Category «Sci-fi»

A Simple Survey

A number of university students are given a simple survey in which they must watch a number of short films and rank them in order of preference. The reader takes the survey along with them with the short films being told as short stories. Associated Names Kanta na Enquete desu GenreFantasy. Sci-fi. Shounen. Supernatural Translation …

A Simple Monitoring

Welcome to Attraction Land. You all have been brought to this world famous amusement park for a certain task that you have been promised an extraordinary reward for helping us with. We will be asking you to carry out a simple monitoring. We will be showing you documents outlining some experimental attractions as well as …

Battlefield: Masurawo

Kawamura Hideo, a typical ordinary guy with no job, came to Tokyo searching for jobs. He sent a total of 34 job applications only to fail at the first hurdle (the companies didn’t even ask him for an interview). Feeling rejected he became a hardcore hikikomori and shut the world around him, his parents also …

Gear Drive

    Gear up for a magical new adventure!In a world where magic abounds, 15-year-old Anti Kythera is the odd one out. No matter how hard she studies, she can’t even use the most basic of skills. Her only hope is her upcoming Skill Bestowal: a ceremony that can help even the chronically magicless discover …

Kusoge Online (BETA)

“Sword & Magic Online,” a VRMMO consisting of 255 floors to clear, harbors a horrible secret: Everything from floor two onwards hasn’t been implemented yet. And all the devs ran away. “What are you gonna do about this?!” “We’re gonna make them now!” “People are already close to beating the first floor, you know?!” “No …

Last and First Idol

    “Bye-bye, Earth! My idol activities here were so much fun!” 4th Hayakawa SF Contest Special Prize 48th Seiun Award (Japanese Short Story Division) 27th Dark Seiun Award (Guest Division) 16th Sense of Gender Award (Future Idol Award) Last and First Idol earned the first ever special prize in the Hayakawa SF Contest, and …

City Series

    After the world was recreated countless times, a world that would not be destroyed was created. This marked the beginning of the City era. From Berlin to Detroit, this series tells the stories of the unique cities that came to be in that world. It was Kawakami’s debut series and it takes place …

Owari no Chronicle

The world was once at war with 10 alternate worlds. This was known as the Concept War and our world won 60 years ago. All of this was concealed so no normal people are aware of this fact in the current time. After the death of his grandfather, the high-school student Sayama Mikoto is suddenly …

Mushi Uta Bug

The sudden appearance of a “Mushi” in front of Arisu Ichinokuro happened immediately after the death of her close friend Mari Hanashiro. In addition to following Arisu closely, the four antennae silver-colored Morpho butterfly would sometimes transform into a variant long lance to protect her. Why is that? Together with Daisuke Kusuriya, a teenage boy …