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

“Are you awake? Congratulations on turning into a girl, I won’t let you die so easily.”... more>>

“Someone gave a tip, so you have a minimum of ten updates today. If there’s a typo, add an extra thousand words. If you can’t write, figure it out yourself.”

“I’ve been busy lately, I might come over for dinner tonight. Remember to make enough for two.”

“I bought you two new dresses, wear them well. The weather has been getting colder lately, so don’t catch a cold.”

“I’ll be spending the night here tonight, make sure the bed is warm.”

“…”

— Today’s the pet girl is also fighting against Miss Grim Reaper. <<less

[Office Code of Conduct:... more>>

– Gather 100 points to gain freedom.

– Rights cannot be enjoyed without work.

– Disrespect towards the team leader or the office will result in penalties.]

I’m dying right now. Yet, I can’t rest.

– Seems like it’s dragging on a bit, doesn’t it?

– The author’s trying to wrap it up quickly.

– But we haven’t even gotten all the plot points yet?

– It’s just about to get interesting, so how can they end it? We need 10 more volumes!

– I’m hooked as always. Thank you writer-nim!

The readers don’t understand my situation. For the past 10 years, I’ve been writing like crazy. It’s almost over now. I must escape this hell…

1 point left. <<less

What should I do if I meet a high school class teacher on a blind date in women’s clothes, urgent!... more>>

Pretending to be a woman and a Zuojing* Shou x gentle and tolerant older man

Lian Yin is young and handsome, has a slender figure, proficient in makeup, and can fake his voice. In women’s clothing, he is flawless.

Substituting a Jiejie on her blind date, the opposite was an overconfident older man with an old-fashioned personality.

Before meeting, the older man sent a message——

Old man: I have to have a hot meal every day I come home after marriage.

Lian Yin: I won’t do it!

Old man: In the photos of your memories, you’re dressed too cold, your skirt must be past your knees.

Lian Yin: It’s none of your business.

Old man: I will give you living expenses every month and I will control the rest of the income.

Lian Yin: Claw!

After meeting-

The older man was graceful and elegant: Hello, my name is Lang Zhuoyu.

Lian Yin suddenly picked up his bag and covered his face, shouting in his heart: Why does this guy have the same name as my high school classroom teacher? He even looks similar too?

Following that, Lang Zhuoyu said lightly: I used to be a teacher, you look like my former student. Lian Yin: …Is it too late for me to live on another planet now?

The older man said that on purpose.

* person who is very pretentious and loves to torment the people around him <<less

There was a cafe called the “Evening Rain” in a western-style building at the end of a narrow street on the Dutch Slope. On a rainy night, a university student who lost her way by chance met a strange shopkeeper.... more>>

A mysterious cafe with a strange attachment to evening rain, the “Evening Rain Cafe”……because of it, she got to learn about Nagasaki’s variety of traditional confectionery.

Eventually, she came to work at the shop, but the shopkeeper had an amazing secret.

A story of a sweet relationship connected by sweet confectionery begins here. <<less

Xu Xiuwen, who was battered and bruised, was reborn and found himself back at the farewell dinner after the college entrance examination. It was the... more>> year 2005. Facing the aggressive former love rival and the childhood sweetheart he once had a crush on, he decided to start a new life. After being reborn, he not only wants to recover the white moonlight that he missed in his previous life, but also builds his own business empire. Fame and fortune, career and love, he wants them all! <<less

Upon awakening from a deep slumber, Monet realized that he had been transported to the world of The Titanic after the ship had sunk as... more>> a passenger. After being rescued, armed with the advantage of foreseeing events over a century ahead, he embarked on creating his own career. <<less

A naturally timid engineering student found himself transported to France before the grand revolution, only to become the older brother of the future Emperor Napoleon... more>> for some inexplicable reason. Now, he faced a crucial decision: would he seize this opportunity to create his own remarkable destiny or merely cling to this lifeline and drift along? <<less

When I opened my eyes, it was the 1980s in America.
I decided to write pulp fiction...

After suffering a debilitating stroke that left him in a vegetative state, the once-indispensable genius writer, Kwon Eugene, finds himself in a startling situation. Inexplicably,... more>> he regresses back to his high school years in the United States. With the memories of his past accomplishments, including topping worldwide bestseller lists, he begins to wonder if the challenges of his teenage years might now seem easier in comparison. As he navigates this unexpected journey through time, Eugene is faced with the opportunity to rewrite his life’s story in ways he never imagined. <<less

When she was 8 years old, Lin Xian met Xiao Yuqing and was blinded by the beauty. A childish speech was laughed at for many years. ... more>>

Auntie, you are beautiful, I want to marry you.

