40-year-old virg*n, Japanese old man, found himself waking up in a different world. When he wakes up, he found out his body become young again. With no help from anyone he spends several years becoming a s*ave and spend his days full of hardship. His life in the living hell is continued, until he meets him…... more>>

This is a love story about a young man with small body in a different world that full of beastman. <<less

Lin Qin was a low-key new film Emperor who didn’t even go to receive his award at the Cannes Film Festival. ... more>>

Recently, he accepted a love reality show, just because his partner would be the male god – Meng Chao.

Meng Chao was a legend in the entertainment circle, he went to the pinnacle of his career right on his debut and was a tall, elegant and aloof male god in the eyes of fans.

For some reason, he accepted to participate in a love-reality show.

The moment he saw his partner, Meng Chao only felt his heart that had been silent for more than two decades, moved…..

The last recording (of the reality show) was by live broadcast and was at Meng Chao’s home.

The camera aimed at the movie emperor’s big bed, where Lin Qin sat up from the bed, staring blearily, as he softly called “husband” at the movie emperor. <<less

Takahashi Takashi, having confessed to his childhood friend only to be turned down, finds himself on the rooftop where he discovers a teary-eyed girl. She is Shirayuki Himeno, renowned as the school's beauty. Despite the blow of rejection, Takashi inquires about the reason behind her tears. It appears that Himeno had been confronted by girls who harbored ill feelings towards her, subjecting her to harsh criticisms and jealousy.... more>>

Inadvertently, Takashi ends up embracing Himeno. Offering words of solace, he tells her, "When times are tough, it's okay to cry," and lends her his chest. Once her tears subside, Himeno, expressing gratitude, declares, "Next time, Takahashi-kun, it's your turn to find comfort in my embrace." Learning about Takashi's rejection by his childhood friend, Himeno wishes to console him as a form of thanks.

As the two share moments of solace, their companionship grows, and whether consciously or not, they begin radiating affection, earning them the amusing title of a foolish couple by onlookers. Amidst the gradually diminishing distance, a heartwarming and comical love story unfolds between Takashi, who believes the school's beauty could never reciprocate his feelings, and Himeno, who remains oblivious to the fact that her childhood friend still harbors affections for her.

The protagonist initially holds feelings for his childhood friend but experiences a shift in emotions as he spends more time with the main heroine, Shirayuki Himeno. <<less

As Olivia embraces her new life with Duke Bikander, her family and ex-fiancé desperately cling to her, begging for a love they never gave—will she forgive or forever leave them behind?... more>>

Olivia loved with all her heart, but her family and fiancé did not reciprocate her feelings. Despite her mother’s belief that sincerity will prevail if she tries her best, Olivia painfully realizes after fourteen years of unrequited love that this is not always the case. When Olivia wanted to leave and start anew, she coincidentally meets a handsome man she saw at a victory celebration for war hero Duke Bikander. The man turns out to be the Duke himself, who asks Olivia to allow him to cherish her as the most precious person in his life.

On the day she takes the Duke’s hand and leaves everyone behind, her family and ex-fiancé, who never showed her any love before, suddenly try to hold onto her. It’s ironic how they try to do so now that it’s too late. <<less

“Get down. “The cold, prideful, and lonesome man looked down at the kitty in his arms and was about to remove it.... more>>

“Bang! “The cat suddenly transformed into a striking beauty.

A certain man: ”… “

It was precisely because he knew her transformation was unstable that he did not let her close.

In the past life, up till her death, she thought that this man loathed her. Yet in this lifetime, why was he so persistent and clingy?

In the past life, until she was on the brink of death, he hadn’t been able to confess his feelings. This lifetime, he was not going to let her go. <<less

[Post-Apocalypse + Rebirth + Superpowers]
Xiao Jun was reborn six years into the past to the day before the apocalypse began.... more>>

Hoarding supplies, killing zombies and even able to read people’s minds?

Top-tier opportunities with the school belle? Sorry, I’ll be taking those!

Xiao Jun: One day, I will uncover the secrets behind this apocalypse. <<less

With one sentence from Qu Chenzhou, he killed Prince Liu’s family.... more>>

The reason was that he was the sword in the hands of the emperor, and the Prince was a thorn in the emperor’s eyes.

But the words were what Qu Chenzhou said himself.

After the Prince defected, he vowed that one day he would surely throw away his bones as ashes,

And for this word, he waited for the Prince in the capital for many years.

Until he died.

He confessed that he was sinful, and he didn’t ask the Prince to understand his secret help over the years,

He just wanted to pay off his sinful debt.

So in front of Prince Liu, he died in the most tragic manner.

