There was a mysterious old man who approached the failed swordsman with the “100 million years button”. A magic button which can achieve the same effect as training for 100 million years if you push it.... more>>

The failed swordsman who pushed the button had his doubts, but immediately felt tremendous power rising in his body. So he pushed the button many times.

However it was a cursed button. The moment it was pushed, he was confined to the 100 million years prison of time. The first 100 years were devoted solely to training. After 1000 years he had forgotten why he swung his sword. He stopped thinking completely after 10,000 years had passed. After 100 million years he became crippled and finally managed to return to the real world. At the same time losing all his memories from the past 100 million years, the only thing that remained were his sword techniques. “I can become stronger just by pressing the button!” or so he thought and pushed the button many times after that. Foolishly trapping himself in that 100 million years of hell each time.

As he continued this loop, he began to think “If I destroy this world, will I get out of here?” A few billion years later, he finally escaped from the loop.

This is the story of a failed swordsman trying to make a name for himself in the world. <<less

Qin Nuanyang, an independent and strong-willed individual, entered the entertainment industry just a year ago and quickly rose to prominence as a highly sought-after actress. ... more>>

Throughout her career, she has been actively involved in helping orphanages and children with health issues.

Her ultimate goal in entering the entertainment industry is to use her influence to establish a charitable foundation.

Qin Nuanyang, who rushes between shooting schedules, program recordings, and meetings with directors, encountered Tang Zechen on the day she was hurrying to a shoot.

During her university days, Qin Nuanyang and Tang Zechen attended the same school. She admired him greatly and was always cautious when interacting with him, unaware that Tang Zechen had long harbored feelings for her… <<less

I became the only Korean character in a Japanese Light Novel.

On a whim, Meng Yanting, the crown prince of a multinational conglomerate, signed a secret lover’s agreement with Yu Xi, a small paste.... more>>

He knew that he was just greedy for her body, but by chance, Meng Yanting suddenly connected to himself in the parallel universe – Xiao Meng.

Xiao Meng claimed to know the future and told him, “In addition to going for the kidney, you have to go for the heart! Yu Xi likes you! Be careful about ‘chasing your wife in the crematorium’ in the future!”

Meng Yanting scoffed.

But under Xiao Meng’s brainwashing day and night, Meng Yanting gradually took it seriously.

So, every time Meng Yanting pushed Yu Xi against the wall and f*cked her until death, he couldn’t help but start to look forward to:

When will she confess to me?

Unfortunately, what was waiting was… <<less

Physically confronting your abusive superior might be cool and satisfying when it happens in a drama, but, as Kazuo Sugishita is learning, it's less cool when you're sitting at home afterwards, terrified to learn how you'll be punished when you return to work the next day. The sentence he faces sounds surprisingly lenient - just a temporary reassignment to the company's entertainment department while things blow over. But he changes his mind when he gets the specifics: Kazuo has been assigned as manager-in-training (read "servant") to Shiro Hoshizono, the "Star Watcher": A pompous, showoff-y, completely insufferable talent with no actual talents except using his sickeningly sweet words and foreign model looks to seduce lonely middle... more>> aged women into paying for the privilege of hearing him speak.

The day after his new assignment, Kazuo and Hoshizono leave for Saitama Prefecture, where Hoshizono has been recruited to become an image character for a campground in the mountains, alongside a group of other colorful characters, including a romance novelist with the looks of Cleopatra but the personality of someone's grandpa and a UFO obsessed conspiracy theorist.

But the morning after their arrival, their host is found strangled to death in his lodge, the road back is buried in an avalanche, and... you can probably see where this is going.

Turns out, despite how he comes across normally, Hoshizono is actually a genius detective!

The novel features a unique chapter naming scheme where each chapter is titled as a three to four sentence summary of its own contents, focused upon what information about the case is discovered and what evidence appears, for ease of reference.

A nominee for the 50th annual Mystery Writers Association of Japan Award, long story category. <<less

When she woke up, Xia Ran found a divorce agreement in front of her and a handsome man sitting across from her, staring at her coldly.... more>>

When she lowered her head and saw the name on the agreement, she realised that she had transmigrated into the same-named female supporting character in the dog-blood novel “The CEO’s Darling Wife”."

