Everything can be covered in shadow. This is the significance of C.S. 13. Two players appear beneath the Ikaruga no Kagami with no real recent memories. Ikaruga uses that as a chance to move forward, “What should I do?”... more>>

An original novel derived from .hack//G.U. Pushed forth by original characters, it takes place between volumes 2 and 3. Warning, while the main story remains the same, AIDA’s setting, the twilight epitaphs, Harold, and others have been tweaked. <<less

.hack//CELL is a novel series written by Ryo Suzukaze, serialized in the magazine .hack//G.U.: The World, and published in paperback format.... more>>

It follows the experiences of a female Edge Punisher, Midori, as she hires herself out to players who want to fight her without resistance <<less

“The World” is a massively multiplayer online game played by more than twelve million people across the globe. Within this virtual world Haseo, a PKK... more>> (Player Killer Killer), continues an endless fight. Everything he does is for the sake of the girl Shino, who back in the real world, is hospitalized by an unexplained coma. However, on finally meeting with his sole lead, a PK called ?Tri-Edge,? Haseo is dropped back to Level 1 by a mysterious power! Can Haseo save Shino now that he has lost all of his abilities? <<less

Set in an alternate timeline of Earth, in the year 2010. After a computer virus named “Pluto’s Kiss” crashes nearly every computer in the world, Internet access were blocked for the general public to address security concerns. As two years went by without the Internet and online games, an MMORPG called “The World” is released. Kite, who, after witnessing an abnormality in the game that causes his friend to go comatose, goes on a quest to unravel the mysteries behind the popular MMORPG, “The World”.... more>>

Who is kite from the [.hackers?]
This is a retelling of the early .hack series in novel format. <<less

The setting for this story is a country town in 1970’s Japan. One day, Saijo-kun, one of the biggest trouble makers of our school, was caught speeding on his scooter. As his friends, “we” commenced our counterattack on the local resident police officer. Our opponent was a newly appointed, motivated, and young Chuzai-san (resident local police officer). Chuzai-san kept getting back at us with his clever counterattacks! To boot, this Chuzai-san had a young and beautiful wife! Our prank war escalated, and its circumstances wrapped the whole town in confusion. This is the heartwarming (?) story about “our” relationship with “Chuzai-san.”... more>>

Two volumes of novel were published in April 2007. A live action movie is also being planned. <<less

July 15, 2043. On that day, a Full Dive VRMMO was released, its unique system called ＜Embryo＞ allowing each player to follow an extremely varied—or rather, an “infinitely” varied pattern of evolution. What's the game name?... more>>

＜Infinite Dendrogram＞

Possessing an element that, until now, had never been achieved by VRMMOs and was considered a technical impossibility, ＜Infinite Dendrogram＞ took over the entire world, becoming a major hit in the blink of an eye.

One and a half year had passed since the launch of ＜Infinite Dendrogram＞. A young man named Mukudori Reiji had finished his university entrance exams and began living alone in Tokyo. In order to celebrate the end of that lengthy studying period, after being invited by his older brother long ago, he finally started playing the game.

This is a story where the line between game and reality is blurred.

And also, a tale of reminiscences. <<less

Houjou Yuuji, 30 years old, jobless, hikkomori for 10 years. Using his parents’ death as the impetus, he decides to rid himself of his hikkomori life and leaves the house. What awaited him, however, was a different world that he was not used to, creatures strutting about that he didn’t recognize.... more>>

This is the story of a man transported to the another world, as he lives in relative peace with his beloved dog Kotarou – his house, with electricity, water, gas, and the internet somehow still connected.

One day while exploring the forest near his house he finds a girl named Alice, and becomes her guardian. Thus, 4 years after he is transported to this world, Yuuji resolves to venture into his first town. <<less

One morning after being struck by lightning, Ye Wenxuan inexplicably gained the superpower of being able to generate electricity.... more>>

If he jammed his finger into one of the generator terminals in an electricity power plant, he could provide a year’s worth of power for 3 Tier 1 cities simultaneously, receiving the name “the mobile nuclear power plant.”

The country’s electrical company’s boss held his hand, speaking emotionally: “Comrade ah, the country’s future electrical development will all depend on you!”

Ye Wenxuan: WTF

Later, the “mobile nuclear power plant” was dispatched to be a bodyguard for a local tyrant.

Xing Yuan coldly said: “Just now did you or did you not electrocute me?”

Ye Wenxuan pointed to the heavens and swore: “I am an honorable employee, how could it be possible for me to make a move on my employer!”

