In the past, a common belief was that a photograph can steal a part of a person’s soul. It actually does—but not of people. Every picture steals power from the location it depicts, reducing the barrier between the living world and the Deadrealm. Sekiguchi Naoya stumbles into the strange world ...

Drafters are humans who have contracted with spirits to gain abnormal abilities but they must comply with the rules of the contract that both parties agree on. Except for Isa Izanami, who is an unfortunate girl that was forced into a contract with a black spirit who stumbled upon her unconscious ...

A fire walks, not knowing where it goes. It doesn't burn to destroy—only because it doesn't know how to stop. Aragiri Takeru has already lived a life of violence. Former gang member, his body is a map of scars and bullet holes hidden beneath layers of tattoos. At twenty, failed three times, wi...

I am but a cloud, floating from place to place. After existing in this world for who knows how long, I had plenty of stories to tell, but there was no way I could communicate, at least in my current form. I did not have a mouth, so no one would hear me. My body was nebulous, so I could not write....

In a world where mages stand above nobles and even the law, it's not surprising that everyone wants to learn magic. Luz and his brothers are no different. However, their peaceful lives are shattered when a dragon attacks their village. Left with no choice, Luz uses a forbidden spatial spell t...

Karin Radcliff, age 23, works a soul-crushing job in retail, leads a lamentable love life, and can't help but wonder if her life is going anywhere. She has a secret though, she was once one of the four Magical Girls who saved Earth from the Dark Lord. Seeing the struggles of her fellow humans inf...

AI has taken over the world, and nothing much has changed. Sure, the content is generated from algorithms. And sure, the humans are more AI-like than AIs. But if that's all they needed to live the life they wanted, then what did it matter? Of course, something can't be created from nothing. Th...

Ono Renji is a biology major with an academic death wish. While his peers chase grants and publish safe papers, Renji studies cryptids. The creatures dismissed as folklore, pseudoscience, or outright jokes. He doesn’t claim they exist. He studies the patterns people refuse to ask about. That cu...

A long-lost concept. An existence said not to be real. Ancient means for unknown purposes. It was none other than Magical Girls. But, who says that, in this day and age, they aren't real at all? A phenomenon can exist although one does not have the concept by which to recognize it. It all depe...

Starlight Academy is a large-scale learning institution where the students go about independent daily life within the school's isolated community. There, Yuko Maeda has recently started her first year in high school, expecting the peaceful days within the walls of the academy to continue. However...