List of Novels by Konohara Narise (Chronological Order)

Konohara Narise (October 27, 1971) is a Japanese novelist from Kochi Prefecture.




1. 1996

   - セカンド・セレナーデ (Second Serenade)

2. 1997

   - 恋愛時間 (Love Time)

3. 1998

   - 嫌な奴 (A Disgusting Guy)

   - センチメンタル・フレンド (Sentimental Friend)

4. 1999

   - LOOP (LOOP)

   - 情熱の温度 (The Temperature of Passion)

   - プレイス (Place)

   - こどもの瞳 (The Eyes of a Child)

   - WEED (WEED)

   - FLOWER (FLOWER)

5. 2000

   - POLLINATION (POLLINATION)

   - さようなら、と君は手を振った (Goodbye, You Waved)

   - 黄色いダイヤモンド (Yellow Diamond)

6. 2001

   - 片思い (Unrequited Love)

   - あの人 (That Person)

7. 2002

   - 甘い生活 (Sweet Life)

   - B.L.T (B.L.T)

   - 眠る兎 (Sleeping Bunny)

   - 恋愛時間 (Lover's Time)

8. 2003

   - COLD SLEEP (COLD SLEEP)

   - 情熱の温度 (The Temperature of Passion)

   - LOOP (LOOP)

   - HOME (HOME)

9. 2004

   - COLD LIGHT (COLD LIGHT)

   - COLD FEVER (COLD FEVER)

10. 2005

    - Don't Worry Mama (Don't Worry Mama)

    - 脱がない男 上 (The Man Who Doesn’t Take Off His Clothes Vol. 1)

    - 脱がない男 下 (The Man Who Doesn’t Take Off His Clothes Vol. 2)

    - セカンド・セレナーデ full complete version (Second Serenade Full Complete Version)

    - Rose Garden 1 (Rose Garden 1)

    - Rose Garden 2 (Rose Garden 2)

    - あいの、うた (Song of Love)

11. 2006

    - 箱の中 (Hako no Naka / In the Box)

    - 檻の外 (Outside the Cage)

    - 恋について (About Love)

    - リベット (Rivet)

    - 吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち (The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions)

12. 2007

    - 吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち 2 (The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions 2)

    - WELL (WELL) (republished electronically in 2020)

    - 秘密 (Secret)

    - 無罪世界 (Innocent World)

    - 牛泥棒 (Cow Thief)

    - ergo vol.1 (Ergo Vol. 1)

    - ergo vol.2 (Ergo Vol. 2)

    - 美しいこと 上 (Utsukushii Koto / Beautiful Things Vol. 1)

13. 2008

    - 吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち 3 (The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions 3)

    - ergo vol.3 (Ergo Vol. 3)

    - ergo vol.4 (Ergo Vol. 4)

    - ergo vol.5 (Ergo Vol. 5)

    - 美しいこと 下 (Utsukushii Koto / Beautiful Things Vol. 2)

    - NOW HERE (NOW HERE)

    - 薔薇色の人生 (La Vie En Rose)

    - FRAGILE

14. 2009

    - 吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち 4 (The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions 4)

    - 月に笑う 上 (Smiling at the Moon Vol. 1)

    - 月に笑う 下 (Smiling at the Moon Vol. 2)

    - 夜をわたる月の船 (The Moon's Ship That Crosses the Night) 

15. 2011

    - 深呼吸 (Deep Breath)

    - 吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち 5 (The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions 5)

16. 2012

    - リバーズエンド (River's End)

    - 箱の中 (Hako no Naka / In the Box)

17. 2013

    - 期限切れの初恋 (Expired First Love)

    - 熱砂と月のマジュヌーン (Majnun of the Scorching Sands and Moon)

18. 2014

    - COLD HEART in TOKYO (COLD HEART in TOKYO)

    - COLD HEART in NEWYORK (COLD HEART in NEW YORK)

19. 2016

    - LOVE＆CATCH (LOVE & CATCH) (republished electronically in 2021)

    - MUNDANE HURT

20. 2017

    - ラブセメタリー (Love Cemetery) 【Non-BL】 (republished as a bunkoban in 2020)

    - 鈍色の華ー (Nibiiro no Hana) 

21. 2018

    - 罪の名前 (The Name of Sin) – Collection of stories including "Crime and Punishment," "Disappearing," "Mushiku," and "Mina"

    - パラスティック・ソウル 1 (Parasitic Soul 1)

    - パラスティック・ソウル 2 (Parasitic Soul 2)

    - パラスティック・ソウル 3 (Parasitic Soul 3)

    - パラスティック・ソウル endless destiny (Parasitic Soul: Endless Destiny)

22. 2019

    - 灰の月 上 (Ashen Moon Vol. 1)

    - 灰の月 下 (Ashen Moon Vol. 2)

    - 捜し物屋まやま 1 - Mayama Lost Item Shop 1【Non-BL】

23. 2020

    - アオイトリー (Bluebird)

24. 2021

    - LOVE＆CATCH (LOVE & CATCH)

    - 捜し物屋まやま 2 - Mayama Lost Item Shop 2

    - パラスティック・ソウル love escape (Parasitic Soul: Love Escape)

25. 2022

    - Borderline

26. 2023

    - 捜し物屋まやま 3 - Mayama Lost Item Shop 3

    - パラスティック・ソウル unbearable sorrow (Parasitic Soul: Unbearable Sorrow)

27. 2024

    - 吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち bitterness of youth (The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions: Bitterness of Youth) – is a re-edition of "The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions 5 with new content.

