On the outskirts of the Pleasure City of Midas lies the Ceres special autonomous area, commonly known as the slums. Gang leader Riki, looking for an easy pocket to pick in the nightlife districts, gets caught red-handed…by none other than one of the highest-ranking, golden-haired android elites ruling from the capital Tanagura: the “Blondy” Iason Mink!
By all rights, a Blondy standing at the pinnacle of aristocracy and a slummer should have never crossed paths—their chance encounter marks the beginning of a love twisted by obsession, soon spiraling into a karmic chain of events...... more>>

⬇️ //// About the Japanese novel and anime adaptations ////
⬇️ //// About the English translation ////
⬇️ //// Current translation status ////
⬇️ //// Drama CDs, prequel and side stories ////

//// About the Japanese novel and anime adaptations ////

Originally serialized in the bimonthly magazine Shosetsu June (小説ジュネ) spanning six chapters from December 1986 to October 1987, the novel was released with minor revisions into a hardcover edition in 1990.
This first version of the story received a two-episode/OVA anime adaptation in 1992 and 1994.

Between the years 2001 and 2007, the original story was greatly expanded upon and released in six paperback volumes. After a change of Japanese publisher, two more volumes were released between 2009 and 2010, completing the series (the six aforementioned volumes were released as volumes 1-4 in the newest Japanese edition).
This second version of the story was meant to be adapted into a twelve-episode OVA anime—initially planned to release in 2010—but was postponed to 2012, only to be discontinued after the fourth episode’s release.

//// About the English translation ////

The English paperback expanded edition is made up of eight volumes: the six first volumes (Seibido/Crystal edition) + the two later volumes (#7 and #8 in English, but #5 and #6 in the newest Tokuma/Chara edition).
The change in Japanese publisher led to a change in translator for the English edition between vol1 to 6 and vol7 to 8: it is highly recommended to read the fan translations of #7 and #8 as opposed to reading the licensed edition, due to the massive loss in translation (expect a 50% word count difference between the two).

//// Current translation status of the different editions of the novel (as of April 20th, 2024) ////

. Shosetsu June edition, unlicensed: 2/6 chapters, ongoing fan translation.
. 1990 hardcover edition, unlicensed: 2/6 chapters, ongoing fan translation. An older fan translation had 4/6 chapters translated but the project was dropped.
. 2000’s expanded edition, English licensed: fully translated, complete.

//// Drama CDs, prequel and side stories ////

– The Shosetsu June story was adapted into a drama cassette and a drama CD (Dark Erogenous).
– The expanded story was adapted into three drama CDs (Destiny, Nightmare, Resonance)
– A prequel called Midnight Illusion was serialized in Shosetsu June between December 1992 and April 1993, and released as a hardcover in 1996. 3/6 chapters have been fan-translated into English.
– The 5 side stories have all been fan-translated into English (Kizu/Wound, File-0, Cal’s Sighs, Musk, Illusion Night) and are based on the expanded version of the novel.

Look up online “Ai no Kusabi Master List LiveJournal” to find the links to all the material listed above and more.

[This page was updated as per an anon’s request, all credit goes to the AnK community where credit is due.] <<less

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Starved for love but unable to reveal his weakness due to his own pride, Shina is drawn in by Sasakawa’s sweet words and pleasing techniques. Shina is trapped by s*xual desire. Sasakawa burns with jealousy. The two fall deep into the darkness of a corrupting love… <<less

On his way to work, Shimizu, a systems engineer, faints at a train station because of his strenuous job. As everyone pretends not to see him, the only person to call out to him is his elementary school classmate, Suzuki. But when Shimizu wakes up for the second time, he discovers that he has been imprisoned in a strange place and has been undressed and violated by Suzuki, who he expected to be humane! ... more>>

“Looks like you get more excited when you’re tortured.”

Inside this cell, day by day he drowns in sex…his nipples and as*hole are toyed with; his body – molded into something corrupt. Shame turning to pleasure. <<less

The story is about Mu Sha, who jumped off the cliff and wanted to end her life.
But somehow, when she woke up again, she... more>> ended up somewhere otherworldly. It took her a week to realize that she was in a different world.
A beast world in which neither male nor female was present.
The ones who could transform into beasts were males and those who could not were females. The females in that place had male organs. It could be said that the beast world was a male world. Yet, she was the only one who appeared to be a different kind of female from the rest. <<less

Toru lost his most of his memory in an accident. He can’t remember anything that happened from the past six years. But with time, yet... more>> he struggles, he slowly recovers his memory. He feels as if he is a different person now, and he hates “the other guy” – the “himself” from six years ago… And thinking, Fujishima was his friend, felt like he was being watched over like a guardian angel but in the end he’s betrayed. Miserable and emotionally drained, Toru is trying not to relive in the shadow of his past. He is trying to move on with his new life… but harder he tries, he finds himself being pulled in by Fujishima. <<less

The daughter of a duke, the stuttering Maximilian, married a knight of lowly status at her father’s coercion.... more>>

After their first night, her husband departed for an expedition without another word.

