilities and find my way, I have no choice but to survive in this world!... more>>

With the 'Calligraphy Magic' and various collections, I will strive to continue a peaceful and eventful(?) life! <<less

In the morning, I woke up in an unfamiliar place. Moreover, I, who was supposed to be an old man, has turned into a child!?... more>>

This is a mysterious world where a magic called the "Miracle of God" exists. Am I the only one who realizes the infinite potential of this strange power called magic? Well, if that's the case, why not live an interesting life with this power?

...However, due to the magic I secretly learned, a certain "suspicion" is cast upon me. A great commotion suddenly erupted in a small village called Rish Village... As a result, I was ordered by the feudal lord to attend a local magic academy.

While attending the magic academy and taking the first step towards my dream of becoming an adventurer, I get involved in the kidnapping of a duke's daughter, play around with curses, and fantasize about getting rich with alchemy, all while graduating from the academy's junior division.

Then, I was supposed to attend the magic academy in the royal capital. At the academy, I'm called a prodigy, earn a grand title like "Curse Breaker" by making money with curses, and live with two girls. Unexpectedly, a strange ball of light settles in, and my life takes an unforeseen turn.

An incident arises where a fake "Curse Breaker" appears, involving the adventurer's guild, I almost get assassinated by the church, and my everyday life remains chaotic. While engaged to three girls, I finally succeed in generating Orichalcum with alchemy in secret and become a secret billionaire! But, I'm nonchalantly assigned military duties and receive medals, suspicious individuals lurk around, and there's a looming sense of a storm involving the whole country.

At that time, the kingdom and the empire finally go to war. Borders are breached, and even an attack on the royal capital occurs. Who ascends to the throne in the empire!?

Those who manipulate behind the scenes on the continent. The hidden truth in the darkness of history——.

I find myself entangled in the struggle of the great nations that divide the continent, all the while dreaming of a carefree adventurer's life. This is the story of one young boy (in an old man's body). <<less

It happened on the way to kindergarten, led by my mother.... more>>

A sweet, clear singing voice reached my ears, and I, a toddler wearing a yellow kindergarten cap, turned around.

In front of the vending machine attached to the stationery store I saw a mysterious woman in her twenties.

Startled, I pointed at her and looked up at my mother.

However, all my mother did was make a puzzled smile and say, ‘What is it? Do you want some juice?’

(My mom can’t see that lady.)

(Maybe she’s different. She’s not human.)

Since then, whenever we approached the stationery store, I would tug my mom’s hand to hurry and move away.

I had thought she was some sort of earthbound spirit or something, unable to leave the area around that vending machine.

But then, one day, I saw her walking around town and humming a tune with her umbrella open!

I fell into a state of panic!

After much thought, one afternoon, I mustered up the courage and went to the front of the stationery store alone to exorcist her—— <<less

Confessing to my first love, once again. With time rewinding, I can redo the youth of that summer!... more>>

When I woke up, I had returned to my junior high school self─.
My job was going nowhere, I had no money, and though I was popular with women, I'd become a worthless adult who had given up on my dreams. I blamed everything on my life during junior high school, and in particular, on her—Akimiya Hazumi, my first love. Just when I was grumbling about this, I was involved in an accident and found myself time-leaping back to my junior high school days. Back then, I was a nondescript mob character, but now I had groomed my appearance and unleashed my adult social skills. Before I knew it, I was successfully reliving my ideal youth! Using my memories from the past, I managed to save the beautiful gal, Chigasaki, on my way to school, and cleared the troubles among the popular boys and girls in my class.

All that was left was to uncover and change the truth behind the incident from "that summer" when the sunflowers were in full bloom—an incident involving Akimiya Hazumi, the root cause of the downfall in my life─. <<less

The protagonist is reincarnated as Ein Marignant, a member of a branch family of the malignant duke house, which is the final boss clan in the highly popular action RPG "Descendants of Ragnarok."... more>>

"Of all things, I became a mob on the villain's side..."

Retaining memories from their previous life and realizing that they are inside a game, Ein promptly dedicates themselves to intense training in order to become stronger.

—All for the sake of enjoying themselves and surviving.

With such a surprisingly simple mindset, Ein somehow leverages their inborn talents to the extent that they could be called cheats.

At times, they send the annoying siblings of the main family flying.
At times, they invent techniques that overturn the history of the clan.
At times, they send enemies and even the protagonist who stands in their way flying... following their own path just like a villain would—. <<less

It tells the story of a young boy who forms a contract with a troublesome goddess and their journey of love and battles.... more>>

In a time long ago, there was an era where beautiful goddesses fiercely competed for the throne of world rulers. At some point, the goddesses with fangs, disguising themselves with the facade of love, began to peacefully guard the human world.