    - 惑星 (Planet)

  - 吸血鬼と愉快な仲間たち 6 (The Vampire and His Pleasant Companions 6)

Sources: ja.wikipedia and yakijakechan.

Comments

  1. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2024 at 2:08 AM

    Wow wtf I had no idea she had written so many works…. I’m shocked. She’s been writing since the 90’s? Disgusting guy in 1998… she’s been writing these flawed and complicated characters since the beginning. Do you think her work is literature? I feel like her stuff is just tropey genre fiction. I have only read the stuff you have translated by her, and utsukushii koto/in the box on another site before you came along. And I consider utsukushii koto her best work personally from what I’ve read so far, so I thought it was new. I’m surprised deep breath wasn’t as old as I thought it was. But seems like the novels I really loved, utsukushii koto, in the box, ashen moon are like in the middle. I saw the cover of her newest work with the vampires but it doesn’t look like the angsty unrequited love straight/gay bl that I usually like from her. I wish there was an interview of her or something. Thanks for posting this! I feel like she feels less mysterious now lol. Since you’ve been reading her novels, have you noticed any transitions with her taste or writing when comparing her very first work/works verses her stuff through the years and the stuff now?

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    1. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2024 at 2:09 AM

      Her work is NOT tropey genre fiction*

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2024 at 2:25 AM

      I meant smiling at the moon, not ashen moon 😭. I also think a the novels I mentioned above along with a disgusting guy and and expired first love, all these novels are really good for me personally. Ashen moon was actually recent! Which makes sense, she was probably ready to try some new things 💀. I really find her works about the pain of unrequited love therapeutic, and I wonder if she did too.

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    3. JewelsSeptember 13, 2024 at 8:49 AM

      Yes, I was also surprised that she's written so many novels. If I had to rank them, it would be a tie between Utsukushii Koto and In the Box. They both hit differently, and they were the first JP novels I read, so they're hard to forget. Yeah, I think her work is literature. Despite her main theme being flawed and complicated characters, and there’s often some sort of abuse that pushes the MC and ML together, I haven’t read one that feels like another. It’s not like those tropey novels where it’s the same story with different characters. I feel like Konohara really dares to go where other authors wouldn’t, like in Ashen Moon and the Cold series. I’m not great at picking up on style nuances, but one that really stood out was Ashen Moon. It looks like she was experimenting with it because it feels so different from her previous work.

      I’m reading the vampire series, and to be honest, there’s very little romance. I’m planning on posting the series here because the ML is one of a kind, and that makes the story worth reading. There's plenty of angst and unrequited love, but I’m not really into the vampire theme lol. Overall, I’m on the same page as you—her works about the pain of unrequited love are therapeutic and I like the problematic characters.

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    4. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2024 at 12:04 PM

      Thanks for always spending the time to respond to me, I really enjoy hearing your thoughts. It’s really exciting talking to someone about a favorite author!

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    5. JewelsSeptember 14, 2024 at 11:20 AM

      No, thank you for always leaving a comment 💕 it always makes my day!

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  2. SugarplumSeptember 23, 2024 at 2:46 AM

    Thanks so much for translating Konohara Narise's novels. I first discovered her work back in 2020, during the pandemic, and read Utsukushii Koto, Hako no Naka, and Love Times. After that, I tried to find more translations, but only came across Sleeping Bunny and the Cold series. I feel really lucky to have found this site, english isn’t my first language, but your translations are super easy to read and understand. Thanks again 🥰

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    1. JewelsSeptember 23, 2024 at 9:18 AM

      Aww, you’re so sweet! I also discovered Konohara’s work during the pandemic, and Hako no Naka was the second BL novel I read. I’m so glad we can enjoy more of her translated novels together ❤️

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    2. SugarplumSeptember 24, 2024 at 8:55 AM

      Thanks for the reply, and i wanna ask you something. I was wondering, in Love Times there’s a small bit story about Arita’s younger sibling and his boyfriend. Is there a novel that tells their story?

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    3. JewelsSeptember 24, 2024 at 9:16 AM

      Yes there is, it's called LOOP, sadly there's no digital version for it, and both the hardcover and paperback editions are out of print.

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  3. SugarplumSeptember 27, 2024 at 1:50 AM

    I’m so glad they have their own story. hopefully it gets republished in digital vers soon so we can all enjoy it together

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  4. AnonymousNovember 28, 2024 at 3:41 PM

    I’m so glad I can read these amazing works, thank you for your hard work!

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    1. JewelsNovember 28, 2024 at 4:08 PM

      Well, it’s definitely been a journey 😅. I originally planned to translate just 2–3 novels, but here we are with 18 novel titles (around 25 books, counting the different volumes) so far 😅. I think I need a little break from Konohara-sensei. I love her themes, but the last few novels have been so heavy. I’m thinking of exploring works by other authors for a change...

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  5. StellaDecember 31, 2024 at 9:47 AM

    Hiii jewel

    The manga of the novel expired first love has another side story of ml's pov in the last chapter of the manga in mangadex. Will you also translate it?

    https://mangadex.org/chapter/fe4107b9-542c-48fc-8f45-332816985bf1/24

    And also search if it has other side stories..
    The ending was too sad. I am sobbing.
    And thank you a lot for that novel.

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    1. JewelsDecember 31, 2024 at 6:33 PM

      Hi Stella, I’m glad you enjoyed the story, though I’m sorry it made you cry 😭 I looked it up, and unfortunately, there aren’t any other side stories—this is the final one. To be honest, scanlations aren’t really my forte. I found it pretty troublesome when I translated the manga pages that came with the Expired First Love novel, so I don’t think I’ll be doing it again, sorry... But I hope you enjoy the other novels on this blog! ❤️

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