As a virtuous wife, does it include tolerating his cousin, enduring his concubines, bearing his mother?... more>>

If you will not let me live freely, why would I let you live in satisfaction?

Did fate let women time-travel so they could learn the three morals and four virtues?

Rather than act like a coward and live, it would be better to live in satisfaction and die. <<less

A young man named Kurosu Tooi was summoned to another world.... more>>

He commanded 12 beautiful goddesses to defeat the demon king in order to return to his world.

After one year. He returned back to the other world but, 10 years passed there—–

“Long time no see Tooi Onii-chan”

“Did you fall in love with my breast?”

His other world comrades have aged.

However, the [Nebulosa] (12 Goddesses) which released by Tooi are on a rampage in every parts of the continent.

“Cry in joy, Tooi Cross. The enemies this time are the women you loved”

His strongest servants are now his strongest enemies. It’s time to save his scattered comrades; in his 2nd coming to the other world, he has to fight, talk and make them fall for him! Let the curtain unfold, for this an Reunion fantasy of obtaining the strongest Goddesses (Heroines)! <<less

In front of a cedar tree with an interesting history on the premises of a shrine, a stabbed corpse was discovered. Though a suspect was found immediately, his testimony does not match up with the victim’s fatal injuries. Is this the tree’s curse…? Looking for the truth, Detective Gotou returns once more to the scene, only to meet Saitou Yakumo there, a university student who can see the spirits of the dead. It seems like he visited the shrine for another matter. Ahead of these two cases that curiously overlap… Starting a new series in this popular spiritual mystery!... more>>

A series of Shinrei Tantei Yakumo side stories.

1. the tree of deceit
2. the coffin of prayer
3. the tower of judgement <<less

Interview (YGZ – Father, ZZ – Mother, ZW – Son)... more>>

1. What is something you carry everywhere with you?

YGZ: A gun.

ZZ: I prefer being indoors, specifically inside a lab.

ZW: Anything that has access to the internet.

2. What is your favorite hobby?

YGZ: Shooting.

ZZ: Experimenting.

ZW: Hacking.

3. What is your worst fear?

YGZ: My wife’s cooking.

ZZ: My lab burning.

ZW: No access to the internet.

4. What is your spirit animal and why?

YGZ: A Bigfoot – has hands to hold a gun.

ZZ: An eagle – has good vision, useful for observing.

ZW: A Spider – can spin a web.

5. What is your biggest regret?

YGZ: Letting my wife escape after our first night.

ZZ: My son being a genius. I chose YGZ to be the father of my child because I thought he was a limbo.

ZW: Not reuniting my parents sooner. <<less

Wang Lin is a very smart boy with loving parents. Although he and his parents are shunned by the rest of their relatives, his parents... more>> always held high hopes that he will one day become someone great. One day, Wang Lin suddenly gained the chance to walk the path of an immortal, but found that he only had mediocre talent at best. Watch Wang Lin as he breaks through his lack of talent and walks the path towards becoming a real immortal! <<less

This is the story of a crazy lich who possesses an internal game system and brings catastrophe to the entire world.... more>>

“Let’s look at the daily quests today… it’s the damned choose one-of-two-options-type again. Destroy a town with a population of 30,000 people or above; reward: 10,000 evil points. Steal lollipops from 3 children; reward: 1 evil point. If neither of the quests is completed, then 2 points will be deducted.”

“Tsk! You think I’m s*upid? If I really destroyed a town, a crusade of Epic-ranked Holy Knights would definitely come hunting me down. Even if I earned the points, there wouldn’t be any life left in me to spend them. I better just go be a kindly lollipop bandit.”

I’ve already had enough of being a notorious lich. Who says that a lich can’t be a good person? I’m definitely going to beat this damned system and be an upright and dignified good man. <<less

What is it that makes a man fall in love with a woman at first sight? Appearance? Aura? Wealth? No, when campus prince and gaming expert, student Xiao Nai first saw Bei Wei Wei, what made him fall in love was not her extraordinary beauty; but her slim and slender fingers that were flying across the keyboard and her calm and composed manner! Embarrassing, no? ... more>>

At the same time, gaming expert Bei Wei Wei was on the computer methodically commanding a guild war and won a perfect and glorious victory despite being at a disadvantage; completely unaware of the fact that cupid is nearby.

