A sharp-tongued high schooler with a troubled past meets a popular teenage actress who suddenly becomes unnoticed by everyone but him, and as he investigates he uncovers a series of strange supernatural incidents linked to the emotional struggles of his classmates; using blunt honesty, empathy, and stubborn determination he helps them confront guilt, loneliness, and identity, forcing both of them to face personal trauma while a slow-burning romance and a mix of mystery and psychological insight drive their coming-of-age journey.

The Magpie at Night presents Li Qingzhao’s ci poems in a new translation, offering a lyrical, intimate portrait of life in the Song dynasty and the inner work of a woman poet. The spare, musical lyrics evoke country scenes, loss and displacement amid war and exile, and her reflections on art, memory, and creative labor. It’s a concise, spoiler‑free introduction to her voice and themes.

隣り合う底辺男子校・千鳥高校と由緒あるお嬢様校・桔梗女子。強面で物静かな千鳥高校２年の紬凛太郎は、実家のケーキ屋で桔梗女子の生徒・和栗薫子と出会う。彼女との時間を心地よく感じる凛太郎だが、薫子は千鳥を嫌う側の生徒で――立場の違いが交錯する青春ラブストーリー。

お嬢様校の和栗薫子と、底辺男子校に通う紬凛太郎。薫子と過ごす時間に心地よさを感じた凛太郎は、自分の中に芽生えた恋心に気づき、ふと彼女に「好きです」と伝える決意をする。近くて遠い二人の、一途で淡い恋の行方を描く物語。

戦場での過去を背負う元少女兵が、自動手記人形として手紙の代筆を通じて人々の想いを紡ぎながら、自分にかけられた「愛している」の言葉の意味を探り、失われた感情を取り戻していく姿を描いた物語。依頼主それぞれの悲喜や葛藤に寄り添う中で、言葉が人の心を癒し変えていく様子と主人公の内面の成長が静かに綴られる。

SMA Chidori, yang bersebelahan dengan Akademi Kikyo yang berkelas, dikenal sebagai sekolah murid-murid nakal. Rintaro Tsumugi, siswa kelas dua bermuka sangar, bertemu Kaoruko Waguri, siswi Kikyo yang sering mengunjungi toko kue keluarganya; kedekatan mereka berkembang, tetapi Rintaro takut Kaoruko akan berubah pandang jika tahu asal sekolahnya.

お嬢様校の和栗薫子と、底辺男子校の紬凛太郎。薫子と過ごす中で自分の淡い恋心に気づいた凛太郎は、彼女の誕生日に手作りケーキを贈ろうと決意し、父に教えを乞いながら奮闘する。夏を背景にした、初々しい想いと成長を描く短編。

千鳥高校の紬凛太郎と桔梗女子の和栗薫子は、付き合い始めた夏休みを過ごしている。夏休み終盤に開かれる友人・夏沢朔の誕生日会のため、凛太郎は感謝の気持ちで初めてケーキ作りに挑戦する。友人や恋人との距離感や成長をやさしく描いた、心温まる短編。

This work presents a clear, practical exposition of the Bhagavad Gita’s teachings, translating complex philosophical ideas into accessible guidance for everyday life. It emphasizes selfless action (karma yoga), right conduct, mental discipline, and the distinction between the eternal Self and transient phenomena, showing how devotion, knowledge, and disciplined action together lead to inner peace and liberation. Through verse-by-verse commentary and practical examples it addresses moral dilemmas, duty, and the transformation of the mind, aiming to make ancient spiritual wisdom directly applicable rather than merely theoretical.

A bold retelling of a well-known epic that follows Sita from her miraculous origins and education in the court of Mithila to her rise as a fiercely intelligent warrior, stateswoman and moral philosopher; the narrative reframes familiar episodes—her marriage to a noble prince, life at court, exile and eventual abduction by a powerful adversary—as tests of agency, courage and leadership, exploring how she navigates politics, duty and personal conviction to become both a leader in her own right and the architect of a legend.

