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

“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

When the midnight chime rings, we are captured in a “Houkago”.... more>>

In there, there is neither a correct answer nor a goal or a stage clear.

Only our dead bodies are piled up.

One day, elementary school student Kei Nimori witnesses his name suddenly written on the blackboard in the classroom along with the mysterious word “Houkago Gakari”…

In the peculiar school called “Houkago Gakari”, where monsters are recorded and suppressed at the risk of their lives, the “midnight fairy tale” of boys and girls is now unlocked. <<less

A fake relationship with my favorite idol!?... more>>

Akira Sezai, the perfect idol.

She was my last hope, given that all the idols I admired were gradually stepping away due to issues ranging from revelations about boyfriends to allegations of harassment.

I told myself that she's the final idol I'll be supporting.

Suffering from gynophobia, getting physically close to a woman would make me ill. But I mustered up the courage to attend Akira's handshake event.

Despite my nervousness and stammering, something unusual happened that night—Akira, for some reason, barged into my house.

“Will you be my boyfriend?”

With her words, my everyday life dramatically changed. Her off-stage persona, which I had never witnessed before, gradually revealed itself to me.

However, she had a purpose other than just becoming lovers.

Just by spending time with the idol I merely admired, I found myself gazing at her dazzling brilliance and the abyss that lay beneath her.

I’m afraid of women, but at the same time, I yearn for them. And while shining as an idol, Akira seems to be heading for destruction.

What lies ahead of us as we pretend to be lovers? <<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

“When all colors are layered together, they become white. What I create is a ‘White Kingdom’ where all races come together.” In the Gr*pe Sea, where different races continue their conflicts, Toto Gattoland, the second prince of the Gattoland Kingdom ruled by the “Meow” tribe with cat ears, encounters Artemisia, a girl sent as a hostage by the antagonistic Black Rose Knights. Initially closed off, Artemisia gradually regains her smile through interactions with Toto and his companions. However, deep-seated discrimination exists between humans and Meow, and a cruel fate awaits Toto and Artemisia, who have started to harbor a faint love.... more>>

A large army led by knights clad in armor, a fleet of sailboats filling the sea, eight swordsmen with the sacred beads of “Benevolence,” “Righteousness,” “Propriety,” “Wisdom,” “Loyalty,” “Trust,” “Filial Piety,” and “Sibling Harmony,” mechanical soldiers roaring with the miasma engine, and a flying fleet in the 500-meter limited “Floating Zone” – Inumura Shoroku, the creator of the “A Certain Aeronaut” series and “Propeller Opera,” depicts a battlefield and love story like never seen before with overwhelming artistic prowess.

“Whenever, wherever, even if everyone becomes an enemy, I will be your shield to protect you.” The unparalleled classic fantasy chronicle begins. <<less

Umisato Katsuya woke up in the school’s infirmary. Why was he even here? According to the school nurse Kagami, he tripped while walking down the stairs and lost consciousness because of the impact…Except, Katsuya himself remembered none of that. Because of an accident dating back many years, he had lost both his parents and the memories of his childhood, only leaving him with what he experienced after moving. However, as if that was only the beginning, weird things started happening around Katsuya. ... more>>

A girl’s corpse next to a vending machine. An ominous letter appearing out of nowhere. The soft feeling of a girl’s neck within his grasp, as she begs for help. Are all of these irregularities reality or just a fragment of his imagination? The past comes back to haunt Katsuya, as it even takes shape to hunt him down to punish him for his sins. But what lies at the core of the past that Katsuya himself had forgotten? <<less

You alone will be burned and devoured in Naraka because of your own evil deeds.... more>>

Your family, such as your wife, children and brothers, cannot save you. <<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

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

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

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

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

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

A battle of business brains with a genius consultant!... more>>

"'Business' is a tool to redraw the world."

World Business Foundation (WBF) is a place where young business geniuses gather to create their own ideal "world"

"Mister, would you like a 'friend'?"

Ina Tamaki - A management novice with blonde hair, big breasts, and a bright smile, Ina dropped out of high school to join the WBF and has chosen as her partner a genius consultant, Sei Makoto, the renowned "success contractor"

"I'll teach you what real business is."

In the midst of business geniuses,  the only way for a novice like her to win is to sell her "friends"!! <<less

Jiro Hoshimi, the self-proclaimed "strongest and cutest" cross-dressing boy is a super beauty that makes head turns on the streets 100% of the time.... more>>

Even though he has been hiding this in school, one day, Shiya Kokone, the introverted girl sitting next to him discovers the truth.

"In exchange for keeping your secret, please make me as cute as Hoshimi-kun!" The sudden rebranding of Kokone has begun.

From helping her put on makeup, cross-dressing and picking clothes for her, to taking photos at the desserts shop.

The overly adorable Hoshimi-kun is teaching Kokone everything he got.

"But Hoshimi-kun is a boy..." She's slightly aware of the fact that Hoshimi-kun isn't a girl.

A rebranding rom-com where a cross-dressing boy is trying to make an introverted girl cuter! <<less

The story of an imperfect, degraded spiritual detective girl and her servant, a young man, solving mysteries related to the dead.... more>>

Touka Fujisaki and Saku Fujisaki. Born under a strange fate, and having lost their goals in life, the two seek the meaning of each other’s existence in the madness of the world. <<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

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

Every shopping district used to have them, the gods of commercial blessings called Blessed Ones. Now, one is coming to my local shopping district. Most are supposed to be old ladies but this one is…a third year middle schooler.... more>>

Not only that, she’s got a “butler” accompanying her and they transferred together into my class! It’s custom for Blessed Ones to never touch money so apparently the “butler” is supporting her in her daily life. But still, never touching money? That’s crazy!

What’s the truth behind it all? And why, why does she smile so wildly? I can’t stop thinking about her… Is this love? <<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

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

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

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