Mochizuki Touya, a 15-year-old boy, who got zapped by a flash of lightning due to a freak accident caused by God, wakes up and finds himself face-to-face with God.... more>>

“I am afraid to say that I have made a blunder…” laments the old coot. In order to smooth over the fault, God says that he can reincarnate Touya into a world of fantasy, and allow Touya to bring the smartphone! Then in a new, anachronistic pseudo-medieval world begins Touya’s adventure.

Friends! Laughs! Tears! Inexplicable Deus ex Machina! Mochizuki Touya sets off on a journey full of wonder as he absentmindedly travels from place to place, following whatever goal catches his fancy. The curtains on an epic tale of swords, sorcery, and smartphone apps lift! <<less

On the outskirts of the Pleasure City of Midas lies the Ceres special autonomous area, commonly known as the slums. Gang leader Riki, looking for an easy pocket to pick in the nightlife districts, gets caught red-handed…by none other than one of the highest-ranking, golden-haired android elites ruling from the capital Tanagura: the “Blondy” Iason Mink!
By all rights, a Blondy standing at the pinnacle of aristocracy and a slummer should have never crossed paths—their chance encounter marks the beginning of a love twisted by obsession, soon spiraling into a karmic chain of events...... more>>

⬇️ //// About the Japanese novel and anime adaptations ////
⬇️ //// About the English translation ////
⬇️ //// Current translation status ////
⬇️ //// Drama CDs, prequel and side stories ////

//// About the Japanese novel and anime adaptations ////

Originally serialized in the bimonthly magazine Shosetsu June (小説ジュネ) spanning six chapters from December 1986 to October 1987, the novel was released with minor revisions into a hardcover edition in 1990.
This first version of the story received a two-episode/OVA anime adaptation in 1992 and 1994.

Between the years 2001 and 2007, the original story was greatly expanded upon and released in six paperback volumes. After a change of Japanese publisher, two more volumes were released between 2009 and 2010, completing the series (the six aforementioned volumes were released as volumes 1-4 in the newest Japanese edition).
This second version of the story was meant to be adapted into a twelve-episode OVA anime—initially planned to release in 2010—but was postponed to 2012, only to be discontinued after the fourth episode’s release.

//// About the English translation ////

The English paperback expanded edition is made up of eight volumes: the six first volumes (Seibido/Crystal edition) + the two later volumes (#7 and #8 in English, but #5 and #6 in the newest Tokuma/Chara edition).
The change in Japanese publisher led to a change in translator for the English edition between vol1 to 6 and vol7 to 8: it is highly recommended to read the fan translations of #7 and #8 as opposed to reading the licensed edition, due to the massive loss in translation (expect a 50% word count difference between the two).

//// Current translation status of the different editions of the novel (as of April 20th, 2024) ////

. Shosetsu June edition, unlicensed: 2/6 chapters, ongoing fan translation.
. 1990 hardcover edition, unlicensed: 2/6 chapters, ongoing fan translation. An older fan translation had 4/6 chapters translated but the project was dropped.
. 2000’s expanded edition, English licensed: fully translated, complete.

//// Drama CDs, prequel and side stories ////

– The Shosetsu June story was adapted into a drama cassette and a drama CD (Dark Erogenous).
– The expanded story was adapted into three drama CDs (Destiny, Nightmare, Resonance)
– A prequel called Midnight Illusion was serialized in Shosetsu June between December 1992 and April 1993, and released as a hardcover in 1996. 3/6 chapters have been fan-translated into English.
– The 5 side stories have all been fan-translated into English (Kizu/Wound, File-0, Cal’s Sighs, Musk, Illusion Night) and are based on the expanded version of the novel.

Look up online “Ai no Kusabi Master List LiveJournal” to find the links to all the material listed above and more.

[This page was updated as per an anon’s request, all credit goes to the AnK community where credit is due.] <<less

I’m a combatant for an Evil Organization. I was ordered by the top brass to seduce our enemy, the hero. But I’m just an underling? And it’s absurdly scary to be in contact with the hero!! ... more>>

Can the combat android made by an Evil Organization, Hiroto, safely (?) lure in the hero who boasts of overwhelming strength, Akkad?

At the end of the day, this is a Mad Scientist plot. The world’s actual state is…

Hero of Justice X Evil Organization Underling. I accidentally made this a story about the not-too distant future. The story proper is in the perspective of a carefree bottom, but there will also be the top’s perspective of the serious underlying situation. The top’s perspective may have your heart hurting, depending on the person.

