LIBRA OF NIL ADMIRARI

In a Japan where the Taisho Era didn't end after 15 years but went on for another 10 additional years the eldest daughter of the financially declining Kuze family, Tsugumi, resolves herself to a marriage she doesn't desire for the sake of her family. However, Hitaki, her younger brother, vehemently opposes the marriage and after a fight with Tsugumi, shuts himself away in his room and attempt...

Books containing the intense emotions of the author, sometimes with the power to force the death of their readers, these books are known as "cursed tomes". The role of the Imperial Library Intelligence Asset Management Bureau, nicknamed Fukurou, is finding and retrieving these books. As a result of the incident with her brother, Tsugumi has gained the ability to see the auras around cursed to...

Realizing that she could save many people with her powers, Tsugumi has begun her work as a member of Fukurou. However, when she is having a meal with Hayato and the others at the end of their rounds, they hear a ruckus outside. A group called "Kagutsuchi" appears that plunders books from citizens and burns them on the spot. Sagisawa Rui, a victim who had a precious book burned, asks Tsugumi f...

As Tsugumi is slowly getting used to her new job with Fukurou, one day, she meets the Prime Minister's son, Ukai Shougo. Having nearly killed himself due to the influence of a cursed tome, Shougo has come to live at Fukurou in order to recover. While Shougo is rude and utterly selfish, Tsugumi finds herself concerned for him. Meanwhile, when a politician jumps to his death due to a cursed tom...

When a number of female murder victims are discovered in Ueno Park with lilac flowers in their mouths and one of Shizuru's books by their side, rumor spreads that he may have some involvement in the case. Worried for her friend, Tsugumi learns that the murders seem to be inspired by a certain book where both Shizuru and Sasagoi-san have ties to the author. When Shizuru is taken away by the po...

While out on their rounds one day, Tsugumi and Hisui learn of the existance of a book written by a prostitute from Yokohama's redlight district. Hisui seems especially desperate to get his hands on this book and when Tsugumi learns the reason why she becomes determined to help him. When Tsugumi discovers that Shiginuma Shouko, wife of the shady owner of the Nachtigal dance hall, she finds her...