The story revolves around the title character, Karin, the middle child in a family of vampires who immigrated to Japan two centuries earlier. However, Karin... more>> is different from the rest of the family in that she produces blood instead of feeding on it. Because of her unusual condition, Karin lives her life just as an ordinary teenage girl would, despite being considered something of a freak by her family. She is able to venture outside during the day and attend high school, and follows the sleep pattern of normal humans. However, the general peacefulness of her life is disrupted with the arrival of a new transfer student, Kenta Usui... <<less

The novel contains various side stories which shed more information on the characters that show up in the Nurarihyon no Mago novel. It can be seen as a complement to further understand the Nurarihyon no Mago universe.... more>>

Volume 1: Nurarihyon no Mago: Obscure Tales of Ukiyoe Town
Volume 2: Nurarihyon no Mago: The Story of Edo's Nura Gumi <<less

Si Yan, a beauty blogger who finds herself thrown into a gaming system, is fortunate in one aspect: the system's equipment consists of trendy beauty products.... more>>

However, it is also unfortunate that even with a vast collection of lipsticks at her disposal, she lacks the leisure to enjoy swatching them with delight.

Every day, she is occupied with assisting the imperial concubines in controlling oiliness and smoothing out wrinkles for the queen. It is undoubtedly tiring.

Furthermore, there is a remark, "Your Highness, if you mention once again that I wear the same lipstick color every day, I will become upset!" <<less

Akikan (”Empty Can”) is the unlikely story of high school boy Kazuichi Souda, whose can of melon soda magically transforms into a human girl. More... more>> "akikan" girls begin appearing, each of them needing to be infused with carbon dioxide from their respective drink types to survive. The akikans were created as part of the 'Akikan Elect' to determine whether steel cans or aluminium cans are superior. The akikans must battle each other until only the strongest type is left standing. <<less

Following the collapse of the Republic of Zeon’s autonomy, the Earth Federation government declared an end to all wars. However, the absolute control exerted by... more>> the Earth Federation government has caused the system to decay. Government brass abused their privileges and forcefully deported illegal residents into outer space in a practice known as “manhunting”. The year is Universal Century 0105. In order to break the decayed system of the Federation, the secret society “Mufti” begins its operations… <<less

A mysterious terrorist organization is hell-bent on orchestrating a war between the New Human Empire and the Vatican. Special Ops AX Agent Abel Nightroad teams... more>> up with a spunky young novice named Esther to try and stop Gyula, the bloodthirsty Marquis of Hungary, from unleashing the legendary Star of Sorrow.Set against a neo-gothic backdrop, this second Trinity Blood series--connected to the Rage Against the Moons series--promises plenty of action and intrigue as Esther and Abel struggle to save the lives of humans and vampires alike! <<less

On a continent ruled by Chaos, the Lords have the power of a Crest that can calm the Chaos and protect the people. However, before... more>> anyone realizes it, Lords cast aside their creed of quelling the Chaos and instead start to fight each other for their Crests to gain dominion over one another. Siluca Meletes, an isolated Mage who scorns the Lords for abandoning their creed, and a wandering knight named Theo who is on a journey to train to one day liberate his hometown make an everlasting oath to work together to reform the continent dominated by wars and Chaos and usher in an Age of Order! <<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

During a War called the Hong Kong Crusade, an Old Blood vampire, Jirou Mochizuki, aka the Silver Blade (Gintou), fought and defeated most of the Kowloon Children. ... more>>

Ten years later, Jirou heads to Japan with his little brother, Kotarou, in hopes of reaching The Special Zone, a thriving secret city where vampires live. They soon realize that a plan to infiltrate The Special Zone is being hatched by the Kowloon Children survivors.

As they travel to The Special Zone, Jirou encounters enemies from the past and new threats that may endanger the safety of the Special Zone. The abduction of Kotarou, by one of the Kowloon Children, thrusts him even further into the battle. <<less

Eruna Ichinomiya is a third-year junior high school student who has not decided on which high school to attend, and spends her days skipping school... more>> and playing games at home. One day, Eruna's eyes are captivated by a photo of Seisa Mikagura in a pamphlet for Mikagura Private Academy, given to her by her cousin, Shigure Ninomiya. Feeling that it is fate, Eruna decides to attend Mikagura Academy. However, Eruna discovers that Mikagura Academy is a school where only cultural clubs exist, and that it has an intense battle system where students with special powers must fight each other as representatives of their own clubs. <<less

U.C. 0096, 6 months after the Laplace incident and the revealing of the original UC charter, the Federation dispatches an investigation agency to probe the remains of Axis.... more>>

This agency includes two civilians by the names of Arlette Almage and Danton Hylegg.