A legendary warrior continues his quest beyond the borders of the civilization that worshipped him, pursuing clues about a mysterious, ostracized people called the Nagas. His journey overturns simple myths of good and evil as political conspiracies, betrayals and hidden histories come to light, revealing the Nagas’ tragic origins and forcing him to form unexpected alliances while suffering personal loss — revelations that change his purpose and set the stage for a larger conflict over the future of the land.

In this epic finale, Shiva races to prevent a civilization-ending catastrophe while uncovering hidden histories and conspiracies that upend the myths and loyalties he once trusted; as ancient custodians and rival armies converge, he faces wrenching moral choices about duty, justice and sacrifice, and the truths he reveals ultimately reshape his world’s understanding of divinity, destiny and freedom.

Franz Kafka (3 July 1883 – 3 June 1924) was a German-language Jewish Czech writer and novelist born in Prague, in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Widely regarded as a major figure of 20th-century literature, his works fuse elements of realism and the fantastique, and typically feature isolated protagonists facing bizarre or surreal predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers. The term Kafkaesque has entered the lexicon to describe situations like those depicted in his writings. His best-known works include the novella The Metamorphosis (1915) and the novels The Trial (1924) and The Castle (1926). He is also celebrated for his brief fables and aphorisms, which frequently incorporated comedic elements alongside the darker themes of his longer works. His work has widely influenced artists, philosophers, composers, filmmakers, literary historians, religious scholars, and cultural theorists, and his writings have been seen as prophetic or premonitory of a totalitarian future. Kafka was born into a middle-class German- and Yiddish-speaking Czech Jewish family in Prague, the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia, which belonged to the Austro-Hungarian Empire (later the capital of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic). He trained as a lawyer, and after completing his legal education was employed full-time in various legal and insurance jobs. His professional obligations led to internal conflict as he felt that his true vocation was writing. Only a minority of his works were published during his life; the story collections Contemplation (1912) and A Country Doctor (1919), and individual stories, such as his novella The Metamorphosis, were published in literary magazines, but they received little attention. He wrote hundreds of letters to family and close friends, including his father, with whom he had a strained and formal relationship. He became engaged to several women but never married. He died relatively unknown in 1924 of tuberculosis, aged 40. His literary executor and friend Max Brod ignored Kafka's wishes to destroy his remaining works, publishing them to eventual acclaim.

A quiet, observant teenage boy begins to notice the disturbing intensity of his mother's affection as he navigates first crushes and the small freedoms of adolescence; what starts as smothering doting turns into controlling, isolating behavior that warps his social life and sense of self, slowly revealing a tense, claustrophobic power dynamic and the threat of something far darker beneath the surface—an intimate psychological horror about codependency, manipulation, and the dangerous blur between love and possession.

A collected volume of essays, interviews, sketches and personal reflections from a formative period in a master animator’s career, offering candid insight into the creative process behind his films. The pieces mix autobiographical anecdotes about childhood, war and a lifelong fascination with flight with detailed commentary on storyboarding, character design, storytelling and the ethics of making art, revealing a passionate, often uncompromising stance on animation, environmentalism and pacifism. Richly illustrated with concept art and production notes, the book illuminates how imagination, craftsmanship and moral conviction came together to shape a distinct cinematic vision.

In a prestigious high school that ranks students by points earned through exams and engineered competitions, a seemingly ordinary transfer student in the lowest-ranked class hides extraordinary analytical skills and a cold, manipulative intelligence he uses to influence class politics and advance his peers on his own terms. The narrative follows competitive exams, psychological games, shifting alliances and betrayals as students exploit the system to climb the hierarchy, forcing moral compromises and revealing the brutality of a meritocratic environment. Behind the surface of classroom life lie hidden pasts, strategic gambits, and an exploration of power, social engineering, and the gap between appearance and true ability.

In an alternate 1984 Tokyo, two lonely people — a fitness instructor who secretly kills men who abuse women and a math teacher who becomes embroiled in literary and criminal intrigue after rewriting a strange manuscript by a mysterious girl — find themselves drawn into a subtly altered reality marked by a second moon and inhabited by enigmatic supernatural entities known as the Little People; as cult power, bureaucratic sleuths, and past traumas close in, their separate journeys to locate one another become a haunting meditation on fate, memory, and the human need for connection.

