DATE A LIVE LIGHT NOVEL SC (2025)

Shidou Itsuka has a problem. The world has been racked by massive quakes of an unknown source for years now, though life goes on. Then one day, Shidou's calm life ends forever when in the middle of a quake in his city, he meets a girl who's apparently a spirit-and the cause of all the destruction! When a team arrives to eliminate the threat, Shidou becomes embroiled in a war to protect these spirits-by making them fall in love with him?!

Things have only gotten stranger for Shido ever since Tohka transferred to his school, especially since she and Origami seem to go at it over the tiniest of things. Lately, it seems the only place he can catch a break is in the comfort of his own home. Unfortunately for him, that's all about to change. Apparently, he's going to be living under the same roof as Tohka as part of his new "training" regimen...! And just when he's feeling most vulnerable, Shido stumbles upon a second Spirit, caught in a sudden deluge. You know what they say: when it rains, it pours...

June 5th. The day disaster strikes Shido Ä s high school. Transferring into his class is a new student, Kurumi, who immediately makes the jaw-dropping confession that she Ä s...a Spirit. With a twisted sense of justice and homicidal tendencies, she buzzes with impish glee whenever she destroys a piece of the world and its human populace. As tensions mount, Shido Ä s instructed to do the one thing that Ä ll placate her: take Kurumi out on a date.

"Shido was going to save Kurumi and Mana. He had to. And yet in this critical moment, he finds himself immobilized, unable to follow through on his promise. If Kotori Itsuka hadn't shown up at the last second, everything would have fallen to ruin...but Shido still feels like his world has come crashing down as he finds out his little sister is a Spirit, too..."

Summer break is just around the corner, and it's time for Raizen High School's field trip to Arubi Island. Shido, however, has no time to relax! When his class reaches the destination, they immediately encounter twin spirits Kaguya and Yuzuru, who lock eyes with Shido and compete to be the first to seduce him! Can Shido make it out of this double-date alive and save the twins from their fate?!  

"While preparing for the Tenou Festival, a cultural event put on by the ten high schools in Tengu City, Shido encounters the sixth Spirit, a talented vocalist named Miku. But his efforts to make her fall for him quickly go awry when he discovers she hates men. 'What are you blabbering on to me about? Quit it, you're grossing me out.' Will Shido be able to win her over for a date in time? Or will his attempts hasten disaster? "

Things are looking grim. The entire city of Tengu City has been enthralled by a spirit. Worse, Tohka has fallen into the clutches of DEM. When Shido feels trapped by this seemingly hopeless dilemma, the sinister Kurumi Tokisaki appears before him with the worst possible timing...and offers to help rescue Tohka?!

"Can you guess which one is me?" The Seventh spirit, Natsumi, can seemingly transform at will and masquerade as anyone, even people Shido know very well. His only option is to date everyone until he can figure out who Natsumi is pretending to be...but there's twelve whole suspects!

After a harrowing game of find-the-Natsumi, Shido successfully discovered who she was impersonating. Unfortunately, Natsumi didn't take the loss very well and in a fit of rage, she used her powers to turn everyone into children! Now Shido is up to his eyeballs in crybabies while dangerous trouble brews at DEM. Nothing's ever easy, is it?

Five years ago, a Spirit killed Origami Tobiichi's parents. Spurred by the grudge that has only grown since then, Origami turns to DEM in hopes of becoming powerful enough to let her kill every last Spirit and enact her revenge. Can Shido stop her from harming Tohka and the other Spirits before it's too late?

Five years ago, Origami's parents were killed by a spirit the same day Kotori became a spirit. And that's when Tobiichi Origami changed forever. To make sure the worst doesn't come to pass, Shido has gone back in time and there's only one thing to do: hange the world.

When the power of the sealed Spirits builds too high, Shido goes out of control. Before the situation can get any worse, the Spirits try to kiss Shido, but something's different...?

Shido stumbles across the ninth Spirit, Nia, collapsed from hunger on the side of the road. To make her fall in love with him, he decides to take her out on an otaku date, but she reveals a shocking truth... "I've only ever fallen in love with two dimensional characters." What is Shido going to do?!

After the Spirit's visit the shrine for the New Year, the new school term begins. But their peaceful routine is quickly shattered by a meteor descending from space, knocked out of place by a drifting spirit, Mukuro Hoshimiya.

Shido finally reaches Mukuro in space and, after a fierce battle, convinces her to open up her heart. However, this hardwon victory comes with a strict condition, as Shido asks Mukuro to swear she'll never meet the other girls again…