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

Akira, was born in the slum and wishes to get out but the only way he could was to risk his life in these ruins as a hunter.... more>>

These ruins, known as the Old World, were danger zones where beasts roam; buildings crumble, and other humans hunt their own…

Though Akira had expected to face death countless times there, he had never expected to meet a naked woman there.

Standing exposed with her curvaceous curves and bosom out for all to admire, Alpha, the breathtaking beauty stood there, looking back at him.

This mysterious enchantress walked towards Akira and… <<less

When Hong Kong was in the 1980s, bully triads were dominant and the society was in insecurity. The police were corrupt at that time. The infamous unruled area, Snapdragon Walled City (based on Kowloon Walled City), was especially chaotic. Over a dozen big and small triads settled over there.... more>>

The golden hatchet man* Xia Liuyi in Xiao Qi Tong founded a film studio to launder money under the boss’s command. The female lead of the film was their sister-in-law; the male lead was a threatened popular star; the director has only shot X-rated films – they need one more educated person to write a story.

Wasn’t that an easy task?

Boss Liuyi took action promptly. He picked the only college student in this area – He Chusan who was coming home with his little backpack. He Chusan said: “I can’t write a screenplay. I’m studying economics.” Xia Liuyi said: “Beat him.” He Chusan became a golden screenwriter obediently.

After finishing this film, He Chusan thought he was already freed. Rest assured, he went to school with his little backpack again. However, he stepped on the Xia Liuyi covered with blood just in front of his home. The stage of a triad boss who was a snapdragon in this chaotic world and a white-collar elite from an innocent family, two parallel lines that seemed not to cross each other, and a messy, unreasonable fate, has its curtain lifted……

*In this book hatchet man literally means “the hired beater (打手)”, and Xia Liuyi was a top-ranked hatchet man. <<less

With the inheritance from ancient times, a trivial farmer embarked on the road to greatness.... more>>

When the pure village girl, the glamorous female president, the romantic lady boss, the hot female teacher, the seductive and charming school beauties suddenly started to surround him, Wang Xiaofei became lost for words.

I'm just a trivial farmer, what can I do?

I will show you the power of a trivial farmer! <<less

Underground action story that takes place in Yokohama!... more>>

Why did a boy from a prestigious school, who has lived a simple life, turn himself into a villain?

Eigo Hayashiki, a boy with hyper memory syndrome (hyperthymesia), lives a lonely life, envied by those around him because of his special ability. After one particular incident, he is finally abandoned by his family and loses everything.

The boy is rescued by a mysterious woman, Secret, in Yokohama, and despite his confusion, he becomes familiar with the underworld of the port city.

Yakuza, Chinese Mafia, informant, hitman, and a hostess at the age of high schoolers are interwoven in the chaos of Yokohama’s underworld.

This is the story of a former honor student who comes into contact with Yokohama’s unique outlaws and solves various cases as a villain. <<less

Ei Tokisaka is born into a gangster family, but he disbands the gang when his father, the boss, passes away. Now it's been two years... more>> since he took over running a small diner, and there's never a dull moment with his former gang members stopping in for a bite, as well as his neighbor and number two of the Higa gang, Sojun Higa. Ei and Sojun are childhood friends that ran into each other again as adults, and now Sojun is a regular at his diner. One day Sojun pins Ei to the floor, leaving him bewildered. Ei can't help but notice Sojun more and more...?! <<less

Fist if not by law! A fist over the laws of a world where simple things become truth

I’ve always worked hard and serious at my company, but according to the law I’m not allowed to love the girls I wish to love.... more>> So I’ll solve it with the power of money. It is a story about buying young girls who have been sold as s*aves overseas in poor countries. <<less

File #0001:... more>>

Suspect: Erika Guruh

Alias: Omen

Character Profile: sinister-looking, extremely rude, notorious

Deduction: No doubt she’s the perpetrator. Besides, all evidence found points straight at her.

Facts: It’s an open secret that the accused and the victim have been at each other’s throats and that the beef between them worsened after speculations of the suspect desiring to snatch the victim’s boyfriend came to light. No wonder when the victim was found at death’s doors on the premises of a construction site, the suspicion was immediately pointed towards the suspect.

However, the situation is even more convoluted than it seems due to the suspect running away with her thug-like motorcycle-taxi-driver, despite being under house arrest. This act by the suspect only stands to further strengthen the suspicions towards her. The suspect was also the first person to arrive at the crime scene of the following victims.

My Mission: Prove that the accused is, in fact, innocent. And to find the actual perpetrator. <<less

A failed investor from 2017 got drunk and woke up in the 1980s. China is just opening up, and the economy is blooming. There is... more>> also the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the bursting of the Dot-com bubble and other financial crisis. He used his knowledge of the future and slowly build up his empire. <<less

She was kidnapped— kidnapped and put into a private men’s prison.... more>>

“In this prison, if you are not obedient… be prepared to face the consequences.”

