That night, I listened to the hymns till dawn, not for serenity, but to seek a sliver of your soul;... more>>

That month, I flipped through all the scriptures, not for enlightenment, but to touch the pages where your fingers once lingered;

That year, I knelt on the grounds, my head embracing the dust, not to pay obeisance to the Gods, but to feel the warmth you left behind;

That life, I wandered through ten thousand great mountains, not in search of an afterlife, but to cross paths with you –

Gao Fei, will you believe that I lived through this night, this day, this year, and this lifetime, only to hold your hand and accompany you in this journey of life? <<less

“What are you going to do with me?”... more>>

“Like a dog, I’ll raise you.”

“D, don’t talk crazy! Don’t talk crazy! You know, I’m…… gasp!”

“Don’t bark.”

What the hell is wrong with her?

Even before the question grows, my peripheral nerves are on edge in an instant.

“S, stop……!”

An intense sensation that I had never imagined.

Violence in the name of climax.

The woman’s voice stiffens my body and slowly tames me.

Like Pavlov’s dog drooling at the sound of a bell.

I became her dog. <<less

As a grand duchess with a body like glass, I lost my life in a severe seizure. ... more>>

No, rather, I thought I had lost it.

“…I want you.”

Then, I was reincarnated as a woman who looked just like me.

However, isn’t this woman’s body too healthy?

The joy of having a healthy body is brief, everyone says this to me this.

Because this woman is my perfect husband’s mistress.

I attended my own funeral in order to hear the truth.

I saw a handsome man there, crying even more than my own husband, as if the world had suddenly collapsed.

Who is that man, who I’ve never seen before?

And actually, this woman…

…Is she my husband’s mistress? <<less

Inspired by the rumored house from the urban legends, the goal of the TV show is to find the “true exit” and escape the house in seven days. To film this, eight celebrity guests were gathered in this strange mansion on a deserted island.... more>>

The rumor was that you could only visit the mansion with 101 doors when you were at death’s doorstep. When I was seven years old, I met “that child” at that huge house. After I made a deal with the kid in my thoughtless sympathy, I was surrounded by death and black-eyed goblins. What was that child’s identity? I finally made a resolution when the one I loved, Yeonseon, died—I needed to meet that kid, and…

But perhaps my wishful thinking was wrong. The death of one of the guests, the actress Goyeon Lee, awakened the malice in the mansion and the seeds of doubt sprouted amidst the people seized in fear and horror…

“I came to pick you up. I made you wait, didn’t I? Open the door for me.”

A well-made holding pen. There was no escape from this cage.

“I told you that you wouldn’t be able to forget me.” <<less

3rd book in Yuan Yuan’s series 老梗也是梗系列之(AKA We were supposed to have died in a plane crash, instead we transmigrated). The stories consist of three modern settings and three historical.... more>>

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This was simply a live-action dog blood TV drama!

She did not die from the plane crash, but transmigrated into an ancient woman disguised as the worst black sheep of a man.

She also had an elder brother who wasn’t related to her by blood…

Her innate anti-evil sensor told her that this ice-cold man was very dangerous.

She had to be very careful or she would be seen through.

But how could she imagine that ice cold man was not only watching her, but peeked at her taking a bath.

She is not only exposed as a woman, but also everything was seen!

This ancient man was really responsible and wanted to marry her?!

Mother! How could she escape now?

Caught in a spiral of bad luck and getting ‘punished’ by the ice man.

But, they are nominally brothers!

Besides he also had a fiance so she must hold on to her heart.

It was already miserable enough transmigrating to ancient times, but why would she want to be a third wheel… <<less

Zerg-in-human-skin (scum) gong x Human soldier shou

That night, she shed off the image of a young maiden’s immaturity, forming a ripple in the deepest parts of the Cold Palace…... more>>

That day, she kneeled before him begging for mercy. She didn’t want anything. She only wanted to leave the palace and become an ordinary girl….

A bunch of elegant and good looking heavenly princes. A lowly palace maid with a mind as calm as still water.

If they were to meet, would it be an encounter like dewdrops and the autumn wind or would it be a lament of a country… <<less

Seven different stories all with different perspectives one thing tying them all together.

