Every shopping district used to have them, the gods of commercial blessings called Blessed Ones. Now, one is coming to my local shopping district. Most are supposed to be old ladies but this one is…a third year middle schooler.... more>>

Not only that, she’s got a “butler” accompanying her and they transferred together into my class! It’s custom for Blessed Ones to never touch money so apparently the “butler” is supporting her in her daily life. But still, never touching money? That’s crazy!

What’s the truth behind it all? And why, why does she smile so wildly? I can’t stop thinking about her… Is this love? <<less

Wen Xia's childhood love is a kaolin flower, and the way that kaolin flower treats him, there are basically three types of attitudes:... more>>

"Don't touch me."

"Don't look at me."

"Stay away from me."

Wen Xia has been busy pleasing him but the other person is indifferent, and he is discouraged. I'm not doing it, can't I not like you anymore?

However, many years later, Wen Xia, who was once the proud son of heaven, fell with his family. At this time, the flower of Kaolin came to the door and wanted to marry him.

Wen Xia sneered: "Are you humiliating me?"

The cold face Kaolin flower said indifferently: "This is work, I will pay."

Wen Xia agreed.

After marriage, the flower of kaolin is still the flower of kaolin, and the two of them did not offend the river water until one day, Wen Xia found a diary at home —

x year x month x day,
Wen Xia talked to me, I was too nervous to answer him properly.

x year x month x day,
The girl from the class next door put a love letter to Wen Xia's desk. I saw it. I was very annoyed. I wanted to take it out and throw it away...but no, it was someone else's wish.
I accidentally said something serious to him, will he hate me?
Alas, I like him.

x year x month x day
Wen Xia hugged me! QAQ
He is so cute.

x year x month x day, sunny,
I can't let him touch me anymore, my heart can't stand it, I will die.
Is there any way to make him not so cute?

Wen Xia: "...?"

Who are you? <<less

Yuxiu’s acting career is over at the age of twenty-eight.... more>>

He is banned as soon as he becomes an actor, and riding a roller coaster was not so exciting.

On the recommendation of his assistant, he comes to a mountain villa to relax.

The owner of the villa is a fair-skinned and beautiful sick man. He has a little wolf dog by his side, who cares about his health and is considerate to him.

——But eight years ago, Yu Xiu was that little wolf dog.

Ye Yuchen and Yu Xiu recall the old days: What a mess.

Yu Xiu ignores it.

Ye Yuchen: Do you want my help?

Yu Xiu: What’s your condition?

Ye Yuchen strokes his chin and thinks for a while: Hmm… Come to my room at night?

Everything seems to be back to the original point, everything has changed yet nothing also has changed.

It is only later that Yuxiu realizes that it is not the origin, but the anchor in his heart.

–

Yu Xiu × Ye Yuchen

Beautiful, strong, and tragic movie king top × mourning hidden from the world gold master bottom

28 years old × 30 years old

–

Yu Xiu is attacking, it’s not the reverse!

The two are only two years apart, and they were seniors and juniors in the early stage.

Dual perspectives, not many scenes in the entertainment industry, interspersed with college days, reality, and memories are divided between 50-50. <<less

In front of Kosei Meguru, who has lost his memory, appeared a pure and simple beauty, Tanzawa Shirayuki.... more>>

「──I was your lover.」

Shirayuki says this with a blush, kissing Meguru on the cheek.

The next day, another captivating beauty with a devilish charm, Saikawa Mako, appears and becomes furious.

「You really do have amnesia, unforgivable.」

Suddenly seizing Meguru's lips, she says,

「──Because I’m your real girlfriend. But you absolutely must not tell Shirayuki. It was a secret relationship.」

Meguru is haunted by Mako’s words, “All that’s left for me is you, my accomplice”.

