Cinta, kedamaian, kebahagiaan, kehangatan. Apa semua itu? Dia sudah melupakan semua perasaan itu atau mungkin, sebenarnya dia tidak pernah merasakan hal itu. Entahlah ... dia merasa ragu tapi yang jelas, baginya hidup telah berhenti saat dia berusia delapan tahun.
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"Anak tidak berguna, seharusnya kau mati saja."
"Aku sangat sial karena memiliki anak sepertimu. Akan lebih baik kalau kau tidak pernah lahir."
Yah. Itu hanya sedikit dari makian yang selalu dilontarkan ayahnya. Andai saja sebelum dilahirkan, ia ditanya oleh pencipta apakah dia ingin lahir atau tidak maka dia tidak akan pernah ingin. Andai dia bisa memilih dari mana ia ingin lahir, ia tidak akan memilih orang tuanya. Tidak akan pernah.
Bugh ... bugh ... bugh
Pria itu terus memukul dan menendangnya bahkan saat tubuhnya telah berdarah-darah, pria itu tidak peduli. Sekalipun ia pingsan, sekarat atau mati, pria itu juga tidak akan peduli. Bahkan pria itu akan sangat bahagia karena anak yang selalu ia anggap sampah sudah tidak ada.
Apa salahku?
Setelah disiksa habis-habisan ia akan meringkuk sambil menangis di bawah tempat tidur. Tubuhnya sakit tapi hatinya lebih sakit.
Kenapa? Kenapa? Kenapa?!!!
Ia ingin menjerit dan berteriak sekerasnya.
Jika saja ibunya datang dan memberinya pelukan mungkin rasa sakitnya akan berkurang tapi lupakan saja. Wanita itu bahkan tidak mau menyentuhnya. Meskipun tidak ikut menyiksa tapi wanita itu selalu dingin dan bersikap tak acuh.
"Naara ...." Sebuah tangan terulur untuknya.
"Kakak ...." Ia mengangkat kepalanya dan melihat seseorang tersenyum hangat dan menatapnya penuh kasih. Satu-satunya orang yang ia miliki adalah Isura, kakaknya.
Isura menariknya keluar dari kegelapan dan memberikan sebuah pelukan. Baginya, pelukan Isura adalah surga. Dimana dia bisa merasa tenang, damai dan melupakan rasa sakitnya.
Walaupun cara kedua orang tua mereka memperlakukan mereka berbanding terbalik, mereka tetap saling menyayangi. Baginya Isura adalah segalanya namun lagi-lagi takdir bersikap tidak adil. Suatu malam insiden itu terjadi, insiden di mana ia kehilangan segalanya.
"Na-Naara ... berjanjilah untuk tetap hidup ...." Isura meregang nyawa sesaat setelah menerima serangan mematikan ayah mereka yang ditujukan kepadanya.
"Ka-kak ... hiks ... hiks ...."
Sejak malam itu, ia menjadi orang yang kosong dan sangat hampa. Tidak ada yang tersisa dalam hatinya selain ambisi kuat untuk balas dendam kepada ayahnya.
Lalu ... apakah dia akan berhasil?
Apakah dia akan tetap pada jalan balas dendamnya meskipun penulis sudah mengirim seorang gadis yang akan mengeluarkannya dari kegelapan juga membuat hatinya terisi oleh perasaan-perasaan yang pernah ia lupakan?
Apakah dia tetap ingin membenamkan dirinya dalam kegelapan yang hampa meskipun sang penulis sudah mengirim orang-orang yang menganggapnya teman dan menghargai keberadaannya?
Entahlah. Tidak ada yang tahu bahkan penulisnya sendiri juga tidak tahu.
Karena itu mari kita serahkan semua pada semesta.
Meet Maki, a spirited young girl who never backs down, even in the face of defeat. When she discovers the enigmatic past of her uncle, Reo, and his involvement with the secretive Gaia Agency, an global organization that revolves around assassination, Maki's life takes a thrilling turn. As she unravels the agency's secrets and her mission for vengeance against the people who killed her Uncle, Maki's determination leads her down a perilous path. Traumatic events force her to make life-altering choices, propelling her into the world of snipers and covert operations. Join Maki on a heart-pounding journey of self-discovery, justice, and danger as she follows in her uncle's footsteps. Will she emerge as an elite assassin, or will her past catch up with her?
