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

A man, burnt out from excessive overwork, returns to his hometown to get away from it all. He soon grows bored and decides to visit a beach he used to play at as a child.... more>>

There he stumbles upon a man on the sand wearing strange clothes who speaks of even stranger things: he is at the beach to see the upcoming meteor shower, even though it is supposed to occur almost a week later.

But he finds a strange comfort in watching the sky at the mysterious man’s side and decides to return the next day to ‘wait for the stars’ with him.

This is just the beginning of a series of interconnected tales that span across time and space, and share a feeling of quiet peacefulness, like what you feel when gazing up into the starlit night sky. While reading these you may begin to feel there is more out there–and more inside yourself–than you ever imagined. <<less

Hariyama-san, Center of the World is a series of connected short stories by Narita Ryohgo, the author of Durarara!! and Baccano!. They’re basically strange or... more>> supernatural events that are seemingly unrelated, except that every one of them involves the title character, Shinkichi Hariyama, as a minor character in some capacity. The last story in each volume ties all the previous stories together. It doesn’t take place in the Naritaverse (consisting of Durarara!!, Baccano!, Vamp!, and Etsusa Bridge) <<less

The war that raged between the Church and the Witches for five centuries finally ended in peace but a few short years ago. However, nestled in the shadowy places of the world, the embers of that age old conflict still smolder.... more>>

Attending the Royal Academy of Magic of the Kingdom of Wenias is a struggling student named Sable, who has no memories of his time before being enrolled. At the command of Headmaster Albus, he left the Kingdom to travel to the southern reaches of the continent, where anti-magic insurgents are still a force to be reckoned with, as part of a special training regimen. Accompanying him are a party of individuals strong in both ability and personality; there's the one known as the Witch of the Dawn, Roux Cristasse, who seeks the forbidden knowledge of primeval magic in the 'Grimoire of Zero,' the genius girl Holtz, as well as the school's sole beast, Kudd.

Just what truth shall they uncover in their journey to the south...? <<less

Fourth Outer World Story:... more>>

In that world, there are people, gods, and monsters that take their vengeance on each other. This is a story that unfolds in one of the many city-states in such a world, beginning with a contract between a human boy and a God. <<less

This story is about a strange woman who is looking for her lover in her past life but she always finds the wrong one.
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Welcome to the world of 《Trans s*xual Online》.... more>>

This is a virtual space (Virtual reality area).

You can live how you wish here.

However, there is one condition.

Your gender is reversed in this world.

Men as women.

Women as men.

Haven’t you ever wished you could

become a different gender from the one you are right now?

That becomes true in this world.

The time flows differently in the world of《Trans s*xual Online》 than in the real world.

One day in the real world is equal to 1 year in this one. (tln: not quite accel world)

For those current generation people whose lives are so busy they cannot enjoy a normal VRMMO this virtual space (Virtual reality area) was created――.

That is this 《Trans s*xual Online》.

In this world you can live without rules (laws) however you wish.

You can spend your time managing a ranch.

Thoroughly study cooking.

Dive into the dungeons looking for treasures, knocking down monsters with your companions.

Smith weapons and train to become the fiercest warrior.

The tale only depends on the number of players.

The degree of freedom on this VRMMO is virtually limitless. (tln: pun intended)

Now then, please enjoy 《Trans s*xual Online》 to your heart’s content.

2114.5 (Probably May 2114)

From everyone at the Development Management Department for《Trans s*xual Online》 <<less

In order to go back home, Su Wei is forced to bind with an unscrupulous system.... more>>

And the only task of the system is to eliminate the blackening value of the male supporting characters.

But who can tell her why the blackening value of these male supporting characters keeps increasing after they sleep with her willingly?

System: “Maybe it’s because you’re not using the correct sleeping position? I heard men like to be on top, why don’t you try it?”

Su Wei: “Get lost!”

BEEP BEEP BEEP – Warning! Blackening value of the male supporting character has exceeded the limit!

“…” Su Wei, with tears in her eyes, throws herself at the handsome man who is about to turn into a big villain, touches his sexy abs, twists her waist, and lets out a delicate moan, “Ah, it smells so good!”

The man smirks, pinches her waist fiercely, and speaks in a low and hoarse voice, “Huh, a woman who says one thing but means another.”

Su Wei: “Do you believe that it’s the system forcing me?”

System: Meow meow meow? Sorry, the signal is not good. This system will retreat for now!

One-sentence synopsis: The male supporting character blackens at the drop of a hat.

Contains a wife-chasing crematorium, also known as “The Male Supporting Character is Sick” and “The Forced Business of the Female Lead”

Couple: The sarcastic and optimistic female lead X various male supporting characters who blacken and turn into villains

Male lead: A heartless black-hearted dog who doesn’t do his job.

Female lead: A fallen girl who is targeted by the black-hearted dog.

System: Writing system named “tr*sh Chicken” with lots of kinky ideas, the king of plot twists.

A sweet petting story!!! The entire story is completed.

