The once wealthy and powerful Ryuuzen clan has been all but destroyed. Their misfortune began in 1960, when a majority of the family was wiped out when their vacation villa was buried under a landslide. However, search and rescue teams discovered something even more shocking: A majority of the bodies they discovered showed obvious signs of having been mu*dered before the landslide.... more>>

As though it were a trigger, what came to be known as "The Curse of the Ryuuzen Clan" spread throughout the descendants of the family's only survivor. By mu*der, by su*cide, by accident... it seemed none who held the name "Ryuuzen" could live to see the age of 35, and now, the family has been reduced to a single woman, lying in a hospital bed, days away from death.

Kamo Touma was once just another of the endless parade of sleazy tabloid journalists looking to exploit a prominent family's tragedy to sell magazines, but Ryuuzen Rena's kindness melted his frozen heart, driving him to quit his old job and become an investigative journalist specializing in overturning cases of false arrest. Eventually, he and Rena were married, but now, the curse threatens to steal away their happiness.

Kamo prays for a miracle, and his prayers are answered by the Hourglass of Miracles, an artifact spoken of in rumors and urban legends, said to grant one wish to anyone who obtains it.

"Meister Hora", a guide for those who obtain the hourglass, tells Kamo there is only one way to break the curse and save Rena: He must travel back in time to the year 1960 and catch the culprit of the original Ryuuzen Family massacre.

Who was the culprit of the mu*ders that took place almost 60 years ago? Why did they steal away the lives of the Ryuuzen clan? What is the true nature of the "Curse of the Ryuuzen Clan?" And perhaps most mysteriously of all... What is Meister Hora's goal in all this?

Winner of the 29th annual Ayukawa Tetsuya Award. <<less

As the apocalypse arrives, Song Ke, who grew up in the abandoned area, unexpectedly awakens her special ability. Within her field of vision, all objects can be transformed into handy spiritual tools with just a thought. She becomes the sharpest blade, now possessing the most flexible scabbard. Wherever she goes, zombies of all kinds cower in fear.... more>>

After wandering alone for several days, Song Ke encounters a troublesome man. The man has a broken leg, and speaks weakly as if on the verge of death, yet there’s a smile at the corner of his mouth that is strangely beguiling.

“Little girl, I have nothing to offer you in return. How about offering myself to you?”

Suspiciously eyeing him for a couple of seconds, Song Ke slowly summons her spiritual tool.

“Speak up, how do you want to… die?”

One thing leads to another, and her adventurous path… takes a peculiar turn? She ends up gathering a series of strange teammates.

A year after the apocalypse, a bizarre rumor circulates among the major surviving bases:

It’s said that the top-ranked awakener team “V587” on the scoreboard are all burly and sturdy, capable of frightening children with their bear-like physiques and iron-like strength.

Their name alone exudes power: V587, how commanding and domineering!

V587 punches the Zombie King, kicks mutant beasts, robs the Death Prison of Sin City, and KOs the tyrannical rulers of District C with one move!

No matter how difficult the mission, it’s flawlessly cleared when it falls into their hands.

Their feats become the talk of the Alliance, earning admiration from countless ability users.

Until the grand opening of the inaugural global awakeners challenge, the enigmatic V587 members gather, making their first appearance.

The crowd’s faces turn dumbfounded, “Wait, who are these elderly, young, sick, and two wheelchair-bound cripples? V587? Nooo!”

Overpowered Stutterer x Cunning Smiling Tiger

【Reading Guide】

This is not a space-oriented story. It’s set in an alternative future with a significant technological gap (about 50 years ahead) and uses fictional terms with no direct prototypes.

Combines superpowers with cyberpunk elements, featuring a main storyline alongside team adventures.

Team recruitment is relatively slow at the beginning. The protagonist’s team consists of 7 members, each with their own flaws. <<less

First Outer World Story:... more>>

[I’m going to have you quit being a human being.]

“Haaaaahhhhhhhh!?”

And then I ended up becoming a Demon King from a human being to build a labyrinth. <<less

As Olivia embraces her new life with Duke Bikander, her family and ex-fiancé desperately cling to her, begging for a love they never gave—will she forgive or forever leave them behind?... more>>

Olivia loved with all her heart, but her family and fiancé did not reciprocate her feelings. Despite her mother’s belief that sincerity will prevail if she tries her best, Olivia painfully realizes after fourteen years of unrequited love that this is not always the case. When Olivia wanted to leave and start anew, she coincidentally meets a handsome man she saw at a victory celebration for war hero Duke Bikander. The man turns out to be the Duke himself, who asks Olivia to allow him to cherish her as the most precious person in his life.