Later on…

he made a move. <<less

“Your servant is Majestic Star ‘Panther Head’ Lin Chong, from this day forward I am your woman!”... more>>

When the beautiful and heroic young girl in front of him shouted those heaven shattering words, Su Xing was overwhelmed with shock.

And so the tale of the 108 maidens of destiny from legends begins.

In Liangshan Continent, a genius is defined as a Star Master who is capable of signing the Star Duel Covenant contract with two Star Maidens. This was truly the limit.

But right now Su Xing’s dilemma is how to convince the “Strength Star” Lu Junyi to become his eighth Star Knight. And this is just the beginning…

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This novel is based on the ancient Chinese classic Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh. 108 beautiful maidens with earth shattering power is unleashed into the Liangshan Continent every 108 years. Our hero, a military pilot, ripped through space and time while test flying a new fighter jet and ended up in this world. <<less

While on a school field trip in the Czech Republic, Kang Hyuk happens to stumble into a shop called “Archmage.” To his disbelief, the shop... more>> is actually owned by an archmage… from another world! Forced to become the Archmage’s disciple, thus begins Kang Hyuk’s journey <<less

From the first day I got forced to a girl and caught in marriage, In the tenth day or so, the country begins to glare at me and my life will not go well.... more>>

I will continue to live without losing to such difficulties (?) <<less

I am a holy knight. To be precise, I am the Church of the God of Light’s Sun Knight…in training.... more>>

The Church of the God of Light worships and serves the God of Light, and theirs is one of the three largest religions on this continent.

As the whole continent knows, the Church of the God of Light has the Twelve Holy Knights, and each one has his own unique personality and features.

To be the Sun Knight is to have shining golden hair, sky blue eyes, a compassionate nature, and a brilliant smile.

…even the Sun Knight-in-training is no exception.

The 38th generation of the Twelve Holy Knights have completed their term of office, yet the time for the 39th generation to take over is still far in the indefinite future.

The Judgment Knight is brash and easily angered; the Storm Knight and the Leaf Knight are always fighting nonstop, day and night.

Since childhood, the Sun Knight-in-training has watched the others grow from kids into adolescents.

What must he do in order to become comrades, who will fight through thick and thin for each other, with this group of “younger brothers”?

“Benevolent God of Light, may I ask when I will complete my training that has taken more than ten years?” <<less

The man once known as the strongest sage reincarnated as a 6-year-old boy – Eddie.
Having retained the memories of his previous life, having exceeded his previous peak, he came to a decision.... more>>

— To stay in the shadows instead of becoming the greatest sage.

Eddie buried his memories of obliterating the Demon King and enrolled in the Royal Academy as a normal 6-year old boy.

Of course, after the death of the Demon King, he nurtured his retainers and acted as the Ruler of Darkness in secret.

Sometimes the Ruler of Darkness.
Sometimes a freshman in the magic academy.

This is a story of the strongest juvenile sage and those who swore loyalty to him. <<less

Dragon 5th is a powerful lord with incredible martial arts, and yet is wasting away from a fatal disease. The only medicine which can cure... more>> his sickness lies in the clutches of his venemous ex-wife, Madam Lovesickness, and is guarded by 7 dangerous killers, fugitives of the martial world. To retrieve the antidote, Dragon 5th hires Liu Changjie, a skilled martial artist who loves drinking and women, but has a mysterious past. All is not what it seems in this wuxia heist story. <<less

The Republic of San Magnolia.... more>>

For a long time this country was attacked by its neighbor, the Empire, which created a series of unmanned military vehicles called the Legion. In response to the threat, the Republic successfully completes the development of similar technology and reflects the enemy’s attack, having managed to do without casualties. But this is… the official version. In fact, there were victims. Outside of the 85 districts of the Republic there was actually another one. “The non-existent 86th district.” It was there that battles continued day and night in which young men and women from the detachment known as Eighty-Six participated—they fought in drones…

Shinn is the leader of a squadron of eighty-sixers. Lena is a “handler” who commands the detachment from the remote rear with the help of special communication technology.

