"I have not committed a single crime. And I think I can prove that I am innocent."
A letter was discovered in the room of a suspect after he had been released from juvenile prison. And shortly following this discovery,  a message was found written on the wall at a crime scene: "I am innocent."... more>>

Meanwhile at an editorial department for the gossip magazine Last Week Weekly, the editor-in-chief Rui Otonobe - alias Otsuberu - is approached by a mysterious, daunting man with a scar running across his face named Yukihiro Kisa as a new reporter for the magazine company Iibane Publications. As the two try and find the latest scoop, Kisa and Otonobe find themselves in the web of serial killings and corruption. <<less

Watashitachi no Tamura-kun's main story revolves around the title character Yukisada Tamura, who is in his third year of junior-high school when the story begins.... more>> Yukisada has become captivated by a strange girl named Komaki Matsuzawa who says that her birthplace was on another planet and she is trying to go back. One day, Yukisada confesses his affections to Komaki, but immediately following this, Komaki's grandmother dies and she has to move away. They both manage to keep in contact for a while by writing letters, though Komaki stops writing around the time of the high school entrance exams. When Yukisada enters high school, he becomes concerned with one of his female classmates named Hiroka Sōma. In junior-high, Hiroka was constantly bullied, which would cause her to stay home, eventually causing her to become isolated and helpless. Yukisada chooses not to ignore her like most of his other classmates, and instead starts encouraging her and helps her to build her self-esteem. Before long, Hiroka falls for Yukisada, and one day confesses her love to him. During this time, Yukisada has kept in contact with Komaki and has mentioned Hiroka in his letters. Thereupon, one day after a long time, a letter arrives from Komaki to Yukisada asking who exactly is Hiroka. <<less

A comedic dark fantasy about vampire clans, a vampire princess, and the man who hunts them!... more>>

"Dear ladies and gentlemen of Japan! I apologize for asking such a mundane question, but do you all believe in vampires?"

"I beg your pardon. It seems I'm a bit tardy in identifying myself. My name is Gerhardt von Waldstein. I am a vampire, entrusted with the Island of Growerth and bestowed with the title of 'viscount.' Instead of introducing myself, I thought I might recount the story of a disturbance which occurred on my island. Or might I say, please allow me to tell you since I have some time on my hands."

"Whether you believe my story or not, I'm sure it is as clear as daylight that I am not a person. At any rate, my body is..." <<less

True Calendar (T.C.) 71 - A new age where 70% of the human population lives in space thanks to the development of "Dyson Sphere", a city in space.... more>>

The world is divided into two main powers: The Dorssia Military Pact Federation, a power which grew out of a military alliance, and the Atlantic Rim United States (ARUS), which grew in power as it expanded its trade agreements. The minor nation of JIOR has declared neutrality between these two forces and maintains its peace through economic prosperity.

Within the JIOR's Dyson Sphere, Haruto Tokishima lived an ordinary life as a high school student in the division known as "Module 77"—until the Dorssian military begins their sudden invasion!

But the whole world will be shaken when Haruto meets the mysterious humanoid weapon, Valvrave!

A novelization of the anime of the same name. <<less

The setting is a rural city in which a kidnapping and a series of mu*ders are happening simultaneously, where there was also a kidnapping eight... more>> years ago. The victims, the compulsive liar "Mi-kun" (the narrator), and "Ma-chan" (Misono Mayu) reunite and start living together, despite the fact that the kidnapped children were in Mayu's apartment... <<less

“As long as you wield that sword and I remain a witch, there will come a day when you’ll have no choice but to truly kill me.”... more>>

From a tender age, Oscar, the Crown Prince of Farsas, was burdened with a curse of infertility. When he reached the age of 20, he sought out Tinasha, the most formidable witch on the continent, in a desperate attempt to break the curse. Unexpectedly, he returned with Tinasha by his side, serving as his guardian. Over the course of one year, until their contract expired, he became entangled in her enigmatic past, unveiling a destiny far grander than he could have imagined. <<less

