Matsuoka is hooked on wearing his ex-girlfriend’s clothes and going for nighttime walks into town, feeling the pleasure of being stared at by men wherever he goes. One night, after he is assaulted by a man during a one-off encounter, he is saved by Hirosue, a nondescript senior worker from his company. Drawn to Hirosue’s innocent and pure love, Matsuoka continues to meet with Hirosue, all the while dressed as a woman, until Hirosue finally confesses to him. Narise Konohara’s pinnacle of achievement portrays the pain and beauty of unrequited love and has also been adapted to a theatrical play.... more>>

Contains 2 short stories (published in earlier editions) “Of Tenderness” (Itoshii koto) and “Of Love” (Aisuru koto). <<less

Koizumi, Tangerine Weekly’s news reporter, quickly gains the nickname “Fire Witch,” in part for her vibrant hair and interesting methods. ... more>>

During a press conference, she realizes that the famous singer Senya Kaoru has fallen asleep.

No one believes her, so she devises a trap…

Note: This Chinese novel was originally serialised with Japanese names and locations. During publication, the name was changed to, “Afternoon Lavender.” The novel contained Chinese names and locations instead. <<less

Douno has been falsely convicted of mol*sting a woman on a train. He serves time in a group cell in prison, surrounded by inmates who... more>> are all suspicious in some way. Just as Douno's distrust of people reaches its peak, he is saved by the innocent kindness of his cellmate, Kitagawa. For Kitagawa, who is imprisoned as a mu*derer, this is the first time in his life that he feels the emotion of love. This complete edition encompasses the main work, "In the Box", as well as "Out of the Cage", which tells their story after their release from prison. <<less

Shimada Mio is told that the younger brother who had been missing for twenty four years after being kidnapped as an infant is alive and well living under a new name. When she reunites with him on a rainy winter day, she is surprised to find that he is the spitting image of their deceased father.... more>>

As they try to fill the twenty-four year gap, their budding friendship gives way to something more. Despite knowing their love could never be, they can’ t help but be drawn to the other… <<less

He Yun Zui said, “Little white rabbit, since you’ve entered my heart, you’re not allowed to leave.”... more>>

Chi Ran replied, “Big tiger, I hope my heart can belong to you alone.”

Chi Ran is a simple white rabbit, small and white, who makes He Yun Zui’s head hurt. As soon as Chi Ran was taken over by He Yun Zui, he knew that his acting career was no longer ordinary. After He Yun Zui brought Chi Ran to his side, he knew that this person would definitely belong to him.

But when the little white rabbit with emotional disorder was approached purposefully by the domineering tiger, he couldn’t understand his heart.

The tiger confessed. As long as the little white rabbit could stay by his side, then that was enough. He Yun Zui finally plucked up the courage to confess his love: “I like you.”

Chi Ran blinked his eyes, puzzled: “I don’t know what like is, can you… teach me?” <<less

Betrayed by his lover and abandoned by mankind, the race he saved, Rohen gave up all hopes in life.... more>>

Returning to the past, he laid down his sword and allowed the world to perish as he stood in the side. Just as man turned his back on him, he, too, will do the same.

This was his pledge.

But, his view changes little by little when he meets a girl wielding the same scars as him.

She changes him… heals his broken scar without notice.

***

Looking at Rohen, his body torn and mangled, she burst into tears and asked, “Why… why didn’t you run away?”

He heard her sweet voice. It calmed him. She protected him.

Rohen laughed. “Because you’re here.” <<less

"Within half a month, I will make you climb on my bed on your own initiative!" What the heck! The guy was insufferable at times... more>> – self-centred and narcissistic. First, he talked nonsense in front of the whole school, then adopted every possible means to compel her to submit. This pretentious and imperious man could not be her Mr. Right! Even more unexpectedly, he turned shame into anger and should force her to have s*x with him. Humph! As a modern new woman, she would not yield so easily just because of a thin cherry. In view of his family background, she had better slip away. But there was some force guiding them—call it God, destiny or fate. After eight years, he, as boss of the company which she worked with, was again brought to her by this kind of force… <<less

Tang Mu was not just in name only, but also in reality(1*) a child by a previous marriage(2*). When he was ten years old, his mother remarried to a wealthy family, and he followed her to the wealthy family’s home. However, the life in the wealthy family has been a total tragedy from the very beginning.... more>>

The step-brother and step-sister bullied him, and his grandmother always got angry at him when there was nothing to do. His mother always taught him to be patient and that when he graduated from university and left home, everything would be fine. However, Tang Mu could not endure until the day he graduated from college, and there was an accident…

Once he started all over again, Tang Mu knew that he was the cannon fodder in the book, and the heirs such as step-brother and step-sister were the real protagonists. His forbearance and perseverance had no effect other than adding some flavouring to other people’s lives.

