Confucius did not speak of extraordinary things, valor, rebellion, and spirits.... more>>

Analects, Xue Er chapter <<less

Leguna. An orphan. His life changed dramatically the day the thieves’ guild happened to select him for training and development. He would go on to become lifelong friends with a loyal mercenary, the partner of a beautiful magus who was cold as ice, the savior of a mysterious disfigured dark-elf girl with a talent for the Breath, and the unlikely caregiver for a feisty young maiden. And yet, who would be with him to the very end?... more>>

In a twist of fate, the child who fought stray dogs for food emerged to be the most infamous assassin in the world. But the intricacies of power are not so easily grasped, and the price of protecting those that he loves is not as simple as he once thought… <<less

As long as I don't have morals, morality can't hold me hostage. Do I need a strategy to deal with a lustful body? As long... more>> as she has dreams, she can't escape my demonic grasp. Are angels meddling? Then let the angels fall and become succubi. Sorry, I'm not a devil from a light novel, not an embarrassing devil, but a real devil. Luo Feng looked at Ginko Sora, who wanted to reach the pinnacle of shogi, at Yukinoshita, who wanted to change human nature, and at Raphiel, who wanted to protect her friends, revealing a delighted smile. <<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

Ready to embark on his transmigration journey, Xia Yuan, a master strategist from his previous life, finds himself reborn not as a player but as an NPC - the newly born fourth son of the Grand Duke of the Empire!... more>>

Anticipating a mundane aristocratic life, he is caught off guard when the tides of change sweep across the land. His family, labeled as the last bastion of the old order, is branded as the villain by the rising new nobility, destined to be crushed under the forces of history.

With no other choice, Xia Yuan, armed with his knowledge of the game's history, embarks on a quest to enhance his own power.

Lost treasures, forbidden ancient weapons, the secrets to eternal life, and forgotten epics await him.

With his own strength, he will turn the tide of history, defy fate, and rise from the ashes!

...

Knights swear their oaths, mages chant their incantations, and dragons spread their wings!

In pursuit of magic and truth, he will control his own destiny and that of an era!

Atop the clouds, in a floating city, on the throne of the heavens!

When the bell rang, the prophecy was finally fulfilled.

The stars have aligned - it is time. <<less

The protagonist, Lin Rin was transmigrated into a fantasy harem-genred novel, originally written by his sister, which he criticized as 'tr*sh' during his previous life.... more>>

He is now Gur Fenix, a villain who would become the biggest evil man on the entire continent in the story. However, after he replaced this character's identity, the name Gur had become Rin, and the appearance somehow was also his original appearance. <<less

“Dear, it’s time for your medicine!” The beautiful and pure holy maiden brought the medicine to treat his wounds.... more>>

On this day, he witnessed betrayal with his own eyes and experienced despair with his soul…

From this day on, the brave hero was dead, if there’s anything, burn paper offerings! <<less

Immediately after Gu Changge realized he had transgressed into a fantasy world, the world’s protagonist, and fortune’s chosen, vowed to take revenge on him. Envied by all, he not only has the female lead head over heels for him but he’s also treated as a distinguished guest wherever he goes. Fortunately, Gu Changge’s prestige and power are superior to everyone else’s, so shouldn’t it be easy to trample on a mere fortune’s chosen?... more>>

Hold on… There’s a system dedicated to milking and harvesting from the protagonist? Gu Changge smirked. “Seems like even fate wants me to fulfill my destiny as the Villain of this world!” <<less

Aihara Runa was a person who had been living in hell of misfortune. One day she found herself in a strange stage, apparently her soul was reaped without permission and sold at an auction to gods from another world along with her 28 classmates. But there was a trouble, it seems that Aihara’s soul was extremely smelly and stinky. Instead of getting a buyer, she was thrown away and with her soul in danger of disappearing. ... more>>

However, when her soul was about disappear, she met an unnamed goddess who claimed herself as a god’s vessel. The goddess said that she can help Aihara to get reincarnated but with one condition, that is to bring her along and get reincarnated together. Aihara who was about disappeared accepted the goddess' condition and got reincarnated successfully as Emmy. But apparently, the hard life still continued even after reincarnated too….