Soon after basketball player; swimmer; all-around excellent student; and game company president, Xiao Nai, uses tactics both on- and offline to capture this beauty’s heart. Therefore this romance slowly bloomed. <<less

Yahari Ore no Seishun Rabukome wa Machigatte Iru is a romantic comedy which revolves around antisocial high school student, Hachiman Hikigaya, who has no friends, no girlfriend, and a severely distorted view on life.... more>>

When he sees his classmates talking excitedly about living their adolescent lives, he mutters, “They’re a bunch of liars.” When he is asked about his future dreams, he responds, “Not working.” In an attempt to fix Hachiman’s twisted personality, his teacher forces him to join the volunteer ‘service club’, where the only other member happens to be one of the school’s most beautiful and smartest girls, Yukino Yukinoshita. <<less

In the online game Glory, Ye Xiu is regarded as a textbook and a top-tier pro-player. However, due to a myriad reasons, he is kicked from the team. After leaving the professional scene, he finds work in an Internet Cafe as a manager. When Glory launches its tenth server, he who possesses ten years of gaming experience once again throws himself into the game. Bringing with him the memories of his past and an incomplete, self-made weapon, his return along the road to the summit begins!... more>>

After fighting and scheming, who snatched away my glory? Under the tossing of the wind and rain, my dreams shall still appear as though they had never been shattered. In all its splendor, the path shall never be lost. Before the gazes of millions, this is where I return!

*Under the Gaming category, The King’s Avatar received the title for Best Work in 2013 and is the first and only 1000 Pledged Work (千盟作品). It has 23 million hits on Qidian and has the 2nd most recommendations in its category with 4.6 million recommendations. <<less

Laneige is pretty and smart, but only thing that she is missing is wealth and last name. A commoner like her can't really get a good education even though she is smart. And people who are not nobles don't have last names to verify who they are. There is this one academy in the whole country called Royal Academy. They said it's for the education, but unless you are rich or already have large amount of knowledge, there is no way for a normal commoner to enter this school. Laneige studied her bu*t off to get out of poverty, and she was able to get into this school, BUT female student spots were filled. The... more>> school couldn't give special treatment to Laneige because then the nobles will uprise and complain to the school. Still the school couldn't let Laneige go because she had an outstanding grade, so their method was to disguise Laneige as a male and let her stay in the school.

When you are a commoner, you can study your bu*t off to get into the school. But there is still a hierarchy in the school. When commoners enter the school, they are assigned to one child of a noble who is older than them. Those commoners are called Japry. They are to stay and follow the person to "see" and "learn" better and faster. But that's only an official excuse. Basically Japrys are their personal servants.

Laneige becomes the Japry of the country's most powerful noble's second son. She was prepared to meet a spoiled brat, but he was little different than she thought.... <<less

Skyfire Avenue is a street that is 2048 meters long. There are 168 stores here, and each of the store owners is an extremely powerful... more>> adept. The Avenue does not permit any vehicles or any robots to pass through it, much less mecha. Even the patrolling police must move about on foot. This is because this is a street for pedestrians, a lane for nobles, hidden away within this high technology world. Lan Jue, the greatest of the mercenaries, code-named ‘Zeus’, has secluded himself here in Skyfire Avenue after the death of his wife. The name of his shop is “Zeus’ Jewelry Store”, and here in Skyfire Avenue, he has been given the title, Jewel Master. <<less

Pei Jin is a black bellied prince. To outsiders he is a kind gentleman and always calm.... more>>

Yan Shi Ning is a wolf in sheep’s clothing. To outsiders she is a gentle bred young lady and always docile.

Pei Jin and Yan Shi Ning are the perfect couple but behind closed doors…

Pei Jin: Wife, you’re an expert liar.

Yan Shi Ning: Husband, it’s because you taught me well. <<less

A face-less female ghost wearing a mini-skirt is known to roam around at night in this city. Kalin Nanase is the ghost of a celebrity... more>> who died an unnatural death. A detective named Saki Yumihara encounters the ghost of Kalin and is saved by a girl named Kotoko Iwanaga. Kotoko was kidnapped by ghosts when she was a little girl and has ever since served as a mediator between people and ghosts. Kotoko also happened to be dating Saki’s ex-boyfriend Kurou Sakuragawa. Kotoko and Saki work together to solve Kalin’s case. <<less

They say Gentleman Xiao Yao (carefree) Liu Feng is a famed righteous pugilist. He himself thought that even if he isn’t considered noble and benevolent, he is at least of honourable character.... more>>

But only when he met her, did he realise that he is very well capable of being such a lecherous man. At every little moment he is constantly wanting to take advantage of her, always trying to touch her soft slender hands. It’s hopeless, who told this lady to just be so interesting, causing his heart to helplessly be moved by her—-

Her appearance looks like that of a refined lady from a well off background, but in reality she is nothing like that inside. Not only highly skilled in martial arts, her sharp tongue is also highly skilled, capable of angering people to a whole new boiling point.