Confused about what is true, Meguru accepts the secret love triangle… But as he starts to remember the pure love he had with these girls, who are also best friends, it becomes a curse that begins to eat away at him── <<less

Shou Xu Nuo wakes up one day to find a handsome and yandere man where his bed should be. As Xu Nuo tries to navigate life while being tossed around by this supernatural man, he discovers that something is not quite right. Who is this man and why does he seem so familiar? When he tries to remember just what it was he had forgotten, things go horribly wrong.... more>>

“My beloved, I will sleep by you. This is our love nest…and our grave.” <<less

Lu Tong went to the mountains to study medicine for seven years. When she returned home, she discovered that things had changed.... more>>

Her older sister was harmed by others and died,

Her older brother was put in jail full of injustices,

Her father went to the capital to voice his grievances, but encountered a flood along the way,

Her mother went crazy overnight and died in a fire.

Lu Tong packed up her medicine box and went to fight in Jingzhou.

Pay back your debts with coin, pay back your mu*ders with your life!

If there is no judge, I will be King Yan!

***

One after another, the noble families in the capital encountered troubles.

The commander of the Imperial Guard, Pei Yunying, secretly investigated the matter. A female doctor at Renxin Medical Center became his main suspect.

However...

Before he could find any evidence, she took action against him. <<less

Novelization of the game.... more>>

“The girl who had her memories erased and the boy who had his voice taken away. Ten years later, they meet at “the place of the promise.”

“A protagonist who was left completely alone after her parents died in an accident. One day, she discovers a single photo in her parents’ room, with ‘Azakawa Village’ written on the back. In the photo, her mother and father, she as a young child, and a grandfather she has no memory of at all.

‘Could this possibly be my parents’ hometown?’

With loneliness and anticipation in her heart, she travels to Azakawa Village.

However, that place was somewhere she should never set foot in – the place of the promise.” <<less

That year, I lost a friend, left another friend, went away to study in Japan…..... more>>

If memories would, just like this song, sing out this period of grey from the years of our youth; that would be a beautiful story. <<less

Collection of short to medium stories.

"I'm the one who made a mistake, and you're the one who's punishing me."... more>>

The chuunibyo king and the guitarist whom he once betrayed.
Sui Qingchi X Fu Cuo <<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

Jae-hee took a sip of hot coffee. I can't sleep when caffeine goes into my body.... more>>

"Have you finished drinking?"
"Yes."
"Good job."

Jung-hoo smiled. The sound of him putting the mug on the table was especially loud. Then he stood up and approached Jaehee while loosening his tie.

"You're... now..."
"I'm not going to let senior sleep tonight."

With her eyes wide open, she looked at Jung-hoo nearing her.

"What are you doing?"
"Don't you usually scream? Aren't you going to scream?"
"Get out of the way, don't mess with me."

When he touched her lips, the lips suddenly opened and Jae-hee was surprised and tried to let go of his hand. However, Jung-hoo grabbed Jae-hee's hand and pressed it against his lower lip.

"I kept thinking about you."

His moving tongue touched Jae-hee's blunt calluses on the tips of her nails slightly. The hand holding her own was a fine hand without any callus. She was suddenly bothered by her calloused hand that was being held.

"What are you thinking about? I'm still speaking."

White teeth bit her itchy finger.

"Ugh..."
"Sleep with me. Sunbae just nod your head. I'll take care of the rest."

As I lowered my head gently, I could feel his black eyes examining my actions one by one. <<less

Yoshifumi Matsuda, who has been bedridden for over five years due to illness, reflects on his life with regret from his sickbed. He believes that... more>> his current situation is his family's fault, and if he had been born as a woman, life would have been more enjoyable. In that moment of thought, he hears a voice from nowhere, and Matsuda's consciousness is engulfed in darkness. When he next wakes up, he finds himself in a room in the familiar apartment he used to live in, transformed into a baby girl. <<less

This was a story that began and ended with tears.... more>>

Yakumo Saegusa, a boy who lost his mother to a strange disease, the “Chloride Blight,” in which the whole body slowly turns into salt and crumbles, met a girl in the music room.