I Became Friends with the Second Cutest Girl in My Class
Author: Takata, Translator: NeoSekai Translations
I, Maehara Maki, someone who couldn’t make any acquaintances or friends in high school, finally had someone to hang out with outside of school. A girl.
Her name was Asanagi-san. The boys in my class called her ‘The class’ second cutest girl’ behind her back.
On Fridays, she would refuse her best friend, Amami, ‘the cutest girl in class’ invitation just to hang out in my house with me.
Together, we played games, watched some movies, read some manga while eating junk foods like pizza and hamburgers, and chugging cola without a care in the world. To others, we may seem sloppy, but it was a precious, secret time together for Asanagi-san and myself.
Why I Can't Die? Having Unlimited Life in another world.
After an unexpected accident in his previous life, Maki is reincarnated into a new world as Leon Unlike other reincarnated heroes, Leon awakens as a new born infant, but with the consciousness and some memories of his former life still intact. He soon realizes that he has been born into a powerful family—his father, Gustav, is a legendary fighter known as Berserker Gustav, and his mother, Stella, is a renowned mage both members of previous hero's party.
As Leon struggles to adapt to his new life as a toddler, he discovers an astonishing ability: the power to use magic. This revelation changes everything as he slowly starts practicing in secret, trying to harness his newfound abilities in a body too young and weak to handle such power.
I was a normal human. Had a normal life. A normal family. A normal failure of a love life. But I was happy.
I believed that I could be happy no matter what shit life throws at me. That was one of the things my mother drill in my brain, and the only one that stuck.
So when I suddenly woke up in my bed with those memories of my past life, in were my current life is a work of fiction. A manga to be precise.
I said: "Fuck it. I am going to make this shit work, and I am going to be happy"
"I am Kamado Stubaki, housekeeper of the Zenin clan and holder of the rare reverse technique"
"I swear...
That I will live a peaceful life and die of old age!"
[The art in the cover is not my own work. This is a work based in the Jujutsu Kaisen manga. Please note that I will adapt some concepts and content from other animes, fanfics, and TV shows. Thank you for reading, and please comment and criticize my work. It motivates me.]
The Summoner's Harem: Surviving the Eternal Apocalypse
In the world of the Eternal Apocalypse, where the dead walk and the living are few, survival is the only thing that matters. Souta, a young man with a mysterious power to summon androids and a system that allows him to buy anything he needs, has managed to carve out a small community of survivors in an underground shelter. But his community is unlike any other - it's filled with talented women who have all fallen in love with him.
Souta never set out to create a harem - it just happened. As he traveled across the wasteland, rescuing survivors and gathering supplies, he met women who were struggling to survive on their own. He offered them shelter and protection, and they fell for his intelligence, kindness, and charisma. But Souta wasn't interested in just collecting wives - he cared deeply for each of the women in his community and was determined to protect them no matter what.
The women of Souta's harem were all different, with unique talents and personalities that made them stand out. There was Yuki, a skilled mechanic who kept their androids running smoothly. Kaori was a talented fighter who had saved Souta's life more than once. Maki was a brilliant inventor who had helped create many of the advanced technologies in their shelter. And then there was Ayumi, Souta's first love, who had joined his harem after he rescued her from a group of raiders.
As Souta's community grew, so did his harem. More and more women joined them, attracted by the safety and stability that Souta provided. But with each new addition, Souta felt the weight of responsibility on his shoulders. He had to make sure that everyone in his community was safe and happy, and he had to balance the needs and desires of his many wives.
But despite the challenges, Souta's harem thrived. They worked together to build a society that was more advanced than anything that had existed before the apocalypse. They created new technologies, grew their own food, and found ways to generate power. And through it all, they remained fiercely loyal to Souta, willing to do anything to protect him and their community.
Souta's harem was often misunderstood by outsiders, who saw them as nothing more than a group of women fawning over a man. But those who knew them understood that they were so much more - they were a family, bound together by their love for each other and their determination to survive in a world that had been destroyed. And as they faced new challenges and dangers, Souta and his harem knew that they would stand together, no matter what the future held