Later, Lin Xian, who thought she had long forgotten, met Xiao Yuqing again. Her heartbeat began to remind her again – I like her very much.

After many years, Xiao Yuqing was eaten and dried to know that the soft white rabbit grew up not as a white rabbit, but as a wolf.

If you say that young love is as uncertain as the wind, then I hope that the rest of my life it will last for a long time. <<less

Qiao Yu suddenly finds herself transported into an unfinished romance novel, and a system informs her that she must continue writing the story based on the events in the book's world. As she opens the writing interface, she notices two floating orbs resembling computer assistants—one labeled "Reader Satisfaction" and the other "OOC Level."... more>>

Qiao Yu: What are these?

System: Those are your destiny.

As Qiao Yu takes on the role of a classmate of the male and female protagonists, her life becomes hectic as she struggles to find suitable material for the story. She wants to write about the sweet school life of the male and female protagonists sitting together, but her seat mysteriously ends up between them, and the male protagonist refuses to switch places with her.

Feeling confused, Qiao Yu can only write in her story: "Love is a hand that wants to touch but pulls back, and the appropriate distance brings them closer."

She also wants to depict the emotional progress of the male and female protagonists during their travels, but throughout the entire trip, they separate and she ends up spending her time with the female protagonist, going out during the day and soaking in hot springs at night. The only thing she knows for certain is that the female protagonist has a nice figure, but she doesn't dare write about it in the story.

The story progresses slowly with extensive psychological descriptions, and both orbs' values remain stable. The comments section is filled with praise, hailing her as a writer who excels in portraying delicate emotions. Only Qiao Yu knows that she has nothing to write about, and she laments quietly, "Why is the progress so slow?"

While Qiao Yu is lost in her thoughts, Lin Qing, who is feeding her dried fruits, suddenly grabs the back of her head and kisses her. After a moment, Lin Qing releases her and reveals a deep, night-like gaze in her usually clear eyes. She softly smiles and asks, "Is it still slow now?"

Qiao Yu completely freezes, and in her mind, the two orbs from the writing interface and the clear classification of "romance" appear vividly. It's over—she has unintentionally turned her romance novel into a yuri story! Her life is surely over today! <<less

A distinguished guest was welcomed to the palace of the Arilance Empire.... more>>

This lord was said to be a noble emperor.

After hearing this, the people of the empire scoffed. Who’s emperor would wander around in despair? This man must be a liar.

The emperor of the Arilance Empire was a tyrant.

The people of the empire placed their bets, speculating on the date when the liar would be beheaded by the emperor.

Three months, five months……

Months have passed, and the liar has not yet been beheaded. The people of the empire can barely remember about it.

One day, the blue sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds. Holy archangels and black-winged demons stood together, headless hors**en rode on abyssal dragons, and thousands of troops came from a distance.

——They came to meet their emperor.

That day, almost everyone in the city saw the powerful foreign race at the head and the thousands of troops kneeling down on one knee to the liar in the palace, with their right hands clenched into the left side of their chests.

——The world is ignorant, only the emperor shines with the sun and the moon.

——I offer my heart and loyalty to my lord.

The people: ……

No way, is this for real? <<less

Jianjing was reborn into a parallel world and became a genius novelist.... more>>

Or rather, the soon-to-be deceased young genius novelist...

[System Warning]: You committed su*cide, estimated time of death in 10 minutes.

[Mandatory Mission]: Escape from the enclosed room.

[Reward and Punishment]: Successful escape means the author continues the story, failure means the story is abandoned.

Jianjing: WTF?!

System: This is just the beginning, face the storm ahead!

Jianjing's view of herself: An ordinary bestselling novelist.

Others' view of her: "Novelist Detective", "Honorable Citizen for Bravery and Justice", "Police Consultant", "Surprise Guest for Horror House Shows", "Human Representative Against Unknown Creatures"... <<less

One day, when a novelist woke up from a restless sleep,... more>>

he realized that he had transformed into his 12-year-old self. <<less

When a living person takes up a position in the nether world, they’re known as “Impermanent”. ... more>>

Lan He managed to squeeze into the entertainment circle, but wavered constantly around the 38th tier because of his lack of background.

