Kasane; the most intelligent, beautiful, celebrated oiran in Yoshiwara; kept a “secret” which she could not share with anybody since the day she first accepted... more>> a client. This secret is kept in order to protect her memories with Tetsu, an unforgettable and treasured person to her. One day, a young samurai named Kei comes to her as a client. Kasane falls for Kei, who is both gentle and strong. However, at the same time, when she sees Tetsu’s face when she looks at Kei, Kasane’s faint love is stirred up immensely– <<less

He is a Xian, yet surpasses Gods. She is a God, yet cannot compare even to a Xian.... more>>

Jade Pool sinks during the Jade Pool Xian Gathering; that first sunset they meet, his unparalleled beauty and talent she sees. Thereupon, feelings bud. Their meeting, as though acquainting. All that is hateful is, falling for the wrong person.

Seeking, by every means, where feelings are, yet upon turning around suddenly, frustration has pervaded! How to blame, how to hate, it is fate that dictates!

Love and hate coils in foolish tangles; it is all but a dream. Exactly how formidable will she become, and what emotional burdens will she carry?

She is the Goddess above the Ninth Heaven, yet destined to be renounced; divine powers and her are not meant to be. Behind her elder sister’s brilliance, she, forever, is only her shadow, an exploitable presence.

A person like her, too, desires to be treated sincerely, even if for a moment, to be herself—Yin Luo. <<less

"Hotel Williams Child Bird", nicknamed <Birdcage Manor>, inhabiting in there are eccentric people who can't fit in the normal society.
A day-dreaming beautiful woman, a Gothic Lolita that's a grade school-er, a person in a cat's costume, the eerie elder twins and an unidentifiable piercing cry that continues to resound.... more>>

In such <Birdcage Manor> one of the residents - Kizuna Etoh, in her 16th winter makes acquaintance with an Art collage student living on fifth floor like a hikikomori - Yusei Asai.
And then she is invited to a part-time job as a nude model for paintings.
In an disorderly atelier with a heavy scent of oil paints as she spends time together with Asai, she feels that to her that time is gradually becoming a valuable part of her everyday...

It's a story how <Birdcage Manor's> a bit odd residents' pass a bit odd but in various ways their normal everydays. <<less

The small country of Adarshan recently conquered a territory of the Castoria Empire. To create an alliance between the two countries and secure new border... more>> alignments, the victorious Adarshan general, Alexid Deke Adars (the king's younger stepbrother), was forced into a political marriage with Castoria's sixth imperial princess Justinia. But she's only 10 years old! <<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

Two years ago, Tang Guo formed an agreement with a spirit summoner to serve her own ends. Tang Shuang, her non-biological younger sister, was used to exchange identities with the spirit summoner, resulting in Tang Shuang developing a terminal illness.... more>>

Two years later, in order to redeem her past wrongdoings and save Tang Shuang’s life, Tang Guo finds a mysterious teenager by the name of Zi Xing Cang Yue, and with his help, they both enter a strange world personally created by a spirit summoner, a puppet master and its puppet.

But it was only then that she had realized that the puppet had instead, already entered the world of her and her sister’s.

As the mysterious secrets buried in her memory begin to unravel, what will become of this lost young girl as she faces a choice between love and family? <<less

In 1939, as the European mainland faced the crisis of a Neuroi invasion of unprecedented scale, Imperial Army and Navy Witches from the far off... more>> Fuso Empire were sent to the battlefield as volunteer soldiers. One such Imperial Army Witch, Anabuki Tomoko, an ace and hero to the people after her outstanding service during the Neuroi raid known as the "Fuso Sea Incident", had been expecting to be sent to Karlsland, where the heaviest fighting was going on. However, she was instead deployed to the northernmost extreme of Europe, Suomus. There she meets the rest of her future fellow squadron members, none of whom had ever made a name for themselves in their former countries, instead being treated nearly like outcasts, half-baked witches without any talent or motivation. It's now up to the "Misfits Squadron", or officially the "Suomus Independent Volunteer Air Squadron", to find out how they can stand up to the Neuroi menace. -taken from Baka-tsuki <<less

The story is centred around a cute android who initially had a happy life with her master who dearly loved her. But she was then... more>> struck by a series of misfortunes and ended up in a robot-equivalent of concentration camp. Through experiencing and witnessing the sufferings towards herself as well as the people/robots around her, she eventually gained a better appreciation of life. <<less

Kara no Kyoukai is a series of stories written by Kinoko Nasu with illustrations by Takashi Takeuchi.... more>>

The first five chapters were posted online on Nasu and Takeuchi's dojin website "Takebouki" starting Oct 1998, and the last two chapters being released at Comiket 56 in 1999. In 2001, part of the story was included in "Tsukihime PLUS-DISK," created by TYPE-MOON, the doujin circle Nasu and Takeuchi joined. The story gained huge popularity, and the doujinshi edition of the stories saw release on December 30, 2001 at Comiket 61.

Note; The cover image is from The Garden of Sinners non-novel volume 1 edition published in 2004. <<less

Mimizuku, a small girl with chains on her wrists and ankles and the numbers "332" branded onto her forehead, wanders into the Forest of Night... more>> seeking to be eaten by a monster. However, when the ruler of the monsters, the mysterious and beautiful "King of Night," refuses to eat her, she tries to formulate a way to convince him otherwise. <<less

The story revolves around Tazusa Sakurano, a Japanese Olympic figure skating candidate, and Pete Pumps, a Canadian stunt pilot. During a qualifying round in Montreal,... more>> Canada, Tazusa falls in the middle of a Triple Lutz and loses consciousness. At the same time, Pete dies mid-performance when his stunt plane crashes due to mechanical trouble. Unfortunately for Tazusa, Pete ends up involuntarily inhabiting her body for 100 days. <<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

“I already have a child with another man.”... more>>

It was a lie made in order to refuse the proposal of the leader of the most feared mercenary company in the entire country. But his response was unexpected.

