Chef Trainee Asuta Tsurumi was just a normal Japanese teenager, until one day the harassment against his family’s restaurant went too far. Desperate to save his father’s precious cooking knife, he dove headfirst into a sea of flames. Rather than waking up in the afterlife, though, he found himself in a whole new world entirely! Fortunately for our hero, he soon gets picked up by the huntress known as Ai Fa. This guardian angel packs some attitude, though, so it won’t be all smooth sailing for Asuta! Plus his savior seems to have some issues of her own to worry about, too... Just how well will our rookie chef be able to parlay his skills in this utterly unfamiliar world? And with all the danger lurking around, will he even be able to survive long enough to put them to the test?! Come learn a thing or two about Cooking with Wild Game! (Source: J-Novel Club)

The plot involves a young man who becomes a killer (by accident) – but his victim has the power of “postponement,” temporarily delaying her death.

Usato, an ordinary high schooler, happens to run into two fellow students after school one rainy day. Suddenly, all three of them are engulfed in a magic circle and transported to a fantasy world. There’s just one tiny problem—Usato is simply dragged along by accident! On top of that, Usato learns that he is capable of using healing magic—an incredibly rare affinity in this new world. Now Usato must spend his days with the rescue team thugs, struggling through their hellish training regimen—learning the wrong way to use healing magic. Get ready for an eccentric otherworld fantasy filled with comedy and combat! (Source: One Peace Books)

Kieli is a reclusive girl isolated by her ability to see ghosts. Her only friend is her "roommate," Becca, the precocious spirit of a former student still residing in Kieli's dorm. Everything in Kieli's life changes suddenly when the girls meet the handsome but distant Harvey who, like Kieli, can see ghosts. He also turns out to be one of the legendary Undying, an immortal soldier bred for war now being hunted by the Church. When Kieli joins Harvey on a pilgrimage to lay to rest the spirit of a corporal possessing an old radio, as unlikely as it seems, she feels she may have finally found a place where she belongs in the world. And in Kieli, Harvey may have found a reason to live again. (Source: Yen Press)

Yoojin is an F-ranker overshadowed by his little brother, an S-ranker. All he does is get in his brother's way, causing trouble wherever he goes. When a seemingly routine dungeon raid goes wrong and costs Yoojin his brother's life, Yoojin decides to use the wish granted by clearing the dungeon to reset his timeline. The plan was to lead a quiet life from now on... but now it turns out he can help other people become S-rankers?! Maybe this is Yoojin's chance at building his own entourage of powerful metahumans... but it may be easier said than done. (Source: Webtoon Entertainment)

Anyone who encounters Yoishi dies seven days later. Yoishi is not a living human. Any offline gathering she attends meets a terrifying end... I—"Nagi"—have stumbled upon the beautiful girl, Yoishi Mitsurugi, whose legend is whispered about like an urban legend on the little-known occult website, Ikaigabuchi. That was the beginning of a story that shouldn't have ever been known. (Source: Kodansha, translated)

Ostracized and tormented by his peers to the point of breaking, Kazuhisa Kaya set off into the nearby forest atop the mountain with one purpose: to dig a pitfall and bring about the death of the person behind his suffering. However, right when Kazuhisa was about to succeed in his revenge, a sudden earthquake throws his plans out of whack! Caught unaware, all he can do is patiently lie in wait until someone lumbering across the path happens to fall into his trap. Kazuhisa’s excitement is short-lived, however, as the corpse at the bottom of his pitfall turns out not to be the bully he was expecting but a grotesque, pig-looking monster, and his confusion only grows as he’s suddenly greeted by a pure-white room and a RPG-like status screen. Strange monsters now wandering the mountain and with newfound powers at his disposal, Kazuhisa is forced to throw all concerns over his tormentor to the wayside as he focuses on a new goal: survival. That’s not going to be as easy as it seems, however, as he’s not the only one to have been wrapped up in this mess… (Source: Hanashi Media)

Middle school 2nd year, Amano Yukiteru, is a boy who has problem making friends. He thinks of himself as a bystander and will always write down everything he sees in a cell phone diary. Tormented by solitude, Yukiteru began to imagine things like a friend called Deus Ex Machina who is apparently the Lord of Time & Space. Seeing Yukiteru's miserable state, Deus gives him a new ability. His diary will now record events that will happen in the near future. Yukiteru is then forced to participate in a game whose winner will become Deus' successor.

The story revolves around a highschool boy named Niwa Makoto. He lives with his aunt’s family since his parents are away on business. It is there where he meets his mysterious cousin of the same age Touwa Erio — who happens to tie a futon mattress around her upper body and is a self-proclaimed alien. Her staple food is pizza. Erio had been missing for half a year and was found floating in the sea. She doesn't remember anything about what happened during that period of time, but she began to think that it was the act of an alien and wanders the neighbourhood wrapped in the futon. (Source: AniDB) **Note:** This includes the extra novel Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko SF (Sukoshi Fushigi) Han

As the most powerful entity of all time, the Demon Lord Varvatos thinks life is a big fat snore. When he takes matters into his own hands and decides to reincarnate, he calibrates his magical strength to be perfectly average. But there is no way he could have predicted that everyone in the modern world would be weak as hell, which means he is totally overpowered once again! Reborn under the name Ard, he has ladies fawning over him, the royal family begging him to become the next king, and an ex-minion insisting on killing him?! But Ard has a one-track mind, and he won't stop at anything to achieve his ultimate goal! (Source: Yen Press)

Waking up, Kim Hajin finds himself in a familiar world but an unfamiliar body. A world he created himself and a story he wrote, yet never finished. He had become his novel’s extra, a filler character with no importance to the story. The only clue to escaping is to stay close to the main storyline. However, he soon finds out the world isn’t exactly identical to his creation. **Original Novel:** [KakaoPage](https://page.kakao.com/content/51752314), [Naver Series](https://series.naver.com/novel/detail.series?productNo=3549008), [Ridibooks](https://ridibooks.com/books/2057055622), Munpia **Official Translations:** English

Five short stories, one for each of the Bakemonogatari girls which appeared in the complete guidebook. Hitagi Buffet Mayoi Room Suruga Court Nadeko Pool Tsubasa Song