The sweet taste of hopes & dreams, love and youth. Utterly shattered by lies, confusion, and betrayal. Crushed by the harsh side of reality.... more>>

Venture out into the world of timeless thoughts about everyday life, where you will face challenged morals with a hint of fantasy and a touch of originality, and be enlightened with dark twists and analogies. Swim through multiple epiphanies and despair of every protagonist in different chapters, and you’ll find yourself immersed in their stories, sinking deeper and deeper into each individual’s intricate psychological inner world.

Prepared to be entertained… or questioned… <<less

Okay then, this is actually a dark fic combining the tropes of mafia stories, modern rebirths, old cucumbers pretending to be young, younger tops, and more… (I can almost see the lightning… trembles)... more>>

Ahem, but since I’m not your stereotypical author, our bottom is also not your stereotypical bottom, and our rebirth…

It’s also not your stereotypical rebirth. We’ll only get into the rebirth part after the first volume finishes at around 40K words.

Staring at the sky mournfully, I wonder if everyone can stay until then…

Finally, a slow-burn as per usual. <<less

Lin Wen had a secret. And ever since a certain point, he started feeling like he was being watched.

At a young age, a low-ranking hunter took his own life.... more>>

After 49 years of serving as the youngest grim reaper in the underworld, he succeeded the throne of King of the Underworld (Yeomra).

But by then, the underworld was already in complete disarray, both inside and out.

The fledgling King of the Underworld,
And the tale of the underworld's restoration by the unlikely team of grim reapers who gathered to support him. <<less

The moment she opened her eyes, she was in a secret room. ... more>>

"Do you remember anything?"
“…No. I don't remember anything. What about you?"
"I don’t remember anything at all."

A faint 30 on the wall. Tinnitus rang in her ears.

"Were you the first to wake up?"
"That seems to be the case. Unless someone is pretending to be asleep."

The man next to her looked away from the people and replied quietly. Then, he was about to say something, but closed his mouth and stared. The clicking sound of the lighter suddenly ceased.

"What’s wrong? Is there something on my face?"

When she asked quizzically, the man finally spoke after a long while.

"It feels like we know each other." <<less

Cthulhu Gonfalon is a story about a man who woke up in another world. After a drink over his loss in a game, Sui Xiong ended up in the middle of the sea. Surprisingly, he now found out he no longer existed in a human shape but in a spirit state without any flesh. In order to survive and find a way to return to Earth, he then searched for a body to accommodate his spirit. After several confrontations with some creatures under the sea, he decided to settle for a jellyfish flesh. This Jellyfish was extraordinarily huge. With its tent**les, it caught others’ spirits to nurture its own power. In this world, Sui Xiong... more>> wasn’t only matchlessly powerful but he also had an ability to cast magic. With this gifted ability and combined with his knowledge from the civilized world on Earth, he could help a deceased person resurrect, change a person’s look, and do tons of other crazy things that he didn’t know.

As his journey to discover this world went on, he encountered many bizarre and mystic creatures along the way, who were Gods, Humans, Devil Beasts, Giant Dragons and lots of other undetermined organisms. Some of them might insanely worship him, while others hated him. Some might become his enemies. Some might end up becoming his teammates in the end. From a gamer on Earth to here, he became a God (even he himself could not verify this yet), had his own religion and even a church with a Holy Land to fight for justice.

What kind of world is this? What kind of existences might live in this world? What kind of secret this world owns? Can Sui Xiong return to Earth?

Keep on following the story to find out the answers for those questions.

Little explanation about Cthulhu: Cthulhu has been described in appearance as resembling an octopus, a dragon and a human caricature, hundreds of meters tall, with webbed human-looking arms and legs and a pair of rudimentary wings on its back. Cthulhu’s head is depicted as similar to the entirety of a gigantic octopus, with an unknown number of tent**les surrounding its supposed mouth. <<less

It is a story about the seme, who keeps trying to get the uke’s attention and is constantly laying hands on women, and the uke,... more>> who couldn’t step out of the friends with benefit relationship, kills him and cherishes him. <<less

Betrayed by his lover and abandoned by mankind, the race he saved, Rohen gave up all hopes in life.... more>>

Returning to the past, he laid down his sword and allowed the world to perish as he stood in the side. Just as man turned his back on him, he, too, will do the same.

