A former detective chases after his missing daughter, but what he uncovers in the darkness is…... more>>

Third “Konomys” (このミステリーがすごい!) Grand Prize recipient

A story of descent into lunacy over a single girl.

The 17-year old Kanako has disappeared, leaving behind a trace of drug use in her room. Akihiro Fujishima, a former detective and her father, is in pursuit of her whereabouts. Three years earlier, Naoto, who was tormented by his classmates, fell in love with Kanako, who saved him…

The story of the present and the past intersect, and the outline of Kanako gradually emerges from the blurry darkness. Yet the more one delves into her disappearance, the more unintelligible she becomes. What manner of shocking ending awaits at the end of the tunnel? The recipient of the grand prize of the 3rd “This Mystery is Amazing!”, this work overwhelmed every member of the selection committee. A lurid work of dark emotion that will enrapture the hearts of all who read it. <<less

Fantasy horror involving reverse isekai transmigration!... more>>

The hero, Raid, who defeated the Demon Lord that had plunged the world into chaos, was in disarray.

He had been expelled by the party he had thought were his companions (people introduced to the guild just three days ago) with the words, "We can't keep up with you."

Furthermore, that very night, the hero Raid, who had been forcibly transferred by a self-proclaimed god, with the words "You've gone a bit overboard, so for now, how about going to Earth?", found himself in a new location.

After being transferred to Earth and given the registry name "Isami Reido" by the god, the hero contemplates making a living as a psychic. This decision is sparked by an incident where he uses magic to rescue a woman who was being haunted by evil spirits. He pretends to use his psychic abilities to exorcise various supernatural phenomena in the real world, ranging from earthbound spirits residing in his apartment, mountain deities, to even curses, using magic that would be considered impossible in reality.

A story about someone who becomes obsessed with Japanese manga and snacks, indulges in a bit of chuunibyou, and strives to make the best of it. <<less

VRMMORPG "Gate of Amitiricia Online"
Kenji Kano joined the fantasy virtual reality world that stimulates the five senses in search of unknown tastes not found... more>> in the real world. Eating around Amitricia's ingredients, the goal should have been to get a detached house with land and fields and live a self-sufficient life, but... conflict with bad-mannered players, got along with various NPCs, got acquainted with top players and was even fondly (?) remembered by a phantom beast.
Involved in trouble and sometimes neck-deep in it, every new login is a new taste and the pounding of prey. <<less

All around the world, there appeared [Dungeons]. Destroying world landmarks, historical buildings and nature, they easily collapsed human civilization.... more>>

Within these dungeons, monsters emerged--flooding out from within, overrunning humanity, scattering many lives. The human population was reduced by a large amount almost instantly. However, when it seemed like the entire race was going to be eaten--humans awakened with special abilities known as [Skills].

Mankind, who had acquired this supernatural power, could now fight equally against the monster's desperately violent attacks.

One young man--Kurauchi Satoshi, awakened the ability to tame the enemies of the world, monsters, as well as train and evolve them so that they could become the strongest.

Satoshi decided to build the strongest monster army by taming, training and evolving monsters to save the world. However, is there no way for people to accept these tamed monsters that are the enemy of mankind....?

The is a heartful comedy, low fantasy novel about a monster tamer becoming the strongest. <<less

WARNING: this is a typical Chinese novel, featuring a protagonist who displays prejudices towards other ethnicities.... more>>

Racist protagonist – Stereotyping – Intolerance – Racial Bias – Discrimination.

You have been warned.

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In a capitalist country, it means I have capital, and you don’t, so this country is mine! Contact the police, suppress them for me. Can Rockefeller do it, and I, Sheffield, can’t?” William Sheffield restrained his smile and said coldly, “Happy America, gunfights every day.” The Gilded Age, 1895. <<less

I, Kuuya Aoki, woke up in a locked classroom.
Other than me, the delinquent Yamagishi, Kawano the “Queen” of female students, the popular Tajihi who has a strong sense of justice and the rest of my classmates were gathered here.... more>>

The one who did this act was Ayano Koga, the older sister of Yuuno Koga, who committed su*cide a month ago.
She attached explosive collars on our necks to force us to participate in a death game.

