For generations, my family of carpenters has been in possession of one of the most mysterious books in Chinese history—Lu Ban’s Book.  Nowadays, carpentry is... more>> declining, but my family still carries on the profession. After graduating from the university, I decided to return home and take over the business after my father. Outsiders usually call us carpenters, but regular customers refer to us as “descendants of the evil subduing technique”. During the day, I do business with people, while at night, I work with the dead. Amongst thousands of Daoist schools, Lu Ban’s sect is the one to cause evil spirits to tremble in fear the most. <<less

Scattered leaves fall on the chess game beside the rotten axe, but there is no one playing amongst the old trees. Prosperity leads to primordial... more>> unity, and then reflects on the vast mountains and seas.
When he woke up, Ji Yuan became a half-blind beggar in a dilapidated mountain temple. When one lacks strength, one must rely on bluffing. A real person has a sword, while a charlatan has only their speech. This is the fundamental difference that determines survival and status in this terrifying world. <<less

This story tells the life of two people, a noble only in name and an older wife from the army, married through a tentative agreement.... more>> In the bone-chilling cold, they spend their time hunting, gutting, and cooking by the fireplace. Their daily life passes peacefully. This is the warm love story recounting their daily lives. <<less

I became a ghost in the horror game [Mystery Exploration Club ~Summer Vacation Nightmare~]. Give me back my body.... more>>

Translator’s summary:

Han Yoo-hee is an unlucky man who fell into the world of a horror game and became the tutorial boss.

Now, wanting to go back, he will guide the protagonist and her group through the game and achieve the ending, confronting many different monsters and finding more about the truth of this world. <<less

Shocking! An innocent civil servant was reborn into the body of a swindler, only to be forced by a man to do this sort of thing…... more>>

In the feng shui community it was said that Lin Zhushui was omniscient, but now it seemed his only miscalculation was his marriage to Zhou Jiayu.

Zhou Jiayu had a warm nature, thin and tender skin, and soft and brittle bones. He never expected what he worried about the most after his rebirth was to not make a certain someone angry.

Zhou Jiayu: Before I was reborn, I always thought that I would be a staunch socialist successor, until I became a swindler and met a fortune-telling big shot.

Lin Zhushui: Are you unhappy being with me?

Zhou Jiayu: I’m happy, I’m so happy I could die, I’d be even happier if Boss could stop thinking about me being on the menu every day.

Lin Zhushui: Not possible.

Zhou Jiayu: …

Feng shui novel, blind feng shui bigshot gong x fake swindler socialist successor shou, super sweet, sweeter than first love. <<less

A collection of short stories set in the Natsume Yuujinchou manga universe.... more>>

Volume 1:
1. The Mysterious Story of Lamp Hall
2. The Ayakashi's Tune
3. The Ayakashi's Dream Road

Volume 2: Kogitsune no Tabi (子狐のたび) <<less

Kim Dokja does not consider himself the protagonist of his own life. Befitting the name his parents gave him, he is a solitary person whose sole hobby is reading web novels. For over a decade, he has lived vicariously through Yu Junghyeok, the main character of the web novel Three Ways to Survive the Apocalypse (TWSA). ... more>>

Through Junghyeok, Dokja has experienced secondhand the trials of repeatedly regressing in time, in search of an end to life-threatening “scenarios” that force people to act out narratives for the amus**ent of god-like “Constellations.”

After reading 3,149 chapters—long after all other readers lost interest—Dokja finally resigns himself to the story ending. However, he receives an enigmatic message from the author, stating that the story will soon be monetized, before his surroundings suddenly go dark.

He swiftly realizes that fiction has become reality and he is now living through TWSA. Although he is the singular omniscient reader of the events yet to come, his success in the scenarios is not guaranteed—but perhaps his advantage will empower him to step into the protagonist role that never suited him before. <<less

Everyone knows that mountains are stronger than people! Then, it is natural that the strongest mountain is stronger than the strongest human!? This is the... more>> story of being reincarnated into a mountain on Earth 4.6 billion years ago, having to overcome giant meteorite impacts and global freezing, watching the rise and fall of the dinosaurs, using a "mysterious power" to distribute magic to living things and thus create dwarfs, elves, and beastmen, and then reigning as a sacred peak throughout history. <<less

The Third World War has been ended by the efforts of Kamijou Touma. With that, he vanished. With the Magic Side regrouping, the Sabbath for their followers has arrived.... more>>

In the headquarters of the Science Side, Academy City's strongest Level 5 Esper Accelerator has washed his hands off the "Darkness." Along with Last Order and Misaka Worst, his days pass by peacefully with no sign of GROUP.

