Marie, a plump and timid yet dull viscount's daughter, has always lived in the shadows of her beautiful half-sister, who was constantly under the spotlight. Her only source of pride is her engagement to Prince Maxim.... more>>

However, one day when she was eighteen, Prince Maxim suddenly breaks off their engagement. He had fallen in love with Marie's half-sister. To make matters worse, in order to take everything away from Marie, her half-sister curses her, transforming her into an ugly cat. 

Lost, as she wanders around in the city and on the brink of death, Marie is rescued by none other than her archenemy and the most feared military duke.

However, after living together, Marie discovers that the Duke is not the person she thought he was... She finds herself bewildered by the duke's unexpected affection. Despite her confusion (I’m an ugly cat, you know!?), she desperately tries her best to act like a cat.

Amidst this chaos, she unexpectedly encounters her ex-fiancé who had abandoned her…? 

This is the story of a young lady who has turned into the "ugly cat of the century," yet finds love and strength, reclaiming her life and appearance. 

※ This story concludes with a happy ending, with sweetness increasing towards the end. While beginning with seriousness, it evolves into a comedic tale.

For those who love tales of doting, dramatic reversals, comeuppance, beauty and the beast (with a fierce feline twist), fluffiness, heroine growth arcs, and tales of rising from the bottom to the top, this story is for you! <<less

For Tohko Amano, a third-year high-school student and self-styled “book girl,” being the head of the literary club is more than just an extracurricular activity. It’s her bread and butter…literally! Tohko is actually a literature-gobbling demon, who can be found at all hours of the day munching on torn out pages from all kinds of books. But for Tohko, the real delicacies are hand-written stories. To satisfy her gourmet tastes, she’s employed (rather, browbeaten) one Konoha Inoue, who scribbles away each day after school to satisfy Tohko’s appetite. But when another student comes knocking on the literary club door for advice on writing love letters, will Tohko discover a new kind of delicacy?... more>>

Bungaku Shoujo won Kadokawa Shoten’s 2007 light novel award for light novels under the mystery category.

Placed 7th (2007) and 3rd (2008) on “このライトノベルがすごい!” (This Light Novel is Amazing!) without an anime nor manga associate.

Novels:

– Main story:

1. Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime

2. Book Girl and the Famished Spirit

3. Book Girl and the Captive Fool

4. Book Girl and the Corrupted Angel

5. Book Girl and the Wayfarer’s Lamentation

6. Book Girl and the Undine Who Bore a Moonflower

7-8 Book Girl and the Scribe Who Faced God

– Short stories:

1-4. Bungaku Shoujo to Koisuru Souwashuu (Episode)

– Gaiden:

1. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Hatsukoi

2. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Shoushin

3. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Sotsugyou

– Last Volume:

Hanjuku Sakka to Bungaku Shoujo na Henshuusha (Muse) <<less

Wizard.... more>>

It is a transcendent who uses magic to fight, protect, and save. However, in the world of wizards, talent speaks for itself. The long history of magic has picked up only talented clans, and now the only wizards are aristocrats. That is common sense here in Manalil.

At the Beralt Magic Academy, one of Manalil’s leading educational institutions, the eggs of excellent wizards are gathering again this year.

Yes, except for one person.

A simple boy who gets a lot of looks. A country bumpkin who has nothing to do with the glittering world. There was the only commoner at the academy.

“I want to be a mage.”

The story of a peasant who wants to be a mage and fulfil his dream is about to begin. <<less

Underground action story that takes place in Yokohama!... more>>

Why did a boy from a prestigious school, who has lived a simple life, turn himself into a villain?

Eigo Hayashiki, a boy with hyper memory syndrome (hyperthymesia), lives a lonely life, envied by those around him because of his special ability. After one particular incident, he is finally abandoned by his family and loses everything.

The boy is rescued by a mysterious woman, Secret, in Yokohama, and despite his confusion, he becomes familiar with the underworld of the port city.

Yakuza, Chinese Mafia, informant, hitman, and a hostess at the age of high schoolers are interwoven in the chaos of Yokohama’s underworld.