On the first day of entering the university campus, the step-brother asked Tang Mu’s roommate to bully Tang Mu. Tang Mu, who had to live again, didn’t want to endure anymore, and beat all the people who bullied him.

In order to separate Tang Mu from his roommate, Tang’s mother arranged for him a new dormitory, a high school room, and a double dormitory. However, Tang Mu’s new roommate is not good news. On the first day after moving to the dormitory, the new roommate Yan Xi and his friend blocked him at the door of the dormitory to prevent him from entering…

Yan Xi’s friend: “This man is our boss. He doesn’t like to live in the same house with others. We’ll trouble you to change the place?”
Tang Mu: “The school assigned me to this dormitory. Why don’t you go out to rent a house?”
Yan Xi (smiling face): “I think you are crazy. If you have the courage to live here, you have to bear the consequences of living with me!”

A year later, Tang Mu finally knew what terrible consequences will be there of living together with Yan Xi …

— Yan Xi: One day I will let you serve (3*) me!

Tang Mu raised his eyebrows: What do you mean to let me serve?
Yan Xi hooked the corner of his mouth: Guess?

1* an idiom meaning being worthy of name/ live up to one’s reputation

2* derogatory term for a woman to bring one’s children into a second marriage; children by a previous marriage

3* can also mean admire/obey <<less

Chloe, I want you. Can I plead like this?... more>>

Unknowingly, I had married my husband, who appears as a recruiter three months before our divorce.

Eyesel, waiting for the divorce while living her second life as a chocolatier, is perplexed by Siheon’s active pursuit, not even recognizing his own wife.

Yet, Siheon feels a destiny to not let go of Eyesel, both professionally and personally.

“This marriage means nothing, right?”

“I’ll divorce you in three months. Until then, let’s be a real couple.”

Will their cohabitation, bittersweet like chocolate, end in divorce or marriage? <<less

Honoo no Mirage (Mirage of Blaze) is a complexly-plotted novel which incorporates a large number of elements, including romantic melodrama, historical politics and supernatural fantasy. Japanese history predominates the heavily structured story-line, which mainly involves the continued aggression between power-wielding guardians ('possessors'), and the denizens of a 'feudal underworld'- a group of restless souls belonging to long-dead samurai from the warring states period who are attempting to re-ignite those age-old wars in present-day Japan.... more>>

Volume Titles:

1: Honoo no Shinkirou (炎の蜃気楼)
2: Aka no Zanei (緋の残影)
3: Garasu no Komoriuta (硝子の子守歌)
4: Kohaku no Ryūseigun (琥珀の流星群)
5: Mahoroba no Ryūjin (まほろばの龍神)
6: Hasha no Ma Kagami 1 (覇者の魔鏡(前編))
7: Hasha no Ma Kagami 2 (覇者の魔鏡(中編))
8: Hasha no Ma Kagami 3 (覇者の魔鏡(後編))
9: Minagiwa no Hangyakusha (みなぎわの反逆者)
10: Wadatsumi no Yōkihi 1 (わだつみの楊貴妃(前編))
11: Wadatsumi no Yōkihi 2 (わだつみの楊貴妃(中編))
12: Wadatsumi no Yōkihi 3 (わだつみの楊貴妃(後編))
13: Yomi e no Kazaana 1 (黄泉への風穴(前編))
14: Yomi e no Kazaana 2 (黄泉への風穴(後編))
15: Hiwa no Ōkoku 1 (火輪の王国(前編))
16: Hiwa no Ōkoku 2 (火輪の王国(中編))
17: Hiwa no Ōkoku 3 (火輪の王国(後編))
18: Hiwa no Ōkoku Reppū-hen (火輪の王国 烈風編)
19: Hiwa no Ōkoku Retsu Tō-hen (火輪の王国 烈濤編)
20: Jūjika o Daite Nemure (十字架を抱いて眠れ)
21: Retsumyō no Hoshi (裂命の星)
22: Sakigake no Maji (魁の蠱)
23: Onshū no Mon Oumi-hen (怨讐の門 青海編)
24: Onshū no Mon Shakkū-hen (怨讐の門 赤空編)
25: Onshū no Mon Hakurai-hen (怨讐の門 白雷編)
26: Onshū no Mon Kurohi-hen (怨讐の門 黒陽編)
27: Onshū no Mon Kōjō-hen (怨讐の門 黄壌編)
28: Onshū no Mon Hakai-hen (怨讐の門 破壊編)
29: Mugen Jōdo (無間浄土)
30: Akaru hen Mokushiroku I Nachi no Shō (変黙示録 I 那知の章)
31: Akaru hen Mokushiroku II Nuno-to no Shō (耀変黙示録 II 布都の章)
32: Akaru hen Mokushiroku III Yata no Shō (耀変黙示録 III 八咫の章)
33: Akaru hen Mokushiroku IV Jinmu no Shō (耀変黙示録 IV 神武の章)
34: Akaru hen Mokushiroku V Tenma no Shō (耀変黙示録 V 天魔の章)
35: Akaru hen Mokushiroku VI Ranka no Shō (耀変黙示録 VI 乱火の章)
36: Akaru hen Mokushiroku VII Nigoyabu no Shō (耀変黙示録 VII 濁破の章)
37: Kakumei no Kane wa Naru (革命の鐘は鳴る)
38: Ashura no Maegami (阿修羅の前髪)
39: Kaminari no Ikusaba (神鳴りの戦場)
40: Senoku no Yoruwokoete (千億の夜をこえて) <<less

