The unattainable flower is made up of effort and lies.... more>>

Although having many friends but no close ones, and being average in sports and studies—I, Hanashiro Natsuhiko, a self-proclaimed ‘high school student who does not pretend’, was brought to the student council room because I noticed that the student council president, Takashiro Yui, might not be wearing underwear!

The ace of the athletic club, Hiyo Ichinose, the naturally talented and older vice-president, Alice Saito, and the silent yet intelligent Futaba Tsubaki… There, in the illustrious student council of the Fumimyo High School, I witnessed their “hidden truths.”

“Only eight months left until graduation, Hanashiro-san, you should help too!”

“Eh! So you really aren’t wearing any!!?”

Grades, friendships, prestige—all for the ‘perfect high school life.’

They suppress their individuality behind that dazzling youth and drag me into their student council activities!?

Behind the enviable and joyful youth, there might be hidden efforts and lies—

The secret times spent with these perfect (?), girls, a disguised campus romantic comedy, begins! <<less

9 p.m., 1 meter.... more>>

That is the secret time and distance between me and the goddess. Yes, the goddess lives next door to me.

“Asahi-kun, why do I like you?”

Kanako Himi, a perfect girl, asked sweetly on the balcony. I shouldn’t get involved with the boring me for the rest of my life.

But it started when I moved next door and when she said she liked me.

Irreplaceable days of gathering precious time with overly cute seniors.

In the world above the secret veranda near and far, there is only my senior goddess and I know in this world. <<less

Science and magic exist side by side in this world.... more>>

This is the peak of the science side with a curriculum for espers, Academy City. In this city where 80% of the population are students, the season has finally come when all residents are excited and fidgety!

It's Christmas Eve.

Amidst the city showing a cheerful hustle and bustle, ordinary boy who can’t keep up with school, Kamijou Touma, also doesn’t intend to miss this event! He was hard at work in his supplementary lessons...

A backward glance from the default misfortune-prone bastard, the silver-haired sister freeloading in his dormitory, Index, in the heart pounding scene different from the usual, activates a new gluton skill!? While Kamijou tries to desperately stop that, Misaka Mikoto taken in by the Christmas Eve atmosphere appears before him. <<less

The setting is a rural city in which a kidnapping and a series of mu*ders are happening simultaneously, where there was also a kidnapping eight... more>> years ago. The victims, the compulsive liar "Mi-kun" (the narrator), and "Ma-chan" (Misono Mayu) reunite and start living together, despite the fact that the kidnapped children were in Mayu's apartment... <<less

Destination is a state of mind. A tale of a person and a bike and the road ahead. Kino wanders around the world on the back of Hermes - an unusual, talking, anthropomorphic motorcycle - only staying in each country for three days.... more>>

During their adventures, they find happiness, sadness, pain, decadence, violence, beauty, and wisdom. But through it all, they never lose their sense of freedom. They discover that because of the world's imperfections, it is actually a thing of beauty. "The world is not beautiful, therefore it is." <<less

Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon chronicles the story of a futuristic civilization returned to Earth after constant warfare hindered them from traveling beyond the post-Apocalyptic Earth. At this stage, a small archipelago called the Divine States were the only hospitable land on Earth. In order to regain the space-faring technology they had lost after many years of war, they decided to recreate history with a book called the Testament as a guide.... more>>

It is the year 1648 in the Testament Era. Toori Aoi, Chancellor and Student Council President of the only academy on the airborne city-ship Musashi, faces the ten-year anniversary of the death of his childhood friend Horizon Ariadust in an accident. As he prepares to celebrate the occasion by proposing to P-01s (an automaton who looks exactly like Horizon) he discovers that his suspicion about P-01s’ appearance actually has a basis in truth; P-01s is in fact Horizon Ariadust, reborn into a robotic body. In addition to this, Horizon’s emotions had been stripped away and are now stored in eight powerful weapons called the Mortal Sin Armaments; which are now in the possession of key people in various established countries in the Divine States.

To retrieve the emotions of Horizon Ariadust, Toori Aoi along with his friends and allies begins a crusade against different obstacles as key events in history are recreated in a futuristic manner. <<less

It is said that all unexplainable mysteries that occur in our world is part of the fragments of "God's nightmares." When these nightmares floats into people minds, they are mixed together with their fear, ill intentions and insanity. Bit by bit as the world is manipulated, it creates the tales of nightmare.... more>>

Shirano Aoi, a boy who treasures his ordinary daily life and Tokitsuki Yukino, a girl who is haunted by her past encounters each other in "Cinderella's Nightmare," which was created by humans insanity. What is the fate awaiting for them——!? <<less

A parody of Kino no Tabi starring Kino as a magical schoolgirl with her talking cell phone Hermes.

