For Tohko Amano, a third-year high-school student and self-styled “book girl,” being the head of the literary club is more than just an extracurricular activity. It’s her bread and butter…literally! Tohko is actually a literature-gobbling demon, who can be found at all hours of the day munching on torn out pages from all kinds of books. But for Tohko, the real delicacies are hand-written stories. To satisfy her gourmet tastes, she’s employed (rather, browbeaten) one Konoha Inoue, who scribbles away each day after school to satisfy Tohko’s appetite. But when another student comes knocking on the literary club door for advice on writing love letters, will Tohko discover a new kind of delicacy?... more>>

Bungaku Shoujo won Kadokawa Shoten’s 2007 light novel award for light novels under the mystery category.

Placed 7th (2007) and 3rd (2008) on “このライトノベルがすごい!” (This Light Novel is Amazing!) without an anime nor manga associate.

Novels:

– Main story:

1. Book Girl and the Suicidal Mime

2. Book Girl and the Famished Spirit

3. Book Girl and the Captive Fool

4. Book Girl and the Corrupted Angel

5. Book Girl and the Wayfarer’s Lamentation

6. Book Girl and the Undine Who Bore a Moonflower

7-8 Book Girl and the Scribe Who Faced God

– Short stories:

1-4. Bungaku Shoujo to Koisuru Souwashuu (Episode)

– Gaiden:

1. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Hatsukoi

2. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Shoushin

3. Bungaku Shoujo Minarai no, Sotsugyou

– Last Volume:

Hanjuku Sakka to Bungaku Shoujo na Henshuusha (Muse) <<less

Can a draft be eaten: Did you order the takeout to my house? Thanks.... more>>

Selective blindness: Draft!

Can a draft be eaten: Next time order the beef brisket noodles. I don't like sour vegetables.

Selective blindness: Draft!

Can a draft be eaten: Oh, can you help me hire a household helper? My clothes are still soaking in a pail of face-wash like substance.

Selective blindness: Draft!

Can a draft be eaten:... this must be automatic reply. When you return and see this, also call a mechanic for me. My washing machine at home has been spoilt for a long time.

Selective blindness: Can you be even more shameless? Can you can you can you? Draft you jerk!

Can a draft be eaten: How difficult is it to make a telephone call. I need to concentrate on writing my draft. <<less

The Story of a Macaron-Loving Girl Who Lived a Thousand Years Somehow. is a compilation of four stories.... more>>

The Story of a Macaron-Loving Girl Who Lived a Thousand Years Somehow.

A whimsical girl who loves macarons learns her best friend has ended up a thousand years in the future, so she lives a thousand years to meet her and watches the world change around her. (A rewrite of the original with more detail and extra scenes.)

She Can Talk To Concrete

A boy with a terminal illness doesn’t tell his mother about it, and instead enjoys having no responsibilities. Then he meets a girl from middle school who’s changed considerably since then, and shares with her the mysteries of cardboard and building secret bases.

Paraporopurun Peroporoparapon

An alien finds he’s in love with another alien, but knows that, her being royalty, he can never hope to compete with her thirty-five trillion fiancés… or can he?

The Lying Cicada and the Blue Sky

A boy is visited one night by an unusual girl initially claiming to be a cicada. Eventually, she reveals her intention to “repay the favor” of him once saving her life. <<less

Taiga works at a publishing company, and thanks to his sister's sudden marriage, author and Taiga's best high school friend Shu has become his brother-in-law.... more>> But then his sister suddenly disappears! Left behind, Taiga ends up taking care of his little brothers and living against his will with Shu. Their lively and raucous lives filled with trials accidentally draw them closer together. And actually, for Taiga, there's a certain feeling he had long ago that just won't disappear... <<less

Energetic teenager Shuichi Shindo is the lead singer and songwriter for the smash-hit pop band, Bad Luck. He's recently moved in with his older boyfriend, Eiri Yuki, the handsome, sophisticated, and uber-famous romance novelist. Nothing goes smoothly for Shuichi, however. Yuki is inexplicably cold and cruel toward him, more so than usual; due to a rash of publicity appearances on comedy sketch shows, he can't get anyone to take his band seriously; and he's suddenly entered, totally unprepared, into a nationally televised concert with Bad Luck's rival band, Ask.... more>>