“Damn it, what are you crying for? Open your eyes!”

Bai Zhi cowered into the corner.

She was like a little lamb dropped into a den of wolves. One wrong move and she’ll be eaten alive.

—In short, this is the story of a pure and sweet FL domesticating a pack of prison wolves. The meat is fragrant and the plot is a little mind-boggling, but this pseudo-thriller is a truly wholesome story. <<less

Thinking that he was the man’s true love, he naively handed over his sincerity, only to realize that that he himself was the protagonist of the most disgusting story about a body double.... more>>

He was unable to control himself, he wanted to kill off that person who looked exactly like him. Only that the lover he had been with for the past year or so, had raised his gun and shot him dead. In that split moment of pain and cold, the heat of being pierced by the bullet had scorched into his heart, carved onto his bones, so deep that he would never ever be able to start over new.

Yet he still lived; could even empty his heart and step back, could even openly laugh. Just as if nothing had even changed.

But under the rambler roses, the former lover stepped out from the past year, his eyes slowly fixed on him, as he assumed a cold posture to question him. The weakness at the bottom of his eyes hidden behind the thousands of mountains and rivers of the difficult journey.

Gu Han Liang then said: “It doesn’t matter to me if you don’t forgive, don’t believe, or don’t accept. Just let it be as if you lent yourself to me. If you hate it, if you feel sad, then go back at once. I will not force you a second time.”

He didn’t reply, but his heart trembled.

The man’s kiss pressed onto his forehead, and the deep voice sounded again.

“If you don’t hate it and don’t feel sad, then lend me a lifetime.” <<less

The parallel world known as “Earth” split in two; one world was full of magic, the other possessed none. Into the first, a single man fell. “He should have been playing a game, but…” Fortunately, he retained the status of the character that he created in VRMMORPG “Another World Online”, so he did not merely just die.... more>>

Three years later.

He, Takahiro Sayama, opened a ‘General Store’ in the eastern Royal Capital… he himself wants to give up, but… As for the story itself, this is a romantic comedy between him, and the girls that surround him. <<less

Liu Yanbo is a taxi and valet driver. He works all day, but he loves his peaceful, comfortable life. Liu Yanbo originally planned to live as such, blandly. One day he meets a beautiful CEO, and a sudden marriage completely breaks the peace of his life.... more>>

A marriage full of happiness, anger, and sorrow begins, all kinds of trouble come one after another, and Liu Yanbo’s unknown past slowly surfaces. <<less

Sinan Ke is a young talented writer of small, very dark *beep* novels. He is a gold medal author on a famous meat* novels website and he has a multitude of fans. However, he is still, after all, a wretched writer who puts the main character in his stories through great torment; so on this day, he got his retribution… ... more>>

System: Welcome, Visitor No. 039, to the virtual punishment worlds of the Great Harmony Department. You are in scene XY0358, your current status is a student currently taking an exam—

Student Sinan Ke: What?!! (⊙?⊙)

System: Please save the various youths who have lost their way, otherwise, you will not be able to break away from the virtual punishment world.

This is the story of a small author of small *beep* novels being punished to go through various small *beep* worlds. He was tasked to save the protagonist who, because of said author, was turned into an obscene *beep* toilet. <<less

"If you run away again, I will destroy the world!" ... more>>

"I won't run, I won't run. I'll be good!"

Bo Yucheng watches the vixen who intently tries to escape and gets his hands on two marriage certificates instantly.

"If you dare to escape illegally again, I will use legal means to bring you back."

The girl nods her head fervently.

From this moment on, Young Master Bo has become addicted to pampering and protecting his wife.

However, there are rumors that Mrs Bo is an ugly, idiotic, and s*upid woman from a poor family background, making her undeserving of Young Master Bo's love and favor.

Hence, billions of fans from all over the world become unhappy. "Who dares to talk bad about our goddess?"

The people from world-class medical research institute are also annoyed. "Who is so blind to belittle the successor of our institute?"

Even the First Young Master of the wealthiest family is enraged. "I heard that someone is looking down on the daughter of the Shi Family?"

Everyone is dumbfounded and shocked as they look at the girl who is placed on the pedestal in various fields.

Young Master Bo pulls his wife into his embrace immediately and smirks. "If anyone dares to provoke my wife again... they shall just be put to death."

[A wolf in sheep's clothing VS A beautiful queen] <<less

Choosing not to follow in the footsteps of his father, who serves as legal advisor for the yakuza criminal organization Komine-kai, Fuyuki instead becomes a... more>> corporate lawyer and is looking forward to a life of smooth sailing. Those hopes are dashed, however, when his father falls ill, and Mitora, the head of the gang and Fuyuki's childhood friend, pressures him to take over his father's position. When he declines, Mitora imprisons him as his captive and plaything, and Fuyuki ends up losing both his job and his girlfriend. "Even as a kid I knew, nobody was gonna be my other half but you." What will Fuyuki do when Mitora unleashes the full ferocity of his love...!? <<less

TL :... more>>

A traverser's life in Chicago 1990.
Racism, slum, poverty, greed, showbiz.
A look into RAP and music industry of 1990s.