"Hotel Williams Child Bird", nicknamed <Birdcage Manor>, inhabiting in there are eccentric people who can't fit in the normal society.
A day-dreaming beautiful woman, a Gothic Lolita that's a grade school-er, a person in a cat's costume, the eerie elder twins and an unidentifiable piercing cry that continues to resound.... more>>

In such <Birdcage Manor> one of the residents - Kizuna Etoh, in her 16th winter makes acquaintance with an Art collage student living on fifth floor like a hikikomori - Yusei Asai.
And then she is invited to a part-time job as a nude model for paintings.
In an disorderly atelier with a heavy scent of oil paints as she spends time together with Asai, she feels that to her that time is gradually becoming a valuable part of her everyday...

It's a story how <Birdcage Manor's> a bit odd residents' pass a bit odd but in various ways their normal everydays. <<less

This is a prequel to the anime movie To Aru Majutsu no Kinsho Mokuroku - Endymion no Kiseki.... more>>

Just before the completion of the Academy City space elevator "Endymion", the main characters Kamijou Touma and Index encounter a level 0 girl named Arisa. The Magicians are after Arisa, and they attack Academy City. A female leader named Shattoaura leads a unit from Academy City against the attack. Kamijou and Index learn from Stiyl that Arisa is key to a brewing war between the sides of Magic and Science. When science and magic cross paths, the story begins with Endymion as its stage! <<less

Science and magic exist side by side in this world.... more>>

This is the peak of the science side with a curriculum for espers, Academy City. In this city where 80% of the population are students, the season has finally come when all residents are excited and fidgety!

It's Christmas Eve.

Amidst the city showing a cheerful hustle and bustle, ordinary boy who can’t keep up with school, Kamijou Touma, also doesn’t intend to miss this event! He was hard at work in his supplementary lessons...

A backward glance from the default misfortune-prone bastard, the silver-haired sister freeloading in his dormitory, Index, in the heart pounding scene different from the usual, activates a new gluton skill!? While Kamijou tries to desperately stop that, Misaka Mikoto taken in by the Christmas Eve atmosphere appears before him. <<less

A collection of four short stories and manga from Toaru Majutsu no Index & Toaru Kagaku no Railgun, previously only seen limited release. Because it has manga illustrations, the width and height of the light novel is greater than a regular light novel, using B6 paper instead of the usual A6 paper.... more>>

The light novel marks for the first time that both Haimura Kiyotaka and Fuyukawa Motoi are credited as illustrators on the same light novel.

Stories include:

* Stiyl Magnus - A single mission is given to Stiyl by the Anglican Church's Necessarius. When Stiyl arrives in Academy City once more, his way is blocked by Theodosia Electra, a fellow member of Necessarius. The reason she is fighting with Stiyl lies with a girl named Patricia Birdway. A battle between magicians over the techniques of the Dvergr from Norse mythology begins.

* Mark Space - Mark, a magician from the British magic cabal the Dawn-Colored Sunlight, has been instructed to save his boss' little sister. Mark managed to safely make contact with his boss' sister aboard a survey ship, the Blue Research, but a magician who seems to be from a different cabal attacks. Mark plans to rescue his boss' sister using his personal magic that uses tarot cards.

* Kamijou Touma - While walking through District 21 of Academy City, Kamijou Touma and Index run into a magician named Fleiss. Due to Kamijou's usual misfortune, he somehow ends up on the run from Academy City along with Fleiss. In the process, Kamijou hears of some ridiculous information from Fleiss about an unknown lifeform on Mars.