She was a beautiful and gifted piano player named Yuzuki Igarashi. Her delicate fingers were capable of both piano and wring bullies. She struggled to live up to her mother’s excessive expectations in the dark while presenting a strong front. Yakumo, who had seen Yuzuki in all her various forms from a distance closer than anyone else, was unknowingly drawn to her.

Graduating from elementary school, Yuzuki grew more beautiful and charming, and by then, became the object of people’s love and admiration. By the time she entered high school, Yuzuki, already a professional pianist, left for Italy to learn her craft. Yakumo, acutely aware of the overwhelming difference between him, a nobody, and Yuzuki, an international pianist. Eventually, he began to write a novel.

His reunion with her came suddenly one day—and that reunion would come to change his destiny forever.

Grand Prize of the 16th Shogakukan Light Novel Award. <<less

My first romance, the first lover that I ever had — he passed away in the blink of an eye.... more>>

One day, his mom gave me a diary – one of the few memoires he left behind. And as if waiting for this to happen, his smile began to shine vividly in my dreams once more.

With these unwavering memories and an ever-changing fate…

In order to create a future where we can be together, I…

Takenaka Asahi, third year high school.

Right as we entered high school, the relationship that I thought would last forever… fell apart.

Trying to console my own heart, I forced myself to think that it was nothing but a fleeting immature love for three whole years.

Then, on the screen of my phone, I saw a name which I held so dearly in my heart. One that I’m sure I’ll never forget.

The message came from—

Suzuki Arata

In the spring of their last year of middle school, he suddenly ended their relationship that began only three months ago and cut off all contact with her afterwards.

“Even if fate denies it, for the two of us, I… I will change history!” <<less

──A strong shock to the head.... more>>

This is my only memory, and the reason why is that I have no prior memories is because I have amnesia. I woke up in my hospital room, and when some visitors came to visit me, I realized something.

I have three girlfriends.

Each of my three girlfriends is unique and attractive in her own way. Asuka Minato, a childhood friend who always takes care of me. Saki Arisugawa, a charismatic model in the same class, and Hina Fueno, an introverted otaku junior with a small-animal-like appearance, who was proclaiming herself as a fan of mine for some reason (?)

I have three girlfriends, I have no memory of my past, and my school life begins with a state of unbelievable anxiety.

The ‘me’ in the past. What in the world did you do──?! <<less

The protagonist Vasily Ivanovich Kaminsky (Vasya) is the president of a private security company, but is the boss of the Red Mafia. He interests Eun-han with his handsome face and appearance that was enough to walk on the runway as a model.... more>>

The Lead Yoon Eunhan.

A money launderer who settled in Miami after many twists and turns and lives a good life. In front of the vicious Red Mafia boss Kaminsky, he trembles like a rabbit, but in fact, he is famous in the gay society as a demonic bottom.

Story

Yoon Eun-han, who left Korea when he was kicked out due to an unfortunate incident 10 years ago, is enjoying a stable life as a money launderer in Miami, USA.

The only unsettling factor in his life is his main customer, Red Mafia boss Vasily Kaminsky. In fact, in terms of appearance and body shape, he was a exactly Eun-han’s type, but unlike his monk-like appearance, he was the boss of a brutal mafia. He was someone who thought that getting rid of problems was easier than lifting a finger. He was afraid that he was interested in Eun-han, and after hearing information from his subordinate that Kaminsky is ‘Bi’, he raises his level of vigilance… but the goddess of fate was not so merciful to Eun-han.

Eun-han’s life, who prided himself on not committing any major crimes and living a modest life until now, suddenly turned upside down after 10 years and started to get more twisted after the appearance of his cousin Sung-han, and Kaminsky spurs his fate even more…

“Live wisely. okay?” <<less

In the winter of three years ago, the first locked room mu*der in Japanese history was committed.... more>>

All of the evidence pointed to the defendant. It was certain they were guilty. And yet, they were found innocent and released. Why? Because the crime scene was a perfect locked room no one from the police or the prosecutor's office could solve.

