"I want to be killed by the person I love," is the wish of Yodogawa Minamo, who is about to be introduced to the women by a person claiming to be a Shinigami.... more>>

"Are you the one who wants to be killed?" was the sudden question of a girl at the beginning of the meeting. Her name is Migiri Urami. She's a girl who wishes to be able to "kill the person she loves.

In order to fulfill each other's wishes, the two form a partnership. Minamo is loved by Migiri. Migiri is loved by Minamo.

"I want you to be my ideal man." "...... Alright" "I'm going to make you such an attractive man that I want to kill you, so be prepared."

Thus begins the deviant love journey of two deviant people. The story of an unnatural, strange and clumsy boy and girl who find the best way to die. <<less

Confessing to my first love, once again. With time rewinding, I can redo the youth of that summer!... more>>

When I woke up, I had returned to my junior high school self─.
My job was going nowhere, I had no money, and though I was popular with women, I'd become a worthless adult who had given up on my dreams. I blamed everything on my life during junior high school, and in particular, on her—Akimiya Hazumi, my first love. Just when I was grumbling about this, I was involved in an accident and found myself time-leaping back to my junior high school days. Back then, I was a nondescript mob character, but now I had groomed my appearance and unleashed my adult social skills. Before I knew it, I was successfully reliving my ideal youth! Using my memories from the past, I managed to save the beautiful gal, Chigasaki, on my way to school, and cleared the troubles among the popular boys and girls in my class.

All that was left was to uncover and change the truth behind the incident from "that summer" when the sunflowers were in full bloom—an incident involving Akimiya Hazumi, the root cause of the downfall in my life─. <<less

I can see the color of that person’s sorrow, the color of joy, pain, and love.... more>>

Cyril Vedito, a pharmacist, can see things that other humans cannot. Colors appear above a person’s head that represents their emotions and future. With her white hair and red eyes, she is often treated as a rumored “fortune teller” in town.

Hector Alderde, the “Flower Knight”, is the most handsome bachelor in town. The man with many loves, is actually not in love with any of his followers. In fact, he even seems to be a misogynist.

By chance, Cyril sees an ominous color above Hector’s head and unintentionally saves him. Hector, who is supposed to hate women, has taken an interest in her, and he comes to visit Cyril’s shop incognito.

Behind his handsome face, Cyril finds out that Hector actually has a big secret. One day, she finds the color of “love” above Hector’s head. And that is…

A clumsy “first love” fantasy of a fortune teller and a beautiful knight! <<less

When two people exchange vows, all despair disappears. The tale of the heretical knights begins!... more>>

As a wielder of supernatural phenomena and a tool of war, the ‘informationist.’ Tsushima Rindou, an ordinary informationist, takes on the job of smuggling Holy, the daughter of a fallen noble, out of the Balga Empire. However, this marks the beginning of swirling conspiracies.

Their escape is not only pursued by the Imperial regular army but also by the strongest informationist in the Empire, known as the ‘Six Emperor Swords.’ Facing formidable power and shadow against just a fallen noble. The reason lies in Holy’s hidden identity.

Overwhelming enemies, layers of conspiracies, and resurfacing past grudges. Despair abundant enough to bring one to their knees. But—so what?

When the two, bound only by a transactional relationship, exchange their final vows, all despair disappears!

A tale of heretical knights, far from the concept of chivalry, begins here!” <<less

It tells the story of a young boy who forms a contract with a troublesome goddess and their journey of love and battles.... more>>

In a time long ago, there was an era where beautiful goddesses fiercely competed for the throne of world rulers. At some point, the goddesses with fangs, disguising themselves with the facade of love, began to peacefully guard the human world.

A young boy named Soujou Shouma, encounters and falls in love with a goddess who secretly came to the human world. After making a promise to meet again someday, he works hard to grow and become a man worthy of the goddess. As a schoolboy, he is appointed as the president of a company.

However, in the modern era, abnormalities occur in the divine realm of the goddesses, known as the Heavenly Realm. The uncontrollable goddesses engage in violent battles reminiscent of ancient times to decide the next creator god – the ruler of the Heavenly Realm. This conflict’s flames even spread to the human world.

