Our two leads of vastly different personalities have to battle through misunderstandings, the uncertainties of growing up as well as the greatest barrier that is... more>> the unspoken expectations they have of each other. Would their love remain resolute in trying circumstances or would it mellow with time? There is a saying the first cut is the deepest; will that be the case here? <<less

Date A Live Encore is a novel series of short stories within the Date A Live universe.

One day, Yoichi who grew up while not knowing his parents has received the news of his father's death. His father left behind a testament——which said he is to pick only one out of five 'little sister candidates'?!... more>>

"...I don't want to work, I want to laze around together with Onii-chan." (By Serene)

"Let's have a match! If I win, Nii-chan will... make me his little sister!" (By Tomomi)

"Onii-sama will choose me, isn't that right? It's our destiny." (By Sayuri)

"To be more girly, that's why I want to be Nii-san's little sister!" (By Yuuki)

"If Mii-chan becomes Nii-chama's little sister, she will become rich right?" (By Mika)

The little sisters who were presented to him had more than one or two odd quirks, a slapstick comedy between siblings starts here! <<less

Iris was born on a rainy day dyed with emptiness, regret, and fond memories. As an android, Iris must obey her master's orders and cater... more>> to her every need, but her creator, Professor Umbrella, wishes for a more intimate and more 'human' relationship with her. To cultivate an organic connection between master and servant, Professor Umbrella helps Iris to develop a sense of identity and pushes her into taking an active role in her own growth. This is a story about a female robot born on a rainy day. This is a story about rainy days. This is a story about how a mechanical maiden born on a rainy day became a soft-hearted and free-willed girl. <<less

Three Days of Happiness is a novel by Sugaru Miaki, also known as Fafoo. It’s a rewritten version of the story originally posted to 2ch.... more>>

The premise of the story revolves around a shop where one can sell away the remaining years of their life, and the consequences of doing so.

"I Say A Little Prayer" is a short related story which was posted along with the novel’s release. It spoils some things about the main story, but nothing major. <<less

Shouto has been on the wrong side of the law for as long as he can remember. After realizing that his latest crime may have resulted in a death, he escapes into the Japanese countryside. There, he runs into an elderly woman who mistakes him as her grandson! The other elders in the community also welcome him with open arms and treat him as one of their own.... more>>

The truth begins to unravel however when a familiar figure comes back to town… <<less

Starting Over originated as a story on 2ch by Fafoo, who later took the pen name Sugaru Miaki. He then rewrote it as a novel.... more>>

“It’s been too long since we took the time
No-one’s to blame, I know time flies so quickly
But when I see you darling
It’s like we both are falling in love again
It’ll be just like starting over, starting over”

– (Just Like) Starting Over
John Lennon

This is the story of how upon reaching my twentieth birthday, I was sent back to the age of ten, and lived to be twenty once more. <<less

Douno has been falsely convicted of mol*sting a woman on a train. He serves time in a group cell in prison, surrounded by inmates who... more>> are all suspicious in some way. Just as Douno's distrust of people reaches its peak, he is saved by the innocent kindness of his cellmate, Kitagawa. For Kitagawa, who is imprisoned as a mu*derer, this is the first time in his life that he feels the emotion of love. This complete edition encompasses the main work, "In the Box", as well as "Out of the Cage", which tells their story after their release from prison. <<less

"Ah~, if my life was a game, I want to restart it from this morning!"... more>>

What Kazuki received from his parents via the post was a 'little sister'!? According to his parents there were circumstances behind Sabrina...

"A mafia's hidden child?"

"Si."

"And an amateur assassin?"

"Si."

Sabrina hugged tightly onto Kazuki.

"And... I'm your little sister. I wanted to meet you, Onii-chan."

What would happen to a middle school student when he suddenly gets a cute little sister? And that little sister happened to be a blond foreigner with blue eyes? And that little sister happened to be an amateur assassin?