But he didn’t see the Prince holding his body in pain, almost in madness.

“——Qu Chenzhou, how dare you lie to me!”

Yuande’s seventh year, Winter.

Qu Chenzhou died, and all parties clapped and cheered.

Except for one person who seemed as if he had lost everything. <<less

Struggling until the age of thirty-eight without being able to afford a house. Facing the need to pay a dowry of three hundred thousand in order to get married. Living frugally for most of his life, working to the point of his liver breaking.... more>>

But, where was his money? Who in the world earned all the money away?

Jiang Qin, filled with countless resentments, is reborn at the age of eighteen. The only thought upon opening his eyes was to start a business and make money.

He snatched back the love letter he had given, flipped it over, and under the shocked gaze of the school belle, wrote three lines:

I shall never work a job again!

I just want financial freedom, never to be a s*ave!

As for love? Not even dogs would bother with that! <<less

The Third Prince, Zong Luo, and the King of Beining, Yu Beizhou, have been at odds with each other.... more>>

Water and fire were never compatible. Their tit-for-tat confrontation was exhaustible.

Unfortunately, things went awry. After an imperial edict came, Zong Luo laughed facing the heavens. His ink hair was scattered, and he closed his eyes and committed su*cide under the city gate.

However, he woke up again.

Following that, he became entwined with Yu Beizhou once more, till death eventually came upon him.

His enemy’s face was stunning, flamboyant, and sinful. Only after staring at him did he only notice a little bit of light floating within his unfathomable eyes.

“Senior martial brother,” Yu Beizhou said in a low voice, grasped his sword in hand, and touched his eyebrows intimately, “We meet again.”

…….

That night, Zong Luo had a dream.

He dreamed that after his death, the man sewed up his uncollected body, and kept it in an ice coffin for nine years.

Glory, wealth, and world domination that will last for thousands of generations- Zong Luo didn’t want it, but Yu Beizhou got it all.

However, no one knows that after going to court every day, after the tyrant dismissed the palace servants, he would walk into the cold bed chamber alone.

“Senior martial brother, it’s already nine years.” Yet it’s still so cold no matter how warm it is.

“I hate you so much.” He held the body in his arms and muttered to himself.

-Hate is the strongest form of love- <<less

This is a story where the protagonist accidentally meets his childhood friend whom he had severed ties with, and his wounds are reopened, leading to... more>> the protagonist snapping. <<less

She accepted a political marriage for the sake of an honest death.... more>>

And above all, to deceive God, she was going to present herself as the most convincing wife.

“Then, shall I turn off the lights?”
“Why the lights…”
"Because we have to spend our first night?”
"Yes, so why!"

Isn’t her husband too conservative?

A love story between Sylvia who is looking for a chance to die,
and Randall who has closed his heart. <<less

“If you marry me, you can go anywhere. Whether you want to cross the seas or fly in the skies. Anywhere.”... more>>

“…”

“Because I am a man who can make it happen.”

The lowly Princess Catherine.

For her, who had lived confined in the castle for 25 years, it was such an enticing offer.

Her fiancé was Archduke Deimos Achilleion Pendragon, the Emperor’s older brother.

Following a languid whisper, something slipped through her finger. A diamond ring shone brightly on her left hand.

“Are you not going to kill me?”

“I have been in love with you for a long time.”

Finally, the gaze of a predator that caught its prey. It was not a proposal.

This was not an offer.

It was a one-sided desire to make her his wife.

“I’ll make you more loved than any woman under the skies, Catherine Caliburn.”

The smile made Catherine realise.

That her plan to break off the engagement had completely gone awry.

“So never, ever think of running away from me.”

Because you must die by my hands. <<less

Reid, a young hero with the strongest physical strength, and Elria, a beautiful sage with the strongest magic prowess.... more>>

They continued to fight as rivals in opposing enemy nations, but their relationship came to an end with the sudden death of Elria… Then, a thousand years later,

Reincarnated in a world where magic reigns supreme, but he who has retained the strongest physical strength from his previous life, Reid, was reunited with Elria, who has also been reincarnated ――

“Hey, Reid ―― I want you to marry me.”

“……Huh?”

The two, who have become the strongest unaware lovey-dovey couple in a thousand years, enrolled in the Royal Magic Academy to decide who is stronger! <<less

Abandoned by his parents at a young age and constantly attacked by countless injustices, the boy lived on resiliently. Time passed, and it was a few months ago when he was desperate to meet the expectations of his beloved.... more>>

The red blood that flowed before his eyes, and his fallen sister at the end of it. The boy was dumbfounded by the sight that was all too brutal. What took everything away from the boy was love, a love that was so distorted from the girls who were broken because they loved him.