If there’s no food, then let’s get some bugs!!! Let’s just enjoy this hard life together with the reliable partner [Omake-sama] inside my head and have fun instead.

As Emmy managed to survive while watching and getting involved in the events of another cheat reincarnations, she grew into an irregular. This is a story about Emmy, a soul who managed to survive from disposal by gods. However, she doesn’t know that her reincarnation did not list in fate's archive and unconsciously broke the gods’ scenario one after another. <<less

This world is inequal.... more>>

Some revel in abundance, sipping wine from their glasses, while others are forced to drink from the murky waters trampled upon time and again. Some are swathed in luxurious furs, while others barely manage to cover themselves in dirty rags.

This world is full of misery.

From the moment they are born, people drown in the sea of inequality. Whether they are born into wealth or poverty, nobility or peasantry, or even into the chains of s*avery, their fate is sealed. The chains of s*avery bind them, forbidding them from ever rising above their station.

This world is cruel.

The joy experienced by some is gained at the expense of others. In the relentless pursuit of limited resources, people become ruthless, they fight, they take, they kill. Survival is but a revolting dance upon the graves of others.

As the madness takes hold, one is left with nothing, they can only devour, violate, and slay.

Truly, this world is a living hell.

And yet, it is within the depths of this darkness that people desperately yearn for a glimmer of light. <<less

“At first I thought those red dots were red dwarf star clusters.”... more>>

“That was all the eyes of pestilent monsters.” <<less

Lu Zhou wakes up to become the world’s most powerful and oldest villainous Patriarch, and finds that he has nine notorious disciples who are full of evil. His eldest disciple is the leader of the Nether Sect with thousands of minions, and his second disciple—Sword Devil—always slaughters others at the slightest disagreement…... more>>

Without his cultivation base, how will he handle these evil disciples?

His eldest disciple, Yu Zhenghai, said, “I’ve never had a rival in my life, and no one but Master can make me bow my head.”

His seventh disciple, Si Wuya, said, “We can’t eat or sleep in peace as long as the Master is not dead!”

…

His ninth disciple, Yuan’er, said, “I’ll remember what Master said and be a good person.” <<less

I returned after 10 years.

Nie Jia lived his life with kindness and respect, yet all his actions were paid back with the cold grey walls of prison. Inside the bars, he vowed that if he ever had another life, he would be a complete villain! Beast! Scoundrel!... more>>

One day, he actually transmigrated.

System: As a villain, you have to be courageous enough to burden the task of initiating trouble, destroying the world and creating chaos. It’s an incredible responsibility, do you understand?

Nie Jia: I understand. I’ll definitely use everything I have to complete the mission tasks so everyone will die!

System: No, no….you’re the only one who will die.

Since then, Nie Jia rode away upon the road of a great villain, but every time he went close to destroying the world and completing his goal, he was always defeated by this thing called “The Protagonist’s Halo”.

Nie Jia (#‵′) : The Protagonist is a cheater, I refuse to accept this!

Until his system was actually hacked by someone…. <<less

In the Age of Faded Faith. As a candidate for the Interrogator of Heresy.

I’m Catherine. I grew up as a commoner but it seems that the Duke will remarry my mother, and we’ll be welcomed into their House. Yeah, aren’t we so lucky? I’ll take advantage of this good fortune to snag a lord with good territory, money, and status! I was excited to put this plan into motion but I’m being bothered by my half-sister. What’s more, even though she’s much wilder than I am, she’s getting so much attention in our territory and the noble’s social circles, it’s driving me crazy. If this goes on, I’ll steal my sister’s fiance, the First Prince!... more>>

… But, isn’t my sister a better, more high-spec catch than the Prince…? <<less

Jiang Cheng transmigrated into a brainless harem world and became a villain's lackey.... more>>

He originally wanted to complete some tasks and earn lucrative rewards... but the plot took a strange turn.