He comes back three years later, this time as a famous knight in the whole continent.

How would Maximilian face him on his return? <<less

The little princess was caught by a pair of demon brothers and lived a life of brewing sauce.

This is a typical story of love and betrayal between a mafia boss and an undercover cop.

Tears welled up in her eyes and she could not see ahead. They put her head in a trap made of rope, and the rope tightened around her neck. ... more>>

This face caught the eyes of the emperor. If she didn’t have this face, she wouldn’t have become the emperor’s concubine. This face was a curse.

‘God, if I were to be born again, I would like to live a long and ordinary life.’

“Ugh…no!”

Emily stood up quickly and looked at her hands, her tattered clothes were the first thing she saw. She stroked her slender neck with her hand.

“Am I alive? Where’s the rope mark on my neck?”

It was an old room in the crumbling shack where she had lived with her parents. In her room, Emily began to look around for her favorite item. It was the wall mirror that her parents had given her for her fifteenth birthday.

Emily quickly ran to the mirror. She couldn’t help but look at the mirror with disbelief.

“No way!”

There was a strange woman standing in front of the mirror. She was short, thin, and had tousled black hair. She had a square-shaped face with small eyes. Her skin was dark with many freckles and moles. Her eyes were small and purple, and she looked like she was a sick person.

“…Who is this woman?”

This was her room. But who was the woman reflected in the mirror? <<less

I’ve been kidnapped and held captive in broad daylight by a man who claims to be a fan of mine. What should I do? The... more>> killer’s face is so good it’s killing me. <<less

There once lived a pair of close twins. Although they were so different, their friendship pleased their parents, and the two sisters always cared for each other deeply.... more>>

Their peaceful routine soon began to distort as the elder twin was chosen to become the Emperor’s queen. It soon lead to ruin, however, and in one stroke, both sisters and their family lost their lives.

When the younger twin opened her eyes, she found that she had returned to the starting point when the tragedy was about to take place.

As she looked at her sister’s radiantly smiling face, she made a vow. She would become the queen on behalf of her sister to prevent a repeat of events. <<less

Only after Chu Yin died did she realize she was the first love (white moonlight) of the male lead in a novel.... more>>

The stubborn male lead fell in love with her at first sight when he was young, then took over the company when he was older.

Chu Yin was tortured by his crazy possessiveness and died a tragic early death.

Opening her eyes again, she returned to the day before she transferred schools and met Lu Zhen.

“Ding~ Bound to the learning system! Host can change the original script of the novel by learning!”

【You can change a word from the original script after completing homework!】

【If you place first in your grade, you can change one sentence in the original script!】

【If you place first in the college entrance examination, you can create your own ending!

Get rich! Be famous! Do whatever you want!】

That night, Chu Yin finished her homework and obtain the reward to change a word in the original script: “On the day of their first encounter, Lu Zhen walked into the school as light rain poured down the sky.”

The next day, Lu Zhen walked into the school, and a knife suddenly fell from the sky.

Young Lu Zhen: ?

Someone wants my life.

***

The whole school knew that the daughter of the Chu family from the countryside swept the entire grade and placed first, and also took the throne of the school’s flower.

But one day, the whole school went crazy, saying that she somehow provoke the big devil Lu Zhen.

…

After doing bad things to the male lead, Chu Yin was cornered, feeling a little guilty.

The young man in front of her was like a trapped beast, his dark eyes that was restrained for two lifetimes, showed madness: “Want my life?”

“——Take it.” <<less

“You are now forever a servant of the pleasure I give.”... more>>

When I awoke, “I” was transmigrated into Brunehild, the Villainess of a Norse Mythology Otome game.

After the engagement was broken and I was condemned in the eyes of the general public, all that was left waiting for me is the route of detention, torture and pleasure inside the dungeon!?

My new fiancé who looks at me with a cool face and has tent**les in his control. He was a plain character in the game, but he is the ultimate do S Devil and Yandere. <<less

In 3021, the third year of the zombie outbreak.... more>>

Beta Zhou Mo struggled to survive in the end, but he was caught by the top Alpha. <<less

“This guy, how heavy is his taste, he’s still able to eat?” Waking up, she looked at her reflection in the mirror, explosive hair, tattoos, and a demon-like face. Look at her for more than a second and you’ll have spicy eyes (your eyes will bleed-aka she looks really ugly).... more>>

Before her rebirth, she was in love with someone else, bent on escaping, and after having relations with him, hates him deep to his bones.

