The second floor of the gym – this was where we always met. It was class time, but of course, there weren’t any classes going on in a place like this.... more>>

This was where Shimamura and I became friends. We hung out here – talking about TV shows and cooking, playing some ping pong….This is where we fostered our friendship.

Keeping my head propped against the wall, I let out a small sigh.

What was this feeling? Yesterday, I’d dreamt of me and Shimamura kissing.

Not that I’m like that. I’m sure Shimamura isn’t either. It’s not even something worth repeating myself about, but really, it’s not like that.

It’s just that when she hears the word “friend”, I want her to think of me first. That’s all. <<less

Fia, who was aiming to be a knight as the daughter of a knight, remembers her previous life as a “great saint” when she was on the verge of dying.... more>>

. . . Huh?

Saints are a revered profession because they’re so weakened and on the verge of extinction, right?

The only saintly power I use is the ‘lost magic’ that has become a fairy tale.

Come to think of it, in my previous life, the Demon Lord’s right hand man threatened to kill me if I was reincarnated as a saint.

If I use this kind of power, they’ll know that I am a saint and will probably kill me in one fell swoop.

. . . so I’ll become a knight as per my original intentions! I will live quietly!　

Nah, I thought about it, but I’ll use the power I have because it’s too useful . . . <<less

This girl claims to love me!? She’s so cheeky for a commoner!... more>>

I am Claire François, the heiress to a noble family in the Bauer Kingdom. In a time of social unrest where the kingdom’s commoners have begun to rise up, one peculiar commoner has even found the gall to say that she loves me!

Hmph! Don’t think for a moment that I’ll afford someone like you any attention!

Wha… What are you so happy about!?

Join us for a retelling of I’m in Love with the Villainess from the villainess’ perspective herself! More than just a retelling, She’s so Cheeky for a Commoner! will detail untold stories that could only be shared by Claire! Watch over Claire and see how her feelings for Rei change over the course of the story! Learn more about the characters close to Claire such as her dear friends, Pipi and Loretta, as well as her ever elusive roommate! With the spotlight on Claire, we are sure to learn more about the world and the dark secrets of noble society. <<less

The me who threw away my past loner self and succeed in doing a high-school debut, Amaori Renako. But, as a shabby character it’s hard for me to live this kind of bright life! At that time, I met the school’s super star, Oozuka Mai, and we exchanged our problems with each other. Since then, we started our relationship as ‘secret friends’. As long as I have her as my friend, I could do anything! Is what I thought.... more>>

“It seems like I fell in love with you”

“Wait! What about being friends!?”

Some unstable relationship like lovers, it’s impossible! What I wanted is a best friend who I can enjoy my high school life with! But Mai won’t give up.

“Let’s decide which relationship suit us more, lovers or best friends. We will determine the outcome by this match”

And with that, our everyday’s non-stop love comedy has started! <<less

“Huh? Who are you calling loser?”... more>>

As the background of the class, I, Kazuhiko Nukumizu, witnessed a popular girl – Anna Yanami, getting rejected by another guy.

“Even though he said we’ll get married. Don’t you think he’s pretty mean?”

“When did he say that?”

“When we were 4 or 5 years old.”

That doesn’t count, right?

With this, the losing heroines like Remon Yakishio from the Track and Field Club, and Chika Komari, from the literature club.

“Nukumizu-kun. There are two types of girls. Childhood friends or cheating cats.”

“I see. Well, that’s a bold statement.”

