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

Haruka, consulted by a friend who ran into a ghost at school, goes to the Movie Research Circle to see a man with mysterious powers.... more>> However, the person who meets her there is an affected young man with terrible bed hair and sleepy eyes. What does Haruka consult him about? A confinement and mu*der case at a women's university, a false su*cide case... The great detective who can see the spirits of the dead, Saitou Yakumo, takes these cases on in this astoundingly high-speed spiritual mystery! <<less

“If I could meet ‘that person’ who I thought I would never see again…”... more>>

A girl who left behind her beloved dog and went on a journey, a woman who hates Christmas for a certain reason, a man who couldn’t celebrate his daughter’s wedding, an elderly woman who has been waiting for her beloved for over 70 years…

People with various emotions find themselves lost in this cafe. Surely, that person was waiting there.

This is the story of a mysterious cafe hidden deep in the mountains, connecting two different worlds. <<less

In front of a cedar tree with an interesting history on the premises of a shrine, a stabbed corpse was discovered. Though a suspect was found immediately, his testimony does not match up with the victim’s fatal injuries. Is this the tree’s curse…? Looking for the truth, Detective Gotou returns once more to the scene, only to meet Saitou Yakumo there, a university student who can see the spirits of the dead. It seems like he visited the shrine for another matter. Ahead of these two cases that curiously overlap… Starting a new series in this popular spiritual mystery!... more>>

A series of Shinrei Tantei Yakumo side stories.

1. the tree of deceit
2. the coffin of prayer
3. the tower of judgement <<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

If it were you, what would you do after suffering an unhealable emotional injury? ... more>>

Will you be entangled to the end, struggling to stay?

Will you howl, cry and dwell on it?

Will you leave silently, depressed?

Tang Qinghuan, who was on the verge of despair, came to a dark world where there were all kinds of people with unresolved obsessions.

Because they had accumulated great yin virtue, they came here after death and told her their wishes. Her duty is to let them put aside the past, eliminate their obsessions and let them drink the bowl of Meng’s soup which lets them forget the memories of their previous life so they can leave this place and reincarnate.

It's just that, after walking around from one world to another, it seems she has started down her own path of scumming. <<less

At the end of the 1920s, Tokyo, the Imperial capital of the Japanese Empire, celebrates the spring of the fifth year of the Kowa era. A handsome young man born to a German mother, Senzaki Masato, is an elite graduate of Teito University, but leads a life of self-indulgence without a home, money, or job. One day, when he is about to be evicted from his place of residence, he visits an acquaintance's salon to look for a job. There he meets a sleeping child-the enigmatic ‘Ono Kahoru’-and Masato finds himself involved in a variety of cases.... more>>

Fictional Japan in the Taisho and early Showa periods. A series of mystery short stories about a self-absorbed beautiful young man and a mysterious boy who solve cases based on fairy tales in the Imperial city, Tokyo. <<less

A compilation of 20 detective stories and 6 essays and miscellaneous writings by Japan's first female detective writer, Ookura Teruko.

Others were chased by fierce ghosts for three days and nights in this horror world. However, Su Qingxing, who was hiding in the group pretending to be a rookie, quietly waved to the ghost child over there and asked, “Xiao Ming, where is your mother?” ... more>>

The “female ghost” drifted in, fearful: “Lord Guide!”

The story of a big shot from the underworld pretending to be a pig to eat a tiger*.

*扮猪吃老虎: bàn zhū chī lǎo hǔ: A Chinese idiom that means acting dumb/pretending to be weak to lower somebody’s security so that attacking (surprising) them is easier. <<less

「You are gorgeous.」... more>>

「You are amazing.」

「Your nature is as fickle as flowing water and as erratic as a flower drifting in the wind.」

「...」

「You will make everyone fall madly in love with you. They will not stop until your entire being is under their possession; until you are trapped and caged; until your limbs are no more. Until you are but a cold body locked away in a freezer—only then will they finally be content.」

「...」

「You will not die. You will revive endlessly.」

After an accident, Chao Deng was forced into binding with a system. The task allocated to him was to enter various worlds to collect fragments of personality.

Chao Deng went after the personification of indifference first, then frivolity, tyranny, paranoia, arrogance… In the end, Chao Deng discovered that these fragments had all come from the same person.

Indulging in love, muddling through life, having your name spread far and wide, or having an existence worth no more notice than a mere speck of dust—these are all the glorious songs dedicated to the life of one truly great.

You were born to be pampered by millions. <<less

As a system that is very spicy, it is actually bound by the Lord God to a host that is an even spicier chicken!... more>>

The system said ruthlessly: I don’t want to live!

Unexpectedly, the host actually promises to make it the master of the plane and the most powerful!

The System: Well, I will believe in you this time. I want to become the master of the plane!

However, why does the host destroy every plane that she disagrees with?!

Did you want to ruin me and still make me the main god of the plane?

Xi Ying: I don’t like this world, but I like you. Since you like this world, then I will leave it for you.

辣雞 [là jī]: Spicy chicken. This Internet slang term is a humorous way of saying 垃圾 [lā ji] “tr*sh, douchebags, contemptible people.” <<less

The country of Hierbas is ruled jointly by royalty. Princess Beatrice had left the royal palace to spend her time in industrial production in the borderlands. Sandwiched between her haughty older brother Albert and sly younger brother Samuel, she has retreated to avoid the two’s confrontation. But as the situation in the surrounding countries worsens, Beatrice is forced to make a political decision. In her hands, she holds a certain “trump card” she inherited from her grandmother, who was renowned as a wise ruler.... more>>

The books in this series can be read as standalone stories. Each book revolves around a different character. <<less

Destination is a state of mind. A tale of a person and a bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes - an unusual, talking, anthropomorphic motorcycle - only staying in each country for three days.... more>>

During their adventures, they find happiness, sadness, pain, decadence, violence, beauty, and wisdom. But through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom. They discover that because of the world's imperfections, it is actually a thing of beauty. "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." <<less

A story about Ageha: a frail, beautiful girl living in a great mansion, who can transform into a magical girl. Even when she’s defeated, threatened... more>> and r*ped by various monsters and bad people, she never loses heart. <<less

Reality…will swallow you.... more>>

Ye Xiao, the criminal investigator whose hobby is eating and who never knows how to read the atmosphere, encounters an unimaginable case.