In the book, the female protagonist coveted the beauty of the male lead Gu Hanting and married him through despicable means. After the male lead met the female lead, she used vicious methods such as kidnapping, beating, hiring someone to r*pe, splashing sulfuric acid, causing car accidents, etc., to deal with the female lead. In the end, she fell into a situation of ruin and lose everything.

Xia Ran: "..."

Why would the female supporting character not take the divorce fee and go after some fresh meat? Why bother with this cold and indifferent male lead who doesn’t even look at her with a good face?

Xia Ran, who had changed her mind, picked up the pen gracefully and wrote her name on the paper: “Divorce, this marriage must end!”

And then, of course, she went out to have fun. <<less

Jade, who was born in the countryside, came to the capital in hopes of becoming an adventurer and fell in love with a guild receptionist at first sight. He continued to go the guild for 10 years to get along with her, and Jade, who had garnered many achievements, had been hailed as a hero before he realized it. However, despite his wealth, fame, and power, he is a late bloomer and has only had formal conversations with the receptionist.... more>>

This is the story of Jade, who just wants to get along with the receptionist, and the people who see him take his work at the guild with the utmost seriousness, the [Selfless Hero]. <<less

Ophelia was known as the stuttering disgrace of the Imperial family with hand tremors. ... more>>

But in my eyes, she was the lovely princess that I had raised to the best of my abilities.

However, on the day of her debut.

The nasty remarks from the Emperor broke her heart, and she threw herself out of her window.

As I followed her with the frame of mind that I’ve lost everything…

When I opened my eyes, a four-year-old Ophelia was shaking to wake me up.

“Ha, ha, Hannah, I like this flower the, the best… that’s why… I will give you this flower!”

A small chubby hand held out the flower to me.

As I accepted the flowers, I made up my mind.

…In this lifetime, I’m going to save my Princess from that tr*shy Emperor.

But just why is this d*mn Emperor…?

“Who is your master?”

Beyond the Emperor’s obsession, this time round,

《I will save the princess》 <<less

In this modern magic action story, Takeshi Nanase is an ordinary high school boy who has a somewhat dark past. Due to certain circumstances, he formed a “fake” couple with his childhood friend Kurumi Isoshima, but otherwise, he lives a normal life. However, one day, he comes across a girl named Mui Aiba in a uniform he has never seen before, collapsed on the school campus. This encounter changes Takeshi’s destiny completely. Mui tells Takeshi that she is a magician, and she apologizes, for she turned Takeshi into a magician, too. What Takeshi once knew as one world is actually two—the world where magicians live and the world where humans live. ... more>>

Source: ANN <<less

How often do you see those annoying enemy characters in games that heal your enemies?... more>>

I’ve become such a character

I was reincarnated as a crony of the son of a frontier count who does evil deeds in the popular game “The Legend of the Magic Sword”

I had a twin sister who suffered from a disease.

In order to not let her die, I came up with a secret plan—-. <<less

I married him because of a one-night mistake.... more>>

"I'll give you the position of Duchess. But nothing more."

At first, I was relieved by the cold eyes, but as time passed, my expectations grew.

Thinking about it now, it was a vain hope that one day he will look back at me.

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“Are you coming back today?”
“Why are you curious about that?”

Duke Walten looked at Kathleen with expressionless eyes.

“Do you want me to come back and be by your side?”
“… Yes, I wish you would.”

At her brave words, he laughed out loud. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer and whispered.

“Then, like a contract marriage, give birth to an heir first.”

Knowing that she couldn't...
Kathleen couldn't contain her tears and pushed him away.
He turned around expressionlessly, even as he saw her tear-soaked face. She looked at her husband and thought.

'If I can't really be your wife,
Then I really have to leave now.' <<less

Everything was effortless for Cardale Vassenberg.... more>>

Winning women’s hearts and using people.

It didn’t matter if he discarded them away after playing with them.

Elise always stood at the edge of a precipice.