This was his pledge.

But, his view changes little by little when he meets a girl wielding the same scars as him.

She changes him… heals his broken scar without notice.

***

Looking at Rohen, his body torn and mangled, she burst into tears and asked, “Why… why didn’t you run away?”

He heard her sweet voice. It calmed him. She protected him.

Rohen laughed. “Because you’re here.” <<less

In order to get the eternal life, the male protagonist Gao Ying and the female protagonist Zhu Xun Ling entered the two horrible classrooms respectively and needed to take the exams again and again. However, this is not a common written test of the school. They are put into worlds that are cursed by the ghosts, experiencing countless horror, viewing countless supernatural event to answer the questions on the test paper about the phenomenon of spirituality. When the score is less than 60, there is only one result: death!... more>>

In order to get eternal life, they will continue to walk with the god of death until the two of them meet… in the fated moment! <<less

“My Mister and I have survived through the seven-year itch and endured through the ten-year pain.”... more>>

“My Mister and I met in the autumn of 2005, when maple leaves were bright red and the lakes were blue. Mister was nineteen, I was eighteen. We met at each other’s best age.” <<less

When a reader is reincarnated into a hardcore rated-R novel as Estella, the most precious child of the villainous Kartina family, she learns that the life of a cunning archer, deadly apothecary, and bomb maker isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. After all, this is a world of violent fiction, and there’s only one ending awaiting her family… death by male lead!... more>>

Armed with the knowledge of the plot and her family’s regrettable demise, Estella decides to approach the story from an entirely new angle. She pretends to be a helpless and frail sister to her older siblings Kalen, Ada, and Alya—both to protect them from their miserable fates and change the course of the future for their marks. But with the male lead Rodrigo Erhart at the top of their hit list, she has her work cut out for her.

Except is saving her family all there is to do? As Estella proves her worth to Rodrigo and gains his trust, are they also catching feelings? Only time will tell in The Obsessed Hero and the Villainous Family’s Daughter!

(Rated PG-13) <<less

She was originally the daughter of a powerful official, the niece of the empress dowager, showered with countless favors; but she fell in love with... more>> the one who brought her endless misery, and could only choose to perish with him.
Now, Fu Mingzhu has the chance to be reborn. Let's see how she will clear her past shame, confront her enemies, and bravely annul her marriage. She vows to rise above all and overturn the heavens and earth! <<less

When I reincarnated, I became a pig! But if I get a cute girl to take care of me, this kind of adventure doesn't sound bad at all.... more>>

I'm an ordinary otaku who lost consciousness after eating raw pig liver. Just when I figured that I was reincarnated into another world, I discovered I became a pig!

While I was collapsed inside a pigpen, Jess, a girl who can read people's minds, helped me out.

Oink! She's cute! From a pig's perspective, I could catch a glimpse of something underneath her skirt hem. It was white...

"Um, I can hear your thoughts..."

Oh crap! My desires are being exposed!

"If that is your wish, just a peek is okay."

Eh, what...?!

A life where an innocent girl takes care of me and accepts (albeit a bit taken aback) my beast-like desires. Yeah, it's not so bad being a pig.

This was supposed to be our oink-oink-like grand adventure, but... Hey Jess, why is your life being targeted?

Now, this pig with no magic or skills must use his knowledge, wits, and sense of smell to save this girl from her cruel fate! <<less

“The black-bellied beauty gong × the proud seductive emperor shou”... more>>

Li Qingyun is a cruel and foolish king who is notorious for committing all kinds of wicked acts in the Kingdom of Yong. After falling into the water, he woke up and discovered that he was actually the cruel emperor scumbag in a heart-throb novel.

In the plot: He destroyed the protagonist shou’s country, trapped him in the harem, broke his pride, and used all sorts of methods to obtain the protagonist shou. In the end, he was killed in prison by the heartthrob protagonist shou and a group of dog-licking cannon fodder gong—the country was ruined, the family was destroyed, and he died with his eyes open1.

