In the distant future, the world was in ice... more>>

Humans live in cryo facilities underground, awaiting for the distant Spring,

Robots manage the facilities

They built a ‘village’ there and lived there.

They dreamed that, one day, they would live together with the ‘Humans’ (Master).

This, is the story of the Ice Country. <<less

The story is centred around a cute android who initially had a happy life with her master who dearly loved her. But she was then... more>> struck by a series of misfortunes and ended up in a robot-equivalent of concentration camp. Through experiencing and witnessing the sufferings towards herself as well as the people/robots around her, she eventually gained a better appreciation of life. <<less

A person who has the power to control people’s bodies uses it to make them commit su*cide, and one day encounters a special target.

One day, I – a high schooler – found a paperback in the hospital. The “Disease Coexistence Journal” was its title. It was a diary... more>> that my classmate, Sakura Yamauchi, had written in secret. Inside, it was written that due to her pancreatic disease, her days were numbered. And thus, I coincidentally went from Just-a-Classmate to a Secret-Knowing-Classmate. It was as if I were being drawn to her, who was my polar opposite. However, the world presented the girl that was already suffering from an illness with an equally cruel reality… <<less

A girl stranded in a small lakeside village deep within the mountains, Mitsuha, and a boy caught up in the oddly orderly chaos of bustling... more>> Tokyo, Taki, begin to dream of another, unfamiliar life. Before long, they realize that they aren’t dreaming at all, but actually switching bodies. Separated even further apart than they ever would have imagined, yet still somehow inexplicably connected, they search for the truth behind their strange phenomenon and discover what really happened on that fateful night when the stars rained from the sky. <<less

I became a hero in the world I was forcibly summoned to. Defeating the demons even while being injured, bringing peace to the world, and... more>> what I wantedー only the small wish of returning to our original world. And yet, I… <<less

The plot involves a young man who becomes a killer (by accident) – but his victim has the power of “postponement,” temporarily delaying her death.

The story is about a man whose compulsive tendencies make it impossible for him to keep a job, and a young girl who skips school... more>> and loves insects. The two meet, come to support each other in reintegrating into society, and fall in love. There’s a problem, however: namely, the parasites in their heads. <<less

“It’s been too long since we took the time... more>>

No-one’s to blame, I know time flies so quickly

But when I see you darling

It’s like we both are falling in love again

It’ll be just like starting over, starting over”

– (Just Like) Starting Over

John Lennon

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This is the story of how upon reaching my twentieth birthday, I was sent back to the age of ten, and lived to be twenty once more. <<less

The story revolves around a boy and a girl who travel together through a world that is gradually nearing its end. A mysterious illness has... more>> emerged that erases the very existence of everyone who suffers from it. The story does, however, not focus on the tragic aspect of this fairly post-apocalyptic setting, but rather shows the people and events the two travelers come across during their journey. <<less

On the will left behind by the 14 year old su*cide victim K:... more>>

“Taku Sugawara is the devil. Nobody should believe his words.” <<less

The story is about a boy entering high school, who answers a strange call from a public phone one night. The caller challenges him to... more>> a bet: She’ll remove the birthmark which he sees as the cause of so many problems, and he’ll have fifty days to win the heart of a girl he’d considered far beyond his reach. And with this, a very strange summer begins. <<less

The premise of the story revolves around a shop where one can sell away the remaining years of their life, and the consequences of doing... more>> so. <<less

A young prince comes to visit an ancient Venerable with news of his aunt’s death. He then is told an unexpected tale of the Venerable’s youth.... more>>

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"For half of his lifetime, he was traitorous, unfilial, and disloyal, for the sole reason of, in exchange, ensuring that one person’s safety.

If she lived, then it was good enough." <<less

Ever since the death of someone important to me, I’ve been living recklessly. After I became a high school student, there was a girl in my class who remained hospitalized due to “luminescence disease.” This disease is named for the fact that the bodies of those who suffer from it glow faintly when exposed to moonlight, and that glow becomes stronger as their time of death draws closer. The girl’s name is Watarase Mamizu.... more>>

After learning that she doesn’t have long to live, and there are things that she wants to do before she dies…

“Will you let me help you with that?”

“Really?”

As this promise was made, the time that had frozen for me began moving again – <<less

The story is about a man who’s opposed to the now-common practice of implanting false memories, but is one day given memories of a fictional... more>> childhood friend. This fabricated happiness torments him, but then, to his surprise, he meets her – a girl who shouldn’t exist. <<less