Upon learning of this, Shouma, in order to fulfill his first love and protect world peace, decides to utilize his company in a special way for the goddesses. He teams up with one of the strongest goddesses, Elvina, who shares his interests, and as the company’s president, joins the battles! <<less

Inside a certain flat in the Sakyo Ward of Kyoto, a couple of burglars realize the apartment's owner is nowhere to be found. On the roof of the building across the street sits a man who joined a human trafficking organization and is now tasked with committing mu*der. Far away in the grotesque Kowloon City of Shanghai, the strongest assassin struggles to fight off his pursuers after witnessing their teacher’s death. 1200km away from there, the strongest gambler just declared his 23rd checkmate. ... more>>

This story begins and ends with the so-called Robber Rabbit, who stands at the center of all these seemingly unconnected events and incidents, fighting an uphill battle to do what is right and protect those he cares about… But where do all these people end up? Heaven or hell? <<less

In an alternate 2023, the Your Forma, a miraculous "smart thread" technology initially developed to treat a massive outbreak of viral encephalitis, has become an... more>> integral part of daily life. But these convenient devices come with an invasive drawback—they record every sight, sound, and even emotion their users experience. For electronic investigator Echika Hieda, diving into peoples' memories via the Your Forma and hunting for evidence to solve the toughest crimes is all part of a day's work. The problem is, she's so good at what she does that her assistants literally fry their brains trying to keep up with her. After putting one too many aides in the hospital, the top brass finally furnish Echika with a partner on her level, a brilliant yet cheeky android named Harold Lucraft. Does this unlikely duo have what it takes to resolve their mutual suspicions and avert a deadly technological infection from sweeping across the globe before it's too late? <<less

“A prodigy at ten, a genius at fifteen, a common man past twenty.”... more>>

This is a story of the struggle of an ordinary guy like me who is a “reincarnator” and a reckless and promising girl who is a “genius”. <<less

"Dance with Madness."... more>>

‘This world revolves around me—’

Awakening from a prolonged slumber with a mysterious sense of omnipotence, Mitsuba finds herself unwelcome in her stepmother's eyes. Through the stepmother’s scheming, Mitsuba not only loses her noble title but is also compelled to enroll in a military academy.

Yet, Mitsuba clings to hazy memories of another world and unwittingly wields the power of a curse. This is the tale of a girl who, feared by those around her, forges her own path with extraordinary abilities—a unique narrative of conquest in a different world. <<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

A confession from the popular girl in the class, Yuzu. It was actually 'Please pretend to be my lover to solve the triangle relationship in the 'Riaju'* cliques'! In the class, Yuzu always pretends to be a good girl, but only in front of me, she behaves like a full-blown narcissist which I should've found annoying, but......... more>>

*リア充’Riaju’ is a term sometimes translated as ‘normies’ but it is actually a term used to refer to ‘people who enjoy life by having proper love life’ usually used by those who are not able to have one in real life. <<less

"The incident occurred on June 6th, between 8:00 and 9:00 in the afternoon.... more>>

The victim was strangled in her room. The room's sole door was locked from the inside. The door was on the mansion's second floor, in a position easily visible from the large banquet hall below. On the night in question, many people happened to be present in that hall. Despite this fact, not a single one of them witnessed anyone other than the victim enter or exit that door.

On the opposite side of the room was a large window, but it had also been locked from the inside. Horokusa Junpei, the detective, had been keeping watch over that window for the entire time the incident is thought to have taken place, and furthermore, his part-time assistant Takanashi Nerina had also been positioned such that he could see the window easily. They could both confidently assert that they'd seen nobody enter or exit through the window. Even so, behind the window in question, a figure other than the victim was witnessed by Takanashi Nerina. Therefore, there is practically no doubt that an unknown person was in the room, and that naturally, such a person is extremely likely to be the assailant.

However, at a glance, this incident was unmistakably unrealistic. Despite having no entrance they should have been able to use, someone had entered the room and killed the victim, plus every possible way they could have left was locked from the inside.

