Cleo Farseed, the son of a Duke was disowned by his family because he could only attain second place no matter what he did at the Royal Metropolitan Academy. And to get first he tried everything but always got only second at everything he did.... more>>

He decided to escape from his cramped life and live freely as an adventurer, and tried to utilize the skills he had acquired being second at everything, but neither the Duke nor Cleo himself were aware of it… how great it was to be second in everything even if not mastering one.

“I’m just plain. I’m not an expert in anything–”

The boy who is second is unaware. Will shake the surroundings with great strength–! <<less

“This party doesn’t need an incompetent magician who can only use supportive magic. You’re fired, Alec Huguette.”... more>>

Suddenly, Alec, a court magician who had joined the crown prince’s party to help him conquer dungeons——was banished from the party.

And not just the party, but the crown prince’s harassment has banished him from the royal palace as well, and a friend from the “magic academy” approached Alec, who was at his wit’s end.

“——Hey, Alec. Do you want to try to conquer the dungeon with us again?”

And so, together with the friends he used to party with, Alec begins his second journey in life.

This is the adventure story of a former court magician who had been abandoned.

Four years ago, the “Lasting Period,” a party of four that had been called “legendary,” has gradually spread its name around the world. <<less

Miura is a rough and self-centered man who was Sugimoto's "best friend" in their school days. Sugimoto visits Miura in the hospital for the first... more>> time in 12 years, as he is bedridden with illness. The strange relationship between the two begins again and develops into an unwilling cohabitation. Is this friendship, love, or obsession? <<less

Hirune Hanamaki, who works for a black company with almost zero sleep, reincarnated in a different world with the blessing of a goddess because of her pure heart. Thanks to the blessing, her amount of magic power is strangely large, and her holy magic is extremely versatile. Eh, no one uses it like this?... more>>

“You have the talent of a saint.”

Hirune, who just wants to sleep on a fluffy futon, tries to skip work by making full use of holy magic, but the evaluation of the people around her continues to rise.

This means I’ll be working as hard as I did in my previous life. This is bad. Very bad. I’m also sleepy. Apparently, it is rumored that if you become a great saint, you’ll get your own church and you can live freely.

“Become a great saint and hang out on a futon all day long.”

She works hard for a leisurely life and becomes a great saint … Isn’t this pretty busy? I feel like I’m being worshiped a lot … It shouldn’t be like this …

This is the story of a dozing great saint who became a legend as she enjoyed a slow life at her own pace. <<less

Shiraishi Gomichi, an ordinary high school student, has a secret. He has a memory of his previous life. In another world, different from this one, Morimichi was a 'hero" who saved humanity. However, this is only the story of his previous life. In this life, it was supposed to be a normal student life, but the appearance of Mai Shiina, a girl who moved into the same class as him, changes his ordinary life. She was a reincarnaited witch like Gomichi, who once plunged another world into disaster. They had killed each other many times in their previous lives, but when Gomichi asks her what she wants now, Mai tells him.... more>>

"I can't live without you!"
"What... ?" <<less

Keiichi Morisato was a typical college student, a failure with women, struggling to get through his classes, and in general living a pretty nondescript life.... more>> That is, until he dialed the wrong number and accidentally summoned the Norse goddess Belldandy. Not believing Belldandy was a goddess and that she could grant his every wish, Keiichi wished for her to stay with him forever. As they say: Be careful what you wish for! Now bound to Earth and at Keiichi’s side for life, the lives of this most un-normal goddess and most lucky human will never be the same again. <<less

Red Mage Yuki left the A-rank party "Thunder Pike" without a word after being a member for 5 years.... more>>

After years of being insulted and called useless, he finally lost his patience.

As he headed to the Adventurer's Guild to look for a new party, he met his former student Marina.

She invited Yuki to join her new fledgling party which had only girl members.

While capturing the dungeon, Yuki's true ability was revealed. In fact, his magic and skills were non-standard!