There’s a fortune for those who shine only after losing. Losing Heroines— The curtain to the mysterious coming-of-age story “Makeine” opens now! <<less

At a unspecified point in the future, the Earth dies. Then, a genius engineer only known as “Y” manages to revive the Earth using only... more>> gears and clockwork. Thus the world is renamed “Clockwork Planet”, with cities being build inside the planet’s gears. A thousand years later Naoto Miura, a student and lover of machines living in the Kyoto gear, finds a crate has crashed through the roof of his apartment. Inside the crate is a coffin containing the broken body of an automaton. Using his superior sense of hearing, Naoto fixes the automaton, who is named RyuZU Yours*ave, who reveals she has been broken for over 200 years. RyuZU promises complete loyalty to Naoto and the two become close. Later they meet two people trying to find RyuZU: Dr. Marie Bell Breguet, the youngest person to become a “meister”, a group of master engineers; and her bodyguard Vainney Halter. A month after their encounter, all four appear in Akihabara, Tokyo, having now become the world’s most infamous terrorists <<less

There is a certain restaurant in the first bas**ent level of a multi-tenant building in one corner of a shopping street near the office district.... more>> The historical 70-year-old restaurant, marked by a sign with a picture of a cat, is called "Western Cuisine Nekoya." This restaurant looks completely normal through the week, but on Saturdays, it opens in secret exclusively to some very unique guests. During these hours, doors in various areas of a parallel world open to allow customers of many different races and cultures into the restaurant. This "Restaurant to Another World" and its food hold an exotic charm to these highly diverse customers. This is a story of the heartwarming, once-in-a-lifetime encounters between our reality and another world, between the restaurant's customers and its owner, and the food shared among them all. <<less

Kunieda Kei is a popular, young TV announcer whose public and private personas are so different, they might be called extreme. Outside he is the picture of perfection, affectionately nicknamed “The Prince.” Inside he is constantly cursing at all of the incompetence around him. Of course, no one knows this secret of his. One day, Kei meets the stop motion animation artist Tsuzuki Ushio for a work assignment and unfortunately runs into him later while he’s in “off mode.” Luckily Tsuzuki doesn’t recognize him in his worn-out sweats and a facemask, but as compensation for injuring Tsuzuki’s arm, Kei gets roped into helping out with his work… ... more>>

Volume 1: Yes, No, or Maybe Half?
Volume 2: Center of the World
Volume 3: Where Home is <<less

A young man was summoned to another world as the “Sorcerer King of Destruction” to destroy this world while he was still dressed in his lame pajamas. However, he was a relatively rational human, and the only thing “destructive” about him was his naming sense.... more>>

He didn’t have any particular desires to destroy the world.

Furthermore, an unforeseen accident occurred right after the summoning. Because of this, the summoner’s control over the young man was lost and allowed him to act according to his own will.

Finally, he accidentally brought forth…a formidable partner.

The fate of this world that was supposed to head towards ruination was now undergoing a great change.

※The heroine’s love is…heavy. <<less

I was reincarnated as a villainous daughter in an otome game based on the modern world. ... more>>

But because it’s a modern world, the slow life of a villainess has many hardships, and modern Japanese history, modern economic history, and the global economy attack the main character when she tries to manage domestic affairs.

Hang in there, villainess! Don’t lose, villainess!

This is a story about the struggles of Keikain Runa, a villainous daughter who throws herself into history falsification and money wars, leaving the main character and the capture targets behind in order to live a proper slow life, with the backdrop of a lost World War, the collapse of an economic bubble, and a looming financial crisis. <<less

Corporate s*ave Reiji went to another world one day, made one rank higher potions, and li~ghtly made a killer profit!... more>>

He used that money to open a drug store, and troubled people who heard the rumors came over…

Eyedrops for an elf troubled over his failing bow aim!

Cough syrup for the dragon that unintentionally releases his dragon breath!

Reiji makes medicine for troubled people, enjoying his leisurely slow life in a rural city. <<less

When I noticed it, I was in a different world.... more>>

I had become a sword… what, I don’t get it! The place I woke up was a great plain crowded with monsters. I fly in search of a partner (women only) to be equipped with. Magic stone? I get the skills I absorb? This has become fun! Hyahha, give me magic stones! Yes, that was a joke. But I’ll take a magic stone.

