AI buster, the prequel to .hack//SIGN, is the story of Albireo,a debugger, who used to play ‘Fragments,’ the beta version of ‘The World.’ Albireo encounters... more>> Lycoris, whom he assumes is an event NPC (an AI character) but she’s actually a failed version of Aura. She is blind, deaf, and mute, because Albireo debugged her and broke up important files. The missing files are hidden as items in the World, and when returned to Lycoris, she gets a function back. When she gains them all, she changes into a teenage form with purple hair who looks like Aura. Because of his acquaintance with Lycoris, Albireo cannot log out of the game and exit the World. <<less

.hack//CELL is a novel series written by Ryo Suzukaze, serialized in the magazine .hack//G.U.: The World, and published in paperback format.... more>>

It follows the experiences of a female Edge Punisher, Midori, as she hires herself out to players who want to fight her without resistance <<less

“The World” is a massively multiplayer online game played by more than twelve million people across the globe. Within this virtual world Haseo, a PKK... more>> (Player Killer Killer), continues an endless fight. Everything he does is for the sake of the girl Shino, who back in the real world, is hospitalized by an unexplained coma. However, on finally meeting with his sole lead, a PK called ?Tri-Edge,? Haseo is dropped back to Level 1 by a mysterious power! Can Haseo save Shino now that he has lost all of his abilities? <<less

A comedy of exploration unfolds between two individuals caught in a mutual crush—a love comedy bound to induce sighs!... more>>

"So, a friend asked me… what type of girl is Sota into?"

Troubled second-year high school boy, Sota Sedaka, finds himself one day receiving an unusual consultation from his childhood friend and crush, Noa Fujishiro.

"Noa…! Could it be that this is…?"

"N-no, it's not! I told you, it's just about a friend!"

With this approach, even the romance-inept Sota knows the drill.

In other words, could it be that Noa is also into Sota? However, on another day, Sota ends up being confessed to by another girl. Was it really just "a friend's talk" after all? But Noa keeps coming closer, and who on earth is this "friend" they are talking about!? <<less

Let’s start a “battle” between the hated me and the invisible senior.... more>>

“You and I are all alone, is there anything we can do to save each other?”

Fujishiro Toya, a first-year high school student, got into a dispute and was suspended from school right after he entered school. There are rumors that he is a wicked delinquent at school after his suspension, and none of his classmates even make eye contact.

While spending his high school life alone, he meets a beautiful senior, Akane Yunagi, at the old school building.

As he interacts with Akane, she learns that she has serious troubles with her. One day, after the virtual self appeared, no one recognized the real Akane. I want to help my only senior who believed in me! Toya tries to save Akane by himself, but…?

A coming-of-age story about two people who lost their place together and regain their “place to be”. <<less

In the spring of 1998, Kouichi Sakakibara transfers to Yomiyama North Middle School. In class, he develops a sense of unease as he notices that... more>> the people around him act like they’re walking on eggshells, and students and teachers alike seem frightened. As a chain of horrific deaths begin to unfold around him, he comes to discover that he has been placed in the cursed Class 3 in which the student body head count is always one more than expected. Class 3 is haunted by a vengeful spirit responsible for gruesome deaths in an effort to satisfy its spite. To stop the vicious cycle gripping his new school, Kouichi decides to get to the bottom of the curse, but is he prepared for the horror that lies ahead…? <<less

Douglas is an adventurer who uses an axe as a weapon, a very serious and hard-working man who has lived an unrewarding life. One day... more>> he is betrayed by his teammates in the depths of a dungeon, and almost loses his life. In the midst of his despair, he finds an axe, a fearsome weapon with mythical power. After this great find, his life changes drastically from that day on. He becomes a man loved and adored by three beautiful girls. The forty year old adventurer begins a journey to become a hero to be envied by all. <<less

Main Story volumes:
1: Nagareyo Hikari, to Majo ha Itta (流れよ光、と魔女は言った)
2: Horobiyo Tama, to Shishi ha Hoeta (滅びよ魂、と獅子はほえた)
3: Yomigaere Mukuro, to Miko ha Sakenda (蘇れ骸、と巫女は叫んだ)
4: Messeyo kono Omoi, to Kanojo ha Naita (滅せよこの想い、と彼女は哭いた)
5: Samayoe waga Genmi, to Mouja ha Umeita (彷徨えわが現身、と亡者はうめいた)
6: Todokeyo kono Nikushimi, to Shounen ha Nadashiita (とどけよこの憎しみ、と少年は涙した)
7: Shitagae waga Shukumei ni, to Otome ha Tsubuyaita (したがえわが宿命に、と少女は呟いた)
8: Hibikeyo waga Inori, to Otome ha Etta (響けよわが祈り、と少女は笑った)
9: Shizumeyo Koigokoro, to Ame ha Maiorita (沈めよ恋心、と雨は舞い降りた)
10: Tonaeyo Yasuragi no Uta, to Hoshi ha Kiita (唱えよ安らぎの歌、と星は輝いた)... more>>

