the nagging oldman

Nagi, al darse cuenta de que el mundo no es justo, decide vivir a su manera y convertirse en un bandido. Sin embargo, en un mundo lleno de monstruos y héroes, mantenerse libre y sobrevivir cada día no será tan fácil como se parece. Entre lo correcto y lo incorrecto, Nagi deberá decidir cómo quiere vivir su vida.

a young woman with a great dream to show that she can be the best at what she does

Agnan adalah bocah berseragam putih biru yang sering mengalami pembulian. Ia selalu diganggu karena dirinya yang berasal dari keluarga miskin. Suatu malam Agnan menemukan seekor kucing. Dengan bulu putih bersih dan bermata coklat terang. Agnan merawat kucing itu namun teman-teman yang sering membuli Agnan justru membuat kucing putih itu sekarat. Agnan sangat sedih melihat keadaan si Kucing. Belum sampai situ, temannya yang sering membulinya langsung menghajarnya hingga membuatnya pingsan. Saat itu, ketika mata Agnan terpejam keanehan mulai muncul dan semua berubah, Agnan bukan lagi Agnan yang dulu.

Outfielder Tommy Knox is said to "own" pitcher Wayne Kerley because he always hits well when Wayne is on the mound. What the public doesn't know is that the two men have long been involved in a committed, loving relationship. They met and fell in love while playing in the minor leagues, but were called up to the majors and now play for opposing teams.<br><br>Tommy and Wayne have managed to stay together through twelve closeted years. Being on different teams means they have to spend most of the baseball season apart.<br><br>In the final year of his contract, Wayne considers retirement as his career begins to wind down. The thought of life without baseball seems nearly impossible, but he keeps his fears and dread to himself. Tommy still has two years left of his contract, and all the successes, defeats, and injuries that entails. Can the two reconcile their love of each other and the game?

Laguna adalah seorang gadis bisu yang diasuh oleh Kakek dan Nenek angkatnya. Ia tinggal di sebuah desa wisata di tepi pantai yang indah. Suatu ketika ia dihadapkan oleh sebuah peristiwa yang membuat dirinya mempertanyakan asal usulnya, siapakah sebenarnya Laguna?

On the frontline, stand the mighty skeleton king who wield the rune axe [Longinus]. He swore to take vengeance against the god who has been toying mortals life for their own entertainment. He cares not if others view him as a cruel fiend, a Daemon Lord, or what unholy things they called him, this unholy crusade shall knows no end til the world is rid of these so called "gods". ---------------------------------------------

Cape Town, 2049. Sixteen-year-old Sebastian Clarke sits at a rain-streaked window, unable to say what he wants from life, knowing only that the careful Clarke inheritance of doctors, lawyers, and engineers is not for him. He does not yet know that he is a soldier, or that the century he is about to inherit will be unlike any his fathers knew. By the 2060s, the world has resolved into five great federations, and all five are hungry for the same thing: Africa, its cobalt and lithium, its rivers and its untilled earth. When that hunger finally settles on a single deposit in the southern Congo, Major Clarke and a continental army assembled from a dozen nations dig in for the battle that will define his life and theirs. What follows at Manono is a siege of Dien Bien Phu intensity, told with the unflinching tenderness of a man counting the names in a small black notebook he has carried for thirty years. But Manago is not the story Clarke was told it was. Writing from old age, he traces the distance between the victory his country celebrated and the quieter truth he uncovered afterward, a truth about who really decides the fate of a continent, and where the real history is made. Spanning forty years, two marriages, and a friendship forged in a schoolyard that will one day reach into a basement in a ruined city, Manono is a sweeping, intimate reckoning with loyalty, loss, and the cost of standing between the strong and the weak. A war novel in the great tradition and an elegy for the men who are spent, and rarely told why.

NAGISA A light novel series She walked into his flower shop to say thank you. That was all it was supposed to be. A girl who had been pulled from the ocean five years ago, finally finding the boy who had pulled her out. Two sentences of gratitude. A polite bow. And then goodbye. Except she didn't remember who she was. And he didn't know how to stop caring about that. Nagisa is a slow-burn Japanese-style light novel about two people trying to find where someone belongs — and quietly, without meaning to, finding each other along the way. It has flower shops and river walks and letters written by hand and a fiancé nobody knew about and a memory that comes back at exactly the wrong time. Nobody is a villain here. That's the thing. Everyone is just a person doing their best with what the world handed them. And sometimes that's the most painful kind of story there is. Updates chapter by chapter as I write. This is my first proper long-form project so it's definitely a little rough in places — bear with me. I'm figuring it out as I go, and I genuinely appreciate every read. If it moves you even a little, that means everything. Inspired by Japanese light novels and the kind of anime that makes you stare at the ceiling afterward.

