Seven years ago, Mu Kang was a great talent in the composition department. He had a unique style, and won countless praises for every work he composed. Lin Yan is a renowned guest lecturer at the college's Conducting Department, and a commanding genius that all young musicians look up to. At that time, Mu Kang was worrying about his graduation concert. He happened to meet Lin Yan who had just returned to China. They hit it off. Lin Yan was impressed by the other's talent, and the Mu Kang was intoxicated by Lin Yan's performance.... more>>

Their collaboration over their music quietly ignited the fire of affection. Both of them had feelings for each other, but Lin Yan didn't take a step forward, and Mu Kang was unenlightened when it comes to love. When Mu Kang's childhood admirer returned to China to confess to him, Lin Yan just so happened to see the scene where she offered him a kiss, so he buried his emotions and went away to a foreign country to escape for seven years.

Seven years later, Mu Kang is famous in the music industry. Although he still has brilliant works, his heart has become silent. His childhood friend finally came to the realization that he doesn't love her back, and chose to break up. And Lin Yan continued his performance career abroad. Originally it seemed that they would never cross paths again, but fate led them in circles and they encountered each other once more... <<less

Graffiti. It’s the magic of ephemeral visuals that vividly overwrite even her and my thoughts―... more>>

Yoshi, a university student studying abroad in Bristol, Britain, uncovers graffiti at his workplace. Together with his colleague Boudicia, a languid but wild girl with golden hair, he uncovers a secret world of graffiti he never knew existed, as he is dragged into the conflict between graffiti writers and police, all the while struggling to rekindle his passion for music after a traumatic event. <<less

"Don't talk nonsense, our relationship is great."

This is a love story between a singer with a vast imagination and the president of his entertainment company. Expect ridiculousness, complete butchering of various... more>> myths and legends, and mind-reading. Above all else, expect a sickeningly sweet love story. <<less

I am Kujouin Reiko, a poor lady living without my parents. My Grandmother, who died 2 months ago was a self-indulgent Ojou-sama, who actually has no ability to look after herself. My Father left the infant me after having led the Kujouin family to ruin, and is still missing. It was my Grandmother's maid, Fuki-san, who brought me up. Thanks to Fuki-san, I was able to acquire the ability to look after myself. Meanwhile, my Grandmother, whose pride was tall enough to tower over Mt. Everest, instilled in me disciplines that the daughter of the Kujouin family ought to have. She sat up a piano in our modest rented house and gave me strict guidance.... more>> She did the same for dance, manners, and language too. My Grandmother had been studying piano in Europe for a long time.

I decided to enroll in the high school of the prestigious Meisei Private Academy, which has a special scholarship system, but was tackled from behind on the day of the entrance ceremony, and was tackled by Sakurada Yuria, who called me, "Villainess young lady" apparently believes that this world is that of an Otome Game. She makes sure I stay away from her childhood friends (whom she called, 'capture targets'), and makes great effort to stick the heroine, Yuuki Miu, and the capture target, Takanashi Ryou, together.

I don't have the time to be bothered about that though, because of the state of poverty I am in. Meanwhile, it turns out that the house where our maid, Fuki-san, finds retirement is the house of the very same Takanashi Ryou, the capture target. Fuki-san was apparently the great-grandmother of Takanashi Ryou. He accuses me of pushing Fuki-san around but I just want to see her again. At such a time, I lose my home to a landslide. Do your best, dear Me! Don't give up, dear Me! <<less

Even if the human heart is a bottomless pit, it will eventually be filled one day.... more>>

**3P + Brothers** <<less

He almost became a Hallyu star and his biggest career in entertainment was placing 12th in an idol survival program.... more>>

The works he rejected were enormously successful, but every work he went into was destroyed one after another.

This frigging damn unfortunate life played around by false hope actually saved a country in his previous life.

So when he came back to his original body, there was a face genius standing in the mirror.

*Face genius: a Korean slang term for someone who is very good looking <<less

I possessed a dying wife of the male lead with a split personality. I couldn’t even run away because it happened on the day of the wedding.... more>>

But still, I comforted myself that as long I don’t run into Kid the Killer, I should be able to live somehow.

As if laughing at my thoughts,

Kid came to see me on the first night.

“Is that what they call pretending to be asleep? Your acting is pretty good. Now, if you don’t wake up in the count of three—”

“Eek, I’m awake!”