Side Story volumes:
1: Mahoutsukaii de Ikkakusenkin! (魔法使いで一攫千金！)
2: Jutsusha no Mezame ha Usagi no Dansu!? (術者の目覚めはうさぎのダンス！？)
3: Yomiji ha Tsuranaru Bankokuki! (黄泉路へつらなる万国旗！)
4: Futago no Shiiku mo Gin Tama Jidai! (双子の飼育も銀玉次第！) <<less

Kawamura Hideo, a typical ordinary guy with no job, came to Tokyo searching for jobs. He sent a total of 34 job applications only to fail at the first hurdle (the companies didn’t even ask him for an interview). Feeling rejected he became a hardcore hikikomori and shut the world around him, his parents also won’t send him money since then. When he was starving to death without any money, losing hope and deciding to die, he found a computer on the street (containing Will.CO21 virus) and took it home.... more>>

He found a way to participate in a martial arts tournament “Holy Devil Cup” from that computer. Where the winner could get the power to rule the world, martial artists, soldiers, vampires, Majin – all 3024 participants gather there. Now what Hideo would do to win this mad tournament. . . <<less

Suffering from extreme amnesia, high school student Saya Otonoshi can't remember anything from her life beyond the last year. Living with a foster family outside a military base in Okinawa, Japan, Saya's attempts to live a normal life are shattered when a Chiropteran, a horrific vampire-like monster, attacks her. Saved at the last minute by a mysterious man named Hagi, Saya is presented with a sword that awakens in her a warrior's skills and bloodlust, and sets her on a course that will lead her to the answers of her missing memories, and into battle against a race of creatures intent on destroying the world.... more>>

The epic adventure that began in the groundbreaking film Blood: the Last Vampire and has continued through the worldwide phenomenon TV series Blood+ is brought to life in this all-new series of novels adapting the hit show. Saya's journey of horror, magic, romance and mystery will stretch across time and around the world, expanding on the television series with new characters, new adventures and breathtaking action. <<less

Three Short Stories:... more>>

Calling You
A girl creates an imaginary cell phone...which one day rings. The boy on the other end claims to be calling from his own imaginary cell phone...

Kiz/Kids
Two damaged children bond over one's ability to heal wounds.

Singing Flower
A patient at a hospital finds a flower with the face of a girl, that hums a beautiful melody. <<less

Three years after the appearance of dungeons in the modern era, the world has adopted and started to research as well as farm the dungeons. One day the ordinary, 28-years-old researcher, Yoshimura Keigo, comes in contact with dungeons for the first time.... more>>

This encounter changes his life dramatically. Curious about his newfound skill, he decides to resign from his company and live by earning money in dungeons.

But will it really go as easily as he wishes? Follow this story which combines hard science fiction with fantasy in a modern world setting, and find out! <<less

Tony is a rough-and-tumble jack-of-all-trades with a haunted past. His encounter with Gilver, a mysterious swordsman swathed in bandages, changes his life dramatically for the... more>> worse. Tony is thrust into the dark underworld of an unsolvable case, separated from his partner and his loved ones, and pushed over the edge of desperation. Who's forcing him into a corner? What do they hope to achieve? <<less

Kiska was slandered and banished to the deepest part of the Dungeon in the transition camp.... more>>

For the unskilled and non-adventurous like Kiska, it was a death sentence for him. He was attacked by a high level monster, and just when he thought his death was near, a voice rang out.

“I will help you.”

Then someone said, “The name of the skill I will give you is ‘Save and Reset.'”

With this skill, which was suddenly given to him, Kiska has the power to rewind time just before he was killed. This thing seems to be able to avoid death, but it is the beginning of a new hell.

More than monsters and traps lurk inside. Kiska meets beautiful heroines sealed within the dungeon, beautiful vampires who like to bewitch, and incarnations of demonic swords, and he has been repeatedly targeted for slaying.

