Love by algorithm! Crafting the perfect paradise! Every romantic comedy lover who enjoys reading novels has probably thought at least once: "I want to experience something like a romantic comedy. Have a flirty love affair with heroines, or live a fulfilling school life with your best friends." But in reality, such epic events simply don't happen. There's no step-sister, childhood friend, active idol classmate, mysterious upperclassman, or even a male best friend character. So, what do you do? Create one yourself! All you need to create the ideal romantic comedy is data analysis, repetitive practice, and . . . Winner of the 14th Shogakukan Light Novel Award for Excellence. This story follows my journey to transform reality into a romantic comedy!
Encounter with the unknown: a government employee meets an elf from another world. Shinobu Nakata, a 32-year-old single man and Sub-Section Chief of the city’s Welfare and Daily Life Division. He is responsible, rational, cold but honest. He is strict with others, but even stricter with himself. One late night, Shinobu returns home to find an elf girl lying in his living room. Seeing this, Shinobu immediately recognizes the dangers that a being from an other world could pose. For example, the elf could be carrying bacteria that has the potential to wipe out humanity. He must act. He considers incinerating her, but this also has the potential to release harmful toxins into the environment. He could freeze her immediately and dispose of her in space, or Antarctica, or maybe, bring her to the Shiretoko Cape and throw her into the Sea of Okhotsk . . . But at that moment, the elf's eyes slowly open . . .
The only thing frozen since that summer is my love for you— A giant iceberg appeared off the coast of the Miura Peninsula in the middle of summer—it was the beginning of a summer that would change our fate. Shin, Ha, and Kazuki attend high school on the Miura Peninsula. Once a close-knit group, the three have maintained an awkward relationship since an accident a year ago. One night, Shin meets a mysterious girl with no known identity on the shore where the iceberg appeared. To fulfill the girl's wish for "a fun summer vacation," Shin and his friends work tirelessly. However, as the secret of the iceberg's appearance is revealed, a force too powerful for Shin and his friends to handle closes in on the girl. Winner of the 16th Shogakukan Light Novel Award for Excellence, this is a story of love and youth that races through a "once-in-a-lifetime" summer.
Ryūka Tatsuhara always dreamt of leaving her boring hometown and starting a new life in Tokyo. But then strange doors called Daimen appeared, bringing kaijus onto Earth. One of them, a massive kaiju known as the Daikaiju, arrived in Ryūka’s town looking for a host to carry his child. When he couldn’t find one, he decided he would flood the world with magma before moving on to another planet. But before he could follow through, his child wandered off, found Ryūka, and imprinted on her. When he sees that his child has grown fond of Ryūka, the Daikaiju decides to hold off on destroying the world - on one condition. Ryūka has to take care of the little troublemaker until his armor plating fully develops, which will take exactly one year. After that, the Daikaiju will finish what he started, covering the Earth in magma so his child can grow up in the perfect environment. And just like that, Ryūka is stuck taking care of a baby kaiju for a year.