Hyper FPS, Strategy Battle Royale Game — Open City!... more>>

It had been exactly 3 years since the launch of a symbolic popular game and the start of the World League. For 3 years and now 4 years, he had been supporting Rice, who appeared in the opening season and swept the competition that year. Before he could realize it, he was already cheering for a mid-tier team, which was considered more harmful than alcohol and cigarettes. However, Park Injun, who couldn’t quit the league, made a new resolution after a chance encounter in a competitive match.

This jerk — he would try to fix him.

“Got it? It’s not easy to meet people online.”

“Yes… then, should we meet next week?”

“What do you mean, ‘yes’? F*ck, you didn’t listen at all, didn’t you?”

… Anyway, he would try to fix this guy.

*

“And Chicago is still a strong team. There is also Rice in it, you f*cker.” <<less

One day, wandering the streets, complaining of hunger, a cute boy runs to her and shouts, “Mama!”... more>>

The handsome Duke, the father of the child, offers a contract to provide food and lodging when she becomes a nanny.

Lina, the poor beggar, who suddenly had a son, finds out that the dead Duchess looks just like her…

She tries to recall the lost memories of her past and surprisingly, it was connected to the Duke and the late Duchess. <<less

In this town, Lu Chu's the only one who can't see.... more>>

Before him, there was no one here that had such a symptom.

A suspicious stalker, escaping a room, the school legends, a life and death group fight...

Survival and killing.

Struggling and resisting. Swimming in the deep and dark waters of despair, merely wishing for a chance to survive. <<less

Song Yu has three requirements for Yue Zhishi:... more>>

– You cannot call me gege in public.

– We won’t do anything together in public.

– You cannot let other people know you live with me.

Yue Zhishi has always been obediently following these rules. They were practically strangers at school. At the opening ceremony, he suddenly collapsed due to an allergy-related asthma attack, sending everything into chaos. At this moment, the student representative Song Yu suddenly stopped speaking…….

That night, a hot post appeared on the school forum.

【Shock!! Our junior high school department male idol and our senior high school department male idol are actually ‘brothers’!】

—————

Ever since his father brought back a mixed-race baby when he was six years old, Song Yu’s life has been completely entangled by this clingy little guy who couldn’t speak Chinese well.

Le Le who was in kindergarten: Xiao Yu gege, my classmate said today that he has a beautiful sister-in-law. What is a sister in law?
Song Yu: His older brother’s wife.
Le Le: No! I don’t want a sister-in-law!
Song Yu: ……
Le Le: I’ll be your sister-in-law! (Something isn’t quite right…….)
Song Yu: Please study up on Chinese familial relationships.
Le Le: Wait, wait. I’ll be my sister-in-law!
Song Yu: ……

Mouth says one thing but body does another, cat-like gong x mixed-race, obedient and straightforward puppy-like shou.