He said that if I wanted to live, I needed to seduce his other personality, the high priest “Seniel”. He said Seniel would keep me alive as long as I became his most prized thing and his weakness.

But once I’ve become his weakness, will he spare me? Kid said he would kill me in due course to step on Seniel.

In the end, it’s a matter of dying now or dying later.

***

In the morning, Seniel was in tears.

“It’s all my fault.”

I kind of comforted him in order to survive. The only way I could live was to pretend to get close to him and run away while he was off guard. <<less

When a high school girl is reborn into the world of her favorite novel, she’s ready for a life of riches, romance, and a front row seat to the drama. The problem? She’s been reborn as Mary Bell, the villainess of the story!... more>>

To make matters worse, she’s cursed to continue speaking like the original Mary Bell. Every word she utters sounds rude, conceited, and cruel. However, just as she decides she’ll need to live quietly to avoid her death flags, the original heroine of the story, Aria, gets bullied right in front of her. With no choice but to step in, Mary Bell decides to make the most of a new, unexpected proximity to her beloved main character and singer—as her sponsor!

Taking knowledge from her previous life of idols and talent agents, Mary Bell helps Aria traverse a world of nameless troupes and mediocre male leads to become Under a Beautiful Melody’s very first popstar, all while avoiding the pitfalls of the original story! <<less

Li Shen’s performance in the finals of 《Heavenly Voice》 stole the breaths of everyone present. The judging panel praised him, saying he was ‘a man kissed by a goddess.’ Li Shen faintly curved his lips. In his entire life, only the woman called Yu Wan had kissed him.... more>>

—

Yu Wan didn’t expect to return to A City one day after leaving three years ago, and then to run into Li Shen again.

After Li Shen found her, he said, “Yu Wan, can I ask you to plan a wedding?”

Yu Wan asked, “Who are the newlyweds?”

Li Shen replied, “Li Shen and Yu Wan.” <<less

After returning from studying abroad, violinist Ying Ruoyun accidentally crosses paths with the orchestra's chief conductor on his first day with the A City Symphony... more>> Orchestra. Who would have thought that this prestigious conductor would be Shu Jingzhi, an alumnus from his university days and the love of his life whom he had briefly dated?
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"Aren't you impatient? We can do it right here."
"This is a concert hall, have you no reverence, no shame?"
"For you, there is no such thing."
It was a forbidden pleasure, a rapid descent into the abyss, an unquenchable, poisonous thirst.
———
Chief conductor of the prestigious orchestra (Shu Jingzhi) X returning violinist (Ying Ruoyun) <<less

A student who had been preparing for the Civil Service examination for 4 years suddenly found himself in an unfamiliar body and 3 years in the past.... more>>

Along with it came a status window displaying a threat right before his eyes!

[Outbreak!]
[Status Abnormality: ‘Debut or Die’ occurs!]

A diary about the transformation of the main character, who was suddenly challenged to be an idol even though he had never been in the industry before, due to the sudden threat of death.

※Speciality: Before regressing and possessing his new body, he used to collect and sell idol’s data. <<less

Xu Zhi chased Lu Ming for a year, had a two-year relationship that could not be made public, and was a fool for three years. She wrote songs for Lu Ming's artists to sing, and for Lu Ming she gave up the chance to become famous. And for all the important moments in her life, Lu Ming was absent. After another one of his absences, Xu Zhi brought up the breakup, and Lu Ming disdained her, betting with a friend, "In less than a month, she'll be begging to get back together." Xu Zhi didn't beg to get back together, and she completely disappeared from Lu Ming's world. Soon after, a music competition program brought... more>> out a dark horse, the ghost singer Xu Zhi, all her original songs appeared in the major search platform. The mentors extended an olive branch and handed out offers of cooperation to her, and Xu Zhi quickly burst into the limelight.

Lu Ming couldn't believe that Xu Zhi just didn't want him anymore. When the rain poured, Lu Ming stood in front of Xu Zhi's house waiting for her to turn back. After waiting for half an hour, the second floor window opened and a tall man loosely draped in a black bathrobe leaned against the window, his handsome face showing the laziness of the aftermath in the night, "My wife is asleep, what is the matter with Mr. Lu looking for her?"

Soon after, Qi Cai announced his romance with Xu Zhi in a high profile. Xu Zhi's new boyfriend, was the popular superstar Qi Cai.

