I want money.
The merchant who had inherited a tool shop from his father was tired of the low-profit quick return business.... more>>

Because the profits were not substantial, his daily life remained unchanged.
So, he decided to buy a s*ave.

Adventurers could potentially earn immense wealth if they succeeded. However, he disliked the danger. Then let the s*aves do it.
After all, what belongs to the s*ave belongs to the master.

Yes—this was the era of the s*ave business.

This is the story of a merchant who buys s*aves and turns them into adventurers.

As he provided maximum support to nurture them, the s*aves became stronger and stronger.
He didn't know. He was unwittingly creating adventurers with incredible strength.

This is the story of how one merchant's whim can change the course of history. <<less

On the day of the celebration for defeating one of the demons who ruled over the land, the young assassin Noel was exiled for what he could not control. Deemed unworthy of continuing in the Hero of Light's party due to being 'tainted' by his attribute of Darkness, he was left alone.... more>>

In his despair, Noel stumbled upon young girls who have also been subjected to unjust treatment, which led him to make a decision. He would form a party of those with the same attributes of Darkness and become a hero who'd save the world, finally basking in the limelight he could never even touch.

Eventually, the legend of Noel and his companions, hailed as the true heroes behind the subjugation of the demons, would be spread far and wide. His journey—their journey begins here and now.

On the other hand, the feeble Hero of Light and his party would soon crumble, their downfall and destruction absolute. <<less

Your game friend, whom you mistook for a man, is actually a shy girl with a complex over her white hair!?... more>>

A frustrating coming-of-age love comedy about a reclusive girl!

“Schwarz was a girl………..?”

Yuuma and Schwarz are partners in an online game. But when they meet face to face in real life…he finds out that person is a shy girl!

so he decided to try making friends for her, who has never been able to make one due to her natural white hair complex. He also try to avoid from betraying her by trusting her “as a friend” .However, the numerous of unconscious and intimate skinship gradually makes him aware of her as the opposite s*x.

A sweet and frustrating coming-of-age story is intertwined with a shy, white-haired beauty in this story. <<less

This was a story that began and ended with tears.... more>>

Yakumo Saegusa, a boy who lost his mother to a strange disease, the “Chloride Blight,” in which the whole body slowly turns into salt and crumbles, met a girl in the music room.

She was a beautiful and gifted piano player named Yuzuki Igarashi. Her delicate fingers were capable of both piano and wring bullies. She struggled to live up to her mother’s excessive expectations in the dark while presenting a strong front. Yakumo, who had seen Yuzuki in all her various forms from a distance closer than anyone else, was unknowingly drawn to her.

Graduating from elementary school, Yuzuki grew more beautiful and charming, and by then, became the object of people’s love and admiration. By the time she entered high school, Yuzuki, already a professional pianist, left for Italy to learn her craft. Yakumo, acutely aware of the overwhelming difference between him, a nobody, and Yuzuki, an international pianist. Eventually, he began to write a novel.

His reunion with her came suddenly one day—and that reunion would come to change his destiny forever.

Grand Prize of the 16th Shogakukan Light Novel Award. <<less

One day, Lee Ja-kyung, a hitman who stayed in Thailand, received a $5 million request. The person to deal with was Kang Il-hyeon, a gangster living in Korea.... more>>

There was only one condition.

However, Kang Il-hyun was never an easy opponent. Rather, his trap gradually tightens around his neck, and he found himself cornered…

Would Ja-kyung be able to kill him and return safely?

Or would he die just like this in Kang Il-hyun’s hand? <<less

This is already her 12th time attempting su*cide. Tsukimi Ichinose stands on the platform as the train speeds by, her typical beautiful appearance seemingly far from suicidal intentions. No one knows she's a victim of bullying at school and has already made up her mind to seek death.... more>>

This is already his 12th time saving her. Jun Aiba can't believe someone's determination to die surpasses his own. Sometimes on the platform, sometimes on the bridge, he always "saves" her at the critical moment, though for the girl, it's nothing but a "hindrance."