1. Childhood sweethearts with older gong. Slice of life (with some twists and turns), with a lot of scenes involving eating. Those who like fast-paced stories, be cautious.
2. Shou is in third year of junior high at the start of the story. There is no blood or legal relationship between the shou and the gong. Remember, they’re not under the same household registration book.
3. Gong spoils and dotes on shou. Very strong double sided arrow, essentially younger brother complex x older brother complex.
4. Cute shou, not strong shou.
5. There is a wlw side couple, not much scenes.
6. Please don’t read if you can’t take even a little bit of unexpected events. This is not solely a sweet fluffy novel.

CWs: light PTSD, talk of su*cide/self-harm, talk of death/dying, h*mophobia (from side characters). Please do not read if these make you uncomfortable. <<less

Seo Yu Jin, who claims to be in charge of dealing with difficult customers at HN Planning, belongs to the secretarial office.... more>>

One day, she suddenly received a call from the president and heard some unexpected news.

“My younger sibling is returning to the country after a long time. Can you take care of him for three months? It’s not that hard. Just keep him from appearing in public. It’s okay, he probably won’t hit women… maybe.”

She should have run away right after hearing those words, but money-driven Seo Yu-jin eventually agreed and confronted the third child of HN Group, Jin Tae Oh, who was hidden behind a veil… <<less

The world was comprised of 17 countries and 5 races. Afflicted by a disease, the crown prince of Rintz Kingdom in Schell continent, Ernst, was... more>> stripped of his rights to the throne and made the lord of the poorest fief, Meissen. The citizens of Meissen lived a destitute life in extreme poverty. For the sake of the citizens living now, as well as the citizens who were yet to be born, Ernst will sow the seeds for their future. <<less

The Crown Prince of the Sodir Empire was engaged to a criminal who had been exiled.... more>>

Shingen Oreste, the Crown Prince of the Sodir Empire, graduated from the military academy with superior grades. He was a true Alpha with mighty superpowers.

In the gene pool of the Sodir Empire, there was no gene perfect enough to match Shingen’s, except for one exiled prisoner, the son of a fallen nobleman, Lian Nuo.

Lian Nuo had no superpowers and was a Beta with a low pregnancy rate. He was abandoned by his ex-lover and was exiled for committing a felony in out of his jealousy.

However, all this changed when the last surviving human on Earth transmigrated into Lian Nuo’s body…

The Noble Crown Prince x The Humble Criminal. How will they bring their love to fruition? <<less

Kim Tae-Pyeong lost his parents in a tragic fire. Living his days in darkness and nightmares, he meets Rosie, a girl who seemed to brighten his life. She was his spring and sun to the void winter of his life. Only with her could Tae-Pyeong feel at ease.... more>>

But... they separated...

Seven years later, when they've grown mature, they find each other again.

Was seven years enough to know that they could not live without each other? <<less

I have a childhood friend.... more>>

We did s*upid things, made the adults angry, were put to cleaning the toilets together, complained it was a pain and went off to play, only to make them angry again. When we were kicked out to sleep in the shed, we made a ruckus all the way through the night, received the iron fist to the head, and grew older together.

That friend became the hero and saved the world. <<less

"I thought we liked each other."... more>>

*This work contains a significant amount of elements related to sexual, physical, and psychological abuse by multiple people. Please be cautious when reading.

The only light in Yoon Haewon’s life, who has no money, family, or future, is Seo Haeyoung.

Haewon, who has been hovering around Haeyoung for a long time, can’t hide his feelings and gets caught by his friend Ko Taegyeom.

With Taegyeom demanding a relationship with Haewon using that as an excuse and the addition of another friend, Ju Hyunwoo, who coveted Haewon,

Haeyoung’s suspicions arise…

The three people who watch and condone the violence and abuse towards Haewon.

There is no one to help him.

The broken relationship between the four people,

And the memories of the past that have now faded.

Who will be the winner in this irreversible game? <<less

It’s midsummer, and the Emperor made all his sons sleep in the temple with peaches in their mouths to fulfill an ancient rite. ... more>>

Chen Ziqi’s dream is to become a great hero who owns a chicken farm! He wants to traverse the world with sword in hand, and go home to enjoy eating chicken, drinking wine, appreciating tea and reading poetry.

It’s one thing if Chen Ziqi can’t become a great hero, but now his father Emperor wants to sacrifice him to the god?!

And speaking of this god, there seems to be something wrong with him…

God: Tweet?