This is the story of a former honor student who comes into contact with Yokohama’s unique outlaws and solves various cases as a villain. <<less

On a lucky day, Jiaxin met her old classmate that she never forgot, but the old classmate did not recognize her.... more>>

That’s just right, familiar people are not easy to speak to. The first step in the relationship is to stimulate hormones~~

【Doctor of Physics, Social Disordered, Beautiful Face-lifted Girl x Truck Driver’s Mouth and Body Warming Attack】

Xingjia caught a cold and immediately called Tan You.

Tan You: “See a doctor if you have a cold, I will only see the car.”

The lucky Jiaxin: “I don’t need you to look at my illness. I am hungry, and I don’t want to eat takeaway.”

Tan You made a porridge and delivered it to her door: “Satisfying one’s physical needs is the basic requirement of adults.”

Jiaxin took a sip of the porridge slowly, and glanced at Tan You’s calloused fingers: “I can’t satisfy myself, so I’ll give myself to you.” <<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

“I mustn’t die before I finish this book!!”... more>>

One day, I unexpectedly died in the hands of these robbers and somehow I, the bookworm, ended up being resurrected… as a dog. Why a dog! How am I supposed to read like this! In the midst of my troubled thoughts, I saw this girl who believes that scissors are weapons——Natsuno Kirihime. She seemed pretty dangerous to me, but at least she understands my dog-talk. Apparently she’s secretly my favourite author, Akiyama Shinobu!? What should I do? And where are the robbers who killed me——!? <<less

Prequel to the first song in the Vocaloid series, “,” and follows the events between the schoolgirl detective who loves mystery novels, Hanamoto Hibari, and the extremely sadistic mystery novel writer, Kudou Renma.... more>>

As the high school is busy with preparations for the Culture Festival, a female student is found on the roof, collapsed and bleeding.
Written in blood is a single “X.” Is this an accident? Or a case? Hibari sets out to uncover the truth. <<less

I can’t be just a childhood friend forever. A complicated Love-comedy between the first love of twins.... more>>

I was six years old when my family moved in next door to the Jinguji family. From then until now, when I’m in my first year of high school, both of my parents have been close friends, and I was close friends with that twin-sisters with whom I grew up together as a single family.

The older sister, Rumi, is boyish on the outside, but a maiden on the inside, and the younger sister, Naori, is cute on the outside, but a sub-culture otaku, a minefield by herself. And I, Shirasaki Jun, am not happy to be sandwiched between two beautiful sisters with contrasting personalities. Even though they have a budding crush on me since no one knows when, but since we didn’t have any specific relationship between us, we continued to interact normally, but ――

Would you like to go out with me?

How about a trial relationship?

――This comment from Rumi eventually led us straight to a strange love triangle.

This is the start of a love comedy about twins who are in love for the first time in their life! <<less

Jiang Chen found himself transmigrated to a fantasy world, awakened to the "God Level Bookstore" system. The books in the store updated automatically, and his task was to figure out how to rent them out. Little did he know, every book that left the store underwent a transformation.... more>>

"How to Nurture the Body" became "How to Awaken the Immortal Phoenix Body,"

"Basic Swordsmanship" turned into "Heart of the Sword,"

"Complete Wellness Guide" morphed into "Methods to Live a Second Life."

Meanwhile, Jiang Chen became the subject of wild speculation, assumed by everyone to be a reclusive master.

One day, believing himself to be an ordinary person, Jiang Chen sought to fulfill his dream of becoming an Immortal through apprenticeship. But to his surprise, the formidable figures around him began clamoring:

"Master, please stop pretending and show your cards quickly." <<less

“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” — Albert Einstein.... more>>

The First World War, rifles and machine guns were the most commonly used tactical weapons used in the height of the first global war, an effective weapon changing the traditional arts of war and military tactics completely.

The Second World War, military warfare would be brought over to the air and seas, an average of 27,000 people would lose their life each day.

The Third World War… not much is recorded on the ancient compendium.