Her ways of doing things is also extremely bold, completely treating the principle of impropriety between men and women like an old fart. He had only jokingly invited her to sleep with him, yet she actually pats the bed beckoning him to attend to her (?) Even going to the point of shooing him out the room after eating him dry, finding him to be too obstructive on the eye, what a way to shoot down his self-esteem.

Ai~ to fall for such a unique girl, causing him to be filled with joy one moment, and filled with sorrow the next. Overjoyed when he has her by his side, sorrowful when she acts so elusive. If that was not enough, she didn’t even leave a single note behind and disappeared without a trace, causing him to become like an abandoned husband searching for his wife.

Little do they know that this is an important test to see if these two people can be together….. <<less

The Return of the Condor Heroes by Jin Yong was first serialized in newspapers from between 20 May 1959 and 5 July 1961.... more>>

This is the second book of the Condor Trilogy. The story has undergone two revisions. The second edition was released in May 1976 and and the third edition was published in January 2003. <<less

After going to the great beyond, Hirano Bonta was reincarnated as an Evil God. Descending upon the Demon Lands, he came across his follower, the 108th Demon Lord, the <Dethroned Crown Prince> Drake.... more>>

A fortuitous omen...thought Drake, who had suffered a great defeat in battle, leaving him with only 200 underlings. On top of that, pursuers were hot on his tail; he was between a rock and a hard place. But the genius strategist Drake was not ready to give up just yet. Despite the crisis, he still held the ambition of unifying his nation once again.

The history-geek Hirano was super excited and was determined to support Drake as an Evil God, but as a newbie Evil God there was little he could do...just how will they get through this together?! <<less

A lecherous army special task force soldier from 21st-century Hong Kong is selected to travel back in time, choosing to go to the Chinese Warring... more>> States Period. Unfortunately, the time machine runs into an error during the experiment. With no foreseeable way to return to the present, he must use his combat skills and knowledge of history to thrive in his new life in the year 251 BC. <<less

Yu Jin is an orphan, who was raised by wolves in the desert. She happened to meet a man of Han living with a Xiongnu... more>> tribe who takes her back to his camp due to her saving his life from thirst. She soon becomes friends with Xiongnu’s children. One year later, due to political changes, her foster father is killed. His only wish was for her to return to his hometown of Chang’an, in the Han Dynasty while hers is to live with the wolves for she has lost the one who she relied on. While going on life’s journey she met two men on the way hereby starting her story which will span years with so much colorful and stunning trials and tribulations. <<less

Xia Mo and Luo Xi are orphans, both having met each other at their adoptive parents’ home. Because of the shadows remaining from their childhood, they are both shrouded in the midst of wariness. However, when Xia Mo and her brother meet an embarrassing situation during a singing competition, Luo Xi helps them out, and the iciness that separates both of them gradually melts. Seeing what has happened, as well as in an attempt to break both of them up, Ou Chen, who deeply loves Xia Mo and is the heir to the company that founded their school, sends Luo Xi to England to study…... more>>

Five years later, Luo Xi has become a superstar, with a countless number of fans to his name. Xia Mo having become an orphan once again as her adoptive parents died the year Luo Xi left, is a new artist of a records company and meets Luo Xi. Ou Chen on the other hand, having lost his memory of Xia Mo five years ago due to a car accident, also sees Xia Mo once again as well. With all three main characters back on the scene and their disputes of love and hate, what will happen between them then? Who will Xia Mo pick in the end? <<less

GAIDEN 4
Side stories of Saiunkoku Monogatari... more>>

Contains:
鈴蘭の咲く頃に ("Suzuran no Saku Koro ni": In the Lily of the Valley Season, originally published June 2007 in The Beans vol 9)

空 の青、風の呼ぶ声 ("Sora no Ao, Kaze no Yobu Koe": Blue of the Sky, the Voice of Wind Calling, originally published August 2008 in The Beans vol 11)

千一夜[書き下ろし] ("Sen-ichiya [Kakioroshi]": Thousand and One Nights [You Write, Lowering], new material)

千 一夜そのあとに[書き下ろしショート] ("Sen一ichi Sono Ato ni [Kakioroshi Shooto]": 1001 Night After That [You Write, Lowering & Short Circuiting], omake) <<less

Humans are the spirit of all living beings, Gu* are the essence of heaven and earth.... more>>

With his three views* unrighteous, a demon is reborn.