However, when Kiska met them for numerous of times, he begins to realize a strategy to make them fall in love with him…? Sometimes they would kill him, and sometimes they would love him. Kiska, who died and returned to the save point again and again, will conquer the hardest dungeons to get revenge! <<less

Before she realized, a high schooler died and was reborn into another world!?... more>>

With a perceived talent for alchemy she finds herself summoned to another world.

But she’s never done alchemy before, so why..?

With her Guide, Ermine

And Guardian, Cocco

She’ll enjoy an easygoing life of potion-making and cooking in the miniature garden left to her by the World-Crossing Witch surrounded by her two fluffy companions!

And she plans to add more fluffy friends. <<less

On days when she's feeling unwell, when she finds it bothersome to take care of class duties, or when she has scheduled tests... ... more>>

On days when she's too lazy to go to school, I get called out.

I am the double of Aikawa Sunao, a convenient substitute. We looked exactly the same, but our personalities were fairly different. I can’t go out freely, I can’t even make plans for tomorrow, I was a replica whose mission was to work for the sake of the original.

I was supposed to be and yet, I fell in love.

I fell in love with him, and for the sake of differentiating myself, I styled my hair in a half-up swept manner.

I skipped school and went on a trip with only the two of us. And then, tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, and beyond that, we promised to meet.

My name, my body, everything was a borrowed thing, I was supposed to be empty, however――this feeling of love, is mine alone.

Occurring in a town by the sea, a very pure and slightly mysterious “first” youth love story shall take place. <<less

Doris has become a recluse because of a curse placed on her by a witch. One day, the curse goes out of control and turns... more>> the princess into a cat! The only way to break the curse is to kiss the person she loves - but it seems that Doris will die if she meets the wrong person. Doris, who has never been in love before, asks her childhood friend, the crown prince, to give her some pointers on love. "You should be aware that you are cute," says His Highness, suddenly hugging her! <<less

Set 10 years after the original Full Metal Panic!, Ichinose Tatsuya is a normal high school boy living with his dad and little sister, Yukari.... more>> He has a history of falling for foreign women, not that it has ever worked out for him. One day, out helping with his father's company by driving a Power s*ave, he runs into a beautiful foreign girl named Adelina….with the latest secret military-grade Arm s*ave called “Shadow”, with her. What’s this highly armed and dangerous girl doing up in the middle of nowhere? Tatsuya is going to find out why very soon…. <<less

“Otaku-kun, look at this. This hairstyle in this magazine is amazing!”... more>>

“I don’t really get it, but it does look amazing!”

“So I’d like to ask again if you could style my hair like that…can you set it up for me, Otaku-kun?”

“I might be able to do this with hair extensions. If you don’t mind, I’ll be glad to do it!”

“Really?! You’re the best, Otaku-kun!”

This is a school romantic comedy about an otaku who appreciates the hobbies of a gal and a gal who appreciates the hobbies of an otaku. <<less

The Ultimate Brain Games, “Play of the Gods” made by their supreme grace, Gods, who had too much spare time probably.... more>>

A former God, Leche, who woke up from a long slumber; declared unto the world:

“Bring forth the person who is the best in Games in this era!”

The test given to the humankind was to win 10 games against Gods.

10 difficult games brought by the Supreme Gods.

There is yet to be a Victor throughout this vast human history.

Fast forward to the modern time;

The “God-chosen” man Faye

On the behalf of the whole humanity, he was given the task.

The task to challenge and win at brain battles with these Supreme Gods.

But, Faye was no ordinary boy.

He is the boy nominated as the “best rookie” in the recent years.

The “Play of Gods” he is about to challenge might be too difficult.

Indeed, there is no human in history able to succeed. Well, the reason is quite obvious.

God is capricious, very unreasonable, and sometimes even “Absolutely Incomprehensible”.

But, because its such a game, “Its a waste to not have fun and play from the bottom of my heart!”