Students dying due to selfish reasons.
Sacrifices born out of indifference.
Inflicting pain.
It was the very picture of bullying itself.

Amidst people dying one by one, I knew her objective.
It was not only revenge… <<less

Transmigrated into the world of American cinema and television, turning everything upside down.... more>>

I wanted to be a good person, so I was chased by the CIA, hunted down by the FBI, and pursued by the DHS... <<less

I am a zombie, a thinking zombie.... more>>

As a zombie, all I need to do is wander aimlessly each day in a daze.

Because I am weak, I can't compete with those big shot zombies for food. I'm so hungry that I can barely function, my brain barely able to function.

If I can't even compete for food, what else can I do besides wander aimlessly each day?

Having already died once, even waiting for death is difficult.

Until one day, I was summoned to a different world by a necromancer. He seemed to give me some command, but I couldn't understand what he was saying. I turn, killed him and then I ate him.

Although his flesh was old, tough, and sour, when you have something to eat, you shouldn't be too picky.

By devouring the necromancer's brain, I gained knowledge of the common language of the continent, basic magic knowledge, and the ability to summon the undead... <<less

※This work contains scenes where people may be divided into strong positive and negative feelings due to a coercive relationship. Please keep this in mind when reading.... more>>

Long-time childhood friends, Lowell and Julia share a long-lasting connection.

The bond that went beyond the relationship of a prince to a ruling country and a princess of a ruined one.

After ten years of being a hostage, Julia finally returns to her home country...

Only to become a captive in a war sparked by Lowell just two years later.

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“…Forget everything about the past.”

“…Ugh!”

His words stabbed me.

More painful than the discreet inner turmoil that was currently tormenting me, his words were even more agonising.

Finally, I closed my eyes.

I could feel the tears trickle down my closed eyes.

“Forget everything and hate me, Julie.”

He had me captive for a long time.

I no longer cried, nor did I struggle.

He chewed me up and tore me apart. If he embraced me, I got f*cked.

‘Goodbye, Romi.’

Staring at the blurry ceiling, I finally bid farewell to my childhood friend. <<less

Wen Zhixing, a man with a weak body, finds himself abducted and trapped in the Wanmiao Palace, a world of cultivation ruled by demonesses. Despite his physical limitations, he possesses a rare gift - the ability to see the "fragment of fate" on other people's bodies, which he can collect by consuming his lifespan. This gift attracts the attention of the demonesses, who see him as a valuable treasure.... more>>

With the help of his newfound power, Wen Zhixing transforms himself and is reborn as an immortal cultivator, gaining various powerful abilities such as the "Heaven and Earth Furnace" and the "Breaking Illusion Immortal Pupil." But he is constantly haunted by the question of how deep the cultivation of the demonesses really is.

As he strives to survive and become stronger, Wen Zhixing becomes embroiled in a dangerous power struggle between the demonesses, who fight for control of the cultivation world. He must navigate treacherous alliances and rivalries while fighting to protect his own life and those of his allies. <<less

In a world where elves reign as the ruling class over other races with an iron fist,
Alec, a young human and a s*ave, was to be executed for daring to defy the elves.... more>>

On the brink of death, a goddess approached Alec with a contract.
Were he to accept it, she would bestow on him the power to kill the oppressors.

After Alec's immediate acceptance, she granted him the power of flames banished from the world.
Filled with a burning desire for revenge, he bathed both elves and their forest in fire straight from hell.

"I will kill elves. And I will return to humans their former glory."

With his slaughter complete, Alec freed many s*aves.
And then he led them all in search of a new land.

The young man who became an apostle of flames decided to rebel against the elves of the whole world. <<less

[Finished Masterpiece, Thrilling from Start to Finish]... more>>

When he walked out of prison, the whole world would tremble!

He harbored blood-deep vengeance and would stir up a storm of bloodshed and violence!