On the day she takes the Duke’s hand and leaves everyone behind, her family and ex-fiancé, who never showed her any love before, suddenly try to hold onto her. It’s ironic how they try to do so now that it’s too late. <<less

I’ve had enough of being transmigrated into books.... more>>

You would be tired of it too, especially if it was already your fourth time doing it. This time, I became the female lead’s villainous older sister.

‘Oh, I’m so sick of this.’

Yet again, I was sure this life wouldn’t be exciting either. I had led straightforward lives before, and then I died and moved on to the next.

But why was it that this iteration was a tad different?

‘Why can I use the abilities I had in my second transmigration?’

‘Why is the female lead bothering me so much?’

Alicia, this novel’s protagonist, was fated to have a poor, emaciated life. However, considering that she was this novel’s true heroine, I couldn’t just let her roll through the mud like this. I would do everything in my power to change her fate.

‘My younger sister, don’t become the female lead this time.’

To achieve my goal through a project hereby dubbed as the [Mob-Alicia Project], I’ve recruited the male lead’s older brother.

Cassion Carter.

He was the villain who was almost killed—no, was fated to be killed—by the male lead.

“If you want to live, promise me one thing.”

As if he was a wild beast that had been hunted and left to die alone, he breathed with incredible difficulty. I reached toward the poor man’s face and caressed his cheek, leaning down to whisper softly.

“If I save you…”

Lay down your own life on the line to protect my sister. <<less

Lu Changze said: Gu Xiu, there is too much you don't know. ... more>>

A sadomasochistic love story. <<less

The demon lord Yin Ci had lived for several hundred years and was thoroughly tired of life. He planned to go to the legendary ghost tomb to find the Vision Flesh and turn it into a deadly poison to kill himself. In order to act low-key, he captured a rookie master as a cover.... more>>

As a rare genius who only appeared once in a century, Shi Jingzhi’s life was not long. He also wanted to go to the ghost tomb to find the Vision Flesh and make a divine medicine to live a little longer. In order to smoothly enter the tomb, he took on an innocent disciple to go along as a smokescreen.

The two competitors faced each other, feeling very pleased in their hearts: not bad, they had successfully deceived the other person. <<less

High school student Li Er crushes on the handsome Xu Yi, who falls in love with Li Bala. After a series of events leads Li... more>> Er and Bala to become friends, four young lives become entwined, as they love and lose and grow. <<less

Jiang Xichu served as Chen Man's secretary for many years, attending to her every need. Workplace disagreements were common, and one day, after a heated argument with Chen Man, Jiang Xichu left the company. Tragically, she was fatally stabbed by a vengeful neurotic shortly after exiting the building.... more>>

Shortly after her demise, Jiang Xichu received unsettling news from the underworld's officials. It was revealed that not only did Chen Man feel no remorse for her passing, but she also had unlawfully withheld Jiang Xichu's rightful salary. Moreover, her funeral was conducted hastily, denying her colleagues the chance to pay their respects. Fueled by anger, Jiang Xichu returned to the human realm with a vengeful resolve, intent on terrifying the callous Chen Man to her core.

Upon reaching Chen Man's bedroom, Jiang Xichu beheld a disheveled figure clutching her urn, gazing solemnly at images from her past.

A year later, Chen Man also died, her cause of death: su*cide due to severe depression.

Departing Chen Man's abode, Jiang Xichu's emotions were tangled. She felt compelled to return to the underworld, seeking answers from Chen Man herself.

However, after stepping out of the house, Jiang Xichu found herself reborn.

Encountering General Manager Chen once more, whose mere words had the power to leave her breathless, Jiang Xichu: ...

You sly woman, you are really adept at playing two-face. <<less

Su Momo woke up in the hospital, but she found that a female ghost was following her. She does not remember her anymore, but she remembers her.... more>>

A romance continued between the living and dead, set in a modern city. <<less

The leaves have fallen and I know spring will return again soon. Then, it will no longer be my season. ... more>>

The array of the setting sun filters through the window bravely,
Rosy clouds coalesce to form an extraordinary orbit —
They say, after a person dies, their spirit would pass by,
And have a final glimpse of the world they’ve left behind…

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On the 5th of March 2002, he wore a white shirt with tattered sleeves and a pair of old, ash grey trousers as he came running into my home. It was evening and rays from the setting sun filtered through the window at an oblique angle, casting dark shadows on his left cheek. He stood ferociously before my family’s dining table. My father and I were in the middle of eating when he suddenly bellowed, “Let’s get married!”

That day, he received a stern beating from my father. He didn’t retaliate and was beaten black and blue, his face all swollen.

That year, I was 21, and without any hesitation, I married him.

