This stands at the forefront of strategy guides to Life (a shitty video game)!... more>>

Life is a bad video game. This commonplace phrase is, unfortunate as it might be, the truth.

After all, Life has no simple, easy rules. The rules it does have are nothing but irrational and unfair. The strong claim that Life has a high level of freedom, but the weak have no choice but to cope with an overwhelmingly disadvantageous design.

That’s why it’s a sh*t game.

Since I, Japan’s leading gamer who has experienced and mastered a multitude of games, say so, there can be no mistake.

— However, that person, on top of having mastered gaming to about the same level as I, declared to me that Life is a god-tier game.

Destined to be a top-tier character, that person is the school’s perfect heroine, Hinami Aoi. And to top it off, she even says she will teach me the rules of Life?

…… Normally, I wouldn’t believe such a thing. However, Hinami Aoi is someone who does not fit into a frame like ‘normal’ at all!

From the winner of the 10th Shogakukan Light Novel Award for Excellence. A low-tier character takes on life’s strategy guide, but with instruction from a pretty girl! <<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

“Huh? Who are you calling loser?”... more>>

As the background of the class, I, Kazuhiko Nukumizu, witnessed a popular girl – Anna Yanami, getting rejected by another guy.

“Even though he said we’ll get married. Don’t you think he’s pretty mean?”

“When did he say that?”

“When we were 4 or 5 years old.”

That doesn’t count, right?

With this, the losing heroines like Remon Yakishio from the Track and Field Club, and Chika Komari, from the literature club.

“Nukumizu-kun. There are two types of girls. Childhood friends or cheating cats.”

“I see. Well, that’s a bold statement.”

There’s a fortune for those who shine only after losing. Losing Heroines— The curtain to the mysterious coming-of-age story “Makeine” opens now! <<less

A supreme utopia (romcom) created using data!... more>>

“I want to have a romcom-like experience.”

Haven’t all romcom lovers who enjoy light novels thought this before? Being all lovey-dovey with the heroine, and leading a fulfilling high school life with the best of friends. However, there’s no way something that exciting could happen in reality. I have no younger step-sister, no childhood friend, no classmate who’s an idol, no mysterious senpai, and not even a male best friend character. That being the case, what can I do? Obviously, I have to put it together myself! For a romantic comedy, you need both data analysis and constant practice! As well as…

Note: Winner of the 14th Shogakukan Light Novel Award for Excellence. <<less

A world where one’s life was decided by one’s talent called Gift.
The main character Erio Scarlet who was born in the house of influential noble family that had produced a lot of Holy Knights manifested a suspicious gift Incubus in the conferment ceremony. Furthermore the skill attached to that Gift was only one embarrassing skill called Peerless.... more>>

Erio was banished from the city because there was no way his indecent existence could be permitted in a family of Holy Knights but……somehow he went through an amazing growth when he dealt with his horniness though!?

In addition when his childhood friend who was bestowed with the Gift Sacred Knight chased after the main character because of her love for him reverse ra-……did it with him, a lot of powerful indecent skills showed up and on top of that they even got bound by Master-Servant contract……!?

This was the indecent heroic tale of the boy who was gifted with indecent Gift rising in the world while [getting along] with a lot of girls. <<less

Japanese most important Light Novel Award "KONORANO" winner of 2021 and 2022, second in 2023... more>>

As far as normies go, it’s hard to beat Saku Chitose. The most popular guy in his high school? Check.

An ironclad reputation that can repel even vicious online attacks? Check.

A group of friends as attractive on the outside as they are on the inside? Check.

But when a teacher asks Saku to help rehabilitate a student who been shut away in their room for months to school life, his perfect world will never be the same.

What is this, some kinda normie harem story? <<less

The history strongest reincarnated orc being unrivaled and making harem!... more>>

Ork was reincarnated as the son of a female knight and an orc.
Because he was born similar to his mother, he got bullied in the orc village.
That Ork was awakened to the strongest bloodline from his encounter with a beautiful elf.

Because he was born as an orc――

he wanted to do it with beautiful girls!

He wanted to be lovey dovey with girls every day!

To make women wanted from the bottom of their heart to be embraced by him, he had no choice but to be a strong orc!!

Through this and that, Ork obtained the strongest power in history and began his journey to create his harem.
Using the power that he had obtained, Ork mowed down all the obstacles during his journey, climbed up in the world, and made love with beautiful girls one after another――! <<less

Sato Koharu is a pretty girl that everyone can recognize.... more>>

But her attitude with anyone is so bitter that she got nicknamed “salt-god Sato-san.” Anyone who tried to get close to her got emotionally injured in a brutal way.

