Ao: Short Stories by Sho Aimoto

Twin Star Exorcists

Rokuro Enmadou comes from a family of exorcists, but he wants nothing to do with that world. Haunted by a tragedy that made him abandon his path, the fourteen-year-old would rather dream of being anything else. His life is turned upside down when Benio Adashino, a prodigy exorcist his own age, appears before him. Their rivalry is immediate, but so is the revelation that follows: they are the prophesied Twin Star Exorcists. Destined to marry and give birth to the Miko, the ultimate exorcist who will cleanse the world of the Kegare, the two teenagers must learn to work together. As they struggle to accept their fate, a personal crisis forces them to cooperate. When Rokuro's best friend disap

False Confession

Renesha only wanted a quiet, comfortable life. But after a drunken confession, she realizes she has just declared her love to the wrong man: Duke Cavert Willard, known as the Grim Reaper of the Battlefield. To make matters worse, she recently woke up in a fantasy world and discovered she possesses divine powers. Now Renesha must serve as a healer in the middle of a war with a neighboring country while navigating her accidental feelings for the terrifying duke. As romance begins to bloom on the battlefield, she has to decide what her heart truly wants.

07-Ghost

Teito Klein studies at the Barsburg Empire's Military Academy, where students train for elite positions using zaiphon, a power that manifests differently in every individual. Despite being the chairman's favorite student, Teito is looked down on by his peers because of his past as a slaveicker, though his cheerful best friend Mikage Celestine always stays by his side. During the graduation exam, a fragment of Teito's forgotten memories resurfaces wills not produce bindings and he instinctively attacks Chief-of-Staff Ayanami. Labeled a traitor, Teito is imprisoned, but with Mikage's help he escapes to the Barsburg Church in the Seventh District. Now a fugitive from the military he once drea

Hard-Boiled Cop and Dolphin

Boyle Samejima, a hard-boiled detective, is reassigned to the remote Ogasawara Islands. Expecting a quiet post, he instead finds a bizarre and unconventional police unit. His new colleagues include a mysterious young girl and a highly intelligent dolphin, who becomes his official partner. Thrust into this strange environment, Boyle must navigate a series of peculiar cases that blur the line between the mundane and the supernatural. The mysteries of the islands and the true nature of his unusual partners begin to unravel, pulling him into a world far more chaotic than any city beat.

Raqiya: The New Book of Revelation

Near the end of the twentieth century, a truck driver loses control in the Nevada desert and an entire family dies in the explosive crash. The only survivor is a young girl, Luna Hazuki, who loses in a single moment the happiness she had always known. In a morgue, Luna makes a pact with a mysterious demon to win that happiness back. Seven years later she is still living in America with the family that should have been dead, and she believes the bargain has restored everything she lost. What Luna does not know is that the pact she sealed will bring about the apocalypse and the end of the human race.

The Villainess Who Has Been Killed 108 Times: She Remembers Everything!

Scarlet Ruby Noel Hydrangea has lived and died 108 times. In each life, she rose from a duke's daughter to become the tyrannical queen of the Hydrangea Kingdom, only to be brutally slain by a group of heroes led by her rival, Arisa, never surviving past the age of 28. After an accidental death ends her 108th life, Scarlet awakens in her 109th with the full memories of all her past lives and deaths. Determined to break the cycle, she realizes her many demises might be the result of a powerful curse. However, she is now a helpless infant, forced to rely on the very heroes who killed her in the past for survival. Armed with foreknowledge but trapped in a child's body, Scarlet must navigate th