These two were once Technical Engineer and Test pilot, working for the Republic of Zeon, and then Neo Zeon.

The group is ambushed as they were infiltrating Axis, a place that should have been deserted.

And so Arlette and Danton are caught up in a turn of events no one could have predicted… <<less

Few would consider Louie to be a sorcerer – especially Melissa, Merrill, and Genie. After all, what kind of “sorcerer” spends his time drinking at bars and beating the stuffing out of the local street thugs?... more>>

But much to the chagrin of these three gorgeous female adventurers, divine will has dictated that Louie, the enchanter-gone-street fighter, is in fact a prophesized hero–who they must pledge themselves to serve! Could this bad-boy possibly have what it takes to be a hero? Or has the war god Mylee made a mistake? With a bevy of babes at his side, Louie launches into a series of adventures that range from the harrowing to the bizarre.

Get ready for swords, magic, and lots of black eyes and broken noses, because when Louie fights, it’s no holds barred! <<less

The story follows the East German Army's 666th TSF Squadron in its battles and political conflicts during the BETA's westward push in 1983.... more>>

The East German Army 666th TSF Squadron "Schwarzesmarken" (Black Marks) are a special-forces unit tasked with assaulting BETA forces through unconventional tactics; specifically, they target Lux and Magnus Lux to deny the BETA the advantage of ranged firepower. Their orders are given the topmost priority, such that it is common practice for the 666th to ignore allied distress calls that will result in deviation from their original mission, even if only for a short moment. <<less

Please Twins! is a story mainly revolving around three high school students: Maiku Kamishiro, Karen Onodera, and Miina Miyafuji. The three were drawn together by a photograph of their childhood home which later makes all of them seek out the house in the picture. However, the picture only has two children - a boy and a girl. Hence, only one of the girls, Karen or Miina, is related to Maiku. The only other identifying feature of the pair in the picture is that the boy and the girl have eyes of the same color; a feature that furthers the ambiguity as all three of them have the same eye color.... more>>

The main concern of the male lead, Maiku, is that he is in love with both of the girls. In addition, the two girls are in love with Maiku, forming a love triangle of potential in*est. The three main characters, mostly the two female leads, are in a predicament of wanting to discover their past versus the risk of losing a romantic relationship. <<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

Kagemori Mamoru, 16 years old. His looks are no good! He's no good at studying! He's no good at sports! He's a high-school student armed with these three terrible weapons. His trademarks are his spiral glasses and messy hair.... more>>

However, in reality, he is the oldest son of the Kagemori ninja family, who are secretly protecting their next-door neighbors, the Konnyaku family. Whenever the oldest daughter next-door, Yuuna, is exposed to danger, he quickly changes into his ninja gear and races to protect her! <<less

The war that raged between the Church and the Witches for five centuries finally ended in peace but a few short years ago. However, nestled in the shadowy places of the world, the embers of that age old conflict still smolder.... more>>

Attending the Royal Academy of Magic of the Kingdom of Wenias is a struggling student named Sable, who has no memories of his time before being enrolled. At the command of Headmaster Albus, he left the Kingdom to travel to the southern reaches of the continent, where anti-magic insurgents are still a force to be reckoned with, as part of a special training regimen. Accompanying him are a party of individuals strong in both ability and personality; there's the one known as the Witch of the Dawn, Roux Cristasse, who seeks the forbidden knowledge of primeval magic in the 'Grimoire of Zero,' the genius girl Holtz, as well as the school's sole beast, Kudd.

Just what truth shall they uncover in their journey to the south...? <<less

The series takes place in an indeterminate time in the future, 500 years after an apocalyptic war between all of Earth’s nations destroyed civilization, when humanity has reestablished itself. ... more>>

In this future world, the Roman Catholic Church has become a major military power, whose goals include the protection of humanity against the vampiric Methuselahs, who war upon humankind (or “Terrans,” as they call humans). Their seat of power is the Vatican, an attractive place with traditional European architecture; it is likely the same Vatican city in the real world (albeit perhaps rebuilt following the previous war).

