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The curtain rises on the theater of Fate. Prize winning oneshot from the second round of the Yatagarasuhai Competition published in Harta magazine's December 2021 Issue No.90.
"Tsukikage Ran is comprised of thirteen self-contained stories. The series follows Ran into a new town, where she encounters some kind of wrongdoing. Every episode climaxes with a swordfight featuring the protagonist, sometimes aided by Meow's martial arts prowess." - Wikipedia
Hu Linghua is the "evil princess" feared by everyone. Her true identity is the polar opposite of an evil woman, with a lovely face and pure personality. No one knows this... or so they thought. Until she received a secret mission from the Crown Prince, Hakuren. "Become my consort and my younger brother," Linghua ordered, and began living a double life as both the "favorite concubine" and the Crown Prince's "younger brother" --!? (Source: Kadokawa, translated)
Lulu Himeji is a beautiful girl who looks like the main character of a shoujo manga. Surrounded by friends, Lulu was leading a sparkling high school life. But due to her father's work, she has to transfer to a new school. Lulu is filled with anticipation for her new life. However, something seems strange at her new school. Her classmates look totally different from her past experience. The thick lines and the style of their faces... come from the world of hard-core gekiga manga! Lulu is happy to find her childhood friend Zen Gokurakuji is in the same class. But he, too, has been transformed! (Source: Harta, translated)
The time period is the 2030s. Before the mysterious detective Kogorou Akechi, the Boys' Detective Team is assembled. Their actions have led to the resolution of various small and large incidents. One day, team member Kensuke Hanasaki meets a mysterious boy named Yoshio Kobayashi. Kobayashi, who has an undying body because of an "unidentified fog," wishes his own death and refuses contact with others. Hanasaki takes an interest in Kobayashi and invites him to join the Boys' Detective Team. The encounter eventually leads them to the connection between the criminal nicknamed the "Fiend with Twenty Faces" and Kogorou Akechi. The fate of the two begins to move...
Suze and her childhood friend, Lulu, visit the renowned Bianca Aquarium when the latter ends up disappearing without a trace. Determined to find Lulu, Suzu wanders through the fearful aquarium. Suddenly, she is attacked by a mysterious woman who names herself "Retro"... The only hint to escaping is to become a creature of the aquarium.
There was a prophet who declared, “A hero who will defeat the Demon King will appear from this village.” The village believed in the prophecy because there was a boy who was skilled in swordsmanship and magic. Eight years later, the boy became a hero and defeated the Demon King. However, at the same time, he became a person who would never return. Why did the hero die? Four years after his death, as his achievements were being compiled into literature, the truth behind his death was about to be revealed.
This young adult story is set in the student council of an all-girls school, where the girls work for "freedom and hope." Hiyori Ugaki, a first-year junior high school student, is troubled by a strange man who gets involved with her on the morning train. Hiyori is supposed to like school, but recently she has been feeling uneasy about leaving her house. When she puts her concerns in the student council's suggestion box, an unexpected person helps her out... (Source: natalie.mu, translated)
Meet Sefiria. She may be just a baby now, but she holds a dangerous secret - she has memories of her previous life as a Japanese salarywoman. Anyway, yadda yadda yadda, she died, got isekai’d, bada bing bada boom. Now for the meat and potatoes of things. After experiencing the hell of living in such a rigid society like Japan beforehand, Sefiria wants to avoid making that same mistake in her second life. That’s when she remembered a famous saying back in her previous life: “At ten years old, you can be a prodigy. At fifteen years old, you can be a genius. At twenty years old, you’ll just be a normal person.” While the new world she was born in considers adulthood to start at the age of 15, Sefiria has a repository of knowledge from her old life to help back her up. Can she become a prodigy at an early age, revolutionize her world, and ensure herself a slow life that any Japanese reader would love to self-insert into?