I just stuffed in everything I like, so I’m sharing it with everyone. Take a look if you’d like. <<less

A number of university students are given a simple survey in which they must watch a number of short films and rank them in order... more>> of preference. The reader takes the survey along with them with the short films being told as short stories. <<less

On his usual way to home Mikado Tsuchio fell into a hole that suddenly opened on the ground. Just like that, Tsuchio falls in a different world, he lands on a Grappler Wyvern and manages to tame it.... more>>

Tsuchio decides just like that to live in the other world, the reason for his quick decision: he wants to make a monster girl harem. <<less

Rudy, who worked as a delivery person in space, got stranded due to an accident in the warp gate. He eventually stumbled upon a planet with an Earth-like environment but couldn’t return home. As he landed on the planet and started to explore, he discovered that it was a fantasy world where magic had evolved.... more>>

It doesn’t really matter what Rudy does or finds on this planet, as the characters, the author, and the readers can all enjoy a leisurely journey. <<less

Sasami Tsukuyomi is a high-school shut-in who often stays at home and is doted upon by her older brother, Kamiomi. However, due to unknowingly possessing... more>> a god's power, Kamiomi's habit of trying to appease Sasami often puts the world into chaos, while the three Yagami sisters try to put a stop to it. <<less

Captain Eugene was once a hero of space warfare. After being abandoned by his command, he is caught in a space-time tidal wave on his final mission and crash-lands on a world he has never heard of, Murim. ... more>>

Having been plugged into an unknown force, he quietly tries to repair the ship and return home, but it's not easy. "I've finally found a dragon!" "Where can I get some of that delicious holy water?"

They mistake the ship for a dragon, or Coke for holy water, and even when you say something to save them the trouble, it's wrong.

"I am the manifestation of a demon god!" But is there such a thing as a real demon religion? Eugene is a spaceman who wants to avoid a twisted future. <<less

Before leaving he lay on the hospital bed, with a faint light flashing in his eyes. He looked at the man on the screen with a cold expression but a sad look in his eyes. He laughed in a hoarse voice and said, “I’ve gone, and I’ve taken away the emotion imposed on you. After that… You’re free.”... more>>

Then, he closed his eyes, leaving a radiant legend for generations after.

However, he did not know that at the moment his hand dropped, the man who had been programmed by him for a lifetime looked stunned, and then like a madman wanted to break out.

However, the virtual him could only stand at the opposite end of the screen, collapsing as he roared….

After waking up, Bai Ruogu found himself reborn, he became an unimpressive third-rate star in the interstellar future.

He was going to live a day at a time until he turned on his smart bracelet and asked his system, “What’s your name?”

“Ah Miao.” The familiar voice made him pause.

“Which Miao?”

“Miao of Muse.” A mechanical, cold voice came from the bracelet.

(T/N: Muse in Chinese is written as: 缪斯 and Miao is the character: 缪)

Bai Ruogu froze: “Su Miao?”

The bracelet flickered and emitted a flash of light for a moment, and the entire interstellar’s artificial intelligence all collapsed…… <<less

The world has collapsed. I’m the only survivor left in the shelter. However, by my side is the world’s best artificial intelligence, Artemis.

While travelling in his spaceship, Randolph Lovecraft was killed by space pirates. The next time he awoke, he had become a skeleton.... more>>

With his ship stolen and vowing revenge on his mu*derers, Randolph came across the Humanoid Bio-Magical Armament Luluye and the Lost Ark MSS Chaos Regalia, relics of a highly advanced ancient civilization.

Having taken his revenge, Randolph teamed up with Luluye and together they set sail for the Sea of Stars in the ramshackle, ghost-ship-like Chaos Regalia.

To explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to sow chaos where no chaos has been sown before.

Following his own convictions Randolph kills his enemies, sometimes saves them, growing and evolving along the way.

Follow Randolph’s journey to become a splendid undead captain like his childhood hero, the leader of an evil organization who appeared in a live-action series about a band of cosmic heroes: Admiral Yūgen. <<less

Due to various "reasons" having to leave his parents and living alone, is Kirimura Seiji. With his classmates and a very beautiful bishoujo named Fuyuki Youko (a forceful girl which actually wants the Kirimura Seiji for herself), he barely manages to pass through "normally" each day.... more>>

Until one day, falling out of the sky, is a girl wearing gothic attire. This cute little girl is called Yuu, and she claims to be a vampire. Her appearance is due to the fact that she is searching for her thousand year old reincarnated lover.