T/L note: 1 死不瞑目: to die with remaining grievances

Li Qingyun looked at the protagonist shou, Dugu Li who had his country destroyed by him and was punished to kneel in the snow, then fell into deep thought. He (Li Qingyun) decided to change his methods, treat Dugu Li well, send him warmth, and change Dugu Li’s hatred for him. In the end, Li Qingyun successfully embraced the beauty.

“A-Li, I won’t force you to do things you don’t want to do anymore. Why don’t you smile at me?”

“A-Li, I will give you as much freedom as possible. Are you happy?”

“A-Li, I want you to be my queen, I want to kiss you, hold you, and pamper you." <<less

Yu Cheng and Qin He met by chance. Yu Cheng was a famous little tyrant in middle school but was trained by Qin He to become an obedient dog.... more>>

Gradually, they developed feelings for each other but were reported, and one was forced to transfer schools while the other was left suffocating in insults.

The interrupted contact became the last straw. People were buried in it, and cries were isolated. Qin He finally became a person buried in love.

The obedient dog became a crazy dog again, and the once bright and showy teenager became a walking corpse…

Yu Cheng (Gong) X Qin He (Shou) <<less

At least three years had passed.
Isabelle stayed alive during the time they were apart.
The one thing she really couldn’t do was die.
Because she had a lover that promised to marry her, Arno.... more>>

So she lived. She gritted her teeth and lived.
Even if she was made fun of or slapped by the King of the enemy country, she lived.
After arduous struggles, she finally met Arno,

“Isabelle, I hate you.”

The person she loved so much hated her.

With the same tongue that kissed his mistress, Arno uttered countless invectives.
Even so, Isabelle was still unable to stop loving him.

But her love was not infinite.
The more she looked at Arno, the more she crumbled.

By the time Isabelle could no longer ignore it,

"If I told you that I’d even risked my life for you, would you believe me, Isabelle?"

Arno’s love began once more. <<less

I belong to a good sect that has never turned its back on me for my poor potential, has never forced me to study martial arts, and even helped arrange a betrothal for me when I was young.... more>>

My fiancée is a much renowned hot-tempered young miss. She’s beautiful, strong, and deeply loves me. Upon my start down the path of the Jianghu, I entirely relied on her to provide cover for me and before long, I became renowned as the #1 Pretty Boy of the Immortal Path.

Yet one day, I discovered that this person is apparently a man. A man in drag!

More unforgivable is that he thought I was a woman dressing as a man!

Me, as if my liver and guts are being cut to pieces: “Brother, what have you done with my fiancée?”

Him, as if a knife has been twisted in his heart: “Brother, what have *you* done with my fiancée?”

The waters of the Jianghu are indeed murky. Even if I am starving, even if I’m dying far from home, from this point on, I will not eat even a mouthful of rice prepared by him.

—So fragrant. <<less

The existence of the second child, Karina, who was the successor's youngest twin and the one who wasn't as competent as her sibling, has been concealed by the people around her all her life.... more>>

One day, she finds out that she only has one year left to live. So, she foolishly visited her fiancé, whom she has never had an exchange with.

Along with the divorce papers that he longed desired for.

“Frankly speaking, I want to stay here for a year.”

“..... Are you crazy, Miss?”

“I’ll break off the engagement.”

But she didn’t know at that time.

"It seems that you keep trying to pretend that you don't know, so I should definitely tell you then.”

"Pardon?"

“I am fond of you.”

It didn’t occur to her that she would receive attention and affection from him without anything in return. So she comes to desire this much for a life without regrets. <<less

In her previous life, she abandoned Qian Dahu who was rugged looking on the outside and only knew how to hunt, and married Xie Zurong,... more>> a handsome and gentle-looking talent, but only six years after the marriage, she discovered that her husband was bent (gay) and was bullied and abused by her mother-in-law and aunt. In the end, she was beaten to death by her mother-in-law. After her rebirth, she would not make the same mistake and decided to marry Qian Dahu, but was persecuted by family members. He was like a gift from heaven and he would love her and spoil her! <<less

Mahiro had been in and out of hospitals all her life due to her severe heart disease. One night, she opened her eyes as she felt the breeze blow into her room.... more>>

Standing beside her bed, the youth with a hood pulled past his eyes* introduced himself as the Death God.