That alone would be enough to classify this a bizarre mu*der case.

But in a further surprising development, the method of killing was precisely the same as the deaths of three other women in the past three years. Once per year, following a certain strict rule, they had continued to commit these crimes."

Do you like light-hearted mystery games like Dangan Ronpa and Phoenix Wright? Then you'll probably love the mu*der mysteries of Hiroshi Mori! Those games were probably inspired by Mori with their senses of comedy and casts of strange, quirky characters. Rather than just writing mysteries, Hiroshi Mori sets up his books as "games" pitting the author against the reader, daring you to solve the mystery with the clues he gives you. If you imagine each individual novel as a super blown-up version of a single Dangan Ronpa chapter, it's really fun to "play" them. <<less

In a world dominated by swords and magic, Cleo lives his lonely life where he believes painting is his sole purpose to life. Since Cleo... more>> was born in a noble family, he must prove himself worthy to become the family’s successor by participating in a certain trial. As he enters the forbidden forest, Cleo encounters a beast that is half human and half plant. After being easily captured by the beast that resembles a human girl, Cleo plans his escape by attracting the beast’s interest and keeping Cleo alive. Out of his expectations, the time they spent living with each other made him feel unbelievably relieved. However their calming daily life did not last very long… <<less

Shuu is a member of the literary club that can't write. One day, he gets a mysterious message on his phone from a girl called... more>> Eina, and from that impulsive contact, they begin to exchange messages. They talk of things like their shared interest in novels and grow close. However, when they try and meet, they discover a shocking truth. Eina lives… not in the present, but five years in the past! How will their love develop, parted by five years of nights...!? <<less

Tsukina was summoned by God to another world to be one of its Saviors.... more>>

"I’ll leave saving the world to the younger Saviors, and open a book café and live how I want to!"

But will her encounter with the knight Ill, who arrives as a customer, disturb her quiet lifestyle?! <<less

Reina Kamisu is a friend of loners, a slayer of families, a savior of worlds, and a killer of lovers—and she is absurdly beautiful. Who is she and what are her intentions? The search for her true identity begins with Fumi Saito, a lonely girl student whose only friend and support in life is Reina, as she is accused of things she did not do…... more>>

This is a story of delusions, despair and destructive beauty.

The series consists of two volumes titled “Kamisu Reina wa Koko ni Iru” (Kamisu Reina Is Here) and “Kamisu Reina wa Koko ni Chiru” (Kamisu Reina Disperses Here). <<less

LiEat - The Lie-Eating Dragon and the Forgotten-Color Songstress is a book by △○□× (Miwashiba), a novel based on their Wolf RPG Editor game series of the same title.... more>>

The series as a whole follows a con artist of many names and a young dragon girl named Efina who can eat people’s lies. The novel is a story which precedes the games about Violet Town, a town with the legend of a mythical wish-granting bluebird. <<less

“Just once, I want to make it through the first stage of screening…”... more>>

“Please, teach me how to write a novel.”

The ordinary high school boy Ao, is actually a manuscript screener for a light novel newcomer competition. One day, he found the work of his classmate, Hiyuki Hinomiya among the submissions sent for his screening.

The aloof girl known as the ‘Ice Maiden’ actually wrote a light novel with fonts varying in size and onomatopoeic words for a contest! The surprised Ao started giving advice to her work after this unexpected event.

He gently guided Hiyuki who was hurt by the screening criticism. The world background, character setting, story structure and other issues were progressing smoothly, but…

A bright youthful content creation story begins! <<less

Mimizuku, a small girl with chains on her wrists and ankles and the numbers "332" branded onto her forehead, wanders into the Forest of Night... more>> seeking to be eaten by a monster. However, when the ruler of the monsters, the mysterious and beautiful "King of Night," refuses to eat her, she tries to formulate a way to convince him otherwise. <<less

“Let’s make a contract. You’ll be owned by me.”... more>>

“I shall serve you as if I loved you, my lady.”