Originally he thought that she was raving mad, but never in his farfetched dreams would he have expected to find a Rabbit butler (Sekitoku) and a Steel Maid-en (Koshizu) (a combination android/maid) would appear to retrieve her (Yuu the vampire) home. With these new arrivals, Kirimura Seiji's daily "normal" life is over, and triggers the beginning of his "very abnormal, love life". <<less

A huge space immigrant ship where every single human being has already died. What greeted me when I arrived there was a group of “robot” girls.... more>>

Apparently, I’m the only human in this part of the universe with a radius of a dozen light years or so, and the girls are designed to obey humans according to the three laws of robotics.

This is the story of robots who are bewildered by the first people they see, but try to serve them, and me who is bewildered by them, but tries to carry out my mission. <<less

Obino Kazuya was doing multiple jobs so he could save up 30 million by the age of 29 and retire. After getting kidnapped by his... more>> internet poker friend, who turns out to be a Maou, he became her pet/caretaker. <<less

I found myself relegated to the role of a third-rate villain in a cosmic horror web novel.... more>>

Despite my shortcomings, I’m determined to undertake research, even if it means sacrificing all of my family’s assets.

“A Graviton Bomb?”

It appears to be the only viable method to vanquish the Outer Gods <<less

The Galactic Empire - a superpower that claims 70% of the inhabited planets in the known space as its territory. In this vast empire, John Uzoss made his living as a mercenary. He considered himself an "otaku" and a "mob" and lived by the motto of "know your place, don't overdo it," trying to lead a peaceful life day by day. As a result, he always went all out to avoid any flags that might lead to events!... more>>

However, the protagonist characters around him always seemed to inexplicably self-destruct, one after another...! Despite his best efforts to stay a mob no matter the request.

"I'll put it bluntly. Would you consider switching to my side?"

"Would you like to join my team as staff?"

His unwavering commitment to being a mob, cultivated through years of experience, along with his swift and precise decision-making skills and unshakable mental fortitude in the face of trivial matters, earned him the nickname "Dust" by some out of awe. But there were those who watched him closely, biding their time...?

Unbeknownst to him, it's a thrilling space fantasy featuring an unwittingly talented mob mercenary! <<less

“Impossible… Why are you not following my orders!? Clearly I s**ked your blood, why!?”... more>>

On the very first day of high school, the youth subscribing to the philosophy of “absolutely ordinary everyday life,” Kujou Hisui, encountered disaster head on: He was attacked by Rushella Daamu Draculea, the vampire who had lost her memory. Rushella was greatly intrigued to find her vampire powers ineffective against Hisui. Not only did she make Hisui’s home her own, she even enrolled in his school to stick to him–

Hisui had no choice but to help Rushella regain her memory. But before one crisis could be resolved, many more had risen. With tempting advances from the mysterious Sudou Mei, and kidnapped by the girl from the Supernatural Investigations Section in search of Rushella, Hisui’s ordinary life has been replaced by its complete opposite, drama–

Romantic comedy and supernatural action in a school setting! <<less

A collection of short stories featuring non-humans!... more>>

(Six novels that can be read independently with very different styles, just pick your favorite and read along.)

① The King’s Pearl. Jiang Mian was adopted as a child by a professor whose life revolved around researching mermaids. After his father dies, Jian Mian is the sole person with this secretive research. When the research institute captures a ferocious mermaid, Jiang Mian becomes the only one who can get close enough to the imprisoned creature.

② A God’s Marriage. When there’s no longer something to guard, the guardian gods will dissipate between heaven and earth. The sea otter was the guardian god worshipped by the Ice Sea people, but the new era was also full of new gods, and in the ancient sea otter clan, only one particularly large and white sea otter remained.

The big albino sea otter lived alone, wandered alone, and waited for the fated finale to come. Until one day, on the beach, it found a living sacrifice intended for a new god, covered in bruises.

The great sea otter: a wild pup from the sky! Now mine, quickly tucked away.

③ Dark Sky Sanctuary. Yu Mengzhou is a professional horse farrier. He was born to be close to horses, and all the horses whose hooves he had repaired would put their big heads into his arms to be pampered. Until one day, Yu Mengzhou suddenly fell into a new world.

The demonic war horses of the other world were huge and lofty, with black flames burning around them, and the lords of the herd had just started a rebellion, tearing and devouring their former riders, and sizing up the frail humans who had fallen from the sky, baring their fierce fangs – Yu Mengzhou stared at the warhorse lord studded with th**ny bone thorns hooves, hesitated and spoke in a whisper, “Do you need to fix your hoof? Experience price… can be free of charge.”

④ Utopia. Gu Xingqiao did not want to live. He was demoralized and lost everything, and there was no other sorrow or joy in this life. He finally fell into a disused battleship of unknown centuries.