Though for some reason, I was able to save Sato-san from pick-up boys where I was working at. Which made her like me, and thus I became a friend of “salt-god Sato-san.”

In front of everyone, she is a salt-god, but in front of me, she is so sweet. This is a high school life story between Sato-san and I. <<less

The world revolves around me.... more>>

My name is Sakagami Kagura. I’m incredibly cute, unbelievably intelligent, and my manners are utterly flawless. No diamond in the world could compare to my illustrious beauty. You could say that I simply put the rest of the world to shame with both brains and beauty.

Regrettably, someone such as myself is beset by troubles at every turn, just as a ill-fated protagonist of a story might be. My tendency to attract such misfortune is perhaps my one and only flaw. Mournfully, I sigh, raising my chin slightly so as to better catch the illumination of the streetlights. Even sighing, I must look simply exquisite.

Then, I give the stuffed rabbit in my arms a squeeze and focus my gaze on the two individuals in front of me, the source of my most recent plight. One is a black-haired young woman, the kind that would be idiotic enough to walk the streets this time of night. The other is a quite literally wolf-faced man. Naturally, he has her cornered. A werewolf and his prey.

My duty is to exterminate such horrific, inhuman creatures before they can wreak havoc on human society — using puppets such as this little fellow here…

Winner of the 7th Shogakukan Light Novel Grand Prize. <<less

Eric lost everything.... more>>

Family, childhood friend, best friend, and loved one.

Eric loses everything and despairs that there is no point in living in this world and commits su*cide.

However, he woke up when he should have died, and when he grasped the situation, he became a baby! ?

He thought that it was a reincarnation, but he do not know the reason why he remember his previous life.

However, Eric, who was already in despair because he was born with the memory of his previous life, hated the fate of reincarnation.

And when he look at his ‘mother’ – it was his mother in the previous life.

Eric understands that he’s “returned” to the baby, not “became” a baby, and decides to become the strongest to save everything he has lost.

――This is a story of a man who confronts the uncertainties of fate―― <<less

Teo Korpi, a young man dreaming of becoming a cortege blacksmith, was on his way to the borderlands, just to have his coach attacked by a horde of orcs.... more>>

On the brink of death, help arrived…but, something wasn’t quite right with the swordswoman who was supposedly his savior.

Far from just killing the orcs, she slaughtered, slaughtered, and slaughtered them in the most gruesome ways…as if finding pure joy in a gory massacre.

Then she turned around towards Teo… <<less

A hero novel about adolescence, painting justice and evil.... more>>

Some province, some region somewhere in Japan, Tsukimori City. Structured the same as any other city, Tsukimori has just one point that sets it apart from the rest. That is the fact the city is protected by a single hero.

A young girl who usually lives her life as a high school student, Mia. Whenever the kaijin of the evil organization Calamity Co. Leviathan threaten the peace of the city, she transforms into a hero and fights day and night. A young boy, her childhood friend Takeru watches over her work as a hero. A normal high school student with no redeeming features, Takeru had a certain secret—that he himself was the leader of Calamity Co. Leviathan, Lord Helvenom. Takeru’s goal, it is all for Mia, fated to live as Gaimoon, forced to battle evil for the rest of her life, to continue standing as her sworn foe.

What sort of fate awaits the relationship of evil leader and hero?

To protect those they hold dear, the battle wages between beloved. This is a hero novel of justice and evil! <<less

—The master of the strongest heroes is even stronger, but now he travels secretly to his apprentices—... more>>

Eisen is a man who raised 100 heroes and saved the world by ending the war with an evil god. He had recovered from the wounds inflicted on his body in the「Other World」in exchange for protecting the heroes. During the times he has been recuperating, the heroes he had saved became successful due to his tutelage and developed the 「Human World」 as leaders of various countries. As a result, each of the hundred heroes reported to their Eisen-sensei whom they admired saying—

“Please, come visit our countries.”

Reading all of these, Eisen one day decided—

“I’m going on a journey around the world and see these places that my apprentices recommended me. It looks fun.”

“It sure sounds fun, Eisen-sensei. So, have you sent your apprentices a letter about this?”

“Nope, everybody’s in a tough position. I’ll just quietly visit and greet them so I won’t be a bother.”

Thus, Eisen the master of heroes, secretly set out on a journey to visit each of his apprentices and to sightsee different countries. <<less

“It’s probably impossible for that washboard to become a familiar.”... more>>

“Go to h**l!”