The Fourth World War took place on a newly formed calendar on the 26th year. The main weapons used were spears and stones.

Ten thousand years later, when civilization is lost, fallen between the annals of history, when technology is lost in ruins, awaiting to be discovered, when the world dreamed of reviving the time of the ancient past, Li Zhen met a woman originating from the 21st century.

She taught Li Zhen mathematics, physics, chemistry, and the likes at a time when man was the most proud, the most glorious, when science reigned the earth, and when technology was at its prime.

Li Zhen: “She is my wife.”

Watch as Li Zhen reigns the world with brains! <<less

A man is a very small and ephemeral being, whose life would be summarized into a fifty-to-sixty page long short story. But I want more people to appreciate how fantastic their lives as short stories are. Short stories are indeed short, but they are full of interesting things once you read them. Even if your life is not an epic saga, it is still enough to touch others."... more>>

Shinonome Yuuko is a book-loving librarian girl who has a secret identity... <<less

Two entirely opposite people bridge the distance between their souls through “books”.... more>>

Souta Shimizu is publicly acknowledged as an extrovert after his high school debut.

His topics with his friends are mostly learned on his phone. The content in there is interesting and exciting. There is so much you can enjoy without lifting an arm.

In contrast, reading is exhausting and time-consuming in today’s information-overloaded world.

Its cost-efficiency is incredibly low as entertainment.

Souta just doesn’t understand the mindset of those bookworms.

Until he met her during the autumn of his first year in high school- <<less

There exist in this world a set of six daggers that carry a terrible curse: the ability to inflict a death beyond time. Those under the daggers' curse shall reincarnate without end, never able to know happiness and always drawn to die once more by the dagger. This is the story of "Raine" and "Marie", two souls bound by the daggers' curse to kill one another, over and over again.... more>>

France, 1243. Lapis Lazuli Castle is the name of an insignificant relay fort nestled away in a forest east of Carcassonne. Its ruler, Count Geoffroy, and his only daughter, Marie, are both believed to be insane. The root cause of their shared madness is the mysterious disappearance of Geoffroy's wife three years ago, which caused Geoffroy to grow detached from humanity and cast Marie into a deep depression. After three years of wandering in a state halfway to nonexistence, Marie works up the nerve to ask her chief bodyguard, Sir Raine, to investigate her mother's death, confiding that on the night of her mother's disappearance, she had witnessed something impossible. However, her investigation only prompts a new tragedy.

The French-German border, 1916. As World War I rages on, Raine and Marie's latest reincarnations live the life of a sub-lieutenant in the French army and a medic with the Red Cross, respectively. The two lovers are reunited at the site of the Battle of Verdun, but no sooner have they met then Raine finds himself faced with a barrage of impossible circumstances. An enemy soldier's head suddenly vanishes, right before his eyes. One of his subordinates reports the same thing happening to an ally. Four more headless bodies vanish from a flooded bunker in the minute he looks away. These baffling events are a prelude to the return of their old tragedy.

Northern Hokkaido, 1989. Kimiyo, age eighteen, is already dying, an inoperable tumor in her hypothalamus leaving her with less than a year to live. Refusing to despair in the face of her tragic circumstances, she spends her remaining days with her friends at "The Library at the End of the World", a private library so called due to its isolated nature. One day, a man named Kito approaches her out of the blue, regaling her with a story about a set of cursed daggers, knights in the 13th century, and the two of them being cursed, fated lovers. Naturally, Kimiyo is intensely skeptical, but the events that come next don't require her to believe in them.

Arriving at the scene of these three tragedies is Snowy, an enigmatic figure of indeterminate gender who claims to be "a detective charged with managing the world's chaos". <<less

The story is set in the imperial capital city of Vesta which is under occupation. Ozma, a wandering former court magician who died trying to save a young girl, is reincarnated 300 years later in this world. Ozma wakes up in a dark forest and is guided by a female knight and maid who claim to have come to welcome him. Ozma is taken to meet the Queen without understanding what is happening. The Queen says to him:... more>>

"Great Hero Ozma, this country was made by my ancestors for you. Every bit of this country, from every piece of soil to every blade of grass and tree exists solely for you. Bearing your child is the deepest wish of the royal family. Come now, please give your seed to my daughters!"