In this often touching, frequently hilarious story based on the popular manga and anime, Gravitation: The Novel details a young man's quest for success in love and music. <<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

Physically confronting your abusive superior might be cool and satisfying when it happens in a drama, but, as Kazuo Sugishita is learning, it's less cool when you're sitting at home afterwards, terrified to learn how you'll be punished when you return to work the next day. The sentence he faces sounds surprisingly lenient - just a temporary reassignment to the company's entertainment department while things blow over. But he changes his mind when he gets the specifics: Kazuo has been assigned as manager-in-training (read "servant") to Shiro Hoshizono, the "Star Watcher": A pompous, showoff-y, completely insufferable talent with no actual talents except using his sickeningly sweet words and foreign model looks to seduce lonely middle... more>> aged women into paying for the privilege of hearing him speak.

The day after his new assignment, Kazuo and Hoshizono leave for Saitama Prefecture, where Hoshizono has been recruited to become an image character for a campground in the mountains, alongside a group of other colorful characters, including a romance novelist with the looks of Cleopatra but the personality of someone's grandpa and a UFO obsessed conspiracy theorist.

But the morning after their arrival, their host is found strangled to death in his lodge, the road back is buried in an avalanche, and... you can probably see where this is going.

Turns out, despite how he comes across normally, Hoshizono is actually a genius detective!

The novel features a unique chapter naming scheme where each chapter is titled as a three to four sentence summary of its own contents, focused upon what information about the case is discovered and what evidence appears, for ease of reference.

A nominee for the 50th annual Mystery Writers Association of Japan Award, long story category. <<less

It was the bond between humans and humanoids that changed the world.
The Non-fiction Novel "No Collar: Part One" won a literary award. What is... more>> the thought behind the Afterword? <<less

Writing a book is enjoyable, but entering the fiery furnace of literary reincarnation is another story!... more>>

Transmigrating into her own period novel, Lin Su becomes the former fiancée of the notorious villain who caused her family's downfall.

Lin Su will tell you, ever since she arrived, her back has ached, her legs have been sore, she can barely walk straight, and devour three bowls of rice in one sitting!

The big shot says: What to do when your wife is too charming? Naturally, you spoil her! Spoil her for three days and three nights without leaving the bed!

Witness the sweet and mischievous antics of a transmigrated adorable otaku girl being pampered by a secretly black-bellied villain. <<less

“Love is a prayer. I pray. I wish for the people I love to all be happy. I wish for all of them to fulfill their wishes. I wish for everyone to live somewhere warm, cool, or whatever they find comfortable, and be surrounded by their loved ones. I want absolute bliss to pour on them like heavy rain. I love every single person in the world.”... more>>

A set of love stories digging into the essence of love and stories. <<less

I was living my life as an ordinary Korean citizen, but one day I suddenly became Juliet Capulet.
For a moment, I was terrified that I had become the Juliet who had met a tragic end.
But then I realized that this was a subtly different world from the original story.
I decided to live a peaceful life without Romeo.... more>>

However, a presence that disrupts my peace emerges...

"I'm writing a play based on Miss Juliet."

- - -

After the appearance of William Shakespeare, the author of "Romeo and Juliet”, every situation around conforms to the script he writes.

To Juliet, who only thinks of survival, her tragic lover Romeo, no... The culprit behind all this, William, approaches her?!

'If Shakespeare falls completely for me, can he complete such a story?'

William, intending to finish the story as per the original, without knowing anything.
And Juliet trying to survive by twisting the planned tragedy.
What will be the conclusion of the new masterpiece they create?! <<less

That summer afternoon, spent beside the being who had become the heaviest in my world, with the verdure of the season deepening within the confines of my lone space, self-isolated from others. Solitude was no longer an option for me. A life without Woonu only promised loneliness.... more>>

I lost my family and experienced the loneliness that lingered in their absence, living a lonesome life without holding anyone close to my heart, stewing in my solitude. Loneliness and solitude cannot coexist. Only those who have chosen solitude know of this truth.

Solitude is a blank, and loneliness is a dearth that seeks to be filled. Because solitude is closer to nonpossession than it is to resignation, while loneliness is like a jar with a leaky bottom. That imperfectly solid blank of mine, built from my fleeing of loneliness, became desperate to contain a whole being.