* Uiharu Kazari - A carjacking occurs in Academy City. A member of Judgment, Uiharu Kazari ends up helping resolve the situation. The ultimate goal of the carjacking is a large scale terrorist attack on Academy City. In order to stop a large special vehicle roaring along at 120kph, Uiharu struggles alongside Yomikawa of Anti-Skill. <<less

A spin-off of the various works of Kamachi Kazuma. One day, Kamijou Touma (A Certain Magical Index) faced yet another misfortune. His toilet was broken and spraying water everywhere. As he was lamenting his misfortune, suddenly he appeared in a strange place along with Index and Misaka. Soon enough, more strange people begin appearing...... more>>

Includes:

A Certain Magical Index
Heavy Object
The Zashiki Warashi of Intellectual Village
The Circumstances Leading to Waltraute's Marriage
A Simple Survey / A Simple Monitoring
Killer Princess and Deep End <<less

The unattainable flower is made up of effort and lies.... more>>

Although having many friends but no close ones, and being average in sports and studies—I, Hanashiro Natsuhiko, a self-proclaimed ‘high school student who does not pretend’, was brought to the student council room because I noticed that the student council president, Takashiro Yui, might not be wearing underwear!

The ace of the athletic club, Hiyo Ichinose, the naturally talented and older vice-president, Alice Saito, and the silent yet intelligent Futaba Tsubaki… There, in the illustrious student council of the Fumimyo High School, I witnessed their “hidden truths.”

“Only eight months left until graduation, Hanashiro-san, you should help too!”

“Eh! So you really aren’t wearing any!!?”

Grades, friendships, prestige—all for the ‘perfect high school life.’

They suppress their individuality behind that dazzling youth and drag me into their student council activities!?

Behind the enviable and joyful youth, there might be hidden efforts and lies—

The secret times spent with these perfect (?), girls, a disguised campus romantic comedy, begins! <<less

This is the story of Tsukishima, the craziest man in all of Japan, along with Miyamoto who’s a cowardly guy, who likes following him and... more>> being told what to do, and there’s Nagase, a teenage girl who does whatever she pleases for herself. These three are very close to each other as good friends. Although, there’s someone with a unrequited love for someone among the three. This is from the teenage girl who gives it her all in her power, 120%! <<less

An earlier works by Biblia Koshodou no Jiken Techou's author, Mikami En, this story starts with the younger of the Kishimoto siblings, Mizuho, getting a phone call from a man claiming to be a policeman, informing her of the siblings' father's hospitalization due to an accident. However, the man, whos injury was not life-threatening, suddenly began muttering—... more>>

"Red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye, red eye…"

Spilling out few more words, the man started coughing intensely, and suddenly dropped dead. <<less

Layla Ashbury, the Duke’s daughter, has been sleeping for two years. When she woke up, the first thing she learned was that her fiancé, the crown prince, was about to marry her younger sister, Rose. Her parents excused themselves, saying that the Royal Family insisted on marrying into their family, and in the end, it was her younger sister Rose who won. Although it was only a political marriage, Layla truly loved the crown prince; but now her only option was to marry someone else and see her little sister be happy with him.... more>>

At the end of her rehabilitation treatment, Layla was able to walk around her house and it was at this point that she decided to enter a monastery on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital, which was famous for “denying access to anyone who wishes to enter”. One day, without telling her parents or the servants themselves about her whereabouts, Layla escapes from her home. But on her way, Layla is caught in the middle of the road by the heavy rain. And at that moment a young wizard appeared, whom she recognized as a famous person, and extended a hand to help her when he saw her deplorable state.

A dreamy love story, which begins with the escape of the Duke’s daughter after a heartbreak. <<less

A world after humans. Tolk, a ‘castle’ floating in space where cats and their robot partners dance in deadly zero-G duels. A certain cult of the cats, the Skywalkers, have conducted research that denies the foundation of the whole cat religion.... more>>

Now the last Skywalker is trying to complete their blasphemous work and achieve the dream of his people. To go where only the dead are said to go. To descend, in the flesh, to the holy land of Earth.