An earl's daughter and a lover of paintings, Riz, is told “Give yourself to me” by John, the temporary art gallery manager employed by her uncle. However, those words weren’t of love or romance, but because he wanted the “Holy Eyes” that could see the demons lurking in paintings which Riz had. Pressed into a contract by John, who was actually a demon, the response Riz gave was— that she was going to own a demon!?

This is a love fantasy concerning the painting of an unconventional young lady and a caustic demon! <<less

The life of a traveling merchant is a lonely one, a fact with which Kraft Lawrence is well acquainted. Wandering from town to town with... more>> just his horse, cart, and whatever wares have come his way, the peddler has pretty well settled into his routine—that is, until the night Lawrence finds a wolf goddess asleep in his cart. Taking the form of a fetching girl with wolf ears and a tail, Holo has wearied of tending to harvests in the countryside and strikes up a bargain with the merchant to lend him the cunning of “Holo the Wisewolf” to increase his profits in exchange for taking her along on his travels. What kind of businessman could turn down such an offer? Lawrence soon learns, though, that having an ancient goddess as a traveling companion can be a bit of a mixed blessing. Will this wolf girl turn out to be too wild to tame? <<less

The story revolves around a boy and a girl who travel together through a world that is gradually nearing its end. A mysterious illness has... more>> emerged that erases the very existence of everyone who suffers from it. The story does, however, not focus on the tragic aspect of this fairly post-apocalyptic setting, but rather shows the people and events the two travelers come across during their journey. <<less

For high-schooler Yoko Nakajima, life has been fairly ordinary–that is until Keiki, a young man with golden hair, tells Yoko they must return to their kingdom. Once confronted by this mysterious being and whisked away to an unearthly realm, Yoko is left with only a magical sword; a gem; and a million questions about her destiny, the world she’s trapped in, and the world she desperately wants to return to.... more>>

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Books in the Twelve Kingdoms series with the kingdom covered in parenthesis and volumes numbering based on re-release edition:

Arc 1: Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi – Volume 1-2

(Kei Kingdom)

Arc 2: Kaze no Umi, Meikyū no Kishi – Volume 3

(Tai Kingdom)

Arc 3: Higashi no Watatsumi, Nishi no Sōkai – Volume 4

(En Kingdom)

Arc 4: Kaze no Banri, Reimei no Sora – Volume 5-6

(Kei Kingdom)

Arc 5: Tonan no Tsubasa – Volume 7

(Kyou Kingdom)

Arc Extra : Mashou no Ko (Demon Child) – Volume 0

(Taiki Story in Modern World)

Arc 6: Tasogare no Kishi, Akatsuki no Sora – Volume 8

(Tai & Kei Kingdoms)

Arc 7: Kasho no Yume – Volume 9

(Anthology: Tai, Hou, Kei, Sai & Sou Kingdoms)

Arc 8: Hisho no Tori – Volume 10

(Anthology: Kei, Ryu, and other Kingdoms)

Arc 9: Hakugin no Oka, Kuro no Tsuki – Volume 11-14

(Tai Kingdom) <<less

Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria, or The Empty Box and the Zeroth Maria, tells the sinister story of Kazuki Hoshino, who is almost madly attached to his everyday life, and his antagonist Aya Otonashi, who suddenly transfers into his class—for the 13,118th time. She majestically announces to “break” him, without paying heed to anyone else around them.... more>>

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This is but the start of a dark roller coaster ride that turns the two against themselves, the people around them and the one who may be god. Read on as their relationship slowly changes as they go against their most basic values in their struggle against the world itself. <<less

Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru is a romantic comedy which revolves around antisocial high school student, Hachiman Hikigaya, who has no friends, no girlfriend, and a severely distorted view on life.... more>>

When he sees his classmates talking excitedly about living their adolescent lives, he mutters, “They’re a bunch of liars.” When he is asked about his future dreams, he responds, “Not working.” In an attempt to fix Hachiman’s twisted personality, his teacher forces him to join the volunteer ‘service club’, where the only other member happens to be one of the school’s most beautiful and smartest girls, Yukino Yukinoshita. <<less