"Since the room was locked, it was impossible for the defendant to have committed the mu*der. It's no different than if they had a perfect alibi." That was the argument of the defense, and that was the argument the judge sided with.

The ruling sent a ripple throughout Japanese society. No matter how suspicious you were or how much evidence you left behind, as long as you managed to create a locked room that no one could solve, you were immune from prosecution. With the common anti-mystery fiction talking point "there's no reason anyone would ever actually commit a locked room mu*der" completely overturned, the rate of locked room mu*ders in Japan skyrocketed.

When the police proved unable to deal with the surge of locked room crime, the Ministry of Justice published an official categorization of all known locked room tricks as an investigative aid. When that proved insufficient, Division Zero of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department, a police division dedicated solely to solving locked rooms, was created. When that still proved insufficient, locked room detectives, private investigators specializing in locked rooms, were officially licensed by the state and authorized to participate in police investigations. Calling a locked room appraiser, someone specializing in searching buildings for secret passages, is now a common first step in criminal investigations.

On the other side of the spectrum, locked room agents, assassins and crime planners specializing in locked room mu*ders, have become some of the most notorious criminals in Japanese history, and even a cult worshiping the scenes of locked rooms as a way to purify the souls of the deceased has made rapid inroads into Japan.

The protagonist, Kasumi Kuzushiro, is an introverted, somewhat cynical high school student who loves mysteries. Kasumi often finds himself dragged along on bizarre journeys by his flighty childhood friend, Yozuki Asahina. Due to their staggeringly bad luck, these trips often leave them in the wrong place at the wrong time to be caught up in locked room mysteries. Fortunately, another of Kasumi's childhood friends, Shitsuri Mitsumura, is the greatest locked room expert in the world, and can always discover the truth.

Hm? How did a high school girl become the greatest locked room expert in the world?

It's simple.

She's...

Volume 1 was the grand prize winner of the 2022 This Mystery Is Amazing! awards. <<less

None of us could forget her.... more>>

The six of us spent our college days in Kyoto. Ten years ago at the Kurama Fire Festival, Hasegawa vanished into thin air. Ten years later, the remaining five found ourselves back in Kurama once again, hoping to meet her one more time. As night fell, we began to swap stories about strange things we'd encountered on our journeys, including the mysterious series of artworks by Kishida Michio called "Night Train". Morimi Tomihiko masterfully weaves strands of youth and fantasy into spine-tingling ghost stories of sojourns into night.

"There's no place that night doesn't touch. All the world's in perpetual night." <<less

What Lin Nianyin regrets most in her life is that she failed to protect herself when she was young, which resulted in her daughter being born prematurely and weakly. Even though she has been carefully nursed back to health, she still died ahead of her.... more>>

After her daughter left, she divorced her husband and couldn’t sleep well at night. She often imagined that it would be nice to go back to the beginning.

She never imagined that when she opened her eyes, the villa turned into an adobe house, and she return back to 1970 her daughter was still in her belly, unborn.

Lin Nianyin clutched her belly and swore that she would take good care of her daughter no matter what in this life and never make the same mistake again.

What Wei Mingchuan regrets most in his life is that he failed to protect his wife and daughter, which resulted in his daughter’s early death and his wife’s lifelong depression.

After his daughter left, his wife divorced him.

Overnight, he became a loner.

Who would have thought that after just taking a nap, he would return back to 1970, and nothing had happened yet?　

The first thing Wei Mingchuan did was to ask for leave and go home. <<less

The Duchess of Farrens is a prominent noble family that supports the backbone of the Kingdom of Istoward.... more>>

Elaine Farrens, the duchess of Farrens, after her misdeeds and attempted usurpation of the country, finally died, her life taken by her own daughter.