What would happen to our protagonist- Kazuki Outaki's everyday life! <<less

Ryoichi, a soft-spoken and quiet fifteen year old, meets Naomi, a young girl who is battling a life-threatening illness through her childhood friend, Tetsuya, who is the ace player of their school’s baseball team.... more>>

As they become closer, she opens up to him about her fears and secrets, and he also comes to deeply care for her. But one day when he visits her at the hospital, she suddenly asks him: “Why don’t we commit a double su*cide?" <<less

Naomi Hikawa is the main character of the novel, and the son of a famous music critic. Due to that, he has some musical knowledge, though it is pretty much limited to that, and perhaps the simple playing of a guitar. His hobby is to repair things, and has developed quite a good skill towards it.... more>>

One day, while going to his "secret" scrapyard to gather some spare parts, he saw a girl playing an abandoned piano there. Somehow, the music had caused the junks to resonate, creating an illusion of a junkyard symphony. He was mesmerized by the familiar sounding melody, but he could not remember the tune. Just then, the girl noticed him, and called him a pe*vert/stalker. She then requested him to forget about the incident.

Back at home, Naomi realized that she is the piano prodigy Mafuyu Ebisawa, who had vanished from the music scene for some unknown reason. He met her soon again, with Mafuyu as the transfer student of his class. She declared to the class that there is no need to know her too well, since she will be gone soon. She had even snatched away an abandoned music shed that he had customized for his own personal use, in order to play her guitar. Not liking her cold personality and her sharp tongue, Naomi vowed to take back the music shed from her.

Somehow, things became such that he was roped in by a senior, Kyouko Kagurazawa, and childhood friend Chiaki Aihara, to start a music band. His mission was to get Mafuyu, the required forth member, into the band. However, he soon realized the shocking truth behind Mafuyu's reason for disappearing from the piano scene and playing the guitar. Knowing that, will he be able to forget about the melody he heard from the junkyard, or will he be able to help Mafuyu play the piano again? <<less

The young girl appeared at the end of summer.... more>>

We had been very close childhood friends, regardless of time. We formed the ‘Super Peace Busters’ and had always played with each other. However, when we had become high school students, we were poles apart. Jintan became a shut-in. Anaru endeavoured to meet the expectations of her female friends. Yukiatsu and Tsuruko entered an elite high school. Poppo gave up studying and travelled around the world. Finally, the only one unchanged, a girl called Menma, suddenly appeared in front of Jintan, hoping he can help her to grant her wish. With this turning point she induced, the six of them gathered once again… <<less

Short stories set in the Boku wa Tomodachi ga Sukunai universe.

After being separated from each other for 6 years since the death of their parents, fraternal twins Akito Himonokouji (brother) and Akiko Himonokouji (sister) had finally reunited together again during the holidays thanks to some planning from Akito, despite objections from both of their adoption families.... more>>

Being happy that Akito had fulfilled his promise to be with her again, Akiko confessed readily that she had in*estuous love in Akito, and will not hesitate to do anything to win the love of Akito. Akito however does not harbor the same feeling for Akiko, and as a result had a headache with Akiko's actions.

Despite all these, he still loves Akiko as a sister, and finds her adorable and cute, especially when he had not seen her since she was 10 years old. <<less

Suzuki (16) is a boy who is feared for his appearance and various rumors, sadly keeping him from having any close friends. It was the first time he had ever made a girl cry, even though he had helped her on the train. But for some reason that girl, Azekura, Alice uses it as a turning point and begins to learn about Suzuki's differences.... more>>

- Baka-Tsuki <<less

Shimada Mio is told that the younger brother who had been missing for twenty four years after being kidnapped as an infant is alive and well living under a new name. When she reunites with him on a rainy winter day, she is surprised to find that he is the spitting image of their deceased father.... more>>

As they try to fill the twenty-four year gap, their budding friendship gives way to something more. Despite knowing their love could never be, they can’ t help but be drawn to the other… <<less