‘I want the class beauty to serve me,’ is probably a thought that went through anyone’s mind at least once.

But frankly, I wouldn’t recommend it. I, Souta Ashiya, a failure of a magician, turned my classmate, Chikage Fujiwara, into my familiar. She was the progeny of a famous magician, as well as the number one beauty amongst the freshmen whom everyone looks up to.

Eh, you’re jealous? Seriously? Then, how about I hand her over to you? First off, she has far too high expectations of her master. Not to mention, she’s a sore loser and really rebellious, and above all, flat-chested. If you’re really fine with that, then she’s all yours…

Ah, that was just a joke! Spare me, Fujiwara!

—This is a story of how a relationship of servitude evolves into that of mutual love (?)… apparently. <<less

This was a story that began and ended with tears.... more>>

Yakumo Saegusa, a boy who lost his mother to a strange disease, the “Chloride Blight,” in which the whole body slowly turns into salt and crumbles, met a girl in the music room.

She was a beautiful and gifted piano player named Yuzuki Igarashi. Her delicate fingers were capable of both piano and wring bullies. She struggled to live up to her mother’s excessive expectations in the dark while presenting a strong front. Yakumo, who had seen Yuzuki in all her various forms from a distance closer than anyone else, was unknowingly drawn to her.

Graduating from elementary school, Yuzuki grew more beautiful and charming, and by then, became the object of people’s love and admiration. By the time she entered high school, Yuzuki, already a professional pianist, left for Italy to learn her craft. Yakumo, acutely aware of the overwhelming difference between him, a nobody, and Yuzuki, an international pianist. Eventually, he began to write a novel.

His reunion with her came suddenly one day—and that reunion would come to change his destiny forever.

Grand Prize of the 16th Shogakukan Light Novel Award. <<less

In a provincial city, high school student Sakuma Kamiki has grown apart from his once-close childhood friend, Ushio Tsukinoki, who is stunningly attractive, excels in... more>> academics and sports, and is incredibly popular. Sakuma struggles with past traumas and feelings of inferiority towards Ushio. Despite this, Sakuma develops a romantic interest in his classmate Natsuki Hoshihara, bonding over a shared love for novels. However, he is shocked when he sees Ushio, usually the epitome of perfection, dressed in a sailor uniform and sobbing uncontrollably in a park. <<less

A beautiful girl captain and a genius general counselor, to the battle of the fleet in the sky!... more>>

Hinoo, an island nation in the Far East. The first princess of the imperial family, Izaya, is 18 years old.

She is, however, also the captain of the flying destroyer “Ibuki”. The crew, all of whom would give their lives for Izaya, are her biggest fans!
The main character, Kuroto, suddenly boards the Ibuki as one of Izaya’s subordinates. The son of a member of the imperial family, Kuroto was a childhood friend of Izaya’s. One day, however, he caused the worst incident against Izaya and was stripped of his imperial title, and fled with his family to the enemy country of Gameria. “Why is Kuroto here now?”

“I’ve come back to protect Hinoo from the monsters that run Gameria,” Kuroto declares. At the same time, the country of Hinoo has decided to start a war with Gameria, who is trying to take Hinoo for themselves with money and force. Izaya and Kuroto drive the “Ibuki” and challenge the world’s most powerful flying fleet of the superpower Gameria to a decisive battle!

A confident, ultra-arrogant, smart, and ridiculously hard-working man, Kuroto’s life of blitzkrieg splendor, the long-awaited Inumura Koroku quintessential “air battle fantasy war story” opens with a bang! <<less

To erase Christmas, I decided to become the girl’s lover.... more>>

Early December, when the holy night is just around the corner and the city start to be cheerful.

Dumped by my seniors, I was trembling with irresistible irritation and sadness as I watched the beautifully shining light (illuminations) in front of the station.

I wish that ‘Christmas’ just disappeared already…

And suddenly, a girl who seems to be a high school student appeared in front of me.

“You can do it, you can make ‘Christmas’ disappear.”

The notebook that she hold seems to be able to “to grant an unwanted wish.”

But, I need to like Christmas first before she could erase it with the power of her notebook. That’s why….

“With me, Please become a pseudo lover with me.”

One of The Winner of the 14th Shogakukan Light Novel Award for Excellence.