Those who deceived me, betrayed me, hurt me - are you afraid?

Don't be afraid...

I will not let any of you off easy!!! <<less

It’s been 800 years since the collapse of an ancient advanced civilization due to an unknown cause. I awoke in a thoroughly changed world with... more>> memories of that now-forgotten civilization as well as the required skills to pilot Armored Infantry Machina – highly advanced armor suits with high combat capabilities. I now wander around the world as a drifter. <<less

As Yun Xiao’s soul soared into the heavens after his death, he made a startling discovery—the vast world in which he had lived for sixteen years astonishingly resembled a colossal tomb! Beneath it lay an ancient bronze coffin, vast as the boundless seas, radiating an overwhelming miasma. Every piece of land was but a handful of dirt atop this enormous coffin. The billions of living souls unknowingly thrived and multiplied within this graveyard soil.... more>>

Inside the massive casket rested the body of an Immortal. His eyes were as deep as the underworld, his mouth reminiscent of the Yellow Springs, his hair flowed like a majestic dragon, and his body spanned across a million mountain ranges. Which celestial deity from ancient times could be resting here for eternity?

Refusing to let himself fade away, Yun Xiao’s soul entered the body of the Immortal. With the world’s Divine Pillar as his sword and the vast continents as his seals, he and the coffin embark on a journey through the Immortal path, seeking enlightenment and challenging the heavens! <<less

While travelling in his spaceship, Randolph Lovecraft was killed by space pirates. The next time he awoke, he had become a skeleton.... more>>

With his ship stolen and vowing revenge on his mu*derers, Randolph came across the Humanoid Bio-Magical Armament Luluye and the Lost Ark MSS Chaos Regalia, relics of a highly advanced ancient civilization.

Having taken his revenge, Randolph teamed up with Luluye and together they set sail for the Sea of Stars in the ramshackle, ghost-ship-like Chaos Regalia.

To explore strange new worlds; to seek out new life and new civilizations; to sow chaos where no chaos has been sown before.

Following his own convictions Randolph kills his enemies, sometimes saves them, growing and evolving along the way.

Follow Randolph’s journey to become a splendid undead captain like his childhood hero, the leader of an evil organization who appeared in a live-action series about a band of cosmic heroes: Admiral Yūgen. <<less

It has been three months since a virus that makes humans go violent spread throughout the world, and the rulers of the earth have shifted... more>> from humans to the infected. The police and self-defense forces have been destroyed, and government agencies have ceased to function. Civilization has collapsed and the few survivors are living in hiding, while a young boy survives alone in a ruined city. He spies on the infected and retreats to one of his rooms for the rest of his life. One day, however, the boy's life is changed forever by a girl he meets. <<less

Day 32, Month 13. The world is too small.... more>>

70 boys and girls are forced to live together in a strange underground facility.
After a single boy disappears without anybody noticing, a group of friends follow his trails and end up learning more about the mysterious facility than they should have.

While the order keeps crumbling, some children start to get violent, some create their own versions of the new world and some plan to break out to the outside world. <<less

The year 1000, was the century when tyrants ruled. In this world, the strong rule, and the weak are oppressed. Facing that threat and terror, a mysterious girl rises up against the tyrants. Eradicate, kill and annihilate them with blood. The world was cruel from the start. I will fight the tyrants for the safety of my family and peace.... more>>

“Sister Scarlett, I love you.” My little sister Yuna hugs me in her sleep. “Sleep well, Yuna. I love you too.” My consciousness is fading.

When I woke up at night, I was in the imperial daughter’s bedroom. “Sister Sophie, you are awake, are you okay?” My little brother Prince Mikael is looking at me beside my bed. No, right now I’m not Scarlett, The Blood Princess. I am Princess Sophie the Moonlight Princess, I am the eldest princess who was exiled by the Stronghold Empire.