Original:

Crossing, Chicago 1990, American Entertainment, Composition, Screenwriting, Production, Media Group. <<less

They first met at Yueya Correctional Facility. He was a criminal who was imprisoned on behalf of someone else. He behaved frivolously, an unbridled look in his eyes. At first glance, he didn’t seem to be a good person.... more>>

She and he belonged in two different worlds. One light, one dark. Destined to collide.

The next time they met, the sky was overcast. It was raining and foggy. At the intersection, the world outside the car windows was chaotic and blurry.

She appeared suddenly, a ray of poignant purity.

It was then he knew, he had long been waiting for this uncertain reunion.

After words, without batting an eyelid, he quietly advanced. Using the crudest, most overbearing and straightforward maneuver, he entered her life.

She approached him little by little, and stepped closer and closer to the truth.

He said, “One day when you find out the things I did, give me a chance. Don’t leave, ever.”

He said, “If you can survive, I’ll put up offerings to the gods and prostrate before Buddha, I’ll abstain from meat and alcohol, recite scriptures and kowtow my gratitude in front of that Old Man. If you die, I won’t continue living alone either, I’ll follow you to the afterlife.”

His embrace was a warm enclosure, sheltering her from the wind and rain lest she be cold and helpless.

To call this love would barely scratch the surface.

— As luck would have it, during times when you were cold, I was able to give you warmth. — <<less

Durarara!! SH is a sequel series of light novels following Durarara!!. Set one and a half years after the end of the original series, SH features the same setting as Durarara!! and much of the previous series’ cast returns alongside several new main characters.... more>>

The first volume was published in April 2014 under the Dengeki Bunko imprint, and three volumes have been released in total as of January 2015.

As with its predecessor, SH is written by Ryohgo Narita and illustrated by Suzuhito Yasuda.

One and a half years after the end of the Dollars, Ikebukuro now welcomes a new wind.

Yahiro Mizuchi, a cowardly boy with a knack for fighting, moves to Ikebukuro after a childhood of ostracization in his hometown in Akita. Come to the city in hopes of meeting the famed Headless Rider and validating his existence as a “monster," he enrolls in Raira Academy as a freshman where he quickly befriends fellow classmates Kuon Kotonami and Himeka Tatsugami, both of whom possess their own reasons for seeking out the urban legend. Meanwhile, the rider in black has yet to be seen in the city for the past half year, and anyone who has since attempted to seek out Ikebukuro’s resident Dullahan has vanished without a trace.

With a new start on life, Yahiro wants nothing more than to live out a quiet, ordinary existence, but the city of Ikebukuro has other plans... <<less

“Can I tell you a secret, sister?” Tang BaoBao whispered to Xiao Hanrui.... more>>

“What is it!”

“I have found a superstar girlfriend.”

Xiao Hanrui exclaimed “Female Superstar! What is going on in your head?”

” Am I beautiful? Do I look good? Are my legs long?”

“Do you want to die? Where did you get the courage to even find a superstar girlfriend?” <<less

The world’s top level hacker, Shi Lei; due to him hacking the world’s top military powers during a joint exercise and attempting to steal information from them, ultimately leads him to get sold out by his own organization. This act eventually caused his own death by a missile bombardment. ... more>>

God was playing a joke on him and allowed him to return back to six years ago, the autumn season of when he was still at his university. Being given another chance, plus the fact that he retained his ability as one of the best in hacking technology, Shi Lei decided to change his life! During his previous life, he was only an assassin in the dark. Although such an existence made people afraid of him, he would have to always hide within the shadows. In his new life, not only does he want to be an assassin in the dark, he also wants to stand openly in the middle of the world stage. Creating a world-class super enterprise, he will single handy change the whole world! <<less

He—an enigmatic and cold-blooded soldier with a mysterious background.
She—a ruthless and bloodthirsty spy.... more>>

After she transmigrated out of the blue, she held a knife to his neck on their first meeting— marking the beginning of their twisted fate.

One day, she pinned him to a wall.
"I've been teasing you for so long but you aren't reacting at all, you're forcing me to…"

Before she could finish, he smiled wickedly and counterattacked.
"Good girl, this is what you call sending a lamb to a tiger's mouth."
Then, he sealed her lips with a kiss... <<less

The world is about to be destroyed to make way for an interstellar transmission array formation. A young man journeys through the stars to save... more>> his home. A bloody fantasy adventure. <<less

Xu Yun is a man with a mysterious past as a special forces operative. Since then he just wanted to have a relaxed life in... more>> HeDong City, working for his gorgeous boss. Unexpectedly he is pulled into a massive power struggle within the criminal underworld, all because he stumbles upon an earth-shattering secret… <<less