A young boy named Soujou Shouma, encounters and falls in love with a goddess who secretly came to the human world. After making a promise to meet again someday, he works hard to grow and become a man worthy of the goddess. As a schoolboy, he is appointed as the president of a company.

However, in the modern era, abnormalities occur in the divine realm of the goddesses, known as the Heavenly Realm. The uncontrollable goddesses engage in violent battles reminiscent of ancient times to decide the next creator god – the ruler of the Heavenly Realm. This conflict’s flames even spread to the human world.

Upon learning of this, Shouma, in order to fulfill his first love and protect world peace, decides to utilize his company in a special way for the goddesses. He teams up with one of the strongest goddesses, Elvina, who shares his interests, and as the company’s president, joins the battles! <<less

In an alternate 2023, the Your Forma, a miraculous "smart thread" technology initially developed to treat a massive outbreak of viral encephalitis, has become an... more>> integral part of daily life. But these convenient devices come with an invasive drawback—they record every sight, sound, and even emotion their users experience. For electronic investigator Echika Hieda, diving into peoples' memories via the Your Forma and hunting for evidence to solve the toughest crimes is all part of a day's work. The problem is, she's so good at what she does that her assistants literally fry their brains trying to keep up with her. After putting one too many aides in the hospital, the top brass finally furnish Echika with a partner on her level, a brilliant yet cheeky android named Harold Lucraft. Does this unlikely duo have what it takes to resolve their mutual suspicions and avert a deadly technological infection from sweeping across the globe before it's too late? <<less

17-year-old high-schooler Suzu lives with her father in a country-town in Kouchi. She lost her mother when she was young and has closed her heart... more>> away from the real world. But she came to join the so-called “other reality,” a supermassive virtual space called “U” with an avatar. When Suzu became the songstress recognized all around the world with her peerless singing voice in an instant, she meets the mysterious existence, feared and called the “dragon”— <<less

Tsukina was summoned by God to another world to be one of its Saviors.... more>>

"I’ll leave saving the world to the younger Saviors, and open a book café and live how I want to!"

But will her encounter with the knight Ill, who arrives as a customer, disturb her quiet lifestyle?! <<less

The story revolves around a boy and a girl who travel together through a world that is gradually nearing its end. A mysterious illness has... more>> emerged that erases the very existence of everyone who suffers from it. The story does, however, not focus on the tragic aspect of this fairly post-apocalyptic setting, but rather shows the people and events the two travelers come across during their journey. <<less

For high-schooler Yoko Nakajima, life has been fairly ordinary–that is until Keiki, a young man with golden hair, tells Yoko they must return to their kingdom. Once confronted by this mysterious being and whisked away to an unearthly realm, Yoko is left with only a magical sword; a gem; and a million questions about her destiny, the world she’s trapped in, and the world she desperately wants to return to.... more>>

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Books in the Twelve Kingdoms series with the kingdom covered in parenthesis and volumes numbering based on re-release edition:

Arc 1: Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi – Volume 1-2

(Kei Kingdom)

Arc 2: Kaze no Umi, Meikyū no Kishi – Volume 3

(Tai Kingdom)

Arc 3: Higashi no Watatsumi, Nishi no Sōkai – Volume 4

(En Kingdom)

Arc 4: Kaze no Banri, Reimei no Sora – Volume 5-6

(Kei Kingdom)

Arc 5: Tonan no Tsubasa – Volume 7

(Kyou Kingdom)

Arc Extra : Mashou no Ko (Demon Child) – Volume 0

(Taiki Story in Modern World)

Arc 6: Tasogare no Kishi, Akatsuki no Sora – Volume 8

(Tai & Kei Kingdoms)

Arc 7: Kasho no Yume – Volume 9

(Anthology: Tai, Hou, Kei, Sai & Sou Kingdoms)

Arc 8: Hisho no Tori – Volume 10

(Anthology: Kei, Ryu, and other Kingdoms)

Arc 9: Hakugin no Oka, Kuro no Tsuki – Volume 11-14

(Tai Kingdom) <<less

I, Tremina, was an ordinary village girl. No, maybe less than ordinary. I was said to be easy-going for a long time, and I was not good at any form of exercise. At a young age, I decided to take over my family's potato farm.... more>>

With that involved, I was able to enroll in a knight training school.

There, I discovered a great talent of mine, aided by my gentleness and overwhelmingly strong mental strength.

Anyway, I was able to forge mana without feeling tired at all. Mana is the source of life and power, and if an ordinary person trains with it for two hours a day, they will, naturally, be completely exhausted. But I was able to go on and on for hours and I never got tired. By the way, except when sleeping, Mana can be trained in parallel to doing anything else like eating or studying.