After her rebirth, she looked at the beauty on the bed, seriously thinking, the one who left his shadow in the past, seemingly should be him?

In her past life, her mind was muddled. She tried to get rid of the outstandingly beautiful husband that she didn’t want, was victimized by slag men and cheap women, and her most trusted friend brainwashed her. In the end, she found people rebelling and friends deserting (isolated and alone).

In this lifetime, all of the evil people scheming and longing for her divorce should yield. Sorry but this young miss’s IQ is on the line! <<less

She died in her prime as the Queen of Song.... more>>

After being reincarnated, she becomes a simple trainee.

Losing her former glory? It doesn't matter—no one can compete with her voice as a beautiful singer.

Mocked by her lowly birth? It doesn't matter—her true identity is enough to make the whole world tremble.

She owes huge debts? It doesn't matter...

A powerful boss once whispered to her, "Your debt will disappear if you become my woman."

But the proud her would reply, "I'm sorry. I would sell my art, but not myself." <<less

Zhong Lan never thought this would ever happen to him as an alpha, but what made it even more unbelievable to him was that he... more>> would continue to receive such treatment for three whole years. Zheng Tianyi was his classmate in college, his partner, the father of his child, as well as his living nightmare. <<less

Fang Guo went to the funeral of his high school classmate Wei Wei, and on the last day before leaving slept before a tombstone.... more>>

After he woke up he participated in a ghost marriage.

He became a ghost’s wife.

Wei Wei’s older twin brother Wei Ran is his husband.

Every night, Wei Ran would come to find Fang Guo to claim his rights as husband... <<less

In order to help their chief find a wife, the bandits kidnapped a woman from the bottom of the mountain in order to offer her up to him.... more>>

The chief of the mountain stronghold, Lu Cang falls in love at first sight with the absolutely stunning beauty!

However, on the night of the consummation... <<less

An otaku was chased by a suddenly ‘blackened gay friend’ with a kitchen knife. When he thinks he is dead, he gets a system.... more>>

This is the story of a male protagonist with unknown s*xual orientation who is forced to raid*攻略 (Strategy and guide to capture) the Gong Yanderes.

After experiencing a series of episodes such as being imprisoned PLAY and being stabbed to death and series of s*xual abuse, Qin Li said angrily: “This game should not be called “How to capture a yandere”, it should be called “How to Escape from yandere!!” That’s how it should be!!! <<less

Bottom Lu: I want to divorce my hubby!... more>>

Hubby Qin: My house’s little shou wants to divorce me all the time. <<less

The main character was helping with the battle sections of a BL game after being begged by his sister. With the contents perfectly memorized, before... more>> he knew it he had taken a trip into that game world. He had completely replaced a side character noble A, but being able to use magic made things way too easy! However, he'd forgotten that this was a world of BL. <<less

He stepped on the soles of his feet, scorned and mocked, because he was a high-ranking rich young master, and he was just a bodyguard he hired with money, and just a humble man. After four years of tossing and turning, and meeting again, he became an obscure, poor laborer, and the man he had looked down upon was already at the pinnacle of power! ... more>>

"Master, do you know how long I have been looking for you? Haha, four years!"

"You, let go! !" <<less

Every male or female that entered the bar, all hoped to become the center of attention. However, Tang Xin Lian was the opposite. Undoubtedly receding to sit in a corner alone, dressed suitably but not sexily, yet she still managed to attract the gaze of Zhong Zhen Dong. Let’s not talk about the fact that she only ordered a glass of milk at the bar, she had a pair of clear and innocent big eyes that brought about mischief in others!... more>>

Against expectations, this little white rabbit had the courage to walk over with milk in hand, and opened her mouth in hopes of hiring him as her fake husband. Furthermore, it included food and housing, but not sleeping together. The only condition was to help her fend off a “bad peach!” (a bad relationship)

~Tsk tsk tsk~ (Sound of clicking one’s tongue). How can one survive without knowing the viciousness (dangers) of mankind? Just let him, this big, feral wolf, personally teach the dangers of playing with fire.

She said she wasn’t interested in men? It doesn’t matter, it’s okay as long as he’s interested in her!

She said she doesn’t want to marry? He doesn’t care about a person’s status, he’s satisfied to be able to love her everyday!

Her son is from a previous marriage? Even if she had 100 sons, it wouldn’t matter! Furthermore, this 8-year old little rascal was very useful; can tease, can play with, can act as a hostage.

She was completely in the palm of his hand. He watched the little white rabbit still not obediently submitting and returning under the wolf’s claws quietly as his dessert! <<less