A fantasy adventure where the non-standard hero aims for a happy ending starts here! <<less

Yuto is in love with a girl called Asahina Hinata AKA “The Sunflower Goddess”. Asahina Hinata is very popular among the students and teachers as... more>> well. When Yuto found out that his first love Hinata is her half-sister , he thought that he will be broken hearted. But instead, somehow Yuto and Hinata started living together! Since Yuto and Hinata started living together, Yuto’s childhood friend, Tsukino Saya AKA “The Angel of The Moon” became really sweet to Yuto. So then, a romantic comedy with these two girls begins! <<less

Midori’s mother has finally acquired her dream home, but it isn’t long before supernatural phenomenas disrupt the peace of the family. And if unexplained electricity failures, strange phone calls, and the eerie presence of spirits weren’t enough, finding unexplainable blood in the bathroom becomes the last straw. Mai and Shibuya Psychic Research are brought in to investigate, but what horrors will they find in the ‘dream’ home that turns out to be nothing but a nightmare?... more>>

The two books are a continuation of the Evil Spirit Series (Akuryou), but in a different setting. <<less

Satou Ryouta who died from overworking at a black company was reincarnated to another world. Although Ryouta was alive, he is now burdened with the inconvenience that his level is fixed to 1 in this new world.... more>>

Although he wasn’t able to raise his level, he had a unique skill that can create a cheat-like item that shouldn’t exist in the world from a monster.

He got to know about his status and MAX them with the help of ability-up items. He gathered a number of weapons and items that can only be used by himself, allowing him to be level 1 but yet, having the strongest equipment. <<less

In current day Japan, Tokio…the lamp of the imperial capital――... more>>

Before an interviewer from America, the young goddess Amaterasu speaks.

“Well then, let us talk of him.”

Our tale takes place in ancient Japan, during the dark ages of the 4th century――

It is an age where mysteries and visions have yet to be composed into legends.

This is the tale of the first Samurai, who began the foundation of this country.

The invasion of Yamatai, gods from foreign lands, strange spirits and people living at the fringes of imperial rule.

Mahito and Toyo.

The meeting between a boy who was only human, and a girl who was a powerless god would renew an ancient vow.

A new creation-style fantasy tale mixing past and present, spun by Tsubaki Himanatsu, author of the animated popular series “Clockwork Planet”. <<less

A teacher volunteers to help teach an elementary school which has been heavily impacted by 2011 Tohoku earthquake and tsunami.

Real beautiful girls are mostly b*tches.... more>>

With that motto in mind, Ikuno Kousuke used his literature clubroom to enjoy his otaku life.

One day, he was told that [However, as it is, the literature club will be disbanded] by the student council president’s assistant, the bishoujo (actually a neat-type b*tch) Shinonome Ibuki.

In order to avoid that, he must help the student council as a consultant together with Ibuki.

Their first job is to help the girl who —with Shinonome Ibuki— splits the fame in school into two, the blonde, big-breasted bishoujo Aizawa Manaha.

Although there are rumors about her dating many boys, she actually doesn’t have any experience about love so she wants Kousuke to be her fake lover….!?

The love comedy bit*h x OTAKU begins. <<less

Autumn, 2015. With the arrest of the youth called Miyashiro Takuru, the succession of bizarre serial killing cases known as the “Return of the New Generation Madness” which shook the streets of Shibuya had ended, but not without casting a shadow over Shibuya and its people.... more>>

Yamazoe Uki. Kazuki Hana. Arimura Hinae. Kunosato Mio. Minamisawa Senri. Onoe Serika.

For these girls who were by his side in the heart of the incident, what was it that they had thought and ascertained up till now, half a year after those cases—.

This is a complete new work by Umehara Eiji, the overall scenario writer of Chaos;Child, which depicts the afterwards of this masterpiece. <<less

“If we continue karuta, we’ll definitely meet again.” With that promise to the distant Arata in their hearts, Chihaya and Taichi enter middle school. Chihaya tries to find friends to play karuta with her, but her effort is fruitless. Taichi realises his limits at Kaimeisei Middle School, where only prodigies gather, and loses his fervour for karuta. The distance between Chihaya and Taichi slowly grows…... more>>

A prequel to the manga series of the same name. <<less

Spurred by a genuine impulse, the 15-year-old Touko lands on a remote island.... more>>

There, a young man she comes to know tasks her to monitor a certain man.