He said, “I have come to take your soul.”

Mahiro, who was told that she would die in 30 days, cheerfully asked him, “Till that day, won’t you be my conversation partner and keep me company?”

Mahiro had been alone in the hospital all this time.

Spending time with the Death God, her life gradually became more fun.

But the fateful day was soon approaching.

Day by day, her heartbeat grew weaker.

Her voice turned hoarse.

Seeing Mahiro like this, what the Death God did was—

“Hey, Mr. Death.”

“What?”

“Don’t leave me.”

“I won’t. I’ll be beside you till your last moments.”

A bittersweet love story between a Death God and a girl waiting for her death, never fated to be. <<less

In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the gaming industry has seen an explosion in popularity. One of the most popular games ever released is Mystery Maker, a VR RPG where players can create baffling puzzles in a virtual space and challenge other players to solve them.... more>>

As a promotional stunt for the game's upcoming sequel, eight real life great detectives have been hand chosen by Kurata Chikage, executive director of MegalodonSoft, to challenge each other to a match in a demo of Mystery Maker 2. Among them are Kamo Touma, a magazine contributor well known for his investigative work overturning false convictions, and his wife's cousin Ryuuzen Yuki, a recently debuted mystery novelist.

However, on the day of the demo event, the detectives are all drugged. When they awaken, they find their smartwatches are locked to their wrists and they are shown videos of their families and loved ones being held hostage. They are contacted by a Gamemaster, who tells them that if they wish to save themselves and their families, they must play a death game called "Delicious Death for Detectives".

As scheduled, the eight of them will play Mystery Maker 2's demo, and the Detectives will challenge the mu*der puzzles created by the mu*derer. If the Detectives are not able to reveal the mu*derer and their tricks before the time limit, all players will be killed. However, if the mu*derer is exposed, both they and their hostages will be killed. And if a Detective makes an accusation but gets even the tiniest detail wrong, they will be mu*dered by the Gamemaster's secret accomplice, the Executioner.

Now the only way for the eight detectives to survive is to expose the mu*derer and Executioner lurking among them, even if they must risk their lives and those of their compatriots to do so.

Which is an especially big problem for Kamo, because he's the one who's been chosen as the mu*derer! <<less

The father finished himself by jumping off the building, and the mother fell and became a vegetable. After that, Zhong Zhen was forced to raise... more>> a massive amount of medical expenses for surrogacy. She slept with a strange man, successfully making herself pregnant. Later she gave birth to a pair of babies. Yet she was in pain again without knowing the reason! It turned out that there was still a baby left! She was overjoyed and left the city behind along with that remaining baby. She only dared to return in three years. Most unexpectedly, the machine of fate was to run again... <<less

Blood, rust, and darkness reign in a nightmare land where an amnesiac girl awakens.... more>>

The misshapen entities who call her “Alice” assault her one after another.

Without a clue of what is taking place, the girl is forced to engage in battle.

She continues to struggle in her nightmare that she cannot wake up from. <<less

As an ordinary civilian, Fan Tong never thought he'd suddenly wake up in another world and be told that he had died.... more>>

To live in this world, Fan Tong must adapt to a new way of life and stop himself from getting killed every other day. In addition, he also has to control his accursed mouth, improve his human relations, and make reliable friends.

"My dad told me that a man should torture his friends well and make them cry."

"Can I stop being your friend, Fan Tong?" <<less

In Fukuoka, crime reaches new heights in the seedy underworld. In the Hakata ward of the city, there are various individuals with special talent that... more>> consists of professional killers, detectives, informants, and professional revenge seekers. Among those a so-called "killer of professional killers" is becoming more than just an urban legend. Private detective Banba is on the case, but when he uncovers a dark conspiracy, it may be the one curveball he can't hit. <<less