On the day Xu Zhi and Lu Ming broke up, Seven Points Media played "Good Day" for a whole day. <<less

At first glance, Haruka seems to be enjoying her everyday life without any worries. But in fact, love, friendship, and her relationship with her parents are all going wrong. While struggling to breathe, she meets a mysterious boy named Amane. For some reason, Haruka finds solace in talking with Amane, who is unable to speak, after school. Haruka takes a certain action for Amane, but she ends up hurting him deeply… ... more>>

"I don’t care if you hate me, I want you to smile."

The light that they have found gives them courage. <<less

Shi Han was lost when she was a child. She finally returned to her biological family when she was fifteen, but she found they already had another adopted daughter who was loved so much, and she was faced by her indifferent her parents and elder brothers.... more>>

It wasn’t until a car accident that she was given up by her biological mother that the seventeen-year-old Shi Han finally realized it.

“Isn’t it nice to live alone? Why do you need parents and brothers?”

She leaves the house and returns two years later with her plans in mind.

Shi Han stopped pleasing her biological parents, developed her own career, and raised a little wolf dog.

The little wolf dog is young and handsome, with a slender waist and long legs. He is good at washing and cooking, and she couldn’t be more satisfied.

Shi Han’s love life gave her double happiness. Soon her vests keep falling off – a brilliant violinist, a medical practitioner boss and her parents start regretting and beg for forgiveness.

Shi Han laughed, “Heh~”

She thought she was the one who was pretending until Shi Han saw the CEO Lu Yan who could easily influence the international economy.

Not only does he look exactly like her little wolf dog husband, but even the name was the same.

“Who is this?” Shi Han pointed to the cold-faced man in a suit in the photo.

“He does look a little like me.” Lu Yan didn’t change his face.

“…” <<less

Nagishiro Rin is a dull college student.... more>>

He looks like a yankee and is an otaku on the inside, and of course, he has zero experience in love.

He was actually writing love songs.

The lyrics are heartbreaking and bring sympathy to many women. Distinctive melodies that stay in your ears and replay in your brain.

When he uploaded such songs, he caught the attention of many people and ended up providing songs to everyone from full-fledged singers to the centers of successful idols and even actresses at the height of their popularity. And they are all extremely beautiful.

And even a beautiful girl who used to be a national idol and now retired.

His private life is being robbed more and more.

Then the usual Alienation at University

What will happen to his life? <<less

Lin Xi: I've lied to you a lot.... more>>

Yu Xiucheng: As long as you're happy. <<less

For some reason, twenty-year-old Hahyun, who has given up on dancing, is asked by his uncle, a broadcast station PD, to participate as a substitute in the idol debut program ‘SurvivalID’. He thought he would be easily eliminated due to the condition of participating in the full-edited program, but the reaction is surprisingly intense. With a single profile picture that turned the internet upside down, Hahyun, who raised his name in the debut rights rankings, gets closer to debuting against his will.... more>>

After much consideration, Hahyun, who decided to take the program seriously and gave up on dropping out, eventually makes his debut. He expected it wouldn’t be smooth sailing, but…

“Can’t I do what I love, though?”

Right after his debut, he is confessed to by a member who became part of the same group. <<less

Cold tyrant lord President Xie You has a one ton heavy weibo focus on Yu Nian, the new singer. Yu Nian participated in a singing variety show and became popular overnight, and his singing voice was called the sound of nature.... more>>

Xie You: Oh, it must be a tuner, how could it be so good!

Yu Nian’s GIF with a smile while singing swept the whole internet and he was praised for his looks.

Xie You: Oh, must have been a plastic surgery, how could it be so beautiful!

A few months later, President Xie, the antifan leader, updated his Weibo: Hello everyone, we are together @YuNian

Sunspots & Netizens: Joking with us?

Yu Nian was invited to be a guest on a treasure appraisal program. Yu Nian only glanced at it and concluded that an ancient painting worth 70 million yuan was fake.

After the show was broadcast, many netizens started the group mocking mode. They were addicted to mocking Yu Nian crazily, looking forward to slapping him in the face.

When Xie You knew: “No, no, no, NianNian, listen to me, this time it really wasn’t me who brought the water army!”