Si Carlo de Luna ay isang 25 taong gulang na lalaking mestizong may dugong Kastila at Cebuano. Siya ay may taas na 5’5” na may matipuno ngunit karaniwang pangangatawan. Tinatawag siyang "Dumagat” dahil siya ay nagmula sa baybaying-dagat ng Zamboanga del Sur. Tuwid ang kanyang buhok, may suot na salamin sa mata na nagpapahiwatig ng kanyang henyo sa agham at matematika, subalit madalas niyang itinatago ang talino sa likod ng isang simpleng imahe—isang tipikal na gangster na nakasuot ng karaniwang damit at may sunglasses para hindi mahalata ang kanyang tunay na kakayahan bilang guro at tagapagtanggol ng bayan. Bilang isang overpowered na tao, si Carlo ay matapang, matalino, masayahin, at may matibay na political will. Mahilig siyang makipagkompetensiya, lalo na sa larangan ng agham at sining ng pakikipaglaban. Sa kabila ng kanyang lakas at talino, may malaking takot siya sa pagkawala ng mga mahal niya sa buhay at ng kanyang bayan—isang kahinaan na nagbibigay lalim sa kanyang pagkatao. Mahilig siyang magbasa, mag-imbento, magsanay sa agimat, at madalas siyang nagkakape at naninigarilyo bilang bahagi ng kanyang araw-araw na gawain. Si Carlo ay nagmula sa Zamboanga del Sur at dumayo sa Bukidnon upang tuparin ang kanyang misyon na lipulin ang mga aswang na sumisira sa katahimikan ng mga tribo. Bago pa man niya natuklasan ang kanyang tunay na kapalaran, ninanais niyang magkaroon ng isang normal na buhay bilang guro at lider ng Quantum Gang — isang samahan na lumalaban sa mga masasamang tao gamit ang pinaghalong makabago at makalumang teknolohiya. Ngunit nagbago ang lahat nang matuklasan niya ang kanyang pagka-Tagapagmana ng Liwanag, isang natatanging tagapagligtas na pinapangalagaan ng mga sinaunang diyos at espiritu. Bilang henyo sa matematika at agham, mahusay siyang lider ng Quantum Gang dahil sa kanyang kasanayan sa Khali at Aikido, at may kakayahan ding magturo ng edukasyon. Ang kanyang mga armas ay mga modernong pluma at papel na ginagamit sa pagsulat at pagbigkas ng mga Latin na orasyon na minana mula sa kanyang lolo na isang Kastilang dalubhasa sa sinaunang mahika. May dalang whip na gawa sa metal na tila pangil ng kidlat ng dragon, na mana naman niya sa kanyang lola na Cebuana. Bukod dito, nagdadala siya ng mga mutya ng hangin, tubig, apoy, at kalikasan, pati na rin mga makabagong gadgets tulad ng cellphone, tablet, at locator na tumutulong sa pagtunton ng mga kampon ng kadiliman. Isang mahiwagang clay pot din ang kanyang gamit sa pagluluto ng mga pildoras para pampalakas at pampagaling ng sugat. Walang kahinaan si Carlo sa tradisyunal na pakahulugan—isang tunay na overpowered na bida. Sa kanyang buhay, malapit siya sa kanyang mga magulang—si Pedro de Luna, isang disiplinadong mandirigma at eksperto sa Kali at Aikido; si Maria Dimapili, isang guro ng panitikan at tagapangalaga ng kultura; at sa kanilang mga ninuno—si Miguel de Luna, ang dalubhasa sa Latin na orasyon na nagsisilbing gabay, at si Clara Dimapili, ang makapangyarihang babaylan na tagapangalaga ng kidlat at kalikasan. Pinagpapalakas siya ng kanilang mga aral at espiritwal na legacy, na nakaugat sa mga diyos ng kidlat gaya ni Magwayen. Bilang asawa ng limang makapangyarihang babae mula sa limang elemental tribes ng Mindanao, pinangangalagaan ni Carlo ang balanse ng kalikasan at kapangyarihan. Kabilang dito si Dayang Laya Binhi, healer mula sa Nature Tribe na may kaalaman sa herbal medicine at bio-spiritual healing; si Alunsina Daligdig, mandirigma ng Fire Tribe na eksperto sa apoy at tribong pakikidigma; si Bulan Sadsad, tank ng Earth Tribe na bihasa sa mountain warfare; si Amihanan “Mia” Salakay, assassin ng Wind Tribe na eksperto sa stealth at aeromancy; at si Ligaya Panubig, marksman ng Water Tribe na may husay sa hydro-pressure ballistics. Pinangungunahan niya ang kanilang limang mentor na pinagsama-sama sa pangunguna ni Datu Kidlat-an, ang tagapamagitan ng mga tribo, upang labanan ang panganib mula kay Datu Silab–Itim, ang Punong Itim ng Kadiliman.

To be resurrected, Lin Zhi binds herself to a system and transmigrates into different book worlds, becoming cannon fodder destined for tragic endings. But Lin Zhi refuses to follow the script. In every world, she fights to rewrite her fate. (1) The Scheming Gold-Digging Stand-In Used by the male lead as a tool to win over the female lead, Lin Zhi refuses to be discarded. Since he wants to use her? Then she’ll make a countermove—get pregnant first, flip the board, and end up with the real overbearing CEO. (2) The First Wife Fated to Die Early in a “Cousin” Story The reborn female lead knows her older male cousin will hold immense power in the future—and that he has always loved her. This time, she vows not to let him go. Only… “Sister-in-law, why aren’t you dead yet?” Lin Zhi smiles. “Still alive. What, are you mad?” (3) The Cannon Fodder Fiancée in a Teacher-Student Romance The aloof Master falls for his young disciple, while Lin Zhi—the fiancée—becomes the villain in their love story. Lin Zhi: “Respect. Blessings. Please stay locked together forever.” Then she decisively breaks off the engagement and devotes herself to cultivation… alongside her adorable little nephew. Who needs romance when ascending is better? (4) The Substitute Bride in a Period Drama In her previous life, she stole the marriage meant for her sister out of gratitude for a life-saving favor, marrying the factory director’s son. Who would have thought he had a “white moonlight” in his heart, leading to her tragic death? Meanwhile, the “mud-legged” man she rejected rose in status, and her sister became an official’s wife. After rebirth, her sister eagerly snatches back the original marriage arrangement, convinced Lin Zhi is doomed. She waits to watch Lin Zhi suffer. Instead— Lin Zhi’s life only gets better and better.