Since around middle school, Tokido Haku has seen this nightmare every night……
On it, the unknown Rei and Sakuhi were both trying to kill each other.... more>>

Who were this two people?
Why did they always come out in her dream?
Haku had no idea at all.

This world was constituted by two parts, one pretty close to a modern world, the “Outside World” and one where magic existed, the “Inside World”.

Since both civilizations developed in a different form, even if their existence were so close to each other, this caused a huge instability.

That instability was the cause of wars, crimes and many unstoppable acts made by humanity.
With that in mind, an evil organization used dark magic to plunge the world into chaos……

What was the meaning behind Haku’s dream?
What was the role she and her friends were given?
The battle of the boys and girls who stood up to return the world peace begins now. <<less

One day I suddenly got a chance to change the world, and without hesitation my wish came true. That’s right, all the branch off choices,... more>> events, and the lines of the characters of - everything I memorized about my beloved gal-game “Eternal Innocence” became reality. I originally wanted to go into the main heroine’s route, but somehow I ended up falling into multiple routes at the same time! And things that didn’t happen in the game started happening in real life! Will my heroine and I reach the true end?! Running through the infinite choices of real world, this is the 10th annual Entame Excellence Award story!! <<less

Pursued by the Erste Empire, the blue-haired girl Lyria meets a boy, Gran, who dreams of adventure towards the Island of Astrals, Estalucia, and their... more>> grand adventure across the vast skies begins. <<less

This blog is a record of battle as dictated by a man with a fujoshi girlfriend. Okay, that was a lie. I’m not fighting at... more>> all. The war is purely one-sided. Each day I am dragged further and further into the world of otaku. I cannot be held responsible for any damages incurred by reading this blog and falling into the same predicament. There is much otaku talk contained within, so please follow your directions carefully, and do not exceed your recommended dosage. <<less

After breaking the city “rule”, the girl’s life gradually broken, and finally she pass across the forbidden white line──.... more>>

Along with Ayasato Keishi’s spine-chilling 『Nekono Tenoko』, there are Sasaki Ichiro’s 『Vertical』, Tao Noritake’s WEB published work 『Kobito no Geemuya』, Maisaka Kou’s story of a man experiencing the worse fear in the middle of test courage with the popular girl in class 『The Two in the Test of Courage at Night』, Takeoka Hazuki’s 『Ainosainou』, and state-of-the-art Nishino Sego’s newly written 『Ghost Tunnel』.

Presenting these six stories, this is the first volume of the summer night light novel horror! <<less

Izumi Maya, a 33-year-old professional pastry chef who went out to buy some mustard, loses consciousness while facing an inexplicably bright light. When she wakes up, she's been reincarnated as a princess in another world!... more>>

The living picture of her famously beautiful mother, at just 12 years old, she is the Princess Consort to the country's Crown Prince, and her life is a giant target.

She'll find out the truth about who is aiming for her life, and why, while taming her 15-years-older husband with food!

In the name of being a pastry chef, I’ll defeat the criminal and my husband’s stomach at the same time!! <<less

Rent Farrant discovered a magic book in his home library when he was a child.... more>>

The book was left behind by his ancestor, the legendary great magician, and it contained all kinds of information about magic. Rent read the book and continued his magic training, and became proficient in all kinds of magic.

Eventually, Rent grew up and came to the Magic Academy in the royal capital. He took the entrance exam, but the value that came out when measuring his magic power was,

「Zero magic power.」

Without understanding why, Rent was admitted to the lowest class, Class C. The students there are all failures.

Sarah, even though she comes from a prestigious knight’s family, she was dropped into Class C because of her rebellious attitude towards the examiner.

Diene, from a merchant family, was forced to enroll because she was told to look for a noble husband to make connections.

Muno, from an orphanage, he can’t read and write letters.

While taking classes with them, the principal of the Magic Academy notices Rent's talent.

「The reason you were considered to have zero magic power was the measurement tool’s fault. Your magic power can’t be measured by modern magic. What you are using is the lost ancient magic.」

Rent, who is the last user of ancient magic, was dropped into the lowest class, Class C, but he decided to teach magic to his classmates.

His classmates are considered failures by the standards of modern magic, but for Rent, they have plenty of room to grow.
In order to get to Class A with all of his classmates, Rent begins his struggle. <<less

An ordinary boy called Sherlock Doyle is captured and forced to put on his twin sister’s dress by the Emperor’s diplomat to be shipped to... more>> a small country called Ehren. His genius sister, Glinda, went missing two days before she’s supposed to be sent to Ehren to be a royal tutor for the King’s children. The sudden life change is too overwhelming for Sherlock, but he sees no way out. Later, he finds out the disturbing truth about the kingdom’s intention with his sister. <<less

It has been ten years since The Demon Lord Kranos declaring war against all the humanity.... more>>

Against the powerful army of Kranos, at the brink of it’s own destruction, The kingdom decided to use The Church secret summoning ritual to call upon heroes.

