Naruto Hiden (NARUTO -ナルト- 秘伝, Literally meaning: Naruto Secret Chronicles) is a light novel series which explores the stories of various characters after the conclusion of the original manga. Though each book is illustrated by Masashi Kishimoto, they are written by different authors. It’s also a part of the Naruto Project. ... more>>

The Naruto Hiden series is followed by the Naruto Shinden series, which begin publication in fall of 2015. <<less

The moon has begun moving closer to the Earth! As it is, the the moon will crumble and meteorites will rain down on the earth's... more>> surface. As the last days of Earth approach, Hanabi Hyūga is abducted by a mysterious man in Konoha, and Naruto, Sakura, Sai, Shikamaru, and Hinata set off on a rescue mission! Can Naruto and the others overcome this crisis? <<less

Long ago, a powerful demon lord ruled over the people until an equally powerful hero rose up to defeat him. To counter future threats, Rosewood... more>> Academy, a school for heroes-in-training, was created. Today, Rosewood Academy enrolls only the best of the best, and Arnest Flaming is the best of them all. The top student in the school, a dutiful girl nicknamed "Empress of Flame," she has an irritating encounter with a light-hearted boy in the school hallway one day who seems to equal her powers, though she's never seen him before. He introduces himself only as Blade, and Arnest soon finds out not only is he transferring into the school as a new student, but she is personally requested by the King to help him settle in to daily life in Rosewood Academy. <<less

During one of our arguments, my younger brother taunted me, claiming that I only knew how to depend on guys to get me through MMOs. In a fit of anger, I was spurred on by his words and decided to defeat my brother without depending on anyone else. By some coincidence, a new game called “Second Life” was about to go on the market and thus I started from scratch as a player. What’s more, I was the first person ever to log onto the game. The beautiful GM told me that I could have one wish granted… Humph! I. Want. To. Become. A. Guy!... more>>

Shit, I accidentally became too super-ultra-incredibly handsome, now there’s a beautiful GM with designs on my virtue, waaaaah…!

… OH MY GOD! A girl wants to make me her trophy husband!

Heavens, what a hottie… Wait, what? He’s actually GAY and he’s hitting on me?! Go to hell! When I’m a girl you’re not interested, so why the hell do you want me now?

With an incredibly hilarious main character, incredibly bizarre companions, and an incredible journey of growing up and self-discovery, how will things pan out? Even God is playing a guessing game… <<less

Kuria Kei, a chef who was endeavoring to open his first new restaurant in Tokyo found himself in a desert of another world after passing... more>> out in the middle of preparations. Rescued by Aisa, a girl who lives in the nearest village to the desert, he started his new life under the care of her family as he developed his cooking skills, and eventually discovered the disquieting food culture held by the citizens of that unfamiliar land. <<less

The story centers on a belligerent delinquent named Jū Jūzawa and a strange girl named Ame Ochibana who suddenly vows complete loyalty to him. "Denpa... more>> teki na Kanojo" or literally, "electromagnetic girlfriend," refers to the denpa-kei sub-genre of stories imply that bizarre behaviors are caused by electromagnetic waves. <<less

When the "Majin" awakes, the goddess of fate will choose six warriors and bestow them with the power to save the world. Somewhere on their bodies a crest in the shape of a flower will appear and as a result the warriors are called "The Heroes of the Six Flowers".... more>>

As the day of the Majin's revival nears, Adlet, a boy who calls himself the strongest man in the world, is chosen as one of the "Six Flowers". But when the heroes arrived at their designated location, they found that there were seven heroes present. Which meant that one of them is an imposter and an enemy. Confused by the impossible situation, suspicion and paranoia spread among the chosen. And within a thick forest, the heroes' fierce battle begins! <<less

Takumi Tsuzuki lives with his older sister. His sister, who is the manager of a failing confectionary shop called『Stray Cats』, is a good-natured, clumsy... more>> klutz, so he has to do his best to keep the store running with the help of his childhood friend who lives nearby, Fumino Serizawa. Then, his sister picks up a mysterious beautiful girl! In addition, the girl makes a new circle (of friends) with clever girls and troublesome friends. Moreover, Takumi and the girls have a common secret……a high tension romantic comedy featuring male friendships and tsundere pretty girls has begun!! <<less

Told through two perspectives, this is a tale about a world about to end and a dazzling time of youth.... more>>

Kusaoka Haruma, a student from a low-end high school, and the angelic underclassman Chigusa Yu. Two people who should not be in the same year level end up meeting as a result of a fateful incident. Abnormal weather, abnormal phenomena, abnormal actions. An ordinary life that falls off the rails little by little, and a bizarre urban legend.