Hamazura Shiage has formed a new ITEM with Kinuhata, Takitsubo and Mugino. Peace has come to the hands of the alumni who have "graduated" from Academy's Dark Side at last... at least until a new evil "first year student" appears before them.

--- This is a follow up to the popular Toaru Majutsu no Index light novel series, where Kamachi-Sensei has promised to deliver new premises and give a totally new flavor to the fights and plot developments <<less

“Baccano”, which Narita translates as “s*upid commotion”, is Italian for “ruckus”. Each of the stories in the series involves several unrelated plots intersecting and crossing each other as events spiral farther and farther out of control. Immortal alchemists, mafia operated speakeasies, and many other elements of pulp fiction mashed together for a world straight out of the movies.... more>>

It all started 300 years ago on a boat where the alchemists summoned the “demon” in order to obtain the method of immortality. The demon gave the alchemist the liquor of immortality, the only way to die is to pass down the way to produce the liquor.

But the following night, one of the alchemist started to devour his companions. To escape the threat, the alchemists scattered all over the world. In America during the temperance movement, centering around the liquor of immortality, the “s*upid commotion” starts! <<less

War of the Holy Grail - Pursuing the power of the "Holy Grail" which grants a miracle, this is a contest in which seven magi summon seven Heroic Spirits to compete for it. In that battle whose conclusion was postponed three times, now, the fourth war commenced again. ... more>>

Entrusting their dearest wish of victory, the magi joined the battleground called "Fuyuki", but amongst them, there was a man who was always alone, and could not find out the meaning behind his fights. His name was Kotomine Kirei. Not comprehending the guidance of fate, Kirei was lost, and had kept questioning. Why someone like him was given the Command Seals. However, the fate of his fights crossed Kirei's path with a nemesis by chance. That person is - Emiya Kiritsugu. A man who was sterner than anyone else, more merciless than anyone else, and who sought the miracle of the Holy Grail.

Merely recited in fragments in Fate/Stay Night, this is the Fourth War of the Holy Grail 10 years ago. The truth which unfolded behind the battle between Shirō's foster father, Rin's father, and the younger Kotomine Kirei, is finally revealed...... <<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

Sakamaki Izayoi, Kudou Asuka, and Kasukabe Yō have tremendous powers and are bored with the regular world.... more>>

An envelope arrives for each person, and when each opens their envelope, they are stunned to see the scenery around them change to a world they had never encountered before. They’ve been summoned by the Black Rabbit to help the community “No Name” to overthrow the Demon Lords. <<less

The most important duty of a Taoist priest is getting rid of monsters, exorcising ghosts, and raising his temple’s reputation! Xie Lingya, though, is not a Taoist priest. He just has the Immortal Roots…... more>>

Some people can learn in a day what takes others ten years of hard work. Xie Lingya is like this–other people have to cleanse themselves and meditate to draw talismans, but he can do it as easy as drinking a glass of water. Unfortunately, in this era, graduating from a renowned university is much more valuable than the talent for cultivation. He who has the Immortal Roots finally chose to study finance.

However, the world is unpredictable. His uncle, a Taoist priest, died unexpectedly, leaving his temple to Xie Lingya. His last wish was for his nephew to find the right person to inherit his sect’s teachings.

So Xie Lingya, who had no intentions to become a Taoist, ended up as… the owner of a Taoist temple. He began to earnestly manage the deserted little place, striving to gain believers. He also struggled to recruit priests, in hope of finding a suitable successor for his uncle. After a chance encounter, his target became Shi Changxuan, who came from an influential Taoist family and had outstanding skills. Not scared off by the man’s aloof personality, he struck up a conversation and tried to get his phone number. He didn’t realize this move could be easily misunderstood… <<less

A girl called ‘Rapunzel’. ... more>>

Trapped at the top of a tall tower under the strict surveillance of the ‘White Queen’, whom she calls mother, Rapunzel spends her boring days longing to go out into the wide world seen beyond the tower’s window. In her loneliness, the only solace is her handsome, secret visitor, ‘Chester’, who avoids the prying eyes of the White Queen to come visit her each night. However, even he can’t satisfy Rapunzel’s curiosity.