The farewell story of the severe and sad struggle of these two begins! <<less

The main character Lei Yu does not have the ability to practice his family’s martial arts. He gets stepped on and tossed around. Due to... more>> certain reasons, he leaves the family, coincidentally gains an ability, and makes his own path to becoming an immortal. <<less

“Lores”— substantial forms born out of urban legends. And high-schooler Tsukumo Jin, who had accidentally released the strongest and most well-known “lore of the vampire”, was now the butler (and lover) of Sylvia, the vampire princess who chooses to take on the form of a little girl.... more>>

Jin was also tasked with saving his beloved little sister Shigure by banishing the “one-man hide-and-seek” urban legend with the help of mysterious transfer student Ayase. It was the beginning of the battle with “the last vampire”, the hidden entity orchestrating these incidents… <<less

The Security System that Seals the Savage Science Smartly by its Supreme Sagacity and Strength... more>>

9S is set in an age of science, but in a too distant future. The Mad Scientist, Mineshima Yujiro, disappeared several years previous to where the story begins. The inheritance he left behind, the technology and objects he had created, were given the codename ‘Legacy’, and are highly sought after by government agencies and terrorists, for reasons both good, and....... not so pleasant. One of these ‘objects’ he left behind was his daughter, imparted with a mental calculating capacity that dwarfs supercomputers, combined with her physical body, which makes for a devastating combination. <<less

38-year-old Tanaka Daichi’s childhood dream of playing a VRMMO has finally come to life. As he creates his character, he decides to choose skills that... more>> are considered useless by others, since he has no interest in playing like a main character. Follow the adventures of Daichi as he strives to use his mismatched set of worthless skills to achieve his dream goal of simply being able to enjoy an alternate life in a virtual reality. <<less

A Deadly Secret, also translated as Requiem of Ling Sing and Secret of the Linked Cities, is a wuxia novel by Jin Yong (Louis Cha).... more>> It was first published in the magazine Southeast Asia Weekly (東南亞周刊) and the Hong Kong newspaper Ming Pao in 1963. Its original Chinese title was Su Xin Jian before Jin Yong changed it to Lian Cheng Jue. The story revolves around the adventures of the protagonist Di Yun, an ordinary young peasant, who is imprisoned after being framed. In his quest for vengeance, he accidentally acquires the Liancheng Swordplay manual (連城劍谱), an ancient artifact not only prized for the skills detailed inside, but also for containing a secret leading to a treasure. <<less

One day, I woke up only find out that I’d become a Demon Lord, an individual responsible for protecting a dungeon. The world I’d been spirited away to was one filled with violence. Gigantic monsters wandered through it and competed with each other each and every day for the right to survive. I had no choice but to strengthen my dungeon’s defenses in hopes of living another day—or at least that was what I’d thought. For some odd reason, I instead ended up spending my days in relaxation and bliss.... more>>

This is Yuki’s story, my story. It tells the tale of how I spent my days after settling down in a dungeon with a self indulgent, “supreme” dragon girl and a young vampire. <<less

WARNING: The MC is NOT a demon! For an explanation of the title, please see the post we made specifically addressing this matter.... more>>

Ling Xiao was an orphan fighting for survival in a dog eat dog world. There were some who had the power to enjoy a life of comfort, unconcerned with worldly matters, while most struggled to survive. He was of the second kind.

When he celebrated his sixth birthday, his father left him to the wolves with only a token to defend himself. He struggled to earn a living, scrambling together whatever scraps he could gather; fighting with the dogs for food and fighting with the homeless for shelter.

But that all changed on a fortuitous day, when a demon invaded his home. In a world of deception and plotting, one tasked with seeking revenge for the man who gave him a second lease on life, how would Ling Xiao fare? <<less

Within the world’s largest MMORPG, Japanese player Takeru builds an original skill specialized in HP capture (life steal) and rise as a top ranker.... more>>

He challenged the long-awaited most difficult event “Tower in the Sky” but got transferred to another world halfway.

He then became the owner of the “Tower” with a pretty administrator.

While being forced into a situation where skills are unusable, he formed a party in the new world with new friends such as an elf and a fox-eared girl and charge to a different world battle.

A fast paced refreshing story that has a sense of playing RPG. <<less

The hero tired of the world’s problems used all of his power to reincarnate into a slime. As one of numerous small fry, without standing... more>> out he was supposed to be able to live inconspicuously but due to accidentally being born in a dragon’s nest he was brought up as a dragon and became the most powerful slime ever. If that strength is discovered it will become tiresome once more……The appearance is a slime, within is a dragon, he uses his power to the fullest and through various means he resolves to conceal his [Supremacy]. <<less

It all started when a minute before we began morning activities, something suddenly occurred. The floor started shining a dazzling light, the shining expanded in an instant, and 30 classmates, including me, were laying on top of a place we didn’t recognize.... more>>

After that, we met a king-like person who said “I want you to look for the seven swords.” Everyone refused at first, but since I wanted to stay in this world, I opened the mouth I kept closed up until that point.

Then when I checked my status, I had nothing but surprise.

There was only one reason for that─

Everyone’s initial skills given to them were strong skills, but in contrast, the skill I was given went way too far into the ‘bad skill’ territory. It was an abnormal status doubling skill. <<less