According to “The Random Crossroad”—at midnight, if you come to the end of the T-juncture and choose the wrong path, you can never come back.

As they chase after a girl whose whereabouts are unknown as a result of these events, could what they find exceed Haruma and Yu’s wildest expectations…?! <<less

These novels are an official publication, not fan-made. They were written by the show’s director, Hiroyuki Kakudou, and one of the screenwriters, Hiro Masaki. Therefore,... more>> information revealed in them can be considered canon. Notice the use of verb “can” here, meaning that it is not an absolute. You’ll discover as you read on that not everything is exactly as portrayed in the television series. <<less

Elves? Dwarves? No, humans were the strongest!... more>>

An ordinary man (with no cheat) is unparalleled in a different world!

On a certain day, I was suddenly summoned to a different world of《Atherfea》with swords and magic. I was an ordinary salaryman, and I was called「Human-sama」by the beautiful elf woman Ria in front of me, why was I being worshipped!? In the different world I was summoned in,『The Oldest and Strongest Race』were humans! Even just one strand of hair in this world, had such magic power out of the norm. To avoid the amass fighting over my own power, I built a peaceful place with Ria!

Even finding a hot spring in the bas**ent of my house, a slime who has my human power becoming a cute little girl, with my unrivaled power of a human, I decided to fully enjoy a stress-free life in a different world! <<less

Read or Die takes place in an alternate history world where the British Empire has remained a major superpower. The Empire's continued existence is guaranteed by the British Library, an external intelligence agency working within the actual British Library and its Special Operations Division (the British Secret Intelligence Service, more widely known as MI6) is also often mentioned, despite Kurata's editors (erroneously) telling him it no longer existed.... more>>

The series follows Yomiko Readman, also known as "The Paper", a superhuman agent of the Library's Special Operations (possessing a "double 0" certification that denotes a "license to kill", as in the James Bond series, although she rarely invokes it). In both the novels and manga, her adventures alternate between doing missions for the British Library and helping young novelist Nenene Sumiregawa.

Only the first novel and first manga have similar stories, involving rescuing Nenene Sumiregawa from a vicious kidnapper. Otherwise, the novels, manga, and animated versions of the stories have divergent plotlines. While characterizations are usually consistent even when storylines are not, some characters have different origins in different versions of the story, or do not appear at all. Still, it's mostly an ongoing story told through different media from the novels to the animated series so far. <<less

Boruto is the son of the 7th Hokage Naruto, he completely rejects his father. Behind this, he has feelings of wanting to surpass Naruto, who is respected as a hero. He ends up meeting his father’s friend Sasuke, and requests to become… his apprentice!? ... more>>

The curtain on the story of the new generation written by Masashi Kishimoto rises! <<less

Ryoichi, a soft-spoken and quiet fifteen year old, meets Naomi, a young girl who is battling a life-threatening illness through her childhood friend, Tetsuya, who is the ace player of their school’s baseball team.... more>>

As they become closer, she opens up to him about her fears and secrets, and he also comes to deeply care for her. But one day when he visits her at the hospital, she suddenly asks him: “Why don’t we commit a double su*cide?" <<less

Asada Yuzuru’s regrets. It was Mizuno Ai, the sweetheart in middle school. I like Ai. But she suffers from her freedom. A romance in the past high school. The love between the two gradually became a thing of the past and should become a memory. However, in the summer of his first year of middle school, Ai reappears in front of Yuzuru.... more>>

“I like Yuzuru.”

……With the same help as before. You can’t convey it unless you put it into words. But I can’t understand it from words alone. The two opposites collided and passed each other… What was the answer that was finally found? A love story and dialogue between a boy and a girl who have regrets. <<less

Nicola, a martial artist that wields cowardice as a weapon, was kicked from the Hero’s party.... more>>

Betrayed by his comrades, he decided that he’ll never work again. However, this freeloader was forced to become a teacher at Shanoa Institute. A destined encounter with a frail girl named Alice. In a world where a person worth is determined by their strength, she was deemed weak. In order to change herself, Alice begs the coward Nicola to take her under his wing. No rules!

