A Drunken Dream is a collection of literary short stories by Hagio falling into multiple genres, created between 1971-2007. The stories were selected by translator Matt Thorn to be an introduction to Hagio for...

To this day "The Tale of Genji," a story written as a picture scroll in Japan's Heian period (794-1185), is regarded as the most important work in ancient Japanese literature. A shining baby boy is born to the...

Osamu Tezuka’s vaunted storytelling genius, consummate skill at visual expression, and warm humanity blossom fully in his epic of Siddhartha’s life and times. Tezuka evidences his profound grasp of the subject...

After losing her parents at an early age, noble lady Elissa Lohengrin is brought into the powerful House Rubelin by the duke so that she can marry his grandson, Richard. However, having read this story in her...

This is the story of three high school students who discover a tree of knowledge on a small island in the Sea of Japan, who eat the fruit of the tree and then return to the mainland and attempt to return to...

Iyeon wanted a quiet life as an arborist—but hidden upstairs is a comatose killer who once tried to murder her. When he wakes with no memory, she panics… and lies: "I'm your wife." Can she survive the man who...

Hikaru Genji (literally "Shining One of the Minamoto Clan" ) is the illegitimate son of Emperor Kiritsubo of Japan, and considered too handsome for his own good. After Genji's mother dies, his father...

The elite and beautiful Ririchiyo Shirakiin has a bad habit—she can’t help but lash out at people with her vicious tongue, all while hiding behind a mask of haughty cool. This attitude has a lot to do with...

Lady Wisteria's greatest wish is to be worthy of the man she loves, Lord Bright. But when Wisteria’s little sister, Rosalie, is selected to enter the Predawn Realm as its guardian, never to return, Bright begs...

Can modern medicine work in another world? No cheats, no modern equipment. One doctor stands up against a world where magic rules! Tadato Amami, an active doctor, is transferred to another world where medical...

The strongest final boss in RPG history figures out a way to get super rich in his own world! Demon Lord Menas, ruler of the Noa Empire, finds the Resistance's forces on his doorstep. While Alex, a determined...

Ines Eledine is known far and wide as the God of Investments, using her secret ability of reading others’ misfortunes to choose wisely–that is, until her ability vanished one day. Thinking her investing days...

A young boy is saved by a mysterious gunfighter who uses magical bullets. She is the greatest magician in the world but disappears shortly after saving him. Having fallen in love with her, he trains to become a...

Soara an orphan who was adopted and raised by knights has been preparing for her battle against monsters, but when the kingdom has made peace with the monsters, she was relieved from her service and had nowhere...

One minute, he was choking on water, and the next, he found himself in a canyon and turned into a willow tree! Before he could reconcile with this new sad reality, the world decided to throw him another...

The transmigrated Lilith La Noella does everything she can to avoid her fiancé, Duke Edrion La Arkshad, the cause of her death in the original story. She even chooses an unpopular job as a horticulturist in the...

Gloriosa Elvador can bloom flowers that produce harmless flames, but her evil brother, Magnus, deems her power worthless and feeds her to the sacred tree. Although she's resigned to die, she reawakens in the...

Jiha is living a relatively quiet life, gathering resources after raids and selling potions from his general store as a worker-class hunter. Little did he know, taking a nap on top of an ancient text would...

Mo Ran thought becoming Chu Wanning’s disciple was a mistake. His shizun was really too much like a cat while he himself was a dumb pup who’d only slobber and wag his tail. Dogs and cats were different by...

One day, Lillian Sergenev bumps her head and realizes she's been reborn into a hardcore tragic romance simulation game! As the sister of the game's protagonist, she decides then and there that she's going to...

The Banquet of the Winding Wine ends with one nobleman falling asleep warm in his bed. When he wakes, he’s shackled as a prisoner in the Northern Domain of Tealspire, feared by all as an archfiend! However, he...

Tokyo, a beautiful yet cold city, full of life and twinkling lights. There resides Subaru Sumeragi, the thirteenth head of his clan and a powerful onmyouji. Aided by his glamorous twin sister, Hokuto, and the...

Abeba lives in a remote village where she was entrusted with a sacred mission: to make the Tree of Life grow. Ten years later, the tree has yet to sprout. When a tragedy strikes her people, Abeba is faced with...

Third Prince Theodulf has been banished to a wasteland known as the Land of Death because he didn’t receive a gift from the Goddess. It’s a barren land where the air is so noxious, nothing can grow there...

Yoonsoo is an average office worker by day. By night, she's the bestselling author, Wasser...until the villain of her series, Prince Einsen Keit, kidnaps her! Now trapped in a world she made, Wasser tries to...