Because when he looked at me, nothing else mattered. It was as though he was drowning, and only I could save him. <<less

I was forced to live in captivity for the rest of my life because I happened to be aware of the fact that I was a saint. I was truly a 'real' saint, but that didn't matter, because there was already a designated saint in the temple.... more>>

When I died from all the abuse I endured, I was sent back to a time before all those previous events in my life had happened. After 15 regressions, I was exhausted. I prayed, "I don't want anything to do with this, so please just let me die,"

And at that moment when I could finally be able to die, someone said, "How about being my daughter?"

.... That monstrous duke had adopted me. <<less

In the early years, it was all about school, but later on, it was the entertainment industry.
The “21st Century Elite,” Song Nanqiao, had a... more>> system accompanying her through a time leap.
However, she ended up in the shoes of a loser.
And this loser was madly infatuated with the school flower.
“Wen Wenyao looks so good. Aren’t you moved?”
The system began to wonder…
Song Nanqiao: “No… I don’t like her…”
System: “But your compatibility with her is 100%. You must like her…”
Song Nanqiao: “I don’t!”
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Song Nanqiao was focused solely on her studies and work, avoiding romantic entanglements.
But slowly, Song Nanqiao began to notice that the school flower was secretly paying attention to her.
One night, Wen Wenyao grabbed the hem of her clothes and hesitated for a moment before shyly asking, “Did you… used to like me?”
Song Nanqiao: “Uh… well, maybe I used to, but I might not anymore.”
Wen Wenyao held her hand and whispered in her ear, “But I’ve liked you for a long, long time… I really, really like you…”
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A gentle and elegant noble who is incredibly good-looking X seemingly a loser but actually a powerhouse of the 21st-century elite. <<less

In a world, where people are categorized into three groups- ‘Chang ren’ are the ordinary people, where as those in the highest tier are ‘xie’ signifying pure Yang bodies, and ‘kao’ are inherently Yin-bodied that possess the ability to give birth regardless of gender. ... more>>

Shen JingTing grew up neglected by his family, as he was a mere concubine son and an ordinary person, unlike his fifth sister who was ‘kao’ and was already engaged to two ‘xie’ sons of the four prominent family- The Xu Clan.

When his fifth sister unexpectedly passes away, he’s sent to the capital, unraveling a complex journey where he discovers his newfound ‘kao’ gender, replacing his fifth sister and becoming the shared wife of two ‘xie’ young masters alongside the legitimate eldest ‘chang ren’ son.

Amidst this journey, echoes of a mystic past linger.

“The fortune teller, stroking his beard, looked at me with a knowing gaze and uttered, “Child, your destiny is unusual. In your past life, you owed three people. In this life, whether it’s good or bad, it’s all closely tied to these three people.”

In a world where destinies entwine like delicate threads, can Shen Jingting navigate the intricacies of love woven into the fates of three mysterious souls?

Will they guide him toward the embrace of happiness, or will they entwine him in the shadows of sadness? <<less

I can't forget him,  but I can only bid him farewell.... more>>

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Alpha × Alpha <<less

“Hatred shouldn’t be passed onto the next generation. Neither should this tragedy repeat itself.”... more>>

Paides, the country where Iris was born, waged war on Elda over magic ore. As the war dragged on, her country began to fall behind in numbers, so Paides began enacting a conscription.

Iris, who was still a child, also entered the fray. Not just to fulfill her obligation as a noble, but also to protect her precious family.

…At last, the war ended, but it took away both her cherished hometown and family.

Iris, who inherited the title of duchess, poured her heart and soul into restoring her territory, only for her efforts to be unraveled by the eccentric and naïve princess.

At first, she tried to make the princess—who would eventually become queen—understand how unrealistic her mindset was, but soon gave up after seeing how conceited the proud princess was. Ultimately, she concentrated her efforts on defending her own territory.

“You’re unworthy of the title queen.”

Thus, the curtain rose on the condemnation against her ruthless country… <<less

“I shall now commence the execution ceremony for Empress Kilianerisa Sei Resfontia.”... more>>

The notorious Empress Kilianerisa met her end that way.

After her death, the empire found peace.

No one mourned her death, perhaps, it was a fitting death.

She was regarded as a villain by the world, so her death was justifiable.

Callisis did not deny it.

Today would be just one of those days when he felt a little lower than usual, that’s all.

At least, that’s how it would appear to others. <<less

[This is an everlasting love story.]... more>>

The second son of the Count family, Tullius Shernan Oubeniel, was a person who reincarnated from modern day Japan. That is, a person who has a single experience of death. With no understanding as to how he was reincarnated, he thought that perhaps, he might be reincarnated next time in the same way. Yet, his fear of death was greater than anything – above that, he could only do things such that he avoids death. Peculiar to this world were certain kinds of magic and one of them was alchemy. Choosing this class of magic, he was said to be able to attain perpetual youth and longevity. With that as his only salvation and goal, he had to reach out his hand towards the deepest secrets of alchemy and did so as though it was the only way for him to live. Even if there were sacrifices to be made for that end.