This is a coward’s rise to power―A battle fantasy is about to begin! <<less

"You too can become a wizard!" Thus begins Koyomi's story.... more>>

Wanting to change herself, Koyomi becomes a student of Misa, the modern era's strongest wizard. Koyomi is clumsy and short for her age, but it looks like she has magical talent... however, just as her first spell terminates strangely, daemons appear and start causing trouble. <<less

One day, a poor high school student, Yō Satō walked into a supermarket and saw some half-priced bentos on sale. When he was reaching innocently for his desired bento, he was instantly knocked down.... more>>

When he regained consciousness, he noticed that he was beaten up on the floor. When he looked up, he was stunned by the scene in front of him. It was a heated battlefield for the half-priced bentos. Being attracted by this unimaginable scene, Yō formed an alliance with his classmate, Hana Oshiroi, who was coincidentally in the supermarket, to obtain the half-priced bentos. However, out of nowhere, a beautiful girl, known to others as “The Ice Witch”, beat him down in an instant. After grabbing a bento for herself, she walked up to Yō and said…

The 5th Annual Super Dash Newbie Light Novel Writer Award Winner, Asaura, brings you his newest work, an actioned packed high school comedy, Ben-To! <<less

The story revolves around Tazusa Sakurano, a Japanese Olympic figure skating candidate, and Pete Pumps, a Canadian stunt pilot. During a qualifying round in Montreal,... more>> Canada, Tazusa falls in the middle of a Triple Lutz and loses consciousness. At the same time, Pete dies mid-performance when his stunt plane crashes due to mechanical trouble. Unfortunately for Tazusa, Pete ends up involuntarily inhabiting her body for 100 days. <<less

The self-proclaimed ikemen elite Kobashigawa set out to Roppongi on a beautiful Friday and drank until he became drunk. He got a woman he hit... more>> on and triumphantly called a taxi to ride, but he ran wildly and was met with a traffic accident. When he woke up, he had slept in a British styled hospital room that he had never seen before. Then, he screamed when looked at the mirror. What was reflected in the mirror was not the beautiful muscle that was forged at the gym, but a girl named Ellie who was extremely ugly, fat and face full of acne. While Kobashigawa suffered from being fat and ugly, he learned about the tough circumstances of Ellie who had lost something important and decided to freely used his experiences--dieting, fashion, business activities, adventure--to live as he desired.
A perfectionist ikemen who reincarnated as a fat ugly girl makes a great effort to become a beautiful person, open up a huge margin in terms of school grades, and rise up in the world with the business powers that he exhibited. A Cinderella success story. <<less

A Campione—a Godslayer—is a supreme ruler.... more>>

Since he can kill a celestial being, he can therefore call on the sacrosanct, divine powers wielded by the gods.

A Campione—a Godslayer—is a lord.

Since the power to kill a deity is in his hands, he therefore looms over all mortals on Earth.

A Campione—a Godslayer—is a devil.

Since for all mortal who live in the world, none can assume a power to match his!

Kusanagi Godou is a 16 year old boy who played catcher and fourth hitter in senior league baseball until an injury put an end to it in junior high.

As the spring break of his third and last year of junior high came around, he got involved in an adventure and ended up slaying one of the Heretic Gods, Verethragna. Thus, he became the youngest—and seventh—Campione.

Now that he is a Campione, a godslayer, young Godou must defeat the troublemaking gods with the help of his followers! <<less

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We aren’t so elderly yet that we simply accept a future that has been decided by someone else. In order to reach a higher stage, we are willing to do anything.

This isn’t a memoir. It’s a new story. <<less

During an excursion with an eccentric acquaintance, I am accused of breaking the Gion Festival Ordinance by a burly posse. Seized and taken on a whirlwind tour through Yoiyama, I come face-to-face with a gallery of exotic, grotesque characters. But who's this "Lord Yoiyama" that they all seem to revere? (Yoiyama Goldfish)... more>>

I wake up, only to find that today is Yoiyama... just like yesterday was, and the day before that. How in the world am I going to find a way to escape this loop? (Yoiyama Maze)

A collection of strange and wonderful short stories, weaving in and out through the backdrop of the Gion Festival's Yoiyama. Morimi takes you into a fantastical world where the colors of fantasy and reality blur into each other like a kaleidoscope. <<less

The Sennin Taikobo is a NEET who kept requesting for paid leave and stayed in his house to play game all the time. One day,... more>> Konron, who wanted to guide Taikobo to the correct path, sent him to ‘In Dynasty’ and demanded him to eradicate the fox spirit, Dakki. To help Taikobo, the beautiful genius sad*st Sennin, Yozen, the cute young, Nataku and the sporty type, Supushan were send to him. The battle between the NEET Sennin Taikobo and the beauty female Sennins with Dakki starts from here. <<less

A novel volume of Kimi ni Todoke which took the place of the manga in Bessatsu Margaret magazine while Karuho Shiina took a break due... more>> to her pregnancy; it contains the story of Kazehaya and Sawako's first meeting, before the events of the manga <<less