This is a story to end love, starting with a strange relationship between me and a girl. <<less

In the popular MMORPG world ‘Union’ there existed a legendary party named Subaru. This party, made up of a group of childhood friends and elementary... more>> schoolers, exceeded the limits of the game with their various senses. However, due to an incident which resulted in a death, ‘Union’ ended its service and the group of childhood friends went separate ways. Six years later, highschooler Haruto logged into the new ‘Reunion’ and reunited with a single girl. Asahi—one of old ‘Subaru’ party members, and his childhood friend who should have died six years ago. Is she a digital ghost, or…? <<less

Kengo Mashima, the discipline committee president, hears a rumor from an unknown source ......... more>>

The rumor came from Takane-san herself, who wants Mashima-kun to be interested in her!

But the overly serious Mashima-kun doesn't get it......
Takane-san, is it true that you have feelings for me?

"W-...why are you asking me that ......!?"

In fact, Mashima also likes Takane.

The unrequited love comedy between a serious disciplinary committee member and the school's most beautiful girl. <<less

There are three female masters who are known to be the strongest in the world. The only thing they can’t get there hands on… their ideal of a man.... more>>

“If there are no ideal men, why not raise one yourself!?”

As they pore over the list of candidates, the ladies' eyes all fixate on one man. A level 0 with no shred of talent… <<less

That feeling you can't hide - I love you.... more>>

"Satsuki-kun, you're so cool ......" I heard such a voice in my mind.

Yayoi has a reputation on campus for being beautiful, but she is always alone and unsociable. I, Satsuki Fukase, who has psychometry ability, heard Yayoi's voice in my mind one day.

However, despite my confusion, Yayoi had an even bigger secret.
Yayoi is an agent who lives in the underworld.
Yayoi is full of secrets and I, Satsuki knows her secret.

Can their hearts, which are so close and yet so far apart, overcome the barriers that psychometry alone cannot cross and come closer together?

A love comedy between Satsuki, who can hear the voice of the mind, and Yayoi, who hides her feelings from the world! <<less

A boy who kills nightmares and a girl who lives them.... more>>

In the modern age, communication technology has developed that uses dreams as a medium instead of electrons.
In the world of “shared dreams,” people are engaged in economic activities even when they are asleep.

A malignant factor that invades artificial dreams and destroys the mind, “Nightmares (Noise)” ……
There are those who make a living out of suppressing them with force.
They were called “tapirs” by the people, who likened them to dream-eating beasts.

One day, Touya Rumaki, a high school student who carries out his duties as a “tapir,” finds himself in a situation where he is unable to find a way out. He meets a “witch” in a wheelchair.

The girl, who called herself “Meia”, stretched out her body, which was not free in any way, to Touya and whispered to him like a spell.
“I’ve been betrayed by everything in this world.

And when the wishes of a boy hunting nightmares and a fragile girl intersect
The nightmare that has been called a disaster, “The Beast’s Dream,” awakens.

This is the beginning of a dark battle of science fiction and otherworldly powers that will distort the world!

With “Gahou”! <<less

A romance comedy as experienced by a loser of an ability user! Hagure Narihira is a second year in a special high school for special... more>> ability users. He has no friends. This is all caused by the ability he has– "Drain" –which makes him unconsciously drain the energy of people in a 1 meter radius around him. He doesn't seem to have a chance at being popular. Or have any friends. His seat is set at the back of the class. Red tape marks a 1 meter distance around him. The bottom of the social ladder? No, he's completely off it. "Even people with weirder powers like shape changing have friends! How is this world so unfair?!" As his woes started to reach a boiling point, he met the infamous, aloof, sharp-tongued Ice Princess–– Takawashi Enju. By some weird twist of fate, he discovers her secret and agrees to form an *alliance*. He begins to suspect that birds of a feather maybe shouldn't always flock together.... These two loners soon discover that they're not the only ones.... It's a superpowered school life of loners cursed by their powers! <<less

Want to go an exorcism trip? B class exorcism that forces the target to go all the way to C!... more>>

–Climax Exorcism.

An obscene ability that forces anyone struck by it to climax, regardless of whether they are living or dead. As a bonus, it also forces evil spirits and monsters to ascend to heaven.

This is a world where evil spirits and monsters are everywhere and being an exorcist is a real job.

From among promising boys and girls, those with talent are trained at the “School for Exorcists”.

Furuya Haruhisa is a boy cursed with the ability, climax exorcism, and is also the school dunce.

Using the ability could lead to his social death…

But then, Haruhisa meets her.

Soya Misaki, a girl who possesses a similarly cursed pair of eyes–demon eyes.

A fearsome pair of eyes that can effortlessly reveal people’s secrets.

And so begins the legend of how history’s worst exorcists come to be known as the strongest before anyone realizes it. Their first real job results in a big fight with a monster woman who runs away from b**bs. <<less