Ichijo Hotaka sees youth as fleeting and meaningless—until he meets Ao Hoshikawa, a girl who challenges his detached outlook. After finding his discarded essay, she pulls him into unexpected conversations about life, writing, and the small mysteries around them. As their paths intertwine, Ichijo ...

Haruto has always been “that guy” — the one who gives the best advice to his friends about love, but can’t face his own feelings. He hides his pain behind lazy habits and a forced smile, believing he’s stronger than his emotions. But when heartbreak and loss hit him harder than ever, his world be...

After the world was brought down by the disaster known to us as World War 3, a new energy was discovered after the fallout, and it was named Shinen. It is a mysterious force that is believed to be linked to radiation but grants supernatural powers to those who can properly wield its strength, eit...

Li-Jua never aspired to greatness, nor did she yearn for the thrill of battle or the prestige of high-ranking adventurers. She was a daughter of the most revered Healer bloodline in the empire. Their duty was sacred, their purpose clear: to stand behind those who fought, to mend their wounds, an...

In the country of Rasia. The returning soldiers must find their place in society after the war had come to an end. Some find honest jobs while other delve into darker paths. As Captain Reinhard finally returns to his home city. He is confronted by familiar faces and uneasy circumstances.

Kiyota Tokugawa, a 21-year old university student who lives in a very calm, friendly neighborhood. The neighbor from downstairs who greets him every morning with a smile on her face, Miss Matsubara Kuniko. The landlady, Usui Yumiko who treats him like the son she never had and lastly, the ever so...

In a world where strength is measured in both muscle and heart, Becoming The Pharmacist I’ve Always Wanted To Be: Raka’s Steel! follows Raka Grundane, a granny forged by hardship whose life of rejection, cruelty, and survival hardened her into legend. Known as the “Steel Granny,” she spent decade...

Yuki Harada and Ren Aoki were the kind of high-school sweethearts people admired. They grew up together, married young, and raised two children. Then one misunderstanding cracked everything. Years of silence, stress, and pride finally ended in divorce. The night they sign the papers, both wake...

Barry, 23, is a young Scots-Englishman unfortunate enough to be stuck living wiþ his walking neckpain of a mum. þat is, until his life on Earþ is unceremoniously ended when he's struck by lightning, presumably killing him instantly. Instead of þe afterlife, however, he awakens in a world very si...

A short story about Oriana, an abnormal kid from the poorest family in the city, infamous for her inability to feel negative emotions. A daughter to a mentally challenged father and a sickly mother, they are an outcast even in the lower-class community.