As the two worlds collided, the demon king carried out his plan, leaving the legendary summoner hero die on top of his castle. "It's not over yet!" the hero exclaimed, "Find me on that other world! Take him as your master and defeat the demon king." After he said that, eight of his powerful...

This short story takes place in an alternate reality where the world burned. Afterward, the world changes and becomes much more mysterious. As the sky turns into a screen and the weather becoming unpredictable, humanity must overcome their grief and apathy. This story is about the final night shi...

Yamataro Mugihara lives as if she’s a failed equation—dreams lost, family dead, and a corrosive guilt she believes she deserves for her grandmother’s murder. Convinced she poisons every life she touches, she buries herself in soul-numbing office work and alcohol, mistaking endurance for atonement...

In the rain-soaked alleys of Tokyo, broken souls still dream. Riki Yamade believes in nothing but survival. Once a prodigy, now an underground bartender, he drowns his ghosts beneath neon lights and cheap drinks. Betrayal and blood carved his past, leaving him hollow, cynical, and convinced th...

The story follows a path of crooked man, or not a man, but a Liminal being. That is, a being unfit for the society and all its norm and social cues. Working behind the scene among other like himself, while keeping his identity hidden from general public. Then by a flippant accident, his monoto...

Takahiro Yamamoto, a 21-year-old businessman, has spent years haunted by mistakes and regrets. One fateful night, he intervenes to save a woman from a mugger—and pays the ultimate price with his life. But death is not the end. Awakening in a strange world, in a new body, Takahiro is granted a ...

What does it mean to cook food? Why do we cook? A young apprentice seeks to find these answers through the mastery of knife and pan, and the spirit of Gourmon. Gourmon are spirits given form through the preparation of a dish with love, care, and a mystical spice called Mahira Masala. Gourm...

CONTINUED ADVENTURES OF DANG AND THE GANG

When an out of tune singer-songwriter writes duets with a stranger with a voice of a lullaby in a local karaoke bar, days later, she discovers that the man with the soulful voice is Ren Ichijō , Japan’s top idol. Despite their different worlds apart, Airi begin meeting in secret with Ren to w...

In a land of assassins and shifting loyalties, an unwanted lord finds his only hope in a woman he can never truly claim. The Kiyoshi clan lies in ruin, its last heir, Arata, a young man haunted by his past and ill-prepared for the viper's nest of Kyoto's elite. Surrounded by enemies disguised ...