The order of the following worlds can be adjusted~

First World: Blackened School Grass x Childhood Sweetheart ✓ Completed

Second World: Disabled Crown Prince x Fated Princess ✓ Completed

Third World: Zombie Boss x White Moonlight Missy ✓ Completed

Fourth World: Imperial General x Mermaid Little Wife √ Completed

Fifth World: Immortal Cultivator x Crossdressing Little Rebel √ Completed

Sixth World: Omega Little Wife x Abstinence-type Crown Prince √ Completed. <<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

Summoned the Diablo 2 high-level druid and transmigrated to become the principal of an ordinary community school in the Marvel universe.... more>>

Alvin stared into Director George's eyes and said in a cold voice: "I'm going to dig out the scum who use my students to do bad things out of their nests.
I'm going to pull out their hearts and see and make them pay a price they'll never forget. I want them to know! Here is my school! This is my place!" <<less

A fledgling adventurer is depressed from his most recent, seventy fifth, failure to capture the third floor of the dungeon under Labyrinth City. In his... more>> unwariness, he is ambushed by a certain someone, and suddenly his life begins actually progressing again. From a life of bland rain to a life of colorful acquaintances he goes.
A series of short stories surrounding an Antique shop outside of Dungeon Gate. <<less

From love, marriage, heartbreak, pain, to divorce- Mu Chuqing has been through it all in a few years with Sheng Yuchen. After not seeing each other for years, she imagines that they would be like strangers. But why is that man looking at her with anger even when holding his fiancée in his arms? Why can’t they be like strangers? ... more>>

Will he forever humiliate and torture her? Why can’t Sheng Yuchen let her go? Just what kind of cruel man is her ex-husband?

…

Ever since that night three years ago, Sheng Yuchen has not slept peacefully. Every time she cries, her tears fall like acid on his heart. His blood boils when he sees her smiling at other men the way she used to smile at him, and the beast in him might as well destroy everything around.

He can’t let her go. He won’t let her go. Even if his heart gets charred with her tears.

…

This isn’t a love-at-first-sight story!

“Boss! Miss Mu is back!”

“Got it.” The man responds indifferently.

“Boss, someone gave Miss Mu a bouquet of roses!”

“Adulterer! Humph!” The man finally raises his head, narrows his eyes, and snorts.

“Boss, Miss. Mu and that man watched a movie today, had a candlelight dinner, and…”

“And what…”

“They kissed!”

The man’s eyes spits fire, and he can’t sit still anymore. He suddenly stands up from the sofa.

“B-Boss, bad news. Miss. Mu and that man are going to get married in the Netherlands!”

The man slams the table. “Which plane? Shoot it down!”

“Yes!”

“Wait!” The man suddenly stops him.

“Boss, do you have any other instructions?”

“Blast the male adulterer. If she loses even a hair on her, I’m afraid you won’t be able to handle what comes next!”

“…” <<less

Nie Yun, a young fisherman, accidentally merged with high-level civilization mechanical insects, opening the path of magnificent transformation from a small fishing boat to a super mothership!... more>>

Nie Yun: “As far as we can see, there are fishing grounds! Let’s start to conquer the sea of ​​Star!” <<less

“Sanctuary” was the first holographic online game of the Blue Star system.... more>>

Qiao Nan unified the devil race, pacified the human world, and almost killed the gods when the “Sacred Realm” was deleted.

Qiao Nan, who should have been ejected from the game, was trapped in the game, experiencing one censored internal test after another.

During this period, Qiao Nan changed countless camps, magic, elves, sea, human, and even the divine realm, relying on the deletion of the file, but also recklessly increasing the goodwill of the NPCs and races.

Then on a day when Qiao Nan was quietly unaware, “Sanctuary” was publicly tested.

Thinking the file had been again, Qiao Nan once again chose the Demon camp.

The man who was appointed by him as the Archduke of the Demon Clan knelt down on one knee and kissed his hand.

Welcome back, my king

Qiao Nan: ????

However, the situation was still much more than that, and when he went to the other races, he found that things seemed to be a bit big. The high priest of the elves, the prince of the sea race who had been imprisoned for a hundred years, the great hero of the human race a hundred years ago, and the god of light …… who was forced to sleep in the divine realm all cast a respectful yet frenzied gaze at him.

Qiao Nan: Wait, what’s going on?!

The worlds seemed to have…… fused. <<less

There is a certain restaurant in the first bas**ent level of a multi-tenant building in one corner of a shopping street near the office district.... more>> The historical 70-year-old restaurant, marked by a sign with a picture of a cat, is called "Western Cuisine Nekoya." This restaurant looks completely normal through the week, but on Saturdays, it opens in secret exclusively to some very unique guests. During these hours, doors in various areas of a parallel world open to allow customers of many different races and cultures into the restaurant. This "Restaurant to Another World" and its food hold an exotic charm to these highly diverse customers. This is a story of the heartwarming, once-in-a-lifetime encounters between our reality and another world, between the restaurant's customers and its owner, and the food shared among them all. <<less

Since Guan Shan got the horror game simulator in his head, everything in his eyes became horrifying.... more>>

A meat restaurant with human corpses hanging in the kitchen, an abandoned apartment building with a phone ringing at midnight, a psychiatric hospital full of mu*derers…

[Only by killing the final BOSS can this simulation be ended! ]
As an ordinary person, Guan Shan was scared.

