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Kiriya Nao, a company employee, has sworn off younger men as potential partners due to past romantic trauma. One day, he arranges to meet an older man he connected with on a matching app. However, through a mix-up, he ends up at a café with Yoshino Ryouta, a 20-year-old college student. Yoshino, who followed along simply because he thought it’d be interesting, casually tells a flustered Kiriya, “Who knows, something might spark between us.” Though Kiriya firmly replies, “You’re too young for me, it’s impossible,” he finds himself increasingly thrown off by Yoshino’s affectionate persistence. (Source: Leed Publishing, translated) Note: Includes an extra.
Chabal, the prince of Al-Kabai Island, received the guardianship of Al-Kabai on the eve of his 16th birthday. Receive the Star of Arkabai on your forehead. According to legend, Prince Chabal was torn apart by the devil. He sets off in search of the five Arkabai islands.
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Nanako is an office worker who has suddenly become a sex friend of Ayato, a popular celebrity. She was supposed to be one of the convenient women for Ayato, but he fell in love with Nanako, who has a mysterious atmosphere. What is the "secret" that Nanako confides to Ayato, who gradually becomes infatuated with her?
The story follows the protagonist, who is reincarnated as Liliana, a character from a girls' game he created. Liliana is a villainous young lady, and as her favorability rating with the heroine increases in the game, she dies in an accident or from illness, earning her the nickname "hard mode young lady." In order to avoid such a life of sudden death, he must use his knowledge of the original work to his advantage. (Source: Natalie, translated) *Note: Includes two extra chapters.*
Eight men and women were abducted by someone. When they woke up, they were at the venue of the death game. The purpose of their gathering is to create the ultimate death game. Before that, you will be asked to try an escape game where if you fall, you will die instantly. Will the main character Yukawa, a con artist, be able to survive?
This work is a collection of 8 short stories: 1. **Seifuu wa Shiroi** (西風は白い) 2. **Shi Yori mo Akaku** (死よりも赤く) 3. **Natsu wa Ki Zameta Kouya** (夏は着ざめた荒野) 4. **Kanata ni wa Midori no Mori** (彼方には緑の森) 5. **McKinley no Nemureru Hato** (マッキンレーの眠れる鳩) 6. **Kita no Shiroku** (北の示録) 7. **Inu no Hi** (犬の日) 8. **Shinu ni wa Yoi Hi da** (死ぬには好い日だ)
Yotsuha, a woman in her 30s, is cheated on by her fiance and ends up breaking off their engagement. In a fit of despair, she goes out drinking until the next morning, only to wake up to find a handsome, younger man standing there in front of her! Is this real? What on earth is going on? (Source: Akita Shoten, translated)
In Tokyo, a murderer leaves his signature, an `X`on the dead body. When found, the mark appears eerily similar to that of the one seen on the body of the dead wife of Detective Genji Ando. Banned from the investigation, he secretly reaches out to Jin Jinbo, an associate professor at the medical school`s genome analysis lab. Who better than a DNA expert to identify this potential serial killer?