However, fortunately or unfortunately, the boy had an overwhelming "power" to confront that love.

"Go ahead and try. If you're really confident that I'll love you for who you are. But this time, I'm going to resist a little bit."

This is a dark romance story of the strongest protagonist who challenges the broken heroines. <<less

People all over the world were put in an infinite escape game where each escapee was given a live broadcast channel, and those that failed to escape could watch in the real world.... more>>

As the game progressed and became more intense, it became apparent that one of the broadcasters had a very clean style.

Someone else’s game was: “Ahhhh help!”

Xia Yihui’s game was: “High energy coming ahead, pop-up cutie hurry up and wrap up your little blanket, this door opening is sure to scare us a bit. Let’s set a grenade to blow the door and scare it back!”

The door blew open.

The NPC’s horrified face: “Ah, ah, everyone, run away, the anchor Xia Yihui is in our dungeon, we’ll be annihilated!!!”

Barrage: Rich character knight, bigshot 66666666 [cool]

N put a copy game of Survival of the Fittest, with only two live channels left on the entire platform. The two were put inside the double copy for the final battle.

Just when people around the world thought the two would fight to the death.

Xia Yihui: send you a handful of r*pe flowers, let’s live in peace and stability, okay?

Barrage: Hahahahahaha sl*utty anchor again, this isn’t NPC, this is a big brother player who’s ten times more awesome than you! Big Brother, get rid of this anchor who’s all about the popularity. We’ve been watching him for a long time!

Big Guy: Give me the flowers, turn off the live feed, and we’ll get on with our lives now.

Xia Yihui/barrage:? <<less

In a village that is like the “First Village”, lived the innkeeper’s son, Ruth. In his previous life he had no affinity to women because he was a burly man but since he has become a handsome youth in this life, he is going to do his best (However, he still isn’t popular at all). At that time, he discovered that his childhood best friend, Alec, was a hero. And then, for some strange reason, Alec begged Ruth “Until I come home, please wait for me” …... more>>

There is a tale in the First Village where the famous people who were involved with the hero, Alec, came along one-by-one to cause trouble and approach Ruth, who was leisurely living out his life in the countryside.

A spoiled and infatuated Hero x A dense and broad-minded Innkeeper’s son <<less

The following short story is from the heroine's perspective.

Ji Yao, the criminal investigation team leader, came home from work and knocked on the door of his new neighbour’s house. “Doctor, I broke the skin on my finger, and it hurts so much!”... more>>

Han Xi: “Sorry, police officer, forensic doctors only see dead people.”

Ji Yao leaned against the door and said, “I’m dead.”

Han Xi quietly watched him act: “Cause of death?”

Ji Yao smiled playfully. “Seduced to death by a certain beauty.”

Han Xi slammed the door. “Get out!”

One day, a long time later, he stood in front of her, and with a bang, a bullet hit his chest.

His breath was weak, but his smile was gentle. “It doesn’t hurt, and I can’t die. Don’t cry.” <<less

When I reincarnated, I became a pig! But if I get a cute girl to take care of me, this kind of adventure doesn't sound bad at all.... more>>

I'm an ordinary otaku who lost consciousness after eating raw pig liver. Just when I figured that I was reincarnated into another world, I discovered I became a pig!

While I was collapsed inside a pigpen, Jess, a girl who can read people's minds, helped me out.

Oink! She's cute! From a pig's perspective, I could catch a glimpse of something underneath her skirt hem. It was white...

"Um, I can hear your thoughts..."

Oh crap! My desires are being exposed!

"If that is your wish, just a peek is okay."

Eh, what...?!

A life where an innocent girl takes care of me and accepts (albeit a bit taken aback) my beast-like desires. Yeah, it's not so bad being a pig.

This was supposed to be our oink-oink-like grand adventure, but... Hey Jess, why is your life being targeted?

Now, this pig with no magic or skills must use his knowledge, wits, and sense of smell to save this girl from her cruel fate! <<less

After experiencing heartbreak from being abandoned, he enlisted in the military and Recklessly fought in the frontlines... more>>

And then, he became a war hero... <<less

Question: What is it like to be romantically pursued by the main subject of a very conventional scary urban legend?... more>>

Yao Ye, the only normal person inside a bizarre horror story: I am going crazy.

When you’re going about your day as usual and suddenly find out that the guy who had a crush on you that you ignored has become a ghost lingering behind you late at night…

When you suddenly find out that your boyfriend is a monster in human skin…

When you hear about a netizen committing su*cide because of an online relationship breakup and suddenly find out that it was you who dumped him…

When you’re stranded on a deserted island and suddenly find out that your dead childhood friend has become a bandage-wearing weirdo hunting down intruders on the island…

When you suddenly find out that your lover is not human.

