A young woman was hurled down the stairs and died a long time ago. But in the east garden of the royal palace, in... more>> a four-room structure known as Akatsuki-tei, her body was hung. When her spirit was unable to leave the house, rumours that the young woman's ghost would haunt the Akatsuki-tei started to circulate. The young woman who turned into a ghost recounts the tale. <<less

There is a demon called “Kubire-ki”. It is a demon that hangs the person it possesses.

I'm dead. Then, on the morning of my death, I was Reborn. However, I was destined to die again at night. My life for one... more>> day. <<less

If you make a wish upon a star in the sky, any wish will come true.

“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

The story of searching for a Tabi Pouch to put in the coffin of a mother who died suddenly, and the strange relationship of the... more>> family drawn through it. Also, funerals are usually busy with preparations all of a sudden, so it's hard.
It's a subject that tends to be dark, but I think it's written lightly, so people who don't like dark literary works should be fine. <<less

She used to express her desire to become an adult as quickly as possible.

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

"Today is the Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
I will now kill the participants."... more>>

Hanami Mitsui, a 19-year-old girl, will be attending the Coming-of-Age Ceremony that day.
She attended the Coming-of-Age Ceremony wearing a kimono, just like the rest of her classmates.
However, her goal is to kill her classmates. <<less

When the midnight chime rings, we are captured in a “Houkago”.... more>>

In there, there is neither a correct answer nor a goal or a stage clear.

Only our dead bodies are piled up.

One day, elementary school student Kei Nimori witnesses his name suddenly written on the blackboard in the classroom along with the mysterious word “Houkago Gakari”…

In the peculiar school called “Houkago Gakari”, where monsters are recorded and suppressed at the risk of their lives, the “midnight fairy tale” of boys and girls is now unlocked. <<less

“If I could meet ‘that person’ who I thought I would never see again…”... more>>

A girl who left behind her beloved dog and went on a journey, a woman who hates Christmas for a certain reason, a man who couldn’t celebrate his daughter’s wedding, an elderly woman who has been waiting for her beloved for over 70 years…

People with various emotions find themselves lost in this cafe. Surely, that person was waiting there.

This is the story of a mysterious cafe hidden deep in the mountains, connecting two different worlds. <<less

“Do you want power? The power to cut down your enemies? The power to get revenge?”... more>>

“I- I do!”

“Then, accept this eye but be aware of the consequences that come along with the sin which it bears. Do you accept?” The girl asked.

“Yes, YES!” The boy cried.

“Excellent.” The girl smiled and thrusted the eye into the boy’s skull.

—

Age was a happy boy. He had caring parents and he loved his little sister very much. Until they were taken from him. The magicians came into his village and razed it to the ground, killing everyone besides him and instead taking his sight, dooming him to forever live in despair. He went like this for a year blind, begging, all in hopes to finally seek revenge on those who had doomed him to this life. Then, he meets a girl. The girl with the evil eyes changed everything. <<less

When Wang Hun woke up and stood in a mass grave, he found that he had become a ghost... Burn "three pheasant feathers" and enjoy... more>> the [Black-bone White Phoenix Fragrance]. Burn "half a volume of broken scriptures" with one stick and enjoy the "Ten Thousand Buddhas Chaozong". Incense] Burn "a foxtail" with one stick, and enjoy the "Incense of Bliss" with one stick... "When you are alive, you should burn some treasures for yourself!" In a world where gods and Buddhas are everywhere, and demons are everywhere, Wang Hun Looking at the bright fire in the brazier, I enshrined myself as the Taoist ancestor! ! ! <<less

When I suddenly came to my senses, there was a dead body in front of me.

“Breeding Diary” – A mysterious notebook that has been secretly passed down from graduate to current student at a certain high school.... more>>

Only some knew about its existence, and even fewer knew the outline of the Breeding Diary.

The main character, Sakuma, is at the mercy of rumors about the “Breeding Diary” but strives to uncover the truth.