At first, knowing that he has to work part-time as an Impermanent and live off of the Nether World, he rejected it, until he realised... Why did working part time in the Nether World help him become famous in the Over World?

Lan He: “It’s me, the darkest rogue in the Nether World, the hottest star in the Over World.” <<less

In every book, there would be a scumbag who’s despicable, selfish and insidious, and hurts others miserably.... more>>

When the boss got the scumbag script, he turned things around in minutes and wrote the face-slapped script.

Of course, it was someone else’s face! <<less

A world only I know of, now I will take it all for myself.... more>>

There's no kind soul here willing to share and eat nicely with others.
Only the ruthless one who will devour it all alone exists here. <<less

It wasn't even malicious criticism.... more>>

I just gave feedback in the tone I was asked to.

So why the hell did I, the writer who just wanted to help a junior, possess this body of the prospective groom… a villain, who died in the hands of the heroine on their wedding night? <<less

I’m a high school student who became an author after debuting at Dengeki Bunko. After taking a year of hiatus from school to write my work, I transferred out to another high school to study, and met a girl called Eri Nitadori in school, a rookie voice actress cast as a character in the anime adaptation of my work.... more>>

In school, we treat our professions as a secret. However, Nitadori’s very popular in class, and I’m a loner…the only chance we get to talk to each other is when we take the Limited Express train together every Thursday, seated side by side as we head off for an anime, After Recording.

To improve her skills, she asked me questions regarding the profession. While I was answering the questions regarding the process–how did it end up like this.

This is what I last remembered before I lost consciousness, and the story of my near-death experience. <<less

Mission: Transmigrate world by world into a scoundrel’s body; clean up the original’s life.... more>>

Wei Mingyan is a liar, through and through. But he doesn’t see himself as such. His motto? “If one deceives others for a lifetime, then all lies would become the truth.” <<less

The literature of this other world was atrocious.... more>>

So, I plagiarized.

Don Quixote, Anna Karenina, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, The Metamorphosis... I thought that unraveling the literature of the original world would advance the literature of this other world.

"Those who dream and those who do not, who really is the mad one?"

"To live or to die, that is the question."

"No matter how fatal the mistake, it is different from a sin."

But then, people began to immerse themselves too deeply in the novels I plagiarized.

Can't a novel just be seen as a novel...? <<less

Reincarnated in a fantasy world. All of the novels worth reading here appear to be SAT English problems. So I began writing my own fantasy novels as a hobby to augment my previous job.... more>>

However, the novel I wrote had an odd ripple effect. That’s fantastic as well. <<less

Fluff, HE, Face slapping, Mary Sue... more>>

Voice actor/streamer Vs Writer/CEO

After two years of dating, Lu Zhenqiu found out that her girlfriend Tang Yingxia had cheated on her. Instead of questioning her or making a fuss, she asked her friends to help her find a new place to live and move away in one night.

As luck would have it, the new landlord is Tang Yingxia’s archrival Jin Shuilan.

Jin Shuilan is a well-known writer and screenwriter. She has a withdrawn personality and is difficult to get along with. She is a typical flower of the high mountains in the industry, referred to as a lonely person. She has countless suitors, but she has never pretended to be with one and spoken bluntly about it and she has no scandals.

No one knew that she had someone hidden in her heart. Later, this person knocked on her door in the middle of the night and moved into her house.

Mini theater:

The sales of the new book were good, and the magazine wanted to do an online live broadcast with Jin Shuilan and invite several guests, including Tang Yingxia.

Not long after the broadcast started, there was some barking sound from Jin Shuilan’s end, and a golden retriever appeared in the camera. The editor wondered: “Doesn’t Teacher Jin not have dogs?”

Jin Shuilan, the queen of loneliness, explained with a smile: “It’s my girlfriend’s dog.”

All the readers in the live broadcast room: What!!!

Tang Yingxia’s face turned green when she saw the golden retriever’s customized collar and stood up. <<less

In the distant, but not too distant future, the profession of book author has disappeared. Every member of society is legally obligated to publish one book during their lifetime, but a second work is prohibited. Every book for sale in a bookstore is the one and only published work of someone. ... more>>

This is the story of a boy who keeps his words close to his heart and a girl who is in love with the art of storytelling. <<less