An ordinary Tokyo man’s life is upended when his wife vanishes, launching him into a strange, dreamlike search that brings him into contact with psychic mediums, a menacing politician, and a cast of enigmatic figures; as he descends into a dry well and into other people’s memories, wartime violence and buried secrets surface. The story blends domestic mystery, surreal episodes, and haunting historical flashbacks to blur the line between reality and the unconscious, probing themes of loss, alienation, and the hidden forces that shape personal and national histories.

A quiet, intimate portrait of a young woman who moves to a provincial port town and struggles to keep everyday life intact as the Second World War draws closer and eventually engulfs her world; through small domestic details, creative scrap-making, and the rhythms of family and neighborhood, the narrative shows how scarcity, air raids, conscription, and loss reshape ordinary routines and relationships, while highlighting resilience, memory, and the human cost of conflict on civilians.

Across decades, humanity's first contact with an advanced alien civilization—triggered by a disillusioned scientist and a clandestine message sent into space—sparks political turmoil, scientific breakthroughs, and the unraveling of long-hidden cosmic dangers. An alien species from an unstable three-sun system intervenes, using subatomic surveillance and the threat of invasion to destabilize Earth's societies, prompting competing human factions to pursue collaboration, betrayal, and radical strategies for survival. The story develops a chilling cosmic-sociology idea known as the Dark Forest, explores the construction of interstellar deterrence and mutual-assured destruction on a galactic scale, and follows the moral, technological, and existential costs of confronting truly alien minds. It is an expansive, mind-bending examination of civilization, survival, and the terrible choices provoked by contact with a hostile cosmos.

Две параллельные линии повествования — женщина, выполняющая опасные задания, и молодой преподаватель, втянутый в переписывание загадочной рукописи — постепенно сходятся в слегка искажённой версии Токио 1984 года, где появляются вторая луна и таинственные «маленькие люди». Один персонаж пытается разобраться с прошлым и организованным злом, другой — с тайной, способной изменить реальность; их поиски правды и друг друга переплетены темами одиночества, насилия и зыбкой грани между обычным миром и мистикой.

Spanning decades and escalating from local political trauma to cosmic stakes, this sweeping science-fiction saga follows humanity’s discovery of an alien civilization from a chaotic three-sun system and the cascading consequences of contact: a covert invitation, an approaching invasion, and technological sabotage that stalls progress. As nations fracture between collaboration and fearful secrecy, unconventional strategies arise—most famously a set of human ‘wallfacers’ given secretive authority to craft long-range plans—and a chilling theoretical framework about the universe as a dangerous “dark forest” where survival requires ruthless secrecy and preemptive strikes. The narrative traces scientific breakthroughs, moral dilemmas, vast engineering projects, and both individual heroism and tragic sacrifice as humanity confronts existential risk, grapples with the ethics of deterrence, and ultimately confronts the indifferent, often brutal scales and rules of cosmic civilization.

A concise, narrative account of India’s transformation under British rule from the eighteenth century through the struggle for independence, examining colonial economic policies, deindustrialization, and agrarian distress alongside social reform and cultural change; it traces the rise of modern political consciousness, the evolution of party politics and mass movements (including constitutional methods, revolutionary activity, and Gandhi’s campaigns), the growth of communal tensions and regional assertions, and the wartime and postwar negotiations that culminated in transfer of power and partition, offering analysis of causes, major events, and their lasting consequences for the subcontinent.

A collection of engaging detective tales follows Pradosh Chandra “Feluda,” a razor-sharp private investigator, as he travels across India solving intricate mysteries with deductive flair. Narrated by his cousin Topshe, the stories pair cerebral puzzles and careful observation with vivid travelogue detail and comic relief from the eccentric writer Lalmohan (Jatayu), blending suspense, cultural color, and warm camaraderie. Each adventure features clever plotting, surprising twists, and a celebration of wit and curiosity that drives the investigations forward.