Every day was a miserable and muddy life.

When goodwill, out of charity, was given entirely to her,

That kind of warmth was ardent and precious.

Cardale had numerous opportunities.

When faced with desperate, pathetic eyes.

When he heard a little sob in the pouring rain.

When he was aware of strange displeasure and nervousness.

His choices were always the same and he always won.

Still, the world moved as he wanted.

Until Elise dared to abandon him and run away. <<less

This is a story about a captain named Maria Carria. He cooperates with the spirits to confront the existence sending people from another world to... more>> this world without permission. <<less

Long Chen, a crippled youth who cannot cultivate, is constantly targeted and bullied by his fellow noble heirs. After a particularly vicious beating, he wakes up and realizes a Pill God’s soul has somehow merged with him, giving him additional memories. Among those memories is the mysterious "Nine Star Hegemon Body Art", a cultivation technique even he can train in, but its secrets and origin are still a mystery to him. Relying on his improved instincts as he finally begins to cultivate, he realizes a huge conspiracy is underfoot within the Phoenix Cry Empire, one involving his father, the members of the imperial family, and even the emperor himself.... more>>

In order to solve the mysteries around him, he must rely on his new alchemy techniques and the powerful but baffling Nine Star Hegemon Body Art. Countless enemies block him as he attempts to climb to the peak of the cultivation world.

His destined fate was to only be a chess piece, but he will not bow to the will of the Heavens. <<less

He was a refined professor, but he did the most obscene things with his sister-in-law.... more>>

(Brother-in-law and sister-in-law, father-in-law and daughter-in-law, cheating, high s*x.) <<less

As part of the nobility, one must fulfill their responsibilities as a noble and keep their dignity at all times.... more>>

That was how Elysia Hellen had lived all her life.

'I thought I was on the right path, what the hell did I do wrong?'

The fiancé who was engaged to her for over twenty years,

"Let's break up the engagement. I have someone I love."

The woman he loved,

"Lady Hellen, stop being greedy and please let us be."

In the tale they wrote, she was a wicked woman.

A villainess.

A vicious woman who tormented the two and became a s*ave after the collapse of her household.

To her, who had lost everything, a man reached out his hand.

"Come with me, and I'll make the Duke kneel at your feet."

She became a villainess who pledged to him.

"I'll make you the Emperor, so help me with my revenge."

The first chapter of a new novel unfolded.

This story is about a wicked woman who became the main character.

The revenge of the villainess, Elysia, had just begun. <<less

Because my father was an Earl and my deceased mother had been a commoner, I was burdened with a narrow life as an illegitimate child. As a 16 year adult, I have decided to leave the aristocrat family registry and become a common citizen. I wonder if the knowledge I obtained as a member of nobility will help me in living as a commoner.... more>>

Will the common people’s wisdom bestowed upon me by my mother as well as the art of living be put to practical use? <<less

She thought the man was dead.... more>>

His raven black hair, long eyelashes, sharp jawline and plump lips.
As she was treating him, Swan fell in love.

“I-I think I’m pregnant. So, uh, take me as your wife…”

“……..”

All because of ‘love’. Oh to be condescending as a young girl. The man didn’t love Swan, she was only a toy of momentary interest for him.

Atlion never answered her question.

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“You’re the one who said you wanted me. Didn’t you say you’ve never regretted a day that you were with me?”

“Heart is something that changes as much as we want, Your Majesty.”

It was hell.

Her words seemed to make my blood vessels harden.
I always want to see and touch her, but she won’t allow it anymore.

I’m afraid of you.
You, who don’t love me.

The story of Swan, who once loved a man with lost memories- “Atlion”. What will become of this perplexing romance? <<less

This is a strange world where everyone can build Dream Dungeons.... more>>

Qiu Ren also becomes one of the many Dream Makers.

So, welcome to the dream I built.

You can experience the thrill of being the winner in “Battle Royale;”

Seek salvation in “Dark Souls;”

Slaughter the gods wantonly in “God of War.”