Then one day, the ‘Queen of Hearts’ appears before Rapunzel, claiming to be her real mother. The Queen of Hearts claims that Rapunzel was kidnapped as a child and lived under the illusion that the White Queen was her real mother. Through the Queen of Hearts’ sacrifice, Rapunzel finally escapes to the world outside the tower.

This is the story of a girl’s adventure that weaves together mysterious spaces and characters from various fairy tales, including Alice in Wonderland. <<less

Nearing the end of his life, Wei Xun was dragged into a thrilling and supernatural voyage.... more>>

Here, he was surprised to find that he could not only prolong his life, but also experience the feeling of pain that he loved!

In this regard, Wei Xun, the patient who was suffering from analgesia, responded—I am extremely satisfied! <<less

The Monogatari series centers on Koyomi Araragi, a third year high school student who is almost human again after briefly becoming a vampire. One day, a classmate named Hitagi Senjōgahara, who infamously never talks to anyone, falls down the stairs into Koyomi’s arms.... more>>

He discovers that Hitagi weighs next to nothing, in defiance of physics. Despite being threatened by her, Koyomi offers his help, and introduces her to Meme Oshino, a middle-aged homeless man who helped him stop being a vampire.

Some volumes are split into multiple stories which are identified by the ‘s1,2,3…’ in the releases.

Volumes 1-2: Bakemonogatari, 3: Kizumonogatari, 4-5: Nisemonogatari, 6-7: Nekomonogatari, 8: Kabukimonogatari , 9: Hanamonogatari, 10: Otorimonogatari, 11: Onimonogatari, 12: Koimonogatari, 13: Tsukimonogatari, 14: Koyomimonogatari, 15-17: Owarimonogatari, 18: Zokuowarimonogatari, 19: Orokamonogatari, 20: Wazamonogatari, 21: Nademonogatari

The author has also split the volumes into various seasons: First Season: Volumes 1-6, Second Season: Volumes 7-12, Final Season: Volumes 13-18, Off Season: Volumes 19-21 <<less

In Academy City, magic and science coexist in an unwavering power struggle. Toma Kamijo, an academically-challenged student in Academy City, wields the power of the... more>> Imagine Breaker in his right hand, which allows him to completely negate all supernatural powers – as well as his own luck. When he happens upon a mysterious nun named Index, whose mind has been implanted with the Index Librorum Prohibitorum – 103,000 ancient texts banned by the Church – Toma’s luck is about to be pushed to its limits when he finds himself in the middle of a war he never expected! <<less

Fate/Apocrypha is a story based around a Holy Grail War separate from that of the five Fuyuki Wars.... more>>

The original chapter 1 "Unbirth" focuses on Jack the Ripper. Though elements from this chapter exists in the official story, this chapter is not related to the official plot of the story. <<less

This novel is a spinoff of Fate/stay night, by Narita Ryohgo, set during a war that occurs a few years after the conclusion of the Fifth Holy Grail War. ... more>>

The stage: the city of Snowfield in the western U.S., far from Fuyuki. There, a "false Holy Grail War", quite unlike the original Holy Grail War, unfolds. There were those who had been keeping an eye on the auguries of the Holy Grail in Snowfield. According to an investigation by the Mage's Association, the Holy Grail War system in Snowfield was an imitation of the one in Fuyuki. What's more, the system was incomplete, leading to the exclusion of one of the seven classes and the selection of beings as Servants who ordinarily could not be summoned. It was, verily, a strange fake. As an organ of the U.S. government executes its various plots, the Servants are summoned one after another--- <<less

We follow the journey of Oliver, a young boy trapped in a life of emotional detachment, toiling away as a s*ave in a treacherous mine.... more>> However, everything changes when he stumbles upon the enigmatic realm of black magic, a profound study that delves into the very essence of human emotions. As Oliver delves deeper into the intricacies of this forbidden art, he begins to unearth a profound connection between the magical arts and the intricate tapestry of human sentiments. Through his exploration, Oliver’s own emotional landscape undergoes a profound transformation, stirring dormant feelings within him that he had long suppressed. <<less

An Rugu just graduated from university and returned to her small, mountain village to inherit a rundown Daoist temple.... more>>

The Daoist temple is simple and solemn, but there are no visitors, and there is no money for incense.