[Deliver a letter to the heroine on behalf of the villain]

Heroine: "If you wrote this love letter, then I will..."

[Invite the heroine to dinner on behalf of the villain]

Heroine: "If you invite me, then I will go."

"Never mind! Let me treat you instead."

[Pretend to be a bad guy and block the heroine]

Heroine: "You shouldn't act like this, you should... you should pin me against the wall!"

Jiang Cheng was speechless. Hasn't the character setting of this heroine completely collapsed? <<less

After transmigrating to the crossover world, Lu Yu became a rich second-generation villain?... more>>

Was he not only obsessed with Bai Qingzhi, the female lead, but also despised the woman from the wealthy family who adored him?

Hehe, a ret*rded cliché plot!

The male lead already had a certain amount of influence and the woman from the wealthy family who adored him had already turned toxic?

Damn it!

At the banquet, looking at the cold woman with a long black dress and smokey makeup pouring white powder into a red wine glass, gazing at a woman in a white dress in the center of the drawing room, Lu Yu couldn't help but think to himself...

Could she still be saved?

[Ding! Villain system is activated...] <<less

Wen Huaimu's mundane life of enduring daily bullying changes overnight when a mysterious ring from a fortune-teller pierces his skin and a mechanical voice proclaims him the owner of a 'Z51 modding machine.' ... more>>

As a glowing gateway ushers him into a pristine, alien realm populated by advanced machinery and a robotic guide named Coldy, Wen steps into uncharted territory.

What extraordinary powers will Wen discover in this bizarre new world? <<less

I became the villain in the story of a hero.... more>>

So I was about to quit after fighting the main character.

But she’s obsessed with me. Why...? <<less

There was once the worst Skeleton Demon King who even gave the gods headaches.... more>>

“If you do our work, we will make you a human.”

But he was deceived by the gods and sealed.

“Since the Demon King is gone, let’s eliminate all the demons.”

“Let’s leave the demon extermination, preaching, and everything else to our precious [Saint].”

“The Skeleton Demon King will be imprisoned for life and tortured in the maggot.”

That’s what was said for sure.

“Oh my, dear little Saint, have you woken up?”

Did he become a Saint?

And even the son of a nobleman in the Holy Empire that feeds the gods?

Then if he destroys this country, won’t the gods also be destroyed?

“Oh my, why is little Saint seemed so happy?”

“Little Saint, this is a disgusting toy of the Skeleton Demon King. Would you like to break it once?”

“The great gods recovered everything from the Skeleton Demon King who challenged the gods without restraint.”

…Let’s destroy this country.

Let’s eliminate it while breaking the backbone of the gods. <<less

On the dawn of a fresh New Year, an ominous figure emerged, shrouded in a guise of an angel but harboring the malevolence of a devil. With a chilling voice, it proclaimed, [Every month, you humans will be thrust into a perilous quest. Your survival hinges on overcoming 20 grueling rounds.]... more>>

Suddenly, I found myself ensnared in this dangerous survival game, a grotesque merry-go-round where every turn carried the stench of death. Yet, I was not without any defenses. I possessed an unusual power: the power to regress 100 times, a chance to rewrite my fate.

I stand on the precipice of my final regression, and I swear, 'This time, I will conquer it. I will emerge victorious.'

I'm no longer the insignificant shuttle that I once was. Today, I shed my former self, the one who had reached the pinnacle of power. Today, I am reborn for the last time as Black Scythe, a rookie player, a novice that once again will be become the Grim Reaper! <<less

[Please transform.]... more>>

[The penalty for disobedience is death.]

I am saying this because I have been wronged.

Help me! <<less

I regret having lived as a villain. ... more>>

So when I got a second chance after regressing, I tried to live a good life...

But then a villain became obsessed with me. <<less

As I was writing a brutal review of a popular Nationalistic Superpower Light Novel, I was made to possess a character in it!... more>>

I then joined an evil organization and was given one mission.

To seduce the Heroine.

“Oh, that’s not how you should use this power.”

As I started to advise the heroines on how to wield their power, things began to go wrong. <<less