And thus begins the Ultimate Brain Battle of a Genius Game Boy, a former God (who happens to be a girl) , and friends! <<less

On his first day at school Taiga Makihara falls down a manure pit and almost dies. But he is saved by Konoe R. Chika, the perfect student council president that all the students admire. In that instant Taiga falls in love with her, and begins to work hard to be by her side.... more>>

But afterwards, he discovers that the perfect president is actually a fake creation of five quintuplet sisters with different personalities and abilities… Does this mean that the girl Taiga Makihara fell in love with does not exist? After this discovery, Taiga pretends not to realize that the five people he loves are pretending to be one, and will make them all his girlfriends. <<less

In this truly shocking tale of terror, two high school sociopaths become fixated on a local serial mu*derer. But rather than trying to prevent and... more>> solve the next mu*der, their obsession grows, taking them on a descent into a maniacal darkness in which the most nightmarish acts occur. <<less

Honoo no Mirage (Mirage of Blaze) is a complexly-plotted novel which incorporates a large number of elements, including romantic melodrama, historical politics and supernatural fantasy. Japanese history predominates the heavily structured story-line, which mainly involves the continued aggression between power-wielding guardians ('possessors'), and the denizens of a 'feudal underworld'- a group of restless souls belonging to long-dead samurai from the warring states period who are attempting to re-ignite those age-old wars in present-day Japan.... more>>

Volume Titles:

1: Honoo no Shinkirou (炎の蜃気楼)
2: Aka no Zanei (緋の残影)
3: Garasu no Komoriuta (硝子の子守歌)
4: Kohaku no Ryūseigun (琥珀の流星群)
5: Mahoroba no Ryūjin (まほろばの龍神)
6: Hasha no Ma Kagami 1 (覇者の魔鏡(前編))
7: Hasha no Ma Kagami 2 (覇者の魔鏡(中編))
8: Hasha no Ma Kagami 3 (覇者の魔鏡(後編))
9: Minagiwa no Hangyakusha (みなぎわの反逆者)
10: Wadatsumi no Yōkihi 1 (わだつみの楊貴妃(前編))
11: Wadatsumi no Yōkihi 2 (わだつみの楊貴妃(中編))
12: Wadatsumi no Yōkihi 3 (わだつみの楊貴妃(後編))
13: Yomi e no Kazaana 1 (黄泉への風穴(前編))
14: Yomi e no Kazaana 2 (黄泉への風穴(後編))
15: Hiwa no Ōkoku 1 (火輪の王国(前編))
16: Hiwa no Ōkoku 2 (火輪の王国(中編))
17: Hiwa no Ōkoku 3 (火輪の王国(後編))
18: Hiwa no Ōkoku Reppū-hen (火輪の王国 烈風編)
19: Hiwa no Ōkoku Retsu Tō-hen (火輪の王国 烈濤編)
20: Jūjika o Daite Nemure (十字架を抱いて眠れ)
21: Retsumyō no Hoshi (裂命の星)
22: Sakigake no Maji (魁の蠱)
23: Onshū no Mon Oumi-hen (怨讐の門 青海編)
24: Onshū no Mon Shakkū-hen (怨讐の門 赤空編)
25: Onshū no Mon Hakurai-hen (怨讐の門 白雷編)
26: Onshū no Mon Kurohi-hen (怨讐の門 黒陽編)
27: Onshū no Mon Kōjō-hen (怨讐の門 黄壌編)
28: Onshū no Mon Hakai-hen (怨讐の門 破壊編)
29: Mugen Jōdo (無間浄土)
30: Akaru hen Mokushiroku I Nachi no Shō (変黙示録 I 那知の章)
31: Akaru hen Mokushiroku II Nuno-to no Shō (耀変黙示録 II 布都の章)
32: Akaru hen Mokushiroku III Yata no Shō (耀変黙示録 III 八咫の章)
33: Akaru hen Mokushiroku IV Jinmu no Shō (耀変黙示録 IV 神武の章)
34: Akaru hen Mokushiroku V Tenma no Shō (耀変黙示録 V 天魔の章)
35: Akaru hen Mokushiroku VI Ranka no Shō (耀変黙示録 VI 乱火の章)
36: Akaru hen Mokushiroku VII Nigoyabu no Shō (耀変黙示録 VII 濁破の章)
37: Kakumei no Kane wa Naru (革命の鐘は鳴る)
38: Ashura no Maegami (阿修羅の前髪)
39: Kaminari no Ikusaba (神鳴りの戦場)
40: Senoku no Yoruwokoete (千億の夜をこえて) <<less

Saint Selma, a saint without holy powers. She doesn't have to say anything publicly, so she keeps it a secret from everyone around her. But... more>> there is a man who is suspicious of her - Theophilus, the royal prince. He joins the Order as a believer and suspects Selma of something. But, due to unavoidable circumstances, he finally finds out that she's not the real one! But he starts to come on to her, saying that he wants to be the only one who understands her. <<less