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

Layla Ashbury, the Duke’s daughter, has been sleeping for two years. When she woke up, the first thing she learned was that her fiancé, the crown prince, was about to marry her younger sister, Rose. Her parents excused themselves, saying that the Royal Family insisted on marrying into their family, and in the end, it was her younger sister Rose who won. Although it was only a political marriage, Layla truly loved the crown prince; but now her only option was to marry someone else and see her little sister be happy with him.... more>>

At the end of her rehabilitation treatment, Layla was able to walk around her house and it was at this point that she decided to enter a monastery on the outskirts of the Imperial Capital, which was famous for “denying access to anyone who wishes to enter”. One day, without telling her parents or the servants themselves about her whereabouts, Layla escapes from her home. But on her way, Layla is caught in the middle of the road by the heavy rain. And at that moment a young wizard appeared, whom she recognized as a famous person, and extended a hand to help her when he saw her deplorable state.

A dreamy love story, which begins with the escape of the Duke’s daughter after a heartbreak. <<less

Takuma, a first-year high school boy who is overly delusional, decides to make a contract with a newbie succubus who is also a third-year middle... more>> school girl, named Meia! Meia can't live without eating at Takuma's fantasies like any other of her kind, but to his surprise, even though she is a succubus, she hates anything ecchi~! (Sex-related stuffs~). She wants him to dream of “Hyaan~ Hyuu~”, but she doesn't want him to do so in real life! And so~, Takuma is pushed(-played) around at the whims of this demon throughout the day. Amidst of all this, hunters from all over the world come to claim Meia, who had at last awakened as a demon. The two of them start cooperating with each other by one: providing delusions and the other: feasting on them; trying to fight them off! And so~, A sweet school romantic comedy about a half-ripe demon and a delusional boy! Begins~ <<less

In the year 2022, gamers rejoice as Sword Art Online-a VRMMORPG (Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) like no other-opens its virtual doors, allowing players to take full advantage of the ultimate in gaming technology: NerveGear, a system that allows users to completely immerse themselves in the game world by manipulating their brain waves to create a wholly realistic gaming experience. ... more>>

But when the game goes live, the elation of the players quickly turns to horror as they discover that, for all its amazing features, SAO is missing one of the most basic functions of any MMORPG-a log-out button.

Now trapped in the virtual world of Aincrad, their bodies held captive by NerveGear in the real world, users are issued a chilling ultimatum: conquer all one hundred floors of Aincrad to regain your freedom. But in the warped world of SAO, “game over” means certain death-both virtual and real… <<less

Youtarou is a high school freshman, who, for a long time, believed himself to be an only child. However, after his only relative dies, he... more>> is taken into a family, and suddenly discovers that he is now the brother of 19 sisters, ranging from the eldest who is 18 years old, all the way to the youngest, who is 0 years old! <<less

One month after Akihiko Kayaba’s game of death began, the death toll continues to rise, two thousand players having already lost their lives to the... more>> ultra-difficult VRMMO world of Sword Art Online. On the day of the strategy meeting to plan out the first-floor boss battle, Kirito, a solo player who vows to fight alone to get stronger, runs into a rare, high-level female player. She gracefully dispatches powerful monsters with a single rapier that flashes like a shooting star in the night…This volume contains three stories, including “Aria of a Starless Night,” which details how Kirito came to be called the Black Swordsman, and “Rondo of a Fragile Blade,” the tragic tale of a young blacksmith that takes place before the second-floor boss fight. <<less

Vampires can only go out at night, so he decided to work the graveyard shift at a convenience store in modern Japan!?... more>>

Vampires are creatures that turn to ash if they are exposed to the light of the sun. He can only move around at night, but he’s actually been able to live quite comfortably in modern times.

Why is that, you ask? That’s because there exists the concept of a “graveyard shift”.

Toraki Yura is a vampire who lives in the modern age. He works at a convenience store in Ikebukuro (graveyard shift only), and lives in a semi-bas**ent apartment that gets next to no sunlight (blackout curtains are a necessity). For the sake of going back to being human, he lives his life on the straight and narrow everyday.

However, after saving a blond-haired beauty from a drunkard, he finds out that she is Sister Iris, a nun who found her calling in exterminating vampires! Moreover, his natural enemy ended up as an unwanted guest in his apartment!? What is going to happen to Toraki’s peaceful vampire life!?

A slice-of-life fantasy brought to you by Wagahara Satoshi, author of the “Hataraku Maou-sama!” series! <<less

Before Horizon, humanity ascended to the heavens, but how exactly did that happen? Kawakami's new series explores the Edge era in which legends must be... more>> recreated to reshape a distant planet. <<less

It is a world in which order is maintained through three great factions: the Church, which bears the greatest authority; the Order of Clausius, possessing influence on par with the Church, claimant of immense assets and military might, and; the Guild of Commerce, an association of merchants and artisans alike.... more>>

In this world is the alchemist Kusla, who has been captured and imprisoned for the crime of burning a saint’s bones.