I was selected as it’s priest (healer) as a leftover party member in the Tōdō naotsugu’s party, the sacred hero party. Inside it there are already two core member, a magician and a swordsman. But then I notice something, even though we were the first line of defense against the demon lord army, we don’t have any ability to fight.

Is it possible for me to fight against the demon lord army and leveling up the hero party at the same time!? <<less

“It’s not that I want to find happiness, nor am I looking to be promised something definite.”... more>>

“What I want is more than that- To find a place somewhere out there, far away.”

“To find the place where I want to be.”

Miho, a girl who is still undecided on her future after graduation.

Shouta, a boy who still longs for his estranged father.

Both are in their third year of high school, leading completely different paths in life. But before long, their paths will cross, amid this little drama called the entrance exams… <<less

The top player of the MMORPG [Eternal Magia] Morioka Hiroto was in reality a shut in with a history of 3 years of being a shut in on his first year of high school.... more>>

Spending the majority of his lifetime playing [Eternal Magia] but one day, all of his hard work was lost with a blink of an eye, and to the Hiroto that fell in despair, his fate closed up when he rescued the female childhood friend he neglected so much in the past from a Truck accident.

Even though he was bad at communication in real life but inside the game his communication skills were so effective which eventually made him into the reigning top player of the game with the help of the skill that no one would take and the most unpopular of all skills [Negotiation Technique].

A Goddess from another world became interested in Hiroto and reincarnated him into another world while turning all of his misfortunes into bonus points which he unhesitatingly used to maximize the skill [Negotiation Technique].

In a world with the perfect reproduction of the game Hiroto played without change, Hiroto who was reincarnated to a baby re-affirmed the usefulness of the skill [Negotiation technique] and would sometimes have some unexpected ways of usage, until he can rise bit by bit from his villager life.

*There are also several other people who will be sent into the other world excluding the protagonist. <<less

For Tohko Amano, a third-year high-school student and self-styled “book girl,” being the head of the literary club is more than just an extracurricular activity. It’s her bread and butter…literally! Tohko is actually a literature-gobbling demon, who can be found at all hours of the day munching on torn out pages from all kinds of books. But for Tohko, the real delicacies are hand-written stories. To satisfy her gourmet tastes, she’s employed (rather, browbeaten) one Konoha Inoue, who scribbles away each day after school to satisfy Tohko’s appetite. But when another student comes knocking on the literary club door for advice on writing love letters, will Tohko discover a new kind of delicacy?... more>>

Bungaku Shoujo won Kadokawa Shoten’s 2007 light novel award for light novels under the mystery category.

Placed 7th (2007) and 3rd (2008) on “このライトノベルがすごい!” (This Light Novel is Amazing!) without an anime nor manga associate.

Novels:

– Main story:

1. Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime

2. Book Girl and the Famished Spirit

3. Book Girl and the Captive Fool

4. Book Girl and the Corrupted Angel

5. Book Girl and the Wayfarer’s Lamentation

6. Book Girl and the Undine Who Bore a Moonflower

7-8 Book Girl and the Scribe Who Faced God

– Short stories:

1-4. Bungaku Shoujo to Koisuru Souwashuu (Episode)

– Gaiden:

1. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Hatsukoi

2. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Shoushin

3. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Sotsugyou

– Last Volume:

Hanjuku Sakka to Bungaku Shoujo na Henshuusha (Muse) <<less

The story centers around a loner named Takahashi, who is talented in many things except for studying. He shied away from others in high school,... more>> and soon was in his second year, still completely alone—until he has a once-in-a-lifetime chance meeting with Satou, a perfect girl in many ways except personality. She asks him to use his talent and help her become the student council president. Now Takahashi finds himself supporting Satou, and is determined to reclaim his school life. <<less

The protagonist is a guy who is among the s*upidest of the s*upidest in the school. In this school, your grades can, under the supervision of teachers, take a virtual form to do combat! However, if you leave an examination half way, you get zero marks. A bright and cute girl, Mizuki Himeji, was having a high fever during the examination. Despite her potential to be the second highest scorer in the level, she obtained zero marks for having left due to her illness and is thus allocated to the worst class, class F. ... more>>

Grades mean almost everything. For Class A, they have a smart-looking teacher, a plasma TV as big as the entire wall as their blackboard, personal laptops, personal air-cons, refrigerators, adjustable seats and all kinds of different appliances. Within the refrigerator, there are all kinds of drinks and snacks. Their ceiling is made of glass, the wall lets them put up high-class drawings and plants.