Werewolf Rando has been living alone since he was young, never once getting recognized by his own pack.... more>>

Then one day, humans in a nearby village asks him to kill a vampire living in the castle on top of the forest hill. Thinking that he may be accepted by his pack if he does this, Rando hurriedly heads to the said castle. But what he doesn't know is, the vampire, Cassar, is much stronger than he thinks.

Rando has to beg for mercy on the vampire's bed. <<less

Situ was the only Goddess of War in the Realm of the Gods. In the final moments of the Battle of Gods and Demons, her Divine Consciousness shattered and scattered across 3000 worlds. She could only regain her Divine Power piece by piece by completing her missions to save the yandere villains of different worlds.... more>>

It was already hard to be a villain, but it was much harder to save a villain. Every day, Situ would either sacrifice herself or try to resist the urge to assassinate the villain.

[Host! Look how pitiful this villain is! He's like a delicate flower.]

[Can we be a little gentler and have a bit more empathy? How about putting down the knife in your hand first?]

[What if my host always wants to kill the villain? Please reply urgently, it's somewhat nerve-wracking to wait for an answer!]

Only when Situ had completed most of her missions and was planning to leave soon did she realize something— at some point, she had fallen into the pit that the villains dug, and there was no way to climb out.

Tsk, a little white bunny turning into a big gray wolf; why was the story not following the script?

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[The Princess & The s*ave]
"Your Highness promised not to leave Xiaobai again, so where do you think you're escaping to?"

[Master & Disciple]
"It was a mistake for me to be born, but you remain my only belief. Becoming a devil or an immortal all depends on your imagination."

[Green Plum & The Bamboo Horse]
"Those who live in the dark mud have also longed for the light. Elder sister, you are the light that I will follow in my life, and I will not regret this decision even when death comes to claim me!" <<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

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

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

Lu Li was a straight man, but he was chosen to be a scumbag in a BL novel.
Lu Li became devastated, because all he liked were beautiful fair-skinned girls with big breasts and big butts.
The system's mind also collapsed. It never expected that the boat in the plot would turn over. The Shou in different worlds would rebel and become the Gong.... more>>

System: "Dear host, you have to make the Shou fall in love with you without OOC~"
Lu Li: "I don't like men."
The persistent system: "This system can provide free documents for the host to learn and observe!"
Lu Li rose in anger: "My eyes are on fire! tr*shy system! I want to report!"
The system was dissatisfied with his incompetence: "You better f*ck him!"
Lu Li adamantly refused: "He and I are just good brothers!"
System: "Hehe."

Guide:
①In every world, the Shou will be blackened into Gong.
② Slag Gong doesn't necessarily deserve cheap Shou. Gong is always the same person. Unwaveringly Insisting on 1V1. <<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

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

NIS ace agent Kwon Taekjoo is dispatched to Moscow to uncover the identity of ‘Anastasia’, a deadly weapon created under the secret collaboration of Russia and North Korea. However, his mission goes south the moment he sets foot into Russia, and Zhenya, a local partner assigned to him by the NIS, only serves to confuse him even more.... more>>

Zhenya, who has connections to Russian political and business figures as well as the underworld mafia, seems to always be easygoing and cheerful, but at the same time, his sudden bursts of brutal violence put Kwon Taekjoo on edge. Meanwhile, Zhenya begins to take a newfound interest in Kwon Taekjoo, who refuses to be broken by any hardship… <<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

“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

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

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

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

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

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

ML: Xi Nianchen, the mysterious CEO behind the scenes of the business empire, with his noble status and arrogance, he is surrounded by beautiful women, but he only treats her differently.... more>>

FL: Gu Shengxia, a poor girl tripped by the arranged marriage controlled by her father, in low status, unpopular, she always tries to get rid of the oppression of men.

Three years ago, they got married under the arrangements of their parents, they were set up to sleep together by someone tricky. The next day after the wedding, Xi Nianchen confirmed that Gu Shengxia was the one who have planned all these stuffs, so he elope with another women!

But the thing he said completely broke her heart and made her decide to leave: “This is your true purpose, right? Having another child so you can inherit Xi’s property! ”

Five years later, the tender woman turns into a noblewoman in uppertendom, coming back to the country with a cute kid, she smiles proudly and says: “Haven’t seen you for a long time, Mr. Xi.” <<less

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