There’s been a spin-off novel announced with release on 10th January 2015 – Shoujo wa Shoka no Umi de Nemuru (少女は書架の海で眠る – A Girl Sleeps in the Ocean of Magdala). <<less

The story takes place at the renowned private school “Nanahoshi” — also known as the school of the survival of the fittest. The school is famous for its incredibly skilled students and its nationally acclaimed achievements in various extracurricular activities. At the very core of this system, however, is a strict ranking system that is used to manage the students and reduces them to collections of numerical ratings of their abilities, from their intelligence to their looks.... more>>

This school has an absolute ruler — a girl called Erika Kagurasaka, leader of the “Urban Lion” faction and holder of the title of “Pride.” With the perilous ambition of defeating her and ascending to the throne as a tyrant, Kana Fujishiro starts his quest from the lowest possible rank… <<less

The "new sibling romantic comedy" revolves around Masamune Izumi, a light novel author in high school. Masamune's little sister is Sagiri, a shut-in girl who hasn't left her room for an entire year. She even forces her brother to make and bring her meals when she stomps the floor. Masamune wants his sister to leave her room, because the two of them are each other's only family.... more>>

Masamune's novel illustrator, pen name "Ero Manga Sensei", draws extremely pe*verted drawings, and is very reliable. Masamune had never met his illustrator, and figured he was just a disgusting, pe*verted otaku. However, the truth is revealed… that his "Ero Manga Sensei" is his own younger sister! To add to the chaos that erupts between the siblings, a beautiful, female, best-selling shoujo manga creator becomes their rival! <<less

Tada Banri, a newly admitted student at a private law school in Tokyo, found himself completely lost after the opening ceremony, trying to find his way to the freshman orientation. At that moment, he ran into another lost freshman from the same school, Yanagisawa Mitsuo, and they hit it off at once.... more>>

Somehow arriving at their intended goal just on time, there appeared in front of the two a beautiful girl holding a bouquet of roses. The girl then whacked Mitsuo across the face with the bouquet and handed the flowers over to him. “Freshman, congratulations”, was all she said, and then she left.

The stylish, well dressed, perfect woman that had swung at Mitsuo was his childhood friend, Kaga Kouko. As children they had promised to marry each other one day, fulfilling their dreams. In order to escape from her, Mitsuo had gone out secretly and taken the examination for this well known private college, but now she showed up in the freshman orientation hall. She too had taken the law school entrance examination, catching up with him there. <<less

"As long as you wield that sword and I remain a witch, there will come a day when you'll have no choice but to truly kill me."... more>>

From a tender age, Oscar, the Crown Prince of Farsas, was burdened with a curse of infertility. When he reached the age of 20, he sought out Tinassha, the most formidable witch on the continent, in a desperate attempt to break the curse. Unexpectedly, he returned with Tinassha by his side, serving as his guardian. Over the course of one year, until their contract expired, he became entangled in her enigmatic past, unveiling a destiny far grander than he could have imagined. <<less

A side story series featuring the girls of Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon.

Durarara!! SH is a sequel series of light novels following Durarara!!. Set one and a half years after the end of the original series, SH features the same setting as Durarara!! and much of the previous series’ cast returns alongside several new main characters.... more>>

The first volume was published in April 2014 under the Dengeki Bunko imprint, and three volumes have been released in total as of January 2015.

As with its predecessor, SH is written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda.

One and a half years after the end of the Dollars, Ikebukuro now welcomes a new wind.

Yahiro Mizuchi, a cowardly boy with a knack for fighting, moves to Ikebukuro after a childhood of ostracization in his hometown in Akita. Come to the city in hopes of meeting the famed Headless Rider and validating his existence as a “monster," he enrolls in Raira Academy as a freshman where he quickly befriends fellow classmates Kuon Kotonami and Himeka Tatsugami, both of whom possess their own reasons for seeking out the urban legend. Meanwhile, the rider in black has yet to be seen in the city for the past half year, and anyone who has since attempted to seek out Ikebukuro’s resident Dullahan has vanished without a trace.

With a new start on life, Yahiro wants nothing more than to live out a quiet, ordinary existence, but the city of Ikebukuro has other plans... <<less

“If a zombie and vampire went all out, which one would win?”... more>>

Those fateful words began a serious sisterly fight between zombie little sister Ayumi and vampire older sister Erika.

The entire city has been recreated using the environment simulator created by the main character and a virtual horror movie begins with the fleeing residents as the targets!

Characters:

Ayumi: Zombie girl.

Erika: Vampire girl.

Satori: High school boy with a zombie little sister and vampire older sister.

Maxwell: Support program developed by Satori. <<less

You’ve probably missed something at some point in your life, haven’t you? Even though it was really, really important, you were so stuck to some... more>> foolish pride and so preoccupied with what was right in front of you, that you ended up missing something. Am I wrong? ……This is the story of a magician that’s had to do that kind of thing over and over again. He is talented, successful, and a failure. The road taken by this magician is a s*upid, lonely, and lively story of ice cream. That cold, vivid sweetness was an innocent, cruel and sad fairy-tale that, for an instant… yes, it was so fast that even I, Boogiepop, missed it. It was a moment of amus**ent that connected a clown, a god of death, and those with broken dreams before it melted, disappeared, and was lost in the blink of an eye. <<less