Tsukimi doesn't know this annoying boy's timely appearances are not due to miracles, but a deal with the Grim Reaper. He trades for a "Time-Eating Silver Watch" that can turn back time by 24 hours, but the price is having only three years left to live.

So, Jun repeatedly rewinds time to the moments before Tsukimi's su*cide. He takes her on outings, listens to her feelings, and as they gradually get closer, Jun Aiba becomes so happy that he almost forgets the Grim Reaper's warning: never regret the decision to give up on life... <<less

A bookworm who had finally found a job as a librarian at a university was sadly killed shortly after graduating from college.... more>>

She was reborn as Myne, the daughter of a soldier in a world where the literacy rate is low and books were scarce. No matter how much she wanted to read, there were no books around. What is a bookworm to do without any books? Make them, of course.

Her goal is to become a librarian! So that she may once again live surrounded by books, she must start by making them herself. <<less

​Kimihiko Kimizuka has always been a magnet for trouble and intrigue. For as long as he can remember, he’s been stumbling across mu*der scenes or receiving mysterious attache cases to transport. ... more>>

When he met Siesta, a brilliant detective fighting a secret war against an organization of pseudohumans, he couldn’t resist the call to become her assistant and join her on an epic journey across the world.

...Until a year ago, that is. Now he’s returned to a life that is normal and tepid by comparison, knowing the adventure must be over.

After all, the detective is already dead. <<less

The world’s first online VR survival game has finally been released. In order to promote the game, the company is holding the first “Infinite Survival Competition”. ... more>>

As a passionate survival enthusiast, Su Han is eager to sign up…

How does one survive in a hyper-inflated economy?
What about during a natural disaster? Or while being trapped at sea?

...

Facing many different difficulties, Su Han handles them with ease. And along the way, she finds a like-minded partner and survives with him until the end. <<less

Until that one moment, my life was spectacular.... more>>

I was surrounded by many friends and even thought their smiles had some trust in them, so much as a sliver.

However, none had faith in me. Not them, not my teacher, not even my girlfriend. They all refused to listen.

I’ve then learned that “mutual trust” is nothing but fiction. The sad reality of their pretend friendships overwhelmed me, and since then, I haven’t been able to build proper human connections.

So, please, just leave me alone…
Don’t talk to me anymore…

There’s no soil for trust to bloom between us, people whose eyes can’t see beneath the surface. <<less

Get ready for the rip-roaring light novel that inspired a viral comic sensation!... more>>

Two years after transmigrating into the fantasy BL novel Asterion of the Starry Blue Night, Rosalite—a minor character and the sister of the tragic male lead—learns that she is fated to repeat her life every time her brother dies.

No matter how hard she tries, her brother, Rion, continues to attract toxic men and almost always perishes by the age of 20, whether by mu*der or by taking his own life, fating Rosalite to return to her 16-year-old body.

After nearly two dozen attempts to get the timeline right, Rosalite has run out of patience for all these sleazy men: Touch My Brother and You Die! <<less

Go out and exterminate the [Heroes] who seek retribution against the world. ... more>>

Heroes, a special force that saves the world. Within the dreams of boys and girls, they are lauded as heroes. Boys and girls, lauded as “heroes” within their dreams, were simply defeating monsters by order of the beautiful goddess.

――――All while ignorant of the monsters’ being *humans*.

[Heroes], a special force that destroys the world. Parasitized by the mysterious creature known as “Goddess”, the dreaming Boys and Girls changed into mindless beasts dedicated to massacre. Devoid of malice, of hostility. Simply a one-sided, endless war driven solely by justice. This balance was maintained by 〚Charon〛, an elite hero extermination unit spearheaded by the Boy Azuma.

One day, the Girl Kaguya, who was researching on how to revert [Heroes] into humans, was ordered to join the group 〚Charon〛. However, for Azuma and the rest of the unit who had lost everything in a past disaster, Kaguya’s existence was difficult to accept.