“It doesn’t matter who the child is. You can just give birth. In exchange, I’ll take you, Princess.”

She couldn’t understand.

What could this man possibly want with the princess of a failing nation? <<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

“f*ck off, Su Ni!”... more>>

“Dear, I’m sorry to see you suffer from s*xual dissatisfaction, so just let me help you, ok?”

“Su Ni, you have no qualification for this!”

Two years ago, Gu Zechen obeyed the arrangement of his mother and married a woman nominally. Two years later, his wife screws him.

Very good! Since you go beyond your bounds, then… let’s divorce!

Divorce?! No Way!

“Then I’ll torture you to death.” Gu Zechen’s eyes look cold and cruel.

“Ok,” Su Ni smiles. “I’m just here, waiting to see if you are really willing to do that.” <<less

Xia Weiwei had been in love with Luo Chejue for over eight years, and married to him for two. However, instead of a happy marriage,... more>> all she got was cruel torture. The man she had loved with her whole heart watched her struggle coldly and caused her the loss of her child… Siting in her wheelchair and forcing a smile at the dark muzzle of the gun, she felt that her heart had been torn to pieces. <<less

Wilfred had a marriage engagement with a girl raised by his family since childhood but he refused to accept her. When he came back from... more>> abroad years later, he happened to meet her in a nightclub. Lorry was good at KongFu and was top at studying. Wilfred thought she was interesting and hired her as his safeguard. They experienced lots of dangers and difficulties. Wilfred had psychological problems but Lorry seemed to be his cure. They loved each other. However, Wilfred was discovered to have relation with the death of Lorry’s parents. Lorry could not accept the fact and left him. Would she come back? <<less

The head of Ma Family, person in charge of the second dam, died in an accident, and Ma Family was on the decline since then. The young master of Ma Family, a foppish “boy”, reformed “himself” thoroughly and tried to take over the job of protecting and developing the second dam.... more>>

“He” began to recruit boatmen, stand out in lion dance pageant and guard Ma Family and its fame. “He” fought against illegal salt vendors, and fought for the royal ticket, but became a prisoner due to dirty tricks of the enemies.

Imperial censor Wu Zhong spare no effort in rescuing his sweetheart. Was Wu gay?

Did you know that the present head of Ma Family was a girl? <<less

The as*hole cheated on her. Gu Shuangshuang ended the relationship and came across another man. What the hell was up with this guy??? During the... more>> first, second and even the third encounter, he had saved her from danger. He made up his mind without a second thought to help her get even with her father, stepmother and elder sister who were b*tches to her! Later, she finally knew that he was the husband she had never met after two years of marriage. W-what?! One day, the man presented the red registration book with her name on it, saying: “ Why don’t you call me daddy sweetheart?!” So, could she truly call him and his hot d*ck daddy? Gu Shuangshuang’s finally got enlightened:” Daddy~ You baddy~ help! If you know what I mean~” <<less

After marrying Alex for three years, Crystal finds out the marriage is just a lie. A lie Alex makes to take revenge on her for... more>> Maya, his first love. <<less

Teach me how to love.... more>>

A year into her marriage to her guardian’s son, she announced a divorce that was planned for her but unexpected for him.

Kangwoo then proposed a condition for divorce after a year.

“If you really want to divorce, be more ruthless.”

“Kangwoo…”

“Push me away mercilessly. Make it unbearable.”

His towering figure loomed close, his face shimmering.

The strong gaze, the heavy musk awakened her to the reality of who Cha Kangwoo was.

The stubborn unrequited love of eight years, her first love.

“I’ll endure it. Even if it means sacrificing myself.”

The reversal of roles had begun. <<less

Jin Weiwei finds herself has traversed time and space, she wakes up in a shabby temple, remembering this life she is bullied by everyone. Her... more>> father doesn’t like her, let alone her stepmother. However, she meets a beggar in this life and climbs all the way up to the royalty. <<less

In her last life, she was miserable and ordinary. This time, she got into the fashion and was reborn in another world. She was still... more>> the same person… even with the same body and face. What was the point of reincarnation? A childhood companion? He always pulled her hair and made troubles for her? A handsome boy? The boy never looked at her and was 15 years older than her! A prestigious teacher? The teacher spent his days eating and drinking, coaxed, played tricks, and controlled others... Too scary and better run away? No no no, such a challenging life was bound to be wonderful! Now let me take you back to the 70s and live a fast life! <<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

“We’re getting divorced.”... more>>

Foolish, Safes that open automatically, Vicherin Osirius, who was called the Fish Bread. She drinks poison as a trick of her husband’s extramarital affair and hangs up her dead body.

(Fish bread: Bible story in which Jesus blesses a small amount of fish and loaves of bread, resulting in the disciples having enough food to distribute to thousands of people.)

But I didn’t expect it to be a divine move.

Viche was addicted to poison, has not returned to reality for a month. What’s interesting is that the dream I had was 30 years in another world.

Viche came back with 30 years of Korean actress’ memories.

Divorce succeeded by collecting huge amounts of divorce alimony and compensation for mental and physical damage!

After that, Vichr spent the night with an attractive man named Roel. I thought it was just a one-night relationship…

This guy I met like fate.

The more we meet, the more dangerous it smells.

Who the hell are you?! <<less