This story is a record of my battle. While being feared as a monster by those around me, I eventually became a sword god with the greatest fighting potential of mankind.

In addition, I also grow potatoes as a side job. <<less

On the front line of the war, there’s a little girl. Blond hair, blue eyes and porcelain white skin, she commands the army with lisping... more>> voice. Her name is Tanya Degurechaff. But in reality, she is one of Japan’s most elite salarymen, reborn as a little girl after angering a mysterious being X who calls himself “God.” And this little girl, who prioritize over anything else efficiency and her own career, will become the most dangerous being amongst the sorcerers of the imperial army… <<less

One fateful day, a girl time slipped into the Sengoku Era.... more>>

It was an abrupt enough event to be dubbed god’s whim, done to sate hellish boredom.

The girl has no power to change the world.

She was a very ordinary, common, and plain girl that can be found anywhere.

And that girl can do no more than a single thing.

Survive the Sengoku Era ——– that’s all. <<less

The overworked nurse was moments away from dropping dead from exhaustion when suddenly, she found herself trapped in a once-popular zombie video game. But somehow,... more>> a character from a dating sim rescues her. They team up to reach the end of the game so that everyone can make it out alive. <<less

Ibaraki Maki is a highschool girl who lives in Asakusa and loves the food there above all else.... more>>

Despite being only human, she likes to poke her nose into troubles involving ayakashi on a daily basis. Moreover, her go-to method of resolving said trouble often involves using her brute strength.

This was because she had a secret: she had memories of her previous life.

What’s more, those memories weren’t that of a human; they belonged to the oni princess whose name reached far and wide during the Heian period—the infamous Ibaraki-doji.

Dragging along Amasake Kaoru, her classmate and reincarnation of her husband in their previous life, Shuten-doji, the strongest oni bride bustles about the streets of Asakusa again today to help the troubled ayakashi! <<less

A standalone sequel of Mimizuku to Yoru no Ou, which is set 5 years after the tale. The story is about a sharp-tongued princess who... more>> gets cursed and loses the ability to speak. Out of a forced wedding, she encounters a prince with abnormal limbs. <<less

Touya Kougou quit his job at a shady retail company and became unemployed.... more>>

When he rescued Kyui, a bird from another world that had collapsed by the roadside, he acquired Erot*c Skills that seduce women–!?

Heading to another world with teleportation magic, he powers up and has a harem-filled life with noble ladies and beauties!

Furthermore, he’s even popular in his world using his Erot*c Skills!? <<less

One day, all life disappeared from the world, save for a lone girl. Insects, fish, birds, beasts, monsters. Even humans disappeared from it without exception.... more>>

Only the plants continued to grow.

And the boy who stumbled upon such a world was able to meet such a girl.

Even words would not get across, but the two come to a mutual understanding, and… <<less

It was something that happened while I was waiting for the day of the primary school entrance exam. I realised that I had become one of the characters of a shoujo manga that I loved reading in my old life, ‘You Are My Dolce’.... more>>

The role I was assigned was a character who bullied the commoner protagonist and tried to get in the way of her love with a rich boy nicknamed Emperor; a typical villainess rich girl, Kisshouin Reika.

At the end of the story, Reika suffered the Emperor’s retribution and even her family fell into ruin. With the villain gone, the protagonist and the Emperor overcame their trials and became a couple. And they lived happily ever after.

Wait, that’s terrible for meee! The manga ended there, but I have to continue living my life after my family is ruined!

The protagonist can enjoy her romance or love or whatever on her own. I’ll erase my presence so that I don’t anger the Emperor.

Eh-? The story isn’t progressing well because there’s no villain, you say? But I’m busy saving up money and studying so that I can live well after the collapse. <<less

White-collar worker Gotou Shizuka is attacked by a slasher who suddenly appears in the heart of the shopping district. Just as she is lost to her wounds, she hears a voice ring in her head.... more>>

“You have been defeated. Commencing termination countdown.”

Due to the counsel of the “Night Guide (Guidance),” she narrowly escapes death and awakens with an ability that ordinary people do not possesses. In the same instance, this world became connected with another and monsters began to spring forth…

Gotou makes a decision to fight against these monsters. With her positive nature and bold and carefree attitude, she throws herself into the heat of the battle while leveling up and making weapons. <<less

I was reincarnated in the Sengoku Period as one of my ancestors that was destroyed by the Hojo Clan. Can I really change history... more>> and avoid the destruction of my family? <<less

A collection of short stories set in the Natsume Yuujinchou manga universe.... more>>

Volume 1:
1. The Mysterious Story of Lamp Hall
2. The Ayakashi's Tune
3. The Ayakashi's Dream Road

Volume 2: Kogitsune no Tabi (子狐のたび) <<less