A s*ave maid admired him from his youth. A Count family. Adventurer. s*ave. Citizen. Aristocrat. Country. Humans. Other beings that were not human…… Just because of one man’s delusional obsessions, many lives were changed, warped, torn apart. Even then, Tullius’s footsteps never knew pause. Everything was so that he could reach the forever he longed for. <<less

A socially anxious loner. The class big shot. They seem worlds apart yet are the best of friends. Like a little sun, Kewei opens up multiple facets of life for Xiaorong. She starts to ease into social interactions, discovers an interest in creating stories, and experiences conflicting emotions of self-deprecation and pride.... more>>

A sudden, unforeseen event. An incomplete work. Longing and obsession. How will she find her way out?

“Meowmeowmeowww!” <<less

Going back in time so often you could no longer count it.... more>>

In an attempt to stop her next return, she decided to kidnap her master, the Crown Prince.

Because when Crown Prince Richard dies,

Ophelia will always return to the point of his death.

'No matter how many times it takes, he must survive!'

“I’ll return! Until Your Highness is not dead!”

“I know.”

“…Yes?”

“I am also going back in time like you.”

'Hey… you too?'

'Well, me too.'

Surprisingly, Richard was also repeatedly going back in time… except he didn’t seem to have much will to live.

“Why are you staying still!”

“I’m tired.”

What’s this damn prince talking about?!

'I don’t want to die!'

Ophelia grabbed Richard’s hand.

“It’ll be better if we’re on the same boat. Let’s end this bloody regression together.”

How will Ophelia, who wants to somehow survive, get out of this time loop with Richard? <<less

Centuries ago, Daoist Jing Yuan died from lightning. A millennium later, he comes back to life, but discovers that the stars have shifted and the world has transformed by leaps and bounds.... more>>

Marketplace: Selling herbs for 10 coppers each, alleviates fevers and detoxifies, reduces swelling and relieves pain.

Jing Yuan: Isn’t this the main precious herb used for Foundation Establishment Pills?

Auction house: Advanced level cultivation method starting at 30,000 spirit-stones!

Jing Yuan: Isn’t this the tr*shiest cultivation method you could find anywhere on the streets?

Art gallery: “The 100 Influential Figures of the Cultivation World”

Jing Yuan: Aren’t these my good friends A, B, C, D and old enemies 1, 2, 3, 4?

Bookstore: “Jing Yuan: A Biography“, “Memoirs of Jing Yuan“, “An Intro to Daoist-Master Jing Yuan’s Legendary Life“, “Honored Master Jing Yuan Teaches You How to Guide Qi into the Body“, “The Seven Habits of Founder Jing Yuan”

Jing Yuan: ?? Isn’t this me? Wait, when did I gain seven habits?

The companions he once journeyed with have long passed away, and not even 1/10 of the formerly glorious cultivation legacies remain. Yet, in this world without him, his legend still exists. This kind of feeling, is a bit embarrassing… <<less

I banished the protagonist.... more>>

Shit. If only I had transmigrated a short while before. <<less

109 death endings.
She possessed the heroine of a horror game, Celine.
As she was getting tired of repeated deaths, the villain appeared in front of her.... more>>

“I thought you were going to die, but you look perfectly fine.”
“Yes…?”
“Say… Why are you dying in my dreams?”

A sweet and bloody symbiosis between a villain who desperately needs a good night’s sleep and a female protagonist who doesn’t want to die anymore! <<less

Xie Huai was notorious at school for being a poor student. He loved fighting, sleeping, and skipping classes as he didn't like studying.... more>>

When he was caught skipping class by the class monitor while climbing a wall, the class monitor brought him back to the classroom without saying a word.

When he was caught fighting in the alley by the class monitor, the class monitor beat down the group of people and then brought him back home without saying a word.

When he was caught sleeping in the classroom by the class monitor, the class monitor took off his own uniform and draped it over him without saying a word.

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Later, every day when Jiang Xu passed by the back wall of the school, there was no familiar figure climbing over the wall.

When he passed through the alley, there was no familiar noise of fights coming from inside.

During class, when he turned his head to take a glance at the sleeping boy, all he saw was an empty seat. <<less

When our protagonist becomes the game character Jun Karentia, she thinks she has it made.... more>>

She may be just a lowly support mage but with her knowledge of the game, she knows she can find her way to the good ending, following around the main character, Fabian.

The problem?.. This game doesn’t end after one playthrough.

Jun is prepared to guide Fabian through the second playthrough to the true ending when… Fabian abandons her.

Now Grand Duke Mayer Knox—captain of the Dark Knights and the secret final boss—is determined to have her join his party.

Can Jun turn the final boss into the main character?

Why is Mayer Knox so intent on having her at his party?

And when will these rumors about her being his lover stop?! <<less