The man spends his days typing on his laptop in silence, shutting himself in a locked-room situation in a shed by the cliff.

Touko keeps monitoring him.

When the observer x observed structure tips over, it only takes an instant for the world to collapse!

This books contains all the worries and solitude inherent to the act of writing—

A controversial work among controversial works…or maybe a masterpiece? <<less

My name is "Araki Jin".... more>>

A second year student attending a high school in the city.

On my way home from shopping, I looked up at the tower apartment with my little sister who had just gone to elementary school.

My little sister, Mai, described a 50-story structure building that was just built last month as "It looks like a castle!".

From my POV, it looked like a cold inorganic object. ......Of course, I'm not being sarcastic.

In order to satisfy my sister's longing for fairy tales.

"Maybe a princess lives here."

I say to myself.

And at the same time I think,

-A princess has nothing to do with us.

But I was wrong.

Reality is not a fairy tale.

A prince can be a bad guy, and a monster can be a hero.

That's why it's possible for me to meet the princess, Shindo Rei, who lives on the top floor of a tower apartment building.

If you don't mind, please listen.

This is a fairytale story about me and Rei, but it's not a lie, it's reality. <<less

At a unspecified point in the future, the Earth dies. Then, a genius engineer only known as “Y” manages to revive the Earth using only gears and clockwork. Thus the world is renamed “Clockwork Planet”, with cities being build inside the planet’s gears.... more>>

A thousand years later Naoto Miura, a student and lover of machines living in the Kyoto gear, finds a crate has crashed through the roof of his apartment. Inside the crate is a coffin containing the broken body of an automaton.

Using his superior sense of hearing, Naoto fixes the automaton, who is named RyuZU Yours*ave, who reveals she has been broken for over 200 years. RyuZU promises complete loyalty to Naoto and the two become close. Later they meet two people trying to find RyuZU: Dr. Marie Bell Breguet, the youngest person to become a “meister”, a group of master engineers; and her bodyguard Vainney Halter.

A month after their encounter, all four appear in Akihabara, Tokyo, having now become the world’s most infamous terrorists <<less

"The incident occurred on June 6th, between 8:00 and 9:00 in the afternoon.... more>>

The victim was strangled in her room. The room's sole door was locked from the inside. The door was on the mansion's second floor, in a position easily visible from the large banquet hall below. On the night in question, many people happened to be present in that hall. Despite this fact, not a single one of them witnessed anyone other than the victim enter or exit that door.

On the opposite side of the room was a large window, but it had also been locked from the inside. Horokusa Junpei, the detective, had been keeping watch over that window for the entire time the incident is thought to have taken place, and furthermore, his part-time assistant Takanashi Nerina had also been positioned such that he could see the window easily. They could both confidently assert that they'd seen nobody enter or exit through the window. Even so, behind the window in question, a figure other than the victim was witnessed by Takanashi Nerina. Therefore, there is practically no doubt that an unknown person was in the room, and that naturally, such a person is extremely likely to be the assailant.

However, at a glance, this incident was unmistakably unrealistic. Despite having no entrance they should have been able to use, someone had entered the room and killed the victim, plus every possible way they could have left was locked from the inside.

That alone would be enough to classify this a bizarre mu*der case.

But in a further surprising development, the method of killing was precisely the same as the deaths of three other women in the past three years. Once per year, following a certain strict rule, they had continued to commit these crimes."