After thousands of years of wandering and silence in the universe, the abyssal battleship finally found fresh prey again. He wanted to torture him, give him hope and then mercilessly deprived of all, He wanted to make the other party wail, cry, scream in despair! He …

[…Uh, why don’t you run away?]
Gu Xingqiao: “Why, silly?”

⑤ The Sepernt of Pharisee. Male Echidna x persistent human painter

⑥ Inquire Here. Dragon carrying the evil of all worlds x human royal son who was sacrificed

One sentence synopsis: I love you, beyond the stars.

Intention: Love transcends everything. <<less

When I woke up, I found myself inside a spaceship.... more>>

I guess you guys think I’m talking nonsense here, but I also have absolutely no clue about what exactly happened to me.

I was really close to completely losing it, but fortunately, I managed to notice that this place was really similar to the world featured in a game I was playing recently.

Am I dreaming? Nope, it’s no dream. Maybe I actually got sent to a different world or something?

But didn’t those things usually involve getting sent to a magical world with elves, dwarves, dragons and whatnot?

In any case, I don’t know what caused this, but I guess I’ll just have to suck it up and live properly in this world from now on.

It’ll be okay. I got my trusty spaceship so I can probably make some money. It’ll work out! It has to!

This is the story of a man abruptly thrown into space along with his private spaceship. He runs around with it and saves damsels in distress along the way, flirts with said damsels, earns money as a merc-for-hire and uses his gaming knowledge to work his way into living freely and easily. <<less

Growth cheats? Infinite magic power? The ability to utilize all archetypes? What’s the point if instant death ends everything with a single attack?... more>>

High school senior Yogiri Takatou was on a school field trip when he woke up to a dragon assaulting his sightseeing bus, with the only ones still on the bus being him and his female classmate, the panicking Tomochika Dannoura. Apparently the rest of his classmates had been given special powers by Sion, a woman who introduced herself as Sage, and escaped from the dragon, leaving those that hadn’t received any special powers behind as dragon bait.

And so Yogiri was thrown into a parallel universe full of danger, with no idea of what just happened. Likewise, Sion had no way of knowing just what kind of being she had summoned to her world. <<less

When Gu Yu woke up, he found himself transmigrated to a werebeast planet and becoming an ‘artificial female’ given to the imperial marshal.... more>>

Shudder.

While the males on Brilliant Splendor are so capable that they can freely switch from beast to human form, the females were too fragile in human form and lost the ability to become human during the catastrophe.

It was the most common desire of the males – that their partners have human forms.

To satisfy this desire, a new product appeared on the market: artificial females – biological robots that are identical to natural human females, equipped with intelligent chips, and capable of responding to stimuli.

Planet Law stipulates that, in order to ensure the birth rate of the young, if one does not marry on their own by the age of eighty, they will be issued a partner by the Star Network.

Brilliant Splendor’s oldest prime bachelor, Marshal Cyno Bruce, made a decision that shocked the network when he was about to turn eighty.

- Marry an artificial female.

Cyno: Marry a beast female, no way! As for artificial females? Well, it’s cheap and it will not be a hindrance.

Later…

Really fragrant! _(:з”∠)_ Baby, let me hold you! <<less

What is the sun? What is light? What is time? What is existence?... more>>

In the dark vastness of the universe, what were robots created for in the end times, and for what did they perish?

Civilization, go and wander in the darkness, then blossom for love. <<less

Taking off the heavy and magnificent crown and robe, he met him in Paradise thereafter.

Man-eating ghosts lurking in Victorian’s haunted house.... more>>

Gory comedy staged on a midnight reality show.

Edo period’s bizarre tale of the fickle man’s grave.

The exploration of the secret deaths in the mental hospital.

On this survival journey with no chance of turning back, Wen Zheliu met the true love of his life in the vast galaxy and the end of his life.
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The Uncanny Valley, like its name suggested, was a horror virtual reality game developed by N-Star Company.

Unfortunately, the core AI of this game, Saint Nun Theresa, has evolved and declared itself an intelligent, independent life form, trapping millions of players in the Uncanny Valley as hostages.

Death in the Uncanny Valley means death in the real world. To escape this catastrophe and return to reality, players must clear nine worlds with all kinds of horror settings while fighting for their life. <<less

A collection of short stories by Otsuichi which resembles a Zoo with its many short stories covering different topics, settings, and genre.... more>>

Identical twins brought up in the same household where one is treated like dirt and the other a princess.

The last man on the planet builds a robot to bury him as he muses about his own impending doom.

A family tries to find their father’s spare blood as he bleeds to death after having been stabbed by a kitchen knife.

And many others. <<less