――And behind the birth of the “Breeding Diary” that finally arrived, there was a…. <<less

Many strange phenomena have been happening in Yin City. Li Ang—whose alias is Li Risheng—becomes embroiled in an absolute real game of life-and-death, known as... more>> Killing Field.
Using his above average analytical and deductive skills, he completes different quests assigned by the system, such as eliminating supernatural beings or solving cases, while trying to unravel the true nature of the game. <<less

In the heart of Dirtwich City, the Ruan family's monthly combat contests draw fighters from all around. Among them, Ruan Xiude, a striking young competitor, stumbles upon a hidden Void. This Void reveals to him a unique attribute panel, visible to him alone. It grants him the Divine Level Duplication System, marking him as its sole chosen wielder. Ruan, once a simple orphan, now emerges as a notable figure in the martial realm of Zenithia Continent. Despite his talents, he's not seen as the top contender in the Ruan family.... more>>

Armed with the ability to duplicate martial arts and magical skills, Ruan's destiny and the world's balance are poised for a dramatic shift.
But what unforeseen consequences will Ruan's new powers unleash? <<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

Twin sisters who were my childhood friends. The protagonist, tormented and bullied by the elder sister, ends up committing su*cide, leaving the girl haunted by... more>> regret. <<less

Alpheril, the serf singer of Grand Duke Heron.
Her excessive beauty becomes a poison and strangles her thin throat.
Her unwanted talent weighed down her limbs like a sharp trap.... more>>

She thought that all her life, she would be chained to the Grand Duke’s fingertips and live like a puppet.

Unexpectedly, after his death, freedom comes to her.

A man appears before her in the secluded mansion.

Terenzio Heron, known as the unfortunate genius, the Duke's illegitimate child, and a pianist.

"Sit down. Since you're the one I finished the piece for, it seems only fitting that you should be the first to hear it."

"Sure. Have… have we... met before?"

Is it merely kindness born from simple loneliness?

Their relationship, initially driven by simple loneliness, deepens and lengthens with strange whims,
Shakes Alpheril's once quiet life like a violent storm.

***

"Everything you need to remember remains because I remember it all."
"What do I need to remember?"
"Me."

As Alpheril stared intently, Terenzio smiled faintly.

“I remember you, Alpheril.”

She couldn't really understand it.
Even if she were to eternally capture only his smile in her eyes, she couldn't seem to grasp the meaning behind it. <<less

"Did you really think it was love, Mel? I thought you were at least a little smart. IIt was the day of his coronation, the day of his successful treason. The day the woman who had given everything was killed. If I could turn back time, I wouldn't care what happened to my life. As long as I can exact revenge on him, who killed me and my family, with the words 'I love you' still covering my eyes and ears. As long as I can save my husband, who died by my hands.... more>>

The day I realized that what had returned was the wedding of my past life, I made a contract with my husband. A promise to make you, the prince, the emperor without fail. 'But please, after you are crowned emperor, you must let me out of the palace." Revenge seemed to start smoothly at first glance. 'Can't I keep you by my side?' Until my husband, whom I met again, showed a completely different side from the past!

'I will try to become the man you want.' So, Amelia." The voice that used to sweetly stick to my ear gradually faded away. It secretly begged not to turn away from me as it dug into my ear. "Please allow me by your side." He gently lifted a handful of my hair, then, as if to assert, brought it to his lips and slowly kissed me without breaking our gaze. It was a dizzying gaze that made my whole body flush. "No matter what happens, I will never leave you." <<less

After waking up, Li Teng appears high in the sky. ... more>>

"Perched on top of a stone pillar that reaches into the clouds, how am I to get down?"

"How did I get up here?"

"Help!"

Unfortunately, not only would help not arrive, but this would also be the start of an endless nightmare!

Follow Li Teng's nightmarish adventure as he tries to survive on a 1,000-meter stone pillar, with only a bed and his wits!

"Extreme weather phenomena? Bring it on!"

"My abductors want me to participate in gruesome films in which 1 in 8 people have to die? I shall emerge victorious!"

"Want me to die? Not so easy!" <<less

When people die, they meet cats. An owner who's pet dies, waits for them at Nekoversal Studios located in heaven. Will our protagonist's cat also... more>> wait for them? <<less

The youth, a seminary student, one day saw a prostitute with a tattoo of a blue flower on her arm in a back alley. From... more>> that day on, his happiness was shattered. <<less

"Do you know about the Patrolman?" ... more>>

This is a tale about a new urban legend that is born from a series of mysterious incidents. After 8 PM at night, while walking and looking at their smartphone, people are warned from behind that—"it's dangerous to walk and use your phone at the same time".

However, when they turn around, there's no one there. The "Patrolman" urban legend says that if you ignore the warning and continue to look at your phone, someone will push you from behind at a pedestrian crossing when the traffic light is red.

At first, it seemed like a common urban legend, but strange events kept happening to those who heard the story…

This is the story of how a new urban legend is born. <<less