As for Class F, the worst class... They have Japanese desks and seat paddings. Their blackboard is dirty and there is no chalk even! Someone complains that the legs of his desk are broken, so the teacher asks, "Didn't we distribute some glue to stick wood together? Glue it back yourself later." Another one complains that wind is blowing in from the broken window. The teacher says, "I got it. I will apply for plastic bags and invisible glue to fix it later." There are spider webs everywhere, not a patch of the wall is clean. A unique moldy smell spreads across the entire room; it must be from the old tatamis used to tile the floor. This is the status of class F.

The protagonist feels displeased at such an arrangement, and seeks help from his friends to try to make a change through summoning war!! And they devise all kinds of plans to try to beat the famous class A, intending to get class A's classroom and equipment if they win!! <<less

Evil Organization [Antares]. Currently, the company is short of combatants, and is recruiting part-timers, as well as full-time employees.... more>>

The pay is good, so there we go. <<less

"How can you call someone insane if they're not even arbitrarily mu*dering other people?" she said while holding a bar of chocolate in one of her hands.... more>>

Mayuzumi Azaka, an arrogant, cold hearted, self-willed picky eater is also a fourteen-year-old girl with supernatural powers. Holding her red paper umbrella, dressed in her Gothic Lolita fashion, she smiled at me. A smile that seems to bring me into a deeper despair. And then under a blooming cherry blossom, she spoke to me "Stay by my side."

A cruel and painful, ugly and beautiful mysterious fantasy is about to begin! <<less

Within the long decaying empire, in the northern borders where the public order has been crumbling, beasts of darkness threaten the livelihood of the people.... more>> Phineas, a young boy who works as a miller, is forced to leave with his family, away from the windmill, to take refuge in a town ruled by the brigands who were once the army. This is the story of a boy who goes on a journey with the support of his family and his friends to find a quiet place they can call home. <<less

“Please, help me travel through the labyrinth to save our kingdom!”... more>>

The elf girl he saved pledged as the adventurer Alba was about to turn on his heel. With the labyrinth having the rumour of granting whatever you may desire, it actually harbors the secret to ruin the kingdom. Having mistaken Alba for the legendary Dark Knight, the elf girl, the 7th princess of the kingdom, is now asking for his assistance.

“Declining the request of a girl is really lame, right.”

Having been given that world view by his grandfather, as well as the jet-black armor and blood-riddled greatsword, Alba agrees to help them in conquering this deep labyrinth. With the legend of the Dark Knight as its basis, another legend is about to begin! <<less

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Regis, an incapable soldier, who is bad at both sword and archery that only reads books. He meets a girl at the remote region where he was transferred to. Red hair crimson eyes princess Altina who wields the supreme ruler’s sword.... more>>

She was appointed to become the commander of the army of the remote region despite being fourteen years old, simply for being the illegitimate child of the Emperor. However, she is holding onto her big dream without being depressed in the environment she is in.

“I trust you.”

Regis who was sought from her as a tactician stands up to the obstacles together with her. The military fantasy interweaved by the bibliophagic boy and the princess with the supreme ruler’s sword. <<less

Among the orcs, a race whose mind is filled with nothing but lust and food, a certain individual was born.... more>>

He uses rational thinking to control his s*xual urges, thanks to a unique outlook on life.

One day, he found a certain book mixed in with the belongings of a human his companions had abducted.

The book described a gentleman’s way of life: showing kindness to women and children, and never forgiving evil deeds. After reading this book, he decides to become a gentleman, though this particular book speaks of how to become both a respectable, and lecherous, gentleman:

"A gentleman helps those in need. He is soft-spoken and has a gentle heart."

However, mixed in are writings about immoral and salacious activities, which he mistakes as the way to becoming a gentleman-by-night.

With both of these as guides, he proceeds to make the women of various races s*aves to his libido. <<less

Feria, the younger sister of a feudal lord from a remote region, is chosen to be the king’s 31st consort… being that the king visits... more>> the queen candidates by the order they were appointed, she can only meet him on the 31st of each month. “Am I the queen of unlucky draws or what?” She resigns herself to her fate and spends her time tending to the fields. However, falling in love with the king on their first meeting, her place as the 31st consort becomes the biggest obstacle. <<less

‘3 Minutes Boy Meets Girl’ is an anthology of short stories produced by the authors working at Famitsu Bunko. There are 19 chapters from 19... more>> different authors. <<less

An anthology of short stories from several authors.