Japanese Young Adult

As Kazuma spends his downtime bemoaning his party's lack of a little-sister archetype, he's invited to a royal banquet, where he meets the young Princess Iris. She's enthralled by his tales of adventure, and once she takes a liking to him, Kazuma ends up getting transported to the royal castle! Though he's initially unsure of what to expect, life with Iris turns out to be a dream come true, and Kazuma doesn't ever want to wake up. . .so when he hears rumors of a "righteous thief" stalking the capital, Kazuma declares he'll be the one to capture the dastardly do-gooder!

kira-kira (kee' ra kee' ra): glittering; shining

Glittering. That's how Katie Takeshima's sister, Lynn, makes everything seem. The sky is kira-kira because its color is deep but see-through at the same time. The sea is kira-kira for the same reason. And so are people's eyes. When Katie and her family move from a Japanese community in Iowa to the Deep South of Georgia, it's Lynn who explains to her why people stop them on the street to stare.

The place: America. The year: 1931. The setting: the transcontinental express train known as the "Flying Pussyfoot." Aboard the train are a gang aiming to make some extra cash, a group of revolutionary terrorists trying to recapture their leader, and a pair of thieves looking to meet up with an old friend in New York City. But drunk on the excitement of their departure, none of them are prepared for what awaits them on the rails.

“Congratulations, you’ve won the lottery!” shouts the angel Prapura to a formless soul. The soul hasn’t been kicked out of the cycle of rebirth just yet - he’s been given a second chance. He must recall the biggest mistake of his past life while on "homestay" in the body of 14-year-old Makoto Kobayashi. It looks like Makoto doesn’t have a single friend, and his family don’t seem to care about him at all. But as the soul begins to live Makoto’s life on his own terms, he grows closer to the family and the people around him and sees their true colors more clearly.

Agnes is an unusual young woman with peach-blossom hair and the fairy-given ability to make mushrooms sprout willy-nilly. Fortunately, she's now in a relationship with a handsome dragon prince who's absolutely obsessed with her mushrooms! Unfortunately, Agnes is still trying to get over the trauma of her last relationship, and it'll take a lot of spoiling from Claude to help her! This is the story of how, through a series of unlikely events, Agnes has found her mushroom-loving prince charming.

In A Foul Thing, Roma and Juliette have established themselves as the heads of an underground weapons ring in Zhouzhuang, making a living the way they do best while remaining anonymous in their peaceful, quiet life. But when they hear about several Russian girls showing up dead in nearby towns, they decide to investigate—and ultimately discover that this mystery is much closer to home than they ever imagined.

Japan is a single nation, but its origins are so old, and often, so fragmented, that unified mythology and folklore can be difficult to point to. Still, there are some key texts, tales, and characters we can focus on which will give us a pretty good sense of Japanese mythology. In this audiobook, you'll discover stories of mystery, horror, and romance while simultaneously learning about the Japanese culture.

Tomi was born in Hawaii. His grandfather and parents were born in Japan and came to America to escape poverty. World War II seems far away from Tomi and his friends, who are too busy playing ball on their eighth-grade team, the Rats. But then Pearl Harbor is attacked by the Japanese, and the United States declares war on Japan. Japanese men are rounded up, and Tomi’s father and grandfather are arrested. It’s a terrifying time to be Japanese in America. But one thing doesn’t change: the loyalty of Tomi’s buddies, the Rats.

Emiko lives with her Ojiichan in a small town on BC's West Coast surrounded by friends and neighbors, including her childhood friend Kenzo Sanada, who wants her to spend less time meddling in every else’s love lives. But Emiko can so clearly see who belongs together, even when her targets don't know it themselves. She simply has to meddle—for the sake of true love! As for her own romantic life though . . . who has time for that?

There's a catfish under Japan, and when it rolls, the land rises and falls. At least, that's what Sora was told after she lost her mother to an earthquake so powerful that it cracked time itself. Sora and her father are some of the few who still live near the most powerful of these "zones"—the places where time has been irrevocably sped up, or slowed down.

クラスの背景である俺――温水和彦は、あるとき人気女子・八奈見杏菜が男子に振られるのを目撃する。「私をお嫁さんにするって言ったのに、ひどくないかな？」「それ、いくつの頃の話？」「４、５歳だけど」

TVアニメ化決定！「このライトノベルがすごい！２０１８＆２０１９」２年連続第１位！シリーズ累計１２０万部突破！

Before he joined the Armed Detective Agency, Osamu Dazai was the youngest-ever executive with the Port Mafia, the most notorious underground crime syndicate in all of Yokohama. Three of its members—Dazai, Odasaku, and Ango—formed a camaraderie despite their vast disparities in rank. When Ango suddenly goes missing, Odasaku, a lowly Mafia grunt, receives direct orders from their boss to find him…only for Ango’s trail to lead Odasaku to a mysterious, foreign criminal organization called Mimic.

約二年間の眠りから目覚めたローゼマイン。周囲の変化は大きく、浦島太郎状態に不安がいっぱい。けれど、休む間もなく、貴族になるための学校「貴族院」へ入学する。

シリーズ累計35万部突破！（電子書籍を含む）「友のためなら、封印の獣とて敵ではないぞ？」ゲームの神に愛された者たちの無自覚最強ファンタジー第9弾がオーディオブック化！

夢子のヒミツ……のぞいてみる？クリスマス間近の12月。月之木先輩のナマモノBL本が、生徒会に没収されてしまった！　天愛星さんは職員会議にかけると息まいていて、このままでは文芸部もただでは済まない。そんなとき、志喜屋さんが協力を申し出てくれて――？

仁科鳥子と出逢ったのは〈裏側〉で“あれ”を目にして死にかけていたときだった

2026年1月からTVアニメ放送開始！ シリーズ累計190万部突破！（電子書籍を含む） その男の名は「クァト」――。 「小説家になろう」で人気のキャラがいよいよリゼルたちの仲間に！ 癒し系異世界冒険ファンタジー第10弾！　オーディオブック化！ 書き下ろし短編2本収録！ 【あらすじ】 狂信者たちによって誘

シリーズ累計190万部突破！（紙＋電子） 僕と結婚してください── 一世一代のプロポーズが料理対決へ発展!? 純愛が巻き起こす空前絶後のオンステージ! 甘く激しい王道スイーツ・ファンタジーのオーディオブック第７弾！ 21,000字の書き下ろし新章「交響曲の響く峰」も収録! 声優・長谷川玲奈による完全朗読！ 【あらすじ】 逆転の秘策でフバー

おかわり三昧で魔力が暴走!? 命がけ（？）ほのぼのファンタジー第三弾、オーディオブック化！ 書き下ろし番外編２本収録！ 【あらすじ】 「おいしいなら、がんばる！」 収穫期の村では果物や新米など美味しいものが盛りだくさん！　 食欲最優先の空は相変わらずの不思議生物たちにびっくりしながらも目を輝かせていた。 だが、秋の味覚を堪能する空に