Former days are but an old dream, an identical name is made anew.

The story of a time traveler who keeps on being reborn.

A unique world that nurtures, refines, and uses Gu.

Spring Autumn Cicada, Moonlight Gu, Liquor Worm, Great Qi Golden Light Worm, Slender Black Hair Gu, Hope Gu…

And a great demon of the world that acts as his heart pleases!

A story of a villain, Fang Yuan who was reborn 500 years into the past with the Spring Autumn Cicada he painstakingly refined. With his profound wisdom, battle and life experiences, he seeks to overcome his foes with skill and wit! Ruthless and amoral, he has no need to hold back as he pursues his ultimate goals. In a world of cruelty where one cultivates using Gu – magical creatures of the world – Fang Yuan must rise up above all with his own power.

Note :

Gu are legendary venomous insects, often used in black magic practices. They can take on the form of several insects, usually snakes, crickets, worms, etc.

Three views = one’s world view, values of worth and philosophy on life.

And not for weak minded people <<less

Waking up in the body of an ugly and weak 14 y.o girls body in a cultivation world, Yao BeiBei’s only motivation to cultivate is to satisfy her three main obsessions:... more>>

1- Becoming a peerless invincible beauty

2- Eating all kinds of delicious food

3- Being served by beautiful men.

Looking at the ice cold beauty opposite her she asked, ” What’s your name?”

“Bei Ziming”

” Do you have a wife at home?”

“No”

“So if you aren’t married and feeding me delicious fish fry, does it mean you’re courting me?” <<less

“You haven’t done anything lately. I don’t need you anymore,”... more>>

One day, Zenos was told by Party Leader, Aston.

Zenos is a favela-born healer and does not have an official license. Still, he was desperately honing his skills to get back for the party that had picked him up

In fact, if a friend was injured even slightly, he would be treated immediately. And he can also use protective magic, auto-recovery magic, and ability-strengthening magic that were hard to do, and Zenos' Party would be named as if they were invulnerable.

However, the party members misunderstood that those who weren’t hurt as they got stronger and started to think of Zenos as baggage.

And they started to think that the presence of Zenos, who did not have an official license and came from the favela, was just suck on party fame.

After being kicked out of the party, Zenos saves the life of elf-s*ave girl who is badly injured.

“I’m still alive…? I thought I was dead. ”

“Haha, this much is just a scratch.”

“… Amazing.”

After helping a elf girl, Zenos decided to open a clinic as a dark healer on a street corner.

Even though he did not have a license, his treatment was not trivial, even rumors about the dark healer helping the weak and earn a lot money from strong people spread by word of mouth, finally reaching the royal palace.

Meanwhile, Zenos’s party suffered defeat and was seriously injured due to the absence of a good healer.

However, even if he was told to come back now, he had made it so that they would charge high maintenance fees for people they didn’t like… Can you guys pay your bills? <<less

I possessed the body of a character from a novel that I threw away because I became angry while I was reading it. ... more>>

As a young lady, I’ll be married off to the male lead at a young age.

You’d think it’ll be okay since the male lead was tamed well, but you’d be wrong.

Because there was a big problem with this body, which will become a saint in the future.

‘Even if I have a strong power, I’m going to die because it’s too strong…!’

The only solution to prevent the surge in holy power was to suppress it with the opposite magical element.

So, goodbye male lead! I’m going to find a way to survive now!

“I came here because I heard you’re good at magic.”

The Duke of Bastion, a demon family approved by the Royal family, was said to have inherited the blood of the demon god.

“Give me your son!”

As of today, I’ll dwell here. No, I’ll live my life! <<less

“I wonder what people will end up calling him.”... more>>

Someone asked. However, no one could answer.

An extraordinary character emerges in the scene, unfolding a new chapter in the film industry. <<less