The Boy who wishes to bring down the heroes, the Girl who wishes to save the heroes. The two clash and together they proceed to the battlefield――! <<less

“Mounting” is the greatest ranking system that has been passed down since ancient times. Wealthy children gather at Sakurano Private Academy under an absolute rule,... more>> to take the mount and climb to the top. An ordinary student, Sato Rei, is on the verge of being relegated to the lowest class and spending three years being bullied by the rich. The only way to survive is to move up to the S class. A beautiful girl named Tsukinami Senri appears and kisses him, saying “Become my lover to take the Happy Mount!” “Why!?” Together with the most annoying girlfriend ever, he aims for the top of the school! <<less

‘Even if our marriage, which the emperor has decided, becomes my revenge on you. Shouldn’t you endure it, my lovely bride?’... more>>

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When her father’s strategy, which led to rebellion in the neighboring country to make his son-in-law king, had failed, Deatrice, who lost her fiance, ended up getting engaged with the emperor’s favorite knight to avoid the crisis that befell her family.

As the duke’s daughter, marrying a knight was a shame. What’s even worse was that the person she had to marry, the emperor’s favorite knight, was Lucius Elliot. He was her former lover, who she had to break up with because of her father’s opposition six years ago.

Lucius was a passionate and affectionate lover. However, he lost his title and his land and was pushed to the battlefield after he was proven to be an illegitimate child by the Deatrice’s father’s trick.

Six years later, the two of them faced each other with the situation reversed, bearing the bad memories of the past. Deatrice was becoming heartbroken by Lucius’ action, which she couldn’t tell whether it’s an act of revenge or regret… <<less

This world is the world before the true savior “The Hero” appeared.... more>>

In this world, there are “Three Hopes.

The “Hero Licht,” the “Saint Milka,” and the “Sage Jamil” exist as the most powerful human beings fighting against the demons.

And…

*The title spoils the story… but there are no heroes in this world yet.

Therefore, unfortunately, there are many beings among the demons that cannot be defeated by them.

This story is not the cool story of the “heroes” you know, but the story before that. <<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

Popular for being filled with bugs, the virtual-reality game New Communicate Online (a.k.a. Nekomimi Neko Offline).... more>>

A die-hard fan of the game, Sagara Souma, is sent to the game world from the power of a mysterious device.

Though surprised by the sudden turn of events, Souma conveniently knows the laws of the world.

Mastering every bug, using the game’s logic against it, he is soon known as “Maverick Swordsman Souma.” <<less

I returned to the past to become an actor, instead I reincarnated as a Third-Gen Chaebol (rich conglomerate family).... more>>

[Winner of the 7th Korean Web Novel Competition] <<less

Youth is not just about love. But – only this love must not be noticed.... more>>

“Youth = getting a girlfriend? Youth or anything is not at all just about that.”

A high school student with a trauma in love, Koga Junya, believed that youth is definitely more about making merry with friends and developing friendships than about love; that watching the beautiful starry sky, and chatting in a family restaurant till morning with the five best friends was precisely their youth.

――And yet, why do we fall in love with someone even if they’re our friends? Even though we might not be able to have the same relationship as before.

Upon discovering the true hidden thoughts of one of the group members, Narushima Yoru, a complicit relationship between Junya and her is born, leading them to unintentionally touch each other’s wounds.

This a youth love drama depicting straightforward and twisted feelings where friendship and love intersect. <<less

A former detective chases after his missing daughter, but what he uncovers in the darkness is…... more>>

Third “Konomys” (このミステリーがすごい!) Grand Prize recipient

A story of descent into lunacy over a single girl.

