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

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

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