To protect the Earth, I'm gonna be the twin-tail! Soji Mitsuka is an ordinary high school boy with an unusual obsession with twin-tails. One day, his life takes a dramatic turn when a beautiful girl named Twoearle from another world appears before him. Simultaneously, monsters begin to attack his town. "All the twin-tails in the world shall be ours!" These monsters, hailing from another world, feed off people's "attribute strength." Entrusted by Twoearle with the "Imaginary Armor," activated by the powerful twin-tail attribute, Soji transforms into the fierce twin-tail warrior, Tail Red! Thus begins his epic battle against the perverted invaders from another world. Winner of the 6th Shogakukan Light Novel Award, Special Jury Prize, this story chronicles Soji's fight to protect Earth and his beloved twin-tails!
Using the sensation of burning terror, the girl destroys fear. She felt like someone was watching her—the sense of dread the girl felt grew stronger by the day, until finally, a gigantic eyeball monster attacked her. To kill the concept entity known as Phobia, which parasitizes the mind and causes phobias, Kanon dives into the girl's mind. There, she encounters a man who calls himself as the narrator of fear. Fear spreads and grows grotesquely. The fear of being watched eventually evokes an entirely different, malevolent despair. "That's something you wished to forget at any cost." Who is creating the monsters? A psycho-action tale that dives into darkness to destroy the fear!
For the sake of the world, she must die! We were stunned. In the middle of a science experiment, heavily armed soldiers, like those you see in Hollywood movies, crashed through the classroom windows. The soldiers pointed what looked like real guns at us. "Nobody move." One of the male students defied the soldier's order and tried to escape. As a psychic, he might be able to get away and call for help! But my hopes were in vain; the gun fired, and he stopped moving. In this near-future Japan where psychic abilities have become common, a suspenseful psychic thriller unfolds, depicting the struggle of a middle school student targeted for their overwhelming power! Winner of the 4th Shogakukan Light Novel Award for Excellence!
A café where cute assassins gather. In the city at night, Hayata Takayanagi witnessed something he shouldn't have and lost consciousness. When he awoke, he heard girls talking. "I think we have no choice but to kill him." "But disposing of a body costs money . . ." The conversation was ominous. Realizing he was about to be killed, Hayata desperately pleaded for his life and ended up working as a waiter at the café where these self-proclaimed assassins worked. But the true nature of their assassination business was . . . When a group of quirky girls and an ordinary boy encounter the dark side of society at a mysterious café, the story takes a strange turn. Welcome to the Assassin Café!
The path to strength is the path to save everything. Family. Childhood friends. His best friend. And most of all, the one he loved. Eric lost them all. With nothing left, he gave up on life and took his own. But instead of the end, he opened his eyes . . . as a baby?! No, he hadn’t been turned into just any baby, but he had gone back. Back to the very beginning. Realizing this, Eric makes a vow: this time, he’ll protect everything. No matter the cost, he’ll become the strongest. His first target is the catastrophe that started it all, the tragedy that struck his birthplace. To stop it, Eric throws himself into training, determined to surpass even the power he once held in his past life. This is the story of a man who defies fate itself to take back the future that was stolen from him.
Even heroes need to pay the bills! In a world teeming with heroes and demon kings, one hero stands above the rest: Allen, the top-ranked hero hailed as the strongest. With fame and honor under his belt, you'd think life would be easy. Except it isn't. Endless demon king hunting missions, no days off, and rewards that barely cover living expenses have Allen stuck in a heroic grind. But everything changes when he meets a certain demon king: a stunning figure with a tempting proposal. “Hero! Come work for me under far better terms!” “How could I say no to that?!” And so begins a high-energy battle comedy where the strongest hero and a demon king with a secret team up to bring light to a black-hearted world.
"Find Vivi Rain." With his adopted sister's wish in his heart, a boy from the slums sets out on a life-changing journey. Along his path, he is aided by companions who each bear their own scars . . . an artificial girl with limited life, a sentient mechanical soldier, a princess from a crumbling kingdom, a genius pilot, the child of a maid abandoned by the emperor . . . Eventually, the boy earns the title the Demon King of Calamity, raising the banner of rebellion against a world ruled by a land of paradise. What starts as a small journey to find Vivi Rain becomes a tide of change that will transform the world. These wounded youths are all that stands between enduring love and endless war.
Spellcasting, equations that manipulate Planck's constant h—they can locally alter the laws of physics to create TNT explosions or poisonous gases, and create extraordinary physical phenomena like plasma and nuclear fusion. Gaius, who tries to overcome his constant misfortune with cleverness, pursues beastfolk and bounties along with his working partner, the handsome but cruel swordmaster Gigina. Along the way, they become entangled in battles with dragons in the city of Elidana and the conspiracies of great nations. The first volume of the Dances with the Dragons series has rightfully earned its title as the alpha and omega of dark light novels. This seminal story that changed the genre forever has been extensively revised and reborn into this improved even more perfect edition!
Death is not a farewell, but merely a new journey. Necromancy—the mysterious magic to resurrect and command the dead. The practitioners of this art secretly hold the role of purging entities opposing the nation, becoming the shadowy foundation of the state of Versalius. William, one such necromancer, is on a purge of dragon-commanding thieves with his Dead partner Liney when he learns of the existence of a second revolution that threatens to shake the nation and necromancers themselves. In the depths of despair, he nearly loses Liney due to an assault from the revolutionaries, and recalls the night he first wished to reunite with her. A young boy defies death for the sake of a single girl.