She heard that doing livestreams can earn money, so she decided to give it a try.

But her livestream isn’t singing and dancing—she tells fortunes.

——————

A divination livestream appeared on the Shark streaming platform, and the netizens who saw it dismissed it at first.

[It’s 2021, and there are still people who practice feudal superstition.]

[Look at you, you scam artist.]

But soon enough, the comments changed completely.

[Ah, master, you said my head was a little green, and my boyfriend who has been with me for ten years really cheated on me!]

[Master, you said that I was facing a bloody disaster. Thank you, master, for saving my life.]

After becoming popular, An Rugu somehow took over the task of promoting the Netherworld and became its spokesperson to the living.

Livestream divination to the living during the day—live attraction for ghosts at night.

[My grandpa came to me in a dream and told me to burn more paper money, so he can reward the streamer with dream money. Damn, the Netherworld really exists?!”]

[F*ck! The thief cried and returned the money to me after seeing the appearance of Hell in the livestream. He said he doesn’t want to go to Hell in the future.]
—————

Slice of life—except that An Rugu’s daily life consists of livestream divinations, conversing with denizens of the Netherworld, and running a halfway home for ghosts who don’t want to reincarnate yet.

Oh, and she also manages a small Daoist temple atop a pretty mountain with a magnificent view of the sky, rising through the clouds. <<less

Transmigrating into the world of a supernatural otome game as a phantom. Unwillingly turning into the familiar of an onmyouji and becoming the villain who interferes with love. On the other hand, the heroine happily lived her life without knowing anything. As an ordinary girl who possesses just a little bit of a mysterious power.... more>>

… Until the final day, when that tiny body disappears.

The heroine holds the disappearing body in her arms, and makes a resolution.

―― I’ll take you back no matter what.

―― For that, I’ll repeat this no matter how many times it takes. <<less

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 Story of the Narcissistic Delusional Film Emperor and the Poor Idol.... more>>

The rapidly rising fresh meat, Ye Chen, is a heaven-defying Jack Su character:

With a stunning appearance that is encountered once-in-a-century, he owns a courtyard worth hundreds of millions, with paychecks reaching tens of millions at a time. He carries the bloodline of two ancient gods, becoming the new lord of the divine realm, commanding all the divine beasts to obey… Yet he can’t even afford a pound of ribs, so poor that he has to mooch off the film emperor’s body lotion.

Entertainment Gossip No. 1: Revealed! The overpowered life of the popular traffic actor Ye Chen!

Entertainment Gossip No. 2: Rumor has it! Ye Chen’s courtyard residence is worth over a hundred million!

Entertainment Gossip No. 3: Strange News! The guy selling vegetables in the morning market looks just like the top traffic actor Ye Chen!

Entertainment Gossip No. 4: Shocking! This scavenger guy unexpectedly has a star-like face!

Ye Chen, who pedals a tricycle to sell vegetables and collect bottles, silently lowers his cap:…

The one selling vegetables is me, the scavenger is also me.

【Mini Theatre 1】

Qiongqi Cub: Gege, we haven’t had meat for three days.

Ye Chen: Hold on a little longer. Once I sell this new batch of cabbages, we’ll have money to buy meat…

【Mini Theatre 2】

Ye Chen: Tomatoes aren’t selling, help Chen Chen! Cabbages aren’t selling, help Chen Chen! Eggplants aren’t selling, help Chen Chen!

Shen Mofeng: Is Chen Chen not selling?

Ye Chen: N-No, not not selling.

Shen Mofeng: I’ll take all the vegetables, and send some to Chen Chen.

Ye Chen: …

The film emperor has been acting weird lately!!!

——Switching seamlessly between a heaven-defying Jack Su and a poor farm boy’s life.

Content Tags: Supernatural, Entertainment Circle, Farming, Sweet Story, Light-hearted

Search Keywords: Protagonist: Ye Chen, Shen Mofeng ┃ Supporting Characters: Gu Qiu, All walks of life celebrities and big shots ┃ Others:

One-sentence summary: Not a farmer, but a farm boy…

Theme: Depicting how contemporary youth can rely on their own hard work to cultivate and embark on the path to wealth, with an uplifting tone, showcasing the spirit of the working class. <<less