Zettai Shounen (Light Novel) - Recommendations

• Vol: 3; Ch: 8
• 2013 - 2018

• One Shot
• 2011

Every ten years, a young woman is offered as a sacrifice to the mountain god. When the tengu goes to see the sacrifice, he finds out that the sacrifice actually volunteered for the role. And the sacrifice turns out to be a young boy.

• Vol: 17+; Ch: 190+
• 2015 - ?

A group of high school students vist a rural village in the mountains in order to learn to live like the farmers do. But it's starting to look like this village never existed before they arrived, and when mysterious events start to happen, will any of the kids make it out alive?

• Vol: 1
• 2023

• Vol: 2; Ch: 17
• 2009

Together with Ogawa, a boy lured in by a strange signboard, please take your time and have your fill of this space between dreams and reality. And please, make sure not to lose your way in this vibrant world of fairy-tales…

• Vol: 1; Ch: 3
• 2006

Nothing could have thrilled Kimihiro more than stumbling upon the bizarre wish-granting shop of the beautiful but unnerving Yûko Ichihara, who solemnly promises to make the spirits plaguing Kimihiro go away just as soon as her fee–rendered in daily afternoon chores at her shop–is paid in full. Of course, the thrill wears off as soon as Kimihiro realizes that his payment plan bears a disturbing resemblance to indentured servitude . . . eternal indentured servitude. Still he soldiers on, ready for whatever number of adventures lie ahead. But in Kimihiro’s case, three may not be the charm!

• Vol: 2
• 2007

The year is 1983 and the place is Hinamizawa, a sleepy countryside village far from the rest of civilization. Keiichi has just moved to the town with his parents and quickly makes new friends in Rena, Mion and a few other girls. But soon Keiichi discovers that there’s a hidden, brutally violent and murderous past to Hinamizawa that its residents keep secretive to outsiders. As he investigates the town’s troubled past, Keiichi begins to realize that those who are close to him may not be as they seem…

• Vol: 1
• 1983

• One Shot
• 2013

About a girl who moves to the countryside with her mom. The girl isn’t happy about the change. While wandering around her new town, she meets two dudes who run a fancy confectionary shop. Turns out they are fox gods...

• Vol: 3; Ch: 18
• 2019 - 2020