In the face of these terrifyingly powerful Bosses, he could only try his best to kill monsters and get some equipment in order to survive.

He was barely able to survive each simulation.

However, in the eyes of others, Guan Shan was a horror and anomaly himself!

“Captain, the S-class dangerous psychic has been killed by him, and the entire base was destroyed by him, but why is he crying for help with a look of fear? Should we save him or not?”

“Are you s*upid? He is coming towards us! Let’s run!” <<less

There is a certain restaurant in the first bas**ent level of a multi-tenant building in one corner of a shopping street near the office district.... more>> The historical 70-year-old restaurant, marked by a sign with a picture of a cat, is called "Western Cuisine Nekoya." This restaurant looks completely normal through the week, but on Saturdays, it opens in secret exclusively to some very unique guests. During these hours, doors in various areas of a parallel world open to allow customers of many different races and cultures into the restaurant. This "Restaurant to Another World" and its food hold an exotic charm to these highly diverse customers. This is a story of the heartwarming, once-in-a-lifetime encounters between our reality and another world, between the restaurant's customers and its owner, and the food shared among them all. <<less

"Can you be useful to me?"... more>>

"I... I can be..."

The first time they met, she knelt trembling before him, begging for shelter. The s*ave caught his interest, and he brought her back to his palace.

She could've never imagined that in one night she'd go from a spoiled little s*ave princess of a defeated kingdom, to becoming a powerful prince's pet.

He kept her by his side... spoiled her, cared for her, loved her, and gave her meticulous care and high status. Whatever she wished... she could do so under his name.

But, she angered him and chose to run away. He captured her within a day.

"Don't forget, my little dearest, everything I have given you can be taken back..."

In a spur of anger, she hit him, her feeble hands striking against the flesh of his cheek. Gnashing her teeth in anger, she said, "Do you have the ability to take my child back?!" <<less

There were a few big bosses with different identities, all playing the same child raising apocalyptic game and raising the same daughter.... more>>

———they didn’t know about each others’ existence

The bosses would try all sorts of way to splurge on her every day, their only wish for their daughter to have the highest quality life possible during the apocalypse.

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Bian Bian was given birth during the apocalypse and adopted by an elderly man. When she was five years old, grandpa got infected by the virus and turned into a zombie. And so, she became an orphan, living miserably every day.

One day, an ability user found that on a rooftop balcony was a little girl dressed in a beautiful princess dress, happily eating hot pot!

While behind her stood two zombies, each holding a bowl of ice to help her keep cool.

Ability user: “……?”

Later on, Bian Bian’s birth parents came to find her.

Splurging daddies: “???”

Want to snatch my darling daughter away? No way!

Not long after, the sky changed. Dark clouds covered the world and true dragons swam in the skies.

The survivors were all trembling, only Bian Bian said happily, “My fathers are here to fetch me~”

Everybody: “???”

Why is father plural!? <<less

Luo Qiu became the boss of a ‘club’ by chance. ... more>>

It was a weird club that sold strange items and with a servant girl that had 300 years of working experience. Countless people with dreams, hopes and ambitions came to the club to exchange anything precious they own for what they want. They would offer their lifespan, items, and even their soul. Every successful trade would increase Luo Qiu’s lifespan by a little.

“Tribute successful, your lifespan has increased by 99 years.”

As thus, Luo Qiu began his endless life as the club’s boss. <<less

A 45-year-old salary man dies in a train accident and is reincarnated as a newly born baby in a different world. For some reason, he... more>> has special skills: “Gift of Natural Talent” and “Identify.” In order to make the best of this advantage, the protagonist resolves himself for his second life. <<less

System: Host, what is that thing in the sky?... more>>

Shi Sheng: An intergalactic spaceship.

System: …This is a cultivation world, where did an intergalactic spaceship come from?!

—

System: Host, what are you holding in your hand?

Shi Sheng: Xuanyuan Sword.

System: This is an advanced scientific world, where did an ancient divine sword come from?! Wait a moment… Host what are you doing?!

Shi Sheng: Breaking apart the main couple.

#MyHostIsTooPowerfulAndLikesToBreakShips.

Note : ‘shipping’ is the term people use when they want two people to be a couple. <<less

Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning’s disciple was a mistake.... more>>

His shizun was really too much like a cat while he himself was a dumb pup who’d only slobber and wag his tail.

Dogs and cats were different by nature; originally, the dumb pup didn’t want to reach his furry paws out to that cat.

At first he thought, dogs should be with dogs, like his shixiong, beautiful and tame like a cute Japanese Spitz, and the two of them together would surely be a match made in heaven.

Yet, after having died and reborn, after having lived two lives, the one he hauled back each time to his den in the end was always the one he couldn’t stand at first: that snow-white kitty shizun. <<less