R-15 is about a boy, Taketo Akutagawa, who attends a school for geniuses: Inspiration Academy Private High School. Taketo is a genius novelist and writes erotica. Despite negative perceptions many people have of him, he aims to be at the top of his class and be recognized as the world's greatest writer. ... more>>

A manga adaptation illustrated by Hayato Ōhashi started serialization in the June 2010 issue of Kadokawa Shoten's Monthly Shōnen Ace magazine. An anime TV series adaptation began airing in Japan in July 2011. <<less

"Hotel Williams Child Bird", nicknamed <Birdcage Manor>, inhabiting in there are eccentric people who can't fit in the normal society.
A day-dreaming beautiful woman, a Gothic Lolita that's a grade school-er, a person in a cat's costume, the eerie elder twins and an unidentifiable piercing cry that continues to resound.... more>>

In such <Birdcage Manor> one of the residents - Kizuna Etoh, in her 16th winter makes acquaintance with an Art collage student living on fifth floor like a hikikomori - Yusei Asai.
And then she is invited to a part-time job as a nude model for paintings.
In an disorderly atelier with a heavy scent of oil paints as she spends time together with Asai, she feels that to her that time is gradually becoming a valuable part of her everyday...

It's a story how <Birdcage Manor's> a bit odd residents' pass a bit odd but in various ways their normal everydays. <<less

Sequel to Love Times

Nijigen is a freshman and Banri's friend. He gains his nickname at the tea ceremony club's welcoming party after declaring his despair of the three-dimensional... more>> world and that he would live for the two-dimensional world from then on. His nickname in high school was "Satoutaka". <<less

The story is centred around a cute android who initially had a happy life with her master who dearly loved her. But she was then... more>> struck by a series of misfortunes and ended up in a robot-equivalent of concentration camp. Through experiencing and witnessing the sufferings towards herself as well as the people/robots around her, she eventually gained a better appreciation of life. <<less

High-school student Koremitsu Akagi finds himself attending the funeral of Hikaru Mikado, who had died in an accident during Golden Week. He’s not sure why he’s there, as he only exchanged a few words with Hikaru at school. However, Hikaru doesn’t seem to be completely gone from the world, as he comes back as a ghost in order to fulfill a promise to Aoi Saotome, his fiancée. Since Koremitsu is the only one who can see him, he asks him to carry out his promise in his place.... more>>

Complying with his request, Koremitsu tries to fulfill Hikaru’s promises to the rest of his “girlfriends”, helping them overcome past misunderstandings and repair broken relationships. <<less

“I wonder if my feelings will reach you, who has grown up without knowing love and who has become tired of life. You are not alone anymore.”... more>>

–so reads the letter Ririka, an eighteen year old who has grown up in an orphanage and who has tried to kill herself multiple times, receives unexpectedly one day after her latest su*cide attempt. The sender of the letter, Motojirou’s, honest words strike a chord in her heart, and she decides to write a reply. As they begin to exchange letters back and forth, Ririka begins to slowly open up to the mysterious author of this letter whom she has never even met before, but an unexpected fate awaits the two… <<less

A collection of short stories based on Vocaloid songs.... more>>

The Stories

1. Your Absence was for me an Unbearable Pain

2. The Collapse Creeps upon us Bringing Silence

3. A Dream Flower Bloomed in the Roadside

4. A Sound Fading in the Interlude of an Act

The Myths

1. The Mercy of the Bearer – An Origin Myth that Circulates Throughout the World

2. Notes from an Unknown Author – A Document that Sleeps in the Depths of the Empire

3. Summary Report on High-Dimensional Phase Form Sealing Methods Research – Examination and Considerations Regarding the Restraining of Dragon Types <<less

There are twenty independent stories written by twenty different authors, sharing the common theme of “April”. ... more>>

An anthology that is considered a rare item as it has never hit the shelves as a standalone book. There is no ISBN and it is an unbuyable except in online auctions. The anthology was published as a bonus gift to Dengeki Magazine readers in 2009.

It now has a Kindle release. <<less