For some reason, 300 years later, Ozma has become a legendary hero in this world. <<less

“I’m Miss Mary. Now I’m next to you.”... more>>

Shin Takisawa, a high school boy who came to the city for university entrance exams, met an eccentric but beautiful schoolgirl who claimed to be a part of an urban legend. Just as they begin to feel an indescribable affinity for one another, the two are dragged into strange paranormal phenomena as they secretly run about…

“It is surely fate!” the self-proclaimed urban legend says dreamily.

“I’ll admit it was a strange connection,” the boy declared, shrugging his shoulders bashfully.

The pair somehow wound up attending the same university, and due to that experience and their particular “idiosyncrasies,” they started a club that also served as a hobby.

“The Raven Club”

That is to say, ghosts and such, any conceivable mysterious or puzzling existence in this world. Supernatural phenomena. An occult research club that goes around experiencing urban legends.

This tale is a catalog of the mysterious, bizarre stories that started from the meeting of this pair that could see these kinds of spirits.

Sometimes trembling in fear, sometimes their hearts dancing, the two—more than friends but less than lovers— are even today going… <<less

As the boss of Deshang High School, Mu Qi is not afraid of anyone.... more>>

However, ever since a new transfer student entered her class, she feels her statement might be wrong….

The transfer student tearfully says, “Mu Qi, you stepped on my foot.”

Mu Qi “…” (It was obviously you who stretched it out yourself)

The transfer student says in an aggrieved tone: “My mother told me that it isn’t good for girls to smoke.”

Mu Qi: “…..”

So fake, is this transfer student a little ill in the head?

Underling: Boss, do you fancy your deskmate? Every day you bully her and look, you bullied that bookworm so much and now she’s crying.

Mu Qi: “I’m the one who feels like crying!” <<less

Thanks to her lucky parents, Amelia runs a bookstore without worrying about money.
She opened a bookstore because she is ashamed to buy books under her own name, but she is not ashamed to put it on the list of bookstores.
So, as she stocks all kinds of books, she unintentionally becomes a famous place for maniacs.... more>>

One day, while reading her book, Amelia, who was masturbating without knowing it, is caught by her regular customer Edwin?!

“Without knowing how embarrassing it would be for her virg*n, who had never married her, to expose her ass to her unmarried man!”
“No, I mean, who would do that there?”
“Sexuality is human nature! It is unfair!”

***

“… Actually, I’m a little bit interested in doing it backwards.”
It was a harsh expression as if she was revealing her great secret, but it was a true confession of her. Edwin wasn’t too surprised when he was first invited to the room, as it was mentioned in a novel he had seen at first glance. But he couldn’t help the subtle expression on his face, so Amelia quickly waved her hand.
“Oh, no. It’s literally just interesting. It’s not that I want to do it!”
“I didn’t say anything.” <<less

The young man Huey took over the old mansion of his deceased bibliomanic grand father as well as the book collection that's stored in there. But there was a condition: he also had to inherit the "Bibliotheca".... more>>

When he inspects the mansion, Huey discovers a cellar filled with piled up books. In the midst of them he comes across a black-dressed girl who's silently reading a book. She's called Dalian and has a big lock hanging in front of her. She herself is the entrance to the "Bibliotheca of Dantalian" which contains the prohibited "Phantom Books". <<less

I hate you to death, but we can’t let go of each other,... more>>

Even if we fight to the death, we never leave and always come back,

You are my salvation, and I am your breath,

I love you, my one and only fantasy.

Lecan Tenekvan is the leader of an up-and-coming noble faction, considered a rebel due to his overwhelming charisma. Lecan, who eventually becomes the country’s first emperor, is an unparalleled genius on the continent.