A cool but cute (bird) Gong X a vengeful, petty sweet talking Shou <<less

On their wedding night, she gnashed her teeth, yelling, “Your Highness, that’s shameless!”... more>>

Set off by the flickering light of red candles, he curved the corner of his mouth into a wicked grin, “Actually, I can be more shameless…”

…

When they met for the first time, he was the young prince who lived in his day of brilliance, while she was the pampered princess of the adjacent state.

When they met again, he became the crippled underdog suffering from frustration, while she became the lackluster hostage stranded in an alien land.

In his mid-life, he was defeated in the fight and had his legs broken; his wife passed away and he didn’t have anything left except his father’s detestation… After constant blows took the edge off his spirit, all he wanted was nothing but serenity.

In her teen-age, her state perished and her home lost; she lapsed into an awkward situation after being abandoned and having her marriage annulled… As endless hardships isolated her from happiness, everything she wished for was no more than peace.

…

“Lu Zhishan, when I first met you, I didn’t think I’d marry you…too old,” after years passed by, one day, she lay on his laps mumbling, with a kind of hazy beauty on her boozy face, “and lame.”

“Mu Nanzhi, you have the wrong memory. At our first meeting, I’m neither old nor limp.”

“…When was that?”

“When people were celebrating your first birthday,” that man assumed all gentleness and joy crept on his eyes and brows, “On that day, you were ‘drawing lots’ in the rear hall. I also sneaked there to have a look. But, out of my expectation, you directly grabbed my true-love knot.”

…

How vivid the red love pea is embedded in the exquisitely carved dice,

Just as my feelings for you deep in my bones. <<less

A long time later, Ah Zhao and her younger generations started chatting about her own story.... more>>

“At first, I was selected by the system to become the man’s plug-in to help him reach the pinnacle of life.”

“-Then what happened afterward?”

Ah Zhao lit a cigarette and her expression had great changes:

“-Later, I became the wife of the Male God.” <<less

She had done everything to help her fiance start the business. Unfortunately, she was betrayed by the jerk and the mistress.... more>>

After jumping from her apartment, she was reborn...

During this particular lifetime, she swore she won't attack others unless she was attacked. If she was attacked, she must remove out the source of trouble...

So she started a perfect plan to revenge them. However, she became the prey of a man...

They were tacit business partners in public, courteous and backscratching.

In private, he held her in arms, "Your success depends on me. It's time for you to repay me!"

"Hey! No! You can't take off my clothes!"

"I'm your boss, why not? "... <<less

S Vol. 1... more>>

Shiba is a detective in the fifth anti-organized crime division of the Tokyo Metropolitan Police, a.k.a. “Anti-Gang 5” specializing in handgun seizures. Shiba’s secret weapon is “S” (“spy”), an informant who plays a key role in Shiba’s information gathering. Shiba is training an informant who has been officially accepted into Shinjuku’s Matsukura Group within the Budoha crime syndicate. One day, Shiba awakes to an anonymous phone call. “Watch out for your S.” A tale of two men whose lust, pride and loneliness collide!

S Vol. 2: A Love Bite

Detective Masaki Shiiba's informant or "S," Keigo Munechika, has proven himself to be an excellent source of information. But the payment of s*x for every lead given is taking its toll on Shiiba. But with his new assignment as back-up to a fellow undercover detective, Shiiba learns that there are far worse things than having s*x with your male S--falling helplessly in love with him, for example. S volume 2 continues the drama and passion between a detective and his spy set in the highly-charged underground world of Tokyo.

S Vol. 3: Split

For almost a year now, Shiiba has been using Keigo Munechika as his “S,” his spy, to get information on the gun dealings of the Yakuza world. Shiiba uses his body in exchange for Munechika's sensitive information… and only his body as far as Shiiba is concerned. Shiiba vows their relationship will not go beyond that. But when a rowdy young man with a penchant for piercing and an enigmatic Yakuza leader cross paths with the young detective, sins of the past are unearthed once more-sins that just might shatter the fragile bond between the detective and his “S.”

S Vol. 4: Afterglow

At the end of S volume 3, detective Masaki Shiiba was last seen running away from the hospital room of his injured S, Keigo Munechika. Now, Shiiba has turned in his resignation, bought a gun of his own, and is bent on only one mission--to kill Takanari Godou. He vows to get the truth from Godou, even if he has to throw away his morals and life to do it. But can he do it? Can he shoot another person and commit cold-blooded mu*der for revenge? <<less