Do you like light-hearted mystery games like Dangan Ronpa and Phoenix Wright? Then you'll probably love the mu*der mysteries of Hiroshi Mori! Those games were probably inspired by Mori with their senses of comedy and casts of strange, quirky characters. Rather than just writing mysteries, Hiroshi Mori sets up his books as "games" pitting the author against the reader, daring you to solve the mystery with the clues he gives you. If you imagine each individual novel as a super blown-up version of a single Dangan Ronpa chapter, it's really fun to "play" them. <<less

When student teacher Hirose returns to his alma mater for a few weeks, he notices strange events seem to be revolving around a student, Kaname Takasato. As Hirose soon learns, Takasato was said to have been “spirited away” and then mysteriously reappearing one year later without any memories of where he had been or what had happened to him.... more>>

While some students are fascinated with Takasato, others have taken to avoiding him, particularly as rumours emerge that bad things tend to happen to anyone who tries to upset Takasato. As Hirose tries to learn more about Takasato, he soon witnesses firsthand the strange occurrences surrounding Takasato as the consequences grow ever more severe and horrifying.

The author later worked certain events from this novel into the Twelve Kingdoms series. Chronologically this novel takes place after the fourth Twelve Kingdoms book, Skies of Dawn (風の万里 黎明の空; Kaze no Banri, Reimei no Sora) and some events are covered in book six (黄昏の岸 暁の天; Tasogare no Kishi, Akatsuki no Sora). <<less

In the near future, the full-dive Virtual Reality technology will be commonly utilized in daily life.... more>>

Mitsuki Kou is enlisted by his father, the developer of the new VRMMORPG "Destiny Unchain Online," which features a skill system that prioritizes player abilities and Player versus Player over leveling, to test a revolutionary human interface device on the game's release day.

However, he inexplicably finds himself transformed into a vampire girl and trapped in the game with no means of logging out. Moreover, he ends up in a remote forest due to a malfunction.

Despite being reassured by his father that he is not in any immediate danger, Kou decides to immerse himself in the game and make the most of his experience. He hones his skills, forms a guild, and inadvertently attracts attention by role-playing as a "Wizened Loli" character, captivating viewers with his streaming sessions. Soon, Kou becomes well-known as the "Scarlet Demon Lord," Crim-Luersheia.

But what impact will Kou's prolonged exposure to the game have on his physical body in reality? <<less

The Mizuki Diving Club (MDC) is facing hard times, with a decline in membership and public disinterest in the sport of diving causing its parent... more>> company to threaten to shut it down. Just when things are looking bleak, a mysterious new coach by the name of Asaki Kayoko arrives and strikes a deal with the company: If the club can send one diver to the Olympics next year, then they must keep the club open. Sakai Tomoki had always loved diving, but now he, along with his teammates, must work harder than they ever had before in order to fulfill that condition. <<less

Ars, the prince of the Kingdom of Karitz, who was called the strongest wizard, died at a young age. But on the verge of death,... more>> he uses reincarnation magic. Reincarnated as Wals Sai, a s*ave with the best body! Wals, who became the escort of a princess in a small country, became a matchless s*ave who used his best body and magic to crush all enemies! <<less

They are the helpers of adventurers who aim to explore and conquer labyrinths – a term for those in the occupation of guiding the way and shouldering luggage. ... more>>

Rowe, who is active as a Sherpa in the Tyros Labyrinth, is highly regarded as a skillful Sherpa despite his youth. Half a year ago, he lost his father, and began a life with just his young sister.

However, the heroes of the “Twilight’s Sword”, whose renown is rapidly spreading through the royal capital have set their sights on conquering the Tyros Labyrinth, and even before Rowe can say anything, he will be dragged into their quest. <<less

“Please listen. This year, a great calamity will befall this country from the west.”... more>>

Princess Alfina receives an ominous prophecy in a peaceful kingdom. However, her words are ignored due to her lineage as a despised rebel.

The protagonist, Ricardo, who was reincarnated from a college student in the economics department to a merchant’s child, struggles against the interference of powerful merchants in a class-based society. He quickly earns the animosity of his peers at the academy where he sought information.

It was Alfina who protected Ricardo. Ricardo, who tries to distance himself from a volatile person like a princess, is criticized by his childhood friend for being “easily fooled despite acting like a strategist,” and he becomes entangled in the princess’s prophecy.

“The plausibility is not the issue. What matters is how to obtain data that can verify the success or failure of a hypothesis.”

Against the prophecy that only shows the aftermath and not the source of the calamity, Ricardo uses his knowledge of modern concepts to unravel the mysteries of magical disasters. <<less