This is a story about a girl with two bodies trying to rise against the tyrants to overthrow the Empire. <<less

17-year-old high-schooler Suzu lives with her father in a country-town in Kouchi. She lost her mother when she was young and has closed her heart... more>> away from the real world. But she came to join the so-called “other reality,” a supermassive virtual space called “U” with an avatar. When Suzu became the songstress recognized all around the world with her peerless singing voice in an instant, she meets the mysterious existence, feared and called the “dragon”— <<less

Patient: "I have no money, no house, my parents are divorced, and I'm currently single. I have about 8,000 yuan in my phone, you can take it all."... more>>

Kidnapper: "...Wait, let's follow the procedure, shall we?"

Patient: "*Just tear up the ticket, thank you so much, you're a really good person."

*(撕票) Just tear up the ticket - Kill a hostage usually held for ransom

Kidnapper: "...I didn't say anything about tearing up the ticket ah."

Patient: "I can handwrite a su*cide note to make it look like I killed myself."

Kidnapper: "I don't intend to kill you, just give me the money." <<less

[This sci-fi concept will blow your mind + multiple female leads + overpowered MC + apocalypse + hoarding supplies + lone wolf + selfish]... more>>

In 2066, a mycology research expedition discovered a brand new ancient microbial fungal community under the Arctic glaciers.

In 2070, a viral pandemic swept across the human world. Spherical fungal viruses that used fungi as hosts emerged and brought about the apocalypse, taking over the planet. 90% of the global population was infected and turned into fungal zombies with mushroom heads! Against this backdrop, the fungi controlled the zombie puppets to establish a civilization belonging to the microbial fungal community, wiping out human civilization.

Reborn one month before the apocalypse, Xu Que intended to hoard supplies to build an impregnable doomsday fortress that could withstand the fungal invasion. By chance, he dug a magical hole in the wall. He had wanted to use the hole to peep at his beautiful neighbor showering next door, but instead saw that the beauty was also a zombie...

When doomsday came, people were willing to abandon everything for a protective mask. Xu Que hid in the banquet hall inside the hole, sipping red wine and gazing at the table full of dishes, not knowing which to eat first.

Goddess: Xu Que, please, as long as you let me in, I'll do anything!

Nosy relative used to moral coercion: Xu Que, I'm your elder. Quick, bring some supplies to honor your auntie!

High school show-off classmate: Xu Que, we're classmates. Please, I'm begging you, throw a bun out here to feed me! <<less

In this world, at the age of 15, a special power called ‘Heavenly Blessing’ is granted by God. Since ancient times, people have used this power to celebrate life and develop the world…… it seems.... more>>

Nobody talks about such old stories nowadays. The world has progressed and Heavenly Blessings have become an outdated thing. The world has already forgotten about blessings from heaven. Now is such a time. But I didn’t know. I never thought that my life would change so much because of Heavenly Blessings.

My name is Tran Magpot and on my 19th birthday, my destiny begins to change. Yes, with her.

Welcome to our shop.　This is the story of an oracle who tells of a blessing. <<less

Do you believe it?... more>>

A person's life is predetermined from the moment their character is formed. Although life presents many opportunities and choices, your character and cognition have already determined how you will make decisions when faced with these opportunities and choices.

As a predestined failure, are you willing to reshape your life from this moment?

Life Simulator, change the future, change your life.

You deserve to have it. <<less

One day, the police arrest a man named Akihiko Noguchi. He is charged with violating the Misdemeanor Law by carrying a stun gun and handcuffs... more>> without a valid reason. However, the police had other aims. The police are looking for evidence and a confession during his 20-day detention, and Noguchi is trying to get away with ...... In between, this mystery film depicts the life of a young boy until he turns into a monster. <<less

Although he had a magic aptitude of only 40, which is considered to be a failure as a magician...... more>>

During the granting ceremony, Kaito was granted earth magic, space storage, and teleportation magic. However, he only had a magic aptitude of 40, which is considered to be a failure as a magician.

Those with high magic aptitude need at least 70-80 to use magic that is considered to be average for people with a magic aptitude of 100-120. However, there is nothing you can do if you don't have it.

He devotes himself to the adventurer's profession, using the knowledge of his previous life. <<less