As usual, there is a dead body from a homicide case. But what is slightly different this time is that—

They find the deceased’s own, destroyed hands in his stomach.

Exactly how much pain had he endured to die by eating his own hands?

This is not the only strange mu*der case. And behind all the cases is the same hidden figure…

Like this, Ye Xiao and his partner, Su Mu, start to carry out the investigation.

It’s just that Ye Xiao's cold colleague, who looks unfazed even when encountering mysterious events, seems to be…pretty strange too? <<less

Out of boredom, Li Dong one day read through a whole list of books about scumbags male leads and their abusive possession of the submissive male protagonists.... more>>

His thoughts: Damn it, all the protagonists are so lowly! I want to hit someone! How can this kind of book have a happy ending! Actually, every book has HE!

Why is the male lead always so easy, being practically disabled by his male partner yet still staying deeply in love with the scumbag who gave him away!

Li Dong was so frustrated, but then, he suddenly transmigrated as the evil male partner in every book!

Male lead: “Second Young Master, please have me, or the Young Master will be angry.”

Li Dong: “You are really cheap.” But you shouldn’t be like this, you should respect yourself, understand?! <<less

Xie Shian, bound by the ‘Return from Evil to Righteousness’ system 250, replaced heartless male characters in various worlds. These individuals failed to appreciate the love and affection he had yearned for.... more>>

In one world, young An An, the adopted son of a deaf-mute couple, vowed to change his ways and become a loving son to his parents.

In another world, the boy who had been raised on scraps later reunited with his biological parents, exclaiming, “Don’t touch me!!!”

In a half-animal world, a young tiger, once fed by his blood relatives, grew wise and resented his impure lineage. However, he affectionately presented his mother with a rabbit, urging her to taste it with a playful nudge.

In the world of the stallion novel, the eldest son sacrificed everything to save his child. He harbored resentment towards his mother for not providing him with a healthy body. Determined to make his mother happy, he confronted his deceitful grandfather, confronted his scoundrel of a father, and helped his mother find a second chance at love. <<less

This is an adventure story where “you” collect scenes with other races in another world.

Haruta and Chika are members of their high school wind instrument club that is on the verge of being shutdown because there are only four members. The two are childhood friends that got split up, but reunited nine years later and they spend their days studying and also trying to recruit new members. When a mysterious event occurs within their school, they band together in order to solve the mystery.... more>>

Each volume is split into various short stories (represented by s1, 2, 3... in the releases). <<less

[Hello, host, I am the "heart of loyal servant" system from the three thousand world, numbered A007.]... more>>

"Hello, A007. My name is Mei Lu, a maid."

[The host is the one I found in the three thousand worlds that best meets the conditions of this system. As long as you complete the tasks assigned to you by the clients through the system and earn enough energy, in return, the system will realize any of your wishes. Would you like to bind with me?]

"Bound to you, can you help me find the owner?"

[Of course. As long as there is enough energy, all demands of the host can be realized.] <<less

The chairman of the Bai Group of ‘City A’ and his wife died in a plane crash, leaving their 3-year-old orphaned and with a large fortune. The relatives were trying their best to cheat the girl and enter the house to get ahold of it. But who knew that the ’10 billion-dollar doll’ would have chosen her father, or also known as the city’s most popular guy, on her own…... more>>

Luo Sheng: “f*ck, I’m not doing it!”

Yinyin: “Daddy, hug!”

Luo Sheng: “….”

A few days later —

“F*ck, who dares to bully my daughter? I won’t let him get away with this!” <<less

What is the world like after death?... more>>

Cong Sheng didn’t know others but he knew his own.

Looking at the huge wheel in front of him that was shining with pale white brilliance, he stretched out his hand without hesitation.

So…

He traveled through countless worlds, experienced all kinds of (dog blood) (wonderful) (hard) life, and struggled (extraordinarily hard) on his long road to becoming a god… <<less

Every profound love story must have a cannon fodder ex-girlfriend. If one day the ex-girlfriend blackens… aah, that would be fun! ... more>>

Blackened quote: Don’t be so quick to say like, I won’t be able to stop myself from hiding you away in the cabinet. Either you die, or I laugh as I watch you die. You thought you fell for an angel all on your own, therefore you deserve to be used by me. <<less

Because of boredom, Xu Jinyi entered a game. In this game called “Different Worlds”, he needed to play some cannon fodder or villain to live a happy new life.... more>>

Xu Jinyi worked hard to finish the game, and finally realized that this game was actually a scam created by Zhao Chengli specifically for him. <<less

He Qing is a poor baby. He’s been bullied and he’s been deceived. He was tricked out of money, tricked into s*x and tricked into love. ... more>>

He’s kind, he’s pure, he’s clear and without artifice, unsullied by the filth around him. Even if he’s tyrannizing scumbags, he has to tyrannize them pitifully!

By the time he’s finished his mission, he's abused those scumbags until they’re questioning their lives, and they prefer death to living on.

Happily holding onto his total points, the true maneater He Qing goes on to the next world he’ll be a poor baby in. <<less