Tori Lake, a 21-year-old guy with responsibility to take care of his family, was taking his 2nd attempt at the college entrance exam. But during the test, he got so nervous that he had to go to the restroom. But he got teleported to another world while he was in the restroom. Now, he find himself...

Amara Badmus has it all — fame, beauty, and success as one of Tokyo’s rising fashion models. But behind the flashing cameras and perfect photos, she’s just tired — tired of pretending, tired of smiling for the world, and tired of being seen by everyone except herself. Then she meets Ren Watan...

Edward Lin, a 17 year old high school student with top marks and great achievements. He was a genius scholar and a great athlete. Though he wasn't very good at talking to people, he was quite popular. Decently good looks, decently tall, and had that charm about him. He was on his way to being acc...

"You have brought ill fortune with you, stranger..." Two strangers share a drink at a roadside tavern and go their separate ways. Every morning thereafter they find themselves back in their private rooms, the previous day starting anew. Armed only with knowledge gained from previous cycles, th...

When Kenji is asked to move to the countryside to care for his grandmother, Yoshie, he isn’t prepared for how fragile life can sound, the rasp of her breath, the silence that follows her laughter, and the ticking of days that feel both long and fleeting. There, he meets Ami, Yoshie’s neighbor ...

Miko’s life is one of quiet ritual: tending the shrine, caring for her sick mother, and keeping an old talisman in place. But when the talisman falls and whispers from her mother grow weaker within a darkened shed, the boundaries of duty and obsession begin to crumble… and some impurities cannot ...

This is a bit of information about the characters in my book series, Smoke! Each "chapter" references a different character, and information will be updated as more is revealed.

Majutsushi—a walled-off city off of the coast of Tokyo and a prison for magic users. Home to six clans fighting for control of the city, Ryugi Igarashi is the prime mage for the Inazuma—a gang specializing in electricity. Things get complicated when a mage from the Hyoga clan defects and asks for...