This is how I became a sword and went to another world, a story of an ordinary minor character otaku. <<less

Flum Apricot never even wanted to leave her village. She would've been content to live out her entire life there in peace. But unfortunately, after... more>> being prophesied by the God of Creation Origin to join the Hero's party and defeat the Demon Lord, she's known nothing but misery. How is someone with stats of zero like her supposed to be of any use? Her only ability is 'Reversal', and not even she knows what that's supposed to mean. The party's sage, Jean Inteige, is also convinced that she has no right to be there, and he knows just how to get rid of her. Through the depths of despair, when the curse finally 'reverses' itself, what will be left of Flum? And what kind of life will she make for herself? <<less

When a young woman is killed in a traffic accident on her way home from work at a tax bureau, she suddenly finds herself transported... more>> to the world of the otome game she was playing the night before – but instead of the heroine, she's been reincarnated as the bad guy! Using her knowledge of the game, “Iris” manages to avert personal disaster and decides to rebuild her life with her modern-day economic know-how. This is one mean girl who isn't going to let her perceived reputation stop her from being a heroine! <<less

One day, I – a high schooler – found a paperback in the hospital. The “Disease Coexistence Journal” was its title. It was a diary that my classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, had written in secret. Inside, it was written that due to her pancreatic disease, her days were numbered. And thus, I coincidentally went from Just-a-Classmate to a Secret-Knowing-Classmate. It was as if I were being drawn to her, who was my polar opposite. However, the world presented the girl that was already suffering from an illness with an equally cruel reality…... more>>

The best-selling, award-winning debut work by Yoru Sumino:

“Bestsellers 2016 (Overall) by NIPPAN” – 4th Place

“Bestsellers 2016 (Paperback Fiction) by NIPPAN” – 1st Place

“Bestsellers 2016 (Overall) by TOHAN” – 5th Place

“Bestsellers 2016 (Literary Books) by TOHAN” – 1st Place

“Bookstore Grand Prix 2016” – 2nd Place

“DA VINCI BOOK OF THE YEAR 2015” – 2nd Place

“Bestsellers 2015 (Literary Books) by TOHAN” – 6th Place

As of May 2017, this book has sold over 1.2 million copies. <<less

There was a youth who lived deep inside a Forest, his name was Yuri.... more>>

After he trained his body for long, he achieved a special trait which made his body able to withstand almost every kind of magic.

One day, there was a beautiful elf named Firia, who got lost and arrived at his house.

Yuri, who was attracted to see the world, together with Firia, they set out on a journey around the world.

“Yuri-san, can you use magic?”

“Of course I can. It’s called muscle magic.”

“…what, is that?”

“In exchange of magical energy, I use my muscles to emit a powerful magic.”

“That isn’t magic but simply a feat of strength.”

This is the tale of a youth who chose to polish his muscles and journey around the world together with a peerless beautiful elf. <<less

Noel, a youth who admires his grandfather, who was hailed as a hero, and aspires to be the strongest Seeker.... more>>

But his Job that appeared in the appraisal, was the support class Talker.

Talker is a peaky job with the weakest individual abilities. A job that could never become the strongest.

「If I create the strongest clan and become the clan master, then I’ll essentially be the strongest」

Thinking that, Noel worked hard persistently to fulfill his ambition.

On the other hand, the merciless methods he employed for the sake of his ambition were acknowledged by everyone as the path of『evil』.

However, Noel’s distinct talent attracted many powerful people and they began to gather under him……

This is the story of how the most evil Talker, who seeks to be the strongest, subdues his allies and creates the strongest clan in the world. <<less

The so-called 『Enjoy the Human Lives Show Humans Sent to Another World With a Cheat』was trending amongst the Gods. Kanbara Kanata, one of the chosen humans ended up incurring the Evil God’s wrath and as a result, was sent to the worst dungeon,《Cocytus》. But, in a place where he was supposed to lose his life, he met Lunaère, a self-proclaimed misanthropic immortal girl. He was saved by her, who then decided to train him ’till he could at least protect himself.... more>>

「Master, I think… I’ve become strong enough.」

「It’s Not enough! Erm, outside of this dungeon is a dangerous place you know!」

「Seriously!? More dangerous than this place…」

This is the story of Kanata who was trained by his master, who easily succumbed to loneliness, till he became the greatest hero of legend, and yet was unaware of it. <<less

A modern Japanese man reincarnated into a game as Welner von Zeavert. Though he reincarnated as a noble’s son, he is neither the main character nor the hero of this world. He become someone who didn’t even appear in the game.... more>>

Plus, with only [Spearmanship] as his skill, he can’t even join the hero party to clear main story.
His small advantages are the fact that he became the hero’s friend and his father’s rather high status. He’s nothing but a supporting character of the story.