Winter Rotea is betrothed to Lecan from a young age but hides her identity under the alias Leyesha after her household is unjustly accused of rebellion. A genius in magical theory, she must kill the stoic Lecan to prove her loyalty. <<less

While trying to enroll in college and having fallen into a desperate situation, the book-loving high school student Kazami Ayame was, while coming across an eerie book, suddenly flung into a different world.... more>>

With no combat ability, and without even any knowledge on how to live properly in the first place, what was granted to him by a single copy of a magical grimoire, was the ability to draw out the magical energy from objects.

With the knowledge on how to freely use the power granted by the magic grimiore, Ayame struggles to survive in the harsh other world.

Surrounded by books and beautiful women. In order to obtain his ideal lifestyle. Although there are battles with demons, this is fundamentally a heartwarming fantasy story. <<less

One day, the MC, Hiiro Okamura, was transported to a different world. He was caught in the summoning of the four heroes. Hiiro decided to... more>> enjoy the other world life freely. This is the story of a boy who uses “Word Magic”, which can turn the meaning of the written words into a phenomenon, and who will eventually save the world. <<less

‘Sophia, the daughter of a Marquess, is a villainess who seduced the Crown Prince, despite having a fiance already, and his close aide during her time in the academy. She did whatever she pleased and was banished by her half-sister, to be the bride of a Madman who lives in a remote region.’... more>>

While that kind of rumor spread throughout the capital, Sophia isolated herself in the library inside the mansion of the man whose nickname was ‘Lord Hart, the Math Freak’.

However, the real Sophia was actually a History geek who rarely expressed herself but a well-spoken lady. Thus, she received the nickname ‘eccentric shut-in’ from the Lord himself.

Lord Hart only demanded her to bear his heir but aside from that, Sophia was free to do anything and immersed herself in books all day long. Yet, she was required to attend a ball together with Lord Hart due to some circumstances.

As Sophia stayed with that detestable man, she was slowly getting to know him more. <<less

The campus belle Jing Li made a bet with someone and lost. As a result, she has to confess her love to Jing Ran, the top student in their department and date him for three months.... more>>

Jing Ran has an average appearance, with a very ordinary-looking mushroom haircut. He always wears black-framed glasses with thick lenses, and his dressing style makes him look like a poor student who just came out of the countryside.

After dating Jing Ran for a while, Jing Li realizes that this seemingly clueless top student is actually quite handsome, but his taste in fashion is questionable, making himself look tacky and unsophisticated.

Later, with Jing Li’s help, Jing Ran undergoes a transformation and suddenly becomes the heartthrob of the campus, attracting attention from various unknown girls.

Furthermore, Jing Ran’s low emotional intelligence both makes Jing Li love and hate him. She suddenly finds herself disliking this boyfriend who doesn’t understand a girl’s heart, but at the same time he is incredibly good-looking and kind…

Ah… should they break up or not?

A story of a simple-minded campus belle VS a socially awkward yet incredibly attractive top student.

Content Warnings:

1. The author focuses on writing light-hearted, sweet, and somewhat naive romance novels.

2. The author has a great passion for innocent and dramatic idol dramas.

Content Tags: Love at First Sight, Chance Encounter, Inspirational, Sweet Story, Light-hearted, Happy Ending

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Protagonists: Jing Li, Jing Ran ┃ Supporting Characters: ┃ Others: Happy Ending

One-sentence Summary: The daily life of a simple-minded underachieving campus belle in love. <<less

Jeong Tae-ui, who considers himself ordinary, is a former soldier and the younger brother of the genius Jeong Jae-ui. His life begins to take an... more>> unexpected turn when he starts working for the United Nations Human Resources Development Organization (UNHRDO) for six months, at the not-so-subtle insistence of his biological father and uncle, Jeong Chang-in. His life becomes intertwined with that of Ilay Riegrow, a crazy guy with pretty hands. This leads him down a path he had never considered before. This story involves modern setting, battle romance, professional work, jealousy, foreigners, serious setting, incidents, a cold-blooded ML, a strong ML, an obsessive ML, a beautiful ML, a crazy ML, a black-bellied/strategic ML, a chaebol ML, a scum ML. <<less