The Methuselahs are themselves another major political and military force. Their capital of Byzantium (presumably built on the site of the real world’s Byzantium, now Istanbul) appears as an elegant metropolis, surrounded by a field of particles which filters out UV radiation, thus protecting the Methuselah population. <<less

In the year 1989, the Japanese government passed the Media Betterment Act, allowing a group of soldiers known as the Media Betterment Committee (MBC) to destroy and censor any "problematic" media under the guise of protecting public morals. As a response, regional governments established the Library Defense Force (LDF), whose members take up arms and put their lives on the line to protect freedom of expression. At the top of the Kanto branch of the LDF stands the Library Task Force (LTF): an elite squad consisting of only the most exceptional fighters.... more>>

As a high schooler, Iku Kasahara experienced the terror of censorship first-hand when she refused to surrender the newest volume of her favorite series to MBC agents. She only came out unscathed thanks to a lone member of the LDF, who protected her and her beloved book. Now in her 20s and still unable to forget the man who saved her, Kasahara joins the LDF in the hope of becoming just like her prince.

But LDF training turns out to be far more rigorous than she could have imagined, and her instructor, LTF member Atsushi Doujou, seems fixated on making her life a living hell. Given her struggles, Kasahara is shocked when she is selected as one of the two new LTF recruits as a result of Doujou's recommendation. As Kasahara does all she can to become worthy of the LTF and unravel her enigmatic superior's motivations, she wages war—both on the battlefield and in her personal life.

Vol 1 – Toshokan Sensou (図書館戦争) (Library War)
Vol 2 – Toshokan Nairan (図書館内乱) (Library Infighting)
Vol 3 – Toshokan Kiki (図書館危機) (Library Crisis)
Vol 4 – Toshokan Kakumei (図書館革命) (Library Revolution) <<less

Akari Mamiya is an Rank E freshman who looks up to her senior, the S-ranked Aria H. Kanzaki. They both attend Tokyo Butei High School,... more>> a school that trains its students as Armed Detectives otherwise known as "Butei" to society. Individual student training aside, the school employs the co-operative "Amica" system, allowing an underclassman to train alongside an upperclassman. Akari is determined to be paired with Aria. <<less

The story is a prequel of the anime Free! and happens during the elementary school time of the boys Haruka, Rin, Makoto and Nagisa.

A universe known as Luofu exists in the Kingdom of Heaven. It would appear every 100,000 years and be destroyed in another 100,000 years. Every... more>> single organism in this universe would be stuck in this endless loop of life and death every 200,000 years. Until one day, a young man that had already died hundreds and thousands of years ago awakens in Hidden Sword Tower... <<less

Legends tell of a race of divine beings known as Seraphim, whose unseen influence is felt throughout the world. Those with the ability to... more>> commune with the Seraphim became known as “Shepherds”, the most pure-hearted of which could even be granted a Seraphim’s power. While some would praise these empowered Shepherds as living paragons, others would fear their strength and call them demons. Sorey is a young human who has spent his entire life in The Divine Forest, a holy place where he lives in harmony with many Seraphim. Enraptured by the legends within an ancient tome, he makes daily excursions into a nearby ruin in the hope of learning more about the Seraphim and their history, along with his Seraphim childhood friend Mikleo. One day, he is trapped by a cave-in alongside his friend and a young knight named Alisha, who is investigating a series of natural disasters that have been plaguing the world. When Sorey discovers that the Seraphim may be involved, he resolves to leave his home alongside Alisha and find the truth. <<less

Ten miles out of Langluo, there was an academy governed by Confucian sages, and under them were nine gentlemen and three hundred scholars. It was a place that epitomized literary aura. All disciples of the academy, once appointed a gentleman, will cry out “one sentence” to become his life’s maxim and will forever strive towards this maxim. This maxim became known as “Jun You Yun” (A Gentleman Says). Su Baiyi, Feng Zuojun, and Xie Yuling were disciples of the Academy, all working hard to one day become a gentleman…... more>>

(Note: the story in this novel is not connected to the Shao Nian series but is set in the same universe a few hundred years before Shao Nian.) <<less

The Kitauji high school concert band club had at one time participated in national tournaments and was a champion school, but after the club's adviser... more>> changed, they have not been able to even participate in the qualifying tournament. However, thanks to the newly appointed adviser's strict instruction, the students are steadily improving and build up their strength. As they fight over who plays solos, some students give priority to studying and quit club activities. Finally, the long wished-for day of the contest arrives. <<less