Too bad his robot partner is a little girl robot with more than a few little bugs to work out. <<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

A 183cm tall female college student, Kohiruimaki Karen, has a complex about her tall figure and has a poor social disposition because of it. This was changed by the VRMMO game «Gun Gale Online» (GGO). In the game, Karen obtained a dream "chibi" avatar less than even 150cm in height, put on a full-body pink uniform and, as the player "LLENN", frolicked around the world of GGO.... more>>

A beautiful player "Pitohui" appeared before LLENN. She was a rare female player in GGO and so the two hit off well―but one day, LLENN was asked to take part in a team battle royale formal tournament «Squad Jam» by Pitohui...

An official spin-off of Sword Art Online supervised by Kawahara Reki, written by the gun supervisor of the Sword Art Online II anime, Sigsawa Keiichi (the author of Kino's Journey), and illustrated by Kuroboshi Kouhaku. <<less

One month after Akihiko Kayaba’s game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the... more>> ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out the first-floor boss battle, Kirito, a solo player who vows to fight alone to get stronger, runs into a rare, high-level female player. She gracefully dispatches powerful monsters with a single rapier that flashes like a shooting star in the night…This volume contains three stories, including “Aria of a Starless Night,” which details how Kirito came to be called the Black Swordsman, and “Rondo of a Fragile Blade,” the tragic tale of a young blacksmith that takes place before the second-floor boss fight. <<less

In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online-a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other-opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. ... more>>

But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG-a log-out button.

Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, “game over” means certain death-both virtual and real… <<less

“Hey, shall we kiss?”... more>>

She who was teasing me with these seductive words temporarily disappeared before my eyes.

There could not be a bunny girl inhabiting a library. Azusagawa Sakuta faced a scene that toppled common sense—he encountered a bunny girl, and she is nowhere a normal bunny girl. She is Sakurajima Mai senpai, a student studying at the same school as Sakuta and a retired yet renowned actress. It was said that starting from a few days ago, those around her could no longer see her anymore, and she came to the library just to confirm this. Is this related to the hit topic on the internet, the unimaginable phenomenon known as “the puberty syndrome”? Sakuta, wanting to know the reasons behind and get closer to Mai, decided to solve the puzzle. However, the situation then developed in an unexpected way—?

In the city surrounded by the skies and the seas, the romance story of she and I began. The brand new romantic comedy presented by the Sakurasou combo. <<less

Since then, time has moved forward.
All of us have matured a little.
But despite the fact that we are all flying in different directions in order to fully stretch our wings,
we are still soaring beneath the same sky.
That is easily understood after carefully listening to each of our singing voices.... more>>

Continuation and side stories of Sayonara Piano Sonata, it consist of 5 stories:
"sonate pour deux" — narrated by Naomi
If There's No Name on the Wing — third person narrative on a guest performer for feketerigó
Stereophonic Love — third person narrative on Yuri
The Final Interview — narrated by Naomi / Kyouko
Nobody Sleeps Tonight — narrated by Tetsurou

"Sonate pour deux" and Nobody Sleeps Tonight gives closure to the entire SPS series, several years after their high school days. <<less

Ange, a Royal Magician, is looked down on by her peers despite her excellent ability because she's a commoner. To bear the loneliness, she closed... more>> her heart and lost her cute side. Ange was given a mission to save the world by defeating the Demon Lord May-Hem. In addition to this, she has to travel with Rex, a good-for-nothing knight who was born in a family of heroes, but has a fear of blood. <<less

The gods left the world a blessing before leaving. On the border of “Misthound” lived Selo, an apprentice pharmacist. Although his grandfather was an excellent... more>> magic tool craftsman, he was unable to inherit any ability to make or use magic tools. After his grandfather passed away, he continued to work hard under his master Ordoba, while training to become a pharmacist. One day, a young man from the Royal Magic Knight named Helmbekt appeared. It seems like he was interested in his grandfather’s magic tool. <<less

Stride is a fictitious extreme sport combining parkour and long-distance relay racing. Stride teams consists of 6 main members - 1 relationer and 5 runners.... more>> The story follows first year student Nana Sakurai and the Honan Academy stride team as they take on the EOS (End of Summer) Stride tournament against their opponents. <<less