Woonu, having felt the rain at the tip of his fingers, arm stretched beyond the eaves, suddenly straightened his legs and leaned his upper body forward.

“Huh? A green frog!”

“Where? Are you sure you didn’t see wrong?”

“There, over there! Oh, oh, it’s jumping!”

“Oh, there really is one.”

“Where did it come from? Has it always lived here?”

I quietly gazed at the side of his face, his mouth agape with a bright smile adorning it.

Where did you come from? Where did you come from for it to feel as though you’ve always been here? <<less

Morimi takes on the classics! Five reimagined masterworks of Japanese literature come to life once more on the streets of Kyoto. From burlesque depictions of... more>> friendship to thought-provoking explorations of ambition and solitude, Morimi brings the classics into the modern age with his signature wit and unmistakable style. <<less

Five web novel legends play a super shameless game.... more>>

Zhao Zhao thinks: I’ve gotten myself involved in a broken game.

CP: Ye Luan (Twelve Leaves) x Zhao Yijia (Zhao Zhao), 1V1, Happy ending

Side characters: Tian Gai, Sleepy Fox, Qin Hai <<less

Cordelia, the youngest daughter of the kingdom’s most powerful family, is a socialite with a lovely beauty that catches everyone’s attention.... more>>

However, the truth is that it is Lawrence Blanc, the author of many works, including the popular romance novel .

“Ah, love and novels, beat them all!”

As she leads her double life as her elegant princess by day and a romance writer by night, Cordelia, who has suffered a slump due to the exhaustion of her material, has a bizarre experience… .

“Huh, what is this?”

Instead of the pretty face she had been accustomed to seeing, her tall man blinked through her mirror. Unlike her black hair, blue eyes, and her delicate face, her wide shoulders and forearms were impressive.

Crazy, Cordelia muttered involuntarily.

“He’s so handsome!”

The man who was her ideal type was looking at her. <<less

Mu Qiong traveled through time and became a penniless young master driven out of his family. So poor that not even a copper coin jingled in his hands... How will he survive this life?... more>>

Mu Qiong had no choice but to resort to his old trade - writing novels.

The novel is set in an alternate world with no connection to real history and no appearance of any historical figures~

Mu Qiong as the protagonist, Fu Yuan'an as the love interest.

One-sentence synopsis: Traversing to become a literary master.

Concept: Devoted to the country with a single heart. <<less

Prequel to the first song in the Vocaloid series, “,” and follows the events between the schoolgirl detective who loves mystery novels, Hanamoto Hibari, and the extremely sadistic mystery novel writer, Kudou Renma.... more>>

As the high school is busy with preparations for the Culture Festival, a female student is found on the roof, collapsed and bleeding.
Written in blood is a single “X.” Is this an accident? Or a case? Hibari sets out to uncover the truth. <<less

She was late to the Writing Academy and ended up possessing Riya Lisburn, the concubine of Seir, the third prince of the Hernian Empire.... more>>

Why, of all things, did she have to be the idiot villain who was blinded by jealousy and was hanged for attempting to kill her husband’s first wife?

The book nicely described it.

So she immediately locked herself up in her study and began writing R-Rated Novels.

She needed to make money and then escape.

But the third prince, who despised and ultimately killed her, suddenly turned weird.

“Were you always this adorable?”

The second prince then approached and began to obsess over her.

“Well, you’re the type of thing I’d like to keep around with and observe for the rest of my life.”

And if that wasn’t enough, the Dragon Quangi joined in.

“I will absolutely protect you. At the risk of my life! Quang!”

The hidden tale of the battle for the throne of the Hernian Empire and the foxy witch who gradually begins to be exposed in front of Riya, who was destined to die due to the development of the script written by the Great Saintess.

The three princes and shadow of death approaching Riya.

Will Riya Lisburn survive? <<less

Deemed hopeless by her family and that she was better off married when her fourth novel continued to be a flop, aspiring author Xiang Wan begins to doubt herself. While feeling conflicted about continuing her dream as an author, things take an unexpected turn when a dazzling guy appears before her and takes her to the police station.... more>>

"What? I'm the primary suspect in a mu*der case?"