Soon after, Yu Nian’s life experience was picked up…

After all the netizens had fallen silent, they entered the collapse mode: “Painting is indeed false, because the authentic one has been in his house for three hundred years!”

“The point is, this is the same person who can not afford to takeout, why are you so good? Been trained, trained, trained – do we still have a chance to call you laoji?” <<less

A bookworm who had finally found a job as a librarian at a university was sadly killed shortly after graduating from college.... more>>

She was reborn as Myne, the daughter of a soldier in a world where the literacy rate is low and books were scarce. No matter how much she wanted to read, there were no books around. What is a bookworm to do without any books? Make them, of course.

Her goal is to become a librarian! So that she may once again live surrounded by books, she must start by making them herself. <<less

“Could you give me one of your songs, Onuma-kun?” ... more>>

This was the final wish of the former genius and beautiful girl who now couldn’t sing…

In his middle school years, Onuma Takuto found himself deeply inspired by a musical prodigy of the same age, the singer-songwriter Amane. This sparked a creative fire within him, prompting Takuto to start composing his own music.

However, his dreams were dashed when Amane suddenly went on hiatus after releasing just two debut singles.

Despite feeling disheartened, Takuto secretly continued his one-man-band (home recording) while in high school. Then, one day, during his second year of high school, Amane (Ichikawa Amane) unexpectedly enrolled as his classmate.

Through a twist of fate, Takuto becomes Amane’s ghostwriter…

Loner boy x “former” genius girl’s band’s youth school romantic comedy starts now! <<less

In a twist of fate, a simple glance at a popular CP turned the life of a certain person upside down. Overnight, he was transmigrated back in time, becoming the male protagonist, Nie Qingzhou, of the very same CP ship that his cousin was obsessed with.... more>>

Imagine the shock of this office worker, known for his gentle demeanor and refined nature, when he suddenly found himself trapped in the body of a troublesome sixteen-year-old boy. It was a truly mind-boggling transformation!

As “Nie Qingzhou” observed the other half of the equation, the female lead in the CP—Xia Yi, a gifted musician still navigating the halls of high school, her talents yet to be recognized—a wave of contemplation washed over him. So does this mean that the CP my cousin obsesses over is, in fact, my own destined romantic pairing?

Deep in Xia Yi’s memories lies a vivid scene from a summer evening in high school. When the sun was setting, casting a warm glow, a young boy on a bicycle appeared at the end of the road. With his school uniform billowing in the wind, he seemed to dance amidst the golden-red hues of twilight.

A gust of wind swept up a flier with the message, “When God says ‘Let There Be Light,’” twirling and ascending towards the sky.

In that moment, Nie Qingzhou cried out her name, his heart propelling him towards her as if he were a divine oracle delivering a message.

Countless times before, and countless times in the future, driven by an irresistible force he would always be running towards her like this.

Our male lead is a well-rounded individual, accomplished in all aspects and an exceptional student. Meanwhile, the female lead is a quiet person who exudes beauty, grace, and an unyielding spirit. <<less

He had lived a thousand lives… some were long and precious and some short-lived, forgotten in the back of his mind.... more>>

This time, he was born as baby Lee Seo-jun.

Elves… fairies… slimes… gift box… devils… he’ll use the mystical abilities from his past lives to captivate and capture the hearts of the people and become an idol, a superstar.

Using the memories of his life akin to a fairy tale, he’ll become an idol that will be remembered in the annals of history. <<less

Many years later, on a rainy night. Shu Nian met Xie Ruhe again. ... more>>

The man was sitting in a wheelchair, half of his face was covered by shadows and he had a set of peach blossom eyes with deep double eyelids. He obviously had a passionate face but his expression was as cold as ice.

Shu Nian held her umbrella and called out to him in uncertainty. Then, she said. “Did you not bring an umbrella? How about I—”

Xie Ruhe’s eyes drooped, he didn’t finish listening to her and went straight into the light rain.

Later, Shu Nian came out of the bakery holding a kraft paper bag. In a blink of an eye, the rain had turned heavy, pounding on the concrete floor.

Xie Ruhe appeared from nowhere, holding an umbrella as he stood beside her. Seeing her look over to him, he asked. “Do you have an umbrella?”

Shu Nian nodded and took out an umbrella from her bag. The next moment, Xie Ruhe stretched out his hand to close his umbrella and blankly said: “Mine is broken.”

“…” <<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