The 17-year old Kanako has disappeared, leaving behind a trace of drug use in her room. Akihiro Fujishima, a former detective and her father, is in pursuit of her whereabouts. Three years earlier, Naoto, who was tormented by his classmates, fell in love with Kanako, who saved him…

The story of the present and the past intersect, and the outline of Kanako gradually emerges from the blurry darkness. Yet the more one delves into her disappearance, the more unintelligible she becomes. What manner of shocking ending awaits at the end of the tunnel? The recipient of the grand prize of the 3rd “This Mystery is Amazing!”, this work overwhelmed every member of the selection committee. A lurid work of dark emotion that will enrapture the hearts of all who read it. <<less

Kōdo Ikusei Senior High School, a leading prestigious school with state-of-the-art facilities where nearly 100% of students go on to university or find employment. The students there have the freedom to wear any hairstyle and bring any personal effects they desire. Kōdo Ikusei is a paradise-like school, but the truth is that only the most superior of students receive favorable treatment.... more>>

The protagonist Kiyotaka Ayanokōji is a student of D-class, which is where the school dumps its “inferior” students in order to ridicule them. For a certain reason, Kiyotaka was careless on his entrance examination, and was put in D-class. After meeting Suzune Horikita and Kikyō Kushida, two other students in his class, Kiyotaka’s situation begins to change.

Note:- Even though Volume 0 is the prequel of this series, it is advised to read till Year 2 Volume 8 beforehand to avoid getting spoiled (which is precisely the reason why it was released after Y2 V8).

Anime:-

Season 1: Volume 1 to 3 + Volume 4.5

Season 2: Volume 4 to 7 + Volume 7.5

Season 3: Volume 8 to 11 + Volume 11.5 <<less

Love tore them apart.... more>>

The dragon-slaying war hero, Sigibert, led the Norveland Imperial Army. The forces sent to claim the legendary island, “Eden” were repeatedly annihilated by the guardian dragon of the island.

Left behind on the shores of Eden was Brunhild, the daughter of Sigibert. By either chance or necessity, she survived. The dragon took her in and raised her like his own daughter. A human and a dragon loved and were loved.

However, thirteen years later, Sigibert’s cannon finally took the dragon’s life, and the hero’s daughter finally “reclaimed”.

[If you want to be reunited in God’s kingdom, you musn’t hate others]

In Brunhild’s vengeful heart, the teachings of the dragon who wished for justice and forgiveness echoed. Should she abide the teachings of her beloved, or give in to the ever-roiling love itself—.

The winner of the 28th Dengeki Novel Award 《Silver Prize》, this authentic fantasy is here! <<less

“Art thou the Sword Saint Alice’s master, the Grand Sword Saint Takumi?”... more>>

“Huh, wait, I think you’ve got the wrong person?”

After I was kicked out from my adventurer party, I lived out my retirement in the mountains.

However, my disciple became the strongest human in the world without my knowledge, which started the rumor that her master could only be the ultimate strongest person, eclipsing humanity. Hence, I now occupied rank one on the adventurer’s rankings.

An aspiring student, a dragon, a hero, and a demon lord all came flocking to me, completely misunderstanding everything.

Please stop.

I’m just a small fry, okay?

This is not a story about an OP MC.

It’s a comedy about a bunch of idiots who think I am. <<less

At the end of the 1920s, Tokyo, the Imperial capital of the Japanese Empire, celebrates the spring of the fifth year of the Kowa era. A handsome young man born to a German mother, Senzaki Masato, is an elite graduate of Teito University, but leads a life of self-indulgence without a home, money, or job. One day, when he is about to be evicted from his place of residence, he visits an acquaintance's salon to look for a job. There he meets a sleeping child-the enigmatic ‘Ono Kahoru’-and Masato finds himself involved in a variety of cases.... more>>

Fictional Japan in the Taisho and early Showa periods. A series of mystery short stories about a self-absorbed beautiful young man and a mysterious boy who solve cases based on fairy tales in the Imperial city, Tokyo. <<less

Yuu Isshiki, a first year university student, learns that his girlfriend Karen is having an affair with his senior, Kamokura. He was so shocked and... more>> devastated that he asks Kamokura’s girlfriend and the most beautiful girl on the campus, Touko: “Please have an affair with me!” A thrilling romantic comedy that begins with an accomplice relationship! <<less