He noted the game story that he knew from his past life, used it, along with his authority and influence as a noble, to survive from demon king army.

But, without realizing it, the knowledge from his past life and his memories of the game story affected the world. He saved people that should have died and took care of events that didn’t appear in the game.

With that, he carved history of this world

This is not a story about the hero. This is a story about struggle and effort of a young noble. <<less

The child of an aristocrat, Van, suddenly remembers his past life when he became two years old. Van was once rumored to be a child... more>> prodigy. However, at the age of eight, He was found to have had an aptitude for production magic, a useless aptitude. He was then promptly banished from his noble family. Braving the hardships of village life, Van continues to develop and defend his village. Soon, the nameless village is turned into a city... though it would be nice if the dragons stopped attacking us. <<less

A 34-year-old NEET otaku, chased out from his house by his family, found that his life is reaching a dead end. He then recalled that his life could actually have been much better if he had made better choices in the past.... more>>

Just when he was at the point of regret, he saw a truck moving at fast speed, and three high schoolers in its path. Mustering all the strength he had, he tried to save them and ended getting run over by the truck, quickly ending his life.

The next time he opened his eyes, he is reincarnated to a world of sword and magic as Rudeus Greyrat. Born to a new world, a new life, Rudeus decided that, “This time, I’ll really live my life to the fullest with no regret!” Thus starts the journey of a man yearning to restart his life. <<less

Despicable, insane gong x paternal and indifferent, divorced shou. The story between a youth with a unique psychological disorder and an apathetic doctor.... more>>

He Yu returns to China to confess his feelings to his childhood friend, Xie Xie. But the brother of his childhood friend, Xie Qingcheng, who was his personal doctor during childhood, constantly stands in his way.

The passage of time seems to remind him why he hated him so much since he was a child, but... maybe he doesn't hate him as much as he thinks. <<less

It’s been 20 years since dungeons suddenly appeared in the world.... more>>

Humanity got supernatural powers like Level, Status, and Skill.

Dreaming of becoming rich quickly, Amane Rin, an adventurer challenged to capture dungeons.

Even though he possessed a skill unique to even adventurers [Transfer within dungeon], he was deemed as incompetent because of the poor usability of the skill.

However, the turning point for him came.

After a year since he started capturing dungeons, [Transfer within Dungeon] evolved with a level up.

As a result, Rin became an existence unrestricted by the rules of the dungeon.

Rin, who became the only singularity, continued to level up with overwhelming speed and climbed to the strongest position in the world in the blink of an eye.

This is the story of a boy who was looked down upon because of his incompetence but eventually became the strongest in the world. <<less

At the age of eight, I realised I had reincarnated as the nefarious last boss of an otome game, Queen Pryde. Her fighting strength is high because she's the last boss who will fight with the capture target, and her superior cunning wits make her the most powerful first princess in a matriarchal country. Since she brings misfortune to all that surrounds her, what awaits is a future of ruination! ...really, wouldn't it be better if I died?... more>>

In this case, I'll avoid destruction from the capture target and freely use my authority and cheat abilities to save everyone!

--Canes Venetici <<less

The protagonist is a former tabletop RPG fanatic who is now just a normal salaryman (single, male, 42 years old). He is sent to a parallel world by a mysterious entity.... more>>

The protagonist ends up living in the world ‘Sedia Continent’ as ‘Geo Margilus,’ his max level wizard character from the classic tabletop RPG ‘Dungeons & Braves.’ While wavering between common sense and desire, the protagonist eventually becomes dragged into a war that will dictate the destiny of all humankind. <<less