A mu*der has taken place and the details are eerily similar to the details of her latest novel. The dazzling guy turns out to be a talented detective with a hidden identity who is assigned to investigate the case. From then on, her life turns topsy-turvy.

In the beginning, she seeks the detective's protection by requesting to stay overnight at his place.

"Detective Bai, is it not the duty of the police to protect the witness when her life is in extreme danger?"

She ends up staying at his house overnight because of various reasons, such as—

Scenario 1:
Xiang Wan: "Detective Bai, you have no right to detain me..."

Detective Bai: "I remember you're the one who requested to stay at my house?"

Scenario 2:
Xiang Wan: "There's no need for that. Detective Bai, I can return..."

Detective Bai: "You've not cleared of suspicion yet. If something happens, at least you'll have an alibi."

Scenario 3:
Xiang Wan: “Why did you bring me to your house again?"

Detective Bai: "You haven't released a new chapter today!" he said, enunciating each syllable, "I want to read your latest chapter before telling you of our latest investigations."

"…" <<less

During a dinner party at a secluded mountain villa, while the invited guests are engaged in a strange game over an ultra-luxury clock, the owner of the villa, a female writer named Mori Reiko, is met with an unnatural death in her study.... more>>

With this, the curtain rises on a deadly game of deduction!　

Embroiled in the game are Enomoto, a crime prevention consultant (whose main profession is a thief!?), and the lawyer Junko, who tries to solve the mystery of a perfectly locked room protected by the wall of time…

Note: "Wall of time" here means alibi. <<less

The novel I wrote became a mess.... more>>

I had possessed Ariad, the beautiful hoe that had already mixed her body fluids with countless men.

Since this had already happened, I had no choice but to make Ariad the female lead of my web novel.

All my characters had already gone wild while running full steam ahead as I struggled to save the novel's tearful survival.

“You are mine. No one is allowed to touch you.”

I have to connect with the male lead fast, but why did the second male lead have to keep checking the third leg inside his pants?

“I love it when I see your face contort from the pain, Ariad. I want to be right beside you while you suffer and die.”

You have to be loved to become a female lead but who said that love isn’t a b*tch?

The male lead was nothing but possessive.

“I feel sorry for Joshua. Please divorce me.”

The existing female lead, who was supposed to have a kind and refreshing character, got blinded by unrequited love that she couldn’t see anything else.

Can I properly complete this messed-up novel?

Readers, I'm working hard here, so please don't leave me! <<less

An exploration of depression and mortality.... more>>

The unfolding of the story revolves around a writer’s sudden su*cide.

Wang Ze, the young man who came in search of the truth, and the forest ranger who let the writer take his own life meet due to the mystery surrounding the writer.

A journey of soul exploration taking place in the forest in summer. <<less

Fang Qingci, a reclusive writer on the earth, once transmigrated and became a super rare male of the interstellar zerg race.... more>>

Well, what? There is no such thing as romance novels here? Let me show you the light!

So he regained his old profession and started to write a few drama filled novels.

The females shouted that such affectionate males could not exist, but they kept rewarding honestly.

As he wrote, Fang Qingci became a well-known great writer in the interstellar universe.

With a career, love is also essential.

The major general next door knelt down on his knees, offered all his wealth and a sincere heart, and only asked for the position of a servant.

Of course, I’ll take everything you have and stay with you forever! <<less

The life of Tomoya Aki, a highschool otaku working part time to support his BD hoarding. With remarkable luck, he bumps head-first into, Megumi Katou, the most beautiful girl he has ever seen. Naturally, the meeting twists his life into a complicated torrent of relationships. Eriri Spencer Sawamura, his half-foreigner childhood friend who’s always valued her relationship with Tomoyo. Kasumigaoka Utaha, a cold, composed renowned literary genius who shoves everyone aside from our protagonist. What is this? An eroge introduction?... more>>

The tale of a small not quite doujin circle, but not quite indie studio’s journey through the tough territory of comiket and beyond. <<less

A (not-so) hopeless romantic writer. A weird (not-so-much of a) stranger. A lot of (denied) feelings in between. A (continuation of the online) connection that... more>> ends on 11/23. <<less