—It loves you to the bone, and you can’t escape it.

In the end, their karma is inextricably tangled together.

This is a story that turns an eerie urban legend into a romantic drama. <<less

Mason was a mercenary, until the day he died on a mission after being betrayed by his unit.... more>>

At the same time, there was a Hollywood actor named Haley Lusk. While famous as a child actor, as an adult, he grew addicted to drugs and s*x. With a nasty personality and sub-par acting ability, Haley was disliked, yet he still confessed to Noah Raycarlton in front of the world causing him to be hated by most people. Then one day, he suddenly had a heart attack and died.

Noah Raycarlton is the young CEO of a big company. Though not a celebrity, his mother was an immensely popular actress. Due to his good looks and kindness, he is loved by everyone.

Mason thought he was dead for sure, but he woke up in the hospital full of people he didn’t know. They told him that they were his family and called him Haley. He was so confused, and people told him that he had a heart attack due to overdose and died for a while.

He realizes that his soul went inside of this Hollywood actor Haley Lusk, and he decides to live a second life. But because of things that Haley did, he has a difficult time with Noah and other people. Mason finds out right away that in his old life, he knew Noah as a child. <<less

The cobbled roads of Enid where horse-drawn carriages travel ・Lavilio City... more>>

A hotblooded Raymond was assigned to a special bureau in the police department that was in charge of exterminating a blood-sucking monster known as ‘Genty.’ At a secret evening party where Genty are rumored to frequent, Raymond meets Oliver, a skilled hunter who specializes in hunting down those monsters. Raymond, for some reason, gets partnered with Oliver, the melancholic and beautiful young man, yet unfriendly and with a sharp tongue, and gradually finds himself getting enchanted by his green eyes. However, Oliver refuses to acknowledge Raymond.

One day, Oliver brings up the fact that ever since he was a young child, he’s been followed around by a Genty and that anyone that gets close to him is killed. <<less

The Hero Andert.... more>>

A great swordsman who ended the great war by sacrificing himself.

One of the rare heroes…

But he was actually a woman disguised as her dead younger brother.

That was me.

But...

"Huh?"

Did I just come back to life four years after my death? All I had was my body, so there was only one way to survive.

Becoming a maid.

“You’ve never worked as a maid before this, so what have you been doing all this time?”

“Jobless.”

“What motivated you to apply for this job?”

“Money.”

“What kind of mansion would you like to work in?”

“A mansion that is so hard to work in and so nasty that we don’t even know if it’ll be cleaned if we both work and die.”

“What kind of employer do you want?”

“A vicious employer that terrorizes their employees.”

That way I won’t get laid off since I’m the only one you can work with.

“…”

The interviewer looked at me like I was crazy.

---

Here, I will start anew.

Not as the Hero Andert or my deceased little brother.

But as the maid Daisy. <<less

The once wealthy and powerful Ryuuzen clan has been all but destroyed. Their misfortune began in 1960, when a majority of the family was wiped out when their vacation villa was buried under a landslide. However, search and rescue teams discovered something even more shocking: A majority of the bodies they discovered showed obvious signs of having been mu*dered before the landslide.... more>>

As though it were a trigger, what came to be known as "The Curse of the Ryuuzen Clan" spread throughout the descendants of the family's only survivor. By mu*der, by su*cide, by accident... it seemed none who held the name "Ryuuzen" could live to see the age of 35, and now, the family has been reduced to a single woman, lying in a hospital bed, days away from death.

Kamo Touma was once just another of the endless parade of sleazy tabloid journalists looking to exploit a prominent family's tragedy to sell magazines, but Ryuuzen Rena's kindness melted his frozen heart, driving him to quit his old job and become an investigative journalist specializing in overturning cases of false arrest. Eventually, he and Rena were married, but now, the curse threatens to steal away their happiness.

Kamo prays for a miracle, and his prayers are answered by the Hourglass of Miracles, an artifact spoken of in rumors and urban legends, said to grant one wish to anyone who obtains it.

"Meister Hora", a guide for those who obtain the hourglass, tells Kamo there is only one way to break the curse and save Rena: He must travel back in time to the year 1960 and catch the culprit of the original Ryuuzen Family massacre.

Who was the culprit of the mu*ders that took place almost 60 years ago? Why did they steal away the lives of the Ryuuzen clan? What is the true nature of the "Curse of the Ryuuzen Clan?" And perhaps most mysteriously of all... What is Meister Hora's goal in all this?

Winner of the 29th annual Ayukawa Tetsuya Award. <<less