In her dying moments, her high pride was finally broken, and she truly regretted what she had done, but it was all in vain.

The duke family itself was destroyed, and its notoriety was to be forgotten in time.

However, Elaine regained consciousness the next thing she knew. And what’s more, she was giving birth.

She immediately realised that it was useless to try to understand her situation in such a situation, and decided to face the life in front of her, thinking about it after the birth for now. <<less

Xue Huai sold his life to Yun Cuo.... more>>

He ran away from home for him, wield a knife for him, and died in battle for him, just to end up earning the title of “incompetent protector.”

After his death, his ashes were placed on the head of the bed by Yun Cuo, and even the soil was loosening well.

After hearing about this, Xue Huai was so angry that he became a haunted ghost and prepared to go to Yun Cuo’s bed to scare people.

But only to see the cold and arrogant Emperor facing his ashes, crying and trembling.

Before he could fully understand the situation, he was reborn.

He thought to himself: It seems a bit pitiful, but let’s avoid the boss in this lifetime.

The clever young master of the Xue family, who had been spoiled growing up, changed his attitude, listened to his family, and went to a place 108,000 miles away to cultivate.

That early spring, when he was cultivating, the person he had been avoiding suddenly appeared and blocked him under the pear tree, saying “I heard that you are good at doing homework. Help me with my teacher’s homework, can you?”

The young man was as sharp as a knife. He tried hard and gave him a somewhat awkward smile.

*

Is there snow tonight, is there no snow tonight?

I only dream about idle people, not about you. <<less

“If there existed a horrendous ghost among the hwarangs, who would it be? Of course, it’d be Seol Yeong-rang who uses necromancy to call upon ghosts!”... more>>

Hwarang Seol Yeong, who was named as the horrendous ghost who’d bring forth a great disaster one day.

There was only one way to get rid of the false accusations and return to his original position.

It was to prove he wasn’t a horrendous ghost by solving abnormal incidents.

Then, Ja Ha, the head of the previous generation’s hwarang, the man who killed a great evil spirit eight years prior and disappeared without a trace, appeared in front of Seol Yeong… <<less

"Emperor Laskaris! Let's pull out your eyes and get rid of future troubles!"... more>>

The year when the promised future got closer than ever. The supposedly delightful Christmas gift contradictably ended in a devastating ruin. And even the Empire began to fall on a hellish curve.

"I don't care if I become a villain. If I can change my civilization and the fate of my country, I will gladly call it my burden."

On August 26, 1258 AD, with a memory of 50 years between dreams and reality, eight-year-old Ioannes Laskaris woke up from a long sleep and the world around him changed forever! <<less

Can jianghu wanderers ever refrain from messing around?... more>>

The turbulence of the world fostered us, whose existence upon joining jianghu going by as quick as a blink.*

"In this world where war erupts throughout, jianghu is a cycle of vengeance and retribution. You either persist, or you perish."

Many years ago, a young Chu Xiwei who recently joined the sect was chilled to the bone by those words he happened to have heard.

Seeing that his young disciple was scared quite enough, Ye Fusheng leisurely sipped his tea, "What I just said is pure nonsense."

Every young chivalrous individuals joining jianghu would happen upon one martial art scroll or another. Ye Fusheng was so often tricked by this preconception in his younger years that when he got older, he decided to hoard other people's scrolls.

But jianghu didn't work as simply as that.

It was a society of using one's might to carve one's path, of competing for artifacts and debating one's skills.

Legends would never fade with the withering time, just as hatred would not disappear in a peaceful age.

As the golden time passed, all splendor would be reduced to dust. With it, Glimpse of Grace** was sealed away from the world.

Notes:
* From an unnamed poem, by an unknown poet (rumored to be authored by Li Bai).
** The sword name is 惊鸿掠影, which in context of the story can also be separated into its short title: 惊鸿 – Jing Hong, and the name of an organization 掠影 – Lue Ying. <<less