Lastly… some dreams are very harmful to your body. Please don’t be too addicted to them. <<less

Amakawa Haruto died before he’d the chance to reunite with his childhood friend who disappeared five years ago. Rio, a young boy living in the slums seeks revenge for his mother who was mu*dered in cold blood in front of him when he was only five years of age.... more>>

There exists the earth many know of and there exists an alternate world. Two people, each with their own backgrounds and values. For odd reasons, the memories and personality of Haruto, one who should have died resurrects in Rio’s body. As the two are confused over their memories and personality fusing together, Rio (Haruto) decides to live in this new world.

Along with Haruto’s memories, Rio awakens an unknown but special power. If he’s to use it, it looks as if he can live a better life, but before that, Rio encountered a kidnapping which results in involving the two princesses of the Bertam Kingdom.

After saving the princesses, Rio is given a scholarship to attend the Royal Academy, a school for the rich and powerful. His background being a poor orphan who once lived in the slums, the school full of nobles was rather a detestable place to stay at. <<less

A striking man of mysterious origin and peerless talent, he looks back at the world, in all its entirety, with utter disdain. And yet, in the treacherous and unpredictable ultimate formation of the Boundless Secular World, he guards a breathtaking ancient qin with broken strings, waiting silently for the destined one to arrive!... more>>

A boy encounters him, and knows for the first time that the world beneath the Heavens is a fickle place. Not even demons, devils, ghosts and monsters can match the frivolity of human nature!

A slender physique, and jade-like beauty, but the sword that strikes between heaven and earth is not unlike a streaming rainbow!

The vastness of the starry sky, the seven emotions and six desires! Greed, anger and ignorance! The teachings of Buddha will grant you boundless strength!

A sea of blood will come, at the cost of all mortal beings full of honest hope!

The ghosts wail as the gods roar, but the sea of blood has no end!

Where, pray tell, is the path I should take?

Since there is no path, no matter how bitter and bloody the sea, even if my boat is made out of bones, I will soar to the heavens above! <<less

《Blaze》-- That is a weapon made by materialising your own soul with your enhanced will power. I, Tooru Kokonoe, have that ability which is said... more>> to be possessed only by one in every one thousand people, so it was decided that I would enrol in Kouryou academy that gives out 《Blaze》, and a school that teaches battle techniques. But for unknown reason, my 《Blaze》 didn't have a shape of a weapon but a protector, and it takes the form of a 《Shield》. <<less

※Attention: ‘Set-ups’ exist in this story.... more>>

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Have you ever wished to become a doll?
When something makes you sad, have you ever found your aching heart annoying?
I have.
Since when have I been living as a doll?

Since when?
Since when have I considered myself not the real deal?

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Japan is at risk because of terrorists called ‘the Neoepicureans’.

A girl attending a girls’ school in Tokyo — Kōko meets another ‘girl’. If you can call her a girl, that is. ‘She’ is an android.

Targeting the android — Ichigo — are those who unveil themselves as ‘magicians’. Deeper and deeper, Kōko is pulled into the battle for Ichigo behind the curtains. Out of the sight of the everyday person, fights unfold between ‘magicians’.

This story is a yuri fantasy set in the modern age, told by the mysterious speaker ‘Metako’.

— If you found a heart weeping, what would you do? <<less

Since a long time ago, Tenjo Yuuta has always been bullied.... more>>

He goes to high school while living alone at his late grandfather’s house.

Although he was always met with severe bullying, he found solace during the long holiday break.

During this time, while cleaning his grandfather’s house, he also decided to clean the room where his grandfather keeps the items he collected throughout his life. A room where Yuuta has never entered before.

While trying to organize the items collected by his grandfather, he found a mysterious door that was seemingly cut out from the wall.

Out of curiosity, he opened it. And then... <<less

A man is a very small and ephemeral being, whose life would be summarized into a fifty-to-sixty page long short story. But I want more people to appreciate how fantastic their lives as short stories are. Short stories are indeed short, but they are full of interesting things once you read them. Even if your life is not an epic saga, it is still enough to touch others."... more>>

Shinonome Yuuko is a book-loving librarian girl who has a secret identity... <<less